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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1956)
Prairieland Talk . . . Lancaster Voters Have Been Heard By ROM VINE SAUNDERS. Retired. Former Editor The Frontier LINCOLN—Taxpayers, property owners, cit izens in Lincoln and Lancaster county have spoken to be heard. The special election late in June cut the props from under a segment of the community p- 'if - '•'hat had proposed voting a 10 / nillion-doUar bond debt on ” jroperty owners, workers and ifarmers. Enough is enough, say two hirds of the taxpapers. We pro j est more increase in taxation, ' he old courthouse and city hall ire ample for our needs, mod i'a! centers a plenty now and vp need a new library about as ich as a cat needs two tails. Pr omoters of these various Komaine dreams of gaiety and grandeur saunder* l> <d endeavored to convince the voters that a 10-million-dollar debt would reduce taxes, but old prairieland corrunonsense wrote that sort of talk down as fiction. The voice of the people has been heard shouting down the corridors of city and county administrative centers. Tax increase resentment is such that the need, if there bo a need, of adequate fireproof vaults in which to preserve county and city records by the erection of a county-city building to serve as courthouse and city hall was not taken into consid eration. • • • Out where the whippoorwill calleth In meadow or field of grain. There softly and gently falleth Refreshing drops of rain. And then with a burst of splendor The evening twilight comes. With harsher feelings made tender In the glow of setting sun. • • • Prairieland Talker has no illusions, is not out to perform the obsequies of our ag college or other supernumeraries of a top-heavy state and federal government. Living in a rural community some years ago, I canvassed that territory to ascertain if the patriots living there were deriving any bene fit from the documents put out by the agrono mists at the state ag college. None had and the verdict was unanimous that the institution could close up so far as they were concerned. My 14 year old grandson, a city lad, spent 10 days recent ly at the ranch of his pals’ dad in Hooker county. He learned to bridle and saddle a horse and wrangle coming yearlings the day 150 head of the season's increase were branded and no one was on hand from the ag college to tell how to heat the iron and run a brand on the mavericks. Doctor Round is in an environment of agricultural nice ties and his patriotism inspires him to boost it sky ward And Prairieland Talker is a Nebraska boost er, ag college and all. * * * A few strokes with the pen and 33 billion dollars flutters out of Washington for building highways everywhere. Something over 44-mil lion-dollars will be spent in Nebraska building diui grey eonerete streaks across prairieland. The prairie trails, the long shady lane of our fa thers, the quiet retreat at the end of the wind ing road where summer dreams brought visions of delight to he no more as the rush and roar of traffie on highways zooms by. Soddie society is a new thing for another 1 group movement to keep alive the memory of the sod house era on prairieland. Max Marshal! of Omaha becomes the society’s first president; Dr. Theodore Peterson of Holdrege, vice-president, and Miss Margaretta Burke of Omaha, secretary. Miss Burke will also handle any funds the society may acquire. W. A. Curtiss of Wahoo, Inez Coppon, Mrs. Eller and Charles S. Reed, all of Omaha, function as a board of directors. How many of the new society’s 150 members ever saw a sod house or had a hand in building one has not been disclosed There may be other survivors in Holt county who have laid up the three-foot walls of a soddy but I think of Harry White down by Am elia who could give this new society’s members the architectural information for the construction of a sod house. And possibly a sod cutter that had been forged at the anvil of the late Emil Sniggs may be found in some pioneer back yard. • • • The noise of world war is silenced, about for gotten, blood pools and broken bodies and ruined lands gone into the record of the past. The earth thunders on. Children and sad-eyed mothers in Europe and the Orient by the hundreds wonder where that American soldier is who promised a trusting maiden a home over here and she to be his wife and mother of his offspring. American soliders left their mark in distant lands other than the mark of the conquering sword. To the shame of our armies there are thousands of little children who know not a father’s love and care and dis illusioned weary women in those distant lands where our soldiers have been stationed. Is some thing lacking in military discipline that the fruits of human lust fall on innocent victims as our contribution to the “free world”? • • • He had thought, planned, developed ways to escape the vigilance of those on guard. Yes terday he walked out to freedom and was found prone upon the ground beside the trail with a swollen foot and limb. Ten years’ endeavor to escape from a mental institution to run into the fangs of a rattler. He lay dead from the ven omous sting of a side winder. • • • Something over seven thousand patriots gathered at the burying ground of old Ft. Robin son a day last month ostensibly to attend the dedication of the Nebraska State Historical soci ety’s museum. The town of Crawford had arrang ed to barbecue-feed five thousand hungry mouths and when over seven thousand came marching up for a sizeable slice of roast beef the entertainment committee had to hustle out to the nearest ranch to rope and bring in another steer or two. Ft. Robinson was the last of Nebraska's military out- | posts functioning as Indian war headquarters and ; has been of historic interest for visitors, thus it is an appropriate location for the society’s museum. ! * • • Cheyenne county is the latest to come up with a county historical society, the organization being perfected June 5 at Sidney. It is these county societies that perpetuate the true history of a people. The history of our state is not what some gent in uniform has done or the official proceedings in legislative halls and oratorical outbursts of political spellbinders, hut the daily contribution of the common citizen to community I life. It was from old Ft. Sidney that Holt county inherited the notorious Doc Middleton. Editorial . . . Federal School Aid Slapped Down An amendment tacked onto the federal aid to ; schools bill in the house of representatives kayoed that bill. It appears the eager-beavers for federal aid to education will have to look elsewhere than the current house for support. When the roll call came, 119 republicans and 105 democrats voted “nay"; only 75 republicans and 119 democrats favored the bill. A provision barring any funds to Southern states which failed to comply with the supreme court’s antisegregation decision was the amend ment that broke the camel’s back. President Eisenhower had wanted to allocate funds partly on the basis of “need” with the “poorer” states receiving more money than the “rich” ones. That provision was finally knocked out and the bill, when up for final reading, bore little resemblance to the original white house plan. The segregation (or antisegregation) issue conclusively helped, topple the applecart for the federal school aid enthusiasts. We’re glad something spoiled the party. How ever, because the school aid bill went down with the racial problem tacked on, the enthusiasts will, no doubt, bounce right back and want the bill faced on its own merits. By that time we hope the right-thinking peo ple in these United States will have become aware of what’s going on and emphatically decide to stick to the constitutional tradition; namely—that school problems belong to the sovereign states and to the local communities. Nebraskans in the house, all republicans, voted solidly for the antisegregation amendment to the bill, and then voted solidly against final passage of the measure. A Parent Goes to Jail The Verdigre Eagle carried as page one news last week a story about a woman who had bought a car, obtained fictitious plates and turned the car over to her 15-year-old son. The boy and three companions stole some *teel posts, sold them and bought a case and a half of beer. They were drinking the beer, says the Knox county paper, when state patrolmen ar rested them. Not only was the youthful driver sent to the Kearney training school but the mother pleaded guilty to contributing to his delinquency “and was sentenced by County Judge Ira J. Ballard to serve two days in the women’s county jail and pay costs of prosecution.” Four other people, including the man who fur nished the phony license plates, are serving coun ty jail sentences as a result of the affair, says the Eagle. A Verdigre resident sent us a marked copy of the story with the notation “This is what Omaha needs”—which Omaha most certainly does. Up to now the local authorities generally have shied away from “parental responsibility” cases, on the grounds that Nebraska law is inadequate. Perhaps Judge Ballard has given them a clue as to how they may proceed. A strike is an overt act, visible and tangible. The steelworkers, like all strikers, therefore start out under a measure of popular disfavor regardless of the merits or demerits of their case. The public, on the other hand, is likely finding it bard to understand an industry which, in spite of mounting profits, announces whatever the wage increase its cost will be passed along in higher prices. Nebraska’s Highways (Lincoln Star) Nebraska had been at it nearly 20 years before it had spent 139-million-dollars on modern high ways. That was including both federal and state funds. Progress was slow in those beginning years of the highway partnership between Uncle Sam and the people of Nebraska. Actually there was a disposition in the state to question dollar matching —with the result that Nebraska's highway depart ment always lacked the necessary funds to take advantage of the federal funds available and ear marked to be spent within Nebraska’s borders. The highway bill to which President Eisen hower attached his signature is the most breath taking highway program undertaken by the Am erican people. By taking full advantage of federal funds, Governor Anderson reveals, Nebraska could spend in excess of 139-million-dollars in the next ^ three years. That is a whale of a lot of money by any computation in this state. It is more than we spent in the first 15 years of highway develop ment in Nebraska. So Governor Anderson says it is up to the Nebraska legislature to provide the matching funds. More accurately it is up to the people of Ne braska. They will have to decide whether they want to utilize all the available federal funds—whether they are willing to absorb additional taxes to pro duce the state’s share. The legislature should not be expected to do anything else than to carry out the will of the people and this program will be upon more sound, solid ground if it has the en thusiastic support of all Nebraskans. In terms of leadership, the governor should assume his share of responsibility in urging approval of legislation adequate to get the job done. Opportunities of this type do not appear every day. But to get federal funds the states must put up their share of matching money. If you are a golfing bug, play early in the week; it may rain late in the week. The world will find out about it—if you 4** a particularly hot shot! There is a surprisingly large number of good fishing days. 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. All subscriptions are paid in advance. Audited (ABC) Circulation—2,559 (Mar. 31, 1956) When You and i Were Young . . . 15 Horses Cremated in Livery Blaze Lumber Yard Loss Is $40,000 50 Years Ago Fire destroyed the Bowen livery barn and the Bazelman lumber yard Fifteen horses were cre mated. The lumber yard loss was estimated at $40,000 and was not covered by insurance. Mr Bow en's property was insured for $800 Miss Ruth Evans gave a porch party at Hotel Evans in honor of Owen Meredith, a West Point academy student, and Miss Green of Michigan, who has been engaged to teach in the O’Neill schools for the coming year. . . • We have 2,000 pounds of pure home rendered lard on hand and to reduce the supply will sell it during the next 30 days at nine cents per pound in 50-pound cans.—Spittler and Poe.” 20 Y ears Ago Emil Sniggs, who since 1887 has operated a blacksmith shop, retired after 55 years of work. . . Glenn Tomlinson caught the big gest bass out of Park Rapids, Minn., for this year. Those with him were Mrs. Tomlinson, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Calvert and Mr. and Mrs. William Turner of Chambers. . Thomas Donlin shipped 32 head of hogs and topped the South Omaha market. The hogs sold for $10.35 per hundred pounds . The Misses Lois. Lenora and Patricia Sulli van left for a two-weeks’ vaca tion in the Black Hills. 10 Years Ago Mrs. Elvina Scofield, 86, died of an apoplectic stroke at her home. . Dianne Howard, 6, was victim of a hit-and-run driver. She suffered a broken collarbone and shoulder . . Mrs. Josephine Hart, 81, and Mrs. John White, 29, both of Page, died after ill nesses. One Year Ago Robert Devoy of Sioux City has purchased an interest in the Gilligan Rexall ' store. . Joe Sengelman, north Holt pioneer, died at his farm home at the age of 84. . . Francis A. Mohr, 33, of Atkinson, father of four young children, suffered a fatal heart attack at the Stuart car races. . Mr, and Mrs. Scott E. Conner of Ewing celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. I Page Woman Wins Safety Citation PAGE — Miss Hellice Stevens, 1014 Court st„ Sioux City, receiv ed the fifth safety citation of the women's division of the Sioux City safety council. She was selected by two pa trolmen after the policemen had followed her in a car for some , distance and noted she had ob- 1 served the proper speed limit, had ?iven proper signals, stayed in ler own lane, and had given spe cial attention at all intersections. The citation was sent to Miss Stevens, who is a daughter of Mrs. Ben Stevens of Page. — Other Page News Mrs. Jennie French and daugh er. Miss Alice, of O’Neill, Mr. >nd Mrs. Allen Haynes and Miss i'iola were Sunday guests in the iome of Mr. and Mrs. William Veubauer. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wood of Lincoln were afternoon I ’allers there and at the home of j Misses Grace and Nellie Wood,: jfter a weekend spent with their laughters, Mrs. Calvin Harvey md Mrs. Kenneth Asher, and heir families. Mrs. CarHe Taylor and daught ers, Hazel and Floma, of Norfolk | md Mrs. Emma Canaday and the Misses Grace and Nelle Wood ,vere Fourth of July guests in he William Neubauer home. Members of the young adult Sunday-school class picnicked at he Page park Sunday noon. A ;hort business meeting was held I oefore the crowd dispersed. Miss Jo Ann Braddock of Hast- ( .r.gs spent Saturday, Sunday md Monday with her parents, j Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Braddock. Mrs. Carrie Townsend accom- j aanied her sister-in-law, Mrs. i Dora Townsend, and Duran Ruth- i ?rford to Norfolk on Saturday there she was a guest in the | frank Chmeler home. On the fourth the Chmeler family was til at home and Mr. and Mrs. \lva Townsend of Columbus and ;heir children and grandchildren ■vere all there also. The others vent to Hartington to the Robert Weir home and returned to Page Monday. Mrs. Carrie Townsend iccompanied her grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilmore and family, to Page on their way to their home at Deadwood, S.D. Royal Theater —O’NEILL, NEBR. — rhurs. July 12 Family Nights Universal International presents Virginia Mayo, George Nader CONGO CROSSING Co-starring Peter Lorre, with Michael Pate, Rex Ingram, Tonio 3elwart. Print by Technicolor. In savage Africa they kept a ren iezvous with terror! Family admitted for 2 adnlt tick ets; adults 50c; children 12e Fri.-Sat. July 12-14 Print by Technicolor STAR IN THE DUST Starring John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, Richard, Boone, Leif Er ickson, Coleen Gray with James Uleason, Randy Stuart. The sun is setting in Gunlock—and justice Is going with it—unless Bill Jor 3an picks up the badge they threw in the dirt and takes a last reckless chance! Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee Sat. 2:30. All children under 12 rre* when accompanied by parent 5tm.-Mon.-Tue*. July 15-16-1T Print by Technicolor TOY TIGER Starring Jeff Chandler, Laralne Day and Tim Hovey, with Cecil Kellaway, Richard Haydn. It’s got that “Toy Tiger” tune. That lovable little boy of “Major Ben son” fame—Tim’s back!—with a tiger by the tail and the world by the heart. Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee 5un. 2:30. All children nnder 12 Free when accompanied by parent Program Closes Bible School EMMET — The Bible school at the Methodist church closed with a picnic and program Friday evening Work the children had done was displayed Twenty-eight had enrolled for the course. Teachers included Rev. and Mrs. Glenn Kennicott of O’Neill. Miss Linda Serck, Mrs Paul Newton and Mrs Grant Peacock of O’Neill. Other Emmet News Miss Jeanie Foreman was an overnight guest of Miss Norma Widtfeldt last Thursday. Miss Shirley Schultz was a guest at the Albert Widtfeldt home Friday. Miss Rita Clara Hoehne spent most of the past week at the Ray Richards home. Donnie and Lee Pierson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Pierson of Wyoming have been guests at the Norman Wayman home for three weeks. The Howard New ton family j were Sunday guests of the Wil liam Newtons. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Whaley and daughter of Los Angeles, Calif., I visited his mother, Mrs. Bill : Teske. Friday. Mrs. Leon Beckwith and Mrs. i p. W. McGinnis were guests at, the Garden club meeting at the Earl Houts home west of Emmet last Thursday. The Glen Burge family of Chambers were Sunday dinner guests at the Bessie Burge home. Kristie Abart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Abart, spent the past week at the Charles Abart home. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sidek and family visited the George Skopec family Friday evening. Mrs. William Newton called on Mrs. George Skopec last Thurs day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Winkler went | to Humphrey Friday to attend | the funeral of his cousin, Max I Babl. The Charles Winkler family of Atkinson were Sunday guests at the Joe Winkler home. Mrs. Ed Etherton called on Mrs. Joe Winkler and Mary Al ice last Thursday afternoon. Miss Nancy Sipes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sipes of Seward, is spending a few days visiting at the Gilbert Fox home. The South Side club will meet Tuesday afternon, July 17, with Mrs. Walter Pease. Roll call will be to answer the question, “Does j your garden really pay?” Fourth of July dinner guests; af the Max Grenier family of O’ Neill included: The Albert Sipes family of Seward, the Gilbert J Fox family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert j Tomlinson and Veldon of Star, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rapley of Watsonville, Calif., Mickey and Dasey Tomlinson and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Tomlinson. George Schaaf, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Schaaf of Atkinson, spent last week and this week as a guest at the Elmer Schaaf home Miss Suzanne Brainard. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs George Brainard, is spending this week with her grandparents. Mr and Mrs Floyd Brainard Miss Maureen Higgins of Val entine is spending a few days visiting at the A1 Havranek home. Gerald Wills visited his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wills, and his brothers, Ronald and Art, July 4. Mrs. Dean Perry and family were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs. Joey Staub last Thursday. Miss Maureen Schaaf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Elmer Schaaf, .pent from Tuesday, July 3, until Friday as a guest at the John Schaaf home Mr and Mrs Fred Perry of O’Neill visited the Dean Perry family last Thursday evening. The Elmer Schaaf. Herman Schaaf and Alfred Schaaf fami lies spent the Fourth of July in Neligh. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox were Sunday supper guests of the George Brainard family. Miss Patricia Mullen spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mullen, and family The Elmer Schaaf family were guests of Mrs. Ruth Barnes of Atkinson Sunday, July 1. Janice Klo"r>enborg, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kloppen borg of O’Neill, spent a few days with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kloppenborg. Miss Ellen Havranek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Havranek, spent the past week in Valentine as a guest of Miss Maureen Hig gins. Mr. and Mrs Robert Tomlinson ur.d Veidon of Star were Sunday dinner guests of the Gilbert Fox family. Misses Leah and Linda Serck spent last week visiting friends in the Rock Falls community. They were guests at the Henry Vequist home. Mrs Agnes Gaffney visited Mrs Ed Flood last Thursday af ternoon. Mr and Mrs. William Serck and daughters attended a Fourth of July picnic held by the Pleas ant Day club of Rock Falls. That evening they were guests at the Abort Widtfeldt home. Mis Agnes Gaffney and Mrs. Charles Abart visited Mrs Mary Lewis Friday afternoon Visiting California — Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Mareell us and family left Monday, July 2. for Peeo, Calif, for a two weeks' vacation. They will be visiting his brthers, Leo and ‘ Lloyd, at Peeo. O’Neill News Jim Klosner and Miss Joann rrenkmg. both of Omaha, ar rived Tuesday evening, July 3, to get her mother, Mrs. J. A Frenking. who had been visiting here for several days with her sister, Mrs John Melvin, and with other relatives. They all re turned Wednesday, July 4. Mrs H. E. Coyne entertained Monday at a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Bowker and also hon oring Mrs. D. E O’Brien of Chi cago. 111., the former Dorothy Jordon. Sunday, Mrs. Louis Zastrow entertained at breakfast five members of the TNT club The guests were Mrs. D. E. O’Brien of Chicago, 111., Mrs. Don Berg of Sterling, Colo., Mrs. Francis Hickey, Mrs. Ray Bosn and Mrs W. H. Bowker. GAMBLES M!5 SUMMER ! CLEARANCE! J Shop Every Department " in Our Clothing Store! i For Savings Up to ^ 12 PRICE j You’re ’way ahead of them all for action when you drive this glamorous go-getter . . . 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