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Prairieland I alk . . . Billy Likes Nebraska By ROMA1NE SAUNDERS. Retired. Former Editor The Frontier LINCOLN — Attorney William McNichols of Hollywood, Calif., with Mrs. McNichols. spends vacation time in Nebraska, while some of our praineland nitwits go to mountain or Pacific coast resorts. 1 was happily surprised the morning of July j 14 when Billy “blew in" on me. He had made an «arly morning drive from Lex ington and stopped in Lincoln for a too brief visit before pro ceeding to Des Moines, la., and then to Rochester, Minn., for a medical look-over. Mr. McNich ols though he might look in at the democratic national conven tion which meets in Chicago, 111., before returning to Ne braska. He had been to O’Neill ear ly in June where his genial companionship was enjoyed by Romaine his friends there. Saunders Billy is another of the O’Neil natives who went forth and made good in the competitive professional world and ranks with the best of them among 6,500 lawyers in Los Angeles county, California. Mrs. McNichols remained at Lexington while her Billy goes galavanting around. Billy makes no bones about the fact he in tends to spend more-and-more time in Nebraska with relatives and old friends In other words, he likes it here. • • • “Minor Mentions” a week in July, 1902. Miss Eva Redfield came over from Boyd county. . . J. A. Davis of Deloit was transacting business in O’ Neill. . . Mrs. M. J. Daily of Park City, Utah, was visiting here, the guest of Mrs. S. F McNichols. ... A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Mullen July 1. . . Sheriff Hall went to Lincoln, having in custody Oliver Crandall, who was to serve a one-year sentence in the penitentiary for horse stealing. . . The Frontier force received complimentary tickets to the state fair. Mrs T. V. Golden resigned as a member of the school board, B. S. Gillespie being elected to fill the va cancy. . . M. T. Elliot of Dorsey supervised the building of a fence at the Bob Morrison home. . . Arthur F. Mullen; county attorney, filed suit against an O’Neill meat market proprietor charg ing him with selling sick meat. • * * The wheat is in the storage quarters, fodder not yet in the shock and the turkey gobbler not strutting today. Wheat yields are reported good to nothing at all. Corn appears to be average at this date. Rains sweep across the land and here and there hail and wind that beat fields of growing crops to ruin. The summer of 1956 brought an other season when lone sons of the soil in many states look out upon their fields devastated by devouring locusts or beat into the earth by wind and hail. It is a crushing blow to the individual tanner but he survives it all to carry on. Prairie land as a whole lies beneath the summer skies robed in velvet green, and with the products of the fields and with cattle on a thousand hills, lays in our lap the wealth of nature’s bounties. • • • The defendant was convicted after a long drawn out murder trial that piled up r«st« on the rounty. The convicted man now makes pov erty plea and the county pays the hill for appeal to the supreme court. I do not know what this school redistricting and closing of small high schools is all about, but venture a guess that neither Judge Mounts nor Supt. Alice French see anything in it either that adds scholarly attainments for prairieland’s young America. In the long ago there stood an aban doned homestead shanty on the open prairie 31-* miles east of O'Neill that served as a temple of learning for a few homesteaders’ offspring. A sim ilar setup at the west end of the main cow trail passing through O’Neill with ''Professor’’ O’Sulli van performing the functions of pedagogue. With such backgrounds in education the O’Neill com munity has furnished to the country leaders in in dustry and the professions equalled by few and surpassed by none. May the “redistricted” product do likewise! • • • A Lancaster county farmer reports that grasshoppers have become a pest, his farm bemg in the path of migrating swarms and his alfalfa field having been taken over by the hoppers. He tells me it saves on chicken feed but his flock of 600 or more hens can not eat all the hoppers al though doing a good job of it. Under the Leviticual code of 1490 B.C. the Hebrews were permitted to eat grasshoppers. Maybe not enough of the de scendants of Abraham around now to come to the help of the hens in consuming the hoppers. • • • "Retirement age” has become the polestar in Yankeeland for those who have traveled the high way of life for more than half a century. And what lies ’here awaiting you—pensions, social se curity checks, old age benefits and a cot in a nurs ing home? How did the oldtimer make out with out these benefits who was born a century too soon? The mouldering dust of many lies up there on the hill at O’Neill’s northwest limits who had tread the rugged road of life provided only with what their bare hands could produce. • • • General prosperity throughout the country, full dinner pails, farmers the real aristocrats, democratic wishful thinkers turn to the presi dent as their campaign issue. To assail an af flicted man were shame, but partisan hogwash knows no shame. The late Franklin D. Roose velt was a sick man. He carried on bravely un til the last. >lr. Eisenhower will do likewise. • • • Residential districts of Lincoln are being can vassed to get information in statistical form show ing where the citizens spend their money for household necessities—that is, what is their fa vorite department store and market place and whether or not the citizens would prefer to trade at a shopping center away from the busy shop ping districts. Most citizens have a place to trade, as they have but one doctor, one dentist, one bar ber they go to. An O street dime store is Prairie land Talker’s "shopping center.” * * • What was thought to be a weather balloon passed over Lincoln today at an altitude of eight miles, according to airplane investigators sailing aloft to get a closeup of the strange white object which appeared to be about 200 feet in breadth. No weather station in this part of the country had knowledge of the sky visitor. • • * Not everyone who attempts to write witty re marks writes witty remarks. Editorial . . . So You Think You’re Young? So you’re over 40 years of age. Go take a look at yourself in the mirror. Picture the health of a man in his prime, you say to yourself with ill concealed self-admiration as you admire what you see in the mirror. So you romp downstairs to breakfast and tel! your wife, “I feel just like a kid.’’ You never were so dead wrong in your life— you’re an old man. If you think any differently, scan the help wanted ads of the big city newspa pers. What do they want? Men from 25 to 35 years of age unless it's one of those door-to-door selling jobs. And if you’re still in doubt, take a trip to the West coast and try to find a job so you can live in a sunny climate. Chances are you’ll come trailing back like other residents do from time to time unless you have a particular skill. The big manufacturers don’t want “old men.’’ Because, in the eyes of the industrial world you're an old man at 45. It isn’t the fault of the employer. He’s had to go to fringe benefits providing greater security, retirement plans and pensions. Loading his pay roll with too many older men throws the insur ance actuarial statistics all out of balance and makes his cost too high. This is something that constitutes one of the greatest injustices of our modern age. The man over 50, yes even 60, can be one of the most val uable men in any organization. He may be slow ing up a bit physically but not mentally. He may be a bit slower in his motions but he’ll have a lot less wasted motions at his work. Miss Beatrice Cobb, writing in her Morgan ton (N.C.) News-Herald, also laments this state of affairs. She cites the analysis made of the achievements of 400 famous men in all history. The list includes statesmen, painters, soldiers, poets and writers and a few other categories. According to this study 35 percent of the group’s greatest achievements came when those men were between the ages of 60 and 70; 28 per cent came between the ages of 70 and 80; eight percent at an age greater than 80. In other words, 66 percent of the world’s greatest work by these most famous individuals was accomplished by those who had an age great er than 60. We’re letting the unreasoning pressure of “se curity" rob us of an untold amount of immeasur able achievements by the most productive age group of all . . . we’re shutting off the fruits from the “golden years" of living. And one wonders what a few more years of federal social security will reveal when the stat isticians next study man’s best achievements in terms of age brackets. Stop Maligning American Youth Lurid publicity about a tiny minority of teen age delinquents has blinded us to the solid achievements and ideals of the typical youngsters who constitute 95 percent of American youth to day. Writing in their defense, in the August Read er’s Digest, Margaret Culkin Banning says this vast majority of teenagers “has never been before the police, even for such a minor offense as break ing a window.” Surveys have shown that teenagers place a high value on education. Their willingness to work at part-time and summer jobs refutes any accusa tion of decadence; indeed their earnings and al lowances give them an annual purchasing power of four billion dollars. More adolescents than ever before participate in church activities. Millions of them join the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, the boys’ clubs and similar youth organizations. Everywhere they are taking prominent parts in community betterment. The U.S. department of agriculture lists over two million farm boys and girls who are bringing credit and profit to themselves as members of the 4-H clubs. In the cities some 40,000 belong to junior achievement, which trains teenage groups in business methods and problems by teaching them to organize and operate small companies of their own. Alarming statistics about delinquency are often misleading. Police Commissioner Kennedy of New York City points out that boys and girls are more closely watched by the police than formerly; hence minor offenses and even warnings get on the record. The object is to nip in the bud any tendency to delinquency. But the statistics tend to exaggerate the facts. A small minority of teenagers has smeared the reputation of youth. The activities of the 95 percent majority “provide heartening evidence of character and capacity,” Mrs. Banning concludes. "Kefauver Hits at Arms Sales to Saudi Ara bia.” In an election year, we may expect to hear more along that line between now and November, the Saudi Arabian vote in this country, being negligible if not non-existent. United Nations will have a regular TV series . . . the Russian delegates may put on “Ten Nyets in a Barroom,” “One Thousand and One Nyets” and “Nyet Must Fall.” Conceding that it’s a little early for roasting ears, an egghead in a nearby town says he has been getting fresh corn all summer by television. Not everything that happens is published in the newspapers, for which everyone can be thankful. Lots of people think “freedom of the press” means on the accelerator. Some people have made an art of being slow to pick up the check. You’ve got to hand it to them. “Marilyn Monroe hates olives.” Well, no body's perfect. CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher ARTHUR J. NOECKER and ESTHER M. ASHER, Associate Publishers Entered at the postoffioe 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 subscriptiom are paid in advance. Audited (ABC) Circulation—2,559 (Mar. 31, 195C) When You and I Were Young . . . Bethea's Barn at Ewing Unexcelled Most Complete in This Section 50 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. E J. Mack of In j man Sundaved with friends here. Newr phones were put in at I the home of Charley Bigler at 1 Ray and at Ben Kinney’s at 1 Phoenix. Parties who have recently seen W. W. Bethea’s bam in Ewing since its comple tion. claim that it is the most complete structure of its kind in northeastern Nebraska. . James O’Neill, 85. a former citizen, died in Chambers at the home of a daughter, Mrs. S J. Ryan. 20 Years Ago Harold Weier is enjoying a va ; cation from his duties in the ! county superintendent's office. : He, Mrs. YY’eier and the baby are spending two weeks in Fairbury i with her parents. . . On July 16 the temperature rose to 108 de grees. . . The Frontier is a little crowded for space for news sto | ries in this issue, but it is too , hot to print extra pages. . . Buy I ers of hav are paying from $7 to | S10 per ton. 10 Years Ago John F. Grady, a major in | YVorld YVar II, was presented the legion of merit. . . Descendants ! i f Pulaski and Elizabeth Reed I gathered at Neligh for their 11th i annual reunion. . . James L. Al i len of Rapid City, S.D., and his brother, H R. Allen of Page, were reunited for the first time in 45 years. . . Two cars were stolen near St. Patrick's church this month and then abandoned, j They belonged to M. J. Golden and Don Enright. . . Mr. and Mrs. I Leonard Pribil of Chambers are i the parents of a daughter born in ! the Stuart hospital. One Year Ago Mrs. Michael Hull, 81, of Red bird, died at her home. . Mur der and suicide was the verdict in the deaths of Mrs. Betty Mi chaelson and Moran (“Sarge”) Pettijohn, both of Stuart. Their bodies were found about 15 miles apart. . . Eugene Simpson, 23, drowned in his father’s pond six miles northwest of Verdel. . . Miss Frances Reimer and Richard G. Nelson, Miss Mary C. Schmitz and Lewis Pierson were married. ... A Schultz family reunion was held at the John Kersenbrock home. . . FP2 Harold Young left Friday for Norfolk, Va., after spending a 30-day leave with his [ parents, the Clarence Youngs of j Chambers. 60 Attend Picnic in O'Neill Park A picnic was held in Ford’s j park Sunday. Over 60 attended, I including: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kaiser, Esther and Ivan, Miss Mary Faul haber, Mrs. Richard Nelson, Ver non Passieux and Frank Fetrow, all of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kliment and Ivan, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Kliment, jr., and Lar ry, Dennis and Sharon, Mrs. James Dobias and Junior, Mar jory and Jerry, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Dobias and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dobias, all of Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kliment, Betty, Leonard and Garry of Wausa. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thomp son, Douglas and Mary Susan, and mother, Mrs. Gottlieb, all of Bloomfield; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Soucek, Marvin, Marlene and Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Soucek, all of Vprdigre, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Majek, Marie Ann and Josephine, Mr. and Mrs. Curt Lynn and Betty, Lynette and Eugene and Mrs. Frank Pad, all of Fairfax, S.D. Former O’Neillite to Wed Soon— Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ryan, sr„ of Chicago, 111., have an nounced the engagement and ap proaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Ruth Eileen, to Richard D. Biglin of Denver, Colo., formerly of Hastings and O’Neill. The wedding will take place Saturday, August 4, at 10 a.m., at Our Lady of Hungry Catholic church in Chicago. Mr. Biglin is the son of Mrs. John Biglin of Hastings and the late Mr. Biglin. For a time he was associated with his uncles, the late F. J. and W. J. Biglin, in funeral directing and furniture sales here. He is now with the Colorado Farmer at Denver. Johnsons Entertain— The following families were Sunday dinner guests in the Victor Johnson home; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters and Norma Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Johr ing and family, Mr. and Mrs. Merlyn Anderson and Debra and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Libby. Mr. Johnson’s sons, Albert C. and Stanley Johnson called in the af ternoon. im ~ » Californian Tells of Church's Activities CHAMBERS — The Woman s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church met at the church parlors last Thursday. Mrs. Raymond Beed, Mrs. Cla rence Young and Mrs K. N. Ad ams were hostesses. Mrs. T. E. Newhouse and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter presented the worship service and lesson on "Scattering the Seed in Brazil." Three guests were present, Mrs. William Crawford and Mrs. John Blair, both of Chambers, and Mrs. Clayton Wood of Los Ange les, Calif. Mrs. Wood spoke briefly about her church activi ties in California. Mrs Blair joined the society. Following a business session, the meeting adjourned and lunen was served. Paddock to Be Scene of Group Gathering The annual Holt county group gathering will be held Sunday, July 29. at the Paddock church located three miles east of Mid way, one mile south and one half mile east. Missionary Delbert Dick of western Wyoming will be the morning speaker and Rev. E. E. Cummings of the Spencer Wes leyan Methodist church will be the afternoon speaker. The morning service starts at 10 o’clock and the afternoon ser vice at 1:30. There will be spe cial music. Basket dinner at noon. Everyone welcome. Personal Evangelism Film Shown— CHAMBERS — St. Paul’s Lu theran Aid met last Thursday at the church parlors with 15 mem bers and one visitor present. A film strip on personal evangel ism was shown. The aid voted to pay half of the expenses of all Walther league members who at tend the convention in Omaha on August 26 and 27. Lunch was served by Mrs. L. O. Lenz, Mrs. Leonard Peterson and Mrs. Paul Harley. . M rs. N. Wayman Is WSCS Hostess EMMET—The WSCS met with Mrs. Norman Wayman last Thursday with nine members and one visitor present. Mrs. John Conard presented the lesson. The hostess served refreshments. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Conard. Other Emmet News Mrs. George Pierson and boys are staying at the Henry Klop penborg home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harring ton and daughter of Omaha were weekend guests at the Frank Foreman home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Perry called at thfc Dean Perry home Sunday evenm^' Gerald Wills spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Jesse Wills, and brothers, Ronald and Art. Don Engler and daughter and son of McCook spent Friday at the Joe Babl home. They were accompanied to McCook Friday by Cecelia Babl, who will be their guest for two weeks. Mrs. William Newton called at the Dean Perry home last Thurs day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Clouse were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Newton. Mrs. Jake Peterson and Caro lyn Donzel of Seattle, Wash., spent Wednesday, July 18, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Widtfeldt. Mrs. Ruth Barnes of Atkinson and daughter, Mrs. Louella Se ger, and children of Illinois were last Thursday guests at the Floyd Barnes home. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Barnes cel ebrated their 36th wedding an niversary last Thursday, i Mr. and Mrs. Art Holz and daughter of O’Neill were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Babl on Sunday. Mrs. Ed Etherton and daugh ter, Joan, were callers at the Floyd Barnes home Saturday evening. The Altar society met Wednes day afternoon, July 18, to com plete plans for the smorgasbord and bazaar to be held Sunday. Dennis Schaaf, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schaaf, celebrated his birthday anniversary Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farnik of Verdigre spent Wednesday, July 18, at the A1 Havanek home. Mrs. Joe Winkler was a guest at the Leo Weichman home Mon day and Tuesday, July 16-17. Mrs. Ramold and son, Nick, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Schaaf Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Burge and family of Omaha spent the week end visiting Mr. Burge’s mother, Mrs. Bessie Burge. METHODIST (Pagc-Inmant Rev LjsU* E Mewmaw, pastor j PAGE— Thursday. July 26 WSCS study course, 2 pm,; choir practice, 8 p.m. Sunday, July 29: Sunday-: school, io a.m.; worship, 11 am.; MYF. 8 p.m. Wednesday, August l: WSCS prayer hour, 9 a m.. scripture lesson. 2 Peter 1:2 -12 Thursday, August 8 WSCS meeting, 2:30 p.m. INMAN Thursday, July 26: WSCS meeting, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29 Sunday school., 8 45 a.m.; worship, 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, August 1: Choir practice and MYF. 8 p.m. JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES (O'Neill) Carl F Anderson, presiding minister Fourteen delegates from O' Neill, Clearwater, Stuart, New port and Bassett will join .in es timated four thousand ministe-s at a district rally to be held in the Omaha civic auditorium on August 2-5. This is one of 40 similar gatherings throughout the United States, Canada and the British Isles. Theme of the session: '’Chris tians Enjoy Peaceful Living Now and Forever." CENTER UNION (O’Neill) Rev. C. P. Turner, pastor There will be no Sunday-school or church service at the church Sunday, July 9, as we will be going to Paddock for the annual Holt county Sunday-school group gathering. The Wednesday evening prayer meeting will be in the church with Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Green, missionaries from the Belgian Congo, Africa, in charge of the services. CHURCH OF CHRIST (O’Neill) Sunday, July 29: Bible school, 10 am.; preaching and commun ion, 11 a.m.; youth meeting, 7 p.m.; evening service, 8 o’clock. Bible study, 8 p.m., in O’Neill and 8 p.m., in Larson home near Chambers. Fifth Sunday rally of Elkhorn Valley Churches of Christ will be, in Orchard August 5. METHODIST (Chambers) Sunday, July 29: Sunday school, 10 a.m., E. R. Baker, su perintendent; worship, 11 a.m. Rev. Leon Foster will be guest speaker. Mr and Mrs. Francis Holz were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Farenholz at Chambers. W. F. Finley, M.D. Downey Building O’NEILL OFFICE PHONE: 28 DRS. BROWN & FRENCH — O’NEILL — PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS Kette Rae Wetzler l>> 4-Ycars-Old— Fourteen little guests helped Bette Rae Wetzler, daughter of Mr and Mrs Benny- Wetzler. cel ebrate her fourth birthday anni versary Satuday at the home of iu-r parents. " RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA CELIA—Mrs. A. House of Con cord. Calif . left Monday. July 16, for her home in California. Her son, John, stayed to help the Mark Hendricks family. Try The Frontier on your next printing order! Alice’s Beauty Shop (In Former Apparel Shop Location) Phone 263 — O'Neill Edw. M. Gleeson DENTIST 2d Floor Gilligan Rexall Bldg Ph 240 - Box 149 - Hrs 8 30-5 It Kappeoad Id NEBRASKA— Indian attack was a constant throat to Nebraska's early stafe coach stations. 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