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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1958)
Prairieland Talk— Wahoo Seeks Hall of Fame Hj ROMAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South 51m St.. IJnroln 6. Nehr LINCOLN Wahoo up north of Lincoln in Saun ders county may get that proposed agricultural hall of fame Situated as it is in a rich farming section of our state, what better location could In? had for such a monument to the memory of those who have provided the country with our daily bread? And whose names shall lie known In that hall of fame? Is it to be the white collar swivel chair farmer or some of the real sons ♦of the soil, one such I think of have his name inscribed at the list? , I see him yet in overalls and shirt, boots and hat, a homesteader in the long ago, honest to the core. A note he had signed at a banking insti tution would be due in six months. To meet that obliga- Saunders tion he went work on the virgin land he called home, raised a crop and at potato digging time hauled off four-horse loads and sold them, met his obligation and had a few spuds and a few dollars left. Ag hall of fame! May Wahoo, Nebraska, get it! • * * That Institution down at Kearney that we knew once as the “reform” school where way ward kids were put In limbo seems to have been turned Into a trade school where our future bar bers will come from. A “textbook” sort of barber that know all the nerves, muscles and Nines In these heads of ours, Nit will they know how to mow the monthly crop of hair and shave away the whiskers? • • • Two fellow travelers of life’s highway from be low the border down in Kansas who had wandered in forbidden paths, bore the stigma of ex-convicts and invited themselves to a return to prison life by admitting a crime when taken to court at North Platte. They are now fed and bunked down in our state prison. . . A 16-year-old Texas gal wanted a thrill. She put on the act, ambushed and killed her 15-year-old brother. . . Of the pleasant things that come along life’s highway, here came this from Ma son City over in Iowa. The will of an old lady who recently died provides for a gift of $75,000 to go to Union college here in Lincoln, also $50,(XX) to her church organization in Iowa. . . My son-in-law’s birthday cake last evening was a culinery achieve ment of remarkable tastiness. It was a week in October, 1905: Mr and Mrs. P C Corrigan were spending a few days in Omaha. Miss Bee McGinnis took off from O'Neill for Cody, Wyo., to be gone for some time. . . Mrs. V. ! Alberts was enjoying a visit from her sister from Chicago. . Sam Berge had started to build an ad ! dition to his residence in the west part of town. . . Doctor Trublood drove (horse and buggy days* to Boyd county to attend a patient or two. . , Cbngres man Kinkaid invited any in the Sixth congressional district who could use free garden seeds to so no tify him. . . Jot|n Starving went to Iowa on private business. , . John McCafferty, jr., went to Omaha and expected to remain there and get employment. • • • At the age of 12 years he landed in Crete, a day I in May in 1893, having left father and mother and home in Germany never to see them again. He made his home in America with an uncle, a Ne braska farmer and something of a slave driver. To day an old man he and his wife live happily in re tirement here in Lincoln, God fearing rfnd honor able citizens. He. Fred, and Prairieland Talker are friends, I a native Yankee, he a native of troubled Europe. And it is such as Hb and Lizzie, his life’s companion, who have come from other lands and have spient a life time of toil to reach the golden age when they can enjoy pieace and plenty, sit in the shade and see the busybodies rush along the high way of life. * • • The mitts and the masks, the bats and the halls are cast aside, football takes over. It was noted on a visit to O’Neill in August that the ball games are plnyed on a diamond beyond the north limits of the city. The town’s first “ball grounds" were where modem homes now rear their architectual beauty on Douglas street between First and Second. Then a somewhat pretentious ballpark was layed out east of Sixth street and south of Everett. It was on this ball grounds that the printers in O’Neill defeat ed the real estaters in a game. Prairieland Talker performed the duties of short stop. Next the ball games were moved to the northeast limits of the city, and from there south of the railroads. * * * Two months ngo her husband was taken from her by the ruthless hand of death. Today she took off for Hioux City, called there by the death of her sister. Now a childless widow she walks the high way of life alone under the guiding Hand of hea\r eii until she too is layed away in the abode of the dead to come forth and join her husband and sister on the morning of the resurrection. And so out of the mysteries of life the dead are to rise again. Editorial— ‘Equal’ in Sight of Man? President Eisenhower last week, in criticizing the closing of public schools in Virginia and Arkan sas, said: "Most of us in the United States, as part of our religious faith, believe that all men are equal in the sight of God. Indeed, our forefathers enshrined this belief in the Declaration of Independence as a self evident truth. Just as we strive to live up to our fundamental convictions, we constantly strive to achieve this ideal of the equality of man." The president has oversimplified the issue. There is no question about the equality of citizens before the law. They must be treated alike where “civil or political rights” are concerned. But social rights are not civil or political rights. Nor can man be made equal in the sight of man merely by pro claiming an ideal. God created men of different colors, just as He created birds of different colors. We know the old saying that "birds of a feather flock together." And the supreme court of the United States has recently upheld the right of individuals to "freedom of as sociation.” Social discrimination may be deplored in theory, but in every big city in the United States there are "exclusive clubs” and other tax-exempt organizations which select members on the basis of color and religion. Many persons who today are vehemently advo cating "integration” are members of such clubs. Lots of people, too, are sending their children to "exclusive schools” l>ecause they want them to “grow up with the right sort of children." This ipay not Ik* moving toward the ideal of “social equality, but who, including the President of United States, will come out now and call such "freedom of asso ciation" a violation of the Declaration of Independ ence? For there is a difference between legal rights to a public facility and a citizen's legal privilege to operate a school as a private facility. No public school can be used for an illegal purpose—and if the "law of the land” bars the use of such a building to private citizens, then are we to deprive the par ents who formerly sent their children to public schools in Virginia and Arkansas of the right to try out the private-school method in some other build ings if they choose? The president says we have come to regatd "as a fundamental right the right to a public edu cation.” and he unwittingly gives the impression that private-school education cannot be equal to public-school education. This is a fallacy. Indeed, our private colleges and universities, including sec tarian institutions, rank higher in scholarships and educational achievements than do many of our State supported institutions. To deplore the closing of public schools in Vii ginia and Arkansas and to say the consequences could be "disastrous” is to say that the people of these two States cannot possibly achieve by private sch(x)ls what they have hitherto achieved through public schools. Maybe the people of Virginia and Arkansas will not succeed in giving their children better schooling through private institutions, but at least they have the right to try. For there is no right on the part of the president or anyone else in the federal govern ment to seek to control the educational processes of the several States. This is a matter which con gress again and again has said in its laws must re main "forever” in the "exclusive control” of the states! This same language was in the law recently passed by Congress admitting Alaska to the Union. Nor is the maintenance of public schools neces sarily a state’s legal obligation. Each state, can, within its discretion, provide public schools or decide to aid private schools. This, too, has been upheld for many years by the supreme court. Also, congress has for several years been appropriating money for tuition grants to veterans under the “GI bill”. The money waS awarded to the individuals directly, and they alone chose the schools or colleges they desir ed to attend. In America, parents have a right to decide to what schools they shall send their children. In So viet Russia, where “equality” in almost everything is enforced at the point of the bayonet, no choice ex ists. How far does “equality” realy go Must we enlarge the supreme court to 10, so that there can be five men and five women justices? Should at least five of these justices be Negroes? Must the initiative of the enterprising individual be stifled and the pace of his mind and physical ac tivity be reduced to that of another man less for tunate? Is it "equality” for one man to pay more taxes than another? It is “equality” for one man to ac- j cumulate more property than another? Will we be hearing soon, that because all men are “equal in the sight of God,” it behooves us now to redistribute private wealth so that everybody will have an equal share? For if we are going to make a fetish of “equal ity” and apply it to the relations of man to man, j then indeed we may soon be asking ourselves: “O communism, where is they sting?” —By David Lawrence, reprinted with special permission of U.8. News & World Report. — II. H. Remmers and D. H. Radler, writing in the Scientific American, say that soundings of the younger generation's attitudes uncover some of the roots of anti-intellectualism in the United States. “Almost three-quarters oh the high school stu dents (in a recent poll of 3,000) believe that the most important thing they can learn in school is ‘how to get along with people.’ Only 14 percent place ac ademic learning first. In a recent poll of a representative sample of college students we found the same attitude prevails | at the university level: 60 percent would rather be popular than brilliant; 51 percent believe students with low grades more likely to lie popular than those who get good marks; 72 percent believe develop ment of a well-rounded personality is the main pur ixjse of education; 71 per cent feel personality counts more than grades when it comes to looking for a job.” What Youth Wants Today To laugh often and love much; to win the respect | of intelligent persons and the affection of little chil- ’ dren; to earn the approbation of honest critics, and , endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate ' beauty; to find the best in others; to give oneself; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, a cheery letter, or a deem-1 ed social condition; to have played and laughed I with enthusiasm and sung with exaltation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have j lived—this is to have succeeded.—Emerson. A reader of the Kansas City newspaper sends us a Frederick C. Otham column clipped last month. The article was entitled “Rail Travel, a Disappear ing Joy”. Othman quotes an interstate commerce commission examiner who says in another 20 years the railroads probably won’t be carrying passen gers at all. An accompanying cartoon pictures a passenger rail coach and the artwork is captioned: “Another Vanishing American?” Frontier CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Puullshei Entered at the postoffice tn O'Neill, Holt coun tv. Nebraska, as second-class mall 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, 52.5U per year; elsewhere In the United States, 53 per year; rates abroad provided upon request AU sub scriptions payable in advance. When You ft I Were Young . . . Set Auto Record in Trip in Atkinson Simar, Marsh Clock 1 Hr. 4 Min. 50 Years Ago An ad in The Frontier said: “A quarter million acres Canadian farm lands for sale at public auc tion at Regina, Saskatchewan, October 12-17. Special homeseek ers’ excursion rates from all points via the Chicago & North Western railroad Tuesday, Octo ber 6." ... Miss Ada Mills and Ray Coffield and Miss Kathryn Fallon and John Burns of Platte Center were married . . . Hugh McKenna arrived home from east ern Nebraska and Iowa on a suc cessful tour with his trotting mare, Shady O'Neill . . . W. P. Simar and R. J Marsh made a record-break ing auto trip to Atkinson. They were an hour and four minutes going and six minutes longer on the return trip . . . Two double gas lights have been installed. One is at the First National bank comer and the other is located two blocks south. 20 Years Ago Mr, and Mrs. John Valla were surprised by a group of friends tc celebrate Mrs. Valla’s birthday anniversary . . . Clarance Selah lias accepted a position as a radiu announcer at KJAG located at Kearney and Grand Island ... A test flight of a model airplane built by Jimmy Herre, Albert Rummel and Jimmie Holsclaw took place on the highway south of O'Neill. The plane, with a wing spread of six feet, remained in the air for 28 minutes on the first flight. During the first 18 minutes the one cylinder one-quarter horse power gas engine was operating, and the last 10 minutes were spent gliding down. It is supposed to remain aloft for 30 minutes on one ounce of gas. It will lie equip ped with lights and a camera . . . Thieves looted a truck belong ing to the Daily Tobacco company and secured about $2,000 worth of merchandise. 10 Years Ago Mrs. Dan Cuddy of Anchorage, Alaska, arrived by air to visit Mr. and Mrs. Fay Puckett. She and her niece, Betty Marie May hem of Seattle, Wash., will visit here. Mrs. Cuddy made the trip from Anchorage to Grand Island in about 24 hours . . . Miss Jo Ann Kelly of Atkinson, was a countess at the Ak-Sar-Ben coro nation . . . Deaths: Mrs. Mary Roseler, 78, of Boulder, Colo., a former resident of northern Holt county; George Souvignier, 80, of Omaha, formerly of Inman; Dan ltoseboom, 80, of Boyd county; Mrs. John Buhlke, 49, of Burwell. One Year Ago Deaths: O. A. Ilammerberg, 65, of Atkinson; Charles H. McManus, 64, of Marcus, la., formerly of O’Neill; Await F. Spangler, 72, of Dorsey; Mrs. Mabel Davis, 60, of Venus . . . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tangeman of Chambers returned from a trip to Honolulu. Dexter’s Unit Withdrawn from Lebanon— Marine Sgt. Harold E. Dexter, son of Mrs. Richard Tomlinson of O’Neill and husband of the former Miss Kathryn A. Hoffman of Ew ing, departed from Lebanon Oc tober 1 with the Third battalion of the Sixth Marines. The re-embarkation aboard navy transports was carried out as part of the phased reduction of marine corps strength in Lebanon. Landing in Beirut July 16, the battalion was assigned to the Second provisional marine force, and now becomes a floating am phibious arm of the U. S. Sixth fleet in the Mediterranean. Enright Assigned Shipboard Duty— James Enright, one of the 1958 graduates of St. Mary's academy who enlisted last spring in the navy, was the only member of the group to receive duty aboard ship. His address: James D. En right FA 3201512, Division M, USS T'alladega, FPO, San Francisco, EJalif. Mrs. Ivan Pruss and children spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Elies of Atkinson. [ \ 4 Deanery Meeting Planned at Deloit LYNCH- The Assumption BVM Altar society met at the home of Miss Pauline Mulhair with Mrs. ! Phyllis Mulhair and Mrs. James i Maly as cohostesses. Mrs. Don Al len presided and Rev. Charles Kamher It'd in opening and clos ing prayers. The president announced that the deanery meeting will be held at the St. John's rural church south of Ewing Tuesday, October 14. A Hallowe’en party is being planned for the parish children Captains for the Sunday rosary were appointed. Mrs. Frank Svo lioda reported on her trip to Oma ha and the convention. Visit Operator of Rooming House LYNCH Mr. and Mrs. Guj Keller returned home from Rev Chester, Minn , Saturday. While there they visited lliss Lydia Neurmberger. Miss Neurmberger and her ; family moved from Lynch in the early 1920 s. She now ojierates a I rooming house three blocks from the Rochester clinic. She enjoys visiting with the many Lynch people that come to Rochester. Other Lynch News Mr and Mrs. Albert Kalkow'ski j were in Yankton, S.D., the past } week. The American Legion auxiliary sponsored the annual teachers’ re ception at the Legion hall Monday evening, September 29. The exten sion clubs in the community took part in presenting the program. Lunch was served by the auxiliary members. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Classen and family were in Butte Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Moody and daughters and Mrs. John Ross meier visited at the Lumir Cizek home in Spencer Sunday, Septem ber 28. Mrs. Lewie Christensen rcturn | ed home after a week’s visit in and near Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spencer I were Norfolk visitors Sunday, I September 28th. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Barnes, David and Eleanor, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Holtz and family, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Glen Davy, Mr. and Mrs. I Veldon Lee and sons, David and Jim Lloyd were Sunday, Septem ber 28, 6 o’clock dinner guests at the Orville Holtz home in honor of Gerald Lee’s and Diana Holtz’s birthday anniversaries. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Micanek, Joe Micanek and Joe Randy spent Sunday, September 28, at the Elton Miller home in Wake field assisting Elton celebrate his birthday anniversary. Marlin Lewis spent the past weekend with relatives in Ran dolph. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Brockemaier and baby were Sunday dinner guests at the Vincent Small home west of Butte. Several from Lynch attended the John Manhalter funeral held at Spencer Monday, September 29 Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Allen of O'Neill visited at the Ia?slie Stew art home Sunday, September 28. Beryl Moody was a business ’ visitor in Niobrara Tuesday, Sep tember 30 He also called on Ralph Moody. Mr. and Mrs. John Tarr of Butte were Sunday, September 28, visitors at the Delbert Wade home Mrs. Harry Pepple and Mrs. Gene Risselman of Butte \ isited at the hospital here Saturday. Fred Graham of Randolph vis | ited at the Jake Birmeier home I the past 10 days. Harlan Holtz and Glen Davy I were business visitors in Sioux 1 City Tuesday, September 30. Mr. and Mrs. Sigfried Anderson 1 of Elkton. Ore., are visiting i friends and relatives here. They ! were called here for the funeral i of John Manhalter, which was i held Monday. September 29 Mrs. Frank Weeder, Mrs. Clar ence Kolund and Mrs. Robert Courtney were business visitors in Creighton Wednesday, October 1. Marlin Barnes and Albert Lee Schindler were Sunday, Septem ber 28, dinner guests of Bruce Schollmeyer. Tuesday, September 30, Circle II of the Wesleyan Methodist Wom en's society met at the Harlan Holtz home. Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd i were also present. Mi's. Belle Maitz presented a story of Fierra Leone, Africa, and its natives. The circle presented the pastor and 1 his wife with a food shower in the late afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Guy Keller spent Tuesday evening, September 30, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marsten at Butte. Mrs. Gladys Davy has spent the past month at the Wayne Davy home in Denver, Colo,, getting ac quainted with the new grand daughter born Saturday, Septem ber 6. She returned home with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Davy Saturday evening. The Glen Davys had vis ited friends and relatives in west ern Nebraska and Denver before returning home. Mrs. Edmund Rohde, Mrs. Le land Moody, Mrs. Don Allen and Mrs Wallace Moffett went to Butte Tuesday, September 30, and took part in the Boyd county ex tension club tour through the Boyd county courthouse. Many farmers have either fin ished or are putting up silage this week. Some have begun picking corn. Sunday, September 28, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Moffett, Russell and Harry, Mrs. Ardith Johnson and Pauline Mulhair were in Randolph visiting the Harold Brown family and assisting Harold celebrate his birthday anniversary. Mrs Don Allen was a business visitor in O’Neill Tuesday, Sep tember 30. Mrs. Grace Edson left Tuesday. September 30, for an extended visit with relatives in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Mrs. William Stauffer assisted Mrs. Veldon Lee last week in preparation for moving to Bristow , Saturday, October 4 Widen has employment at the Farmer's Un ion Cooperative Oil company at I Bristow and began work October 1. 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