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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1958)
Prairiel&nd Talk— Attorney Must Blush for Shame! By BOMA1NE SAI'NDERS. 4110 South Slat 9L, Lincoln 6, Netor. LINCOLN Taxpayers of Lincoln and Lan- j caster county will be presented a bill approaching (100 000 when the Starkweather court actions are •11 over Everyone knows that the hands of that young fell ow are stained with the blood of 11 vic tims He is taken to court and "tried" for what? Maytx' it is the business of the legal profession, but how can an attorney at law stand op to defend such a criminal and not blush for shame. One of those gents with a title end ing with "ist" was brought to Lincoln to testify from a dis tant city and told us that peo ple meant nothing more than a atick of wood to that de praved young killer. If fellow men meant no more to him than that, why did he go from Ronrudne home-tie home to steal and kill launder* rather than to go about picking up sticks to bum? Maybe the expert witness should have his head ex amined? I have a friend in O'Neill, a lawyer, one of the best that ever stood before a jury, who said to me he would not defend a known killer. Give as more such representatives of law and order The murderer — he has forfeited his right to live. m m m It was 54 years ago, a week in June. 1904 Master Bryan Hall reached his 6th milestone and with a group of kids celebrated at the parental home, the wellknown Mr. and Mrs. Charley Hall household. . . Miss Bessie Snyder was home from the State University at Iincoln. . . Miss Mabel Martin returned home from Omaha, where she underwent medical care In a hospital. . . Jim Hamish. deputy county clerk, took on another temporary job to help out during the rush of bus iness at the government land office, . . After be tas "dry" for three weeks saloons were opened again in O’Neill. . . Mrs V. Albertn was enjoying a visit with a sister of hers from Omaha. . . Miss Mary l»rge who had been visiting in the home of tor aunt, Mrs D. H. Cronin, returned home at Randolph • • • From behind the prison walls and reformatory seclusion came recently a number of inmates be fore the state pardon board seeking parole. One killer a Mexican by the name of Salas of Scotts Bluff county, was released from prison after serv ing 11 years of a 35-year prison term on convic tion of killing smother gent of Mexican extraction In a tavern row, where often such performances are often bred and bom. Did the jury and court at Gering meet the demands of law and justice in fixing the penalty, and If so why another group of honorable men clothed with official power come now and turn the killer loose? They must have had sufficient reason, the killer repenant and sor row laden tiecause of the tavern brawl. She who at one time plucked a praine rose as a girl on the grass robed landscape of Holt county, now Mrs Fern Hubbard Orme of our Capital City goes before the public at the November election seeking a seat in the state legislature, and this humble pilgrim will do what he can to see that friend Fern gets it. Women are amendable to our laws, pay taxes and should have a voice in pro moting and enacting laws. I had thought that Holt county might have a woman county assessor, but some six hundred patriots up there though as they went to vote primary election day that assessing is still a man's job, but let a lady preside as coun ty superintendent. Maybe some day we will have a skirt in the governor’s chair down here at the state house. • • • Seasons come and go and we creep along the road of time day by day, the mystery of life unraveled still, why life Is what It Is. Days of plenty, times of next to nothing, rejoicing, sor rowing on through It all we go and wonder at It all. Then we know—no other one creeping along the mad of life can do the Job appointed to you. O Eternal One, make me and you and all of us to understand! • • • From the temples of learning in cities and vil lages throughout the land march again the cream of young America. The youth of our land have been seeking to know the meaning of life and pre pare themselves to carry forward to an ultimate destiny their share of life’s burdens. But few who finish the high school, college or university cour ses of study end up in the penitentiaries The two seats of mental culture in O’Neill preparing young men and women for the duties of life or to go for ward in the realm of higher learning turn out this year over 60 young people in whom not alone their parents but the citizens of the community may well take pride. • • • I attended last evening a party for the gray heads, had a surprise invitation to “say some thing.” Having in the long ago at times tossed a lasso over the horns of an obstreperous bovine I took the preachers, college professors, bricklayers, retired gents of leisure and ladies that never grow old on a trip down the cow trails. Others on the program unloosed the store of wit and humor, or atory of colonial patriots and bit of music. Ladies served us punch and cake. And those who have traveled the highway for just about a life time have their fun as well as the kids. • • • Our vice-president and his charming lady es caped from Latin-Amerlca and arrived in Wash ington with sound bodies and sorrowful memor ies of flying rocks, tin cans and spiteful spit. Official circles down yonder came forward with apologies, maybe chuckling to themselves over the way their university students expressed the South American envy and jealousy felt toward us. Editorial— N.C. Paper Follows Theme Editor’s note: Many of our readers will recall the May 1 editorial in this department that was headed "What's Wrong with Par ents?” The editorial came to the attention at the editor of the Chapel Hill (N.C ) News Leader. In the fine old cultural center of North Carolina the News-Leader editor took occasion to credit us and then develop ad ditional thoughts. The News-Leader editor ial follows: Reprinted from The Chapel Hill News-Leader The editor of The Frontier at O’Neill, Nebr., flunks tough and unruly children are victims, not predators. "It is the children that are suffering from the over-organization of their parents. He mentions a survey showed only one fhther in 10 has a definite relationship with sons In activities such as fishing, hunting, hiking, and similar interests. The fathers if questioned would probably plead lack of time for their families because flieir jobs. business, profession, committees, lod ges, clubs and other outside interests exhaust their time and energies. Probably some children would also add a protest against absentee moth ers. .1_ /"eu:i But we tninK me mniuic svjco dten in mcxiem homes don't have enough to do ■round the house to keep them feeling interested and responsible. In town houses chores are tew. Electricity, invention and gadgets have taken away the odd and small but necessary Jobs that once made children feel themselves a part of the family. And even when a few chores exist, parents are afraid to interfere with their children's social cultural life, and do the work themselves,. getting up early each morning while Junior sleeps till the ultimate hour in order to recover from social exhaustion. Adolescents without enough to do get bored and forsake the home lot for their diversion. Mfence the supremacy of the midnight automo bile. the honkytonk. the furtive night club and the rubber check. From that point on, prema ture cynicism leads to defiance of all adults and trouble with the police. Parents have ab dicated Does that account for some of the wild ness of American life? Let’s Encourage College The high schools in our bailiwick are closed tor the summer and a new crop of graduates, with sheepskins in hand, is stepping out into the world. This editorial is not intended to be another one of those of those high-sounding. God-speed ad monitions Rather it is a brief discussion con cerning higher education. Many of these young people will set out im mediately to make a living and. if possible, make something more than a living. Too many will stop their scholastic training at the end of fheir high school days without realizing the tremendous advantages that will come to them hy pursuing their way through college. The Frontier does not recommed a college course for every boy and girl There was a time when people thought this was a good Idea. but. ■ndoubtedly there are some boys and girls who will not take advantage of toe educational op portunities that can be obtained. These might •bD go to work, whether they are sons and daughters of parents who have the means or do not have the means to send their own to an institution of higher learning. A few weeks ago a young man about to step out into the world came to us for counsel. He had a trade school in mind. His family, with limited resources, was recommending a trade school. But, in our opinion, here was a chap who has the talent and ability to become a pro fessional man. We urged him with all the en thusiasm we could muster to elect his field and go at it—even if he has to knock off a year or so for fund-raising and even if his progress is slowed by the necessity of having to work his way. We're wondering if it wouldn’t be a good idea for all of us this summer to urge the high school graduates to give serious thought to the possibility of attending college. The right in stitution and the right personal application can make a difference in the life that lies ahead. Proper Observance The observance of memorial day is one of the finest traditions in the American way of life. While the formal observance in many cities and towns is not the community-wide effort it used to be the real spirit of memorial day is kept alive by the family groups who set aside the day for decorating the graves of loved ones and by vet erans groups who religiously pay respects to the memory of fallen comrades. Memorial day is a somber day by its nature and it should be observed as such. We, personally, feel the screwball Indianapolis race show and the hell-bent other activities void of respect to the deceased are out of order. A half-million people at Indianapolis, how ever, won’t agree with us. Our own Romaine Saunders, 87, author of Prairieland Talk, might well be emulated by oth ers when memorial mom arrives. Each year he comes to O’Neill, arriving the night before or on the early morning train. Before the city comes to life he makes his pilgrimage to the ceme tery, places a modest decoration on the graves of his departed wife, father, mother, brothers and sisters. We know Mr. Saunders well enough to know he offers little prayers at the edges of those graves and his morning hours are spent in devoted respect to hte memory of his own. He invariably makes the trip to and from the ceme tery afoot. And if occasion demands it, Mr. Saunders can orate to an audience, too, and the listeners will emerge with the full meaning of memorial day. ^we 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, J3.S0 per year; elsewhere in the United States, $3 per year; rates abroad provided upon request All sub scriptions payable in advance. When You A I Were Yora* . . . Next President of Bryan in Memorial Day Address 50 Years Ago Excursion rates for the Repub lican national convention in Chi cago are S19 60 return trip on the Chicago and Northwestern Rail road. . . A front page ad in The Frontier states that the next pres ident of the U. S, William J. Bryan, will speak at O'Neill May 30. . . Emmet had eight runs to O’Neill's four . at O’Neill. Joe Murphy and Herb Hammond got the only hits made by O’Neill. 30 Years Ago Mrs. Augusta McPharlin receiv ed word from her son, Eldon, who is now in Los Angeles, Calif., that he had passed the Califor nia state bar examination. Eldon is another O’Neill boy who work ed his way through school and is bound to make a success of his chosen profession. . . Lloyd W. Crippen, 52, died of cancer. . . John C. Mullen and sons, Gerald and John, and nephew. Arthur of Omaha, visited here and at Page. 10 Years Ago Robert L. Allen, 19, graduated from Creighton university in Omaha. He is believed to be the youngest recipient of a bachelor’s degree in the history of the in stitution. . . Deaths: Little three year-old Gerald Hupp, who lived south of Ewing, was crushed by a car which jumped the curb at Neligh; Anna M. Sauser, 78, of O'Neill; Mrs. Hilda Bowen, 69, of O’Neill from bums suffered in her home. . . The Janousek sis ters, Miss Mary Ann and Miss Martha were married in a double wedding. One Year Ago Deaths: Bartley Brennan, 44, of Norfolk, formerly of O’Neill: Robert Earl Kersch 30, of Spen cer, under loader; Earl Allen, 86, of Spencer: Lewis W Berry, 97, of Atkinson: Jacob Hoerle, 75, of Chambers. Venus News Mrs. Bryon Finch was hostess to the Help-U club on Wednesday, May 21. Dinner was served at noon Eleven members were present. The afternoon was spent in em broidering tea towels. Mrs. Clar ence Finch received door prize. The next meeting yill be on June 4 at the home of Ethel Waring. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Boelter son were Wausa visitors on Tues day, May 20. Mrs. George Jeffrey and fam ily enjoyed a visit from her moth er, Mrs. Thompson and daughter and Mrs. Jefrey’s daughter, Juan ita, and three children of Winner, S. D. on Tuesday, May 20. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Finch ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. Lon Pitchier and family of Norfolk went to Lincoln Saturday, May 10, and visited at the Harlan Spath home. They returned home the following evening. Mrs. Ora Caskey and twins vis ited at the home ofher parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Porter on Friday, May 16. Mr. and Mrs. Lary Brookhouser and Mr. and Mrs Ralph Brook houser were Sunday, May 18 vis itors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bartos and family. Lloyd Holliday of Orchard was sowing grass seed at his farm on Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16, in this vicinity. Callers at the Ralph Brookhous er home on Monday, Mayl6, were Billie Marcellus and Johnnie Pers sell of O'Neill and Richard Cum mings of Columbus. Arrives From Washington— ATKINSON—Mrs. Faye Puckett of Edmonds, Wash., visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Puckett and Ma bel Hammerberg from Wednes day afternoon, May 21, until Sat urday afternoon. She is a form er resident. Last Thursday guests of Mrs. Ethel Frisch and sons were Mr and Mrs. Bennie Dryak and Jeanie of Verdigre. Lynch News Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hamilton j of Creighton visited at George Thayers last week. Billy Spelts, youngest son of Mrs. Glenn Stewart, reenlisted i as a jet aircraft mechanic at the 1 Sioux City air base. Billy was in the air force from 1954 to 1957 j His grade is Airman first class. Mr and Mrs. Dwayne Haber | of Pierre, S. D., visited at the! George Thayer and Lemon Huber! homes the May 17-18 weekend. | Albert Ladely of Gordon and Anna Carson of Redbird spent Friday afternoon with Mr. and I Mrs. John Hurd. Mr. and Mrs Howard Ander-; son and Mrs. Betty Anderson were O'Neill visitors Tuesday, ! May 20. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stewart and sons were in O'Neill Thurs day evening to attend the high school graduation exercises. Their nephew was a class mem ber. Mrs. Leonard Anderson is mov ing her furniture to her home in Bristow Mrs Rose Kriz is in Phoenix, Ariz., visiting her daughter. Mrs. Nordby Larsen, and husband. Cecil Zink spent several days j with his two brothers. Hawley and Lowell, at the Hawley Zink home | in the west end of the county Ce ! cil arrived here from Manhat tan, Kans., where he had stayed with his son, Eldon and family. He is visiting his daughter, Mrs Chester Hammon. and family also other relatives and friends. Willard Placek came Friday to spend his first furlough with his I parents, Mr. and Mrs Ludvig i Placek His parents met him at Pickstown, S. D. Mrs. Claude Pickering and daughters of Holt county spent | Thursday evening with Mr. and i Mrs. John Hurd. Mr and Mrs. Lorie Micanek were in Hartington Sunday even 1 ... „_ Mr. ana 1VLTS. r^U m/umcui turned Sunday, May 18, from Phoe nix, Ariz., where they had visit ed their son, Lyle, and family and also their daughter, Barbara. Mr. and Mrs. Vac Jedlicka spent last Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Anton Wasatka. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Courtney and Sharon and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kolund and family spent Thursday evening with Mrs. Hannah Streit. The fifth and sixth grades en joyed their picnic in the Ray Wilson grove. Sharon Courtney attended the district 32 school picnic Sunday, Mav 18. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spencer spent the May 17-18 weekend at the William Stauffer home. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stewart and sons attended the picnic in district 32, Highland school Sun day, May 18. Dorothy Purviance was the teacher. Mr and Mrs. Charles Court ney were O'Neill visitors Thurs day. _ . , , Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ladely of Gordon spent Wednesday after noon, May 21, with Mr. and Mrs. John Hurd. Mrs. Clarence Kolund and chil dren spent Wednesday afternoon, May 21, at the Howard Anderson home helping Patti celebrate her birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pinker man of Kimball spent Friday at the John Hurd home. Mr. and Mrs. William Stouffer spent lliursday at the Lloyd Spencer home. Veldon Lee is doing construc tion work at Creighton. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mulhair and Mrs. Frank Weeder were O’ Neill visitors Friday. Several men from here attend ed the Boyd county Knights of Columbus meeting at Spencer Thursday evening. Amateur Contest Winners Announced LYNCH—The amateur contest sponsored by the American Le gion auxiliary was well attend ed Monday, May 19. Voting for the winners was done by ballot. 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Hobbs & wf 5-3-58 $2500- Lots 12 & 13 Blk 21- Ewing. WD Emma Heuton to Pearle E Wahl 4-25-58 $1—West 30 ft lot 5 Blk 42—Western Town Lot Co Add Atkinson. WD—Carrie Keating, et al to Robert C Keating & wf no date $1 Lots 1 & 8 Blk 32—Bitneys Add Atkinson. WD- Ella B. Mulhair to Claud A Hamilton & wf 5-9-58 $1- & exchange— lot except the South 18 inches in Blk 3 Hazelets Add G’Neill. 4 WD—Claud A Hamilton to Ella B Mulhair 5-9-58 $1 & exchange East half lot 3 and So 18 inches of E lot 2 Blk 3 Hazelets Add— O’Neill. WD- Frances Milner, et al to Kathryn McShane 4-24-58 $1175 — Lot 4 Blk 33 Wixons Add and Lots 1-5-6-7 Blk 36- Wixons Add Atkin son. WD Robert Gaylor to Anton J Tasler 5-20-54 $10,000 West 63 feet lots 5-6-7 Blk 1—Original Town— Atkinson Sheriffs Deed Loo S Tomjack Sheriff to Lew A Carter & wf 5 12-58 $207616- IiOts 3 & 4 Blk 48 McCaffertys Add -O'Neill. WD Robert H. Clifford to Odd Fellows & Rebekah Building Assn. 5-14-58 $4000 West 42 ft. lot 17 and west 36 ft lots 18 & 19 blk 6 Original Town of Atkinson. Leo S. Tomjack, Sheriff to E C. Weller 5-14-58 $31,949 03 Part of SWUNWVi 29-29-11 and SEV4 22-29-11 and Lots 1-2-3-4 Blk D — Goldens Subdivision O’Neill and CONTRACT BRIDGE TOURNAMENT VALENTINE — JUNE 8 Jordan Hotel, 2 P.M. Entry fee—$4.(X) per couple, to be divided as follows: $2.00 Prize Fund $2.00 Expense Mail entries to Bridge Tourn ament, Box 547, Valentine, Nebr., no later than June 5. FREE COFFEE Tournament will be mana ged by experienced supervis or. FREE DANCE Ash Grove Hall Sunday, June 1 HONORING THE EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES: Marlene Soucek Marvin Soucek Allen Cemousek Robert Frank GIVEN BY: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Soucek Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Cemousek Mr. and Mrs. Joe Frank Music by RHYTHM RAMHIJORS of Verdlgre EVERYONE WELCOME! - . I Lots 7-8 4 9 Blk E4 Fahy's 2nd Add O’Neill. SO- Leo S Tomjaek. Sheriff to Holt County 5-14-58 $32.32 Lots 11 to 15 inclusive -Blk 28 Page. SI> Leo S Tomjaek. Sheriff to Holt Co. 5-14-58 $30 76 Lots 11-12 413 Blk 18—Page Security Representative Is Coining— A representative or the Norfolk i social security office will be at the Holt county courthouse here ram 9:30 ant., until 3:30 p.m., on ! Thursday, June 5. Self-employed appplicants are to bring extra copies of their 1956 and 1957 tax returns, receipts showing that the self-employment tax is paid, and proof of age. Sunday I • nests— Sunday dinner guests of Mr ! and Mrs. Billy Perry were Mrs Walt Spangler and family of Ew ing. Another guest of the Per rys recently was her sister, Mrs. Lottie Conley of Midwest, Wyo,, ; who was here for two weeks. To Schuyler— Mr. and Mrs. Joe McLelsh and family plan to go to Schuyler! Friday, to visit his mother, Mrs j Goldie McLeish. 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