Prairieland Talk
"Thief Takes Cash and Coar
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS. 4110 South 51st St.. Lincoln 6. Nebr.
There was upon a long time household bureau
a can filled aliout to the top with (jennies and nickles
I was saving for two grandchildren when they got
out to see where 1 was then living. Hut away from
home for a time, the house
supposedly locked, some light
fingered scoundrel got in
through a window or otherwise,
stole that can of coins, then
went to the barn where I kept
a load of coal and made away
with a quantity of what was
used to keep the stoves hot.
Money and coal that un
principaled citizen of the
neighborhood made away with
from my place of dwelling out Romaiiie
on prairieland. Had I driven up Sannders
to the gate and seen him at it there would have
tjeon a shot fired and down would have gone that
thieving cuss.
* * *
The year has run its course. Another year of
life’s record left la-hind by you and me, a record
lighted along the way. Now another year to do it
again and may the Kindly Light lead all the way our
traveling feet must go.
• * •
Among the many Christmas greetings Prairie
land Talker found in his mail lx>x, it was nice to
gel that good word from Senator and Mrs. Nelson
wlx) have a ranch home on l>eautiful prairieland
in northern Holt county. It was a fruitful season in
their community the past year. Senator Nelson has
committee work at the State House to look after
in connection with his job as state senator and I
hope to have a visit from Frank when he comes to
Lincoln.
* * *
A cold December morning as the year 1961
draws to a close. The month of I>ecemlx?r brought
to the Capital City more real winter than was ex
perienced all last winter. Hut Capitol City patriots
take it with a stride, up and on the go. And two
little friends smiled their thanks when given money
for them to get their Christmas candy.
* * *
John. Starting with General John O’Neill who
started things here there come to mind about forty
citizens of this community who answered to the
name John. One of the last lx»aring that name to
pass out of the picture here was John Sullivan who
spent his life from early ttoylxxxl to old age in this
community. John Mann, John McCafferty, John
Skirving, John Weeks were a few of the many
Johns, and my father’s first name was Jolin though
he was known mostly by his middle name, George.
He said he “loved money." He was a white col
lar gent at whose office I had stopped on my rounds
for news in my newspaper days. Then he explained
that love for money that he liked the things that
money would buy so worked to rake in the money
that for him and his dear one maintained an en
riched household. Yes, it takes money as we pass
along the journey of life, all want it, some have
plenty of it, others hut little. That white collared
money lover kept at it but like the countless humans
before him he heard the death angel beat the drum
call to eternity. So, he and his love of money rests
today in the grave. But the news hunters are still
on the go nosing in on the affairs of other money
lovers.
• • •
A good letter and season greetings comes to
Prairieland Talker from Mrs. William Egger of O'
Neill. The lady is a daughter of a pioneer couple
of that interesting region of northern Holt county
and has memories of her childhood out in the Joy
community and the stories she heard of pioneer
life and the hanging of Barret Scott. Greetings came
to me from that lady now living in a New England
state, she a native of O’Neill and a daughter of one
of the DeYarman families. There were three De
Yarman brothers who had the Checkered Livery
bam in the “horse and buggy days" located at Fifth
and Douglas street. And that lady down at Columbus
who tells me she is my “Scotch-Irish friend’’ wTites
a beautiful letter with seasons greetings. Mrs. I^aw
son is a daughter of the late Billy Hagerty house
hold and has memories of girlhood days in O’Neill
and thinks often of them. Cheerful words come
from friends in distant states and from those still
in good old Holt county, Nebraska.
* * •
James F O'Donnell see him no more on the
streets of O'Neill or at his banking business. But
memory calls him to me this winter morning as
he and I were youthful sprouts in the old school
room up on the hill and Jimmie stepping around
to wait upon someone at his parents’ hotel, the
Valley House in the east part of town, his people
l<eing pioneers and about the first to start a hotel.
I >ut school days and hotel days come to an end for
James F. O'Donnell, he a roustabout at the First
National Bank which introduces Jimmie to his life’s
work, banking. Head of the O'Neill National Bank
and finally heading a bank a little to the north of
the O’Neill National. His remains are resting in
the abode of the dead here where he had lived his
useful and busy life. As far as I know but one of
that pioneer O'Donnell family, Miss Anna, is still
part of the O’Neill community. And may Anna have
a Happy New Year and for days and years to come.
F.ditor’s Note: Mrs. Sue Deaver makes her home
with sister, Anna.
Editorial
The Future -- Your Resoonsibilitv
New Year's Day has come and gone ... re
solutions have been made and by this time probably
broken despite our best intentions. Nineteen sixty
one is now behind us and its cares and problems
have been willed to history.
The new year is upon us, bringing with it an
entirely new set of problems which must be faced
as they present themselves. From a world crisis
over the prospect of communist domination which
poses a threat to the entire free world to the smal
lest personal problems which crop up daily in our
personal lives an entirely new set of problems must
be faced.
The overall picture for 1962 is not a cheerful
one. Poverty and disease are still rampant in many
parts of the world. Political strife in many
countries has led not only the country involved but
entire nations into bloody warfare. Communist in
filtration is endangering free governments all over
the world. These are but a few of the problems
which must be faced during 1962.
Here in Holt county we are separated from the
actual problems but it is here and in similar com
munities that the problems must be analyzed and
dealt with. By the time these problems have ad
vanced within our own borders, it will be too late
to meet the enemy.
The fact that a farmer or rancher or business
man lives in a community located away from the
line of action should not remove him from the re
sponsibility of taking an active and responsible part
in dealing with the problems which face the state
and nation today.
Your neighbor who takes no part in loval govern
ment. refuses to express his views to his congress
man and then complains that the “Government’' is
sending us sliding on the greased rails to hell has
no one to blame but himself—and thousands more
like him who refuse to recognize their responsibility
or to realize the power which they still have.
We have twp resolutions which we think should
be included in everyone's schedule for the new
■ /
year . . . (1) Write to your congressman twice a
year. Express your views and tell him what you
think of the job he is doing. We know cf no rancher
who would hestitate to praise or criticize his hired
man for the way he was doing a job . . . why
hestitate to express your views to your congress
man who we know would appreciate hearing your
views.
(2) Make it a point to keep informed on state
and local government and TAKE AN ACTIVE
PART. The parent who does not safeguard his
children's right to participate in government during
future years has done more toward undermining the
United States than any 12 communist workers could
do working full time.
Despite the gloomy outlook in many parts of
the world it is still not too late to change the future. a
But to do it is YOUR responsibility. |
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Frontier
BILL RICHARDSON, Publisher
BRUCE J. REHBERG, Editor
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
Frontiers
:
50 YEARS AGO
Mrs. M. F. Harrington and son
Gerald, left Wednesday morning
for California where they will
spend the winter months. . .Sev
eral O'Neill fistic lovers are fig
uring on going to Omaha on
January 25th to see the contest
between Jack Sullivan and Uvick
. Michael Fleck and Miss Kate
Kutcher, both of Chambers, were
united in marriage last Saturday
afternoon at the county court
room, District Judge J. Harring
ton officiating. . .Jessie Hixon, 47
died at his home ten miles north
east of this city last Sunday morn
ing after an illness of 10 days of
appendicitis. . .The annual ice
harvest has commenced and the
ice men say that the ice is not
very thick even if we have had
ideal ice weather the past ten
days.
25 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Nellie Froelich died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed
ward Campbell Wednesday eve-,
ning after an illness of several'
weeks, at the age of 65 years. . .
Transportation is closed here due
to several days of mist, ice and
a heavy snow which estimated as
high as one foot before it was
drifted by high winds. . .489 new
automobiles were bought in Holt
county last year. . .An item in
the January 7, 1937 Frontier tells
of an article printed February 6,
1883 which reports the thermom
eter at 36 degrees below zero. . .
Michael Holland, 92, who came to
this county in 1877, died January
1 at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. George Mullen in Omaha. .
Plans are underway for the con- j
vention of the Midwest Wool
Growers association.
10 YEARS AGO
Nineteen registrants get draft
orders. . .Stork is late for annual
Frontier baby contest; no candi
dates so far. . .Agatha Heeb, 87,
succumbs here. . .Ramon Bright
and son, Ardell, became owners
of Red & White grocery store,
previously owned by Robert
Schultz. . .Mobile x-ray unit
comes to O’Neill. . .Marriage li
cense issued to Donald Meyer,
O'Neill, , and Rita DeLong, Page,
on December 27. . .Miss Lylas
Tangeman, Chambers, and Ver
non Schmidt, Ewing, are married
December 26 in Chambes St.
Paul’s Lutheran church. . .Four
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ham
mon, Lynch, see duty in armed
forces, Eldon, Duane, Gilbert and
Phillip.
5 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Constance F. Biglin, 69,
dies December 27 in St. Anthony’s
hospital. . .Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Clyde observe golden wedding an
niversary. . .Francis Doty, Spen
cer high school student, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Doty, O’
Neill, suffers fractured pelvis in
car accident. . .Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Roush, who live south of
Butte, honored on 50th wedding
anniversary. . .J. R. Russell, 82,
Page, is fatally stricken with
heart attack. . .Miss Elizabeth
Jane Gallagher, O’Neill, and An
thony Anewalt. San Diego, Calif.,
united in marriage December 29
at St. Patrick’s church. . .Young
Stuart Farmer, James A. Baten
horst, dies following farm acci
dent.
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THE FRONTIER
Phone 788 114 N. Fourth St. O'Neill, Nebr.
The Long Ago
At Chambers
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. Fellows, who with his wife
has been sending some time
with his daughter, Mrs. R. H
Atwood, was taken ill and has
been transferred to a Lincoln hos
pital. . The thermometer struck
26 degrees below zero here this
week. . The Morrison Entertain
es will pn-sent a program of in
terpretive reading and harp mu
sic January. 6 in the Chambers
Band Hall. . The friends and
neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Clark
Hough began the New Year right
by gathering at their hi me and
enjoying a social evening. . .M.
S. Potter has moved onto the
Graves ranch.
25 YEARS AGO
Madelon Jane Adams, 4 years
old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs i
John Adams, was killed Decem
ber 29, 1936 when the car in
which she was riding turned over
as they met a team of loose
horses at the top of a hill near
Palmyra. . Word reaches Cham
bers that Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Hammer of Sedro Woolley, Wash,
are the proud parents of a son,
born December 31. . In the pre
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sence of relatives and friends the
marriage id Miss Leona Ruth
Anderson, daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Asa Anderson, Harwell, and
Mr. Ralph Everett Majors. Chi
cago. was solemnized at the
Chambers Methodist church
Christmas morning. . Three
head of horses owned by John
Krogh and George Hall, wen* kill
ed Wednesday evening when
struck by an auto owned by Ed
Kennedy.
Royal News
By Mrs. R. J. Hiring
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Sawyer re
ceived a telephone call from
their son, Ardell, at Hillsboro,
Ore , Christmas Day while enter
taming their two other sons, Er
vin and wife. Royal and LaVern
and wife and daughter. Fremont
Mr. and Mrs Fred Ritter, Til
den and the Rev. Wanda Clausen,
Sargent were recent guest* of
Mr and Mrs. L. H Sawyer. The
Sawyers visited friends in Al
bion during the holiday season
The BTC club held its annual
New Year's Eve "watch party"
at the twine of Mr and Mrs. E E
Blaekmore.
Mr. and Mrs T. R Dodds and
Mrs Lottie Eggleston. Neligh.
were dinner guests Friday eve
ning of Mr. ami Mrs. Russell •
Burch,
Mrs, Maud Fnesheim. Taco
ma, Wash., who hud been here a
month visit ng tier brother, Tru
man Kirby ami Mr* Kirby, and
her brother-in lew ami sister, Mr
ami Mrs Irvin Robertson, Bruns
wick, was taken to Grand Is
land Friday evening by Mr ami
Mrs. Walter Beutler, and there
btiarded a train for her home.
A pre-holiday party at the home
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