Prairieland Talk . . .
Prairie Larder Is Full
Bjr ROM AIN E SAUNDERS. Retired, hnw Editor The Frontier
LINCOLN—Visitors, delegates to state gath
erings, business and professional men and women
from all sections of Nebraska come to Lincoln
from time-to-time.
A former outstate dweller avails himself of
such opportunities as come his way to talk with
these prairieland dwellers.
A farm woman from Thurston county intro
duced their dry weather experience by saying the
bushels to the acre and corn F
might not be much more but
they were not grieving as the
wealth of crops of previous
years sustains them on their
farm.
A rancher-farmer of' the
white collar brand from the Sid
ney country reports the farm
and livestock situation out there
very good. Many Nebraska crop
growers have resorted to irri
gation and have their own sys- Komaine
terns of deep wells. A seasoned Saunders
son of the soil in eastern Nebraska says lie waters
with wells 80 acres of corn that will yield a large
return, but some 300 acres of his land not under
irrgiation hardly pays for the seed and labor put
into it this season. One gent from the Gordon
country informed me there will be the usual fail
roundup of beeves.
Prairieland has a full larder of hamburger
sandwiches, apple pie and sand cherry shortcake.
What more do you want?
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The preacher told this story of a barber mem
ber of his flock who had become inspired to do j
some preaching himself. The barber’s first cus
tomer after the inspiration had struck him was a
man wanting a shave. The tonsorial artist lathered
the customer up, strapped the razor, meanwhile
thinking how to begin his preaching. Standing
over the prostrate form in the chair with drawn
razor he began: “Are you ready to die?” The .guy !
wanting a shave did not wait for the rest of the j
sermon but bounded out of the chair and rushed I
out of that barber shop.
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The petition candidate for governor of Ne
braska does not expect to be elected. He thinks
maybe he will draw enough of the republican
vote to defeat Governor Anderson. A bit of spite
work that should be given severe rebuke at the
polls.
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Oratory of a sort—where now are the Patrick
Hcnrys, the Sam Houstons, the Abe Lincolns, the j
William Jennings Bryans?—spurted forth at the
national political conventions. Superlatives were
exhausted in extolling the statesmanship quali
fications of favorite sons from here and there at
that Chicago, 111., convention. Stepping across the
continent to San Francisco, Calif., where the rep
resentatives of the grand old party poured forth
in fulsome praise their tribute to the achievements
of Ike and named the candidates. Another presi
dential campaign opens. If I were a registered
democrat—which I am not—I could not support
their candidate for president. No divorced man
should ever head our nation. If one has made a
failure of home life, how could he succeed in the
larger sphere of the national life?
Henry Grady, son of a Union solider of the
1860's and a pioneer of Holt county, and Mrs
Grady, daughter of the pioneer Hayes family of
the Atkinson community, observed their 50th
wedding anniversary. Down the highway of time
they have come, united in heart and hand for 50
years. Prairieland Talker would like to have been
in O’Neill recently to join with friends in ex
tending the hand and be in tune with the heart
throbs over the event. Henry, a veteran of the
war m Cuba, once sheriff of Holt county and later
postmaster in O’Neill, is a native son of prairie
land. He or she who could not get along pleas
antly with Henry would be a human misfit any
where, Mrs. Grady has been a homemaker, train
ing their children in the way they should go, and
has been rewarded by having devoted sons and
daughters. Who next who have lived a happy life
together in O'Neill for 50 years?
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Do you no longer remember names of peo
ple you have known through the years? You are
not getting old; you are old—just beginning to
live, to realize the blunders made along the way,
hut with stately steppings you march on toward
the journey’s end.
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I have stood today where flowers bloom. The
full-blown clusters of floral beauty in yellow, red,
blue and white adorn the living plants by the side I
of the road and the fragrance and color invite the
passerby to pause on his hurried way. To stand
among the flowers and look in silent wonder upon
the things of tinted beauty is symbolic of the
charming things along the highway of life—the
sacred ties of husband and wife, family and
friends, the love and devotion of children, the op- |
portunities along the way to extend a helping
hand, to join in the pleasures of life with neigh- I
bors and relatives. I did not pluck a flower—there [
they bloom for others to see as they pass that
way.
Nebraska newspapers have been charged by
a state senator with being unmindful of a duty i
owed their readers to publish the record, qualifi
cations and general information about candidates
for office. Shades of John Sprecker, Ross Ham
mond, Edward Rosewater, Clyde King, Don Ma
thews, Clarence Selah, Ham Kautzman, Art Mul
len! Newspaper editors and partisan associates a
generation ago raked the hides of office seekers
to an extent that capable citizens of that day
would not consent to become candidates. The less
said about a candidate today, the better his
chance at the polls.
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The flare of dawn and another morning comes
down the highway of time. What will it be today,
a sigh, a groan-—or will we see the roses blooming
along the way, feel the warm handclasp of a 1
friend, greet a neighbor with a smile and cheer
ing words, hear the laughter and chatter of chil
dren at play, soar in spirit to blue realms above
and drop to earth and have a little fun?
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It was written "a half century,” but the com
positor jumped aver the half and made it a full I
century that the late Father Cassidy looked after j
the affairs of St. Patrick’s parish. And the make
up guy left out the last line that suggested her j
friends of O’Neill write Miss Cullen a letter.
Printers are not infallible — they do blunder at
times.
Editorial . . .
Glaciers and Rainmaking
Weather too hot for you? In that case, it may
be of mild interest that a couple of scientists have
just given advance warning that a new glacial
epoch is approaching, during which, if meteoro
logical history repeats itself, everything from the
Potomac river in the east to the Rio Grande in the
west will be under ice.
This inside dope on the predicted one-thou
sand-foot-thick frosting doesn’t come from the
current group of air force-sponsored scientists who
are sojourning in our midst in connection witn
Operation Prairiegrass, But it does come from
Drs. Maurice Ewing and William L. Donn of Co
lumbia university.
The good doctors have been noticing that
since the end of the ice age about 11,000 years
ago, conditions favorable to a new one have been
building.
It is a very complicated process, having to do
with an inpourmg of warm water into Arctic re
gions, a melting of the ice there, a great deal of
moisture rising into the atmosphere, and inevita
bly such a whopping big snowstorm that gigantic
new glaciers will form. These, under pressure of
their own size, w'ill be pushed south onto us.
That’s about the how of it.
So, if you don’t like the weather nice and
warm, be patient long enough, and nature will
bring about a cooling off period.
The professors from the big town say New
York, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco wiii be
encased in ice. Moscow, Leningrad, London and
Paris will be deep frozen—and that should put
a cool end to what is now regarded as the cold
war.
inese ieuuws uuui veuiuic just »uuj huo
new ice age is coining.
Discussing the matter with visiting scientists
at O’Neill, we were told by Dr. Vern Sumi, head
of the physicsc department at Wisconsin university,
that cold winters, drouths and floods are actually
foretold by “reading” the glaciers.
And, while we’re about it:
None of the Operation Prairiegrass people
with whom we've talked are enthusiastic about
rainmaking in the great plains area on the eastern
most portion of the great American desert (that’s
us).
They say snow has been induced successfully
in mountainous areas and rain has been induced
on a strictly local basis where tropical and semi
tropical air masses are being dealt with.
But, shucks, it rains and snows in those
places a-plenty anyway.
Rainmaking when there’s not a cloud in the
sky? Not a chance. Rainmaking where there are
clouds hovering over Holt? Very, very remote and,
if successful, our learned friends say, there will
likely be legal repercussions because you've
“stolen” rain from somebody else.
Oh yes, and there’s possibility of over-seeding
of clouds.
What started out to be a cool, comfortable
discussion of icy stuff turned out to be a brief
essay on rainmaking, too.
But that’s the way it goes when there's a cer
tain amount of space that must be filled.
Case of Missing Congressman
The Rock County Leader (Bassett) editorial
ized last week:
This might be called the “Case of the
Missing Congressman.” Congressman A.
L. Miller was supposed to have been in
town Wednesday evening, August 15, on
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his pre-election tour of the Fourth district.
The congressman did not arrive as
had been announced, nor has anyone
heard what happened to him. When and if
he will get here is unknown.
Several of his constituents inquired
of his whereabouts. All were anxious to
talk to him. We hope the congressman will
arrange his itinerary so that a stop here
will afford those who have questions an
opportunity to seek answers.
Meanwhile, the veteran Congressman Miller
had been sperifically invited and urged to attend
a meeting of the Save-the-Trains officers, direct
ors and civic leaders held Monday night, August
20, at Ainsworth. The congressman expressed
hope and possibility of being there. Further, if
unable to make it, he volunteered to have an up
the-minute wire report on the mail status as it
affects Cicago & North Western trains 13 and 14.
He didn’t show up; neither did the telegram.
Half of Nebraska will be without a passen
ger-mail-express train if C&NW has its wish.
The missing congressman might come through
yet.
The Male Models
One profession which the editor admits an in
ability to “see,” is that of modeling for men. Just
as we had little admiration for male ballet dancers
during wartime, we find ourselves without a
proper appreciation of the talents of male models
in both war and peace.
The gentle art of posing, and grinning just
right for the camera, or batting one’s eyebrows,
and assuming both the affected and unaffected
look, leaves us strictly chilly.
We are country bumpkin enough to feel that
the “darling” male models of the drygoods busi
ness would do well to get themselves a real job.
We are aware of the fact most of them probably
make more money than editors, but, nevertheless
they are pursuing an effeminate way of life which
is not conducive of very much that is manly. And,
worst of all, many of these male models seem to
be following in the path of the bean-pole set—
the female modeling clan—whose theory seems to
be that the thinner a model can be without having
to be carried off on a stretcher, the better it is for
the advertiser.
In other words, we have seen too many
spindly - legged, hollow - chested, sissified male
models. Take them away. We’ll take the fellow
with one eye, or with the red beard and his qui
nine water.
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CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
ARTHUR J. NOECKER and ESTHER M. ASHER,
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Weds in Atkinson Church Rite
Miss Donna Rae Peterson (above), daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Peterson of Amelia, and Wilford N. Hatch, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. L. Hatch of Sumner, were married Wednesday, August 22,
in St. Joseph’s Catholic church at Atkinson. Rev. Francis Price of
Emmet performed the double-ring ceremony. The couple will re
side in Lexington.—O’Neill Photo Co.
Mary Ann Miksch
Weds at Hastings
STUART — Miss Mary Ann
Miksch, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Miksch of Stuart, be
came the bride of Gerald Batter
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Batterman of Hastings, on Sat
urday, August 25, at 11:30 a.m;,
in St. Cecilia’s Catholic church in
Hastings
Rev. James Dawson performed
the double-ring ceremony. Lor
etta Conradt. was organist. The
church was decorated with ped
estal baskets of mixed flower
bouquets on either side of the
iltar.
The bride' wore a street-length
dress of white lace fashioned in
princess style with a portrait
neckline and cap sleeves. Her
shoulder length veil of illusion
was held by a tiara of seed
pearls and sequins. She wore a
rhinestone necklace and earrings,
a. gift from the bridegroom, and
carried a white lace covered
prayer book topped with a show
er bouquet of red roses.
Miss Lorene Miksch was her
sister’s only attendant. Her street
length dress of light blue lace
was styled identically with that
of the bride.
She wore a band hat of blue
face and carried a colonial bou
quet of white carnations.
The rhinestone necklace and
earrings she wore were gifts
from the bride.
Richard Batterman of Lincoln,
bro her of the bridegroom, was
bestman.
Martin Miksch of Stuart,
brother of the bride, ushered. The
men wore business suits with
carnation boutonnieres.
The bride’s mother chose a
navy blue dress and the bride
groom’s mother chose light blue
for the wedding and each wore a
white carnation corsage.
A dinner for the immediate
families was held at St. Michael’s
church basement with members
of the Altar society serving.
Mixed bouquets of summer
flowers and a three-tier wedding
cake decorated the tables. Miss
Delores Miksch, sister of the
Butte
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bride, was in charge of the guest
book and Mrs. Ernest Bott, sister
of the bride, was in charge of the
gifts.
Mrs. Batterman attended Stuart
rural and parochial schools and
for the past two years has been
employed by the C. D. Haff
Cleaners in Hastings. Mi\ Batter
man attended Hastings schools
and is now engaged in farming
with his father.
Following a short wedding trip
the couple will reside on a farm
I near Hastings.
Out-of-town relatives, who at
tended the wedding, were: Mr.
,ind Mrs. John Miksch, Martin
and Bob Miksch, all of Stuart;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Batterman,
Cindy and Brucie and Richard
; Batterman, all of Lincoln.
Mardelle
Again in Concert
Miss Mardelle Johnson was
among those few chosen again
this year to play in the final con
cert at the national music camp
at Interlochen, Mich. Miss John
son plays the flute.
Her mother, Mrs. Robert Ev
ans, and Bobby and Mrs, Evans’
sister attended the final concept
and brought “Marde” home.
They arrived Wednesday, Aug
ust 22.
Wlx* Tou rnA I Warn Tnai . .,
Joseph Price’s
Horse Drops Dead
Valuable Driver Lie*
Down and Die*
50 Years Ago
Organs, ranging from $20 to
$150 — Smith’s Temple of Music
(ndv.) . Albert A. Kacroy and
Jessie A Bedford, both of Meek,
and Bert Bvron Butler and Flor
ence May Van Sant, l oth of Ew
ing. took out marriari? licenses . .
At the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P J. Lansworth of
Agee, their daughter. Miss Anna
: Mabel, was married to Francis
Marion Kerns of King City, Mo.
Joseph Price of Atkinson lost
his valuable driving horse. Last
Sunday when Mr. Price returned
from church, the horse fell dead
before he had time to unhitch it
from the buggy.
‘.’0 Years Ago
i Little Margaret Harte, 10, of
i Inman, daughter of the J. P
Hartes, died after an illness of
several weeks. . . Miss Maxine
Harrington returned Sun lay
night from a two-weeks’ visit at
the home of June Carol White of
Bristow. Miss June came back
with her for a week's visit. .
Elmer Merriman, 72, pioneer of
1879, died after an illness of a
year. . . A baby girl was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ernst of
Pleasant Dale. . . Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Chudomelka, L. Kopecky,
Mrs. lladdon Geary and son, a.l
of Inman, and Walter Spei were
in Sioux City Thursday.
10 Years Ago
Among those released by the
selective service were Joseph P.
Fiala of O’Neill, Gene W. Roberts
of Ewing, Joseph D. Scott of Stu
atr, Louis L. Walter of Ewing,
Harlan A. Dierking of Amelia. . .
E. Roy Townsend of Page, a well- i
known bridge builder and stock
man, died at his home. . . Miss
Fern Hubbard, formerly of O’
Neill, has been named to fill a
vacancy on the Lincoln city
ccuncil. John Bowen was
rushed to St. Vincent’s hospital,
Sioux City, for an appendectomy.
. . . Miss Mary G. Harty and
Kevin Kocina of Creighton were
married.
One Year Ago
Mrs. Norman Paxton, 26, for
merly of Chambers, died in Kan
sas City, Mo., in an iron lung
after contracting polio. . . Sunday
visitors at Guy Hull home at
Redbird were the Albert Rey
nolds family of Inman and Mr.
and Mrs. Delbert Nelson and
daughter. . Fire of unknown or
igin destroyed over 20 tons of
hay^on^thi^ariT^^^Mr^^oretta
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PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
Alice’s Beauty Shop
(In Former Apparel Shop
Location)
Phone 263 — O’Neill
Luber of Dorsey. . Mis* Shirley
Ludemann and A/lc Richard
Ring, both of Spencer, and Miss
Elizabeth L. Tanner of Ewing
and Myron Armfield of Spencei
were married. . . Mr and Mrs
Dave Moler and son, Don, and
daughter. Mrs. Lawrence Murray,
went to Capron. 111., to visit their
daughter and sister. Mrs. Jim
Motecek
Leon V. Schaaf
Reenlists in Army
The following recent arm> en
listments have been announced
by Sfc. James R Lyons, army
recruiter here:
Leon V. Schaaf of Atkinson,
tor army security agency (Schaat
is a recnlistee); Francis L West
cott of Hay Springs, for army!
reserves.
Jerry R. Beem of Chadron, for
the -198th engineer battalion,
which will leave for Europe this
winter; Rodney D. Reed of Chad
ron for field artillery mainten
ance school: Theodore Broberg (if;
Chadron, for armored corps: I
Donald L Spear of Gordon, for
army security agency.
Tliesc men went to Ft. Chaffee 1
Ark., for processing, training and I
reassignment.
The following people visited
and picnicked at the home of Mr.
aid Mrs. George Mott of O’Neill;
on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Fora I
Knight, Mrs. Ethel Frisch, Larry
and Arthur, all of O’Neill; Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Caldon and
daughter, Barbara Ann, of El
Monte, Cailf.; Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Ennen, Shirley, Edward and
Donna of Verdigre; Mr. and Mrs.
A
Perry Lichty. sr, of Royal; Mr.-,
Lewis Luckenbili at Sisters. Ore.;
Mr and Mrs. Louis Bart09, Linda
and Marvin of Opportunity.
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