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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1953)
I 1 Eagles Handily Down Atkinson Snow, Slush Detract from Game The O’Neill high Eagles wal lowed in snow and slush before a fair sized football frolics crowd Friday night to defeat their an cient rivals—the Atkinson Balers —by a 19-0 count. The soft, slippery condition of the turf bogged down the Eagles and kept the Balers from getting an offensive underway. Halfback Larry Chace. a transferee from Atkinson high, scored O'Neill's first touchdown ’ with a burst from the 1-yard line. Fullback Duane Booth added the extra point on a plunge. O’Neill’s second marker came in the second period after the Blues had blocked a Baler pu:il. Lineman Duane Alton caught the ball and rambled 20 yards to score. The third O’Neill TD resulted when Substitute Halfback Don Davidson skirted his own left end and hit pay dirt. O’Neill rolled up 12 first downs; Atkinson, five. The Blues were obliged to punt only twice while Atkinson kicked four times Coach Marvin Miller’s crew com pleted two out of four aerial tries while Atkinson passed twice tut failed to connect. Bobbles bogged down the Atkinson offensive. Three of the Balers' five fumbles were recovered by alert Eagles. Best on offense for O’Neill were Davidson, Booth and Har old Dexter while Frickel was the Baler spark. Showing well de fensively for O’Neill were War ren Seger, Duane DeVall, Russell Miner and Owen Davis. Boettcher showed well for the Balers defensively. Miller used reserves liberally throughout the fourth period. Deepest the visitors penetrated during the evening was the O’ Neill 35. Eagles Close with 5-2-1 Record— Coach Marv Miller’s O’Neill high Eagles are wrapping up their grid togs this week and looking back on a neat record of five wins, two ties and one loss. The lone setback was a reversal at the hands of Bassett. That game is the only blemish on the . Eagles’ two-year record, having gone through an unbeaten season a year ago. The Blues gained a scoreless tie with Plainview and had to settle for a 12-12 tie with Val entine. They bopped Burwell, ' Creighton, Ainsworth, Neligh and Atkinson in that order. Coach Miller’s record for the past three seasons shows 18 wins, four losses and two ties. LYNCH NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Edward Streit were in Norfolk Friday, October 30. The former’s mother, Mrs. Hannah Streit, returned to Lynch with them and is making her home in her residence property in Lynch. Mrs. Mary Chandler of Portland. Ore., will visit here with her sister, Mrs. Streit, for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Gengler and daughter of Creighton spent sev eral days here, called by the crit ical illness of the former’s moth er. Mrs. Peter Gengler. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford returned last week from a three week visit with their son and family in Florida. Mrs. Don Allen was a business visitor in O’Neill Friday. Chambers Gains Share of Crown CHAMBERS— By virtue of a 61-36 win over Clearwater, the Chambers high Coyotes tied Elgin for championship honors in the Sandhill Gateway conference. With reserves seeing action in all periods, Coach L. J. Ekdahl’s Coyotes won handily in the Clearwater fiasco — the season’s finale. Scoring honors were fairly evenly divided with six different men scoring. On several occa sions, linemen were given chances to run the ball for touchdowns by changing posi tions with the regular backfield men. Coyote players had warm words of praise for Ronnie Lau of Clearwater. Ronnie, a 130 pounder, proved to be a rugged tackier and blocker. The Coyotes’ record for the year shows six wins and one loss. The Coyotes outscored their opponents 225 points to 100 points. The season’s results: Chambers 14, Oakdale 0. i Chambers 50, Royal 0. Chambers 12, Elgin 19. Chambers 26, Brunswick 13. Chambers 20, Meadow Grove 19. Chambers 32, Orchard 13. Chambers 61, Clearwater 36. Instrumental Music Now Being Offered Comedy Scheduled by Inman Juniors INMAN—On Friday, November 6, the long awaited 'music pro gram in the Inman pulblic schools got. started. Leonard Sawyer of Royal will be i n the Inman schools to give instructions on musical instruments. On the first day of the program, 20 pupils signed and more are expected to participate as the program pro gresses. Any rural children at tending the country schools sur rounding Inman are invited to come in and start on musical in struments. Mr. Sawyer will be in the In man schools each Friday. On Friday, (November 13. the junior class of Inman high school will present its class play, “A Pair of Country Kids,” a comedy. Members of the cast include: Vicki Hutton as Mrs. Starr, pro prietress of the Starr House; Kay Coventry as April Starr, the daughter; Shirley Butterfield aa Sis Spooner, the maid at the Starr house; Sharon Cunningham as Lucindy Appleby, who wants a first husband; Helen Sobotka aa Susan Grimes, who wants a sec ond husband; Delbert David as Hi Hawkins, the village pest; Don Kelly as Ambrose Sneggine, a horse doctor; Richard Sobotka as Phil West, a youne lawyer; Clay ton Krueger as Arthur Roberts, a roomer at the Starr house; Ron Wolfe as Albert Roomer, another guest. The play will begin at 8 p.m. The kindergarten through the eighth grade had a holiday on Monday when the grade teachers. Miss Keyes. Mrs. Kelley and Miss Heesackek\ attended a reading work shot) at the American Legion hall in O’Neill. STUART NEWS Pfc. James Chaney arrived here Thursday, November 5, from Camp Chaffee, Ark., to spend a 15-day furlough with his mother, Mrs. Anna Chaney. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bausch of At kinson visited at the Lloyd Thurlow home on Friday, No vember 6. 1,500 Cattle Expected Today • There will be 1.500 cattle on the market here today (Thurs day) at our regular weekly sale, including 500 yearlings. The sale today promises to be one of the best yearling sales of the season. Two hundred top-quality yearlings will be from the L. D. Putnam ranch, there will be 50 top-quality yearlings from the Jim Pruden ranch near Ewing. In addition, there will be other loads and part-loads from other sandhills ranches. • Also consigned are around 100 head of 2-year-old steers, be tween 400 and 500 Hereford and Angus calves, and the usual mixed cattle. • The hog sale starts at 10 a.m.; the cattle sale at 1 p.m. O’Neill Livestock Market PHONE 2 It Sappeasd In NEBRASKA— ' .---is=as==-—- r?*-Kfk2i. tJV““^^1 Only old-timers will recall the grasshopper hordes which swept over Nebraska in the late 1800's. Farmers bravely tried to beat them off, but with little success. Only bare cornstalks would be left in the wake of the swarms. Even the corks from the farmers’ water jugs were eaten away in the field! Almost forgotten now, too, is the old- NEBRASKA DIVISION time attitude toward tavern operation. . Today there is new recognition and re- United States spect for the tavern industry which is now Breuerr looked upon as a well-regulated part of oun a ,on community living. 710 Fir*t Nat’l Bank Bldg., Lincoln Creighton, Ewing in Scoreless Tie Band Show Cancelled by Snow EWING—The Creighton high j Maroons and the Ewing high! Tigers played to a scoreless tie i Friday night on the snow-cov ered, sloshy Ewing grid. A good sized crowd was on hand, con sidering the elements, to watch j the teams wage a rather dull duel. Creighton reached the Ewing 2-yard-line and enjoyed a first clown. But the Tigers tightened and the visitors were on the Ewing 3 when the series of downs ended. The game was see-saw most of the .way, with Ewing never getting in a serious threat. A war veteran memorial per formance by the Ewing band was scheduled at intermission, but because of adverse weather conditions the show was called off. The interval between halves was shortened, to get the game over with. Miss Stenger Named Altar President LYNCH—Mrs. M. P. Stenger and daughters were hostess to the Altar society Thursday afternoon, November 5. Mrs. Mary Chandler of Portland, Ore., was a visitor. The 1954 officers were elected as follows: Miss Margaret Sten ger, president; Mrs. Earl Rosicky. vice-president; Mrs. Martin Jeh orek, captain I; Mrs. Eddie Hei ser, captain II, Mrs. Don Allen and Mrs. Lewie Christensen, assistant captains, Mrs. Albert Kalkowski was reelected secre tary treasurer. It w'as voted to ioin the Nation al Council of Catholic Women. Games were played during the socail hour. A lunch was served in midaftemoon. The December meeting will be held at the Jeho rek home with Mesdames Anton Wasatko and Hannah Streit co hostess. BRISTOW NEWS Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wenke, Mrs. Olga Johnson and Algot Sandberg went to Omaha Sunday to visit relatives and transact business. Misses Betty Fredrickson and Naomi Anderson, Luther college students at Wahoo, spent the weekend with relatives here. The birthday anniversaries of Mrs. William C. Stanton, jr., of Bristow and Mar gene Weeder of Lynch were observed Sunday evening at a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weeder. Guejsts incj^ded Mr. and Mrs. Stanton, Sandra and Nancy, and Mr. and Mrs. E. A, Chore, all of Bristow. Mrs. Stanton was also honored by friends at her home here Friday afternoon. Lutheran Ladies Aid society met last week at the church with Mrs. Thomas Bowers, president, in charge of the business session. Mrs. Delwyn Anderson and Mrs. Lawrence Bowers were in charge of the program on “Give Thanks Unto the Lord.’’ Several others took part. It was decided to again hold a Thanksgiving dinner and “thank offering’’ program. Hos tesses were Mesdames John Bow man, Carl Nygren, August Pahl and William C. Stanton, jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dreher and Mrs. Delwyn Anderson, Brad ford and Leslie, went to Omaha Saturday to visit a few days in the Ernest Londberg home. EMMET NEWS Robert Allen came recently to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Du satko. Mr. Allen was discharged from the marines at Memphis, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. John Pribil of O’Neill and Mrs. Jerome Allen and children spent Sunday vis iting Mr. and and Mrs. Jerrold Dusatko. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abart spent Tuesday evening, Novem ber 3, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jer rold Dusatko. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dusatko were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs Jerrold Dusatko. Bassett Blanks Stuart in Finale Tilt Postponed 3 Days by Snow STTUART—The Stuart-Bassett football game, which was post poned Friday because of the snow storm, was played Monday afternoon, November 9, on the Bassett gridiron. The final score: Bassett 27, Stuart 0. This was Stuart’s last game of the season. ‘Tulip Time’ Title of St. Joe Operetta ATKINSON—“Tulip Time,” an operetta in two acts, will be pre sented by St. Joseph high school in the Atkinson high school audi torium at 2 p.m., and 8 p. m., Sun day. The musical tells of a party of American tourists in the Hol land village of Osendorf. Members of the chorus are: Soprano: JoAnn Determan, Nancy Ziska, Patty Wewel, Cath erine Laible, Josephine Noziska, Mary Slattery, Marilyn Straka, Marilyn Wallinger, Rudina We wel, Delores Engler, Mary Cecilia Tunender, Ilene Wagman. Marian Deermer, Marlene Engler, Caro lyn Grieg, Edith Hamik and Clau deen Raymer. Alto: Marilyn Kramer, Joan Berigan, Mary Catherine Jansen, Carol Faust, Sharon Kokes, Lor ene Ziska, Joan Palmer, Leona Pettinger, Rita Claire Judge, Mar ilyn Raymer. Mary Kay Berigan, Mary Clare Gilg, Joan Grof, Irene Jansen, Judy Lee, Rosalie Wabs, Donna Wallinger. Tenor: Donald Bouska, John Barnes, Eugene Ziska, John Mack, Don Wedige, Bert Freed, Richard Henning, Laverne Krysl, Dean Schaaf Paul Seger, Jim Slattery, Donald Ziska, Roland Bouska, Larry schaaf, Bill Slattery. Bass: Francis Penry, Charles Miller, Donald Gokie, Ivan D. Weiese, Bill Kellman, Pat Lee, Francis Cleary. The dance routines are directed by Mrs. Eileen Ries. Chambers News Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Howe and children, Peggy and Charlie, of Fremont spent Thursday and Fri day, November 5 and 6, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood, and Dale. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner and children and Saxton Murdock, all of Grand Island, visited in Cham bers Sunday, November 8. They furnished the special music at the church services held at the Baptist Memorial church Sunday evening. The Chambers Garden club held a bake and plant sale at the Shavlik hardware store Saturday. They report taking in $32 for the club. Mrs. Charles Grimes entertain ed for her mother, Mrs. Theodore Moss on her birthday anniversary by inviting Mrs. Moss’ neighbors and a few friends to her home last Thursday afternoon. Novem ber 5. It was a surprise on the guest of honor. The afternoon was spent informally. The centerpiece for the lunch table was a beaut iful birthday cake, baked, dec orated and sent to the party by Mrs. John Honeywell. Lunch con sisting of chocolate Ice cream, angel fool cake, mints, nuts and cbfftee was served in the late afternoon. All departed wishing Mrs. Moss more happy birthdays. A touring group visited Cham bers Saturday and called at the homes of members of the Wide Awake 4-H club. The delegation included 4-H girls, leaders, Mrs. Halstein of Lincoln, state leader, and Mrs. Helen Kreymborg, Holt county home agent. The group reached here late Saturday and were served refreshments at the homes of Marie Osborne and J. W. Walter. Mrs. Walter is the Wide Awake club leader. Supt. L. J. Ekdahl entertained the 14 boys of the Chambers high school squad and Mr. Weinmaster to a steak dinner at the Town House in O’Neill Friday evening. For You Feeders who want A 5w«f S»*ST uMu HIGH i "One of the finest supplements for growing stock we've ever used." say cattlemen. And they're right! LASSY 22% is a great 2-in-1 supplement—rich | in both PROTEIN and MOLASSES SUGARS that steers need to develop fast . . . finish into market topping ani mals. In addition, there’s plenty of minerals, vitamins and other bone and meat building nuvients that stretch grains and roughages . . cuts feeding costs to a minimum. It's easy to feed. Cost is low Start feeding LASSY 22% today. See us for a supply. SHELHAMER FOODS i i " * \ Calves Injured; Go to Slaughter Truck Endgate Falls, Calves Spill CHAMBERS — Clarence Han sen, who was hauling a load of calves to O’Neill to the calf sale for Paul Harley, had the misfort une to have the back endgate fall off. Five of the calves, which fell out, received broken legs and had to be brought to the Chambers locker plant and butchered. Other Chambers News Richard Smith made a trip to Indianapolis, Ind., last week. On his return Friday. November 6, he stopped at Iowa City, la., where his sister-in-law, Mrs. Rob ert Wagner, and two children joined him and accompanied him to Chambers for a week’s visit with her mother, Mrs. L,ouise Crandall, and brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith. Miss Joan Daas and Miss Eisen hauer, who attend the state uni versity at Lincoln, spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Daas and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Eisenhauer. They returned to Lincoln Sunday with Mrs. Eisen hauer’s sister, Mrs. Ells, of Lin coln, who had been visiting here. Frank Porter, William Rening er of Chambers and Norman Ren mger of Columbus, O., left Wed nesday, November 4, for Dubois, Wyo., to hunt deer. They return ed Saturday evening, each getting a deer. Mr. and Mrs. John Weichman and family of Stuart were Sunday dinner guests in the Cliff Gillette home. Mrs. Weichman and Mrs. Gillette are sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wink and family drove to Neligh Sunday, November 8, to visit her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Huston, and son of Kimberly, Ida., who were guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs L. A. Huston. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Waldo of Amelia were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Werner and family. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bogue and boys of Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Young and three sons drove to Magnet Sunday to visit his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Hoppe and family. Mr. and Mrs Darrell Wedge wood of Grand Island spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Farrier, and fam ily. Out of Old Nebraska ... Sod House Recreated for New Museum Perhaps the most characteristic symbol of the pioneer period in Nebraska’s history is the sod house. Focal point of this seg ment of the museum is a diorama, prepared by Leonard Theizen and Bill Hammon of Omaha showing life on a Nebraska claim. Every detail has been recreated meticuously from photographs and descriptions in the State His torical society’s vast files to show Tn 3-D miniature life on a Nebra ska claim. The soddy is there, as is the dugout, used for a year or two as the family’s dwelling but now used for storage. In the diorama the boys of the family are unloading water melon, corn and pumpkin from a wagon and are placing them in the dugoul. Dominating the scene in the diorama—as it did in real life—is the windmill. .This one is a Haliady Standard, manufactured in Omaha. The le gend accompanying the diorama summarizes in capsule form the story of life on a Nebraska claim: "Out on the prairies, lonely and isolated, the settlers took up homesteads and struggled against prarie fires, drouth, grasshopper plagues and scorching Nebraska winds for existance. Homes made of sod strips laid like bricks pro vided cheap and adequate shelter for the family. The women added attractive touches to the bleak exterior by planting flowers that had been carefully nurtured dur ing the journey from the East. Canaries or other wild birds often were hung outside the door in bright gilt cages.” "Unlike the - more specialized farms in the eastern states, the Nebraska homestead was a unit that provided all the necessities of living, except certain pieces of clothing, implements, coffee, spices and a few other necessities which could be obtained only by barter at the community store. Corn was the most important crop, but wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, sugar cane, alfalfa and hay were all grown. In the pastures, cattle grown. In the pastures, cattle, horses, chickens, pigs, and oc casionally, sheep were raised. The stock was of poor quality, until after the grasshopper plagues of the 1870’s which killed many of the farmer’s animals. A better grade of stock was then intro duced. •‘Of all the early hardships^ loneliness was the most difficult €> to bear. Living miles from settle ments or other people, the most welcome sight in the morning wa3 that of neighbors coming across the praire in their wagons. Such visits provided an opportunity for the women to exchange gos sip, and the men to discuss their crops and mutual problems. Guests were expected to stay th0 entire day, and it was not until late evening that the sleepy chil dren were bundled into the wagon and the last ‘goodbye’ said. Young couples, who reached the courting age, found entertainment at church meetings, socials, and barn dances. The whole frontier was oovertv stricken, but the settlers took pride in their scanty means and shared their little with the less fortunate. Optimistically they built for their own and the chil dren’s bright future.” Takes First Drink at Gunpoint By MAUDE SILVERSTRAND Special Correspondent ATKINSON—Joe Miller, a res ident of Holt county for the past 73 years, recently celebrated his 94th birthday anniversary in a quiet way at Atkinson. Mr. Miller was born in Bluff ton, Winneshiek county, Iowa, in 1859. Most of his boyhood was spent in Iowa. At the age of 17, he went to northern Minne sota to work in the logging camps. He was hired as a teamster. His work was to haul the logs from the woods on a sled to what was called the skidway. There they were rolled down a slope to the river where a key log held them in place until they had ac. cumulated a number sufficient to send them further down the river in a boom to where they were loaded on rafts and taken on down to the sawmills. The bolsters on the hauling sleds were seven feet. The logs were rolled up a ramp onto the sled and then the pins at either end were raised by the weight of the logs, forming a frame. Some of the logs weighed 1,700 pounds. The largest load hauled out while Joe was there was one of his own. The entire load weighed 7,000 pounds. For this work he received $90 a month and feed for his team. At one time, Joe worked on a river boat with runs up the Ten nessee river. His life in most ways seemed to parallel the lives of most stur dy young men of the last half of the 19th cenury. They knew rough, hard work and adventure. They developed a keen sense of humor and the ability to look after themselves with as little trouble as possible but when it came they met it headon. In 1880, he came to Holt county to take a look at the west. The following year he returned and brought his parents with him. They traveled by train from Charles City, la., to Niobrara Ci ty. At the latter place they join ed a wagontrain and traveled with oxen and covered wagon along he trail at the north edge of Nebraska and the Niobrara until they came to what was known as the “hay flats” at the head of Ash creek. They built a log cabin, 16 x 22, hauling the logs from Cams. Joe made a trip to Neligh with a team of oxen to get lumber for the door, windows, floor and ceiling. The logs, when finished and ready to chink in, were still 8 inches thick. He recalls many interesting and hair* raising tales that vividly picture the life of the average Pioneer Nebraskan. He knew the famous outlaws of the terri tory. “Doc” Middleton and “Kid” Wade, and, like many others, he remarked that some early bad men were made to appear worse than they really were and some that really were bad went un noticed and unpunished. He re called for me the incident leading to his first drink of hard liquor. It was this way: He had been riding along be ijdde the boss of the group of ireighters going from Long Pine to Wisner. This particular train was made up of 10 teamsters and a hundred oxen with a few extras tor emergencies. When they reached O’Neill that evening, the doss asked him to go along to the saloon with him. On the way over Joe said, he was trying to make up his mind just what he would say if he was invited to drink. When they entered the place it was crowded and at the bar sat a great big fellow, known in the community as “Big Roy’’ Lin thacum, the cowboy. Immediately the cowboy in vited the boss to a drink and the boss in turn said, "Come on kid, have one." Joe said he didn't believe he cared for one. whereupon "Big Roy" jerked out his gun and said, "So you think you're too good to drink with me. do you?" Well. Joe said, he wasn’t a bit too good. It could be that Big Roy was just kidding like lots of them did just to make a ten derfoot dance or it might be that he wasn’t joking at all. The “kid’’ drank his liquor like a man. That was the safest way if you didn’t want to get into trouble. In September, 1896, he was married to the late Charlotte L. Adams. He relates that at that time he was helping to locate homesteaders. A mutual friend brought the Adams—a father and daughter—to the Miller home. He introduced Joe to Mr. Adams and then he said, “Joe, meet Mrs. Miller.” Joe looked up and was con vinced. Later, he told the friend he sure aimed to make that come true if he could. A.nd he did. Mrs Miller died in 1930. They had no children of their own but a nephew, Asa Boyce, became a vital part of their home. There are two things in 'rela tion to his family tree of which Joe is quite proud. One is that his own pioneering instincts reach back to an illustrous ances tor. Peter Styvesant of New Am sterdam; and his w'ife’s ancestors were equally entitled to be class ed as pioneers. The king of Eng land had given land grants in America to two branches of the Adams family. One grant was for land in Massachusetts. And from this branch came John Quincy and his son. Joe’s wife, the former Charlotte Adams, came from the branch of the family which received a grant of land located in Maine. Mr. Miller is well acquainted with Mrs. Joseph Axtell of Stuart, who celebrated her tl03rd birthday anniversary. Her story appeared in this paper on the 100th anni versary of her birth. She and Joe lived in the same community. He is well acquainted with another nonagenarian of the Stuart com munity, who now lives in Atkin son, Miss Tille Colson. Miss Col son was 91 on her last birthday anniversary, which was in Oct ober. She is totally blind. Joe’s birthday also is in October—on the 24th. Mr. Businessman: This Is the Size of a U.S. Postal Card i There are approximately 9 Newspaper Column Inches In a Postal Card : At the 2-cent rate it would cost about $50.00 plus print ing and addressing costs to mail a postal card to each of the families reached by The Frontier. An advertisement this size in The Frontier costs less than $4.00 or it could be run nearly 1 3 times for less than the postage alone on the postal cards. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING PAYS 1. It reaches all classes of buyers 2. It’s read leisurely at buyer’s convenience 4. It costs so much less 3. It produces results ■ _Frontier The price you'd pay for many “hard-work” wring er washers! 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