Prairieland 1 alk . . .
Reds Plan Inundation of Orient
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, Retired, Former Editor The Frontier
LINCOLN—Small black eyes, straight midnight
hair, unmistakable features of the Oriental, me
dium length from crown to sole, dressed in a sky
blue suit, maybe got at Golds, and a smile that
uncovered gleaming white teeth—all the earth has
its smiles and its tears—English words of a sort
responded to my greeting. A Korean. Told me his
name was Pon, was here to ar
range for entrance at Union col
Lege to take a course in business
administration. His home is in
South Korea, his mother is a
physician and his father in trans
portation. They will finance his
education in America and then
he will return to his native land.
He was to leave within a week
for Chicago, 111., where he has
friends from his homeland and
will have employment there un
til the college year opens in Sep- Romaine
tember. He feels that uncertain Saunders
peace in the Orient trembles in the balance and
that Russia and China intend to inundate the East
ern world with waves of communist plans of life.
“That the way of the kings of the East might
be prepared ... three unclean spirits like frogs
came out of the mouth of the dragon and out of
the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of
the false prophet . . . spirits of devils going forth
to the kings of the earth to gather them to the
battle of the great day of God Almighty.”
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These mock evacuations when you come
back to find things as you left them are one
thing, while if you come back at all after a
bombing to find only ruins is quite another.
• * •
Cane in hand, the old man shuffled along the
sidewalk on the community’s main thoroughfare.
Ancient legs gave way and down he went to lie
prone upon the concrete, a hard bed, covered his
face with a hat to shield it from the blazing sun.
An old man fallen, a nobody from one of those
homes where old men who are homeless and pen
niless and friendless are cared for, with neither son
nor daughter to lean upon, a broken human reed, a
withered leaf—there he lay as cars rushed by and
pedestrians came and went. What hopes, what as
pirations, what visions beckoned when youth look
ed out upon a world to conquer lay there in the
dust this morning? But kindly souls, helping hands
are forever near. They raised the old man to his
feet but he was unable to stand, so they carried
him to an automobile parked at the curb and took
him to the nursing home to be cared for.
• • •
It was July 4, 1776. Hesitancy, indecision,
doubting marked the assembly in that room in
Philadelphia, Pa., after John Hancock had moved
, the adoption of the document that Thomas Jeffer
son had just read. Then arose John Witherspoon,
delegate from New Jersey, and addressed the as
sembly. “There is a tide in the affairs of men. We
perceive it now before us. To hesitate is to consent
to our own slavery. That noble instrument upon
your table should be subscribed this very morning
by every pen in this house. He that will not re
spond to-its accents and strain every nerve to carry
into effect its provisions is unworthy the name of
free man.” The Declaration of Independence was
signed by all delegates. The war was fought and
won. The flag of freedom is respected and feared
today the world around.
Having determined by official decree what and
when and how much of the farm land shall be
put to crops, now by legal enactment the hens are
directed what kind of eggs to send to market. . .
A 500-foot cross to be erected on an eminence in
southern Illinois at a cost of three million dollars
is being planned for. That amount of money de
voted to the things the cross represents would be
infinitely better than to be wrapped up in the cost
of a stately monument. . . In the person of Bud
aich Ramazanov, a resident of the Russain Cau
casus, the Muscovites claim another “first.” He is
said to be 132-years-old. Now comes a community
down in Brazil to top the Russian claim with one
of their citizens aged 148. . . Last year 656 tor
nados swept over America, killing 37 individuals,
injuring 669 and causing $41,000,000 property dam
age.
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Probably assuming that it is a contradiction of
his real name, the editor adorns Hay McClure’s
name with quotation marks. Such marks have their
place but not on Hay’s name, it being full and
complete as it is. Hay would do anything that
could be done on a horse, but if he could not do
it aboard a mount he would not do it. His father
went into the mercantile business in O’Neill at
one time with a gent from Nebraska City, Loss
Amlong, as manager; Hay and his brother, Jim,
clerks. Hay couldn’t ride his saddle horse in the
store, so he didn’t last long as a clerk.
• • *
I had the pleasure this morning of a front
lawn visit with a lady from O’Neill, Mrs. Fred
Holsclaw. Passing the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Merle Murdy, at 49th and Lowell streets, we met
and I learned that she will b* in Lincoln for a time
to receive medical attention in a hospital. The
home of the Holsclaw family was once the home
of O’Neill’s first “milk man,” Dave Weisgarver,
and at that time it was a farm home not included
in the city limits. The monthly milk bill in those
days for a family that did not keep their own cow
was $1.50. The monthly milk bill of families here
in the city these days of inflation is at least $25.
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Dry May means a wet June — we have it.
A farmer friend from Fillmore county informs
{hi« weather-wise prairielander that it had been
very dry in tiis community but that recent rains
assured them of at least half the normal yield
of wheat. Corn planting was delayed by dry
weather conditions but with favorable weather
from now on he would bavc & erage
yield of corn. A lady asks why worry about corn,
what is done with it when they get it? Her rural
experience had been where grass and hay is the
staple.
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Death notices at the top of the column, at the
bottom next to the want ads two inches devoted to
Sen. Joe McCarthy, one of whose friends protested
the coldness of the country’s newspapers toward
the Wisconsin senator. Nothing much of a sena
torial nature worth listening to since he is out of
the picture.
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The latest “march of dimes” in Nebraska
neted $729,409 to be added to polio funds which
are used in defraying expenses in treating those
overtaken with this modern plague.
Editorial . . .
Guy Davis Great Leader
Guest editorial by Caroline Skopec, News Writer
for Holt County 4-H Leaders’ Organization
The 4-H movement lost one of its finest lead
ers Sunday when Guy R. Davis, 65, assistant state
4-H leader, was killed in an auto accident. Another
assistant state leader, Mrs. Dorothea Hostein, suf
fered two broken legs and severe head injuries
c in the highway accident near Alliance.
They were returning to Lincoln after taking
four exchange students to northwestern Nebraska
and visiting Chadron 4-H conservation camp. An
other passenger, Sharon Kykar of Lincoln, 11
year-old niece of Mrs. Holstein, escaped with mi
nor cuts and bruises.
Mr. Davis is survived by his wife, Marguerite;
and two children, Mrs. James Stuart of Lincoln
and Tom Davis, who is with the air force in Texas.
Mr. Davis was a pioneer in 4-H work. He re
ceived his bachelor’s degree in 1912 from the Uni
versity of Nebraska and his master’s in 1914.
From 1914 to 1918, he taught at York college,
then returned to the University of Nebraska. It
was during this period that he helped set up the
4-H movement.
Mr. Davis was the assistant state 4-H leader
# who worked especially with the northern region of
Nebraska. Thousands of 4-H’ers had the benefit of
knowing him and share in the sorrow of losing a
kind friend and a great leader.
Mr. Davis was truly a friend to every 4-H'er.
He admired progressive boys and girls and ded
icated his entire life to inspiring initiative in oth
ers. With his calm, soft-spoken voice, he surmount
ed obstacles which the extension service found in
o its way.
Mr. Davis often visited Holt county. He helped
with share-the-fun contests, achievement days,
lairs and leaders’ banquets. He remembered good
leaders and a compliment from him was something
of which to be proud.
At the first 4-H junior leaders’ convention last
October, Mr. Davis had charge of the introduction
of the young leaders to a new safety project set
up for the 4-H program this year. Mr. Davis was
not only a pioneer in 4-H, but he worked endless
ly to improve his organization. The finest memorial
we, the 4-H’ers and leaders of Nebraska, can give
Mr- Davis is to practice the safety measures that
his latest program outlines. It is irony, indeed, that
he should die in an inexplicable one-car automo
bile accident.
We can not always appreciate a truly great
leader until he is gone. Then we search for some
one to fill his place and because we find that no
one can, we must follow the path that he has trod.
If we are good leaders youth no doubt will break
new paths similar to the magnificent pattern set
bv Guy Davis.
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Shaken Faith Biggest
Undoubtedly the biggest consequence of the
vacillating condition of the nation’s mass polio
inoculation program is the somewhat shake faith
of many people. A certain percentage have come
now to the conclusion that the Salk vaccine is
something to be feared—not praised as the true
blessing it will probably prove to be.
All the difficulty was apparently brought about
by a little improper procedure here and there in
the mass production of the vaccine. The degree of
potency is apparently not consistent enough to
satisfy medical men. Some of the stuff is too strong
while other is too weajc.
Now government health authorities have run
exhaustive tests on each batch of the vaccine and
slowly but surely it is being released for public
use. That which is being issued is all right—just
a good and safe as the public first believed it to
be when the announcement was made that Dr.
Johas Salk had struck a deadly blow at a crippling
disease.
But throughout the nation there are parents
who have lost their faith in the vaccine. Some
of them will probably refuse to allow their chil
dren to be immunized. Some of these children will
probably be polio victims before the year is over.
It is too bad that this rather natural confusion
had to come about. But it is far more tragic that
some of our people will have lost faith in the entire
Salk procedure.
Concerned About Balance
How times have changed. President Benjamin
Harrison was so worried about the 43-million-dol
lar surplus in the federal budget that he said in
his 1889 state of the Union message: “The presence
of so large a surplus in the public vault is a dis
turbing element in the conduct of public business.”
Now Representative William H. Harrison of Wy
oming, who’s a grandson of the former president,
is a bit amazed at the change—275 billion in the
red, which does not count more billions in various
types of credit expansion outstanding. Interest on
the public debt is 6% billion a year, 17*2 million
dollars a day or $12,500 a minute. It will be good
business when Uncle Sam starts to live within his
income, also lowers taxes.
Who remembers when the average teenage
kid was happy to mow your lawn (manually-pow
ered machine) for a half-buck? Try finding one
to touch a power mower for several times that
amount.
Violence at Scottsbluff by tornadoes . . . trag
edy at the North Carolina seaside involving two
Spencer people . . . the usual toll on the highways
. . . these subjects make the news in Nebraska.
CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
Editorial <& Business Offices: 122 South Fourth St
Address correspondence: Box 338, 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
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paper is a member of the Nebraska Press Associa
tion, National Editorial Association and the Audit
Bureau of Circulations.
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are paid-in-advance.
Audited (ABC) Circulatien—2,463 (Mar. 31, 1955)
When Yon and I Were Young . . . ]
Watch City’s Smoke
Come
Parker to Shoshone
Country
50 Years Ago
O’Neill will not celebrate the
Fourth—but watch her smoke in
September. . . Surveyor Morton
has been at work with his sur
veying instruments in town this
week establishing a grade line for
sidewalks. . . Ryland Parker, an
O’Neill boy, is up in the Shoshone
country tearing things up. . . Dr.
J. P. Gilligan reports four births
this week. . . Walter Campbell
has been appointed poundmaster
and all persons are warned that
any cattle found running loose
will be impounded. . . A marriage
license was issued to Claud W.
Davis and Maud May Daniels,
both of Chambers. . , Miss Mande
ville of the Michigan settlement
went to Fremont to attend normal
school. . . Miss Thresa Ulrich,
dressmaker, is now located in the
southeast room over Gallagher’s
store. . . The prohibitionists of
Holt county will meet in the
courthouse for the purpose of
electing delegates to attend the
state convention. . . Will Wabbs
gave a dance at his bam.
20 Years Ago
Two farmers used a road grader
in uncovering their fences, which
had been covered with sand. . .
The ONeill nine defeated the Red
bird crew in one of those epic
games which set crowds afire. . .
The electors of the city of O’Neill
will vote on the sale of intoxicat
ing liquor by the drink at a special
election to be held in this city.
. . . Mr. and Mrs. Ira Moss enter
tained 10 guests with a dinner at
the Grand cafe, honoring Mr. and
Mrs. George Agnes. . . Stanley
Lewis of Omaha won the annual
golf tournament championship
from Hugh O’Connell, four-up. . .
The Methodist Ladies Aid met
with Mrs. John Kee. . . Teachers’
examinations will be given.
10 Years Ago
_ A reunion of the Kemper fam
ily. in honor of Melvin Kemper
WT/3c, who is home on leave,
was held at the Orville Kemper
home. . . Miss Ruth Hoffman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Hoffman, was selected by tha
county board as county clerk of
Holt county. . . Miss Jeanne Mc
Carthy and 1/Lt. Norman Gon
deringer were united in marriage
at St. Patrick’s Catholic church
with Monsignor McNamara per
forming the ceremony. . . Rev
Raymond J. Lisco arrived here,
replacing Rev. Daniel Brick, -who
has been transferred to Omaha. . .
S/2c Edward Martin will leave for
Great Lakes, I1L, after spending
a 10-day leave with his parents.
One Year Ago
Not only was the eclipse watch
ed by many local people here in
O’Neill, but people from as far
away as New' Jersey, Billings,
Mont., and Portland, Ore., w'ere
on hand to view the spectacle. . .
A fellowship supper and pound
social honoring Rev. and Mrs. Tl.
M. Hodgkin was held at the Meth
odist church parlors in Chambers
with 125 attending. . . Cooler
temperatures moved into the area
during the past week to relieve
the 100-degree weather which
had prevailed. . . Don Petersen
was elected president of the
Chamber of Commerce. . . Eileen
Krysl w'as elected president of
Pile hall, women’s residence at
Wayne State Teachers college. . .
The Bicek family met for a re
union at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Gaskill.
Grace Mannen Speaks
at Deaf Convention
LYNCH—Miss Grace Mannen
of Lynch is in Hartford, Conn.,
attending the convention of Am.
erican instructors of the deaf. The
conference is being held at the
American school for the deaf, the
site of the first school for th^
deaf in the United States.
Miss Mannen, who has taught in
the Nebraska school for the deaf
the past 20 years, will give a lec
ture on “The team approach to
the speech needs of the older
deaf child.”
Royal Theater
— O'NEILL, NEBR. _
Thurs. June 30
CAPTAIN* LIGHTFOOT
In cinemascope, technicolor.
Starring Rock Hudson, Barbara
Rush, Jeff Morrow with Kathleen
Kyan. Finlay Currie, Denis O’Dea
Geoffrey Tone. The brilliant
young stars of “Magnificent Ob
session” together again! Their
love was like a hungry flame,
sweeping the wind-lashed moors,
blazing in the fury of a world
gone mad!
Family admitted for 2 adult tick
ets; children under 12
with parent 50c; adults 50e;
children 12c
FrL-Sat July
SMOKE SIGNAL
Print by technicolor. Starring
Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie co
starring Rex Reason, WilliamTal
man with Douglas Spencer, Mil
bum Stone, Gordon Jones. Spec
tacularly photographed midst
never-before filmed dangers of
the Colorado river rapids!
Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee
Sat. 2:30. All children under 12
free when accompanied by parent.
Sun.-Mon.-Tues. July 3.4.5
EAST OF EDEN
In cinemascope and Warner
color. Starring Julie Harris, James
Dean in his very first picture—
a very special star, Ravmond
Massey with Burl Ives and an
unforgettable cast. Ask anybody
—‘East of* Eden” is Steinbeck’s
masterpiece. Its sons and lovers,
its saints and sinners, its losers
and winners all have the look of,
and the yen for, life.
Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee
Sun. 2:30. All children unless in
arms must have tickets
D-X Sunray in
Sales Session
D-X Sunray Oil company, a
wholly-owned subsidiary result
ing from the recent merger be
tween Mid-Continent Petroleum
corporation and Sunray Oil com
pany, held a banquet and sales
meeting Friday evening at the
Mayfair hotel, in Sioux City.
Over one hundred D-X lessees,
dealers, bulk station agents,
truck salesmen and salesmen
were in attendance. At this meet
ting, executives of D-X Sunray
outlined the terrific impact this
recent merger will have on the
oil industry in the midwest. Plans
for a huge D-X expansion pro
gram, costing millions of dollars,
was announced.
As a result of this largest oil
industry merger in 23-years,
D-X Sunray now has assets total
ling nearly a half-billion dollars,
are 15th in size of all major oil
companies in the USA and have a
refining capactity of 100,000 bar
rels of crude oil daily from 9,415
oil and gas wells located on 304,
000 producing acres. This huge
output is transported via its own
pipelines, tank cars and trans
port trucks to some 10,000 D-X
service stations and bulk plants
from Louisiana and Texas to the
Canadian border, and from the
Rocky mountains to Ohio. In
addition, D-X Sunray has an
other 4% million acres of ground
under lease in 23 states and Can
ada.
This massive operation is dir
ected from the company’s’ head
quarters in a new modernistic
skyscraper in Tulsa, Okla.
The meeting was one of the 50
being held in the next few weeks
throughout the midwest. Repre
senting the Lindberg Petroleum
Co., of O’Neill, D-X Sunray dis
tributors here, were H. L. Lind
berg and Arlo Hiatt.
Don’t Let Brome
Seed Go to Waste
Don’t let any brome grass seed
go to waste this year! This is the
essence of information received
from the agronomy specialist of
the soil conservation service this
week.
Brome grass seed will probably
be in short supply for harvest
this fall and next spring planting
needs. Any seed that can be har
vested this year and held for lo
cal use at a later date will cer
tainly help if the situation be
comes critical.
Brome grass seed harvest will
probably be short in Holt county
this year. Many times grassed
waterways offer an excellent
source of seed even though it
may be only a relatively small
amount C. R. (“Bob”) Hill, local
technician for SCS, points out
that seed from several waterways ;
would do a great deal to make
seed available for local needs
next spring.
Miss Helen Engler’s
Betrothal Told—
STUART—Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Engler of Stuart announce the ap
proaching marriage of their
daughter, Miss Helen M., to Harry
C. Stokley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Stokley of Lincoln.
Miss Engler is employed in the
county assessor’s office in O'Neill
and Mr. Stokley is assistant coun
ty agent.
August 3 has been chosen for
the wedding date.
Miss Joan McGrew
Plans August Wedding—
STUART—Mr. and Mrs. Jack
McGrew of Stuart announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Miss Joan, to Capt. Jesse Lewis
Gibney, jr., son of Col. and Mrs.
Jesse L. Gibney of Clearwater,
Fla. They plan an August wed
ding.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McKim,
Kenneth, Kieth and SA Leslie
McKim spent Sunday visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Tasler and fam
ily of Atkinson.
Maureen and Mary Jo Ma
honey went to Omaha Wednes
day after spending their vacation
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Chadles Mahoney.
Return from Trip—
LYNCH—Jolene Micanek and
Mary Chvala of Lynch and Orpha
Tuch of Verdel have returned
from a two-weeks’ vacation trip
through South Dakota, Wyoming,
Montana and Colorado.
To Start Homeward August 1
Army Cpl. Lawrence Engler (above), son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Engler of Atkinson, will sail for the United States about
August 1 after completing a tpur of overseas duty. A graduate of
St. Joseph’s hall, Atkinson, and a former student at the University
of Nebraska college of agriculture, Corporal Engler plans to con
tinue his schooling after separation from the army. Corporal Engler
is in charge of officers’ records for headquarters and service com
pany, 76th engineer battalion, Seoul, Korea. In July he will spend
a leave in Japan.
O’NEILL LOCALS
Larry and Arthur Frisch went
to Ponca Sunday where they are
attending the Methodist youth
camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gilg re
turned Friday from their vacation
spent in the Black Hills and Yel
lowstone.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Holland
er and family of Omaha spent the
weekend in the home of Dr. and
Mrs. E. M. Gleeson and family.
SA Leslie C. McKim arrived
last Thursday morning from Great
Lakes, 111., where he has recent
ly completed nine weeks of boot
training. He will report for duty
at Newport, R.I., for nine weeks’
more schooling for navy clerical
work.
Louis Vitt, Harlow Sehwisow,
Ed Tsotta and Frank Clements
returned Monday from a “very
successful” fishing trip in Can
ada.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grenier and
Carol spent Sunday fishing.
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/£ -/he new kind of hardtop- The 4-Door Riviera I
YOU drop the side windows down on this
airy beauty of a Buick with the solid
steel roof—and it’s as wide open as a Convert
ible, with no center posts to mar your view.
That’s what makes it a hardtop.
But what makes it a very special kind of
hardtop is the fact that it has four doors
instead of two.
Cheers? Brother! — they’re really rolling
out for Buick’s 4-Door Riviera!
Now, you see, you can have the tremendously
popular styling of a true hardtop combined
with the room, comfort and full convenience
of a 4-door Sedan.
And it took a completely new kind of body
design to come up with this marv el—a new
kind of body built to wholly new structural
principles.
So it looks like Buick’s done it again —
because the 4*Door Riviera is a sweeping
sensation across the nation.
It’s rolling off the assembly lines in volume
numbers to meet the demand — in the high
powered Century Series, and in the
bedrock-priced Special Series, illustrated
here.
And each one is all Buick—with record-high
V8 power, the level steadiness of all-coil
springing, the extra roominess of a full-size
Buick Sedan—and, most certainly, with the
instantaneous getaway response and
bettered gas mileage of Buick s spectacular
new Variable Pitch Dynaflow.*
Come in for a look at the brand-new kind
of hardtop—the 4-Door Riviera. You’ll find
it priced at the modest extra cost of a 4-door
model over a 2-door model—and a buy too
thrilling to pass up.
*Dynajlow Drift is standard on Roadmasttr, optional * ta*m ms*
on other Series.
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