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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1955)
Many Enlistments from Region Noted The O’Neill army recruiting of fice has announced the following recent enlistments from this area: Martha American Horse of Gordon, for women’s army corps (WAC). For engineer corps: Robert M. Clevenger of Hay Springs, Albert M. Brandi of Orchard, William W. Morton of Merriman, Sammie L. Godkin of Neligh, Robert E. Hop kins of Neligh, Lyle J. Haake of Clearwater, Robert R. Irish of Creighton, Larry H. Waldron of Hay Springs, Merle D. Ford of Merriman, Delvin A. Rabbass of Neligh, Jimmie E. Graham of Clearwater, Stephen M. Timm of Oakdale, lie R. Rankin of Neligh. For signal corps: Leroy W. An derson of Wausa, John M. Moore Df Bloomfield, Raymond R. Lange of Bloomfield. For medical corps: David L. Eby of O’Neill, Gary L. Buckmaster of Fremont (formerly O’Neill). For ordnance corps: Donald A. Balfany, of Chadron, Larry L. Haas of Valentine. For quartermaster corps: Ray E. Passieux of O’Neill, Harold L. Johnson of O’Neill. For 10th division: James A. Walnofer of Orchard, Calvin J. Donny of Niobrara. For adjutant general corps: Robert L. Sorensen of Page. For artillery corps: Robert D. Cline of Naper. For military police corps: Frank A. Huston of Bassett. For auto engine rebuild school: James D. Stewart of Page. Regular army, unassigned (no choice): Fred W. Shores of Elgin; Jesse L. Morrison of Rushville. After there people have com pleted their basic they will be re assigned according to their choices, except the regular army, unassigned, who will be reassign ed according to the needs of the service. The recruiting officer will be in O’Neill at the courthouse an nex, on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Appointments can be made for any evening during the week or over the weekend by writing the O’Neill office or phon ing O’Neill 18 or 424-J. Mr. and Mrs. James Kurtz of Long Pine visited from last Thursday until Saturday at the home of their son and daughter in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kurtz, and family. • — m mm m m mm m m mm mmmmmmm mm,m ^ DR. H. D. GILDERSLEEVF J OPTOMETRIST Northeast Corner of 4th & Douglas O’NEILL, NEBR. Phone ltS7 Eyes Examined . Glasses fritted I Office Hours: Mon. thru Bat. | * __i Prairieland Talk . . . Only 3 Firms Survive Ebbtide By ROMAiNE SAUNDERS, Retired, Former Editor The Frontier MARION, IND.—The graveyard of time em braces another little trading post of long standing in Holt county. This time it’s the Townsend store in Page. And I think Clint had something to do with the organization of the Townsend Bridge company before embarking on the long trail of a country town storekeeper. Before there was a village of Page there were Minneola, Middle Branch, Dustin, Eagle Mills, Shamrock, Little—all now faded away, gone, for gotten. The ebbtide that has retreated from the full flowing tide of new life in the O’Neill community has left the First National bank, Biglin’s and The Frontier as the only surviv ors of early pioneer life on prai rieland. And others have taken over these three institutions that survive the wreck of time. Six scribes had graced the editorial functions of The Frontier pre vious to the present editor. Big lin’s has undergone a few chang es, as has the First National, since the days of Ed Kelly, the first Homam* cashier. And within the ebbtide Saunders that retreats before the onrush of new life there are those who will remember Father Cassidy, for long years pastor of St. Patrick’s church. Today people marvel that he retained unruffled clerical dignity and warmhearted friendship with every body while memebrs of his parish were at throat cutting war with each other over who and which were to hold down the jobs at the courthouse. There w.ere fissionists and GOP’s among the members of St. Patrick’s and maybe their pastor, a native of Ireland, concluded that was the Yankee way in politics and let it go at that. m * * They are at it again in the legislative cham ber down at Nebraska’s famed statehouse—a state sales tax. Before coming East, Prairieland Talker bought a five-dollar traveling bag. The saleslady then asked me for four bits to cover the federal sales tax on that five-dollar purchase. Buy a light bulb—two cents “luxury tax.” The proponents of the state sales tax say it will mean less property tax. The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. In the several states visited that have adopted the sales tax, American patriots still pay property tax and bellyache about the sales tax, while their tax dollars have been going abroad to “rehabilitate” lands where the natives laugh at tax collectors. * * * Nebraskans are riding high in federal affairs. Mr. Seaton, Hastings publisher, has been called to the white house as a consultant of the chief executive. C. A. Nelson, a native of Bristow, has been named to head the inspection division of the federal atomic energy setup. A number of others from this state have been previously call ed into important federal posts. Chief Justice Sim mons of the state supreme court announces he is not available for a federal appointment and will continue his work as judge. . . A measure before the state legislature that has merit would amend the state constitution so terms of statehouse elect ed officials would be four years instead of two. The one elected for the two-year term is in most instances reelected. Capable officials have been elected through the years and a four-year term would eliminate the partisan hogwash every two years. . . Automobile crackups are getting under the hide of insurance companies. In nine months last year 507 million dollars were paid by life in surance companies as a result pf highway deaths. * * * Advice to the business men of O’Neill: Don’t overlook your advertising in 1955 and your cus tomers won’t overlook you. At 7:30 last night 500 women of the city of Marion marched forth to ring doorbells where the glow of a porchlight seemed to beckon. It was the “march of dimes” for the polio fund. Raising of funds has become the great American sport. Mar ion householders responded last night with $3,182. Everyone who it at all able contributes to a worthy cause such as the annual march of dimes repre sents. And this response is made although the don ors do not see a published report of what is done with their money. It goes on all across and land and is in the hands of women. Faith, confidence in American womanhood and the universal sym pathy for the suffering inspire all to give without requesting an accounting. * * * I sat at the end of the pew during the church service. Across the aisle sat two young girls. Hymn books were open and the songs of Zion poured forth. Those two girls saw that I had no hymn book. With the book open to the number being sung, one of those girls stepped over and handed it to me. We hear a lot about juvenile shortcomings. Here was not an isolated instance of courtesy shown by a young girl to what she may have taken to be a “father in Israel.” But that was in church! Parental training and spiritual instruction have made her a charming and thoughtful young girl. “Train up a child in the way it should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” * * * A bit of legislative news in the Lincoln Eve ning Journal that came today was of special inter est to Prairieland Talker. Senator McGinley of Ogallala had introduced a bill that would provide a slogan or legend for auto license plates to read, “The Beef State.” It was proposed to immortalize us as the beet state. Senator McGinley seems to have reacted to it in harmony with a suggestion in this department and has done something about it. * * « The evening paper showed a little girl in tears. She had been with her father to a store and was fitted with new shoes. A happy child. Going home her father took her in his arms as they were to cross a street. An automobile hit them. Father was killed, the little girl unhurt. Unhurt? No. The thorns of life at such an early age had pierced her heart and she bled. From the cradle to the grave the sad refrain of sorrow sounds. • * * Lord Bacon defined us thusly: “Man — an extract or compendious image of the world” Do you qualify? * * * A Fifth avenue millionaire was knocked off by a killer and about all the detectives and police are on the hunt for the slayer. A near-penniless guy get it in a vital spot and a bluecoat or two give it the once-over and leave the scene. No clue. * * • An Indianapolis, Ind, boy was killed in a traffic smashup. A 7-year-old girl was caught in a burning house, much of her body scorched so that life could be assured her only by skin graft ing. Where to get the human skin. “Take that from our dead boy,” said the parents of the vic tim of another highway tragedy. * * * O’Neill represents a collection of people who believe that they can get along better in life by working together. A little work, plus some responsibility, should be a part of the education of every boy and girl in O’Neill, regardless of what parents think. If you are the average working man, you are putting in about two and a half hours a day for the U.S. government. That’s the average time required by the typical American to earn the money he must pay in taxes. In other words, if you start work at 9 o’clock, you’re working until about a half hour before noon for Uncle Sam. That’s what the Kentucky Tax Re search association found in a recent compilation. The association also worked up figures show ing what the average man uses the money earned from the the rest of his day for. Next in importance, in the time required to earn it, is food. The average working man spends an hour and 37 minutes of his working day to earn food for himself and his family. After that, in time required to provide it, is the problem of housing, and the average man spends an hour and 24 min utes each day for the shelter, rent or payment he is making on his living quarters. Oddly enough, transportation is the next big best item, requiring 42 minutes of the average man's working day, followed by clothing, which requires 36 minutes. Medical and personal care re quire only 23 minutes of the working day, in earn ings, and reading and recreation represent 20 min utes of the average working days, in cost. Finds Mummy on Alaskan Island Theodore P. Bank, director of the Institute of Regional Exploration, reported recently he had discovered an ancient Aleut tomb on the Alaskan island of Kanaga. Mr. Bank has spent many years exploring in the Alaskan area, and his recent arch eological discovery is interesting from several standpoints. In the first place, the tomb discovered was thought to have been at the base of an active vol cano and had been kept dry by the heat of lava beds beneath it. Inside the tomb was a mummy of an Aleut warrior chieftain. The mummy was placed in a skin boat and was sitting in an upright position. Also discovered by Mr. Bank in his recent ex ploration were the remnants of a prehistoric forest on Atka island, in the Aleutian chain. Trees which had been buried in mud and lava beds for thousands of years were found where trees no longer grow, and some of them were as large as four feet in diameter. It appears from these discoveries that mum mies were used in burying chieftains many years jigo in the Alaska area and that further knowledge and discoveries of this early Aleut life are yet to come. Despite the troubles that afflict the world, the old human race goes along and, as one of our friends constantly remarks, there will always be people. An orator is not usually a thinker. Editorial . . . The Tax Hours If the entire population of O’Neill would trade at home for one month, they would be surprised at the difference it would make. There are many readers of newspapers who pay more attention to the sports page than to any other part of the newspaper. Have you ever wondered why it’s so much easier to tell somebody else how to do something than it is to do it yourself? Differences of opinion are the stimuli that lead to honest conclusions, if anybody wants to be in tellectually honest. People who put off their work from day to day are always the ones who tell you how very busy they are. Even the smartest individual has much to learn and the smarter they get, the more they realize this fact. Going to church regularly may not be your habit, but it would be a good habit for you to have. - Education being what it is, it is hard to under stand why so few students like school. We have found that it is much easier to make -ises than to carry them out. 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 paper is a member of the Nebraska Press Associa tion, National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, $2.50 per year; elsewhere in the United States, $3 per year; rates abroad provided on request. All subscriptions are paid-in-advance. Audited (ABC) Circulation—2,335 (Mar. 31, 1954) When You and I Were Young...' Exposed All Night; Temp 38 Below __ Train Engineer Is Unconscious 50 Years Ago The engineer of the Great Northern lay unconscious for five hours in the waiting room of the depot after an all-night exposure in his cab to 38 below zero weath er and the exhausting struggle of getting his train through adamant snowdrifts. . . Juvenile vandals j took advantage of a cracked win dow pane at the rear of Bowen’s Racket store recently by remov ing the pane of glass and reach ing through to purloin a few tools lying on a bench. . . The cold weather has had its effects on the water works. A kettle of hot wa ter is provided before going to the faucet each morning and most hydrants are found frozen. . . . Mrs. McHugh and son, Frank, were dumped out of their bobsled at the First National bank corner. The team they were driv ing took an extra spurt at the comer and turned the bobsled over and the team became de tached. Mrs. McHugh was caught under the box while Frank landed on his feet and started in pursuit of the team. Neither was hurt. 20 Years Ago Mrs. Emmet Slaight suffered a skull fracture in a recent auto mobile accident. . . The Nebraska Bar association of the Fifteenth judicial district held its annual meeting and banquet at the Gold en hotel. . . With large supplies of seed for spring planting being imported from other sections, Holt county farmers face a grave dan ger of smut infestation among small grains. . . While Tom Welsh was sleeping one night recently a neighbor awakened him to tell him his house was on fire. The fire resulted from a defective flue and it burned both the house and barn. Most of the household properties were destroyed. At present Tom is living in a house on wheels. 10 Years Ago William Kelly and Theresa Bordeau shared honors as tb* king and queen of hearts at the St. Mary’s academy valentine dance. . . Jennie Beth Mellor won second place in the district 4-H timely topics speech contest held at Bassett. . . Dorothy Larson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon ard Larson of Clearwater, and Harold Mlinar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Mlinar of Atkinson, were married at the Lutheran parsonage in O’Neill. . . A. Neil Dawes will assume the duties of Holt county agricultural agent. He has for the past three years been agricultural agent in Boyd county. One Year Ago Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parker ob served their golden wedding an niversary at an open-house held at their farm home northwest of the city. . . The O’Neill district of the Consumers Public Power company earned the 1953 safetv j award after completing 219,043 man-hoi*s of work during that year without a single accident re sulting in loss of working time. . . . The grand opening of the Eby Conoco Service station was held over the weekend. . . The Chicago &: North Western railroad filed application with the Nebraska railway commission to discontinue passenger trains 13 and 14 operat ing between Chadron and Rapid City, S.D. O’Neill Student Candidate for Queen— The 22d Mardi Gras of Duchesne cillege, Omaha, will be held Friday, February 18, with the coronation at the college auditorium and the ball at the Blackstone hotel. The following Seniors were voted upon by the student body last spring; out of these nine princesses one will be queen. Her identity was made known to the president of the college and will be kept secret until the night of the ball. The student chosen does not know of her honor until the night of the coronation. Princesses include Miss Mar garet ( M a r d e ) Birmingham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Birmingham of O’Neill. All Members Present for Club Meeting— The Pleasant Brook 4-H club held its meeting at district 46 sehoolhouse on Tuesday, Febru ary 8. All members were present. Charlotte and Donna Wright join ed the club. Mrs. Fern Stearns, the club leader, attended club leader activities at Lincoln re cently. She gave a very interest ing talk on what she had done while there. The sewing project received new books. The hostess es, Mrs. Stearns and Mrs. Schmi ser, served lunch—valentine style. Next meeting will be at district 131 sehoolhouse, March 8. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS WD—William F Kaczor to Ed ward R Kaczor 10-10-52 $1 N% 4-31-11- Subj to life interest of said Wm M Kaczor & Ethel Kac zor AMERICAN LEGION DANCE at the STUART AUDITORIUM “Where The Name Bands Play” Sunday, Febr. 20th FEATURING— Admission — $1.00 ..DANCE.. AT O’NEILL American Legion Auditorium & BALLROOM 1 Heads Atomic Energy Inspection The atomic energy commission at Washington, D.C., has an nounced that a former Bristow resident, Curtis A. Nelson, has been named to head the AEC’s inspection division. Nelson has been man ager of the 3-billion-dollar Savannah (S.C.) river operations in stallation—a part of the AEC. Nelson was a colonel in the army engineers during World War II. Earlier he was graduated from the University of Nebraska. Memorial Rite for Mrs. Minnie French EWING—An Order of the East ern Star school of instruction was held Tuesday afternoon, February 8. with Mrs. Doris Dawson, dis trict 10 supervisor, in charge. After dinner at the United Presbyterian church, served by the Missionary society, a stated meeting of Jephthah chapter was held exemplifying the initiatory work. The charter was draped in memory of Mrs. Minnie B. French, who died February 7 at the Masonic home at Plattsmouth. Two Page members, Mrs. Ray Snell and Mrs. Anton Nissen, and an Elgin member, Mrs. Zoe Huff man, were present. A gift was presented Mrs. Daw son by Mrs. Wilbur Bennett, worthy matron, on behalf of the chapter. The Frontier for printing. DR. J. L. SHERBAHN O’Neill, Nebraska Complete X-Ray Equipment Mj Block So. of Ford Garage —■ ■■ ■ Saturday, February 19th ACES OF RHYTHM ORCHESTRA Adm.: Adults $1; Students 50c • • Even the bumps are smoother in the '55 Buick ride T\o be honest —there are some bumps which nothing will level out completely. Yet even the real rough ones turn out a lot smoother when you’re in a 1955 Buick. And that’s not just our say*so. New owners of these new beauties keep telling us that. So you may wonder—how come? What’s dif ferent about the Buick ride that makes it such a marvel? The answer is—plenty. Most cars have coil springs on front wheels only. Buick has them all around — and this year they’re newly calibrated for even deeper smothering of jounce and jar. So here your ride is balanced, buoyant, level, serenely smooth. Most cars drive through the rear springs. Buick drives through a torque-tsbe that takes up all driving thrust, wipes out rear-wheel wiggle and wag, steadies your going to a sure and solid track. And no other car in all America has these great comfort extras plus the backbone of a massive X-braced frame plus both direct and lever-type shock absorbers to snub after Local Delivered Price of j the 1955 BulckSPECIAL { W 475 2-Door, 6-Pa»on9«r Sedan, Model 48 (illustrated) j Optional eauipment, accessories, state and ocol tstti rf oars', additional. Prices ma/ vary sightly in odjc ■* cm-v».r * «*. Even the factory-installed extras voe may want cam such os: Heater & Defroster - $81.79; Rotf o 4 <'*a*wNo- $f? 50 bounce plus a special front-end geometry to stabilize “cornering” plus tubeless tires on extra-wide rims for softer, steadier riding. Surely, you owe it to yourself to try this great Buick travel, just to judge things for yourself. \ou’ll find it the nearest thing to velvet on wheels—and made even more so by the silki ness of record-high V8 power and the abso lutesmoothnessofVariablePitchDrnaflow.* Come visit us this week—for sure. *Dynaflotv Drive is standard on Roadmastar. at rvrrq teat on other Series. Thrill of the jfezsr is Buiclc ——■ 1 — —■■■ WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM ' ' — A. MARCELLUS PHONE 370 O’NEILL. NEBR. . * °c c