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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1956)
Prairieland Talk . . . Lincoln Firm Global in Scope By ROMATNE SAUNDERS. Retired. Former Editor The Frontier LINCOLN—Located at 3705 South 48th street in Lincoln is a world girdling institution that probably is known very little by Lincoln citizens. It functions under the name of Christian Record and serves the sightless. According to statistics gathered by the Record, there are 2,202 blind persons in Nebraska and in the United States a total of 329,000 blind men. women and children whom this institution serves by furnishing reading matter printed in the braille that is done by workers in the Lincoln plant. I have been informed by one of the supervisory board of the Christian Record, P. D. Ger rard, that they are printing an nually in braille 10,000,000 pages of reading matter that goes to 54 countries and at present are Romalne turning out 3,000 copies of their saunder* Talking Magazine. Mr. Gerrard is recently home from a world tour and has a collection of 400 pictures showing schools for the blind which the Record organiza tion helps to promote abroad. They reach down into old Egypt, down along the Nile, up around the Jordan country in Jerusalem, also among the Arabs and into ancient India. Hundreds of “talk ing books” are turned out giving the blind religious instruction, stories of exploring parties and astro nomical flights. * * * Of those who have conveyed by mail an ex pression of pleasure as they drank again from the cup of memory’s mellow wine when reading Prairieland Talker’s word picture of the green robed prairie landscape that appeared in this de partment on June 6, a letter comes from Mr. and Mrs. Have Segelman of Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Se gelman has memories of prairieland that linger with her as treasured visions along the highway of life. Mr. Segelman says what is needed out there is less rain and some Nebraska sunshine. * * • Homer Campbell out at Seattle, Wash., writes to me that when he learned of the accident that took the life of Den Hunt his emotions were touched. Then he recalled an incident in the long ago when he set type on John Wertz’ Stuart Ledg er and Den was in town doing plastering in some buildings. He and Den were at the hotel dining table for dinner when a blustering bully stepped up and threatened to knock Homer’s block off. Den jumped to his feet, faced that bully with the challenge, “You’ll have to knock mine off first!” Homer and Den were members of O’Neill's first “brass band" and had attended school together in the town’s first temple of learning, a one-room frame building at the west proximity of what now is Douglas street, then but a prairie trail. • • • The Cherokee strip of Oklahoma had a Belle Starr, the Painted dessert of Arizona a Cactus Kate, Deadwood a Calamity Jane, Omaha a Fainting Bertha, and Holt county had a Belle Shields w-ho could get away with a stolen horse with the best of them. • * * Too much success invariably sours one’s friends. It was the last hour before the death stroke for two convicted criminals. The two men joined in leaving us this message: "First of all, we do not protest against being punished. We are found guilty of a serious crime. In the second place, we wish to say for ourselves that we did not have a fair chance in life. Coming from broken homes, we grew up negelected. In youth we were denied parental care, affection and guidance. Religious training would have pointed us in the right direction but we were not taken to church services.” Fair chance in life! Wherein does civilization come short; cultural, educational and religious groups fail to extend the helping hand to children and youth that all about us are the product of broken homes or unwed men and women? Men who faced the executioner and could tell it as these two men did should have been given the chance denied them in childhood and youth. A star gazer connected with a southland ed ucational institution has heard celestial signals coming from the planet Venus and tells us the created intelligences of that planet, if there be such, are now getting in touch with we earth bound creatures. What the signs, signals or flag waving may signify the astronomer does not dis close but says these have definitely occurred. Is this the forerunner of the drumbeat of eternity before the reverberations of a wrecked and ruined world peal forth, or a fanciful creation of an over wrought soul that will pass aw’ay as have the fly ing saucers? However, out of the distant blue to day, sunlight spread across prairieland to touch near the hundred mark on the weather gauge. As evening draws on, fleecy clouds float on high and the weather prophet says thunder storms are just ahead if not a roaring tornado. Night en shrouds the city. Then comes the rumble and roar of a good old Nebraska rain storm. And morning dawns cool and clean. * * * Heroes are not all on battlefields. Seven men were high on a tower at work when footing gave way. Five plunged into eternity, two hung by their bare hands to the tower edge. As soon as a hoist could be put together down below it was raised to the men hanging by bare hands. But on that contraption was room for only one. “You,” said the hero to the other, “get on and go down! I am stronger than you.” But before that hoist could be raised tower high again that strong man’s strength was spent. He, too, plunged to his death. * * * The American Bible society reports that it is nearing the half billion mark in Scripture dis tribution. The revered volume continues to head the list of “best sellers.” • * • Gazing sadly at his back yard, the amateur gardener suspects his grass seed was strictly for the birds. • • • Think for yourself and act upon your judg ment; what ever results will be what you deserve. • * * There are wives who seem to have the worst memory in the world—they never forget a thing. Editorial . . . ‘Uniforms of the Day’ Time was, in the armed services, when every subordinate was expected to salute his superior whether or not in uniform. Not only that, but the corporal or the captain was expected to know the colonel when he saw him. And the interesting thing, in retrospect, is that they usually could and did—such was the fewness of the forces in those days. This invites a wry speculation as to what would happen had the old protocol still obtained and Secretary Wilson’s into-mufti-forthwith order stood. What subordinates would be recognizing what superiors among the 10,000 officers at the Pentagon when they left their offices for the streets of the nation’s capital? There is something to Mr. Wilson’s view that it is not well to have so much obvious rank around Washington—something, alsoo, to Senator Mans field’s view that it is well to be visibly reminded of the fact of the military influence. But there is nothing to be said for the arbitrary haste of the order. And Mr. Wilson is well advised to take the hint from his once-five-star superior and make dress optional—for the present. Posing a Problem (From the Lincoln Star) The GI bill of rights which for something like a decade invested $14.5 billion in the war genera tion will soon expire. Under its aegis approximate ly eight million veterans received benefits rang ing from aid in home owning, and readjustment pay through trade training and higher education. The nation will never call it a bad investment. Af ter experience with several wars and varying pro grams in behalf of those who fought them, the United States has come upon the most practical, the most realistic and the most constructive meth od. In thus casting its bread upon the waters, the nation fulfilled the Biblical quotation of it return I ing many fold. This was principally evidenced in its educational program. A highly trained man is today one of the nation’s principal resources and the program produced thousands who without it could not have afforded the schooling. They now will continue throughout their lives making a contribution of a high order to the national wel fare. But as the GI bill expires the nation can give thought to the ending of one of its important sources of trained people. It calls for a reapprais al of our educational program lest an already short product be further and critically diminished. The nation is crying for more scientifically and tech nically trained people. A new source must be de vised for a good old one is drying up. CARROLL W. STEWART. Editor and Publisher ARTHUR J. NOECKER and ESTHER M. ASHER, Associate Publishers 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. 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Miss Morgan proved the cham pion, catching one that weighed 13 pounds. 20 Years Ago Jack Arbuthnot came from Yankton, S.D., to participate in the golf tournament. . . Dr. G. B. Ira of Lynch, who is seriously ill, was taken to Rochester, Minn. . . John Ryan and son, William, of Gillette, Wyo., have been visits ing friends and relatives here. . . Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sire of Inman, a daughter, Marjorie Ann. . . Mr. and Mrs. Orville Peterson and children visited the Orville Harrison home Sunday. 10 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. William G. Beha quietly celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with all members of their family. . . Miss Kathleen Flood was soloist at the band concert Saturday evening. . . James Bridges and Guy Harris arc ‘ on a hitchhiking tour of the West. . . . Miss Luetta Lenz and Dar rold L. Dankert, both of Cham bers, were married. . . Miss Mar delle Butts of Chambers became the bride of Eugene Hoerle of Ewing. One Y'ear Ago Miss Barbara Flannigan, 17, was crowned queen of the Stuart rodeo. . . Mr. and Mrs. Scott Con ner of Ewing, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, which wras January 10, this week because of weather advantages in the summer for many far away relatives. . . A/lc Lois M. Brede hoft visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bredehoft, this week. . . . Francie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William White, had a wiener roast to celebrate her 12th birth day anniversary. . . Gregory Peck anil companions ate lunch here. m __eii M_ i-ii ri b m i via* iivui Demonstrations— The Up and At It 4-H club met at the McNulty home on Sunday evening, June 24. Twenty-one answered roll call. The group which went to club camp told about experiences there. Judy Sanders gave a report on club week which she attended. The members agreed to contrib ute 10 cents each for the upkeep of the national 4-H headquarters at Washington, D.C. Our leader, Mrs. Opal Hammerlun, gave us a short report on the last leaders’ meeting. The club profited from three demonstrations. Mildred Schmitz and Diana George gave one on making muffins, Nick Hammer lun demonstrated binding the ends of a rope and Judy Sanders and Laurine Schmitz gave one on administering first aid. —By Jo anne Lansworth, reporter. Helps Reenact Iwo Jima— SPENCER—Howard R. Fried rich, electronics technician second class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Friedrich of Spencer, aboard the destroyer USS Uhl mann, was among the sailors and soldiers who reenacted the his toric assault on Iwo Jima during the first two weeks of June. Try The Frontier on your next printing order! DR. H. D. GILDERSLEEVE OPTOMETRIST Northeast Corner of 4th & Douglas O'NEILL, NEBR Phone 187 Eyes Exaznlned-GlaaBos Fitted Office Hours: 9-5 Monday thru Sate dray Ewing News Mr. and Mrs. Lester Angus and family of O’Neill were last | Thursday evening guests at the home of his mother, Mrs. Eliza- j beth Angus. Lloyd Angus went to Omaha last Thursday on business. He went to Lincoln to spend the1 night with his son and daughter in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Merle An inother, Mrs. Elizabeth Angus, Mrs. Lloyd Angus and his gus. were Neligh visitors last Thurs day afternoon. Neighbors arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Conner at about 4 o’clock last Thursday af ternoon to wish Mr. Conner a happy birthday anniversary. Lunch was served by the self-in vited guests. The birthday cake was baked by Mrs. Ella Ziems. Other guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Larsen, Mr. and Mrs. Deemer Conner and Mrs. Herman Schroeder. Mr. and Mrs. Sis Ebbengaard attended the funeral of her uncle, Ezra Moor, held Monday after noon, June 25, at Inman. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sis Ebbengaard last week were her brother, Harvey Hop kins, and daughter, Mrs. Stewart Engle, both of Omaha, and Mr. Ebbengaard's nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Metcalf of Portland, Ore. Mrs. Mabel Boies left Monday, June 25, for California where she plans an extended visit at the homes of her sons and families. James Boies took his mother to Grand Island where she continu ed on her way by train. Mrs. Loyd West, jr., and daughter went to Bonesteel, S.D., on Monday, June 25, where they joined in celebrating her daugh ter, Sharon’s, ninth birthday an niversary. A party was held at the home of Sharon’s grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Perlen sein, where she is spending the summer. Mrs. West and Luella returned to Ewing Tuesday, June 26. SP3 Donald Pruden is spending a 30-day furlough with relatives in Ewing. He also plans to spend a few days with his father, T. S. Pruden, at Casper, Wyo. Special ist Pruden is stationed at Ft. Bel voir, Va. Mrs. Daisy Miller and Carol Ann were guests of Mrs. John Wunner last Thursday and Fri day. Mrs. Anna Miller, her son and family from Oakdale were Sun day, June 24, dinner and after noon guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller. Bob Bartak, stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kans., returned to his base after spending a few days with home folks. He was accompanied by his wife, who spent the weekend with him when he returned on Saturday. Mrs. Bartak came back to Ewing on Monday. Mary Karen and Shirley Funk spent last Thursday at the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Regan, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Robley Sisson, sr., and family are moving this week to the property north of the Ew ing Methodist church. Recent supper and evening guests at the home of Mrs. Hazel Kimes and sons were her broth er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDonald, of Ne ligh. Dean Kimes, who has been vis iting his sister, Mrs. Joe Kusek, and family at David City, return ed home Saturday. Sunday afternoon and lunch and Mrs. Otto Hartford of Bone eon guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Conner were Mr. steel, S.D. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hartford of Bonesteel, S.D., visited Sunday at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson. Mr Wilson, who has been ill, is improving and able to get down town each day. Arriving in town on Wednes day, June 27, were Mrs. D. E. O’ Brien and daughters of Chicago, 111. They were accompanied by Kitty Wanser, who had been their guest for three weeks. They are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Max Wanser and family. Mr and Mrs. Max Wanser and family and their guests, Mrs. D.! E O'Brien and daughters of Chi- j cago. 111., planned to spend the! Fourth of July at the home of Dr. and Mrs. L. H. Suttcliffe, where a family gathering was to be held | and a picnic dinner enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. John Walker; and Bob of Norfolk were guests on Tuesday, June 26. at the home of Mr and Mrs. Max Wanser. | The Walker family was enroute home after a vacation trip to Denver, Colo. | Mr. and Mrs. Loyd West and daughter, Luella, were Sunday guests at tne home of his parents, Mr and Mrs. Loyd West. sr„ at Creighton They also made a trip to Osmond Mrs. Lovd West, jr„ and Mrs. Clifford Hahlbeck made a busi ness trip to Page Saturday after noon. Mrs. Ed Urban and Mrs. Agnes Bartak were last Thursday after noon guests at the home of Mrs. Urban’s daughter, Mrs John Kaczor, and family. Recent guests at the home of Mrs. Agnes Bartak were her daughter, Mrs. Vance Bennett, and daughter, Mary Beth, of Plainview. Norman Bomer of Oklahoma City, Okla.. spent a few days vis- ; iting Ewing friends this week, j His parents. Reverend and Mrs.! Bomer, and family are visiting! relatives at Des Moines, la. companied by their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ebben Grafft, ac- , Mrs. Wilbur Spangler, and chil dren, attended a family reunion of Mrs. Grafft’s family, held at Fullerton Sunday, June 24. About 70 members were in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Rockev spent the June 23 weekend at Kansas City, where they were guests of relatives and also at tended the ball game. Their chil dren were guests at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Rockey, during their ab sence. Hans Peterson and son, El wood, made a business trip to Grand Island Wednesday, June 27. Mrs. Harriet Welke, who has spent the past month at Glas guw, 1VUMU., W UU I iv a .1IJVV4 J, IV turned home last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Shain, accompan ied by Alvin Gibson, went to Sioux City to meet her. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clyde re turned home last Thursday from a vacation trip to Wyoming. They were guests at the home of his mother, Mrs. Ella Clyde, and daughter, Mabel; also a brother, Albert Clyde, and family at Up ton. At Moorcroft, they visited two more brothers, Harry Clyde and Roy Clyde, and at Osage, Wyo., they were guests at the homes of Wilton Clyde and fam ily, Leonard Clyde and family and John Clyde, all brothers of Mr. Clyde. Misses Helen Rotherham and Betty Ann Van Vleck of Lincoln came home Saturday and will spend a two-weeks’ vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rotherham and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Van Vleck. Myra Lee Rotherham came home Sunday from Elgin where | she had spepnt the past week j with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. j Arnold Gragert and family. A dinner guest Monday, June j 25, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tom jack was her cousin, Wayne Chestnut of Moscow, Ida. Miss Catherine Newhouse of Chambers, enroute to Chicago, 111., where she attends North western university, was a caller Tuesday, June 26, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tomjack and family. Dexter Completes Army’s Nike Course— AMELIA—Pvt. Donald R. Dex ter, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Dexter of Amelia, recently completed eight weeks of ad vanced individual training on the army’s nike surface to air guided missiles at Ft. Bliss, Tex. Dexter entered the army last December and received basic training at Ft. Carson, Colo. He is a 1952 graduate of Bur well high Rex W. Wilson, M.D. Robert M. Langdon, M.D. PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS 128 W. Douglas St.. O’Neill Phone 138 I Kelly’s Plumbing I ■ — O’NEILL — 9 Located 5 Blocks South of the New Deal Oil Station .£ If you’re in need of any of the following - 9 items you can’t beat these prices! 9 I I—3-Piece Bath Outfit _ $129.95 I I 1—5-Ft. Recess Tub with Trim 70.00 I I 2—l/4-h.p. Shallow Well Jet I ■ Pumps on 42-Gal. Tanks _ 89.95 I ■ 1 24-h.p. Motor Built for I 9 Pump Jack Service _ 50.00 9 I I—275-Gal. Fuel Oil Tank I 9 with Stand _ 35.00 8 Matching - Fund Vogue ‘Alarming’ Matching-fund programs have put the federal government in business with state and local sub divisions at an alarming rate. Functions traditionally reserved to the people and to the govern ing bodies close to homo are rap idly being usurped by Washing ton under the guise of federal local participation, according to Nebraska’s Fourth district con gressman, A L. Miller (R). One section of the Hoover commission reports lists 25 grant in-aid programs that have been authorized by the congress which, I in 1953. requirt'd $2.7 billion from the federal treasury, and which cost the federal govern ment nearly $38 million to ad minister. Funds are available for slum clearance, for low - rent public housing, highways, air ports, pubhe health and hospitals, civil defense, school construction, and a host of other fields, with the catch that local sources must also advance a requisite amount of money. As a condition to accepting and participating in these grants-in aid, of course, the local govern ments must agree to certain terms laid down by bureaus in Wash ington. “Many of the programs are ad ministered by the local officials, but the rules for playing the game come from bureaucrats on the Potomac, and there is no such thing as local control,” Miller de clared. Many of these programs do not emanate from the people they seek to aid. Instead, they are con ceived by bureaucrats who pur sue a steady course of empire building at the federal level and the price tags attached to some of these shining articles is a loss of individual and local liberty. “Many special interest groups apply a tremendous amount of pressure for some of these pro gressive ventures, but before en K K h. A dorsrng “do-good” missions, wo should remember that all federal money comes from only one source—the people—and when the tax dollar goes to Washington it returns in a shrivelled state,” Miller explained REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS WO-Orville Thorson 4-5-56 $268- Part of E'jSWh 25-31-12 WD—Idin Louh 4-10-56 5234 Part of EMsNEV* 25-31-12 — —O'NEILL, NEBR. — Wrd.-Thurs. July 4-5 Family Nights THE LEATHER SAINT Paul Douglas, John Derek. Jody Lawrence, Cesar Romero. Co-starring Ernest Truex, Rich ard Shannon with Ricky Vera YTista Vision Not since . “Going My Way" has anything this warm and wonderful shone on the screen. 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