Prairieland Talk— 1
Prairie Wolf Never Fails
Bv BO MAINE SAl'NDEBS, 4110 South 51« St.. Uncoln «, Nebr.
I .INCOI-N Storms of spring time have blown
the final gale, long summer days spread a glow erf
sunshine again on prairieland. and there on a dis
tant hill glows the crimson streak of the dawn of
another July morning.
We arise from the bed. shake off the dreams
of nignt and step out into the open, City dwellers
are on the stir and soon must
be "down town” to resume the
day's work.
I walk again where prainc
mses bloom, hear the morning
song of the meadow lark, and
there goes that Carpenter kid
on a horse loping across the
grass-robed green to round up
the cows and bring them in, it
is milking time again. Hot sum
mer days, calm summer even
ings. starlit nights, and we hear
the mournful call of the coyote nwinders
out there on a hill as he an
nounces the coming of a rain storm.
And even as I write the rain clouds gather high
above. Man's "weather prognostecators fall but
the prairie wolf never.
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Turn your eyes upon our Capital City, look
away from the dark picture of lands afar where the
. , n(.f vet been turned to the plowshare and
I" ^ • week of ceremony, functions
* of one kind or another unveiling a monument erect
ed to the memory of a dead soldier of the air out at
th ijncoln airbase, it was brought to a close Sun
day June 23 when 76 thousand persons from our own
S b- taunt., iron, neighboring
from distant Pacific coast points took in the •
i the base where a lake was the scene of ded
ication rites and airplanes floated about in milttary
formation The crowds saw. rejoiced and thanked
God for a happy life of peace and plenty "
land far removed from the scenes of violence ana
S dlsonler. Automobllles so numerous at the
.cones that it took about an hur and a half to clear
the grounds of traffic.
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Weather conditions ideal, wheat was never
sas assess
for bay .Id to ta P™
ising tvvo tons to the acre.
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Trading stamps, tickets for tho prize drawing,
cut prices and other inducements to come in and
spend your money. Who will lie the flt^ of taking
automobile with the purchase of a can
powder? _ __
I spent some time with him yesterday. He.
a venerable fellow creature who has come down
life’s trail for more than four score years, a year
ago saw his life’s companion breath her last as he
sat at her bedside; no sons, no daughters, and he
lives alone, knows how to maintain his home clean
and in order. Alone, he faces the gathering shad
ow’s of life’s last hours. Othtrs such as he lonely
men, lonely women sitting today wondering if it
will be the last. Spare an hour as the days trot by
and visit a lonely soul to cheer such with a smile,
with friendly talk.
• • •
Mr. Adams has been drawn through the ring
of scandal mongers down there in Washington,
comes out with head erect. President Ike will
not kick out one he esteems unjustly accused just
to make votes for himself and his political group.
I admire him for that.
• • •
The drumbeat of eternity stilled their voice,
palsied the hand that wrote, and there they lie under
Ihe sod in the abodes of the dead. With the passing
of Mike and Judge Harrington one end of the politi
cal tug of war, R. R. Dickson and Denny Cronin at
the opposite end. political interest and torchlight pa
rades no longer inspire voters of Holt county’ to turn
out election day, do their duty as citizens. State and
county election this year. Who but the few candi
dates are aware of it?
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History has been made in the month of July.
First U. S. postage stamps on sale in New York
City July 1, 1847. July 4, 1776--you all know it. July
7, 1898- -Hawaii taken over as a U. S. territory.
July 9, 1917—We were in World War I. July 1C
1832_Stage line from Indianapolis to Dayton, O.,
began business. July 2, 1917—First drafting under
selective service act began. July 26, 1775 Consti
tution for Maryland adopted in convention. July
27, 1868—Alaska organized as a territory.
• • •
Lloyil Gmndsinger, four years ago charged
with a killing In Cherry county, the court trial re
sulting In the death sentence, comes now out of
the federal supreme court innocent of the crime
charged and the final word that he be given his
liberty. Now will the sUtte or Cherry county be
come involved in a half mlllion dollar damage
suit because of a guiltless citizen wrongly con
demned to die lu the state prison!
# • •
I saw her today, one of those dark haired and
black eyed little ladies from the Orient. She told
me she was from Japan and in understandablt but
broken English said she was here learning Americar
hospital and nursing methodis and was fascinatec
with the American way of life, the friendly people
and the abundance of everything that makes for joy
ous living. _ _
Editorial—
Let Sherm Stew
For several weeks now there has been a fire
as the "assistant president .
Until now President Eisenhower is the only fel
low who has rushed to Sherm’s corner.
SfSS'STmTw influential republic™ are con
tent to let Sherm stew.
governor of New Hampshire who la
SSKsaSSss
^ nur news letter. Human Events, reports that
Vice-President Richard Nixon went to jvheii the
revelations of Adams’ relations with Goldfine firs
broke Nixon, the letter says, strongly urged Ike
to fire Adams. "Ask Sherman to resign was the
tactful way Nixon reportedly put it. But the, pre
Sent after a "rather emotional conference with
Adams, changed his mind and emerged wymgAat
Adams was going to stay on. because I need him.
It’s been common talk for a time that Sherm
shortstops many people from seeing Ike. Frequently
these people-persons in government and mdus
Ty- were entitled to see the president.
Former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey-the man who
nsured Eisenhower s 1952 nomination - has now
_ A,lame
turned against ikc auu -*»--;■
according to the news letter. The ex-governor is
said to have revealed a startling fact: Adams pre
vented him (Dewey) from becoming the GOP nom
inee senator from New York in the summer of
1956. Dewey, just before the New York GOP nom
inating convention of July, 1956, decided that he
would run for the senatorial post. Dewey wanted
to prevent the nomination of Javits, whom he al
legedly dislikes as "too far to the left". Dewey
phoned at the white house and asked that Ike be
requested to clear the matter and give his bless
jig to the Dewey bid. Two days went by and no
word to Dewey from the white house. In disgust,
Dewey took himself out of the race. Now, report
% ias it, Dewey names Sherman Adams as the man
*- with whom he talked.
Obviously many within the GOP party who
have brushed with Sherm are not offering the New
Englander any comfort.
Sherman was a key figure in the banishment
of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Wis.-R), He was
neck deep in advising the president in the Little
Rock debacle, and he has always been a champion
for big global spending. Adams is far left of center
in the republican administration.
We’re for letting “good ol’ Sherm" stew and
then for turning the rascal out.
If he had no intent in throwing his weight
around why did he place phone calls in the first
olace in behalf of Bernard Goldfine?
Here’s an opportunity for Ike to keep his ad
ministration as clean as a hound’s tooth—unless,
at course, the term was coined by public relations
people during the 1952 campaign and was never
intended to have any more meaning than other
campaign promises (ie. balanced budget, reduced
foreign aid, etc.)
Design of Things
(By W. H. Plourd, The Nance County Journal)
Some of the advanced thinkers seem to be
lieve that it is the duty of government, somehow
or other, to make it possible for people to live with
out worry. They think it is too bad that everybody
has to have problems and disappointments, and
their idea of a model society is-one in which no
body has any enemies, or financial worries, or dis
eases. or annoying neighbors, or necessity for self
denial. These planners even tell us in magazine
articles and speeches that one of these days, when
their plans get into full swing, nobody will work
more than 10 or 12 hours a week, electronics will
do all the work, and a happy leisure will be man s
main pursuit.
It seems to us that these characters are fail
ing to take into account the most imporant thing
in the whole picture, God’s design for life on this
planet. That is not unusual, though, for an occa
sional egg-head fancies himself as more advanced
in his thinking than the Almighty himself.
All forms of life have their perils and their con
stant fight for survival. The bird pursues the bug,
and the bird is the prey of the quadruped, which is
in turn the prey of a larger animal. The little fish
are the food of the big fish. Darwin, the great nat
uralist, labeled it "the survival of the fittest.
Only the stronger of the creatures in the animal
world survive and this perpetuates the strong in
the future generations of the species, for strength
comes from coping with adversity.
Man, too, is an animal. If theorists could give
him everything he wants without effort on his part,
mankind in the generations to come would degen
erate into a very sorry animal.
The long highway of history is littered with the
bones of civilizations that perish from the weak
nesses of soft living. Only the fittest ever survive.
This is the Design of Things, and best-laid plans
of the eggheads will not change it.
Regardless of what the weatherman dishes out
from now on in, the O’Neill area once again is a
land of plenty as far as cattle feed and small giain
are concerned. This is the third year in a row in
which there is an abundance of hay. One- and
two-year-old stacks are to be seen as one drives
through the hay country.
A little digging reveals there are at least two
vicuna coats in O’Neill. However, they are in no
way associated with the Bernard Goldfine-Sher
man Adams publicity row. These O'Neill numbers,
our sleuthing says, are 20- and 25-years-old.
Next big events will be the hay days celebra
tion in Atkinson, a one-day affair, and the Holt
county fair at Chambers, a four-day event. Both
come in August.
CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
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When You & I Were Young . . .
Two Prominent
Weddings Noted
M a y m e McCafferty,
Eunice Polk Brides
50 Years Ago
Two prominent weddings took
place this week Miss Mayme Mc
Cafferty, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
J. J. McCafferty of O'Neill, and
John Melvin of Page. Father
Moore officiated at St.- Patrick's
Catholic church. Their avtend
| ants were Joe Mann and Miss Bea
Helen McCafferty. The home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Polk was the
scene of the marriage of their
j youngest daughter. Miss Eunice,
I to Alfred S. Sanders, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Sanders. The wed
ding music was played by Mrs.
Floyd J. Kelly. Rev. T. S. Wat
son of the Methodist church of
ficiated. Attendants were Miss
Pearl Roberts and Robert Rrit
tell. . . The American Bloomer
Girls will play the Emmet team
next Sunday. Hugh Coyne will
probably twirl for' Emmet and
Miss Waddell for the ladies. (Re
sults in the next issue of The
Frontier. . . Mr. and Mrs. O. O.
Snyder and son returned from Chi
cago. 111., where they attended
the republican national covertion.
20 Years Ago
Romnine Saunders commented
in his “Southwest Breezes” depart
ment: "When the army of unem
ployed come out arrayed in the
Hon. Harry Hopkins’ 10-million
dollar consignment of now suits,
; that group wil have to use for sec
ondhand clothing, thank you. The
j rest of us will have to hang onto
the old overalls while there is
room for another patch.” . . .
Relatives and friends gathered at
! the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Bowden to help “Grandma’’
Claussen celebrate her 89th birth
day anniversary. . . Little Sammy
Young swallowed three pennies
with no serious results. . . Larry
Kennedy, 4, sustained deep cuts
on his nose and upper lip when
he fell on a gas pipe which struck
about a foot fro mthe groud. It
was used as a stay to a barn door.
Little Larry had several stitches
taken in his nose. . . Rev. James
Clement Ryan. S. J.. celebrated '
his first solemn mass here.
10 Yean* Age
Deaths: Frank Tegeler, 79, who
suffered a heart attack eight
months ago: Frank Hubei, 68, a
well-known farmer in the Goose
Lake community, died suddenly;
, . . Pictured in The Frontier is
a ‘‘near" five-generation group
which claims William Hoke, 92,
of Ewing the oldest and his
great-great-grandson, Leroy Mil
ton Napier, the youngest. . . Ap
proximately IX miles of REA
lines were staked in Boyd coun
ty. . . Art Kassel, famous band
leader, will appear in O'Neill this
week, . . The biggest news of the
week is that it didn't rain.
One Year Ago
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Barnard of
Casper, Wyo., are leaving for a
European trip. They are guests
of his sister, Mrs. C. E. Yantzi. . .
Jack Wells of the Spencer Advo
cate was quoted in an editorial as
to the merits of a curfew. He
ended by stating: "I do know the
curfew was a good idea when I
was a kid, and I think it still is".
. . . ‘‘Womenless Wedding", writ
ten and produced by William
("Bill") Jansen of O’Neill, was
presented to one of the largest
crowds ever packed into the Le
gion club.
Graduate from
Recruit Training—
Lloyd A. Fusselman, ^on of Mr.
j and Mrs. Lloyd B. Fusselman of
Page, and Jimmie D. Sawyer,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Saw
yer of Inman, were graduated
from recruit training June 27 at
the naval training center at San
Diego, Calif.
The graduation exercises, mark
ing the end of nine weeks of
"boot camp", included a full dress
parade and review before military
officials and civilian dignitaries.
In nine weeks of instruction,
the "raw recruit” is developed
into a navy blue jacket, ready for
duty with the fleet.
IN WORKSHOP
INMAN -Miss LuElla Watson of
Inman was among the students
enrolled in a business education
workshop at the university of
Wyoming, June 17-23.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sargent
went to Scottsbluff Tuesday for
a visit with relatives.
Next Club Meeting
July 15“
EWING—The Pleasant Rrook
4-H club met at the Charles
Wright hom<^ Tuesday, June 24.
The meeting was called to order
by president Mary Jane Muff
with all members but one
present. Roll call was answered
by naming a garden insect.
An extra meeting was held at
the Verle Tuttle home for the
boys and girls in yard beauti
fication on June 11.
We had our picnic at the Ne
ligh park on June 17. We had a
sack lunch and later went roller
skating.
We talked about 4-H camp of
July 1-2-3. It will be at Niohrara
state park. We got our year pins
and our 0-10-2s,
Next meeting will be held at the
Clarence Funk home July 15.
Mrs. Spence Honored
by Bridge Club—
EWING The Bridge club held
its first meeting of the season
Tuesday afternon, June 24. at
the home of Mrs. J. H. Wunner.
Mrs. William Spence, a member,
was honored at a 1 o'clock lunch
eon. Guests were Mrs. R. G.
Hockey of West Palm Beach.
Fla., Mrs. Maud Brion and Mrs.
Leonard Hales of Neligh, Mrs.
i Henry Fleming and Mrs. Everett
| Huby of Ewing.
First prize winner at each of
the three tables of bridge were
Mrs. John Archer, Mrs. Brion
and Mrs. Roekey.
Mrs. Spence was presented a
farewell gift by the club. The
Spence family will soon move to
j O'Neill to make their future home.
Gardening, Rope
! Projects Discussed—
EWING — The Riverside 4-H
club met Monday night, June 16,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Shrader. All but two mem
bers were in attendance.
The business meeting was con
ducted by Gordon Shrader, pres
ident. Discussion was held on
gardening and rope projects A
tour of gardens will he made by
the members and their leader.
Mrs. Ralph Shrader on June 30,
instead of the regular meeting.
After adjournment, a luncheon
was served by the hostess.—By
Terry Lofquest, news reporter.
Try Frontier want ads for
quick results!
Rowling Aliev* Are
Closed Til July 10
Ten Pin Alleys, O'Neill bowl
ing facility, will reopen July 19,
according to Owner Frank Pola
cok. The alleys were closed Mon
day, June 23. for resanding and
to make other repairs and im
provements.
Meanwhile, Walter Sehergert,
owner of the bowling alley at Ne
ligh, announced he is closing the
Neligh establishment and moving
the equipment to Battle Creek,
making the move between August
1-15.
Wins Accounting
Diploma—
EWING- Robert Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller of
Ewing, has been awarded a junior
accounting diploma by tlie C. E.
School of Commerce at Omaha.
Young Mr, Miller has accepted
a position with Brady Motor
Freight, Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs, Max Grenier
s[H'nt the weekend in Lined with
Mr. and Mrs A1 Sijies and fam
ily to spend Fourth of July
here.
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