Prairieland Talk
Gleaming City Lays Below
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS. Retired. Former Editor The Frontier
LINCOLN—Eld and I had stood that January
night on elevated ground looking out upon the
gleaming lights of the city that lay below us.
The lights and .shadows were the dwellings of
mankind that go to make up a great city held
our attention.
Here were the homes of fathers and moth
ers and their children, centers
of business activity, social
life and revolting dens of
vice. Here and there a light
would go out and here and
there other lights would
appear as a dot in the night.
Streets and thoroughares
ablaze under electric glare
and the rumble of traffic
rolling to and fro.
We look and listen, each
silently absorbed in the
night picture where the Rotnaine
hand of man has reared Its Saunders
alters. Then turn away to roll on rubber
down the mountain-side trail; but pause a m
mem to look up into space, out there in the depth
„f eternity and see other lights that spill a celes
tial glow on mountain peak and vale and des
land below Our attention had been drawn to
li£to5 ways of our fellow creatures down
there in the crowded haunts of men.
But out there, high above us. there glows
in transcending magnificence the lights hung
there by an Infinite hand.
The winter equinox. December 21, brought
to orairieland the sunlight glow and warmth of
mild autumn days. The lengthened shadows of
Sw "OW -UI begin to fade a few
seconds each day and as the glowing «*«!*■»
climbs northward it is usually met by subzero
weather and raging blizzards. But today is m
and bright—we step out to shake a leg and en
joy a stroll in the sunshine.
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The National Institute of Arts and Letter,
hands up a prize of $1,000 for any literary as
pirant who comes up with a novel that meets
the requirements of the Institute with a flow
of literary beauty, irrespective of “commer
cial success." The country 1. flooded with
commonplace printed stuff and this Is a move
to revive the niceties in writing that Americans
once knew.
• • •
Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff, again a state
senator, is quoted as being loaded for the com
ing session of the unicam with taxation schemes.
He favors a state sales tax and income tax. If
the legislative personnel frowns on both of these,
the Terrible Terry will propose increase in taxes
t n liquors, cigarettes, cigars, theaters and some
other things that we can live without. Sen.
Frank Nelson has not passed on to his friends
what he might have up his sleeve in the way of
legislative enactments, but he may have long ago
concluded we have too much piled up now in the
statute books and comes down to Lincoln prepar
ed to cast negative votes on roll call. A sales
tax has been toyed with by others in the legis
lature, but Nebraskans generally are opposed to
such a tax. Maybe what’s needed is not tax
money but less spending.
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The human body’s circulatory system is the
world’s most remarkable transportation system,
reports the January Reader’s Digest. It is an
estimated 60,000 to 100,000 miles long, longer
than any U. S. railroad, and blood circulates
through the system at five quarts per minute
7200 quarts every 24 hours
Your “new house” is not quite up-to-date
unless the roof glows in bright blue, subdued
green, flaming red or some other flashy color,
I believe it was the late County Surveyor Norton,
a pioneer of the Cache creek country of southern
Holt, who made a roof of hay laying it in rows
shingle fashion. That was an improvement on
the board overlayed with sod roofs and with
stood the elements about as long as the cedar
shingles that were in use about everywhere.
Gaudy colored roof overhead adds nothing to the
comforts of home, but may inspire a bit of ad
miration, not unmixed with envy, on the part of
the neighbor across the street.
• • •
January of the year 1957. Two hundred years
ago this month, 1757, a great American, Alexander
Hamilton, was bom. In January, 1737, another
notable was born, Ethan Allen, the hero of Ti
conderoga. And it was in January of the year
1915 that New York City and San Francisco
were connected by telephone, and in January of
1927 that New York and London citizens could
gab over the telephone. Three hundred years ago
in January of 1657 Indians sold a strip of land
joining South Kingston, R. I., to the white set
tlers. The greatest event in January comes off
every four years—inauguration day.
• • •
By recently becoming members of our State
Historical Society these residents of other states
and one abroad will keep in touch with life on
prairieland: Illinois—E. E. Perkins, E. Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Grange; California—Mrs.
Betty Ballard, Mrs. Frances Larsen, W. C.
Black, jr.; Florida—Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Whitner;
Virginia—Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lange; Colorado
—Miss Verra Stebins; Michigan—Mrs. Paul A.
Reger; Joseph G. Rosa of Ruislip, Middx, Eng
land. Many Nebraskans are added to the list of
members of the society from time-to-time.
• • •
A block up the street from where I finger
typewriter keys lives a scholarly lady who had
been a teacher at one time in the Bartlett schools,
and, as she recalls with a twinkle in each blue
eye, was the favorite of the village gallants who
took her to shows and parties in Spalding, Eric
son and up to Chambers. She is now a capitalist
and what’s more important a grandma. Her
holdings consist in part of an apartment house
and I understand the occupants of one apart
ment formerly lived in Page. The capital city
gather? to its expanding limits prairieland patri
ots from all parts of the state.
* * •
American corporations gathered a harvest
during the last statistical year in profits of 40
billion-dollars.
• • •
Those cheerful guys behind barred windows
in postoffices who handle the mail, along with
those on streets and highways delivering the
same, are targets from time-to-time of the critics.
I want to join with any others who have a word
of praise for the mailcarriers and postoffice
workers and commend them for the way they
get our mail to us this holiday season, working
like beavers so the Christmas packages and other
mail gets into the hands of those to whom ad
dressed.
• • •
If adults set youth the proper example, it
might be possible for young people to follow their
lead.
• • •
Don’t play around too much with “schemes”.
Hard work pays much better dividends.
Editorial
In Hoc Anno Domini
When Saul of Tarsus set out on his journey
to Damascus the whole of the known world lay
in bondage. There was one state and it was
Rome. There was one master for it all, and he
was Tiberius Caesar.
Everywhere there was civil order, for the
arm o< the Roman law was long. Everywhere
there was stability, in government and in society,
for the centurions saw that it was so.
But everywhere, there was something else,
too. There was oppression—for those who were
not the friends of Tiberius Caesar. There was
the tax gatherer to take the grain from the fields
and the flax from the spindle to feed the legions
or to fill the hungry treasury from which divine
Caesar gave largess to the people. There was
the impressor to find recruits for the circuses.
There were executioners to quiet those whom the
Emperor proscribed. What was a man for but to
serve Caesar?
There was the persecution of men who dar
ed think differently, who heard strange voices
or read strange manuscripts. There was enslave
ment of men whose tribes came not from Rome,
disdain for those who did not have the familiar
visage. And most of all, there was everywhere
a contempt for human life. What, to the strong,
was one man more or less in a crowded world?
Then, of a sudden, there was a light in the
world, and a Man from Galilee saying, Render
onto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and
onto God the things that are God's.
And the voice from Gailee, which would defy
Caesar, offered a new Kingdom in which each
man could walk upright and bow to none but
his God. Inasmach as ye have done it unto one
of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
And He sent this gospel of the Kingdom of Man
unto the uttermost ends of the earth.
So the light came into the world and the
men who loved darkness were afraid, and they
tried to lower a curtain so that man would still
believe salvation lay with the leaders.
But it came to pass for a while in divers
piaces mat tne truth did set man free, althougu
the men of darkness were offended and they
tried to put out the light. The voice said, Haste
ye. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness
come upon you, for he that walketh in darkness
knoweth not whither he goeth.
Along the road to Damascus the light shone
brightly. But afterwards Paul of Tarsus, too,
was sore afraid. He feared that other Caesars,
other prophets, might one day persuade men that
man was nothing save a servant unto them, that
men might yield up their birthright from God for
pottage and walk no more in freedom.
Then might it come to pass that darkness
would settle again over the lands, and there
would be burning of books and men would think
only of what they should eat and what they
should wear, and would give heed only to new
Caesars and to false prophets. Then might it
come to pass that men would not look upward to
see even a winter’s star in the East, and, once
more, there would be no light at all in the dark
ness.
And so Paul, the apostle of the Son of Man,
spoke to his brethren, the Galatians, the words j
he would have us remember afterwards in each
of the years of the Lord:
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith
Christ hath made us free and be not entangled
again with the yoke of bondage.
. —Guest editorial from
The Wall Street Journal
Nixon As Santa Claus
Our favorite news letter, Human Events, re
ported the visit of Vice-President Nixon to Aus
tria was a “stunt” cooked up by the “Madison
avenue press agents” in the white house circle.
The visit was ballyhooed even before all the
ramifications had been announced.
The vice-president was said to have learned |
of his mission via a radio announcement. There
was considerable speculation the “goodwill mis
sion” was heralded publicly even before anyone
had taken a look at the presidential succession
law (passed in 1946). Sending the vice-presi
dent into hazardous Austria was somewhat of a
gamble on a heartbeat, Human Events declared.
This is why: Had any misfortune befallen the
veep on the junket and should the president’s
health give away before his second term is up,
the presidency could have been passed to the
democrats via Sam Rayburn, speaker of the
house.
Meanwhile, the state department warned
that a visit to the hard-pressed Austrian govern
ment would have to be made by America’s num
ber 2 man, because Vienna fears Russian military
forces across the border.
The veep made the trip, the humanitarian
refugee angle at Christmas time worked well,
Eisenhower’s health continues good, Nixon was
unscathed in the danger zone, Sam will remain
on as speaker.
We do not have much confidence in India’s
Prime Minister Nehru; except, possibly, for his
ability to get some dough out of Uncle. Mean
while, we’ll wait and see.
!
ARROLL W. STEWART. Editor and Publishe’
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When You St 1 Were Yeung ...
Skidmore Hurt
in Scalding Hog
Hook Strikes Man in
Mouth
50 l>ars Ago
Mrs. John Harrington died at
her home four miles north and
one mile east of O’Neill. . . .
While assisting in scalding a hog
at Ewing, Supervisor Skidmore
met with a painful accident.
Henry Cole w'as helping and had
a hook fastened in the hog which
let loose, the point striking Mr.
Skidmore in the mouth, taking |
out a part of the gum of the
upper jaw and passing out through:
his upper lip, but not tearing j
it. . . Fourteen turkeys were j
stolen from J. U. Yantzi and
seven from D. A. Doyle. Ben
Johring and Smith Merrill say
they each lost some fine geese.
20 Years Ago
Miss Anastasia Camev and;
Joseph Donohoe were married at
St. Patrick’s church. . . Mrs.
V V. Rosenkrans of Dorsey
died. . . Mr. and Mrs. O. M
Herre and Jimmy spent Christ
mas and the weekend following
at the home of his parents in
Fremont. . . Mesdames Ben
Grady, H J. Hammond. P. C. Don
ohoe and Ira Moss entertained
48 lady guests at bridge at the
Golden Mrs. William Froelich
w'on high score; Mrs. Stuart
Meech guest prize, Mrs, Clinton
Gatz and Miss Inez O’Connell,
all cut, and Mrs. Hugh Coyne,
consolation.
10 Years Ago
Thomas F. Gallagher, 69, died
of a heart attack. . . Flight Offi
cer Lloyd R. Vequist arrived
here by plane from Fairbanks,
Alaska. . . The Chicago and
Northwestern Railway company
will pay $14,16.62 in taxes for
1946 in Holt county. . . Clarence
P. Conger 79. of Inman died in
Elgin where he had been resid
ing. . . Andrew Springer. 77,
died new year’s day.
One Year Ago
Miss Helen Gallagher died
sudenly at LaCrosse, Wise., while
visiting relatives. . . Mr. and
and Mrs. William Kelly will re
ceive a trip to Bermuda as the
result of a 25-word contest. . . Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Fluckey of
Chambers celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary. . . George
Syfie, 80, of Atkinson, Rev. Ray
mond Lisco, former assistant pas
tor at St. Patrick’s church died.
Donald Roger Davis, 14, of At
kinson, died.
Two Christmas Day
Masses at Ewing
EWING—Two masses were
held on Christmas day at St.
Peter’s Catholic church by the
Rev. Peter F. Burke. The chil
dren sang Christmas carols pre
ceding mass with Miss Sharon
Kropp, organist. The adult
choir sang for mass with* Mrs.
Kermit Jefferies, accompanist.
County Fairs Get
rarimutual Money—
Nebraska county fairs’ share
of horse racing revenue in the
state zoomed to a new all-time
high during 1956, Earl Moyer of
Madison, chairman of the Ne
braska state racing commission,
announced.
A total of $67,908.60 was dis
tributed by the racing commis
sion, with each of Nebraska’s 93
counties receiving an equal share.
ROYAL THEATER
— O’NEILL —
Thurs. J«u. 3
Maureen O’Hara, John For
sythe and Tim Hovey in
EVERYTHING BUT THE
TRUTH
The wonderfully warm, hilar
iously different story of one little
guy with a big brave heart who
dared to tell the truth. . . and
set the whole country spinning!
Not Family Night
Fri.-Sat. Jan. 4-5
BIG DOUBLE BILL
Willard Parker, Mara Corday
and Barton MacLane in
NAKED GUN
He lived by the law of shoot
to kill . . . but shoot first!
—also—
Lois Hayward and Teresa
Wright in
THE SEARCH FOR BRIDEY
MURPHY
At last the motion picture that
exposes the facts behind the
strangest event in the history of
hypnotism. What is the truth
about the woman called Bridey
Murphy? What really happened
j in that living room?
Sun.-Mon.-Tues. Jan. 6-7-8
HOLLYWOOD OR BUST
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis,
whose pictures have always been
bonanzas at the box office and
have again been included among
the top ten money-makers in
this year’s Herald poll for Fame,
here appear in what is allegedly
their final film together.
Matinee Saturday & Sunday 2:30
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and
Friday and Saturday admission—
Adults 50c; Children under 12,
12c, Free if accompanied by par
ent. Wedn. and Thurs. Family
nite.. Family admitted for two
| Adult tickets.
Money to Loan
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AUTOMOBILES
TRUCKS
TRACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FURNITURE
Central Finance
O’Neill Nebrsriw
C. E. Jones, Htntfer
United Presbyterian
Holds Yule Program
EWING—A large crowd gath
ered at the United Presbyterian
church Christmas eve for the
Christmas program presented by
the Sunday-school students. Mrs
Verle Tuttle was in charge.
The primary class gave the
welcome; Mrs. Shirley Miller’s
class presented an exercise,
"Bethlehem”; “A Lesson by
Larry” and “Mammy’s Christ
mas Story" were playlets by the
intermediate boys and girls. The
teenage group, all in costume,
presented “The Last Song.”
Musical selections were a
trumpet solo "The Holy City”,
by Paul Gunter and a vocal so
lo. "Star of the East” by Sandra
Shrader, with Mrs Wilbur
Spangler, accompanist.
Mrs. Willis Shrader Is super
intendent of the Sunday - school.
Teachers are Mrs. Dale Napier,
Mrs. Archie Johnston, Mrs. Leo
Miller, Mrs Verle Tuttle and
Leo Miller
Other Ewing News
Mrs. Rose Bauer entertained
at a 6 o’clock dinner Monday
evening, December 24, honoring
the birthday anniversary of her
eldest daughter. Miss Geraldine
Bauer of Norfolk. Guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Gail Boies of
Ewing. Miss Bauer remained to
spend Christmas day with her
mother, returning to Norfolk
Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jones of
Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Jones and son of Lexington, Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle Tucker, Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Tucker of O’Neill
were entertained on Christmas
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray .Tucker.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schroe
der and Gloria drove to Pierce,
on Christmas day where they
were guests at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Krueger.
Peter Roudybush was a Sun
day, December 23, guest at the
home of Mr and Mrs. Ray
Tucker.
Mr and Mrs. Bernard Sebree
der and daughter, Judy, went to
Creighton to spend Christmas
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Brandt.
Mr and Mrss Lyle Tucker en
| tertained Mr. and Mrs. Bob
j Jones and son of Lexington and
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tucker of
Ewing at a dinner on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs. Robert Dunaway
and children of Hastings spent
the holiday weekend at the pa
ental homes, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Billings and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Dunaway.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Miller and
son. Richard, were guests on
Sunday, December 23, at the
home of Mr and Mrs. John Ar
cher. They were enroute to At
kin s o n where they spent
Christmas at the home of their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Mick McKay and fam
ily.
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Black on Christmas
day were Mr. and Mrs. William
H. Johnson and son. Delmar. of
Page, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thorin
and son, Charles, of Chambers,
and Marlene Black of Lincoln.
Miss Black is visiting with her
parents and will return to Lin
coln about January 1st, for
school. She is a senior in the
Lincoln high school.
Miss-Ina Bennett spent Christ
mas at the home of her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Bennett. Other guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Shra
der and family, of Ewing. Mrs.
Flora Young and son, Wilm<r,
James Bennett of Orchard, Mr.
and Mrs. Maynard Morrow and
children of O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Fret! Tams of
Clearwater were guests of their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Tams and fam
ily for a turkey dinner Christ
mas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Butler were
entertained Christmas day at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H R
Harris and daughter.
Miss Vaulda Welke, ^ who
teaches at Newman Grove,
spent the holiday vacation with
her mother, Mrs. Harriet Welke,
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Larson
accompanied their son-in-law
and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.
Henrv Reimer to West Point to
spend Christmas with relatives.
They returned home late Christ
l mas day
Mr and Mrs. Bob Jones and
son of Lexington. Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Grubbs and sons, Mr and
Mrs. Ray Tucker, Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Tucker were Saturday even
ing guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Jones at Chambers.
Mr and Mrs J. L Pruden, sr„
James Pruden, jr„ Mr. and Mrs,
Sam Burtwistle, Mr. and Mrs.
John Pruden were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Burtwhistle on Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pruden re
turned Friday from a trip into
Iowa where they were guests of
her relatives
On Friday Mr, and Mrs. Pat
Cronin and family returned to
their home at Pierre, S. D., after
spending a few days with her
mother, Mrs. Pauline Noffke
and other relatives in Ewing and
vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Andrews
and family of North Platte re
turned to their home on Wednes
day, December 26, after spend
ing the weekend with her moth
er, Mrs. Agnes Bartak. On
Christmas day they all went to
Plainview where they were
guests of Mr. and Mrs Vance
Bennett and family. Other
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Cook of Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Max Graver of New
Windsor, 111., is a guest at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dewitt Gunter. She plans
to be here for two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Berg
strom entertained the following
guests at dinner on Christmas:
Her parents. Mr and Mrs James
Turner of Neligh, Mrs. Jessie
Angus at Ewing and Mr. and Mrs
Clarence Bergstrom of Omaha,
who were also weekend guest*
at the Bergstrom home.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Roekey
and son, Guy, left for their home
at Alamosa, Colo., on Friday af
ter spending a few days with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R
' o. Roekey and Mr. and Mrs Art
Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Roekey
and Mr and Mrs. Louis Pofhal
went to Omaha Christmas day
with Mr. and Mrs. Willis Roekey
and family
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