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®
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’ 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.
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