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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1955)
Moving Day Big Event in 1909 -. < By MRS. N. D. ICKES, SR. The Frontier’s Feature Writer Moving week ’round the coun try is done with relative ease now adays—trucks, trailers and autos. It’s done in jig time and some moves take place and are com pleted without the neighbors be ing aware of it. Not so in the Page community back in 1909. The accompanying street scene was typical of the confusion that reigned after an “emigrant car” had arrived in town via the Pacific Short Line railroad. Noth ing was motorized then. Contents were unloaded or poured from the “emigrant cars” • onto horse-drawn wagons for the plow trip to the country—where a pew location, new neighbors, new fpiends awaited latest arrivals. Roy Wilson recalls the good neighbors who helped him move. Teams belonging to George Hollo way, John Dorr and Roy French have been identified. (See accom panying photo.) During those last days of Febru ary, 1909, the John Wilson family moved to the farm now owned by Warren Cronk. The Lee Fink fam ily moved to where Mrs. A. O. Weber now resides and the James Murphy family moved to where William Klinetobe now lives. About the same time, the fam ilies of Wallace French, Will Wa gers, Eld Hunter and Joe Isaacson loaded “emigrant cars” consigned to Eugene, Ore. Allen Haynes and Wallace French each had a sale the same day. While the Frenches went to Oregon, the Haynes family load ed a car and shipped out for King ham, Kans, At one point of travel, the seven cars ahead of Mr. Haynes’ were tipped off the rails, but miraculously the car he loaded stayed on the track. They took their dog and he managed to let the chickens all out of the crates and had them flying all over the car. Combination cars, accommodat ing household goods and farm ma chinery (both “knocked down” to save room), also livestock, which had to be fed at division points, were the popular type of car. It was necessary for a man to ac company the car. He rode in the caboose of the freight train. In this day of moving by motor ized cavalcade, sometimes includ ing a plush van, it is the practice for trained van employees to do all the packing and, at journey’s end, to plant the furniture. This makes moving a simple proceduro for the owner. Even so, for all the modern convenience, there is less mov ing of personal effects and live stock than when the job was much more complicated. Roy Wilson got only as far as the bank where a wheel broke down. Wagon and hay rack were put together and then loaded. The travel-weary teams were hitched for the cold trip through deep snow. Men had to scoop. Teams were doubled and tripled to bring a load out of a chuck hole or a deep drift. In March, 1955, not a wheel moves until road maintenance machinery has cleared the roads of every vestige of trouble. Once that is done modern “emigrants” are on their happy way—unmind ful of the problems of moving day at Page in 1909. Lots of activity on moving day, March 1, 1909, in Page when ol’ dobbin did most of the work. (The white team hitched to hay rack belonged to George Holloway; the gray and bay team on wagon was John Dorr’s team; the team tied to telephone pole on left side of street belonged to Roy French.) Royal Theater — O’NEILL. NEBR. — Thurs. Mar. 10 Big Double Bill Hal Wallis’ CEASE FIRE Out of the fading hours of the Korean struggle . . . comes the powerful story of a handful of GI’s on their last patrol! — also — Robert C. Ruark’s AFRICA ADVENTURE Color by Pathecolor. The •screams are real! The scenes are real! The sweat . . . the fear . . . the suspense are real! Family Night Family admitted for 2 adult tick ets; adults 50c; children 12c Fri.-Sat. Mar. 11-12 SILVER LODE Technicolor. Starring John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Dur yea. The mob waits while they match bullet for bullet . . . and life for life! Revenge erupts into a frantic man-hunt ... in this starkly dramatic picture of the pioneering West! Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee Sat. 2:30. All children under 12 free when accompanied by parent Sun.-Mon.-Tues. Mar. 13-14-15 M-G-M presents in color by technicolor THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Academy Award winner (“From Here to Eternity.”) Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee Sun. 2:30. All children must have tickets Mrs. John Butler Dies in California Native of Chambers 111 Since 1953 CHAMBERS—Services for Mrs. John Butler, 52, were held at a chapel in Long Beach, Calif., at 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 23. Rev. Llewellyn Evans, pastor of First Presbyterian church, offi ciated. Interment was in Sunny side Memorial park. Mrs. Butler died after a linger ing illness. Her illness followed an operation December 10, 1953. Ruth Farrier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Farrier, was born at Chambers September 14, 1902. She grew to womanhood at Chambers. She was a member of the Kellar Presbyterian church, was graduated from Chambers high school, attended school at Wayne State Teachers college, taught two years in rural districts before entering business college in Lincoln. She married John C. Butler Oc tober 8, 1927. To this union two daughters were born—Donna and Alma Lee. The Butler family moved from Omaha to Long Beach in Novem ber, 1942. She was an active member and Sunday-school teacher in First Presbyterian church of Long Beach. Survivors include: Widower — John; daughters—Donna Webber of San Diego, Calif., and Alma Lee, at home; mother—Mrs. Alma Farrier of Chambers; sisters — Mrs. Charles (Carrie) Briggs of Red Oak, la., Mrs. Clarence (Arta) Vick and Mrs. Ernest (Al ice) Staples, both of Oklahoma City, Okla., Mrs. Alvin (Rachel) Tangeman of Chambers; brothers —Elmer Farrier of Los Angeles, Calif., Hylas Farrier and Ernest Farrier, both of Chambers; many nieces and nephews. Her father preceded her in death in September, 1924. Other Chambers News Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown and family moved early last week to Pilger where they will be em ployed on a farm. James Tangeman, who attends Wesleyan university, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Tangeman. Marilyn Walter came from Central City where she is a teach er to visit her parents, Mr- and Mrs. H. C. Watler, over the weekend. Mrs. J. W. Walter spent last week with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brion, and sons at Neligh while having dental work done. Mr- and Mrs. Edwin Wink and family visited relatives at Neligh Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bly of Amelia spent Sunday March 6 with their daughter, Mrs. Richard Harley, and son Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. William Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stevens drove to Grand Island Sunday, March 6- The Turner’s visited their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner and children and the Stevens’ visited her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Hecht. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Hodgkin, Mrs. Raymond Beed, Mrs- Anna Albers, all of Chambers and Mrs. Ernie Johnston of Amelia attend ed the state meeting of the Wo man’s Society of Christian Ser vice at Hastings Thursday and Friday, March 3 and 4. All returned Friday evening except Mrs. Albers who remained to visit her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Albers and sons. Mr. and Mrs. E. R- Carpenter drove to Atkinson Sunday to visit their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stevens, and children. Mrs. C. M. Grubb and small daughter, Judith Mae of McGill, Nev., came Thursday to attend the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs- Nettie Earl. She is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mae Hubbard. Hamik Member of Fictitious ‘Force’— ATKINSON—Pvt. Charles M. Hamik, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hamik of Atkinson, is a member of the Fourth armored division’s “aggressor force,” which recently made mock attacks on First arm ored division troops in an army training exercise at Ft. Hood, Tex. The “aggressor force,” complete with a fictitious national h;story, government, language and military organization, gives regular units a n opportunity to maneuver against a realistic enemy. Hamik, a tank driver in the 37th tank battalion’s company B, enter ed the army in March, 1954, and completed basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. $29 Income Tax Cut Plan Labeled ‘Fooler’— Sen. Roman Hruska of Nebras ka brands democratic efforts to pass a $20 a person income tax cut as a “fooler.” “We all want tax cuts,” Hruska said in a statement, “but not on the basis of deceiving the people. By this irresponsible tax cut drive the democrats are trying to re some heavy deficit financing. 2 New Members Admitted— The Eagle Creek 4-H club met at Elaine and Mickey Miller’s on Sunday, February 27. The usual pot-luck dinner was enjoyed at noon. After dinner the business meet ing was conducted with roll call being “One thing a good club member does.” All members were present except Janet Hull. Janice Vequist and Gene O’Neill were voted into the club. Gene took junior leader and stocker feeder; Janice, helping mother and dad, for their projects. Mrs. Theresa Ernst was ap pointed assistant leader. After the business meeting the leader demonstrated the making of muffins to the beginning bak ing class. Mary Jo Curran is to give the same demonstration at the next meeting, which is at Rita and Janice Vequist’s on March 20. — By Mary Jo Curran, news reporter. SUPERINTENDENT QUITS VERDIGRE—J. J. Hoff, su perintendent of schools here 32 years, has resigned. 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