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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1956)
Prairieland Talk ... Throw Out Game and Fish Laws By ROMAINE SAUNDERS. Retired. Former Editor The Frontier LINCOLN—Sheriff Sam Stobbe of Hall coun ty got front page prominence and his picture in Lincoln’s evening paper when he came out in de nunciation of the secretary of the state game com mission calling for the secretary’s removal on the assumption that the commission official had shown contempt of the laws he is employed to enforce. Others join in the demand for the gentleman’s removal from the commission p' '*•"* pay roll. None have gone so far as they should in calling for tearing all game and fish laws from our statute books and abandoning the game and fish setup. Nebraska had prairie game creatures in abundance and our streams and lakes af forded the nimrods a big catch any day until a statehouse group was created to supervise hunt ing and fishing. The background of the out- Romaine cry relating to the commission Saunders secretary stems from his dismissal of a court ac tion against a game commission member who had shot a game bird from the highway where his car was parked, said to be in violation of the peace and dignity of lawful conduct in Nebraska. A silly law, but of all who should respect even a silly law, state game officials should take the lead. m ft • Fellowship and casual contacts today—four venerable patriots parked in the shade and watch ing traffic whiz by as they exchange bits of earthly wisdom. To add a touch of the dramatics a polished old native of the Emerald Isle put on a little poetic performance, followed by each of the others in turn. All felt something like this: It’s an old folks’ must as years are creeping up on us; furrowed brow and wrinkled chin, halting step and limping limb, toothless jaw and failing sight, don't know your left from right, wabbly as you walk and scarcely know how to talk; shocked at what the youngsters do, just as we did—me and you! Next on the scene were two little codgers who were made happy by each being given candy. And as footsteps are directed homeward at the close of day, young friends cross our path and an in spiring minute was spent with a happy, clean and well-groomed young husband and wife out for an evening stroll hand- in-hand. • • i Jehovah's Witnesses may have fantastic be liefs—which is a Yankee privilege—but they also have the filthy lucre. They recently opened the group’s one-million-dollar national headquarters in North York, near Toronto. . . At a gathering of a church group down at Omaha, Stanley Tam, a manufacturer in an Ohio city, told the gather ing ho was turning all the profits of his business in the future over to promote his conception of Christianity. . . Another group of church laymen may think a good feed is the way to do it—4,600 of them gathered at a breakfast in Boston, pro moted by Massachusetts churches. In the story of ‘Cape Cod” the author. Tho reau, tells of the men whose lives are spent out at sea along the coast of New England searching for lost anchors, having found a market for what they salvage Out on the sea of life mankind needs an anchor, principles of truth to guide the foot steps away from forbidden paths. And out on that ; sea of life are those who have lost the anchor, lost the anchor of faith and hope and may be search ing for help to find again that anchor There are men, too, who spend their lives searching the wa ters of the Mississippi river for clam shells, hop ing thereby to recover a pearl. I have seen by the banks of that river piles of clam shells like hay stacks from which buttons are made. Tons of but tons, ounces of pearls Walking the sands along life’s river, do you find the pearl or only buttons. • • • Lincoln will have a new mayor in the per son of Bennett Martin, a member of the city council the past year or more. That name rings a bell in O’Neill. Bennett Martin was » Pioneer of Holt county and long a citnen and official in the old town and I believe has two daughters living there now. Mrs. Scofield and Mrs. Henry. The Lincoln mayor is not of our Martin family. • • • Another of those democratic notables with a longing eye on the white house has paid Prairl« Janda" visit, each bowed under a burden for the distressed farmer. This last visitor is a New York prince of political longings and our pJ'lnce °! political visions, Mr. Boyle, over at Omaha had the honor and whatever pleasure such things af ford of entertaining in his home the notable from New York. Well, Mr. Harriman, praineland clod hoppers and cowboys are doing pretty well under sunny skies while Ike functions as part time , president and everybody is at work earning an honest living. The New Yorker’s other burden like his compatriots out for nomination, is beat Ike." * * * Civil defense got into action today in Lincoln. ^ Out of the heavenly blue above came the silent, crashing bomb to blow us all into kingdom come —just a supposition. And who of the city s hun dred and fifty thousand were “evacuated” to live to tell the story? The favored ones poured out of . the courthouse and city hall, rushed to waiting cars and were whisked down to Crete, while com munity citizens were left behind to parry'the jolt of j that fictitious “bomb attack.” And that is as much , as it will ever be. Anyway, our county courthouse and city hall workers had a little fun. ■ • * * The story comes of a father and mother 1 walking along the sea shore with their 4-year old son, who for the last time was to look upon the ocean waves and nature’s picture about him. One eye had been removed and the other was to come out if the child were to live. Had he been my boy, while he lived he would have had the pleasure of sight. Better to die in innocent childhood than to go through life in darkness of I perpetual night. Editorial . . . Dick Is Okay By Us President Eisennower will be the oldest candi date for the presidency ever nominated in a na tional convention by either the republican or democratic party. When Ike is renominated by the republican convention at San Francisco, Calif., on August 15, he will be just two months shy of his 66th birthday anniversary. Only once in its 100-ycar history has the re publican party nominated a presidential candi date who had passed his 60th birthday anniver sary. The candidate was Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. The oldest republican candidates prior to Eis enhower were Herbert Hoover and William Mc Kinley. Both were 57 at the time of their nomina tion. And, barring more surgery (which is entirely possible, our doctor friends tell us) or another cor onary, Ike is a leadpipe cinch for the nomination; if not a shoo-in come November. Incidentally, Ike is the only 65-year-old man we ever heard of who experienced a coronary and major surgery within a span of a few months and emerged in “fine shape.” This from his aides and his publicists. Frankly, he appears haggard and worn in the current crop of news pictures, and he looks about like we could expect him to look after his illness Co. Ike’s health and how long he can stay on the job after November are to be the democratic cam paign issues—plus his running mate, Vice-Pres ident Richard Nixon. The vice-presidential nominee on the GOP ticket very well could be the next president. Nor mally the vice-presidential nominee is an “also ran” and gets little notice. That left-wingers in the republican party and liberals of all stripes have been trying to “dump Nixon” for a long time and the movement flared into the open last week when Minnesota’s Harold Stassen, a member of the president’s cabinet, op enly began plugging Gov. Christian Herter. Ike’s health, without doubt, is the underlying reason for Stassen’s sounding off. The trial balloon sent aloft by Mr. Stassen boomeranged and should, by all reason, consign the former Minnesota governor to the political graveyard. Oddly, however, President Ike did not rush to Nixon’s defense, publicly, and, until these lines were written, there had been an ominous silence. Dick Nixon’s cardinal “sins” are: 1. He’s too young. (There have been other vice-presidents younger than Nixon is today; yet he already has served one term and knows the ropes.) 2. He has helped to chase “commies” out of government. (This project always flushes out the liberal reporters, commentators and pinko leaders who shout “unfair.” 3. He’s branded as a conservative republican. (This label hasn’t been too popular with the inter nationalists, one worlders, new dealers, new deal republicans, etc.) Republican leaders in Nebraska, Oklahoma, California, Iowa, South Dakota, to mention a few, line up solidly behind Dick. We do not regard Dick Nixon as indispensable or as the century’s greatest young statesman and leader, yet he’s just all right by us. Good Old Days? (Reed O'Hanlon, jr„ in the Blair Pilot-Tribune) While we poke fun at TV, radios, hot-rod cars, etc., and wish out loud for the good old days of maw’s home-made ice cream, the old swimming hole and the joy of hitching up Old Nell to pull the buggy over the road with the nicest girl in the neighborhood, how many of us ever stop to think that we’re really just kidding ourselves? Those were good old days, to be sure. So were the 20’s, the 30’s and the 40’s to the grownups of ( more recent adulthood. . , But we await proof before reversing our stand of 1956 that the good old days lacked quite a few things which would have made them a lot better, such as: Radio, automobiles (and good, paved roads), air-conditioning, television, dial phones even in tne country, natural gas, electricity for nearly all our jobs—and, oh, yes, power mowers to put the scythe back in the barn where it belonged in the first place. Yes, we’ll retain our memories fondly of the good old days—while we depend on the automatic servants which make living a joy today. What Is a Newspaperman? This piece, pinched from a newspaper that crosses our desk, was written by Pinkie Geore of Dos Moines, la., and aptly sums up the question: What is a newspaperman? “If he writes a good story about you, that’s what he is paid to do. If he doesn’t, you don’t read his stuff anyway. If he writes his stories complete, they are too long. If he condenses them, they are too short. If he takes sides on a subject, he is trying to run things. If he remains silent, he’s a coward. If he asks for advice, he’s incom petent. If he is too busy to stop to talk, the job has gone to his head. If he does, that’s all he has to do anyway. If his suit is pressed, he thinks he's a big shot. If it’s not, he looks like all newspapermen. If he has been working a short time, he hasn’t had enough experience. If he has been on the job for some time, there should be a change.” Out of the saddle onto the horns of an 800 pound steer at a full gallop, the bulldogger reach es for a good grip. In seconds he will throw his heels ahead of the critter, brake it to a stop and wrestle it to the ground. That is, if the steer doesn’t end the contest abruptly by hooking him with a horn, kicking or trampling him or wrench ing free. Steer wrestling takes good balance and timing as well as brute strength. Bulldogging will be one of the feature events at the Walter Plugge produced night rodeo shows at the 1956 Holt County Fair. “The ability to sin differs among people,” says a preacher. Yes, of course. For example: A short-armed fisherman isn’t as big a liar as a long-armed one. ig^SLFRONffB 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 subscriptions are paid in advance. Audited (ABC) Circulation—2,559 (Mar. 31, 1956) , When You and I Were Young . . ., Race Horses Are in Training Here Best in the West Will Enter Meet 50 Years Ago Race horses are in, training un der Dave and Mott Stannard, Dave McKenna, J. P. Gallagher and E. T Wortman for the race that is to be held here in Sep tember. P. J. McManus says they expect to list for entry some of the best horses in the West. . . Willie Woodruff hooked on a team of horses to O. F Biglin’s carriage and the team, near the standpipe, was off like a shot when the neckjoke came down. Another runaway team that same evening got away from Art Me nisn, ran lo.varu me uaiu cm j smashed into a telephone pole, splintering the buggy and tearing away with the rattling, slapping harness in the darkness. . . Ste ven P. Davis of Syracuse and Olda T. Bengston of Page, T. M. Romine of Norfolk and Myrtle Smith of Page, and Frank Greg er and Marguetha Miksch, both of Stuart, were issued marriage licenses. 20 Years Ago Zeb M. Warner, 72, died of l;eart trouble. He was one of the *eal pioneers of this section. . . Dick Robertson and LaVerne Hartford were married Saturday. . . Pleasant Dale News: Little Duane Pongratz spent Saturday with Harold ana Robeit Winkler . . Meek and Vicinity News: Gerald Hansen and Elevrton Hayden w’ere dinner guests of Ce •il Griffith Sunday. . . One O’ Veill automobile dealer reports he sale of six new cars this nonth. 10 Years Ago Mrs. Ida Townsend, Page’s ildest resident, celebrated her >Cth birthday anniversary. . . lames Soukup, 88, died after an llness of two months. . . Glea I. Wade was elected as the new American Legion commander. . . facqucline Vogt, Gayle Widtfeldt, »Viley Vogt, Gene Closson and lichard Connell, accompanied by \ev. Lloyd W. Mullis and Miss luth Harris, attended a Metho iist senior institute at Niobrara or a week. . . Mr. and Mrs. Rich ird Perry of Oakland, Calif., are he parents of a son and Mr. and Wrs. Thomas Rotherham of In nan have a new daughter, born ■t Orchard. One Year Ago Sousa awards were made to the Vlisscs Mardelle Johnson and 'harlene ShoeniUKer, who were /oted the outstanding music s’.u ients in their respective high chools. . . Mrs. Loran Kruse, 36, lied at her home. . . Miss Lor raine Irene Clasey of Page and Vlarvin Sinkule were married. . . iVard J. Flannigan. 41, prominent nerchant of Stuart, died in Lin •c In. . . Chambers beat O’Neill, 16-1, in the North-Central Ne araska league. O’Neill News Rev. and Mrs. Rex James and L,yman and Dennis attended a Church of Christ young peoples' amp last week at Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beckwith and hree children of North Platte /isited her mother, Mrs. Lod ranousek, and other relatives on 5unday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lofflin and Jo Lee went to Ord Sunday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L DeHart. The Lofflins plan to leave toward the end of the week for a vacation in the Black Hills. Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Reimer, jr., and James and Mrs. Reimer’s father. Doctor Brown of Iowa, left Tuesday, July 24, for a two weeks’ vacation. They planned to go to Minnesota and on into Can ada. James Froelich and Matthew Hynes left Saturday for Awassa Lodge, Minocqua, Wise., to join James's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich, who are vacationing there. ASSEMBLY OF GOD (O’Neill) Rev. E. Kirschman, pastor Sunday, August 5: Sunday school for all ages, 10 a.m.; wor ship, 11 am.; youth service, 7 p.m.; children’s service, 7 p.m.; evangelistic rally, 8 p.m. Midweek service Wednesday, 8 pan. Nurse Awarded Certificate Army Nurse (Maj.) Madeline M Ullom, daughter of Mrs. M. L. Ullom of O’Neill, receives congratulations and a certificate of achievement from Col. Charles F. McNair, commander of head quarters, area command, in Germany. Major Ullom was com mended for her outstanding service as chief of nursing service at the command’s 130th station hospital. A veteran of World War II, she arrived overseas on this tour of duty in August, 1954 She is a graduate of Catholic University, Washington, DC., and is a member of Pi Gama Mu and Sigma Theta Tau sororities. Dur ing World War II she was a captive of the Japanese in the South w-est Pacific and had an impressive war record.-U. S. Army Photo. METHODIST (Page-Inman) Rev. Lisle Mewmaw, pastor PAGE— Thursday, August 2: WSCS meeting, 2:30 p.m.; choir prac tice, 8 p.m., followed by MYF council meeting. Sunday, August 5: Church school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; subdistrict MYF rally and plan ning meeting at Atkinson, be ginning at 2 p.m., and conclud ing with a sack lunch picnic in the park. All MYF’ers and adult workers with youth should at tend. Tuesday, August 7: General meeting of WSCS and King’s Daughters, 8p.m. Wednesday, August 8; WSCS prayer hour, 9 a.m.; Scripture lesson: Isaiah 53. Thursday, August 12: WSCS study course, 2 p.m. INMAN— Sunday, August 5: Church school, 8:45 a.m.; worship, 9:45 a.m.; subdistrict MYF rally and planning meeting at Atkinson, beginning at 2 p.m., and conclud ing with a sack lunch picnic in the park; all MYF’ers and adult workers with youth should at tend. Wednesday, August 8: Choir practice and MYF. 8 p.m. Thursday, August 9: WSCS meeting, 2:30 p.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST (O’Neill) Rex James, evangelist Sunday, August 5: Bible school, 10 a.m.; communion and preach ing, 11 a.m.; youth meeting, 7 p.m.; evening service, 8 o'clock. Bible study Wednesady night at 8 o'clock in O’Neill; Friday night at 8 in the Chet Larson home near Chambers. Twelve or more young people will spend August 12-18 in camp at Ponca state park. All others interested in attending see or call the minister. A preaching rally will be held in Orchard Sunday, August 5. A two-weeks’ revival meeting will begin the last of this month. Exact date of beginning will be announced soon. Erwin Marshall from Eugene, Ore., will be the evangelist. The public is urged to attend. CENTER UNION (O’Neill) Rev. C. P. Turner, pastor Sunday, August 5: Sunday - school, 10 a.m.; preaching ser vice, 11 a.m.; young peoples meeting at 7:30 p.m.; preaching service following the young peo ples’ meeting. Prayer meeting and Bible study will be in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ernst Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN (RFD, Ewing) Rev. J. Olen Kennell, pastor Sunday, Augsut 5: Worship ser vice, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday-school, 10:30 a.m. Friday-Saturday August 3-4 DOUBLE FEATURE “PARIS PLAYBOYS” A Bowery Boys Comedy “GUN POINT” A Mighty Good Western Sun.-Mon.-Tues. August 3-6-7 ALSO SHORT SUBJECTS Wednesday-Thursday August 8-9 BUCK NIGHTS “LOVE IS A SPLENDID THING” A Live Story in Cinemascope and Color Briny ’Em All — 1 Dollar METHODIST (Chambers) Sunday, August 5: Sunday school, 10 a.m., E. R. Baker, sup erintendent; worship, 11 a. m., with Rev. Leon Foster of Wayne preaching. Family night will be held on Sunday evening with a program starting at 7 o’clock. Slides will be shown by Doreen Gleed of her recent trip. Please bring cake or sandwiches and your own table service-. The Woman’s Society of Chris tian Service will meet today (Thursday) for an all-day work meeting. ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN (Chambers) Sunday, August 5: Sunday school, 7 p.m.; divine worship, 8 p.m. The voters’ assembly will meet tonight (Thursday) and issue a call for a pastor. Rev. Paul Sten gel, jr., of Lexington is expected to be called. The Walther leaguers are in vited to attend a swimming par ty with the O’Neill league at Ford’s park tonight (Thursday). FIRST PRESBYTERIAN (O’Neill) Rev. J. Olen Kennell, pastor Sunday, August 5: Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 8: Trustees’ meeting, 8 p.m. W. F. Finley, M.D. Downey Building O’NEILL OFFICE PHONE: 2K IMMANl'EL LITHERAN (AUlnaon) Sunday. August 5: Divine ser vices with holy communion. 9 a m.; Sunday-school, 10:15 a.m.; Lutheran hour. WJAG, t pm. Tuesday, August 7: LWML zone executive txxird meeting, 1:30 p.m. I Alice's Beauty Shop (In Former Apparel Shop Location) Phone 263 — O'Neill -1 TWO TOP TEAMS in the North-Central Day-and-Night Baseball League will play Sunday Evening, August 5th O’NEILL vs. AINSWORTH CARNEY PARK — O’NEILL Winner of This Game Will Be the League Champion Lovely shades j Famed for fit, sheerness, wear! ! STRETCH NYLONS— 15-denier, all nylon QQp ‘'Give-N-Take” stretch hose with dark seam LUXURY SHEERS—Luxuriuos 51-Rauge, QQ/i 15-denier, fine-line dark seam. 8Vi to 11 TYTW1ST DELUXE—Sheer 60-Rauge, 15- 4 ^ C? denier, dark seam. Snag-resistant. 8Vi-ll> mL ■ JL PATTON’S .... O’Neill, Nebr. I m ll TV antennas and power lines don’t mix...carelessness in selecting a location for an outside TV antenna is inviting danger in the form of fire or serious bodily injury should the TV mast or guy wires fall on a nearby power line. Consumers Public Power District, Nebraska’s dependable and progressive low-cost electric service, brings this special safety message to you because of the extensive use of outside TV antennas and their proximity to power lines. Electricity, enough to kill, can flow through any metal or other conducting material that touches high-voltage lines. It can even flow through wood. Should a tall, top-heavy TV antenna fall across a power line, the mast and guide wires become energized and are then potential killers and conductors of fire. If you have a new house and are about to set up an outside i v antenna, make sure that should it ever topple that it would not fall across power lines. If you have a TV antenna atop your house now and you have a question I relative to its nearness to a power line, please call your power office for advice. in case of accident... If an accident does happen, never touch a person or equipment in contact with a power line. A dry board or dry rope may be used to pull anyone free from contact. Give first aid and call a doctor at once. Call the power office right away—and tell them what happened and where it happened. . CONSUMERS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT ... o *• • *•*« • • • • • ... • . . 0 • • • • . • . . . ’ • • • ' . \
