fhe F- rontier Woman . .
Childhood July 4 Recalled
BLANCHE SPANN PEASE. HumrmiktBf Editor
This is the salad season and
mat’s for sure and next week
I’ll give you some salad ideas.
But today, I have such a long
tier. I'm going to allot my space
to it.
TTio subscription prize for this
a es to “Grateful American.”
Dear Mrs. Pease:
I've read and enjoyed The
frontier Woman ever since its
rigin, and have planned many
umes to do my bit to keep it go
ing. However, there always
ferns to be a task near at hand
o make demands on my time.
I wonder how many Americans
r**»l!y value what the Fourth of
July or independence day stands
for Or do we just take it for
granted, just another holiday in
v hich to make whoopee?
Isn't it wonderful to remember
chat after 180 years, and amid
world turmoil and confusion and
>o many changing conditions, our
fair land is still the ‘‘land of the
free, and the home of the brave"?
(Jod grant that she may remain
Although I’m well past the
half century mark I still get a
thrill out of seeing Old Glory
waving in the breeze. When I was
j youngster I was quite a sleepy
head, but the Fourth of July was
one day in the year I could wake
up early, and the one day that
tia>k precedence over all others—
even my birthday anniversary or
Christmas.
On the Fourth, my brother, two
years older than myself, and I
were up at the first peep of
dawn, ready for a day of real
enjoyment to us, but to the kids
if today it would no doubt be
quite dull.
My parents were rather poor
financially, as were many of the
other pioneers of their day, and
• ery seldom could spare us more
than a quarter apiece for spend
ing money. But we were satisfied
and quite happy with that, and
got as much pleasure from it as
many youngsters today would get
from a much larger sum.
We lived seven miles from the
little town where the celebration
was held, but we could hear the
sunrise salute on a still, clear
morning and it sent little quivers
of anticipation down our childish
spines, and caused us to be impa
tient to get started on our way.
Dad would mow some grass the
day before and the next morning
fill the wagon box with the new
hay so the horses would have It
to feed on while we were In
town. If we were early enough,
and we usually were, he would
stop in the shade of a cotton
wood, unhitch the team and tie
them to the wagon to munch
their hay at their leisure. At
noon he would lead them to wa
ter, and again before we started
home in late afternoon.
Sometimes mom and dad didn't
go. They couldn’t afford cele
bration finery but by lots of
scrimping could make two chil
dren presentable and furnish us
with our cherished quarters. On
those occasions we went with
our nearest neighbor s family and
our paternal grandmother went
along to keep an eye on us.
Once, when I was around 11
years-old, after walking the mile
and a half to the neighbor’s, we
found they planned to stay home.
There were no telephones in the
country then and neither family
could have afforded them, if they
had been available. You can
imagine our disappointment. My
brother wasn’t going to be cheat
ed out of his day, so started
across country on foot and I
started to follow him. He tried
to send me back, and grandma
called to me to come back, but I
refused. Then she threatened to
tell my father and I knew he
would punish me if I disobeyed
her. So I gave up, but indulged
in a good cry, all my early rising
and long walk to no avail, and
worst of all— my brother getting
to go when I couldn’t. But men
hate to see a woman in tears and
they turned the trick for me.
The young neighbor, oldest son
of the family, who had intended
to stay home and cuJt.14vftf. co^’
changed his mind, hitched
team to the wagon, loaded in the
chairs (we had carried ours a
mile and a half), and he, his two
sisters, grandma and myself went
merrily on our way and overtook
my brother, who trudged about a
mile before we caught up with
him. He was glad enough to
ride, for in those days we went
barefoot at home (from necessity,
not choice), so our shoes were not
too comfortable.
We took our lunches with us—
bread and butter and a boiled egg
and perhaps a home made cookie
or piece of molasses cake— so we
could spend our precious money
for luxuries, not lunch. And any
way, the stands in those days
seldom served anything but home
made ice cream, lemonade, can
cy, gum, peanuts and cigars and
occasionally pie. My brother
spent most of his coin for deli
cacies but most of mine went for
rides on the merry-go-round and
maybe a package of gum, besides.
The local blacksmith had made
a merry-go-round propelled by a
big gray horse and after all these
years I can still hear the call:
“Fill up the seats! Fill up the
seats! Six tickets for a quarter!"
A little man from a neighbor
ing hamlet furnished the music,
playing the same tune over and
over on a battered accordian, but
to me it was wonderful music!
The day’s sports always fea
tured horse racing, foot races and
other contests but seldom any
ball games in those early days.
They had a “bowery’’ with a
floor to dance on and raised
planks around the sides for seats.
uancing usually ucgau aiuuiiu *
o’clock when the sports events
were over and that was our sig
nal to start home as my father
was strongly opposed to dancing.
I didn’t mean to write a book
when I began this reminiscing,
but here is a fact that might be
of interest. The lower half of my
garden and much of that of my
north is now located on the site
of part of that original celebra
tion grounds and my neighbor
has found pieces of money over
a period of years while working
in her garden—pennies, nickles,
mostly, also a quarter or two and
one fifty-cent piece, evidently
marking the spots where the
stands were located.
In closing let me say that July
4 is a date of special significance
in American history. Not only
that first and most important
Julv 4, but others, one being July
4, 1863. When the dawn broke
on that day, the world knew that
the three-days’ battle of Gettys
burg was won by the North and
that the Union would be preserv
ed. My paternal grandfather was
wounded at Gettysburg while
serving the Union cause. Grand
mother (incidentally her birth
day anniversary was July 4)
kept the bullet and I was allow
ed to see and handle it when
visiting in their home during my
childhood.
GRATEFUL AMERICAN
Tell Fair Exhibit
Preparations—
The Riverside Community 4-H
club held a meeting at the Char
les Boyle home. Members to id
what they were going to exhibit
at the Holt fair.
Club rosary will be postponed
one week because of the fair. It
will be held on Tuesday, August
21, at the Matt Beha home.
Next meeting will be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ber
nard Janzing on September 9. A
lunch was served by Mrs. Boyle
and daughters.—By Matthew Be
ha, jr., reporter.
Mr. and Mrs. Enard Leach of
Bremerton, Wash., visited Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Summers Wed
nesday, August 8. They also vis
ited his brother, Ed Leach. They
are former residents.
Legal Nolice
(First pub. August 9, 1956)
NOTICE
“The residents of Antelope,
Atkinson, Belle, Chambers,
C leveland, Coleman. Conley, De
oit. Dustin. Ewing, Emmet, Fair
view. Francis, Grattan, Green
Valley, Golden, Holt Creek. In
naan, Iowa, Josie, Lake, McClure,
Paddock. Pleasant View, Rock
Falls, Sand Creek. Saratoga,
Scott, Shamrock, Sheridan,
Shields, Steel Creek, Stuart,
Swan, Verdigris, Willowdale,
Wyoming precincts. Holt County,
Vebraksa, are hereby notified
hat the Nebraska Department of
Agriculutre, Bureau of Animal
Industry and the United States
Department of Agriculture, An
mal Disease Eradication Branch,
jre holding a public hearing at
he Court House at O'Neill, Ne
braska. on August 29, 1956, at
2:00 p.m., for the purpose of
making Antelope, Atkinson,
Belle, Chambers, Cleveland,
Toleman, Conley. Deloit, Dustin,
Ewing, Emmet, Fairview, Fran
cis, Grattan. Green Valley, Gold
en, Holt Creek, Inman, Iowa.
J >sie, Lake, McClure, Paddock.
Pleasant View, Rock Falls, Sand
Creek, Saratoga, Scott, Sham
rock, Sheridan, Sheilds, Steel
Creek, Stuart, Swan, Verdigris,
Willowdale, and Wyoming pre
cincts a Brucellosis area and to
determine that the petition is suf
ficient to satisfy the statute and
comply with State Statute 54
766.02 to 54-766.05, inclusive rel
ative to establishing a certified
Bruecllosis Area. All objections
will be heard at this time."
Animal Disease Eradication
Branch
D. F. Werring, DVM
Veterinarian in Charge
Nebraska Bureau of Animal
InAistry
J. L. George, DVM
State Veterinarian
15-17
(First pub. Aug. 9, 1956)
Julius D. Cronin, Attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate No. 4134
In the County Court of Holt
County, Nebraska, August 2, 1956.
In the matter of the Estate of
Margaret M. McCarthy, Deceas
ed.
CREDITORS of said estate are
hereby notified that the time
limited for presenting claims
against said estate is November
SO, 1956, and for the payment
of debts is August 2, 1957, and
that on August 30, 1956. and on
December 1, 1956, at 10 o’clock
A M., each day, I will be at the
County Court Room in said Coun
ty to receive, examine, hear, al
low, or adjust all claims and ob
jections duly filed. _
LOUIS W. REIMER
County Judge.
(COUNTY COURT SEAL)
15-17c
(First pub. Aug. 16, 1956)
Julius D. Cronin, Attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate No. 4137
In the County Court of Holt
County, Nebraska, August 9, 1956.
In the matter of the Estate of
Clarence V. Donohoe, Deceased.
CREDITORS of said estate are
hereby notified that the time
limited for presenting claims
against said estate is December
6, 1956, and for payment of debts
is August 9, 1957, and that on
September 6, 1956, and on De
cember 7. 1956, at 10 o’clock
A.M., each day, I will be at the
County Court Room in said Coun
ty to receive, examine, hear, al
low, or adjust all claims and ob
jections duly filed.
LOUIS W. REIMER
County Judge.
(COUNTY COURT SEAL) 16-18
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sto’.p
and son were in Lincoln over the
weekend to attend the wedding
of Larry Tharnish.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walker are
moving to Casper, Wyo., in a
few days.
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i o Wed in Fall
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graham
of O'Neill announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Kay (above), to David Mau
ghan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Maughan of Tilden. A
fall wedding is planned.
O’Neill News
Mr. and Mrs. George Sedlacek
and Mary Beth of Omaha were
weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Pribil and Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd J. Wilson.
Miss Ardis Parks returned last
Thursday from Stuart where she
had spent two weeks visiting her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Parks, sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Streeter
and family of Lincoln are spend
ing a week’s vacation with Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Streeter and oth
er relatives and friends.
Mrs. Sidney E. Anderson of El
gin was a guest at the H. D.
Manson home from Saturday un
til Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R.
Longenecker and family spent
the weekend in St. Edward as
guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred McBride. Mr. and Mrs.
Allan McNeff and family of
Hutchinson, Kans., were also
there. Mrs. McNeff is another
daughter of the McBrides.
Twenty - six inch American
bikes, only §36.95 at Scovie’s
Western Auto, O’Neill. 16-19c
Saturday, August 4, Mrs. Aaron
Boshart accompanied her son,
Don Boshart, and family of Kear
ney to Seattle, Wash., where they
will visit her brother, Peter J.
Lansworth, and other relatives.
Enroute they visited Yellowstone
national park.
ivii. (inu iviia. uauv m cui ui
Cheyenne, Wyo., were guests on
Monday of her aunt, Mrs. Minnie
Bay.
Henry Ver Linden of Tipton,
Mo., was a dinner guest Satur
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Minton.
Billy and Sharon Nelson are
visiting cousins from Chicago,
111., at the G. W. Nelson home in
Sioux City.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Moses went
to Lincoln Sunday to take back
their grandson, Billy, who had
been visiting them for the past
week. Miss LaVeta Lehn accom
panied them to Wahoo where she
visited her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Philbrick of
Stuart were last Thursday dinner
guests of their son and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick.
Fifteen-foot Deepfreexe, 5-yr.
guaranteed, only $248 at Scovle s
Western Auto, O’Neill. 16-18c
Mrs. Lowell Nesbitt and sond
visited Mr. Nesbitt’s parents, the'
Merle Nesbitts, at Fullerton. Sun
day in Columbus they met Mr.
Nesbitt, who was returning from
the national guard camp.
Paul E. Moseman, jr., left on
Tuesday, August 7, after spend
ing nine days with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Moseman.
He is employed at a radio lab
oratory in Cedar Rapids, la. Mr.
Moseman and his father were in
the Black Hills several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hipwcul
and family of Minneapolis,
Minn., were weekend guests at
the H. J. Lohaus home. Mrs.
Hipwell is a sister of Mr. Lohaus.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wolfe went
to Norfolk Sunday to get their
daughters, Ann and Mary, who
spent a week with their uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Han
sen, and family.
Royal Theater
—O’NEILL, NEBR. —
Ttaurs. Aug. 16
Family Night
Herbert J. Yates presents
STRANGER AT MY DOOR
Starring MacDonald Carey,
Patricia Medina, Skip Homeien.
The law was hunting Clay An
derson—dead or alive! Yet Jarret
hid him in his home.
Family admitted for 2 adult tick
ets; adults 50c; children 12c
Fri.-Sat. Aug. 17-18
FRANCIS IN THE HAUNTED
HOUSE
Starring Mickey Rooney, with
Virginia Welles, Paul Cavanaugh
and' Francis, the talking mule.
Francis has a funny new friend
and they’re in a ha-ha-haunted
house! Francis is scared . . . and
funnier than ever! Now Mickey’s
a side-kick of that famous talk
ing mule . . . and they’re both
to scared to spook!
Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee
Sat. 2:30 p.m. AH children under
12 free when accompanied by
parent
St’n.-Mon.-Tues. Aug. 19-20-21
Warner Bros, present the C. V.
Whitney picture starring John
Wayne in
THE SEARCHERS
Co - starring Jeffrey Hunter,
Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie
Wood. Vista Vision and Techni
color. Ha had to find her . . lie
had to find her. . . Somewhere
in the vastness between the great
Southwest and the Canadian bor
der there’d be a captive girl hud
dled in fear . . .
Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee
Sun. 2:30. All children under 12
free when accompanied by parent
LWML Makes Plans
for Atkinson Rally
ATKINSON — The Lutheran
Women's Missionary league exec
utive board of zone seven of the
Lutheran church, Missouri synod,
net Tuesday afternoon, August 7,
it the Immanuel Lutheran church
here.
Plans were made for the annual
fall rally which will be held in
Atkinson September 25.
Present for the Atkinson meet
ing were Mrs. Elmer Kaczor of
Spencer, president; Mrs. Huette
of Ainsworth, vice - president;
Mrs. Norman Wenger of Jamison,
secretary; Mrs. John Walter of
Chambers, treasurer; Mrs. Art
Wittmuss of Fairfax, S.D., board
member, Mrs. Victor Frickel of
Atkinson, board member; Mas.
Alvin Schoenefeld of Jamisor,
district corresponding secretary,
and Rev. E. G. Smith of O'Neill
and Rev. J. H. Roth of Spencer.
O'NEILL LOCALS
Walter Wvtaske and daughters,
Norma and Linda, of Mankato.
Minn., spent Saturday with his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Sylvester Zakrzewaki.
Sunday they went to Butte to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pod
any and Monday they visited the
Leonard Fox family in Orchard.
day to visit her mother, Mrs
Christine Williams, for a week.
Mrs. Dwight C. Worcester and
children visited a week in White
River, S.D., with her father, John
Hovotay, and Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Worcester. Mrs. Grace Burke and
children accompanied them un
Sunday to visit here for a few
days.
Mr and Mrs. Gerald Wettlau
fer and Gary of Page visited Mr
and Mrs Andrew Wettlaufer on
Monday.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Parks and
Vicki of Clovis, N.M., arrived on
Monday for a two-weeks’ vaca
tion with his brother, Harold
Parks, and family.
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DRIVE-IN — SUN., MON., TUES.
Sunday visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Ott were Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Worth.
Mrs. Harold McNally and chil
dren of Ainsworth arrived Mon
Change of Policy
Beginning August 13
The PEACOCK
BARBER SHOP
Telephone 416-W
Realizing 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 be made
by telephone or a personal
stop at the shop.
Farmers and others from
out of town will find an 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.
If a cancellation must be
made, it should be done as
soon as possible so that time
may be allotted to someone
else.
With your cooperation, I'm
sure I can be of better service
to you.
Grant W. Peacock
I)R H. I). G1LDKRSLFEVE
OPTOMETRIST
Northeast Corner
of 4tli & Douglas
O’NEILL, NEBR.
Phone 107
Eyes Examined-Glasses Fitted
Office Hours: 9-5
Monday thru Satudray
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