Prairieland Talk . . .
Miss Meals-Confirmed Californian
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS. Retired. Former Frontier Editor
LINCOLN—The turnover in population the
last half-century in the O’Neill community has
spared some who remember when Gus Doyle
was post .ias*.er and a charming young
n ss waited on ihose who came
♦o the general delivery window.
That miss was Laura Meals, a
cousin of George Meals up near
AtkiivSon and later was claimed
as a sister-in-law by Prairieland
Talker.
Miss Meals has become a
confirmed Californian and
makes her home in Santa Bar
bara, one of the West coast’s
cultural centers. I have had a
visit from her with the attend
ant inspiration of living again Romaina
the days of long ago when we
were part of the “young set” of the town. Miss
Meals, w itty and keen of mind as ever, has nev
ertheless arrived at that serene period of life
when you can go to bed as you feel like it
and get up as you feel like it; with no white
haired old guy sitting around in the easy chair
grunting when spoken to.
She is amply provided for with “money to
burn” coming in from various sources and gets
. much out of life.
• • •
I n»r« to m a hone run—better still if I
un on his back. But what I know about race
tracks would inform no one. Over at Las Vegas
where about all they do is gamble and watch
the race*, a federal judge has pronounced the
race track bunch bankrupt and a Southern
Californian has been called in as referee.
• • •
Have been told that it is known as “Dusty
Miller ” Why so beautiful a thing adorning the
landscape amid bramble and ivy vines and floral
bloom along quiet streets should be given ple
bian classification has not been discovered by
this prairie grass product. Dusty Miller, a knee
high specimen of plant life adorned with silver
gray foliage formed in exquisite designs that on’y
the Master Artist of nature hangs on tree and
bush. A few doors down the street the entrance
to a home is flanked by clusters of this silver
gray bush and I stop to pluck a leaf as I walk
that way. Climbing the wall by daughter’s front
door is also a vine decorated with foliage of
varied tints from which I have stolen a leaf to
place beside the Dusty Miller to take home
with me. But the row of yellow beauties in full
blocm all winter in daughter’s back yard are too
gorgeous to be violated by human hands. And
now the land of the prairie rose, the nodding
goldenrod and endless miles of native grass calls
as I pack my baggage to take off.
* * *
By judicial order. Jimmy must kick in
with S1.K30 a month foT the support of his fam
ily. They ought to make out on that, although
it is less than half the amount the Mrs. asked
for. And Jimmy stays in as democratic candi
date from his California district.
* ft ft ft
A Ph. D. in the California university at Los
Angeles is the first educator to be heard to speak
out on behalf of a class of vanished Americans,
the Negro cowboy. It was noteworthy, the pro
fessor says, that the early day code on the cattle
ranges drew no color line and men were accept
ed for what they were, not for the color of their
skin. These were a few of the colored gentry of
the lasso near the southern edge of Holt county
in the days of the visits of the festive punchers
on the streets of O’Neill and those dark skinned
boys were the best behaved of all such and were
accepted in good standing, but one gent known
as Jim got in bad with Tom Mullen when he,
black skin and all, claimed to be Irish.
♦ * *
February 27 the Iowa society had a gather
ing in one of the parks, its members in large
numbers getting in on the day’s festhivities. Were
it not for the patriots who came here from Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and other states,
Southern California would have remained a
desert. I met a charming lady a few days ago
who hales from Lindsay, Nebr.
• • •
Even,’ day one or more traffic deaths in the
Los Angeles area. The last I noticed the published
figures there had been 111 since January 1.
Feeling maybe that the peak has been
reached and that from now on there may be a
slowing down, a group representing home loan
agencies that have financed much building in
Southern California give out word for the future
—“caution and conservatism.” Speaking of the
housing situation in Los Angeles county, one ex
ecutive in the meeting said, “I think we should
be careful not to overhouse the area.” It should
be suggested that there is still room in Nebraska
and if you are once settled on a sandhills ranch
you will not likely want to move.
• * *
A guy leveled a gun at a banker and threat
ened to kill. The teller handed over $1,000 in
cash. Thai's one way they have out here to
"cash a check."
• • *
Maybe that gent who came up with fairy
tales about Governor Warren is sorry he spoke.
Jurists, clergymen, military men, scholars, sci
entists, politicians, others on public payrolls and
some common blokes came in for a look over;
some free from taint, others with scarlet stains,
some with an air of smug insolence behind the
“fifth amendment.” No loyal American need take
refuge in “constitutional guarantees,” and to the
the extent Ihis is done that guy is under suspi
cion, be he in the uniform of an army officer or
wearing overalls.
* • *
I saw it parked by the curbing yesterday on
Glenoaks Road, one of Burbank’s busy streets, a
car bearing a Manitoba, Canada, license plate.
And the temperature at that hour stood at 86.
Saw a gent at the steering wheel wiping his Ca
nadian brow and he seemed to be waiting for
something before heading north. And my newly
formed friend, the traffic cop, helping the school
children through the traffic, was making plans
for a trip back to his former Wyoming home.
* * *
Living costs are about the same in all cities
the country over. A broken home is life’s great
est tragedy for little children.
* * *
Some busybody thinks Maryor Carl King of
Burbank and his deputy, Earl Blais, should be
kicked out. Something like a recall has been
proposed, but nothing tangible as to whys and
wherefores appears in the picture. Maybe just
the trend of the times in which envy or suspi
cion find a target among public officials. Unless
you are prepared to take it, better pass up public
office.
* * *
An 80-year-old patriot smoked in bed once
too often — his one-room abode went up in
flames and he with it.
* * *
Near East, the battleground of the ages,
where they are at it again. Ancient Damascus,
which saw the passing of Babylon, the over
throw of Ninevah and the fall of empires—has
her time come? In April the army is having an
auction of surplus material valued at $12,000,000,
a Los Angeles concern being consigned the job.
Maybe some will show up at the auction from the
latest seat of war to get in on the bidding.
* * *
Up at Reno, Nev., a Los Angeles bad man
was given from one to 10 years in the pen by
the court for beating an old man to death. Is
human life now that cheap?
• * *
Arthur H. Sulzberger, editor and publisher
of the New York Times, one of America’s great
est, accompanied by his wife, stopped in Los
Angeles enroute to Honolulu for a month’s visit
to the islands.
* * *
Two guys, one 85 the other 82, are promoting
a campaign to raise funds for the Red Cross and
call upon young people “with energy equal to
ours” to join them in the money raising effort.
* * *
Barbers close shop in the Los Angeles area
Sunday ar.d Monday, union decree requiring
them to observe the five-day week.
• • • «
Two sections, 1,280 acres, are known in prai
rieland as a small ranch. Out here one-quarter sec
tion, 160 acres, is spoken of as a “large ranch.”
Editorial . . .
The Warren Lesson
The senate has confirmed Earl Warren as
chief justice of the United States by voice vote
and wi hout a single audible nay. Of which it
might be said: All’s well that ends well.
As to Justice Warren himself and the high
office he should so ably fill—yes. But all is not
well with a nation and with its congress when
such things can happen as those which delayed
for eight weeks the confirmation of the Warren
appointment, the Christian Science Monitor
points out in a recent issue.
Had the senate, even thus belatedly, been
soberly debating the qualities of judicial ex
perience and statesmanship demanded ideally
for the nation’s top arbiter on constitutionality,
the picture would have looked a little less ugly.
But it was not. Confirmation was stalled in com
mittee while senators bent to extremist pressure
and called for FBI clearance on a distinguished
public figure who has stood successfully the
glare of both na*ional and local limelight for a
quarter of a century. It was delayed on the sen
ate floor because one committe chairman solemn
ly placed in the record as egregious a collection
of unevaluated, unsupported, and scurrilous
charges as has yet erupted into this era of irre
sponsible accusations.
Mr. Warren, because he is a national figure
with a host of loyal supporters, has come through
unscathed. But what of the little man caught by
this turgid whirlwind of suspicion and political
opportunism?
The very conspicuousness of the Warren
episode should point a lesson.
On Covering the New*
<GuMl Editorial from Blair Pilot-Tribune)
News is more perishable than ice. News
♦vents must be covered swiftly in addition to be
fcij complete and accurate. There is nothing dead
er than yesterday’s news.
It is not often that what newsmen call “big
news” breaks in any given small community, but
when it does, it must be given that same swift
treatment and sent on its way to the public.
Not all news is cheery. Much of the goings-on
carry the ring of tragedy or at least unhappy sit
uations. Yet news is news.
The other day one of those infrequent big
stories occurred in Blair. A 16-year-old missing
Colorado girl, object of a three-state search, turn
ed up in Blair. Denver, Colo., Omaha and Chica
go, 111., papers, in addition to the wire services,
were on the phone clamoring for information and
photos.
The Pilot-Tribune sent a photographer and
a reporter to the courthouse. Both agreed to wait
a moment before attempting to interview the girl.
Suddenly she was no longer in the building. She
was on her way to Fremont with authorities.
Our just anger was only somewhat mollified
when one official later explained it was all a mis
understanding and told his view of how it hap
pened. The other official, however, appeared to
take the attitude that the girl did not want pub
licity or pictures, and that was that. The sheriff,
incidentally, was not involved in any of this.
Of course, anyone trying to block newspaper
people in the course of their duty is asking for
trouble. We merely called Fremont, and newsmen
there, forewarned, were on hand to get the pictures
and the story.
In passing, just one observation: The people
who so righteously object to publicity are the
first ones to grab up their papers when they get
home and fully expect to read all the news from
everyplace else.
Sometimes we think that as an object lesson
to people who just won’t understand any other
way, news service of all kinds be suspended for
just one week.
Frontier
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Audited (ABC) Circulation—2,258 (Sept. 30, 1953)
‘Dee’ Willm, 67,
Expires at Lincoln
Diebold (“Dee”) Willm, jr,
67, retired farmer of 1008 South
32nd st., Lincoln, died suddenly
Saturday, February 20, of a
cerebral hemorrhage at his home
in Lincoln. Mr. Willm lived most
of his life in Lancaster county
Before retiring to Lincoln he
resided in the Eagle community
near there.
He is survived by his wifi
Ethel; daughters—Miss Marian’
Olson of Iowa City, la.- Mrs
Lois Lee Walter of O’Neill- sis
ters — Mrs. Freda Trunkenbolz
of Eagle; Mrs. Ann Ludi of Lin
coln; three grandchildren. Buaal
was from the First Presbyterian
I church of Lincoln at the Eagle
cemetery.
--
Chambers News
Mrs. E. H. Medcalf returned
Sunday from Sioux City where
she had spent several days with
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Medcalf, and fam
ily. Mrs. Ben Medcalf has been
ill with mumps.
A/2c Duane Porter arrived
Wednesday, March 3, from Ger
many where he had spent the
past 32 months. After a short
visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Porter, and family
and other relatives, he will go
to Ogden, Utah. He expects to be
out of the service in October
Mr. and Mrs. Duane K. Miller
visited relatives at Neligh Sun
day, March 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Vearl Tuttle and
family of Clearwater were Sun
day, March 7, dinner guests m
the John Honeywell home.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Shavlik
and Pamela drove to Elgin on
Sunday to visit his sister, Mrs.
Emma Shavlik.
Mrs. Mae Hubbard entertain
ed the following guests at lunch
following evening services Sun
day: Rev. Fred Alexander of
Junction City, Kans., Mr. and
Mrs. Leo T. Adams of St. Paul
and Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence
McElheron of Chambers.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter
drove to Neligh Saturday to at
tend a purebred Shorthorn sale.
They were dinner guests of her
father, M. E. Carpentr, at Oak
dale and supper guests in the S.
B. Hall home at Brunswick.
Rev. Fred Alexander of Junc
tion City, Kans., was in charge
of services at the Memorial Bap
tist church Sunday evening
Pictures were shown.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mitchell and
Mrs. Merle Hanson of Boise, Ida.,
and Francis Young of Kearney
visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Young, and fami
ly a few days last week. A/3c
Burl Young, who had spent a
week here returned to his sta
tion at San Antonio, Tex., on
Thursday, March 4. Harold Dean
Young, FSFM, who has spent
the past 20 days on leave, re
turned to Norfolk, Va., Tuesday.
Mrs. T. E. Newhouse, who has
been with her son and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Kieth Newhouse,
and family at Lincoln, returned
Saturday. She was called to Ne
ligh that evening to stay until
Sunday evening with her
daughter, Katheryn Newhouse,
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Svobota
and girls of Bartlett were Sun
day dinner guests in the Herman
Cook home.
Dinner guests Friday, March
5, in the Herman Cook home
were Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Rath
Fourteen friends gathered for
dinner at the Walt Richards
home Sunday.
Friday, March 5, guests in the
who was ill with influenza,
bun and children of Spalding
and Mr. and Mrs. Guais Winter
mote and Mrs. John Win ter mote
of Chambers.
Clarence Young home were Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Hoppe and
family and Mrs. Chris Young
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Bring and son and Mr. and Mrs.
John Mitchell, all of Magnet.
Jack Alderson purchased the
top selling bull at the Antetlope
County Shorthorn Breeders’ as
ociation sale held at Neligh on
Saturday. This dark reJ year
ling snorthorn animal was con
signed by W. M. Boyenson of
Madison.
Mr. and Mrs. William Turner
visited their son and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner, at
Grand Island Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Edwards
of Ord came Friday and h&d din
ner with his mother, Mrs. Valo
Edwards. They left in the after
noon, accompanied by Mrs. Ed
wards, for Winner, S.D., and
spent until Saturday afternoon
in the Rudolph Edwards home.
They returned to Ord that eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Lenz ob
served their 28th wedding anni
versary Sunday. A party consist
ing of Mr. and Mrs. Lenz, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Dankert and
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Harley, had
dinner at the Town House n
O’Neill in the evening followed
by a show. Mr. Harley was an
attendant at the wedding of Mr.
and Mrs. Lenz 28 years ago.
The Winona Rebekah lodge of
Chambers is holding a party at
the regular meeting Friday,
March 12. Each member is ex
pected to bring a guest.
Connie Werner observed her
13th birthday anniversary tn
Wednesday, March 3, with a the
ater party. Seven of her girl
friends were guests.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walter and
Mr. and Mrs. William Reicks
wer supper guests in the Richard
Brion home rt Neligh Sunday
evening. They then drove to
Clearwater to attend the in
stallation service for the new
pastor at the Lutheran church.
Guests at Boatman's_
Wednesday, February 24, Mrs.
Mary Lange ctf Atkinson and
Mrs. Aaron Lange of Atkinson
called at the home of Mrs. Hazel
Boatman. That evening Mr. and
Mrs. Wilber Lange and Sammy
of Atkinson were dinner guests
of Mrs. Boatman.
Braun-Shald Rites
in Stuart Church
STUART — Miss Kathryn
Braun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Fred Braun of Atkinson, and
Don Shald, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Shald of Stuart, were
united in marriage Saturday,
February 27, at 9:30 a.m., in St.
Boniface Catholic church in Stu
art.
The ceremony was performed
by Rev. A. J. Paschang
The bride wore a rose coived
suit and her attendant, Mrs. A
L. Kruger, wore a grey suit.
They each wore cordages of
white carnations and pa’e pink
snapdragons.
Tne bridegroom and his at
tendant, A. L. Kruger, wore dark
business suits with white car
nation boutonnieres.
A wedding breakfast for 50
guests was served at the Ralph
Shald home following the cere
mony.
The wedding cake dee iraled
with yellow rosebuds and top
ped with a miniature bride and
bridegroom, was baked by the
bride’s mother.
The bride graduated from At
kinson public school with the
class of 1953 and has since been
employed in Stuart.
The bridegroom graduated
from Stuart high school with the
class of 1951 and is finishing his
third year of college at Creigh
ton university in Omaha.
The couple left at 12 o’clock
noon for Omaha where they will
make their home.
Ewing News
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lawrence
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Law
rence were in Omaha Feb. 2
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. James Kurtz
and family of South Sioux City
and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brue
baker of Norfolk were Sunday,
Feb. 28, dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kurtz.
Rudolph Wetzler of Herrick,
S.D., consulted a doctor here
March 1 and visited with his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Wells, until Fri
day. His wife and daughter came
for him.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
WD — Leon T Heinowski to
John Laible 2-20-54 $5200- SVfe
SWV4 26-30-15
WD—Mabel M Abbott, et al to
Merlin W Crandall 12-21-52 $7,
525- Lot 7 & SEy4SWy4- SM>SEy4
6- Lots 1 & 2 & Ey>NEy4 7-25-15
WD — Josephine Janousek to
George Janousek 2-9-54 $1- 60 ft
x 170 ft in SW corner of Blk 8
McCafferty’s Annex- O’Neill
WD — Josephine Janousek to
60 ft x 170 ft in Blk 8- McCaffer
ty’s Annex- O’Neill 120 ft south
of NW comer
WD—John Halstead, et al to
Dana Lines & wf 2-7-54 $1000
Lots 1 & 2 Blk 4- Inman except
the west 40 ft of lot 1
WD—Edward Wavman- et al
to Ben Way man 11-29-52 $15,700
SEy4 22- NEy4 27-29-12
Executors Deed—Glenn H. Ad
ams- Ex to Emil J Klabenes &
wf- 2-26-54 $15,500- NEy4 31
NWy4 32-26-11
EX DEED—Glenn H. Adams
Ex to Walter Woeppel & wf 2-26
54 $7500- Ey>NEy4- NWy4NEy4
29-26-11
WD — Carroll C. Raymer to
Elizabeth Ryan 2-15-54 $3000
Part of the NEy4SEy4 32-30-14
Non No. 16
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O’Neill, Nebr.
Office Phone 534
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Try Frontier want ads!
A. H. ROWSE & SON
BURWELL. NEBRASKA
Will Sell 25 Head Registered
HEREFORD BULLS
AT THE
Atkinson Livestock Market
ATKINSON. NEBRASKA
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1954
2 P.M.
> --—__
8 coming 2’s and 2 coming 3’s sired by Bar OK Silver 2nd,
North Central Nebraska Grand Champion in 1950; 10 coming
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setter breeding; 1 Valiant Star breeding.
If you want some deep-bodied, powerful bulls,
many of which are the fine yellow-coated
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