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    Prairieland Talk . . .
‘Beef’ Not ‘Beet’ for Nebraska
By ROMAkNE SAUNDERS, Retired, Former Editor The Frontier
MARION, IND.—The season opens for amateur
statesmen coming in from their district primed to
do something for their country.
One honored gent came to the statehouse with
a burden to have a slogan added to the Nebraska
auto license plates, “The Beet State.” A little cor
ner of prairieland produces sugar
beets. Substitute an “f” for “t” to
make it “The Beef State” would
be nearer it.
The commonwealth that has
not much to boast about in the
way of products flaunts a slogan
on its license plates — something
like the high-stepping and adorn
ed character marching at the head
of the home-town band, who
produces no music but is some
thing to look at. Romalna
A member of the Georgia saundnti
legislature proposes to keep the
names of crooks out of the newspapers and a
Hoosier statesman would have a law passed that
would require the signature of a majority of the
freeholders in a given community to a petition for
granting a liquor license, but no slogan such as
“The beer that made Milwaukee famous, re
quired. _
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Within recent weeks there has been sounded
from pulpit and platform, scrolled out by type
writer and pen the gushing of orator and writer
that we were at “the threshold of a new year. ’
We have stepped across the threshold. The year,
still young, marches down the avenue of time. An
other gray hair, another wrinkle forming, and the
troubled world rolls on. The needs of mankind, the
ambitions of men, the lusts of the flesh, the
schemes of evil minds, the hopes and aspirations of
human hearts continue as in the past. Knowledge
increases, rushing to and fro is endless, and hurry
ing feet tramp the cities’ streets. Down through the
centuries into the present truth in its beauty, jus
tice softened with mercy, and the greatest of all,
love in its tenderness, survive. Without these life
is drearv, hopeless. Walking out, I came upon two
little girls at play. We visited and I promised them
candy the next time we would meet. “We’ll watch
for you,” they said in anticipation with perfect
confidence and trust. Who could betray the trust
of a little child? Once again I walked abroad.
Those little girls spotted me, came running to get
the promised candy, and again childhood and man
hood dipped into the treasures of human fellow
ship, they delighted ove~ a bit of candy, the old
guy pleased that he could make two kids happy for
a nickel.
Dean of agriculture of a great university is an
honored and exalted attainment. But for the
stuff that goes to make up our three squares a
day we still have to depend on the guys in
overalls riding tractors and saddle horses out
on the land.
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You haven’t seen it all until you have seen
the worst. We were out to the city “dump” today.
Mountains of tin cans, broken vessels of one kind
and another, castoffs and unwanted of which Yan
keeland probably exceeds the rest of the world in
piling up. The city garbage grounds consist of many
acres comparable to fabled lower regions with ore
. way in through the mud and the same way out.
Others were pulling in as we left to make their
contribution to a city’s castaways that must find a
place on the landscape. Householders dispose of
their garbage independent of any municipal col
lector.
A bewildered gent up in New England with
wounds in his hands and feet and having three
followers, a man and two women, says he is Jesus
of Nazareth, the four claiming each to be 2,000
years-old, and seem to be lousey with money. The
real Man of Nazareth had one of His followers
catch a fish to get cash for the Roman tax collect
or. . . Football was responsible for 25 deaths in
’54. . . Everybody but your church pastor demands
an increase in wages. . . Are we a sickly nation or
is the 10 billion spent annually for medical care
and advice to cure us or to keep up from being
sick? . . A gent at Jackson, Miss., thought holding
out $8 every week from his pay check was a
taxation outrage—with gun in hand he made a
haul of $5,000 in one swoop on the institution
where he had been employed. . . Rabbits down
in Kansas are said to be growing horns. Maybe
coyotes will grow armorplate. . . Marion, Ind., has
a church Ill-years-old that is the place of wor
ship of a Presbyterian group.
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Mrs. Glen Wise, a 58-year-old grandmother,
has taken over as secretary of state in Wisconsin,
said to be the first woman elected to that office
in the Badger state. . . Dad is in jail and his two
sons, 16 and 12 years of age, on hospital cots from
a beating dad gave them for a minor neglect in
home duties. Have known prairieland kids that
age who would take dad down and sit on him if
he got too rough. . . A five-weeks-old baby, the
youngest to be stricken with heart disease, was
received as a patient yesterday in James Whit
comb Riley hospital. . . President and Mrs. Eisen
hower received 15,000 holiday greeting messages
in their mail. A movie dame out at Hollywood
got 25,000. . . There had been a row over the lo
cation of the postoffice in the little town of Santa
Claus in southern Indiana, but this past holiday sea
son all involved shook hands and vowed to be
friends.
“Whether you rent or buy you pay for the
home you occupy”—a slgoan of a Marion lumber
dealer. What that has to do, if anything, with the
housing situation is anybody’s guess. In this com
munity, however, there is a swing away from
apartment house living and young couples espe
cially are geting into homes of their own, or which
will be definitely theirs when paid for. There was
a time in O’Neill whent here were no renters nor
a house to rent. That was true the county over. It
was a generation in which to have a home you
must put up a dwelling place of some sort if only
a one-room cabin. This generation would not re
vert to the cabin or sod house way of life, but are
having homes of their own with all the latest
gadgets.
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Cheer up! There are 162,922,000 Americans
not members of the communist party. And those
who take a shot at guessing tell us that 37,011,460
marriages will no go on the rocks this year; there
are 63,868,000 Americans holding paying jobs;
162,380,580 are not likely to drop dead from heart
disease; 162,717,890 wil not die of cancer and 15,
720,000 workers will not go out on strikes for high
er pay and less work. . . Twenty juveniles have
been nabbed by police in Indianapolis, Ind., and a
hudred robberies hung on them. . . Congress is in
session, the president has had his say and the
weather forecaster is still on the job. . . This Hoo
sier city has an organization of ladies known as
the It club.
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Clodhoppers and cowboys in the lush empire
of Holt doubtless got a sizeable haul out of that
one billion dollar take attributed to Nebraska agri
culture interests for the year 1954.
Editorial . . .
O’Neill Logical Home for Guards
O’Neill will be host today (Thursday) to Brig.
Gen. Guy Henninger, Nebraska adjutant-general
and commander of the state’s national guard, and
CoL Evar Peterson, state guard administrative of
ficer. These two gentlemen will inspect two pro
posed sites for a temporary armory and will sit
down with O’Neill civic leaders and discuss pros
pects for activation of a guard company here.
There are many factors that favor O’Neill as
a “home” for a guard company—most important of
which is the enthusiasm being shown by civic
leaders, the city council and young men and mili
tary veterans who have indicated a sincere desire
to participate actively. Moreover, there is no guard
unit presently located in north-central Nebraska
and the city’s geographic position lends itself fa
vorably to the distribution of guard strength over
the state.
O’Neill is being considered for a tank company
and the conference today might well finally de
termine whether the city is chosen.
It O’Neill gets the nod, as The Frontier sin
cerely hopes, the temporary armory will be in use
only a matter of two years or so. Meanwhile, if all
goes well, the guards will plan for a permanent
armory. An armor}' is constructed according to
a federally-approved and uniform plan and is
made available for public functions as well as mili
tary purposes. It is possible such an armory would
represent a 150- or 170-thousand-dollar installa
tion.
The Chamber of Commerce, under the direc
tion of James W. Rooney, new industries commit
tee chairman, has been working on the matter sev
eral months now, and it would be especially grati
fying if a guard unit is approved for O’Neill.
To be sure, a big tank clanking down the road
would be of interest to the curious, and O’Neill
would have become a definite part of the nation’s
defense plan.
Science Triumphs Again
Science has triumphed again in the radio ac
tive field. The latest progress report comes from
London, where Mrs. Gillian Crowcroft has worked
out a new way of tracking moles.
Acting on behalf of the London Zoological soci
ety, Mrs. Crowcraft has succeeded in attaching ra
dio-active bracelets on the tails of group of moles.
She fastens a detector on the end of a fishing pole,
and is thereby able to follow the course of the
moles underground while standing some distance
away and above ground.
The detector, which is attached to the end of
the fishing pole, sets of a series of clicks when it is
near the mole and Mrs. Crowcroft marks the path
-at the time with numbered pegs. The object?
Mrs. Crowcroft is endeavoring to find out how
much time a mole devotes each day to eating,
sleeping and looking after its young moles. When
we discover this we should have enough informa
tion on moles to last for some time, as far as we
are concerned.
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The GE College Aid Plan
Phillip D. Reed, chairman of the board of
trustees of General Electric company and head of
the General Electric educational and charitable
fund, announced recently a plan to provide aid for
U.S. colleges and universities.
Reed said the fund would match contributions
that college graduates employed by General Elec
tric made to their alma maters in 1955. Reed said
this plan, which is called the Corporate Alumnus
program, is a new one in “business-education cir
cles.”
He said General Electric employed approxi
mately 23,000 college graduates and that they have
earned their degrees from over 500 different
schools. The fund is matching contributions by
these graduates, up to a $1,000 figure, in the next
year.
The program, according to Mr. Reed, is an ex
perimental one and it is hoped that other corpora
tions will adopt similar ones. The GE plan is a
commendable one in our opinion, since it will en
courage graduates to give to their alma maters,
and also provides a way for large corporations to
reward the educational institutions which have
provided them with trained minds.
The word from the meeting of the Save-thc
Trains association, held here Monday night, is en
couraging, indeed, although it is too early to as
sess the results of the eight-months’ trial period
for C&NW trains 13 and 14 with modem, stream
lined equipment.
The 1955 session of the Nebraska unicameral
legislature is well underway. Already there are
two familiar cries: (1) Demands for increased and
bettered services from the state on one hand; v2)
clamor for reduced taxes on the other. The two
are impossible to reconcile. It’s either one way or
the other.
^SeFrontier
CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
Editorial & Business Offices: 122 South Fourth St.
Address correspondence: Box 330, O’Neill, Nebr.
Established in 1880 — Published Each Thursday
Entered at the postoffice in O’Neill, Holt coun
ty, Nebraska, as second-class mail matter under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. This news
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When You and I Were Young...
Talk Extension of
Great Northern
Building from O’Neill
West Is Topic
50 Years Ago
The O’Neill Commercial club
will go to Sioux City. The pri
mary object of the visit is in the
interests of the westward exten
sion of the Great Northern rail
read. . . Miss Sue Gillespie,
daughter of Judge and Mrs. B. S.
Gillespie, became the bride of
George Quinton Whitney at an
evening ceremony held at the Gil
lespie home. . . M. R. Sullivan has
been transferred from the First
National bank to the Gallagher
bank in Atkinson where he is as
sistant cashier. . . G. C. Hazelet,
formerly of this city, has been
recommended by Senators Millard
and Dietrich for the position of
United States marshal for Alaska.
20 Years Ago
The O’Neill high cage team beat
Lynch by a score of 25-21. . .
Mayor John Kersenbrock tender
ed his annual midwinter supper
to firemen, city and county offi
cials and editors. Over 30 attend
ed the chicken fry. . . The Omaha
land bank has made 438 loans to
farmers in Holt county totaling an
advancement of over one million
dollars. . . Arthur Wyant, 47, died
at his home in this city after an
illness of several months.
10 Years Ago
Sgt. Ralph D. Strong has been
awarded the bronze star medal for
heroic achievement in connection
with military operations in the
Maffin Bay area of New Guinea.
. . . Rose Ann Schulte recently
enlisted in the army nurse corps.
She was graduated from St. Mary’s
academy and St. Josephs’ school
of nursing at Aliance. . . There
were 42 Holt county men inducted
into the armed services during
the month of January.
One Year Ago
A new four-passenger airplane
owned and operated by Bob
Greenfield, Stuart farmer, was
damaged badly in a forced land
ing. The pilot and three passen
gers were unhurt. . . The weather
man warned O’Neillites to brace
themselves for the coldest weath
er this season. The mercury is ex
pected to dip to 20 degrees below
zero. . . A. P. Jaszkowiak, John
C. Watson and Ray Eby have been
named as members of the munici
pal park board. . . Rev. Anthony
Urbanski, 42, died in an Omaha
hospital. He was pastor of the
Church of the Epiphany in Em
met.
Eastern Star in
Installation Rite
At a meeting of Symphony
chapter 316, OES, held on Thurs
day evening, January 13, the fol
lowing officers were installed:
Mrs. D. C. Schaffer, worthy ma
tron; District Judge D. R. Mounts,
worthy patron; Mrs. H. E. Asher,
associate matron; H. E. Asher, as- !
sociate patron; Mrs. J. D. Osen
baugh, secretary; Mrs. James Mc
Mahan of Inman, treasurer; Mrs.
W. W. Waller, conductress; Mrs.
Esther Harris, chaplain; Mrs. D.
H. Clauson, marshal; Mrs. George
Peterson, sr., organist; Mrs. Gale
Dierberger, Adah; Mrs. Alice
Eridges, Esther; Mrs. Don Mc
Kamy, Martha; Mrs. Eugene Por-_
ter, Electa; Mrs. Paul Shierk,*
warder; A. E. Bowen, sentinel.
Installation of Mrs. Dwight
Harder as associate conductress
and Mrs. Elwyn Robertson of
Chambers as Ruth will be made
at a later date. Both were absent
due to illness.
Seek and Share Club
Entertains Guest—
EWING— Mrs. Bertha Urban
was the guest of the Seek-and
Share club when members met at
the home of Mrs. W. J. Bomer.
Mrs. Urban participated in the
lesson on health education, which
included a discussion on polio.
Mrs. Carl Christon was also a
guest.
An election of officers was
held: Mrs. Dale Napier, president;
Mrs. Alfred Napier, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. William Lofquest,
treasurer; Mrs. Walter Miller, re
elected secretary.
Mrs. Alfred Napier assisted the
hostess in serving refreshments.
The Frontier for printing.
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Mrs. Helen V. Pokorny of At
kinson announces the engage
ment of her daughter, Miss
Elsie Mae (above), to Eugene
Schmit, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Joseph Schmit of Osmond. Miss
Pokorny was graduated from
Atkinson high with the class
of 1954 and is now teaching in
a rural school near her home.
Mr. Schmit was graduated from
Osmond high school in 1951 and
is engaged in farming with his
father. No wedding date has
been set.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Fraber and
daughter, Denise, of Landover,
Md., arrived Wednesday to visit
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
John J. Harrington.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fuhrer enter
ained 15 persons at their home
Sunday evening.
Scott Bower Rites
Held at Neligh
DELOIT—Scott Bowers, 82, a
resident of Deloit for many years,
died at the Veterans hospital at
Grand Island Saturday, January
15. Funeral services were conduct
ed at Neligh Wednesday, January
19.
Mr. Bowers’ daughters, Mrs.
Howard (Tessa Mae) Dunlap of
Casper, Wyo., and Mrs. Maurice
(Vera Dell) Archer of Grand Is
land, were born at Deloit.
He was the first “Santa Claus”
many Deloit children knew.
Survivors include: Widow; son
— Bert Marion of North Platte;
Mrs. Dunlap and Mrs. Archer;
three grandchildren; two sisters
and two brothers.
Other Deloit News
The Deloit Pinochle club met
Thursday, January 6, at the Frank
Miller home. Mrs. E. L. Sisson
v.on both the high and traveling
prizes. Mrs. Koenig won low.
Lunch was served by the hostess.
Guests Friday evening at the
Ralph Tomjack home were Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Bauer and Mr.
and Mrs. H. Reimer and Elayne.
Leonard Miller and Gene Tom
iack are taking their boot train
ing at a camp near Oakland, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Bartak went
to Wyoming Saturday, January 8,
to atterfd the funeral of her oldest
sister, Mrs. Ellison, formerly of
the Park Center community.
The HEO club met last Thurs
day at the Fred Steams home for
a 1 o’clock covered dish lunch
eon. A lesson on polio questions
ai d answers was given. The next
meeting will be on February 10
at the Ralph Tomjack home for a
covered dish luncheon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Reimer were
dinner guests on Friday at the
Fred Harpster home.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Huffman,
Becky and Zoe Ann, Mrs. Zoe
Huffman of Elgin and Mr. and
Mrs. M. B. Huffman of Ewing
attended the stock show in Den
ver, Colo., last week, leaving
home Saturday, January 8.
Bob Knapp is taking boot train
ing in a camp in Texas. He was
home for Christmas.
Several from here attended the
farm bureau meeting and supper
at Bartlett Wednesday evening,
January 12.
Sfinday dinner guests at the J.
A. Larson home in Ewing were
the Don Larson family, the Don
Storrs from West Point, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Christon and the Henry
Reimers. The dinner was in hon
or of Mrs. Christon and Henry
Reimer, to observe their birthday
anniversaries.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Billing of Or
chard were guests Sunday at the
Fred Harpster home.
Larry Shavlik celebrated his
eighth brithday anniversary on
Monday after school with his
teacher and schoolmates.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Pavlik and
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Kruntorad
were Grand Island visitors Sat
urday. They visited Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Green and baby girl.
Mrs. John C. Gallagher and Mr.
and Mrs. James Gallagher visit
ed Sunday at the home of Mrs.
James Gallagher’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lonnie Flakus, in Ne
ligh.
Appears on TV—
Miss Mary Lou Conard, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Conard
of Emmet, appeared Friday eve
ning over KVTV, Sioux City, in
three tap dance numbers in a
half hour presentation of modern
dances and tap dancing presented
by the dance department of
Wayne State college. Miss Conard
is a sophomore.
Visit Mellor Home—
Roy Lanman and Rosemary
Grenier spent Saturday at the
George Mellor home.
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Mr. and Mrs. Vem Grenier
were Friday night guests of Mr.
and Mrs. George Mellor.
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