Prairieland Talk
At 86, Campbell Starts New Book
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS. 4110 South 51st St., Lincoln 6. Nebr.
LINCOLN—Seventy odd years ago he perch
ed on a stool by a south window in the basement
of the First National bank in O'Neill and set type
for John McDonough’s Tribune.
Now at 86, with his invalid wife in an old
folks retreat in Seattle, Wash., Homer Campbell
is writing another work to be published in book
form, this one pointing out
the road to national bank
ruptcy if present “foreign
aid” and other federal pro
grams tossing out the flutter
ing tens and twenties con
tinues.
Homer has written other
works in which he goes into
taxation, financial and indus
trial mysteries, some of which
have been used as text books
in universities; and his own
formal schooling came to an Romaine
end in O’Neill at about what Saundera
now would be the fifth or sixth grade when Prof.
John Bland pointed a finger at him, with the ir
revocable edict, “Leave the room!’’
Other Holt county kids with similar formal
schooling background have shined as literary
lights. Will H. Spindler, now up at Wounded Knee,
S D„ being one of these. Will’s literary glimmer
lighted up the highway of romance and adventure,
rather than the intricate trails ventured upon by
Homer. Clyde King, at one time editor of The
Frontier, did not publish a book but he wrote lit
erary gems that bloomed forth on a page of sor
did news stories like the gorgeous bloom on a
thorny cactus stalk.
• • *
One Lancaster county farmer north of the
capital city—there may be others—still does his
field work with horses, and as a result had
his cornfields planted and the corn up, ready
for the cultivator, while his tractor friends sat and
looked on, not able to get Into the fields with
tractors this wet spring.
• • •
John Kennedy has been to town, walked in
the classic halls of our great state university and
spit fire in a partisan tirade. John Kennedy—
not the mild-mannered Johnnie who with Jesse
James and Rafe Shaw served as judges of elec
tion in Swan precinct back in the 30’s. The rav
ing, caving John Kennedy that came to Lincoln
is a prospective democratic presidential candidate
and comes out of the crowded haunts of men in
old Massachusetss from which state he now serves
in the senate in Washington. True to political
hogwash, his visit here was to rip it into the GOP,
just another of the many assaults that keeps pol
itics flourishing and gives such as John Kennedy
something to rave about.
• • •
One thing Is certain If the rest be lies—the
flower that blooms today tomorrow dies.
There came to see me some days ago a re
tired Nebraska printer and newspaper publisher,
Otto W. Wolf, and what is more enjoyable com
ing out of human contacts than for two old guys
to get together who had traveled the same rugged
road in the business world? Mr. Wolf is a native
of Madison, where in the years now gone he be
came fascinated as he toyed with printers’ type
and the rumble of presses. Mr. Wolf knew the
late D H. Cronin, for many years publisher of The
Frontier, and others of the notables in journalism
in the state and had published papers until his
retirement a few years ago when he and Mrs.
Wolf came to Lincoln to make their home, Mrs.
Wolf also having been a writer and editor. And
their daughter has gone the newspaper road to a
responsible position in the newsroom of the Lin
i coin Daily Star.
• • •
Snow in Denver in mid-May, a twister near
Scottsbluff May 20, overcast sky and violent
gale from of Kansas bluffs rattling windows in
our capital city, the month of May has been
storm tossed and water soaked throughout prai
rieland and beyond the Mississippi. But Texas,
true to that state's fame for the biggest and best
of everything, comes up with 10-inch downpours
after five years not even a dewdrop in the morn
ing. And now a neighbor just up the street
who has a farm in North Dakota says no rain
has fallen there to wet the thirsty wheat fields.
• • •
It was a day in June in the year 1905. The
WCTU ladies met for their monthly gathering at
the home of Mrs. Peter Kelley. That once active
organization of patriotic women seems now to be
no more . . . P. J. Lansworth and daughter, Ella,
took the eastbound morning train, Miss Ella go
ing to Fremont to attend college and P. J. to
Omaha to be away a few days. . . Mrs. Tingsley
returned to her home at Norfolk after a visit in
O’Neill with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford
Parker. . . M. R. Horiskey went to Sioux City to
complete arrangements for entering the railway
main service. . . . Mrs. R. R. Dickson, Mrs. S. J.
Weeks and Mrs. Frank Pixley formed a group of
O’Neill matrons boarding the morning train en
route to Omaha. . . Miss Dorothy Testman and
Miss Lenora Daly went to Kearney to attend the
summer session of the state normal school.
* * *
A handshake and a few words with Senator
Nelson this morning, ditto with Governor An
derson. Mr. Nelson says it has been a long and
hard grind this session of the legislature and he
thought adjournment could not come before June
10. The governor was in shirtsleeve activity and
going after official duties on the run. Asked what
would come of it if they would lock up our 20
mil lion-dollar statehouse and all went home, he
replied that we would probably make out all right.
A large group of out-state school students took in
the statehouse scene this morning.
Editorial
OyNeillite Becomes Knight
One of the highest honors the Roman Cath
olic church can confer will be bestowed today
(Thursday) upon an (yNeillite who has regarded
our city as his home since early childhood.
William J. Froelich, sr., will be invested as a
Knight of St. Gregory in a pontifical mass and
ceremony in Omaha’s St. Cecelia's cathedral.
Pope Pius XII chose the centennial year of
the establishment of the apostolic vicariate of
Nebraska to honor several laymen with knight
hood and to elevate a small group of priests to
the rank of monsignor.
Mr. Froelich will be the only outstate layman
honored with knighthood, and the Holt county
Knights of Columbus are planning a dinner in
his honor to be held here June 9.
The Frontier joins countless neighbors, friends,
business associates and acquaintances in offering
warmest congratulations to our fellow townsman.
For many years Mr. Froelich, a lawyer, has
been regarded as an eminently successful Ne
braskan. For persons outside the legal and busi
ness sphere, he has been known as a long distance
commuter (his law offices are in Chicago, 111., and
for years he has been commuting almost weekly
between O’Neill and Chicago).
Mr. Froelich is a devout, humble man. His
weekends in O’Neill are unalterably marked with
repeated visits to his church. His busy workday
life in Chicago is arranged to provide daily vis
itations to his place of worship there.
He has silently befriended clergy and insti
tuitions in a multitude of ways.
These lines could never be written with Mr.
Froelich’s sanction or consent. He has granted
only one personal interview in his life (many
writers have tried). In the one instance he re
ceived a reporter at his home, he was “framed”
by friends. The interview was conducted by Har
old Cowan, a former Presbyterian theological stu
dent and now a staff member of the Omaha World
Herald. The Cowan article, a profile including
Mr. Froelich’s family and professional activities,
subseqently was reproduced for international dis
tribution in the Jesuit monthly magazine.
O’Neill is immensely proud of Mr. Froelich.
Many of our readers remember him as a school
boy who clerked in drug store; a chap who
barnstormed his way to Washington, D.C., where
he acquired a law' degree; as a young district
attorney who established precedence and gained
fame in the successful prosecution of A1 Capone
(President Hoover had called upon the attorney
general to determine whether organized gangdom
was bigger than Uncle Sam). All O’Neillites
now' know him as a fellow townsman and as the
head of one of the nation’s influential law
firms.
The Knight of St. Gregory honor, deeply re
ligious in nature, couldn’t .•ome to a finer man.
‘Roll Bars’ for Tractors
The tractor upset death of 47-year-old How
ard McConnell, an O’Neill rancher, produced a
series of comments in Nebraska weekly newspapers.
“It’s not an infrequent occurrence in Dakota
county,” the Dakota County Star (South Sioux
City) declared. “This county has witnessed sev
eral accident along the same lines, although not
recently,” The Star said.
The Pierce County Leader observed: “Farm
ers should follow the example of stock racing cars
which are required to have a ’roll bar’ installed
before they enter a stock car race.
“This is a heavy welded pipe or beam that
extends from the auto frame on both sides of the
car and over the driver’s head. This prevents
the cave-in of the auto roof in case of a roll
over and is strong enough to support the weight
of the car plus a traffic impact.
“A similar gadget on tractors would save
many lives each year.
“More and more common is a death notice:
‘Tractor operator crushed to death as tractor
rolls over.’ A ‘roll bar’ would prevent many of
these deaths and would not be in the way of an
operator.
“In the summer the ‘roll bar' could support
the sun shade and in the winter could support the
cab or heat houser,”
Bill Cox, editor of The Leader, continued:
“Tractors today offer no protection to the
driver in case of a roll over. The steering wheel
and seat crush just like paper and the operator is
pinned to the ground with the entire weight of
the machine crushing out his life. A tractor is
an easy machine to upset, especially the narrow
front end type which are in a big majority.
Tractor hazards include: Uneven ground, poor
hitching, ‘pulling yourself out of a mudhole’,
hitting loose gravel while traveling in road gear,
making turns too sharp, etc.
“The cost of a ‘roll bar’ would be very little.
Most farmers and ranchers with a welder could
build their own,” Cox concluded.
Air Supremacy in Balance
There is good reason to question the accom
plishments of our country on the question of aerial
supremacy and air power.
The Symington committee, which has been
looking into the air power race, has charged that
Russia may be seizing the balance of air power
from us and specifically charges that the Rus
sians are progressing at a faster rate in jet en- i
gines, missies, and in research and development
generally.
This, added to the possibility that U.S. in
dustrial centers and armament factories may be
wiped out in case of a sudden air attack, makes
it imperative that the administration and congress
look into the Symington committee charges.
We Americans have always been great ones to
underestimate the enemy. In 1941, before we
became involved in World War II, it will be re
called that our military experts were estimating
we could defeat Japan in a year or six months.
1
CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
ARTHUR J. NOECKER and ESTHER M. ASHER,
Associate Publishers
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When You A I Were Young . .
‘Fabiola’, Roman
Drama, Presentet
Daly, Adams, Golder
in Cast
50 Years Ago
‘“Fahiola”, a Roman drama ii
five acts, was presented by th
j seniors of St. Mary’s academy
I Lenore C. Daly was Fahiola
Constance Adams, Agnes; Mar
tina F. Golden, Syra; Catherim
D. Hickey, Afra; Lenora H
Murphy, Garja; Mable L. Me
Nichols, Cecelia; Etta Froelich
Emerentiana; M. Loretto Sulli
van. Fa bias; Dorothea A. Grewe
Tertullus; K. Grace Ward, Cor
, vinus; Kathleen S. Lawton, Ful
| vius; Tresa M. Kelly, Sebastian
Frances Grewe, Dionysins; An
na M. Fallon, Torquatus; anc
Cecelia F. Holland, Athanasiu:
. . . Clara M. Bedford of Meet
and Edward Larson were mar
ried.
20 Years Ago
Wallace Johnson has been z
reader of The Frontier for ovei
55 years . . . Miss Elja McCul
lough of Ewing has been named
to fill the vacancy of county
superintendent of schools, caus
ed by the resignation of Clarence
J. McClura. . . Among those rep
resenting O’Neill high at a track
meet at Wayne were Leonard
Bergstrom, Bob Gunn, Leroy
Spindler, Jack Vincent, Allen
Spindler, Buck Hunt and Clar
e n s e Benda ...Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry O’Connell entertain
ed their friends at a wedding
dance at Emmet . . . County At
torney J. D. Cronin addressed
the graduates of Inman high
school. Patricia Watson was val
adictorian and Wilma Chicken
was salutatorlan.
10 Years Ago
The grave of S-Sgt. Floyd E.
Burge, who lost his life in
World War II, was adopted by a
Holland family, his mother, Mrs.
Bessie Burge, was informed . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seger of At
kinson celebrated their 5 0th
wedding anniversary. . . Irene
Hershiser and Bennett Heriford
were married . . . Miss Miriam
Kubichek was honored at a mis
cellaneous shower given by Mrs.
Charles H. Switzer.
One Year Ago
Seven Donohoes held a reun
ion, the first since 1912. Two
brothers have died during the
past three months. The remain
ing four brothers and three sis
ters have converged for a full
week of reminiscing . . . Rev. J.
Laverne Jay received an honor
ary doctor of divinity degree. .
Bard Hanna, 79, died.
Father Kamber Flost
to Grads at Breakfast
LYNCH—Rev. Charles Kam
ber, Assumption BVM church
pastor, was host to the five
Lynch high school Catholic
graduates and their parents at a
breakfast Sunday morning, May
19.
Guests were: Arlene Birmeier,
Kathryn Mulhair, Dorothy Pur
viance, Carl Weeder and Pat
Mahan. The parents or relatives
were: Mr. and Mrs. Jake Bur
meier, Mrs. Phyllis Mulhair,
Mrs. Jonas Johnson, Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Purviance, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Weeder and Mrs.
Helen Mahan of Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Don Allen, Mrs. Leure
Christ ensen and Margaret
Stinger served the breakfast,
tx eer.am th . es?
Betrothed Couple
Feted at Shower
CELIA—A pre-nuptial show
er was accorded Clarence Focken
and Patty Allyn at the Clarence
Focken home Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Harvey Hansen was
cohostess. Favorite recipes were
given the bride-elect and “much
good advice”. A mock wedding
was part of the entertainment,
also a song, “True Love”, by
Miss Carol Hansen and Judy and
Jean Mohr.
Gifts were placed in an um
brella on a table and presented
to Miss Allyn.
Pennsylvanians Are Guests—
Guests May 18-19 of R. M.
Pease were his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Pearl Pease, and daughter,
Miss Pearl, of Bolivar, Pa., and
his brother-in-law Charles
(Sam) Milligan of Peoria, 111.,
and daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Raistrisk of Chicago, 111. They
visited also in Atkinson
with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pease
and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease and
families. They departed on
Tuesday, May 21.
Mrs. Baker Is
Named Delegate—
The annual statewide picnic of
the IOOF lodge will be held at
York June 16.
Mrs. D. A. Baker was elected
delegate to the district Rebekah
meeting at Chambers June 17
when Eden lodge met Friday
evening, May 17 with 13 mem
bers present.
Going to Florida—
District Judge D. R. Mounts
left last Thursday for Okla
homa where he will meet
Mrs. Mounts and then go on to
Florida to visit his brother,
whom he has not seen for a num
ber of years. He expects to be
gone a month.
Weekend Guests—
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Cleveland jr., were
ler sister and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Martens of Norfolk.
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Never An After-Tfcinl
SWITCH TO
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Group Cited for Scholastic Honors
nonor students in tne uwem high senior
class received special recognition Thursday even
ing, May 17, at commencement rites when Princi
pal Willard Solfermoser (extreme right) announc
ed award winners: Left-ti-right: Demaris Lind
berg, fifth in class scholastically: Donna Sum
mers, ninth; Judy Liddy, fourth; Carole ohnson,
eighth; Marlene Ermer, third; Gary Holcomb,
seventh; Gordon Fox, salutatorian; Judy Sanders,
sixth; Linda Serck, valedictorian.—The Frontier
Photo.
Boska Has Narrow
Brush with Lightning
Milk Pail Blasted
from His Hand
LYNCH—Joe Boska, bachelor
farmer northwest of Lynch, just
finished milking his cows Mon
day morning. May 20. As he
turned to open the barn door a
lightning bolt struck.
He had been holding one pail
of milk, but as the lightning
Struck, the pail flew across the
barn, the milk splattering all
over. At the same time he saw
sparks of fire around his feet.
He cannot remember any jerk
as the pail left his hand. He
believes the rubber overshoes on
his feet and the wooden handle
on the pail (non-conductors of
electricity) saved his life.
Other Lyuch News
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moody
and family of Niobrara visited
at the C. A. Moody, sr., home
Thursday, May 23.
Lynch school picnic day was
observed Wednesday, May 22.
The high school students went
to the park at Niobrara and the
grade school children enjoyed
their picnic dinner at the school.
Mrs. Helen Mahan of Denver,
| Colo., has been here visiting at
the Bernard Mahan home to be
i with her sister, Mrs. Mahan who
underwent surgery in Omaha.
Edward Vlcan of Verdigrt
called at the parental Thomas
I Vlcan home Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Moffett
j spent several days in Lincoln
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mahan anc
Pat Mahan were in Omaha over
the weekend to visit their moth
er in the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Souk
up and family and John Weed
er, sr., of Spencer attended the
commencement exercises here
inursaay.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stouffer
were in Niobrara Thursday. A
cousin, Mrs. Hettie Darnell oi
Harlan, la., who had spent the
week disiting relatives in Nio
brara, accompanied the Stouf
fers home for a visit with rela
tives here. She is visiting with
the Lloyd Spencer’s Mrs. Gladys
Spencer, Fred Spencer and Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Stouffer.
Mrs. John Cavanaugh of Dix
on visited at the Bernard Mah
an home this week and attended
Pat Mahan’s commencement ex
I exrcises here Thursday.
Word to relatives here states
that Mrs. Florence Bone and
family are moving to Phoenix,
1 Ariz.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Havranek
j of Spencer visited relatives here
this week.
Mrs. Dean Soulek and daugh
ter of little Rock, Calif., are
here at the Ted Crooks home for
an extended visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kayl,
Carl and Arnold Kayl, all of
Spencer attended the commence
ment exercises here Thursday.
The Lions club met at Moody’s
cafe Friday, May 24, for dinner
and election of officers.
NOTICE: Starting June 1. 1957,
our office will be closed on Sat
urday p.m. Office hours: 10 to
12 a.m., 2 to 5 p.m. and 10 to 12 a.
m. on Saturday.—Drs. David and
Kriz, Lynch. 2-4
A group of high school boys
accompaniied Carl and Johnnie
Weeder for a night of fishing at
the Missouri river Tuesday, May
21. Several stayed for a slumber
party and breakfast the next
morning.
Mrs. Gladys Spencer left
Monday, May 27, for Scottsbluff
DR. H. D. GILDERSLEEVE
OPTOMETRIST
Northeast Corner
of 4th & Douglas
O’NEILL NEBR.
Phone 167
Office Hours: 9-5
Eyes Examined-Glasses Fitted
Monday thru Saturday
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and plans to accompany Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Davy to Phoenix,
Ariz., where she will visit her
son, Arden, and nephew, Lyle
Hoffman.
Mrs. Don Bare is in Denver,
Colo., visiting relatives.
Mrs. John Lebo and two
daughters of Lincoln spent the
past week at the parental Thom
as Vlcan home, also with rela
tives at Spencer.
The Steve Chvala family of
Monowi visited at the Thomas
Vlcan home Sunday, May 19.
Entertain Mothers—
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Liddy have
had their mothers with them for
the graduation activities at the
O’Neill public school. Their
daughter, Judy, was in the grad
uating class. Mr. Liddy’s mother,
! Mrs. Goldie Liddy of Lincoln,
j left May 19. Mrs. Liddy’s mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Pharris, left next
day for her home in Gregory,
S. D. They both have been here
over a week.
—
McKays in Housewarming—
A group of friends gathered
Monday evening for a house
warming at the Duane McKay
home. They live in the house
formerly occupied by the Dwight
Worchester family.
The MM club met with Mrs. D.
H. Clauson Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. C. W. Porter was a guest.
High scores by Mrs. D. C. Schaf
fer and Mrs. L. A. Burgess.
Inmao News
Mrs. E. E. Clark was hostess to
the YM club at her country
home Tuesday, May 14. Dinner
was served at noon followed by a
social afternoon.
Mrs. I. L. Watson, Miss Caro
lyn Watson, Mrs. Karl Keyes
and Mrs. James M. McMahan at
tended a meeting of St. Anthony’s
hospital auxiliary Monday even
ing, May 20.
Mrs. Merle Carr of Horniek,
la., spent several days the past
week with her mother, Mrs. Lee
Conger, while her father was
hospitalized.
Miss Carolyn Watson went to
days visiting in the home of
Valentine to spend a few
her brother-in-law and sister,
Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Slusher and
sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mossman
and family of Santa Ana, Calif.,
have arrived for a visit in the
home of Bob’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Leo R. Mossman.
Wyoming People Here—
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Jaszkowick from Wednesday,
May 19, until Sunday was her
sister, Mrs. M. G. Coley and Mi
chael of Worland, Wyo. Mr. Coley
came Monday and they went on
to Pilger.
Girl Scouts met Monday at the
home of Mrs. Richard Clyde and
had a wiener roast.
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O’Neill News
Mr. and Mrs, H. G. Kruse are
leaving today (Thursday) for
Perry. Ia.. to spend the week
end with their daughter and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. VanEverv.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kliment
of Wausa were Sunday morning
callers of Mr. and Mrs. Herb
I Kaiser on their way to Atkinson
! to visit his parents. Sunday af
l ternoon callers were Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Kaiser of Rapid City,
S.D,
Mrs. Clay Johnson, sr., at
tended a WCTU meeting in Fre
; mont. May 20-21. From there
she went to Omaha and visited
three sisters and also attended a
64th wedding anniversary of a
childhood friend. She returned
home on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard London
and family came Friday to visit
his (xirents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike
London. On Saturday they drove
| to Colorne, S. D., and visited Mr.
and Mrs, Vern Tarr.
The children of Mr. and Mrs.
j Elroy Leib returned home Satur
day after staying with relatives
while their mother was in the
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Loy visit
ed friends and relatives in Nor
folk May 20-22
Miss Marilyn Fetrow of Omaha
was home visiting Imr parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fetrow, May
18-19 weekend. Her brother, Fred,
was also home. He is a student
at the University of Nebraska.
Mrs. H. L. Lindberg. Mrs. Caro
lyn Lindberg and Mrs. John Con
ard were hostesses at a bridal
shower for Miss Pat Debolt Mon
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hines and
Roger of Omaha spent the week
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Hines.
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