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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1956)
Prairieland Talk . . . Split Power Can Happen Again By ROM AIN E SAUNDERS, Retired. Former Editor The Frontier LINCOLN—With the democrats in control in the nation’s capital, in the 1890's it was “hard tunes,’’ with armies of unemployed, soup kitchens aad bread lines. In the 1930's it was a “depression,” a repub lican in the white house and a democratic con gress. Unemployed everywhere f * booking for a handout, “relief’ agencies swamped. In the 1940’s ■ the “new deal” followed by a "recession” and then inflation which continues to inflate, a re publican In the white house and temocrats running the congress. What has been could be again irrespective of the politi cal lineup along the Potomac. • • • If you do not want your age known, keep out of the news- Komaine papers. . . The bottle is the Saunders background of more trouble than will be admitted —a bottle at the lip of that sarg who marched re cruits to their death in a Southern swamp. . . An other feature of modern life — disregard of a promise made. • • • Down in Old Mexico a native had himself aailed to a cross, the cross erected In the com munity arena and an admission fee charged, the exhibition advertised to be for raising funds to build a church. This was denied and de nounced by a leading churchman, but thousands paid the admission fee to the “crucified's” wife who stood at the entrance. Authorities put a atop to the “show” and the man on the cross went limping home with his wife who had the gate receipts. m m m One year ago the patriotic, loyal citizens of Atkinson and community observed with an out door party under pleasant skies the 75th anniver sary of the beginning of things on the then open prairie. Atkinson today is a year older, as Is also Postmaster A. G. Miller, who performed the rites of master-of-ceremonies, and all who were there that day. Atkinson is getting old. Furrowed brow and baggy under the chin? No. As the years roll •a changes and improvements have come. I think •f once flourishing villages in Holt county where newspapers lived and died and the villages gone with their memories to the graveyard of the past —Dustin, Paddock, Minneola, Shamrock, Inez, Little, Joy, Eagle Mills. But Atkinson marches on until the drumbeat of eternity sends out the warning: “It is done!" • • • A little 10-year-old miss wheels a doll baby baggy to and fro on the sidewalks out in front. The parental instinct throbs in childish breasts. A future mother gives her doll a ride. Ten, 15 years come and go. That little miss of today will wheel a baby buggy In front of her, carry ing not a doll baby but that grown woman's lit tle babe. • • • A weighty national problem now comes up —where to obtain a machine adequate for the girls down at Washington, D.C., to punch out the big figures the national budget now requires. The flush of dawn this last day of the hot July, the glow of sunshine out of the east spread ing light across the land, color adorned morning glories blooming on clinging vines, deep blue of distant western skies forming a background for green-robed tree and bush, robin redbreast hop ping from bough to bough with a song of morn ing cheer, nature's wonders that we know not how! Tomorrow morning the sun rises on what man has designated the first day of the month of August with summer skies and silken green across the landscape marching onward until autumn tints paint a picture of surpassing loveliness to lay upon nature’s lap. • • • With a 6-million-dollar viaduct and other millions for school buildings now planned for Lincon, idle hands, if there be any. will be put to work and the soft flutter of 10’s and 20’s will give a chuckle to capital city business interests. • • • In consultation with doctors at the Mayo clin ic in Rochester, Minn., Billy McNichols learned that he will undergo surgery in the near future and returned to Hollywood, Calif., his home, to arrange matters there before returning to Ro chester to go under the surgeon’s knife to correct a serious condition and later to have a second sur gical attention for still another obstruction that has developed through the years. Friends in O’ Neill, as well as elsewhere, trust Billy comes out of it all to carry on, as he always has, with re newed vigor and restored health. • * * It doth appear that The Frontier has become a nationally-known and read weekly. Some weeks ago there appeared in this department the story of the work for the blind carried on by the Chris tian Record publishing concern in Lincoln. A trav eling worker for the blind ran across a copy of The Frontier somewhere in his travels throughout the country, saw the story and sent the paper on to the Record editors. So The Frontier not only goes into the homes of this Nebraska community but is found in distant places. • • • Prairieland republicans doubtless would pre fer that the Minnesota Dane be eliminated from the Washington, D.C., picture rather than the vice-president. Mr. Nixon has been made a target by envious critics because he has made of the vice-president’s position in our government some thing more than a mere figurehead. * • • The annual meeting of the State Historical society will be held at the Cornhusker hotel in Lin coln September 29. Among the speakers of note at the gathering will be Dr. Thomas D. Clark of the University of Kentucky and Howard H. Peckham of the University of Michigan, both gentlemen prominent in historical circles. • * * Saline county, a “salty" community of pa triots who trace their ancestors across the seas to old Bohemia, a Nebraska county just down south of the capital city, organized a county his torical society on July 17. Joe T. Vosoba, an attor ney at Wilber, heads the society. Editorial . . . Who Gets Tax Dollars? Did you ever wonder what happens to all the tax dollars paid over the counter into the hands of the county treasurers in every countyseat in Nebraska? This covers both your personal and real estate taxes. Altogether this amounted in 1955 in Nebras ka to the great big. staggering sum of $139,770,951. Here is where that money was distributed and •pent by the various governmental subdivisions: School taxes ____$ 66,811,906 State taxes 25,468,398 City taxes _ 22.761.8S7 County Taxes _ 21,939,063 Township taxes_ 2,171,542 Rural fire districts 482,268 Road district taxes 135,934 All taxes _ $139,770,951 It is a lot easier to understand when you di vide these tax dollars in percentages. Then you can easily see where Nebraska tax 4ollars are spent. Schools receive_47% of all taxes State receives_18% of all taxes Cities receive_16% of all taxes County receives . 15% of all taxes Township receives _ 1% of all taxes Rural fire districts_1/3% of all taxes Road districts_1% of all taxes So, in round figures, you can see that educa tion accounts for nearly one-half of all tax dollars spent in Nebraska. The state, the cities and the counties each receive about one-fifth of all taxes. ‘Restore Beloved Tradition’ When the last colossus of the circus business cried quits for its current season, crept back to ita winter quarters in sunny Florida, and announced that in future seasons, if any, it would play the Air-conditioned arenas, many an American was touched by nostalgia. Most of us, at one time or Another, had visited the Ringling Bros, and Barn vm St Bailey show under the big top at Norfolk, Sioux City or some other nearby point. John Ringling North, the circus owner and boss man, blamed television, congested city streets (a handicap for parades), lack of tent space, labor 41fficulties, etc., for his woes. A prominent O’Neill man who saw the Ring ling show in Madison Square Garden in June, be lieves Mr. North is as much at fault, personally, as Any of the forementioned factors. Our informant said many of the wild animals, vital to any circus, were conspicuous by their ab sence at the Garden. He also said Mr. North had transformed the show into a ‘‘night club extrava ganza" and less of a circus. ‘‘Restore what has made the circus a beloved tradition for two centuries on two continents and Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey can go back into business," he declared. By “beloved tradition,” the O’Neill man refers to respectable menageries, trained animal acts, pre-performance parades, animals and more ani mals. Night club stuff and tawdry sideshows aren’t |or children, anyhow. Yes, Mr. North could take a lesson from the Shrine circus, a respectable show that packs ’em in wherever the troupes go. Adopted Girl Makes Good The revelation that Miss Universe, Carol Mor ris of Ottumwa. Ia., is adopted, adds a new luster to the contest that it lacked before. The affection which Carol has for her adopted parents. Rev. and Mrs. La Verne Morris, and they for her cannot fail to evoke a greater appreciation of the genuine love that prompts most adoptions. Many parents and non - parents, some times critical of such relationships, fail to grasp the godliness, humanitarianism, and unselfishness that lead a man and wife to make an adoption. Nor can it be denied that in every case they sought parenthood, and it wasn’t thrust upon them by accident or chance. Surely, there are no finer mo tives than a sharing and quest for human love. In view of these motives, it is hard to under stand why whispering campaigns and stigmas are occasionally conducted against an adopted child or its parents. It’s pure foolishness and bosh. And dohbtlessly it has been a deterrent to more wide spread adoptions. We believe—and surely hope—the highly pub licized story of Miss Universe and her parents, and the love they have for one another, will be a fac tor to influence couples who have wanted to adopt a child but have hesitated, to go ahead. HAROLD STASSEN SPEAKS I’m a busy little helper; Assistance I supply, And, while folks may not need it, I try and try and try. If you’re pessimistic about the future, look at the young folks gathered at the park or on the way to the swimming pool. They actually think that this is a great world and their only problem seems to be whether it will be chocolate or vanilla. An English group will sail a duplicate of the Mayflower to America on the same route as the or iginal. Maybe you can get aboard if your family, like that of most of us, missed the boat the first time. Sometimes in the fried chicken season, one regrets that the finger bowl has become passe. But its benefits can still be held, surreptitiously, by stirring iced tea in a tall glass with a short spoon. Uncle Sam’s treasury complains it is not get ting enough mileage out of its dollar bills and has to keep replenishing them. We have the same problem. The Fremont Tribune declares the wife who drives from the back seat is no worse than the husband who cooks from the dining room table. A strike is an appeal to force rather than re liance upon reason and justice. We’ll look forward to seeing all of you at the Holt county fair. ffigLFRONTtlR 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) l When You and I Were Young . . . Gal Fire-Chasers Motley Looking Not Same Group Seen on Streets 50 Years Ago Several O’Neill men have been heard to remark that they scarcely know their most familiar lady acquaintances when they meet them out at a midnight fire. The graceful feminine figure seen on the streets by daylight or shin ing social function shows up slabsided, bald, peaked and with ered at a midnight blaze. They don’t take time to put on the false hair, powder their complex ion and adjust the trappings that make the charming and graceful dames seen on dress parade. . . Married at the M E. parsonage on July 26 by Rev. G. F. Mead were Rev. Michael Miller of Meek and Miss Melinda Hoger of Blackbird; also John Abart of Northcote, Minn., and Miss Cora Lawrence of Emmet. 20 Years Ago William Grothe of Emmet, a master farmer and on one of the best farms in Holt county, says this year he has nothing to go on show of Jiis farm products, this being such a bad year. . . Miss Ruth Osenbaugh was dismissed from the hospital. . . Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gallagher of Inman have a 9-pound daughter. . . Ver non Harley of Chambers had an arm nearly severed by a buzz saw. . . Mrs. Jacob Erb, an early settler, died at her home north west of here. 10 Years Ago The story of Ex-Lt. Leonard C. Fox of Emmet, co-pilot of “Irish Lassie,” and his crew on their magazine. . . Charles Richter had an appendectomy in Sioux City. . . . Mrs. Arthur Griggs, a former resident, was buried here. . . Ste phen B. Carpenter, 87, of Cham bers, a homesteader, died. . . Mr. and Mrs. John Sorensen of Page announce the birth of twins, Floyd Jay and Lloyd Jay. . . The Misses Donna Gallagher and Lou Birmingham and John Baker, James Merriman and George Bosn entertained at a treasure hunt Winners were the Misses Patty and Shirley Shaffer, Lois Cole, Larry Schaffer, James Tische and Tom Harty. One Year Ago Earl R. Fox, 5, Mrs. Maria E. McNinch, 88, of Inman, Mrs. Frank Pettinger, 69, of Atkinson, Clinton Alonzo Townsend, 81, of Page, Miss Margaret McCarthy, virtually a lifelong resident, O. M. Herre, 57, Mrs. E. J. Bild of Page, Albert Dierking, 63, of Chambers, Mrs. Agnes Goldfuss, t'3, of Atkinson, Anton V. Tichy, 81, of Verdigre and Baby Vicki Marie Lineback all died during the week. . . . Miss Lois Puckett of Page told of the workers’ camps, schools and missions in Colorado, New Mexico, Missouri and Nebraska to the WSCS at a memorial tea. Nifty Needlers in Last Scheduled Meet PAGE — Misses Connie Riege and Diane Cork were hostesses at the Lorenz Riege home Friday afternoon to the members of the Nifty Needlers’ 4-H club. This was the last scheduled meeting of the season. Mrs. Orville Indra was pres ent and judged baking and cook ing exhibits and the work ac complished by the sewing class. Guests were Mrs. Lloyd Cork, Mrs. Fred Kastens of Lodgepole and Mrs. Robert Nissen. Plans were made for the style review at O’Neill and for enter ing exhibits at the Holt county fair. Gallaghers Are Entertaining— Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Larson of Northbrook, 111., and Miss Betty Gallagher and Tony Anewalt of San Diego, Calif., arrived Satur day at the home of the girls’ par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Gallagher. They plan to remain for a week with the exception of Bet ty, who will stay longer. The Larsons will take their children, Eddie and Dick, who have been visiting their grandparents since early July, home with them. Cook at Pibil Youth Camp— Mrs. Howard D. Manson and Mrs. J. F. Contois cooked last week for the Church of Christ young peoples’ camp held at Pi bil camp, south of Bartlett. Two children of Norris George attend ed. Mrs. Carrol Holz of Bartlett accompanied them. Shower lioneree— Wednesday, August 1, at the home of Mrs. Richard Nelson, a pink-and-blue shower was held for Mrs. Kenneth Juran and Mrs. Roy Berner. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Kenneth Glandt and Mrs. Harry Larsen. MM Chib at Schaffer's— MM Club met Tuesday eve ning, July 31, at the home of Mrs. D. C. Schaffer. Entertains Past Matrons— Mrs. J. D. Osenbaugh was host ess to the Past Matrons Tuesday July 31. fo Greenland A/3c Ralph D. Potter (above), son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Potter of Ewing, has been spending a nine-day leave with his parents. He has been at Keesler air force base, Mis sissippi, and was to report on Monday, August 6, at Brook lyn, N.Y., from where he is to be sent to a Greenland outpost. At Keesler he helped train and discipline airmen. Now in Hawaii Lyle David Kopejtka (above), son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kopejtka of Inman, is now stationed in Hawaii with the navy. His parents say he would like to hear from his friends: Lyle David Kopejtka, AA 319 64 - 06, Air Trans. VR - 7 (Maint.), Navy 128, FPO, San Francisco, Calif. Deloit News Robert Miller has been helpinf Ralph Tomjack with haying. Mr. ana Mrs. Bill Maben anc daughter of Grand Island callec on Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wulf anc attended the Neiderhiede reunior in Neligh Sunday. Mrs. Carl Christon and Mrs Scott Clow arrived Wednesday evening, August 1, from then homes in Denver, Colo. Mrs Clow visited her mother, Mrs Reimer, 92, in Ewing and Mrs Christon visited her parents, Mr and Mrs. J. A. Larson of Ewing The ladies returned home Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tomjacl attended the rodeo at Burwel last Thursday. Anita Lee and Elsie Clow sped last Thursday afternoon at the Fred Harpster home. Alfred Napier delivered a home freezer to the Glenn Harpstei home last week. Mrs. Henry Reimer visited the first of last week at the Howarc Temple home in Hastings. Mrs Temple and Twila brought her home Wednesday, August 1, and visited at the Reimer home un til Oh VUl Uuj . Friday night supper guests at the Don Larson home were Mrs Don Starr and Elizabeth of Wesl Point, Mrs. Howard Temple and Twila of Hastings, Mrs. Carl Christon of Denver, Colo., Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Larson and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer. Claude Warner and Gary called later in the evening. Clearwater Creek club met on Wednesday at the George Neal home. The HEO club will meet to day (Thursday) at the Henry Reimer home. Terry Harpster won a toy gun and holster by writing a prize letter for an Omaha store. Mrs. Newhouse to Fill Vacancy— CHAMBERS— Mrs. Anna Al derson and Mrs. Genevieve Bell were hostesses at the Legion hall at the American Legion auxiliary meeting Friday evening. Mrs. A. W. Hubbard presided in the ab sence of the president, Mrs. Wood. Mrs. T. E. Newhouse was elected treasurer to fill the va cancy created by Mrs. Kieth Sex ton, who is leaving for Colorado. Mrs. George Thomson and Mrs. Ruben Peltzer were in charge of games. A handkerchief shower was held for Mrs. Sexton. Seventeen members and two visitors attended. Lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foreman were dinner guests at the Jack Bailey home in O’Neill Sunday. I 3-Bedroom Custom Line as low as | J 300 I DOWN / on fha mm AMvK.e accepted ■ ■ Wm Hhp • New NATIONAL HOMES available in O’Neill’s North Heights addition, or on your own town or country lot any where in the area. Numerous floor plans and designs from which to choose. Low monthly payments. NORTH-NEBRASKA BUILDERS FRANCIS GILG — HARRY E. RESSEL Phone 150 Phone 548-M * • , • . * * . * • '* * • " * t • • • a Dorsey News Mr. and Mrs. Howard Graham and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Carson and family. Misses Doris and Helen Halstead, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Osborn and Ruth had a picnic dinner in the Nio brara state park Sunday. The accordian quartet of the Lucky Clover 4-H club played for part of the musical program for the Farmers’ Union annual mating and picnic. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Millard spent the weekend with his folks in O’Neill and spent a few hours with the Osborns. Rolland Hughes visited his par ents this week and also attend ed the Sehollmeyer reunion which was held at the old farm where Charley Sehollmeyer now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barta and Evelyn called at Verdigre on Sunday so Mrs. William Kalal could go with them and attend the Farmers’ Union annual picnic and program. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Miles and family and Mr. and Mrs. Don Jenkinson and family visited on Sunday at the H. H. Miles home. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady, sr., visited at the Carson sisters’ on Saturday evening. The Melvin Carson family vis ited at the Edward Carson home j Sunday and were dinner guests j there. Mrs. Mary Wolfe, Mrs. Carrie i Hunter and Miss Lizzie Carson attended the Tomlinson anniver- | sary celebration Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Alder and family visited at the Tom Alder home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barta and Eve lyn, Miss Beverly Carson and Mrs. Edward Carson visited Fri day evening at the Osborn home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cihlar at tended the picnic at Niobrara on Sunday. Mrs. Lyle Wells visited her mother, Mrs. Howard Slack, last Thursday while the men went fishing. O’NEILL LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Elden Butterfield went to Omaha Monday to meet their daughter, Mrs. Jay McCon nell, and son, Bobby Jay, of Elizabeth City, N.C., who will visit them for a couple of months while her husband is on duty with the navy. Mre. Catherine Fritton return ed Friday, July 27, from Wayne where she received her bachelor of arts degree. Mrs. Fritton teaches first grade in the O’Neill public school. Mr. and Mrs. David Vequist of St. Joseph, Mo., arrived Wednes day, August 1, to visit with Mrs. Anna Brown. Letters to Editor Ed’s House of Gems Portland 13, Ore. 1 Hi— i Am opening this weekend — have sure been on the go. Send the paper to the address here at the store—then my wife won’t get it first. How are things going with you? We are all fine, weather is even better. In fact, it’s such beauti ful country that it’s a good place to live whether one has an in come or not. Wish you were closer—I’d give you a job on cat alog of collectors’ items. In the meantime, if you know of any one who wants a whale tooth, stuffed alligator or what have you—you know where to send them. My regards to your family and staff there. ED PANOWICZ Paul Shierk insurance agency O'NEILL, NEBR Insurance of All Kinds The General Alumni Ascociation of the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill Got a kick out of your recent editorial, "So You Think You’re Young?’’ In it you quoted one of our best loved North Carolina writers, Beatrice Cobb of the Morganton (N.C ) News-Herald. 1 can't resist the urge to forward her my copy of The Frontier in which the editorial appeared. F. EDGAR THOMAS, JR. Indies Clean Church, Parsonage— CHAMBERS — The Woman’s Society of Christian Service met Thursday, August 2, at the church for a work meeting. A group of ladies cleaned the church and the parsonage, A short business session was ‘fold. It was decided to hold a bake sale the last Saturday of each month except November, December and the month in which the alumni banquet is served. The next regular meeting will be August 23 at the church. Mrs. Guais Wintermote and Mrs. Her man Holcomb will be hostesses. A special memorial worship ser vice will be held in honor of the late Mrs. J. O. Wood. O’Neill News Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Cronin left Friday for their home in Chicago, 111., after visiting with Mrs. Cronin’s mother, Mrs. R. R. Morrison, the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ander son and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stauf fer and family. The afternoon was spent fishing. Mrs. Harrison Bridge returned Sunday from Wayne where she had spent a week attending the state music camp at Wayne State Teachers college. There were 160 students participating. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Campbell re turned on Saturday from Green Bay, Wise., where they had been vacationing the past two weeks. Mrs. Abbie Coker, who had been visiting Mrs. C. D. Schaaf in Grand Island last week, returned home Saturday. A farewell dinner was held on Sunday al the park in honor of Mr. and Mrs. George Urainard, who are moving soon to Casper, VVyo. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. George Bosn and family, • Mr. and Mrs, Fritz. Belxer and family and Raymond Fox. A Sunday dinner guest In the Charles Fox home was Oscar Sehuppen of Randolph, L I .I.—.It I' - i Change of Policy Beginning August 13 The PEACOCK BARBER SHOP | Telephone 416-W Utilizing that in these busy days, time is important to ev eryone, I have decided to put my shop on an appointment basis, Mondays through Fri days, leaving Saturday open for those who wish to “wait it out.” Appointments may bo made by telephone or a personal stop at the shop. Farmers and others from out of town will find un ad vantage in getting an appoint ed time then go on about their shopping. Business men and employees both will find it better than having to wait until after hours or weekends to get their barber work done. Appointments should b e kept on time or 5 minutes ahead of time, if possible. 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