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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1957)
Prairieland Talk— Milwaukee’s Win OK with P- T By RO.HAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South Slst St., Lincoln «, Nebr. LINCOLN r ive to nothing: While in O'Neill on a recent Thursday it was noted that the moderns in the old town, like those of a generation or two back on the highway of time are baseball fans, only they get in on the games now over the air. In the long ago we stood out there on open prairie between what is now First and Second streets and saw the real thing in action— Dickson. Merriman, Hanley, Triggs and the others go to it. This time the world senes was on in distant New York and all the guys in O'Neill were at the television and ra dio sets listening as the story of the battle of ball and bats came out of an overcast sky. I stood at the intersec tion of Fourth and Douglas Romaine streets waiting for a friend to Saunders drive up with whom I was going to Atkinson, wnen a delighted ball enthusiast rushed up to me and announced. "Milwaukee won!" The Milwaukee Braves and New York Yanks were battling it on the diamond, the Braves the victors W). I, a native son of Wisconsin back about 1870, was pleased to learn that Milwaukee, the tirst big town I had ever seen at about the age of 11, had won. , • • • Are you thinking of taking a trip out Into ■pae*? listen to this: "The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; but the earth He hath given to the children of men.”—Ps. 115:16. • • • Paved highways and the family car take care of traveling Americans today, public conveyance doing little I was one of three paid passengers on a north Nebraska bus recently and we sat In gloomy silence rolling along for a hundred miles, family cars swishing by, the occupants on the way to distant points. Seats in passenger trains are empty, many empty seats on buses. But prairie landers are on the go in the family cars. 'The bus driver stops before crossing a railroad but trains i are not to be seen. Formerly, we traveled the length of yie Elkhom valley by tram in the glow of sunlight, now it is in the gloom of night. Day light train service might induce John and Mary to leave the flivver at home and go by rail to Omaha. • • • Standing at a bus stop waiting to take the bus for downtown when a lady with whom 1 had ac quaintance came along and we exchanged greet ings, then she said to me, "You look like Mr. Churchill, the former prime minister of Great Brit ain". Could you blame me for expanding my ego a bit? Then the lady asked If I could loan her the bus fare until she saw me again. I handed her a twohdt piece and thought it was well worth it. It was a week in July, uwj—wm ana maoie, son and daughter o( Mr and Mrs S. F. McNichols, went to Colo, la., on a visit to their grandparents . . Mrs. J. J. Harrington and little daughter left for a visit with relatives in Illinois. . . The H. M Uttley home entertained as a guest, a sister ot Mr Uttley, Mrs. Benedict from our neighboring state of South Dakota. . . Summer dress goods were on the bargain counter at Mann's store. . . Seats on sale at Gilligan & Stout’s, 15 cents, 25 cents and 35 cents for a theatrical performance at the rink. . . Thomas Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W, Moss of Amelia, was reported to have died in Sacramento, Calif. . . P. D. Mullen was called to Omaha on account of the serious illness of his brother, Mike, who had been taken to a hospital in Omaha. . . Haying had started and Frank Campbell was calling attention of the Maude Mul ler’s of the day to his stock of mowers and rakes. • • • Father and mother and their six-year-old daughter were living in fear for their lives where overlords rule ruthlessly in lands beyond the seas. Out of the welter of fear and horror that family group of three made their escape to lands in wes tern Europe, secured passage to America and found a home in the land of the free. Little daugh ter, thrilled with joy to be away from the land of ruthless killer, was out at play bouncing her ball when a car came speeding up to the corner, failed to make the turn, plunged off of the street, hit and killed that little child at play. We have no ruthless overlords, but we have the reckless, the drunks, at the steering wheel mowing down vic tims day-by-day. • * • Seated by his weather gadgets, the prognosta cater announces that winter just ahead wall be cold like the ones grandpa had known in other years . . Neither New York nor London can claim longer to be the world’s largest city—that distinction goes to Tokyo, spread out over 1,275 square miles with a population of 8,471,617 Japs. Who was it that said, Woe to Nipon! Just an aspirant to world greatness whose names now lie under European sod. . . It is said that all but one of the 48 governors of states are church members Methodists claim 13 of them; Baptists, eight; Epis copalins, seven; Presbyterians, six; Catholics, five; Lutherans, four; Congregational Christians, two; Jews, one; and Mormons, one. • • • Our state’s highest court is appealed to for a review of the findings of the district court of Holt county in which Judge Mounts held a law taxing automobiles unconstitutional. Charley Peterson, Holt’s cattle king, filed the original suit involving some county officers. Now those officials want to know what the judicial conclusions of the supreme court will be. If you have paid the tax and the high court sustains the findings of the lower court the way is open to bring suit against the state of Nebraska on a charge of highway robbery. Editorial— They Called It ‘McCarthyism’ "I suggest that we set up a special Joint congressional committee, with full subpoena powers, to investigate the guid ed missle program, and to keep a vigilant eye on its progress. If the committee finds that the program is not on an all out basis, then it must go into the fur ther question of why it is not on an all-out basis. If we are failing behind the So viet Union in the development of a weap on that may permit communism to con quer us, then we must find out who is responsible and what has motivated those who are responsible.” Who do you think said that nearly one and one-half years ago? asks the Omaha World-Her ald in its editorial columns last week. President Eisenhower? Senator Stuart Symington? Nope. It was that much-denounced, archrcactionary, the senator from Wisconsin, Joseph R. McCarthy, on the floor of the United States senate, on April 25, 1956. And, for those who like to keep the record straight, when the appointment of the newcomer on the U. S. supreme court was put to the senate for confirmation, there was one "no” vote against .Justice Brennan, an Irish-American. Brennan since his otherwise unanimous con firmation has been aligned with the liberal ma jority of the court and thereby helped unlock the FBI files for communists trying to avoid prosecu tion. The "no” vote for Brennan’s confirmation was registered by none other than Joe McCarthy, an Irish-American. Heart Trouble Leads Causes For the third consecutive year, heart trouble again leads the list of causes of death in Holt county, accounting for 54 per cent of all deaths in the county during 1956. The Holt rate was the same as the national rate. The Nebraska Heart association describes heart trouble as high blood pressure, rheumatic fever and hardening of the arteries. The Nebraska association has invested 300 thousand-dollars in research at Nebraska’s twro medical schools and at national research centers since the first Nebraska heart fund drive in 1950 Comparisons: County— Percentage A Number of Heart Deaths 1953 1954 1905 1956 Antelope 60% (70) 64% (62 ) 68% (71) 60% (78) Boyd . 47% (27) 50% (20) 48% (18) 60% (33) Garfield 63% (15) 72% (16) 50%, (17) 42% (16) HOLT 45% (56) 54% (78) 53% (77) 54% (81) Keya Paha 54% ( 6) 58% (10) 62% ( 8) 54% ( 7) Wheeler 73% ( 8) 75% ( 6) 70% ( 7) 75% ( 9) Rock 47% (16) 61% (19) 45% (14) 63% (19) Knox 59% (74) 56% (76) 51% (59) 57% (70) Brochure from Georgia A brochure we received this week signed by Gov. Marvn Griffin of Georgia (we presume most newspapers in the land were on the mailing list) sets forth the racial incidences in the South dur ing the past few years and puts the finger of com munists, communist sympathizers, and dupes of red organizations in each situation. The Clinton, Tenn., affair, the Tallahassee, Fla., bus boycott, etc., were pictorially documented and captions carried names and affiliations of persons involved, most of whom had been cited by the house un-American activities committee in days gone by. In addition, the brochure carries photos of the training grounds for persons who touch off these situations. The brochure labels Mounteagle, Tenn., as the spawning field, and a place where commie doctrine is extolled. It’s an interesting expose being circulated over the signature of a governor of a sovereign state, and might give some food forthought to those who have been critical of Arkansas’ Governor Fa who have been critical of Arkansas’ Governor Faubus. “No European ally needs, or is it endeavoring to produce the intercontinental ballistic missle. Since the peace of the free world, and victory if war is forced upon us, rests on American air and ICBM supremacy, foreign aid can be safely dis continued, spending for conventional military pur poses can safely revert to pre-Korean war days, and America can gain ICBM and air superiority without a wild defense spending orgy.’’—Bonner F. Fellers, retired general and lflilitary analyst. We do not despair. There will be a resur gence of Cornhusker football glory, and native sons will figure prominently in the glory chapters when they are written. Meanwhile, some of the University of Nebraska grid losses are monotonous and somewhat embarrassing. CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher Entered at the postoffice In O’Nelli, Holt coun ty, Nebraska, as second-class mall matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. This news paper is a member of the Nebraska Press Associa tion, National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Terms ot Subscription: In Nebraska, $2.50 per year; elsewhere In the United States, $3 per year; rates abroad provided upon request. All sub scriptions payable in advance. O’Neill News Expected this weekend from Chicago to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich, will be Mr. and Mrs. Froelich, jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schmit were in Omaha Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Marvin Johnson was in Lincoln Saturday to visit her daughter, Miss Carole Johnson, who is a student at a business col lege. Mrs. Dick Tomlinson was in Hastings recently to see her son and his wife, Sgt. and Mrs. Har old Dexter. Friday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick were her moth er, Mrs. Lottie Lofquest, her sis ter, Mrs. Elmer Allyn and daugh ters and her grandmother, Mrs. Vina Munson, all of north of Stuart. Mrs. Iva Hopkins returned Sat urday from Sioux City where she had visited her daughter, Mrs. Edwin Morey, and her brothers for a week. Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Williamson were his mother and his sister, Mrs. C. E. Williamson, and Mrs. C. P. Leach, both of Page. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Patton were guests of Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Patton in Norfolk Sunday. They also attended the Norfolk home tour, sponsored by Trinity guild of the Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Tellier and boys left Monday for Grand Island to attend the funeral Tuesday of his neice, who died suddenly of a brain tumor. She had been married only a short time. Mr. and Mrs Billie Sitz of Bur well were Friday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Philbrick. Melvin Schmit Feted— Guests for Sunday dinner at the John N. Schmit home in honor of Melvin Schmit’s first commuion were his grandpar ents, Nick Schmit of Atkinson and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Engler of Stuart and Mr. and Mrs. Al fred Straka and family of Stuart. When You & 1 Were Young . . . Enright Suffers Severe Fire Loss C a r r ies No Insurance to Cover Loss 50 Years Ago James Enright, who lives on the old John Cronin place about five miles northwest of O’Neill, had a severe loss from fire and had no insurance. He losts his barn containing 1,200 bushels of speltz and oats, two horses and three sets of harness, a new rid ing plow and a new endgate seed er. . . Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Erb. Mr. and Mrs. John Bellar and John Grutsch left for Landon and Stratford, Can., to visit relatives. . . . Marriage licenses were issued to John F. Galligan and Tillie Nightengale of Atkinson and Richard A. Hont and Ollie Broce, both of Bassett. 20 Y’ears Ago Taken from Southwest Breezes by Romaine Saunders: Added to the injured foot sustained in a hay rake, Frank Williamson sub sequently found himself laid up with the ever popular but none the less distresing flu. . . Miss Beryl Winchell and John Davis were married. , . The Emmet school teachers, Miss Kellar, Miss Pontgratz and Miss Harris, en j joyed a birthday supper at the Guy Cole home to honor Bobbie’s 10th birthday anniversary. 10 Years Ago Royalty at O'Neill high school were: King—Robert Matthews, queen — Miss Marjorie Hunger ford. . . At St. Mary’s academy Miss Maxine Bauer was queen and the Misses Alice Biglin and Martha Mullen were attendants. . . . Alex Frickel and Edward Albrecht of Celia returned from a 5,600-mile trip without a flat. You guessed it. They discovered one the next morning. One Year Ago The Republican caravan, with Sen. Roman Hruska. Gov. Victor Anderson and Rep. A. L. Miller and R. E. Spelts as speakers, ap peared in O’Neill. . . Norman Uhl and Bert Urban landed a 47-pound turtle at Ft. Randall dam. . . Deaths: Mrs. Catherine F. Pribil; G. A. Bauer of Ewing, John G. Schneider of Atkinson. Letter to Editor 77 Doris Drive, Security Village, Colorado Springs, Colo. We are grateful to the Roy Humrichs for the gift subscription to The Frontier. We look forward to receiving it each week. We have purchased a new home and have been very busy seeding the lawn and landscaping the yard. We enjoy the cool mountain air and the beauty of this area. This is the most beauti ful season of the year for the aspen have turned yellow and' the vines have turned red making the mountains very colorful. Ev en though we are happy here, we do imiss O’Neill and our many friends there. We enjoyed having several families from O’Neill visit us this summer. We were pleasantly sur prised yesterday when Chaplain and Mrs. E. G. Smith, formerly of Christ Lutheran church in O’ Neill, and their two daughters ar rived to spend a few days with us. We see the Dan Sullivans, for merly of O’Neill, quite often. Their daughter, Rita, baby sits for us.—THE ELDON RAMSELS. Kaasa Has Calf Named ‘Sputnik’ LYNCH—Floyd Kaasa, farm er near here, has a calf which has been dubbed “Sputnik”. The calf, Kaasa says, has a tendency to hold its head high and run in circles. “I figure the calf will be tak ing off for the moon one of these days,” he told his wife. ROYAL THEATER — O’NEILL — TTiurs. Oct. 24 THE PRINCE AND THE SHOW GIRL Technicolor There’s only one Marilyn Mon roe, but there isn’t one Marilyn Monroe picture that teases and tickles like Marilyn Monroe star ring with Laurence Oliver in "The Prince and the Showgirl.’’ Laurence Oliver is the prince who never should have seen her show. . . . and never, never should have seen her later! Fri.-Sat. Oct 25-28 GOD IS MY PARTNER A Regalscope picture starring three-time academy award win ner Walter Brennan, co-starring John Hoyt, Marion Ross, Jesse White. How Christmas came in Maytime to one American town. The story of a miracle that hap pened on m^in street. A wonder ful motion picture warmed by the sunshine that comes from the human heart. Sun.-Mon.-Tues. Oct 27-28-29 James Stewart and Audie Mur P>' in NIGHT PASSAGE Co-starring Dan Duryea, Di anne Foster, Elaine Stewart and Brandon deWilde as "Joey" with Jay C. Flippen. The first motion picture filmed in TECHNRAMA, the ultimate in photographic ex cellence ! Technicolor. The saga of the McLaine broth ers, the woman who stood be tween them, and the bullet that ended their blood-feud. — Matinee Saturday & Sunday 2:80 Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Friday and Saturday admission— Adults 50c; Children under 12, 12c, Free If accompanied by par ent. Wedn. and TTiurs. Family night, family admitted for two Adult tickets. Hospital Notes ATKINSON MEMORIAL Admitted: October 14 George Robertson of Stuart, medical; 15—Mrs. Frank Merry of Pender, medical; 17 Mrs. Harvey Alls house of Stuart, obstetrical Mrs. Leo Wabs of O'Neill, obstet rical; Mrs. Charley Tasler of At kinson. surgical; Timothy Kaup of Atkinson; 18 — Mrs. Robert Slaymaker of Atkinson, obstet rical; 19— Walt Counts of Bur well, accident; Mrs. Walt Counts of Burwell, accident; Charles Freouf of Stuart, accident; Larry Lamunyan of Stuart, accident; 21—Mrs Edward Walnofer of Atkinson, medical. Dismissed: October 14 — Mrs. George Wallinger of Stuart, Harry McShane of Atkinson; 15—Mrs. Vernon Berry of Amelia, Mrs Duane Domina and son of New port; 17~Mrs. Keith King of Stuart, Mrs. William Morgan of Atkinson; 18-Dean Perry of Em met, Mrs. William Newcombe of Long Pine; 20—Mr. and Mrs. Walt Counts of Burwell. Hospitalized: Mrs. Gertrude Zinky of Atkinson, Mrs. Robert Slaymaker and son of Atkinson, Mrs. Leo Wabs and daughter of O'Neill, Mrs. Peter Engler of J Stuart, Mrs. Harvey Allshouse and son of Stuart, Mrs. Charley Tas ler of Atkinson, Charles Freouf of j Atkinson, Larry Lemunyan of ■ Stuart, Mario Lucian Astuto of Omaha. George Lane of New | port, Tim Kaup of Emmet, Mrs. Edward Walnofer. Expired: October 20—George Robertson of Stuart, Mrs. Frank Merry of Pender. LlXDBFJti MEMORIAL. (Creighton) Admitted: Mrs. Lavaine Hines of O'Neill. Mrs. Harry Honey of Verdel, Billy Sukup of Verdigre, Mrs. Everett Meeke of Creighton, William Mathine of Creighton, Harry LaFrenz of Creighton. Dismissed: Mrs. Alfred Bert schinger and daughter of Creigh ton, Mrs. Kenneth Johnson and daughter of Creighton, Mrs. Cliff Largen of Creighton. Mrs. La vaine Hines of O'Neill, Billy Suk up of Verdigre, Mrs. Harry Hon ey of Verdel. Mrs. Lee Ballard of Center, Harry LaFrenz of Creigh ton, William Mathine of Creigh ton. Dorsey News Monday evening, October 14, a group of friends gathered at the George Calkins home to help celebrate their wedding anniver sary. Mrs. H H. Miles and daughter, Linda, took little Ronald Kruse back to his parents in Lincoln, Saturday, October 12. He had spent a week with his grandmoth er on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Harden Anspach fo O'Neill visited the Richard Marsten home Sunday, October 13. A group of friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Howard Graham Friday evening on their anniversary. Men have been working on the; Dorsey telephone lines from Red bird to the switch. Mrs, H. H. Miles and Linda were dinner guests at the John Derickson home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sibbel and children of Butte visited at the R. B. Marston home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Osborn were Sunday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs Leman Huber. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Marston and Mrs Charles Marston and children visited at the Ray Sibbel home in Butte Tuesday, October 15. Mr. and Mrs. John Waggner of Coleridge were here visiting Mrs. Sarah Hansen. Mrs. Hansen went >■ 11 . — home with them for the weekend and returned Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Greg Baker of Denver, Colo., were Thursday and Friday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lohaus and Mr. and Mrs. John Baker. _ Paul Shierk INSURANCE AGENCY O'NEILL, NEBR. Insurance of All Kinds -- 2 for 1 SAVE V2 WITH GUARANTEED SERTA QUALITY Innerspring Mattresses and Matching Box Springs This is it! The bedding sale of the year. We were fortunate to be able to make a very special huge pur. chase of famous SERTA betiding. And now we’re able to pass our savings on to you—such fabulous savings 1 that you actually get 2 for one; You save exactly one J half on these four mattresses by SERTA. 1 Yr. Guarantee — 2 for 49.50 5 Yr. Guarantee 2 for 69.50 10 Yr. Guarantee — 2 for 79.50 15 Yr. 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