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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1958)
Prairieland Talk— Today He Sits Alone By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South 5Ut St., Lincoln 6. Nebr. UNOQLW He had trod the pathway of life tor mure than four-score years. He had known the struggles, the long hours of toil to maintain and provide for a home; a life's companion, he had known the joys of such fellowship that only hus band and wife can know , the thrill of childhood, his own children, and a home with the family about him. Today he sits alone — home gune, life's companion and sweetheart of his dreams gone, children grown, main taining their own homes and marching on life’s highway until they too some day may sit alone. Fathers who in days now gone sat with his little Johnnie on his knee, mothers that held her baby at her breast, now sit alone. But hear this: Three blocks from where my typewriter is park- Rimaine ed sits a widow, a mother, her Snundt rs son and his family in a distant city, her daughter ami son-in-law in the troubled Middle East. She sits alone in her own home, happy that no one is around to bother her and she can do as she pleases! • • • Mrs. Louis Bartos, chairman of the commit tee that arranged the banquet held Monday even ing, February 3, sent me a complimentary ticket for the feast on chunks of an aristocratic Angus slaughtered for the occasion, and a gracious invi tation to be their guest at banquet l>oard. Nothing would have pleased me more than to have respond ed in [xn-iion, but the best I could do was to write her the story of the little that I know of the early Introduction of Angus cattle in Holt county. "Hav ing read once more your bit of friendly chat from down Lincoln way," she writes, "I find myself wanting to write a few lines your way, as I so of ton do after a chat with you by way of The Fron tier.” So she wrote some of the details of the pre paration tor the banquet and introduces herself and family to the Lincoln "chat" producer. As Holt county ranchers have taken to the black beauties of the Imvine world, so their wives are ladies or culture who write not with a leadpencil but an up todate typewriter. 9 9 9 A Wild BUI came into Lancaster county dur ing the last week in January. In the Bennett community a few miles out from Lincoln three lifeless human bodies were found by officers on a hunt tor the young fellow and his 15-year-old girl companion. The six killings are thought to be the work of the one Individual and htls whole sale killing has southeast Nebraska aroused as nothing before has stirred Its citizens. • • • State Sen. Carpenter of Scottsbluff serving as chairman of that mysterious wonder of legislative creation a "tax committee" or maybe more pro perly not only chairman hut the whole cheese. What the "committee" is trying to do is not very clear to anyone. Anyway, State Sen. Liebers of Lincoln says the committee "violates legislative rules." Now whoever thinks the Terrible Terry of Scottsbluff will be guided by any rules, human or divine? Tax—a headache ever since the decree of Augustus Caesar that "all the world should be taxed." City, county, state, national governments takes money to supply what a ravenous public demands. Might as well fork over that tax on your property, your income and bank account with a smile and joyous heart that you are in the land of the free and home of the brave. • • • As this is composed on my typewriter Lincoln citizens gasp for horror and for shame. Near the close of day yesterday the bodies of three murder victims were discovered in an outlying district of the city. A man, his wife, their two-year-old child lay dead just outside their home. Today officers are on the hunt for that dead woman’s daughter (by a previous marriage' and her "boy friend”. Last week the tragic story came out of Beatrice of a husband and father wiping out the whole family. And a college student in a town 25 miles from Lin coln lay at death's door from a bullet wound in flicted by his student pal in the college. The one guilty of a killing these days if caught gets away with it by serving a few years in prison. Let's have a few hangings like killers were once dealt with. • • * Just a tip to The Frontier’s make-up man— the item about Pat Biglin in this department of January 23 should have followed the story of Hugh Gallagher’s phantom colt. Both these stor ies came from Homer Campbell, a Frontier printer in the days of Editor Jim ltiggs. • • • February, March, November—each start at Ihe week’s end, Saturday. February 1, 1862, Battle Hymn of the Republic, by Julia Ward Howe; Feb ruary 2, Groundhog day, Shay’s Rebellion, 1787, Georgia adopted state constitution, 1777; February 8, Mary Queen of Scots beheaded, 1587; February 11, Thomas A. Edison, bom 1847; February 14. Valentine’s day; Februray 22, Washington’s birth day; he was bom in Westmoreland county, Va., 1782; February 27, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, lK>m 1807. • • • An Omaha product who has been behind pris on walls for 16 years was handed a document by the board of pardon that would let him out on pa role. The prisonef, a convicted murder, declines. His term of imprisonment expires and he will be free next October. Why l>e turned out in the cold in midwinter when permanent release comes so soon at a pleasant season of the pear? • • • Tall and stately grows the cottonwood tree, planted there as a twig by a pioneer’s hand cn prairieland sod spread out as far as he could see. Sod was first laid there where prairieland was bom, before man came along to plant a tree or plow it all up to plant it to com. But both tree and the com we will just pass and stoop down along the way to pluck a sprig of the lowly buffalo grass. Editorial — (We Know What’s Good for You!’ The Holt County Rural School boards associ ation in session here Saturday emphatically re jected the grand K-12 (kindergarten through 12th grade) proposal recommended for Holt county by the state redistricting committee. The state com mittee. composed entirely of professional educators, would rodistrict Holt into two K-12 districts with K-12 schools at O'Neill and Atkinson. Grade schools would be maintained at these two points and exisiting grade schools at Chambers, Stuart, Page, Ewing, Inman and Amelia would continue as attendance centers. There would be other attendance centers throughout the coun ty (where existing schools are good enough and where centralized new schools might he built.) The present four-grade high schools at Stuart, Chambers, Inman, Ewing and Page would be re duced to junior high schools. Busses would be inaugurated to move pupils to and from the K-12 and to and from the various junior high and elementary attendance centers. We think the professional educators in this in stance are screwy. They have conjured up the whole idea with the attitude of "we know what’s good for you and your children, you don’t!” The Holt Rural School Boards, by unanimous acclamation, resolved that reorganization of rural districts be on a voluntary basis; they reaffirmed the stand taken in the past the head of the state education department bo an elected official (in stead of appointed); they opposed any raise in teacher certification requirements. The state education department professes to !>e detached and separate from the University of Ne braska’s redistricting committee. However, lxjth reflect the same line for centralized education. The university committee is not as easily attacked by critics as the state department of education And the head of the state education department, if he were still elective, wouldn’t dream of such whole sale revamping of districts! Granted some redistricting is necessary. Some voluntary redistricting in parts of the county al ready has been accomplished with satisfactory re sults. “They want more money” is the general re action to the professional educators' plan for re districting Holt, gained bp valuations. Considerably new construction would be needed at both O'Neill and Atkinson to accomodate whopping enrollment. Teacher certification has been increased stead ■jjy_forcing shortages in labor union fashion. It's high time people like the Holt Rural School Boards association and the Nebraska School Im provement association blew the whistle! Mac’s Critics Please Read! ((■ueet editorial from Human Events) As America seeks to marshal its full resources in the struggle against commuism, one name ap pears with increasing frequency in Capital conver sation that of General Douglas MacArthur. It is known that the famous general, who marked his 78th birthday January 26. is as acute as ever in the perception of the Communist menace, and as mas terly in his grasp of strategic principle. (Recalled is the verdict of Britain's World War II chief of staff Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke. that MacAr thu- was "the greatest general” of the war.) Why then—comes the question—does not the Eisenhower Administration consult with MacArthur to attain the benefit of his counsel? It is iiimored that Eisenhower has long felt resentment toward MacArthur, his old boss. But surely-it is said such personal animosities should be buried at a time when national security is the overriding considera tion. Those who advocate consultation with MacAr thur point out how prophetically, at the time of the famous ‘‘MacArthur hearings," he foretold the challenges that would confront American policy in te crucial years following Korea. ‘‘If the United States doesn’t bring the Korean war to a decisive and victorious end,” MacArthur told the Senate committee, “she will have to accept all the conse quences of a disastrous defeat.” Even MacArthur’s critics, such as columnists Joseph and Stewart Alsop, have since admitted the correctness of this analysis. Again, MacArthur warned that America’s dog ged “Europe-first” policy ignored the simple real ities of Communist aspiration. “The objective of Russia for many decades,” he said, “was the Med iterranean. . . . Without that, Russia could not dominate and control the world. . . . (Now, there is the additional) possibility of reaching the warm waters of the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. If by any combination she could extend down to the In dian Ocean, she would not only outflank the Med iterranean. . . but it would place her fair and flush upon the continent of Africa. . . " Similarly, in the matter of armament, the Gen eral proved to be well ahead of his critics. The "liberal” line seeking to justify MacArthur’s re moval from his Korean and other commands said that the Soviet armed might was such, in 1951, that the U S. must avoid a showdown, building for a final confrontation in the future. This idea was ad vanced in the hearings by Senators Brien McMa hon (D.-Conn.) and Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.). Mac Arthur answered them: “You assume, of course, that relatively your strength is going up much more than the enemy's. That is a doubtful as sumption, Senator.” And: "... you do not know, none of us know, the capacity of the enemy. He | may build faster than we do.” An object in possession seldom retains the same charms which it had when it was longed for. —Pliny the Younger. A man’s good breeding is the best security against another’s bad manners Chesterfield. Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.—Baloon. Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.—Spurgeon. He prayeth best who loveth best, all things, both great and small.—Coleridge. igfc Frontier 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 tion, National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Terms of 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. Miss Condon to Wed in May The engagement ot Miss catn erine Therese Condon to John Andrew Still, jr , son of the late Mrs. Marguerite Roache Still and John Andrew Still of Brad- j ford. Pa., has been announced ! by the future bride’s mother. | Miss Condon is the daughter of Mrs. Edward Joseph Condon of New York City and the late Mr. Condon. The prospective bride is a graduate of St. Mary’s acad emy, O’Neill, where the family formerly resided. She attended When You & 1 Were Young . . . Will Written in Bohemian Filed Skrala’s Paper Needs Interpreter 50 Y ears Ago Patrick Mullen, 87, died at the home of his son, Edward, five miles north of Emmet. He had been a resident of this county 27 years. . . Three of the children of L. E. Harding, who lost his wife last week with congestion of the lungs (pneumonia) are ill with pneumonia. For a time it was thought the eldest boy would not recover, but Doctor Flynn says the crisis is past. The other child ren are also recovering. The youngpst child is five-days -old. Mrs. Ida Hamilton, a sister-in law of Mr. Harding, came from Albion to care for the children. ... A will written in Bohemian was filed in county court. It was written by Joseph Skrala of Stuart. An interpreter was obtain ed. . . Mrs. Conard, 20, a mother of two children, died at the home of her father-in-law, Frank Con rad of Inman. She was a daugh ter of M. Miller, who lives about six miles south of Inman. . . Hen ry Martfieldt traded his farm north of Emmet for a hotel in Newport. The Frontier will as company him to keep him infor med of doings in old Holt. rorunam uruversiy ana is em ployed b ythe Reynolds Metals company. Mr. Stll graduated from St. Bernard’s Catholic high school and holds a bachelor of science degree in business ad ministration and a science de gree from St. Bonaventure's university. He served as a lieutenant, junior grade, in the navy during World War II Mr. Still presently has interests in several business enterprises in Bradford. A May wedding is planned. 20 Years Ago Willard Clare Claussen, 17, son; of Mr. and Mrs. John Claussen, who live in the Joy neighborhood, was operated on at the Stuart hospital and it was found that his appendix had ruptured. . .A crow killing contest for young people of Brown, Rock. Holt, Keya Paha and Boyd counties was annun ced by game warden, Arthur O. Edmunds of Ainsworth. . . Casper; Wagman, 72, living west of Atkin son, died after an illness of a month. . . Marriage licenses were issued tq Charles W. Richter of Dorsey and Miss Emma Swanson of O’Neill and Dalton Cheyney of Clearwater and Miss Helen Sch roth of Neligh. 10 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. William Metcalf of Chambers celebrated, their 57th wedding anniversary at the home of their son, H. E. Metcalf. The Metcalfs are long-time residents of south Holt. . . I^owost tempera-1 ture of 23-below was recorded! during the week. . . Deaths: Mrs. Louis Hohndorf at Redbird; Char- i les Mulhair at Lynch; Mrs. Sheri dan Simmons of Escondidi, Calif., formerly of O’Neill.. . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kasda of Atkinson quietly observed their 52d wed ding anniversary. Cronins Entertain— Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cronin and family were Mr. and Mrs. Lindy Pischel and family of Ainsworth and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Furstenau and family of Neligh. First Aid Kit in Every Home in County Is Goal PAGE Husbands of the mem bers of the Page extension club were entertained January 21 at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Raymond Heiss. A covered dish meal was served at noon. The afternoon was spent mak ing out the year books. The extension club goals were discussed and the decision was made to make the first aid kit the first project of the year. Heeause all except Mrs. Lisle Mcwmaw and Mi's. Jud Russel were mem ers of the first aid class taught last year by Mrs. Claire Engdahl of O'Neill, the kits will need re placements only. It is the ulti mate goal to have a first aid kit with the accompanying hand book in every' home in the county. lessons were discussed and leaders were appointed. Mrs. Jes se Kelly will be the hostess for the February 18 lesson on "Life Insurance” and Mrs. Dan Trosh ynski will be the leader. Family Party Is Held— PAGE Mrs. A. T. Crumly was hostess to the members of the Golden Rule extension club for the January meeting when year books were filled out. A donation w'as voted for both 1 the polio and the heart fund drive. Mrs. Don Nissen was the win ner of the guessing game contest. A family party was hel at the Improvement club rooms Sat urday, February 1, with a cover ed dish supper. \r 1., ...in February 18 hostess. Mrs. Harold Freemyer and Mrs. Melvin Held will be the leaders for the lesson on “Life Insurance”. -- Other Page Locals Mrs. Lloyd Fusselman was hos tess Wednesday, January 23, to members of the Bid-or-Bye club of an afternoon of bridge playing. At cards Mrs. Frank Cronk held the high score and Mrs. Jerry Lamason received the all-cut award. Mrs. William Hock will be j the February 12, hostess. Members of the Weslyean Miss ionary society met recently for purpose of cleaning the church. Officers of the Women’s Society | of Christian Service and King’s Daughters societies met at the home of Mrs. Harry Harper for an executixe meeting Tuesday, January 21. Plans were discussed for the coming quarter’s activities and reports were filled out for the past quarter. Lunch was ser j ved. The members of the RNA Kens ington were entertained Wednes i day afternoon, January 22, in the home of Mrs. I. O. Wood. The newly-elected officers took over iheir duties at this meeting. Cards furnished the afternoon’s entertain ment. Mrs. Ethel Waring will be the February 12 hostess. Mesdames Anna Sorenson had Mesdames Frieda Asher, Hester Edmisten and Emma Kemper as her guests Monday, Jan. 20, and the same group met at the home of Mrs. Kemper Tuesday evening The NOK club members were Thursday, Jan. 23 guests of Mrs. Emmitt Thompson for a social af ternoon. Lunch was served. Mrs O. A. Wiseman will be the Feb ruary 6 hostess. Pvt. Charlotte Luebeke i s spending her leave with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardt Leu beke. Private Leubeke is station ed at Camp McClellan, Ala., and reported there January 31. Miss Marilyn Donohoe, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dono hoe, celebrated her birthday an niversary Saturday, January 25, at a party for her classmates. ttttTTTTyTTTTTTTTTTVTT I l * » ttt tt riy 10 More Big Days! ROYAL THEATER, O'Neill The Supreme Motion Picture Op Au. 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Sunday e v e n i n g services Children's church, 7; Junior PA's. 7; Christ Ambassadors service, 7; evangel istic service. 8. Wednesday. February 12; Mid week day of prayer. Morning prayer at 10; evening at 8. Prayer changes things. Friday, February 7: A skating party "ill be held for young people at the city pond. Refresh ments in church basement. Alice’s Beauty Shop SUMLINER KF.pCCING MACHINE Phone S83-O’NetU 1 I GOOD HATS deserve factory rebuilding! Cleaned, blocked, re-styled with new bands, bindings and leathers with postage paid back to you . . . tor only — 54 Hats of Distinction Made to Order Styled to your Individual measurement* $10 *0 $100 (Style folder on request) CY LANGDALE CUSTOM HATTER Box X(B» Norfolk. Nebr. i _ _ LAUNDRY FREEDOM New Magic fihitco SENDIX GAS Duomatic that washes and dries clothes in one operation! TRADE NOW Get a beautiful 45-piece set of Brookpark Dinnerware FREE of extra cost. A *699R retail value! 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