Prairieland I alk— Eggs on Easter a Pagan Custom By ROM AIN E SAUNDERS. 4110 South 51s: St., Lincoln 6, N>br. IJNOOLN Another Good Friday, another Easter Sunday, another ntbnth of April, another spring day dawns on prairieland. Easter comes early this year April 6.. Last year April 21 was observed as Easter. Why should the anniversary in memory of a great event fall on different dates? Easter date is determined by the first Sunday after the first full moon after the 21st of March, according to our almanac. It was long ago I took off across open prairie on mission one Sunday morning Met up with a guy who asked me. Mow many eggs did you eat this morning? I had none for my breakfast; then it occurr ed to me that it was Easter. Well, said he, I downed 18 and my wife ate 16. There are still a few eggs if you go for the pagan custom of observing Easter, but rath er bow your head and reflect H umane on what Mary Magdalene saw Saunders that morning of the first day of the week at an empty tomb in old Jerusalem. • • • The snows and frosts of winter have melted away under the glow of the early spring sun high In the azure blue above. The time of the year has come for the song birds to be heard again on prairieland, the brown of autumn to become green, flowers to bloom again. Nature awakes from the winter sleep of death, as mankind now marching on to joining the multitudes wrapped in the sleep of death will some day come forth to newness of life. The time of sowing and planting has come again when prairieland puts on the robe of green verdure, dotted with floral bloom, colors rich and rare. look out this morning— Springtime comes to our favored land, Given to us from the immortal Hand, The gloom of winter's cold frosty nights and days, Now gone as we enter upon spring’s pleasanter ways. • • • After 10 days enjoying prairieland hospital ity, the expert departed for his Pacific coast state home, $1,300 of Lincoln’s taxpayers money in his pocket and leaves the gratifying word that our |Ndiee force did alright in the Starkweather murderous outburst. Of the four doctors select ed by the court to pass on the sanity of the young killer, three decline to lake on the job. • • • If former president HST knows It all why does he not go down to the congressional halls in Washington and advise his party friends that are in control of congress what to do instead of travel ing the country over slashing at President Eisen hower. Former President Hoover did not blow off partisan hogwash at either Mr. Truman or Mr. Roosevelt, but advised what measures to adopt when invited to do so. Two streets below Douglas street, between First and Second, in the long ago. there was the home of Dan Connoly and wife, O'Neill’s first bak ers and bread merchants; to the west of them Dave Selkirk and family to the west of them a new home being established. For many years that new dwelling was the home of Jim Hafnish and family, his sister and mother. Where now are the occupants of those three pioneer dwellings? Even the house of one family is gone. The Harnisb house still stands, not as put there in the begin ning Irut enlarged by additional rooms And where is the family. Gone some lying under the sod up on the hill, others living elsewhere. But one re mains. Miss Ruth Harnish faces cheerfully life's gathering shadows in the home of her childhood. Connoly returned to Cans fa where they came from. Selkerks went to Sioux City when the Short Line was built. And so the onward march of time plants and pulls up. • • • O’Neill’s Grattan township library. Miss Bernadette Brennan librarian, Ls among the state libraries holding district library meetings. The meeting in O’Neill to be held April 28. • • • Governor Anderson is quoted or misquoted as saying the 1960 election will put a democrat in the white house. Will that mean we will be involved in another war as we w’ere under three former democratic presidents? Sons, grandsons, young husbands and fathers fall on the blood stained battle fields, desolated homes, sorrowing fathers and mothers; heartbroken young wives, orphaned children. Eight years at peace with the nations of earth under President Eisenhower—eight years of prosperity and plenty; eight years of domestic tranquility, some problems, some difficulties, but no drumbeat calling our stalwart youth to muster on the field of battle. Maylie Governor Anderson feels, as others do, that throughout Yankeelnnd fickle man lays the slump in some business circle at the door of the White House, though President Eisenhower has had about as much to do with it as Editor Cal or one of my grandchildren. • * * Walter O’Malley, that sturdy Holt county rancher out txnvard the Eagle creek, turned a couple of steers into cash to ‘‘blow in” on a trip to Montana and California. An interesting letter came from Walt mailed at San Luis Obispo, Calif., in which he tells of his visit with Montana Jack and others of the Sullivan family who know the O'Neill community as home before they succumbed to the lure of distant lands. Jack was overtaken a year ago by a crippling illness. Walt writes that Jack is up and about now, which is good news to his prairieland friends, and plans a visit to O’ Neill this coming summer, so Prairieland Talker wall plan for a trip to O’Neill at that time. The steer money atxuit gone maybe, Mr. O’Malley plans to be home by Easter. • • * In the Library of Congress is a copy of the world’s smallest book. The little volume is less than one inch square. It’s only message is the Lord’s prayer. Printed in English by a Dutch publisher, the type so small it can be read only by the aid of a strong magnifying glass. The pub lisher was two years in getting out the book. Editorial— Unadulterated Control The fallacy of federal control in any field is graphically revealed in Nebraska's experience with the labor wage scale in connection with interstate highway construction. State Engineer L. N. Hess made a futile trip to Washington in an effort to keep interstate em ployees’ wages compatible with other highway con struction wages in the Omaha-Lincoln area. But the department of lalxir says no the labor wage scale must !>e whooped. This tactic in Washing ton further proves the interstate is nothing more than a giant WPA project planned and designed for pump-priming of the nation's economic and employment ills. The result of Washington-dictated policy is readily apparent. Federal participation (90 per cent of the interstate dollar is from the federal treasury) is accompanied by rigid federal controls. This land of ours is crowded with do-gooders who want federal aid to education. These enthu siasts blindly proclaim the federal aid would not necessarily mean federal control. But those who adhere to that philosophy simply are not aware of the facts of life. Federal aid means control; in creased state aid means more state control. The interstate costs for Nebraska are sky rocketing by leaps and bounds, and the depart ment of labor ruling is by no means a small factor. Then there are those who feel the federal gov ernment’s 90 percent “sales package” is something that can’t be passed up. Apparently these people are turning their backs to the fact the federal treasury had to exact the money in the first place from the people, and the dollar shrinks alarming ly on its dubious trip from here to Washington and back. Someone has said if Nebraska and the 47 other states arranged their own highway building, eliminating the great white father, the interstate could lie built for a fraction of the contemplated eosts. Putting money in circulation is the theory. And, apparently, it will be the practice accom panied by unadulterated control. Ready, Aim, Fire! (Dakota County Star) From all appearances the democrats in Ne braska are showing signs of a renaissance after they had frankly admitted Nebraska was “almost to point where we were a one-party state.” The Third district of Nebraska in which we live, appears to be sparking the climb which should concern the die-hard republicans. And the democrats are readying both barrels in their attack upon the republican office holders. An Omaha paper, which has been kind to the OOP party for years, was referred to as the "Worst-Herald”. The demos have taken cheer in the realization that even the Herald has supported an occasional democratic candidate of late, Larry Brock’s defeat in the mail count two years ago was blamed on “some sort of republi can miscount”. Victor E. Anderson was addressed as “our own smiling governor”, making jest at Vic’s Pep sodent look which he usually displays before the shutter bugs. Third District Congressman Bob Harrison was labeled as this area’s "mis-representative”. Whether such attacks are warranted or in good taste, is a matter of conjecture. However, it does show that the democrats are going all out in an attempt to break the re publican stronghold in the state and especially the Third district. There is no doubt that the Third district is a two-party area, having as its ace in the hole per haps the top demo political candidate in the state. We think it’s a good sign. Whether in politics or in business, too often the lack of competition encourages laxity'. Intricate Teamwork, Planning News contributions local and regional in char acters are solicited by this newspaper. The avalanche of professional mailing that reaches our desk through the medium of paid publicists is something else. Much of the latter category of “nows” is thinly-veiled advertising or is designed to espouse a cause of some type. Most of the latter type "news" finds its way immediate ly into a large, round wastebasket. Ninety-nine percent of the other news is pub lished. Only contributions that ever are intention ally omitted is because the contribution is several weeks old when it is received, and the space is al lotted to fresh items. Not infrequently more than one thousand individual news items appear in a single issue of The Frontier, not to mention the pictures and features and, of course, advertising. It’s a colossal job publishing a newspaper the size of The Frontier and involves intricate team work and planning. Not Enough Places According to The Ashland Gazette, a farmer near Ashland recently was confronted with a real problem when an elderly Chester White sow gave birth to 19 pigs. The problem was, in the words of the farmer, the mother hog had "only 14 place settings.” The problem was met when the farmer bought an electrically heated milk warming pail equipped with enough outlets to keep the surplus five pigs happily fed. Comes now a defector from a soviet guided missle base who said in London the Russian scien tists have had a few misfires and accidents with their “baby moons” and, incidentally, killed 130 people. But strict censorship enabled the reds to gain full impact when successful launchings of Sputniks I and 11 were announced. jjgJgL Front® CARROLL W STEWART, Editor and Publisher Entered at the postoffice in O'Neill, Holt coun ty, Nebraska, as second-class mail matter under j the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. This news paper is a member of the Nebraska Press Assocla- ; tion. National Editorial Association and the Audit j Bureau of Circulations. Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, 52.50 per year; elsewhere In the United States, 53 per year; rates abroad provided upon request. All sub scriptions payable in advance. ’ When You & I Were Young . . . Kane Thrown from Buggy and Killed Companion Unhurt in Accident • . 50 Years Ago Dennis Kane, a pioneer resi dent living about six miles east of Atkinson, was thrown from his huggy and was killed instantly. John Hurley was with him at the time, but he was only shaken. . . Another old settler has passed to the great beyond. James Sulli van. or "Uncle Jim”, as he was familiarity known around the courthouse where he had worked for many years in the recorder’s office, died of heart failure. A native of Ireland, he came to O' Neill from Michigan and settled on a farm one mile north of the city. He leaves his widow; sons Phillip. Jack. Jerry'. Daniel and Eugene and a daughter. Miss Mary . . . Mr and Mrs. John C. Hayes, formerly of O'Neill, came from their home in Park City. Utah, with the Ixxiy of their son. Leo. 17. Leo was born here and his parents are remembered by the older inhabitants. Mrs. Hayes is the sister of S. F, Mc Nichols. 20 Years Ago Fred Robertson slipped and fell from a ladder and sustained ;t badly sprained ankle. He was connecting a pipe to pump fuel oil from a tank car dowm at the railroad tracks. Mr. Robertson is employed by the Interstate Power company . . Deaths: Mrs., Sarah Jane Wolfe, a resident of1 Holt county for 65 years; Mrs. Mabel Pond of Stafford. . . Roy W. Carroll, superintendent of the O'Neill schools for six years, tendered his resignation. . . Mrs. Emery Peterson slipped and fell down the back stairs of her apart ment and received a broken col larbone. . . Representative to Imys’ state are Harold Hunt and Hugh McKenna from the O’Neill schools and Jacques Kersenbrook and Robert McDonough from St. Mary's academy. McKenna and McDonough are tlhe alternates. 10 * t«r«t «uo Thugs entered three offices with the loot totaling $223. The firms entered were 'Spelts-Ray Lumber Co.; Shelhamer Oil and Equipment Co. and J. B. Ryan Hay Co. . . Kieth Abart is the new Holt county service officer. . . . Deaths: Charles J. Bursell, 65, a Chambers resident for 40 years; Arthur James Boelter, 63, a longtime resident of the Wal nut community; Mrs. Peter Hughes, about 80, a resident of O’Neill about 50 years, at her home in Omaha. One Year Ago M. J. Golden, Dr. E. M. Glea son and Fred Heerman were vic tors in the election of members to the city council. . . William J. Froelich will become a Knight of St. Gregory, it was announced this week. It is one of the highest lay honors bestowed by the Ro man Catholic church. . . Tony Asimus, who has been in business 23 years, sold his implement and auto business to Oscar Spitaen berger and Max Derry. . . Har old Weier and Dale Fetrow are new members of the hoard of education. . . Atkinson was shy about 30 votes to pass the bond issue of $33,000 for the proposed new swimming pool. . . Tre tem perature was 60 degrees on the 1st day of March. Purchase Two-Room Mouse for Replacement— CHAMBERS- Mr. and Mrs. Wado Davis and two children, ages 12 and 10. are now living in a two room house that has been moved onto their place tempor arily. Their farm home was destroy ed by fire Thursday, March 20, while the family was away. Insurance adjusters blamed the cause of the fire on faulty electric wiring. The two-room dwelling was moved from the Asa Watson ranch southwest of Amelia. Mrs. Wood, Son Feted— Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Caskey attended a birthday party in hon or of her sister, Mrs. Robert Wood and son, Bobby, of Page. The affair was held at Page Sun day. Mrs. Wood's birthday anni versary was Saturday and Bobby’s was Monday. Sue Shephard Is 7— Sue Shepard celebrated her sev enth birthday anniversary Friday at a party at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Mil ler. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Kaiser visited their daughter, Mrs. War ren Seger, and Mr. Seger Sunday in Lincoln. Make Reservations Now! treat the family at Easter Dinner Serving from 12 noon until 2 p.m., and from 5:30 until 10 p. m. The Town House Phone 273 for reservations! Ed Alford, 67, Rites at Bonesteel LYNCH Funeral services for Ed Alford. 67, were held Friday, March 28, at Bonesteel, S. D. Burial was in the Alford ceme tery southwest of Monowi near the farm home where Ik* was raised. The late Mr. Alford died at Ro chester, Minn., where he had gone for medical aid. His daugh ter, Lorraine, was near him. He was a brother of Bill Al ford. and Mrs. Kenneth McMeen, lx)th of Lynch, and Mrs. John Haun of Spencer. Martin Christensen Burial at Verdel LYNCH Funeral sendees for Martin Christensen, were hold in Verdel Saturday, March 29. Burial was in the Verdel cemetery. The late Mr. Christensen was a native of Denmark He and his family lived at Lynch in the twenties. He died at the Sacred Heart hospital Tuesday, March 25. Survivors include: Daughter Mrs. Delbert Shaw of Verdel: sons Russell of California and Norton of St. Paul, Minn. Lynch Seniors to Omaha on Sneak LYNCH The Lynch high school seniors left early Friday morning for Omaha where they spent their annual sneak day. Don Allen took them by hus. Group Elects Two New Officers— EWING The Past Matron's club and Star Kensington were entertained at the home of Mrs. William Spence Friday afternoon. Out-of-town members in atten dance were Mrs. Maud Prion and Mrs. Leonard Hales, both of Ne ligh. Guests were Mrs. J. H. Wunner and Mrs. E. Ruby. At the business session, new officers were elected: Mrs Spence, president, and Mrs. Henry Fleming, secretary-treas urer. Retiring officials are Mrs. Waldo Davis and Mrs. Elmer Bergstrom A lunch was served by the hos tess. Ilrbck Arrives at Depot in franco— LYNCH Army Pvt. Eugene W. IIrt)ek, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil M. Hrbek of Lynch, recent ly arrived in France and is now a member of the U. S. army engineer depot. A clerk-typist in the depot’s headquarters detachment, Hrl>ek entered the army last September. He completed basic training at Ft. Carson, Colo. A 1953 graduate of Lynch high school, Hrbek is a 1955 graduate of Norfolk Junior college. He was employed by the Firestone store in Norfolk before entering the army. Garden Plant Diseases Studied— The Pleasant Brook 4-II club met at the Cletus Muff home Tuesday, March 18. All members were preesnt. Two new members joined— Elaine and Jodine Funk. We dis cussed a song for fun night. Each member gave a report on dis eases of garden plants. Next meeting will be held at the Clarence Schmiser home April 21. Make Plans for Cancer Drive— PAGE — Mesdames N e v e n Ickes, jr., and Ray Snell, Melvin Held and Frank Beelaert met at the home of Mrs. Dan Troshyn ski, chairman of the cancer drive here, to formulate plans to can vass the district. The cancer drive will be in pro gress during the week of April 13-19. PHONE FIRM INCORPORATES ATKINSON—T h e South Side Telephone company of Atkinson Thursday filed articles of in corporation with the secretary of state at Lincoln. Easter DANCE SUMMERLAND BALLROOM —EWING— Sunday, April 6 BILL STOURAL and His Orchestra Rhythm that teases; Music that pleases! Lynch News Mr and Mrs Frtxi S{**neer spent Sunday, March 23, with rel i atives in Norfolk Alhert Miller moved to his farm northeast of Lynch, recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Ed i Johns. Melvin Haselhorst of O'Neill visited at the Beryl Moody home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs Martin Jehorek were business visitors in O'Neill Thursday. Mr and Mrs Beryl Moody and Mr. and Mrs C. L. Haselhorst snent Wednesday. March 26. at the Dale Audiss home in Anoka. The men attended the livestock sale at Butte in the afternoon. Mr, and Mrs Merle Sieler spent Thursday evening at the Dayton Sieler home near Monowi Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hav ranek spent Friday afternoon at the Glen Hull home. They also called at the Leo Kalkowski home l>efore going home. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Neilson and son. Delbert, Mr. and Mrs. Del bert Wade and Mr. and Mrs C. L. Haselhorst were business vis itors in O’Neill Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Haselhorst called at the home of their son. Melvin, in the afternoon. Mar jean Weeder i s staying with Sharon Courtney while her parents are away Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kolund and family were Sunday, March 23. dinner guests at the Martin Jehorek home. In the afternoon they all motored to the Ernest Vomaeka home in Gregory', S. P,. and visited there the remainder of the day. Mrs. Therza Crawford has been in Menlo. Ia.. where she attend ed the funeral of a relative Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis of Monowi v isited at the Gerald Lee home Sunday, March 23. Mrs Phyllis Mulhair and fam ily and Mrs. Jonas Johnson have gone to Lincoln and plan to re turn to Lynch for Easter vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Scho chenmaier of Bonesteel, S. D., and Mrs. Dale Rarta of Verdel as sisted at the All>eii Kalkowski home here Wednesday. March 26. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johns moved to their acreage southeast Lynch. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weeder returned home Tuesday, April 1, from a trip to Ft. Knox, Ky., where they attended U. S. ser vices in which their son, Carl, took part. Carl had completed his national guard stay in the army and returned home with them. Enroute home they visit ed in Chicago, 111., also other points of interest. Wallace Moffett and Donald Johnson were business visitors in Omaha last Thursday and Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hull of Verdel were Lynch visitors on Friday. Laurence Kalkowski, Emil Ko val, Keith and Kenneth Stewart came Friday to spend Easter with homefolks from their school work in Lincoln. Gary Schmidt of Spencer also accompanied them home. Louis Novak of Norfolk was a business visitor here Tuesday, March 25. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mahlendorf and daughters were in O’Neill | Thursday afternoon. Dr. Joseph David returned home late Friday from attending medical convention. Doctor Quinn of Lincoln looked after the patients here during Doctor Da vid's absence. Marlin Lewis assisted Herman Lindgren with choivs at the \Ycod er farm during their absence the past weekend. Mrs Kenneth Fish of Gross spent Wednesday, March 25, with Mrs Leonard Havranek. Mrs. Laura Wurtz returned to her work in Y’ermillion. S. D., on Tuesday, March 25. having come home to attend the funeral of I wo King at Atkinson Tuesday, March IS Joe Higlin and Gone Schmei chel of O’Neill were business vis itors here Saturday. Eddie Birger looked after the chores for Leonard Havranek while they weiv in California on a trip. Mrs. Hill Spencer and Mrs. Iwo | Kalkowski spent Thursday after noon with Mrs. Leonard Hav ranek. Parents visited school in dis trict 62 Thursday afternoon ob serving the regular school work. Mrs. Lorie Micanek, teacher, ser ved lunch in late afternoon, Margaret Stenger and Mrs Al beit Kalkowski attended the spring NOC\V deanery board meeting at the M & M cafe Thurs day afternoon. Other Boyd coun ty people who attended the nuvt ing were Rev. Robert Steinhaus on. Mesdames Harold Hargens and Roivrt Krotter and Joe Jant la r of Spencer, also Mesdames nk Reiser and Herman Schultz of Butte. Ttie spring deanery meeting will bo held May i> at Spencer. Mrs. Mary Fuseli called on Mrs Billy Spencer Thursday af ternoon. Billy Halva is working with the REA telephone crew at Osage, Kans. Mr and Mrs. Merle Sieler and Susan spent Sunday, March 30, at the George Sieler home. Receive Baptism CHAMBERS The following re ceived baptism at the Chaml>ers Methodist church Sunday morning : Michael Lubken, son of Mr and Mrs. Norman Lubken; Madeline and Dennis Cook and Kenneth Coolidge, all of Chambers. I Make the Switch to I i Rambler i i Save money every mile you drive 1 ■- ---■ | Rambler sales are up 65.2%! Good reason. Rambler | ■ 6 with overdrive holds 3 NASCAR Economy Rec- ■ « ords, less than \* Come choose from the most beoutifol hots in all fashion-iandl Every new spring color ... every exciting silhouette! 2.98 - 15.00 In whites . . . and all the newest shades! The Apparel Shop » WINNIE BAIKiER, Ownor J | ! i* i I I t I I M It M t millIMt | ' ’