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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1957)
Prairieland Talk— Custer Gals Study Stockpiles By ROMAINK SAUNDERS, 4110 South 51st St., I On coin 6, Nebr. LINCOLN Mem tiers of Woman s clubs in Cus ter county come up with the story of their findings in a canvass of the county to ascertain how hard the citizens’ stockpiles of filthy luchre w*re hit by the rainless season of 1956 Of the reports receiv ed it was shown that a little more than 13% had less than a thousand dollars left after the expenses of operating farm or business r were |»aid. Some reported a * 11 net take for the season of 52,000. Shades of the pioneers of prairieland, who in the long ago on the prairies ot Holt or Custer counties saw two thousand dollars in a life time. Drouth of 1956-it was a frightful season compared to thnse of the 1890’s when hot winds burnt the grass roots, fruitless seasons out of which Komaine was ixirn political unrest, the Saunders populist party, the likes of Omar M Kern of Broken Bow. a spellbinder who swept this congressional district of "Republican rubbish" was elected to congress and on his first tiip to Washington tipped the chaircar porter with a nickle. It was an age out of which shown Ham Kautzman's Beacon Light through the windows and open door of the First National iiascment in O'Neill. From the toil worn hands of the pioneer men and women of those days we have as a heritage the fruitful empire of Holt. And down there in our grass rolled neighboring empire of Custer they will make a go of it with the season’s take from year to year. After tilt* lapse of 20 years there may be some of them still down there in the Swan precinct. The democratic caucus was held at Art Doolittle's ranch home, but there being a scarcity of the dis ciples of Andrew Jackson in that grass-robed sec tion of Holt county the ranks of the republicans were invaded to fill out the ticket. A full ticket was he result, as follows: John Kennedy, clek; A C Watson, treasurer; H. L. James, assessor; Will Crandall, justice of the peace; road overseers, Art Doolittle, Will Dierks, and Claud Lierman. . . Ray Bly had an early morning walk one Sunday Pack there in 1936 he had left his car in Amelia the day l>efore for repairs and was hoofing it to the steering wheel eight miles away hoping to be picked up by some devout church goer driving into Amelia that morning. . . Other news items from Southwest Breezes a 1936 issue: Miss Neoma Greenwood returned to her home in Albion, after a visit at the Riley home. . . Miss Mildred Saund ers was spending a few days in O’Neill at the home of her brother. . . A thousand head of cattle ar rived at the McCarthy ranch, south of Inez, from the drouth stricken region of Bell Fourche, S. D., and were filling up on good Holt county grass. • • • Beverly Harvey and Virginia Marshall, two girl students in Hastings college, a Presbyterian educational institution, are there to fit themselves for the ministry. Ladies Joining the ranks of the clergy may have been inspired to do so after read ing the story of Hebrew prophetess Deborah of the 13th century B. C., as well as the two or three no table American women of modern times who be I heard them sing yesterday, four Negroes, three young men, one young woman, each neatly dressed and with the bearing and marks of culture. And the Negro voice is unexcelled in song. Maybe one or more of those four lovely singers could trace their ancestry back to lash driven slaves in a cotton field, on hack to the days in southern Africa when men and women, fellow human beings, were tom from their tribal heritage, wife from her man, husband from the family, a mother from her child, iron rings placed about their necks and marched in a procession under the command of white overlords to the sea coast, from there to be shipped to a strange land and sold into slavery. From such and out of the hovels of “freed slaves ; came the four with their sweet songs that I heard yesterday. • • • December 1—First Sunday In Advent. Santa Fe trail first travelers In 1822. December 4—The first horse drawn mower patented In 1812. . . December 7—Delaware, first state to ratify the constitution In 1787. December 10—t'apt. John Smith escaped the tommyhawk by Pocahontas, , 1007. i ! • • • A 31-year-old citizen of the Scottsbluff com- 1J munity, out after deer, was found dead in a shal- j low pool of water “died of exposure,” officially announced. . . Sugar beet growers down in Dawson county gathered this season a large crop of beets that the American Sugar company of Grand Island [ has converted into sugar. . . In Allentown, Pa., where my grandsire uttered his first protest as a newborn babe in 1804, a business concern employs a woman to taste the foods in which they deal, one < delicious dish being French fried worms. . . Six teenage guys broke jail at Plattsmouth and made 1 their getaway, only to run into the legal arms of Highway Patrolman Lovegrove out by North Platte ' where they had stolen a car. » • ■ The news reporter up at Celia told us In a re cent issue of The Frontier that 14 of the sisters connected with a religious group in that charm ing community of northern Holt county had con gregated to prepare Christmas packages to send , to children in Indian schools of South Dakota and t to those in an orphanage in a distant state. A < thrill may have come to those who read that bit of news from Celia, with the hope that the smile of celestial beings will rest upon those devoted j women whose thoughtfulness brings joy to chil- , dren, ( * • * i That foot of snow that blanketed the capital j city that night of November 18 is slowly turning to | water under the glare of today’s noonday sun. The v mistress of the mansion where I have quarters joined the procession of householders and scooped up a pan of snow to melt and thus have some “soft” water in which to dip dainty things. And the white adornment on bush and treetop soon goes the way taken by “civil defense.” * • * Statu Sen. Carpenter of the Scotts Bluff dis trict says Nebraska assessors are “Incompe tent.” Felt that way myself when as assessor during my five years sojourn down there I went about assessing ranchers in Wheeler county. One guy met with on my rounds apparently put the assessor in a similar classification—he handed me an onion as I left his door. Editorial— Your Eyes Tell Life's Span Your eves reveal a lot about your rami your health! In fact, one physician says it is pos sible to look into the eyes and say with reasonable accuracy how long a person will live. In any case, the visible condition of the blood vessels in the retina of the eye indicates the con dition of the hidden blood vessels in your body. So J D Ratcliff explains in a December Reader s Di gest article, -When the Doctor Tests Your Heart. ’ The retina is a maze of tiny blood vessels. Dr. Banks Anderson of Duke university calls it: ‘A screen, lustrous, high-lighted and vital in youth, dull and scarred in age. On this screen is pro jected the pagentry of the txxly economy. 11 the retinal blood vessels have thickened and hardened with age, probably the same thing is happening in the arteries of the heart. .. ,• _havn tnneht the IN t w UUlg,"w“w *--* physicians that "heart murmur” is not to be dreaded as it was. Once, many a child was put to bed as a heart cripple because the doctor heard such a murmur. Now. researchers have discover ed that most children have a murmur of some kind. Often, it is just the sound of blood rushing through a busy but normal—heart. By means of X-rays, it is possible to look in side the heart itself. Opaque fluids can be passed through the heart chambers, providing a good X-ray silhouette. The electrocardiograph can mea sure the tiny electrical impulses which make heart muscles contract with every beat. There are many other tests and a long talk with you about your symptoms and past illnesses is an important [>art of the examination. The Digest article is condensed from Today’s Health, a publication of the American Medical as sociation. Spending for Right Things There has been a lot of ballyhooing since “sputnik” and those who once were shouting for economy in the matter of defense are now criticiz ing the administration for making cuts, which have largely been restored. We contend that in spite of the Russian feat of launching a satellite and proving they have inter continental missiles, there is still room for econ omy We say that advisedly. Our future safety is not dependent simply or solely upon the number of dollars we spend, for Russia with her cheap la bor will always be able to command the services of labor, both skilled and unskilled, at a cheaper rate than we can. But we can practice economy by cutting our budget for the things that no longer count in the defense program. It is apparent, for example, that long range bombers are going to be supplanted by rocket-powered, unpiloted missiles. No reason, therefore, why we should continue to spend as much for the air arm as we did when we consid ered it our principal weapon. And we feel there are many, many other places too where the old weapons are no longer worth saving. We can still economize by spending wisely for THE RIGHT THINGS For the present, however, the strategic air ° ° o ° ° „° ° O o o °o ° O ° 0 o ° 0 _ o ° cP ° ,p o oc ° 0 ° o 0 ° 0 ° 0 -o « , OO o °# o O o ° c ° ° 3 ° ° CJ<to> 0° °° o § °° min la utu aui^ic ucitucm iw ■* bear. From our point of view, we think massive standing armies and much of the navy outlay— that is, the conventional equipment and installa tions are rapidly becoming outmoded. Some tre mendous savings can lx? effected to offset the costs of a scientific cold war. It Isn’t Worth It Several close calls have been reported by mo torists in the past month and the unus.' d fact is that these close calls have all been so similar. A farmer will pick com until after sundown and then pull the last load of com to the farm af ter dark. If the route from the field to his farm is on a highway he is operating his tractor at a very slow speed on a thoroughfare that is also car lying some high speed traffic—even traffic moving 30 or 40 miles per hour is high speed com .. .. A .-V ill a in nf n rMltiirii# rt r\f I com. Chances are 100-to-l the corn loaded wagon does not have lights, so any vehicle coming from behind does not see the wagon until the last mo ment. It isn’t worth it. Life is too short to risk your time on this earth by driving down a highway with an unlighted vehicle at a slow rate of speed. Head lights on your tractor are useless for an auto or truck approaching your corn wagon from the rear. Editorial Gems Reed O'Hanlon of the Blair Pilot-Tribune feels there is a fertile field for an imaginative mind in developing little gems of fact for filler copy for newspapers. Some of his samples: An elephant’s skin is three inches thick, give 1 or take a couple of inches. Historic last words: President Garfield, upon being shot in the head said “Ouch.” The first lace tablecloth was made at Lace, England, which leads to the belief that is how it got its name. People with television sets in their homes play cards more than do nontelevision owners, ac cording to a survey conducted by the Playing Card association. FrontTfr CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher Entered at the postoffice in O'Neill, Holt coun- I 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 tion, National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, 52.SU per ,year; elsewhere in the° United States, 53 per : yyar; rates abroad provided upon request. All sub | scriptipnS payable in advance o o ol° S °° °c O O °0 O <P When You & I Weir Young . . , Fawkes, Burshek Apply for Papers W a 11 i n g e r, Sten k s Also in Group 50 Years Ago Eight applications for naturali sation papers are to be heard in December. They are Robert Fawkes of Inez, native of Eng land; John Burshek of Page, ana ive of Austria; John Stenks and John T. Kleiser of Tonic, both na ives of Austria; Anton Wallingei if Stuart, Paul Dickau and W. K 3re*ner of Atkinson, all natives of Germany; John Minihan of Swan, native of Ireland. . . Mrs. S. F. VIcNiehols died in Colo, la., where ihe had gone to attend the funeral if her father. . . S. H. Trus ;ell got his tea mmixed up in an inusual manner coming to town, le was driving four horses and vhen about one mile from town, j me of the horses hitched to the ongue got his foot over the single ree of one of the leaders. In try ng to get out, he fell down on the l ipposite side of the wagon tongue vith his heels up in the air. His nate fell over him from the other lide. By that time, the lead team umed around and fell over the wo that were down The four vere piled up together. None was turt, only a few straps unjointed. 20 Years Ago Deaths: Leo Bazelman, 37, of D'Neill; Robert V. Ragen, 15, of itafford; Ben J. Gradt, 48. . . lolt county has 35 students at the Jniversity of Nebraska O'Neill, 0;; Ewing, 6; Inman, 5; Page, 4; Chambers, 3; Atkinson and Em net, 2; Amelia, Dorsey and Stu irt each 1. . . Romaine Saunders vas in front the sou ill west part if the county to attend the funeral if his old time friend, John Addi on. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders left or Lincoln to spend the winter. 10 Years Ago M!r. and Mrs. Ralph Moore re vived an announcement of the iraduation of their son, Donald j Jlark Moore, from the University if California at Berkeley, lie re eived a doctor of philosophy, it present he is working with the tomic energy commission in the adiation laboratory at Berkley. . . | Jethany Presbyterian church cel brated its GO anniversary. Mrs. Jharlotte Honeywell, the only liv- J, ng charter member, was honor-! d. . . H. G. Kruse was made dis rict operating superintendent to ake the place of R. L. Bode, who i /as transferred to Ogalalla. . . , One Year Ago Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter of O'Neill celebrated their 60th wed ding anniversary. . , Neighbors of Lloyd Ritts aided him by picking 80 acres of corn. He is troubled with rheumatism. . . . Deaths: Arthur W Tomlinson, 57, of In man: Stephen Bausch. 79, of At kinson; James F. Cody, 87, of Atkinson. . . Hans Schmidt, wrest ling meanie, appeared in O'Neill against Cowboy Morgan. Mrs. A. O Weber Showered with Cards PAGE Mrs. Robert N'issen was assisted by Mesdames Harold Freem yer, Robert Gray, Jesse Kelly and Harold Heiss with the afternoon, Nov. 21, when the members of the Women’s Society of Christian Serv ice were in ses sion at the Wesleyan room at the Page Methodist church for study and work Mrs. Kelly presided over the business session. Mrs Herbert Steinberg reported on the success of the bazaar. Bills con nected with the same were al lowed Mrs. A. O. Weber was honored with a card shower on her 83rd birthday anniversary. Nine guests sat at the birthday table in honor of those who had birth day anniversaries during this quarter. Mrs. Ethel Waring and and Mrs. Arnold Stewart were hostesses. Sergeant Keyes En route to Germany— INMAN — M/Sgt. Cecil Keyes j arrived Wednesday, November ' JO. to spend Thanksgiving with relatives. He has spent the past 18 months at White Sands proving grounds in New Mexico and will be reportng to a special weapons support unit in Germany. Before going to White Sands he had spent 14 months in Germany. His brother, W/O Loren C. Keyes, and his family presently are stationed at Orleans, France Sergent Keyes will be taking his car back to Germany the third crossing for the vehicle. CENTER UNION (O’Neill) Rev. C. P. Turner, pastor Sunday, December 8: Sunday school, 10 am.; preaching ser vice at 11 o’clock; young people’s meeting at 7:30 p.m.; preaching service following the young peo ple meeting. Wednesday, December 11: VTission study will be in the home if Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ernst it 8 o’clock. Candice Worcester, daughter of Hr. and Mrs. Dwight Worcester, •elebrated her seventh birthday inniversary Tuesday with a party. Turkey Winners! ^ Winners in the Chamber of Commerce-spunsored turkey dis tribution here Saturday included: Noon Drawing Myrte Osborn, Gambles ; George Kiplinger of Atkinson. O' N* ill Production Credit, Milford Coats, DeBolt D-X Station; Ro bert Miles, Moore-Noble Lbr. Co.; Mrs. Herman Janzrng. O'Neil) Drug; Mrs. La Verne Claussen of Atkinson, McIntosh J e w e lr y ; Fred Robertson, Motor Parts. Inc,; Gladys Oxford, Central Finance Corp.; Mary Jirak, Don s ■ Bar; D. F. Murphy, Consumers Public Power; Emil Admason. jr.. Town House; Mary Fiala, KV HC; Theresa Ulrich, O'Neill Style Shop; Mrs. Johnnie Graves, Pen ney's; Mrs. J H. Davis. Llkhorn Motel; Joe Stracka of Stuart. Dankert's; Mrs. Herman Grothe of Emmet, Holt County Indepen dent ; Mrs. William Tiefenthaler of Butte, Shelhamer Oil Co.; Del-1 la Ernst of Amelia, Shelhamer's Jack St Jill; Mike Troshynski, jr.. Coyne Hardware; Mrs Fred Babutzke. M&M Cafe; Mrs. Her man Dimmit of Page. Apparel Shop; Mike Grutsch, Spelts-Ray Lbr. Co.; Mrs. Willard Frediohs of Page, O'Neill Cleaners; Fred Holsclaw, The Frontier; Mrs. Will Grutsch, Gilligan Rexall; Mrs 1 Ray Dobias of Stuart. First Nat- < ional Bank; Mrs. Laura Wright. 1 Biglin's. I 4 P-M. Drawing Mrs. George Winkler of Emmet. Hary R. Smith Impls.; Lyle J. I Carr, Graham’s "66"; Mrs. Loyd Brittell, O'Neill Photo Co.; Mrs. George Nelson, Tom-Tom Cafe; j Mrs. A. L. Eymann, Farr's Pro duce; Mrs. Edward J. Donohoe, Standard Service; Ethel Downing, Fetrow’s; William O'Connor, Lee | Store; Bertha Hayden of Long s Pine; Adler Sewing Center; Mrs. 0 J. T. Earley, sr., Bridge’s Mobil Service; Mrs. Lewis Coker, John-1 son Jewelry; Mrs. T. D. Hutton of Inman, Murray Liquor Store; Sharon Crumly of Page, Julius D. i Cronin; Mrs. Lloyd Gibson, Harry t Petersen; Walter H. Rouse, Pat- i ton's Ben Franklin; Mrs. Hugo Holz, Fourth Street Market; Mar- ( garet Boler, Dick’s Bar; Mrs. t Max Jeffers. Dr. E. M. Gleeson; s Jerry Halva, Dr. L. R. Sutcliffe; Bob Davidson, Ed Thorin Agency; Mrs. Richard Hovey, O’Neill Nat ional Bank; Toss Protivinsky ; William Krotter Co.; Mrs. Eva, Backhaus, Osborne’s Shoes; Har- 1 Ian Saltz of Page, Johnson Drug; Lynn Haynes, Helen’s Flower & | Gift Shop; Ralph Young, Morgan I c Ward; Mrs. Victor Johnson, Dr C. M. Eason; Mrs. Emma Flem ing, Montgomery Hardware. \ s l».M. Maurice Grutsch, Eby's Cbn lXhi Service; Marvin P Clouse. Mcrri Dr. Pepper; Miss Gplda Jordan of Butte, Jim & John's Pool Ball; William E. Wefso of \tkinson, Western Auto; Frank ;>alton, Fritzs Bar; Opal Keating >f Atkinson, Northeast Electric; Trover Shaw, Coast -to-Coast; »lrs J W. Walters of Chambers 1 M. McDonald; R. E. Geary of Inman; Wilson's Texaco; Maude House. Hotel Golden; Mrs. Wili am J. Wilkinson of Atkinson, Dr (. P. Brown; Mrs. Marella Sholes, American Gear Co.; Mrs. Maxine VtcMartUS. Force Tire & Supply; V Marie Welch, New Outlaw; .averne Pritchett, Wick’s Body ihop; Peter P. Matthews. O’Neill .takers; Mrs. Frank Soukup Jill's Bar; Kenny Claussen of At ;inson.. Earley Oil Co.; Clyde Me* Cenzie, jr.. New IX'al Oil; Mary lartigan. Vern Harding Produce; til's. C. B. Sanders, Elkhorn Sup ily Co.; John Heinoski, Paul ihierk Insurance; Mrs. Carol iummerer of Ewing; Harding Veam Co.; Walter J. Sehmohr, C & M Cafe; Guy C. Harris of lamburg, la., Lohaus Motor Co.; ! tlrs. Frank MclXinald of Lynch 'ourth Street Garage; Ixxinard lalstead of Inman, Gateway ilotel; Mary Iziu Wettlaufer. Os ar's Bdick Salt's; Mrs. Robert .arson, Marcellus Implement; > F. McDermott. Midwest Furn lure & Appliance. I Holt Youths Make All-State . Four Holt county prep athletes indt'd lx'rths on mythical all tate teams selected by metrop litan newspapers. CLASS C (11-Man) Ixm Schmaderer of Stuart, ack. Omaha World-Herald first 'am; back, Lincoln Journal-Star, lird team. Duane Humphrey of Atkinson, nti, Omaha World-Herald first 'am; end. Lincoln Journal-Star, prond team. EIGHT-MAN Bruce Weier of O'Neill St. lary’s. center, choice on Omaha /orld-Herald and Lincoln Jour al-Star. SIX-MAN Bob Klabenes of Chambers, enter, Lincoln Journal. Schmaderer, Humphrey and /eier were unanimous selections First Big Car that's tight on its feet —and tight on your budget toot Look it over. Big — brawny — room for the Marines. Step in. Turn the key. Get braced for a surprise. In your first mile of driving, you discover the first big car in history that really is nimble, easy to handle, light on its feet. You boss a B-12000 engine. You command a Flight Pitch Dynaflow.* You switch the pitch a million ways for performance that’s next to perfection. You learn you can own this 1958 Buick Special —this bottom-priced of the B-58 Buick line— for just a fraction more than the well-known smaller cars would cost you. So come drive the B-58 Buick Special. It’s based on more aviation principles than any car in history. It makes your heart take wing. 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Stanton. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Moore spent Thanksgiving in Omaha with Mrs. H. G. Mangan and family. Money to Loan — on — AUTOMOBILES TRUCKS TRACTORS EQUIPMENT FURNITURE Central Finance C. E. Jones, Manager O'Neill Nrhrsaka
