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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1957)
Prairieland Talk— Refugee Loves Land of Ftee By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South 51»t St.. I-lncotn 6, N**br. LINCOLN If you see a stranger who has with drawn from the crowd and standing alone walk up «nd ertend a hand. You may meet a king or a Jesse James. Maybe it was the news gatherer's instinct that dn*w me to a lone fellow pilgrim today as he stood withdrawn from the crowds. Asked where he was from, in broken English 1 was told he was from a far oft troubled land of eastern Eur ope*. that he had spent four yeurs in a slave camp of a red lord, but with a iow of white teeth gleaming as he smiled and said he was now an Amer ican citizen. He had lieen s|>on.sorod by a Lincoln clergyman and thus admitted to our country. He has lieen living and working in on** of those manufacturing Saunders centers of Michigan and had come out to Lincoln to grasp the hand that had Drought him to the land of free men. His walk on Life's highway now' leads away from sacred memories as well as horrifying exper iences. His wife left him for another and remains in bis native land; his child, n young daughter, lies somewhere in that troubled land, just another lifeless form among scores of victims ot commu nists overlords. And now a citizen of the United States, doubt less inspired by bis clergyman friend ,he wants to so live as to become a citizen of the heavenly king dom when that time comes. * * * A man and two small children perished in na mes that burned a home near Sidney. A woman of Gothenburg crushed to death by a railroad train. Cries of children scorched by fire, groans of a man enveloped in flames, life crushed out of a prairie land mother in an instant tragedies along the highway of life . . . 52,000 Boy Scouts gathered at historic Valley Forge took a day off from tun and folly to fulfill a pledge to attend religious services, services being held for the various denominational •groups, Presbyterians having the largest number of Scouts, some 30,000. . , At the Mth biennial ga thering of delegates to the International Society of Christian Endeavor at Portland, Ore., a notable keynote was a warning against the use ot things that are habit forming. . . Danish friends in a small Nebraska town send a gift and invoke heav en's blessing on Val Peterson of this state, now over in Denmark in diplomatic service tor his country. . . A young fellow |pt beside me out in the glow of the afternoon sun with a worried look on his face. He was waiting for some one to show up with whom lie could ride to his home in the central section of the state. • • • The next best thing to having been there is the story and pictures The Frontier brought to us of the fair and lironc riding down at Chambers Since tile days of Reverend (lopoc and Doctor Nerval, they have been doing things in a grand way down that way. And patriots from all sec tions of Holt county attend the fair. And the story of it all comes to those who were not on the grounds through the pages of The Frontier since Ethel Hammer's Sun ceased to shine. Daughter Mildred, at one tune a pupil in the Amelia high, now a housewife and homemaker, to gether with her husband and their two daughters, drove tiie 1,500 miles from their southern Calitor nia home to S[>end this last week in August with dad. sister and brother here in Lincoln. Mothers and fathers of Prairieland will be taking ott to dis tant ixiints to spend the w inter with a son. a daugh ter. We travel continents, sail the seas to meet a loved one, to give and receive a kiss, to look into loving eyes, to hold to ou rheaid a parent, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister. What is this my terious emotion that throbs in the human brease, that binds us to another? We think ot it as family tics. The mother of mankind embraced her first babe, exclaimed, I've gotten a man trom the Lord! We may not define that which throbs in the hu man breast but let us enjoy the fun. • « • Itaek over the long rood tx-hind did your footstep* walk among those who were kind? Down the pathway of time just ahead will you share with a fellow traveler your last erust of bread? At the end of the journey there awaits for you the reward for the kind act* we do. * • • Mr. Noble, proprietor of Normandy Kitchen in Minneapolis, Minn., known from eoast-to-coast as an eating place, attributes its popularity to the IKjIioy of advertising that no firewater is served. And a guy an eat thee on a hot day in his shirt sleeves. 1 recall tx'ing refused a seat in the din ing room of a swank place in Washington, D. C., because I was coatless at 100 in the shade, while ladies were admitted though partially in the nude. When in O'Neill I do not notice any firewater be ing guzzled at public eatingplaces, but you get a whopper of a feed for your six-bits. Normandy Kitchen is a catchy name. And out at the Ne braska cow town of Og all ala they have the Cow Poke Inn. * * * Leaf-laden arms of stalwart oaks sway in the wind tixlay. Late summer floral bloom adorns with bright colors the landscape picture here and there. Flowers and fruit bearing bush, humming birds and honey bees, green robed lawns of city dwellers and field and meadow across the far flung prairie land. Creatures of the wild, birds awing, men and women on the go at life’s endless toil endeav oring to meet the demands of the hour. Down the highway of time a few steps the dead leaves of autumn flutter across the pathway and again we will look out upon a frost-tinted world. The hot days are gone, fruits are gathered in and the coot fall days will then invite to activity in the open. • * * The latest "crisis” is reported from tar ott Syria. Over there in that ancient land Damascus, the world's oldest city, has probably had a crisis a few times before in its 4,000 years existence ex tending back to the days of Abraham. O'Neill had at one time three or four citizens who were natives of Syria and they were law-abiding, in dustrious members ot this community. The late Tom Salem, merchant prince of Amelia, was a native of Syria, a money-maker and a generous, warm-hearted citizen of that community. Syria has been on the map for long centuries but maybe the end approaches and the reds will take over. Editorial— Phooey on Extra Penny Many of the state’s newspapers and civic groups are beating the drums loudly in behalf of the extra (seventh) cent of gas tax, and are heap ing condemnation on petitions being circulated to place the added tax issue on the ballot. These enthusiasts for the extra cent hold that Nebraska would be taking a long backward step it the extra cent isn’t kept. Most of the added gas tax will go for match ing federal money on construction projects. Some farm groups are opposed to the extra penny-a-gallon and are causing petitions to be cir culated that would, if sufficient names are gather ed, hold up the extra cent until the matter can be voted on in 1958. The 1955 legislature, over the opposition of State Sen. Frank Nelson and a handful of other senators, cutback the mileage of state maintenance and handed Holt, for example, a not loss ot 46 miles of state maintenance. Comes now the 1957 legislature with the ad dition of another penny-a-gallon tax. It is purely and simply an unfair thing to deny service to people, in tlx' form of the cutback, and expect people to happily pay more for less service. It is no wonder Senator Nelson voted no on the seventh cent, and, The Frontier holds, he was correct in doing so. Realizing the extra penny might be in jeop ardy, Mr. Ress has done a complete about-face in policy. Heretofore, if anyone wondered how this pro ject or that project fit into the construction pic ture of the future, Mr. Ress and his associates in variably would be evasive and would hedge on the exact time such-and-such a project would get at tention. The hue and cry was: “No money!’’ In other words, it wouldn't do, the department and the politicians thought, to show the hand to too soon. Now with the threat of losing the extra tax, Mr. Ress hands out voluminous press releases with complete details and a precise time-table on proposed work that will be abandoned and lost if the extra penny doesn’t stay put. In fact, he played the Postmaster General Summerfield’s game by pressing (or mildly coer cing) people into cooperation. The tactic leaves us cold and we didn’t print the threats. The various projects contemplated (with the extra cent) were deftly distributed over the state in the news handouts to command maximum sup port to the added tax. Weigh this complete about-face in policy with Mr. Ress’ enthusiasm for the interstate highway (a grandiose WPA project of staggering proportions) and one seriously wonders if a housecleaning isn’t in order at the statehouse. We have stated before in these columns and will again: When the politicians awaken to the wrath of Mr. Average Citizen on the interstate squander there’ll be some surprises. East-west highways 20, 2, 30 and 6 could be straightened, widened and nickel-plated with the dough going into the monstrosity. The “WPA” pro ject will benefit a few yet everyone in the state will have to pay the bill. One day business people along the four estab lished routes across the state and other people will realize that the monstrosity will be serviced by one petroleum chain, one eating house chain, etc., and will siphon off most of the transcontinental business from the other routes. Yet everybody will be paying the bill-some to their own deteri ment. Another thing: Mr. Ress would run the inter state smack through Omaha and bypass Lincoln. Something is screwy there to the tune of 15- or 20-million-dollars. The World-Herald during the recent legisla tive session labelled Senator Nelson s bill to re store the Lynch-Page road to the state highway system as “log rolling’’. The World-Herald, Gov. Vic Anderson and Mr. Ress are "log-rolling’’ up to their ears in feverish interstate espousing in behalf of a project running into millions and millions of dollars and benefitting very few. Phooey on the interstate. Phooey on the extra penny until we are con vinced certain people are qualified to administer the kind of money that is at stake. Mrs. Smith—Publicity Seeker Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me.) has suc cessfully blocked Actor James Stewart’s nomina tion for the rank of brigadier-general in the air force reserves. Our guess is the ol' girl took on the task as a surefire vehicle for publicity. Prob ably no other reservist has done more for the air force in the post-World War II era man Stewart, notably in his public assists and morale building in behalf of strategic air command. During the war The Frontier editor shared an office with the actor for a year or so and officially edited the records on every B-24 bombing mission of which the elongated actor had a part. It was always highly significant to us mat James Stewart, ascending from major to colonel, took all command combat missions in turn, and, as far as we were concerned, never made an air manship or command mistake. Some of the pro fessional officers made repeated mistakes and re j ceived promotions regularly. James Stewart should be a reserve bnga | dier (the pay is exactly nothing to him) on the basis of past, present and future contributions to that branch of the service. We should like to remind Mrs. Chase that she voted for the promotion of Brig.-Gen. Zwicker who clammed up at crucial moments to the com | fort of the commies. Mrs. Chase ought to be paddled and sent back to Maine. CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher 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-j tion, National Editorial Association and the Audit' Bureau of Circulations. ■ Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, $2.50| per year; elsewhere in the United States, 53 perl year; rates abroad provided upon request All sub-' scriptions payable in advance. When You * 1 Were Young . . . School Privileges Are Announced Girl with Inverted Stomach Feted 50 Years Ago The following pupils have se cured high school privileges for the coming year: Atkinson Ray Elder, Sylvester Tushla, Karl Callen and Deloss Moulton; Agee Maude Nelson; Amelia — Alta DeGrogg and Claude Reiting; Chambers—Percy Holden and Ida Craig; Clearwater Hazel Bethea: Jo> Peal Roberts; Dustin-Gla dys Rohr, Mary Cisner. Florence Ebv and IVlla Lofquest; Inman Earl Watson, Ina Clark, Mildred Clark and Edna Gannon; Page— Celia Hunter; Ray David Ve quist; O'Neill Ered Flinch. Wil liam Kelly, David Kelly ami Rob ert Hanley; Stuart Alice Sherry, Harold Leonard, Sarah Sherry, Bessie Jilson. Peter Morgan, Ed ward McDonald and Laura Stan ton. 20 Y'ears Ago David W. Dickinson, a brother of Mrs. S. J. Weekes and a mem ber of the Omaha secret service, died of a heart attack . . Alyce Jane McHenry of Omaha, who is a guest of her aunt, Mrs. L. A. Nelson, entertained eight little friends at a theatre party. (Edit or’s note: Alye Jane is the fa mous little girl with the upside down stomach. She received in ternational fame in the newspa pers). 10 Y’ears Ago A Donohoe family reunion with five brothers and three sisters was held. Eugene G. of Detroit, Mich., was the only member ab sent. . . Gerald D. Hansen of the Midway baseball team broke his arm above the wrist while pitch ■ing . Raymond Harding, three year-old-son . of Mr. and Mrs James Harding, is a polio victim . . . Miss Mary’ Ellen Froelu^i won first place with her entry in the pony class at the Stuart horse show ... A group of chil dren romping on the Harold Blain place found a dead deer. One Year Ago Roy Thurlow. 61. of Atkinson, war vet, died from a fall from a apple tree. . . A meeting of mem bers of Save-the-Trains associa tion was held at Ainsworth, . . Sr M. George, the former Le nore Shoemaker, celebrated her silver jubilee as a nun. Midgets, Pee wees Feted at Dinner EWING The Midget and Pee wee baseball teams of Ewing, sponsored by the American Le gion, Sanders post 214. were en tertained at the home of Mrs. Bertha Urban Wednesday even 1 ing. August 21. Also honored were Willis Rockey, manager, and Dean Pofahl, coach. A picnic supper was served on the patio. The menu consisted of hearty food for young ball players, also watermelon, lots of ice cream and cake. Games were played for entertainment. Present were Duane and Gene Bollwitt, Jack Kropp, John Ml narik. Butch Pofhal, Ralph Sim mons. Dick Mlnarik, Dan Roth erham, Larry Noffke, Duke Hobbs, Jim and Rihard Kropp, Lonnie Eacker, Larry Mlnarik, Tom Mlnarik. Dean Gragert, Ronnie and Larry Tuttle. Members unable to be present were Jerry and Jim Tams, Gary Eacker, Jerry Jefferies. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bollwitt and chil dren of Ewing and Miss Socman of Norfolk. The ladies present assisted Mrs. Urban with the supper. The Midgets and Peewees play ed their final ball game of the season on Sunday at Chambers. Ewing News Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kresl left Monday to return to their home at Graettinger, Ia., after a 10 day visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Latzel and Dar lene. Mr Kresl will teach this year is the school of Graetting er. Mr, and Mrs. Lester Gamel and daughters. Laura Lee and Carol, left 'Diesday for their home in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Edwards and family, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Bernard Edwards of Irwin. Ia., recently visited relatives at 1-ong Pine. Mrs. Bernard Edwards, who s[>ont the past two weeks with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Edwards, re turned to her home on Sunday, August 18 Mr Edwards and daughters, Cathy and JoAnn, and Florence Black took her to Sioux City, where she continued on iter way. Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Hamilton and family accompanied by his parents who live at Creighton, are vacationing in the western states. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Larson returned to their home in Ewing Wednesday from West Point where they attended the funeral of their grandson. Donald Starr. Mrs. Larson had spent several days with her daughter and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Don Starr. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Harris and Bertha returned home Tuesday from Fremont where they had been guests at the home of his brother, E. A. Hands and fam ily. They also visited relatives in Lincoln. Mrs. Grace Briggs accompan ied tier daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs. Thomas King and family to Omaha, where all were guests at the home of Mi’s. Dorothy Vaughn. 'Hie King fam ily was enroute to their home at Aurora, 111., after vacationing with her mother. Ernest A. Tweedy Is Heart Victim Former Resident o f Area Dies at 62 Ernest Adrien Tweedy, •>?. died suddenly Wednesday, August 14. j of a heart attack. He died in Omaha where he had made his >K*me the past 27 years. Burial was in Graceland i>ark cemetery at Omaha near the grave of his son The late Mr. Tweedy was bom August 29, ISO-*, at Fairfield, la., a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tweedy. At the age of seven he came to Nebraska with his par ents. In 1928 he was married to Lola Tague of Niobrara. They became the parents of eight children. Tht> late Mr. Tweedy was wide ly known in this area, having list'd in the O'Neill vicinity for a number of years. He was preceded in death by one son, parents, two sisters and one brother. Survivors include: Widow— - ljola: sons . Kiflest, Jr U.t> mond... Rif hard, Norman anti \ an; daughters Mrs lots Pat torson. and Mrs William Schtp per; seven grandchildren; broth ers Albert of Lincoln and Or ville of Norfolk; sisters Mts Maurice Cavanaugh, sr . of Kalis City, formerly of O'Neill. Mrs. William Klinetohe of Kn met. 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