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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1955)
Prairieland Talk . . . Park Named for Navy Hero By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, Retired, Former Editor The Frontier LINCOLN—O’Neill patriots have unrolled the scroll of time and see in the picture that they have a Carney park. The name recalls a family of that name which came here and settled to strive for a livelihood when Gen. John O’Neill brought hither his first colony. The Carney family consisted of the par ents, three sons and a daughter. The two oldest of the sons, Lute and John, rode the range for the Spade outfit while Tom, the youngest of the beys, remained home until he became restless. Then he took to the open road and developed the high classics of a tramp. The daughter married a horse rancher in Mad ison county and Johnnie tossed away his spurs and quirt, came home and took a job in M. M. Sullivan’s store so he could look after the old folks. The father died some time in the ’80’s and Johnnie yielded to the lure of the open range and was heard of no more. Old Moth- Romaine er Carney, a black pad over one Saunders eye, withered and needing care, hung about the streets of O’Neill until her daughter learned of the situation and came here to take her mother to her Madison county home. The Carney homestead went into the hands of Patrick Hagerty, who left O’Neill when the Elk horn Valley bank,, of which he was president, closed. Mr. and Mrs. James Mullen followed tbe Hagertys on that land, and Mr. Mullen was found dead or dying in the barnyard of a heart attack about 50 years ago. ine cummumiy uas Iictu two eaiuey giuujibui no way related to tha, pioneer family that cast an chor on a quarter-section of land just west of the cemeteries before such were consecrated to the dead. One family was headed by Mr. and Mrs. John Carney, now deceased, who lived many years northwest of town. One son, Leo, still resides here. Another Carney family came to O’Neill from the East. To identify this group, the head of the family was designated as Tall Tom Carney. There were three daughters and two sons in Tall Tom’s family. The parents died when the two youngest were small and one daughter, Miss Mary, reared the youngsters. Miss Mary lives in O’Neill and just returned from an extended trip in the East. Tall Tom’s other daughters are Mrs. Grover Shaw of O’Neill and Mrs. Marguerite Curtis of Sioux City. Tall Tom’s sons were Thomas, who lives in Kennewick, Wash., and the late Navy Captain James. The latter was graduated from O’Neill high school, entered the U.S. navy academy at Annap olis, Md., was graduated from there in 1921. He made rapid advancement in the regular navy and was about to be appointed a rear admiral when he died in the early stages of World War II. It was for Captain Carney the park was named. Miss Mary has told The Frontier the members of the family would consider an appropriate me morial in the park in memory of their brother if and when Carney park is rehabilitated and restored. V * * * Our capital city is introducing the one-way street traffic. Two streets, 16th and 7th, start the program that will be expanded later. Southbound traffic on 16th includes 32 blocks and the north bound on 17th the same 32 blocks. i» • i The American Legion has taken over when the Grand Army of the Republic left off. Sorrel-clad vets step in unison along the parade route where yesterday the blue-clad vets of Northern armies and grey-clad warriors from the South once march ed with drum and fife corps. About a thousand Legionnaires were in town yesterday on parade and business bent. Magnificently uniformed young America from O’Neill with band instruments were a part of the parade, an interesting and admired part for Prairieland Talker. Also the Antelope county Saddle club caught mine and many other admiring eyes. Not even the high stepping, whirling, nearly nude drum majorettes have so keen a pa rade spirit as a horse and those mounted and decorated nags from Antelope displayed in an hour long parade up Lincoln’s O street, seemingly con scious of the admiring crowds along the way. The picture of one member of the saddle club, 78 year-old R. R. Reed of Orchard, and his handsome white mount, appeared in this morning’s Lincoln paper. * * * Tom Simonson came in from his plantation up north a day in August, 1902, and got into print by exhibiting a lead pencil-size branch from a crab tree in his orchard that had 12 crab apples which the one little branch from the parent tree bore that year. . . John J. Slaymaker, a homesteader living south of Atkinson, was in O’Neill the same day to “prove up” and get government title to his claim. . . . Clyde King, a former editor of The Frontier but at the time with the Moline Plow company of Moline, HI., visited his parents and friends in O’ Neill in August that year. . . Miss Tennie Norvell and Miss Agnes Bentley were two stockholders from O’Neill to go to Denver, Colo., to attend a meeting of stockholders of a mining enterprise in which several local citizens had invested. * * * Duncan Hines, a literary light from Bowling Green, Ky., visited Lincoln on a cross-country jaunt. The gentleman of letters from the blue grass vales and hills also has gastronic ideas. He thinks there is no place like home when it comes to eat ing. Home-prepared meals are the real thing when you want to stow away food. Man-like, who would not agree with him? I believe most of the brethren will respond with a hearty amen when he says husbands should take their wives out to eat at least once a week to get them away from the cook stove that day. Eating at a public dispensary of gravy and grease at times, I have wondered if anyone eats at home these days. * * * Six, eight, 10—the daily procession in this cul tured community wending its way along crowded streets to the abode of the dead where lie the nota bles and the nobodies. Sons, daughters, fathers, mothers and friends look upon the lowered casket and weep silently as a solemn figrue in black in tones the rites of burial. Pass from the land of the living today, ’forgotten tomorrow save only by a lonely soul in the desolated home. “The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, and all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” * * * Another blowup at the state penitentiary, this time a hundred-thousand-dollar fire as the fruits of the efforts of some two hundred convicts to protest a silly thing. There are too many bosses in the ad ministration of our state penal institutions—super visors, superintendents, directors, boards and com missions, all jealous one of the other, tying the hands of the warden until efficiency is quite im possible. neuronal . . . Former Red Newspaper Men The New York Times, one of America’s biggest < and best newspapers, has recently fired an em ployee because of his refusal to answer questions of a senate committee pertaining to his ties with communism. In this same connection, the Times has retain ed two other writers who have admitted, to the committee, that they were once members of the communist party. Other New York papers nave fired reporters, as did the Times, for their refusal to answer questions on this issue, and have re tained others who freely admitted former connec tions with the party. In our opinion, those who have admitted for mer membership in the communist party are most fortunate to remain on the staff of any leading pa per. W hile we do not condemn them as unloyal citizens at this time, and while we try not to held one's past aga.nst him, if he has repented, the fact that any American ever joins the communists— who are out to destroy our way of life—certainly reflects on his judgment, maturity and patriotism. All ex-ccmumnists will bitterly resent these worcu, especially those who are now loyal Amer ican citizens, but they are true words. We cannot thinx as much of a - y citizen after we have learned that he was once a member of the communist party. These people should not be persecuted for their mistake, but the fact that they—at one time—-join ed a party which represented everything which our government and tradition oppose, indicates they are certainly not the most dependable citizens. And it is bad for ex-communists to be given the job of self-censorship, when writing for great newspapers or magazines. jr—""" --- -> -------- Blackouts Next? A power shortage is forecast for Nebraska in the next few years, even blackouts. But the pub lic power officials continue to authorize dismantl ing and junking of diesel engines in towns like O’ Neill, Neligh, Creighton, etc. Though the small en gines are uneconomical to operate, they could be worth their weight in gold for pumping water and limited heating and refrigeration in a time of crisis. Girls sometimes go to the pools to see and be seen; men go to see and swim. ^£t*E Frontier 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 seeond-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—2,463 (Mar. 31, 1955) LOOKING FOR A BIGGER BARGAIN IN BETTER LIVING? Here it is! Modern, Adequate Wiring! Don’t pot op with the inconvenience and costly inefficiency of “horse and boggy” wiring in yonr home! A voltage loos of only 10% due to on Ida ted, overloaded home wiring, canoe a loss of more than one-third in the wonderful efficiency of yon electrical appliance*! It also mean* that yon gel the fall ns* of only two-thirds of the electricity yon pay fori . 7S . Don’t delay I Inquire about a Modern, Adequate Wiring Plan for yonr home today! Adequate Wiring is truly a— Bigger Bargain In Boiler Living! for farther information on Adequate Wiring SEE YOUR FAVORITE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR or... -— ■ Plenty of Stories An exceptionally able Nebraska newspaper editor who had con siderable influence on a score or more of fledgling newswriters during the twenties and thirties at Hartington used to tell his pro teges that any man, woman or child a reporter chanced to meet is fair game for an interesting item for a country weekly. That man was J. P. O’Furey, who edited and published the prize-winning Cedar County News. O’Furey-influenced news men and women today circle the globe. A visitor in our home several days last week was sandy-haired Joseph M. (“Joe”) Monteverde of Brooklyn, N.Y., a World War II veteran of Italian descent. Both Mrs. Stewart and I knew Joe in the old country and he included our home on a solo swing through the west. * • • No Appeasement Applying the O’Furey technique to our Brooklyn friend, our talk drifted to juvenile delinquency in the big cities. A few weeks ago “Jungle Black board” was shown at the Royal theater. Joe said the picture portrays existing conditions in Harlem and to some extent in many other metropolitan commun ities. Twenty-five years ago a Boy Scout troop was founded in Brooklyn with Joe as a charter member. Except for the war years (he emerged as a captain in the ground forces), Joe has been identified with the troop ever since, currently as assistant leader. For years the troop’s meetings have been open to any kid in the neighborhood who wanted to drop in, learn about scouting, and fit into the group. It didn’t matter particularly if one joined or not. A few weeks ago eight ruffians dropped into the meeting being held in a church basement. The entire group was lined up, Scouts and visitors alike, for a routine assembly. A bully among the vis itors sounded off in a dour and “Jungle Blackboard” manner, and heaped personal insult on the as sistant leader. Joe said he had a moment in which to make a decision and had only two alternatives: (1) Either he capitulate, leave the room and get assistance, or (2) firmly estab lish who was boss. Joe chose the latter. He slapped the dirty-mouthed 16-year-old kid with an open hand, both sides of the face—and hard. It was important, Joe said, that it was a slap, not a clenched fist. If the fist had been used it might have precipitated knives, brass knuckles and all-out war. The ruffian began anew and Joe repeated the treatment. The meet ing continued in orderly fashion and the gang never showed up for another Scout meeting. On another recent occasion borough detectives dropped in one evening, making inquiries. The questioning led them and the Scout leaders to a neighbor hood home about 10:30 that night. The parents were playing cards. Asked if their 14-year-old son was home, the answer was “no.” Asked if they knew where he was, the answer was the same. Asked if the visitors could look into the boy’s room, detectives were waved toward a door lead ing into a corner room. The searchers were confronted with a sub-machine gun, small arms and lots of booty. The sub machine gun had been stolen from the Brooklyn navy yard. “When I was a kid our parents forbade us from getting within a block of that place!” Joe explains. * * * Parents to Blame Monteverde was a supply officer who just about went crazy keep ing up with forward units of Gen eral Patton’s Third army. Joe contends juvenile delin quency, Brooklyn-style, 1955, must be blamed largely on parents, who are preoccupied with their own interests and entertainment and don’t give a hoot for the kids, who roam the city day-and-night. The courts are also to blame, ac cording to our visitor. Repeatedly bad kids are hailed into court and released. To some of them the court routine is a novelty and a lark. Joes formula: Make the kid’s dad pay property damages plus about a $25 fine on first offense; scale the penalities upward on subsequent offenses. Joe figures the pop would lose a day’s pay by appearing in court, add to this the fine and damages and he thinks the fa ther will take an interest in Junior’s outside activities. Mr. Monteverde is an accountant and is on a committee which in vests trust funds. About O’Neill: “What wonder ful air and blue sky! In Brooklyn we don’t see a patch of blue sky in a week.” About the Dodgers: “The other teams in the National league have n’t been offering enough compe tition. The Bums will never move from Flatbush!” —CAL STEWART Mr. and Mrs. Merle Dawes and daughter of Osceola were week end guests at the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. Neil Dawes and family. Mrs. Guy Cole and Mrs. D. C. Schaffer spent Monday and Tues day, August 22 and 23, in Omaha. Woman Shot in Scott Incident Visits DORSEY— Mr. and Mrs. Fred Arp of Yutan and Mrs. Etta Compton and her daughter, Glad ys, of Waterloo came Sunday to the home of the Carson sisters. They expect to spend a few days visiting relatives in the Dorsey community. Mrs. Arp is a daughter of Mrs. Compton. Mrs.Compton, nee Etta McWhorter is a cousin of the Bradys and the Carsons. She is tke lady who was shot when Bar rett Scott was taken by masked men, hanged and his body put into the Niobrara river. She was attending high school and staying in the Scott home in O’Neill at that time. She and the Scott family were returning to O Neill after spending the holidays in the Dorsey community when the tragedy occurred. Mrs. Comp ton remembers it all very vivid ly. Other Dorsey News Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marston and Debra called at the James Wiley home on Tuesday after noon, August 23. The Drobney men and Lee Bra dy are busy putting up hay on the Marston hay meadow. They report the hay is “very good.” Linda Kruse spent Wednesday, August 24, with Mrs. Charles Marston. Richard Marston and grand daughter called at the James Wi ley home Wednesday, August 24. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady took their grandson, Albert Lee Bra dy, to Lynch Wednesday evening, August 24. Edward Carson and Beverly and Mrs. Mary Wolfe were Lynch shoppers on Wednesday evening, August 24. Gordon Barta called on the Car son sisters Monday, August 22. Lorell Pickering is attending study center at O’Neill this month Mr. and Mrs. Thomats Hiscocks and Beverly Carson of the Dor sey neighborhood attended the Huber and Alsasser wedding Sat urday evening in Lynch. Eight-tenths of an inch of rain fell at Dorsey Monday night, Aug ust 22. Mrs. Lee Brady helped her sis ter, Lizzie Wiley, with some household duties last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady and grandson, Albert Lee Brady, call ed at the James Wiley home on Monday evening. Mrs. Ed Alder spent Monday af ternoon with Mrs. James Wiley. Joy Slack has returned home from Texas where she had been visiting her brother and family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Arp of Yu tan visited in the Lee Brady home Sunday night. Mrs. Myrta Fox of Miller came Friday and is visiting at tthe Robert Fox home in Atkinson and the Charles Fox home in O’Neill. » ★ AU NEBRASKA ON DISPLAY •- As Every Mother Knows... mi jpi ' Future Good Growth And Good Health Depend So Much Upon The Quality And Kinds Of Food You Give Your Child 3 Times A Day NOW! HELPS BUILD STRONG BODIES 8 WAYS! mmy <&*?»»» t** HERE'S HOW WONDER BREAD HELPS BUILD STRONG BODIES 8 WAYS! 2 Sheet a Meal and a Sandwich Daily Supply. 2. BONES & TEETH Note How Famous Wonder Bread Compares With Meat, Milk, Fish And Eggs, And Make It One Of The “Foundation” Foods In Your Child's Dietary! 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