Prairieland Talk
"No Attraction Today"
By ROMAESE SAUNDERS, 411J South 51st St., Lincoln 6. Nebr.
Most of them had been to church that morning.
Now at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon the street was
alive with the tread of feet. Here we go to the
depot to meet the incoming train. Or was it to
see the train of cars roll in or
just to get out with Joe and
Jack, Mae and Minnie and the
rest of the town’s young ladies
and gents. The notable event of
the week the gang down there
at the railroad depot, and may
be some dear one who had long
been away would step off that
train, see you and come up to
give you a kiss — not a kick.
Yes, happy days now no more. Bomaine
A railroad depot has no attrac- Saunders
tion today.
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Windy days in mid May, then rain in our Cap
ital City and region round about. Crop outlook then
some better but harvest time will tell if we get
the stuff to make bread out of from the fields or
out of the grain bins here and there across Prairie
land. Holt county will have baled hay and beef in
abundance. Daughter writes that they are having
early summer rains in southern California, hereto
fore not known.
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First it was the Chambers Eagle a newspaper,
then the Bugle, this succeeded by the Sun. Now
none.
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Paul ended his message to "son Timothy” by
saying "I am now ready to be offered and the time
of my departure is at hand”. The great apostle was
escorted from a Roman prison to the executioner’s
block, and his head cut off. Another worker for the
Lord to come to a tragic end. But he assured us
that a “crown of life awaited him on that great
day”, the day that marks the end of human history
and human suffering.
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There had been four grocery stores on Douglas
street between 4th and 5th streets, four grocery
stores in the block to the west between 3rd and 4th
streets and four such marts of trade on south 4th
street. Twelve that I count now no more. Schram
Brothers and Pat Hagerty’s two canned goods and
butter and eggs for sale the first two, J. P. Gallag
her’s and Joe Horiskey’s the last two to close up.
And who about town today that may remember
Mack and Grey, an early day group of two related
gents with a grocery store near where the Western
Hotel stands today.
State Senator Fern Hubbard Orme is a candi
date again, the recent election to nominate state
and county candidates for the November election
gives our one-time Holt county girl, now a citizen
of Lincoln about the best boost in votes of any
candidate. Mrs. Orme is the only woman in the
state serving as state senator, has done a good
job of it and should and no doubt will be reelected.
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In the early 1880’s James Triggs was our town’s
dude, dressed up, shoes polished and hat well set
on his empty head. Jim had two brothers and his
father and mother, the family home being tne first
house east of the lumber yard on South First street.
Jimmy had been one of the firemen who fought
the fire which destroyed Chicago. He was the last
of the family here in O’Neill and as I saw him a
day in 1930 the dude duds were gone and Jim was
a pitiful sight. Now he is no more.
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A calm bright day in the month of May as I
park for a moment at my typewriter and say good
morning to Prairieland friends. We will make out
and be on our peaceful way another day.
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The days, months and years come and go. Now
another Memorial Day, a time to once more stand
by the grave of that dear one and place there above
that lifeless form one more flower in token of our
love and esteem of the one who once lived and
walked by our side. And some day the hand of a
living and devoted dear one will do that for you
and I. Since this event of a year ago the lifeless
forms of a few we had known have been laid to
rest up there in the abode of the dead of the O’
Neill community. But it is coming, that long and
dreaded roll call when all shall live again, some
to life immortal, some to die again to live no more.
Make your choice today.
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Books, newspapers, magazines and various ad
vertising sheets, our country has many of them.
This all makes work for printers. And I recall over
twenty printers that did their stuff at the type cases
in the good little town of O’Neill, now a sizable
Prairieland city with another group of printers.
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A lovely letter comt-s to Prairieland Talker as
this is about ready to mail from Mr. and Mrs.
Sengelman out in Seattle. Now living in that great
city of the northwest they cherish memories of their
life in O’Neill. The World’s Fair is now on out there
and they write me a beautiful word picture of it
all and it with their good letter will be shared with
Prairieland readers next week.
Editorial
King-Anderson Bill-Misleading
More of the vicious techniques employed by the
Kennedy administration to cram down the throats
of the American public the deceptively dangerous
King-Anderson bill came to light this week.
Last Monday night the American Medical asso
ciation bought a half-hour on one television network
to combat the King-Anderson fallacy after the ad
ministration was given free time on five networks
to sell the plan.
In our mail the next day came a pamphlet sell
ing the plan for medical care for the aged
President Kennedy’s "program for health insur
ance through social security”.
An attractively printed two-color job, it pur
ported to show "us” how “we” need the bill, how
poor "we” are, how "we” need the bill to save ‘ us
the disaster and shame of reaching 65 years of age
without having money in the bank for medical care.
We quote the personal pronouns to indicate that
the words are theirs—but the gutless authors of
the pamphlet did not have the courage to sign it.
It was completely anonymous. :
Many persons will unthinkingly accept this book
let for an official explanation of the Kennedy pro
gram. It has an authentic look, as well as a Wash
ington, D. C. return that lists only a postal permit
number.
We feel certain that it was designed to do just
that — delude some unthinking person into accept
ing the booklet as an official publication of the
government.
It seems strange that a program which its
sponsors feel is so sorely needed by so many must
be publicized by anonymous literature. Perhaps the
flaws are so obvious that the party hangers-on pay
only lip service to the bill and refuse to publicly
speak in its behalf.
Try The Frontier Want Ads — It Pays !
NATION A L EDITORIAL
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BRUCE J. REHBERG, Editor
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Frontiers
Ago
50 YEARS AGO
Elkhorn Valley Irrigation com
pany will hold a closing Oat sale
May 22 with 1052 head of cattle
offered. . .The ladies who have
charge of gathering flowers for
Decoration Day request that all
persons who have flowers, either
wild or tame, that they wish to
donate should notify Mrs. J. H.
Meredith. . .Authur Cowperth
waite has commenced the erec
tion of a cottage on the corner of
Franklin and Sixth streets. . .
David Deming and Mildred E. .
Little, both of Stuart, were united
in marriage by County Judge
Carlon Wednesday. . .Mr. Booth
of Stuart is busy grading some
of the city’s streets.
25 YEARS AGO
Miss Elja McCullough, Ewing,
is named as county superinten
dent to fill vacancy left by re
signation of Clarence J. McClurg.
. .O’Neill high school takes fourth
place at Wayne track-field meet.
. .Seventeen seniors will graduate
this week from 9t. Mary’s' aca
demy. . .Wallace R. Johnson has
been a subscriber of The Fron
tier for over 55 years. . .Forty
four seniors to graduate this week
at O’Neill high school. . .Dedica
tion ceremonies for the new
courthouse will be held June 16.
. .Rain in Holt county this week
totals 1.42 inches of water.
10 YEARS AGO
Miss Shirley Leahy was elect
ed qjeen of May by the St.
Mary's academy high school
student body. . .Mrs. Albert
Frost, 62, succumbs to heart at
tack May 17 at her Atkinson
home. . .Thirty enroll for munic
ipal band school. . .Patrolman
Robert Gude, Nebraska City, has
been assigned to the O’Neill ter
ritory. . .Immanuel Lutheran
church at Spencer will celebrate
its golden jubilee May 25. . .
Claryce Johnson is named vale
dictorian and Paul Fetrow, salu
tatorian at O’Neill high school
commencement rite. . .Ray An
gus farm home near Ewing com
pletely destroyed by fire. . .Ber
nadette Hynes chosen “Miss Task
Force at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
5 YEARS AGO
Rowena Rotherham is valedic
torian and Virginia McDonald, sa
lutatorian, at Ewing high school
. .James Johnson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lowell Johnson, was award
ed runnerup title as the best act
or of the year at Kansas State
college. . .Robert Clifford, At
kinson, Ed Trennepohl, Ewing,
and Mark Gribble, O’Neill, make
Iowa, Illinois tour of feed lots. .
. Bartley Brennan, 44, died May
26 after illness of more than' a
year. . .Raymond D. McNair,
Ambrose J. Howard and Harold
E. Seger enlist for service. Earl
Allen, Boyd county homesteader,
dies May 25 at his home in Spen
cer.
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The Long Ago
At Chambers
50 YEARS AGO
The Band Boys expect to have
their military play ready to put
on the evening of May 30. . .
There will be memorial services
in the Hall Sunday morning at 11
o’clock instead of the regular ser
vices in the churches. . .Ben
Wood has just purchased a new
Liberty Brush and is keeping the
road warm west of town learn- -
ing how to make it go. . .Hector
Dickson of Francis, died Monday
morning after an illness of sev
eral weeks. . .The farmers are
behind in their spring work, caus
ed by the cold spring weather. .
C. H. Stowell, present postmas
ter of Francis resigned, after'
twenty-nine years service contin-1
uously without an intermission. .
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The Homestead Association at
Sheridan will give a number of
dances during the summer sea
son at the Sheridan Picnic
Grounds.
25 YEARS AGO
Frank M. Sageser, 89, died at
his home Tuesday afternoon. . .
A very pretty wedding was sol
emnized at the R. A. Ballagh
home May 15 when Gala Reed
became the bride of Robert E.
Lee of Lincoln. . Harold Michel
and family moved to Ainsworth
Monday as he has work in a
barber shop there. Larry Tange
man attended school in District
120 for the entire year without
being either absent or tardy. . .
Celesta Gleed was elected presi
dent of the Happy Helpers club.
. .Charlotte Crandall, Chambers,
played in a commencement play
at Wayne State Teachers college
May 26.
Celia News
Mrs. Merrill Anderson
The Celia Homemakers met
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
Inez Hayes in Atkinson. Mrs.
Hans Lauridsen was co-hostess.
Eight members answered roll
call with a "Favorite Memory of
My Mother.” Mrs. Victor Frick
el gave the lesson, "good egg.”
Mrs. Merrill Smith, club trea
surer, reported the amount of
$50.14 was made at the bazaar
and food sale held Saturday, May
19. The members of our club
wish to thank those who helped to
make the event a success. A shut
in was chosen. The club will hold
their final meeting of the Sum
mer June 27 at the home of Mrs.
Frank Kilmurry.
Mr. ana Mrs. KoDert nenaricKs
were supper guests Thursday
evening of Mr. and Mrs. Omer
Poynts at Stuart.
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Fricke]
went to Grand Island Thursday
to meet Elva’s sister, Mrs. John
Sutherland and son, John Mark,
Nampa, Idaho. They will spend
some time visiting relatives here.
Dr. Sutherland, who is teaching
in a college at Nampa, will join
his family after school is out.
Ed Hcffman and grandsons,
Gary and Roger Hoffman went
to Morristown, S. D., Wednesday
morning to visit Ed’s brother,
Henry Hoffman and family and
other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman
visited at the Duane Beck home
Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Natchel Rzeszo
tarski were hosts to the Celia
Pinochle club at their home Fri
day evening. Winners were Mrs.
Frank Kilmurry, Duane Beck,
Mrs. Duane Beck and Frank Kil
murry. Attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Kilmurry, Mr. and
Mrs. James Sicheneder and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Duane
Beck and family, Mr. and Mrs.
LeRoy Hoffman and sons, Roger
and Gary, Mr. and Mrs. John
Schwindt and Vanita and Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Addison and family.
The Rev. and Mrs. Elmore
Blain and sons, Ronald and Don
ald and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hendricks and family were Tues
day evening supper guests at the
Ivan Wayman home near O’Neill.
Beverly Meyer, Wayne, spent
the weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Meyer.
Mrs. Omer Poynts, Stuart,
spent Monday at the Robert Hen
dricks home.
Thursday was “clean-up” day
at the Wesleyan Methodist church
in Atkinson, sponsored by the
WMS Missionary Society. Assis
ting with the work were Mmes.
Mark Hendricks, Adam Tindall,
Ruth Chaffin, Elmore Blain, Rich
ard Klinger, Robert Slaymaker,
Lawrence Thurlow, Robert Lewis,
David Rahn, Robert Hendricks,
Raymond Dobias, Leonard Gold
fuss, Frances, Edith and Linda
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Chaffin. Some members of the*
group worked on the chorus books
which is a project underway by
the missionary society. Several
of the menfolk spent the day
trimming and cutting trees on the
church premises and cleaning out
clogged drain pipes.
Thursday overnight guests of
the Leonard Chaffin family were
Mr. and Mrs. Irl Huffman, Reece,
Kan., and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hof man and daughters, Des
Moines. Ia. They were all pre
sent for the wedding of Frances
Chaffin anti Bruce Hoffman.
O'Neill Locals
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Remke and
daughters, Orchard, were dinner
guests Sunday, May 20, in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
White.
Mr. and Mrs. K. L. VanVoor
his went to Scottsbluff for the
Memorial Day holiday and then
on to Edgemont, S. D., where
they visited Mr. VanVoorhis’ fa
ther, R. B. Van Voorhis.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thorin and
Mr and Mrs. Joe Tennis spent
from Thursday to Monday in Min
nesota on a fishing trip
Larry Dawes, Fairbury, has
been visiting in the Grant Pea
cock home. He will be employed
by the State Department during
the summer months.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Urban and
Harlan visited Sunday evening in
the Clyde Streeter home. Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Urban were Monday
callers in the Streeter home.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Peacock -
and family were tn Newport Sun
day for Memorial services
Mr. and Mra. Homer Lowery,
Oakdale, visited in the borne of
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Peacock and
family, Memorial Day.
John Kurtz, son of Mr and
Mrs. Bob Kurtz, will leave tot
Chadron June 1 where be will be
manager of the swimming pool
in Chadron State Park.
Guests in the Bessie Burge
home May 16 to 22 were Mr. and
Mrs Harold Ward. Siloam
Springs, Ark., and Mrs. Grace
Brittell. Southwest City, Mo. Mrs.
Ward is a cousin of Mrs. Burge
and Mrs. Brittell is her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward left for the
West coast May 22 and will visit
relatives and friends along the
way. Later they plan to attend
the Worlds Fair. Mrs. Brittell
stayed for a longer visit.
Mrs. Homer Krebs, Denver,
Cok)., arrived Saturday to visit
in the homes of Rosa Bowers and
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Woidneck
and family. Mrs. Krebs will stay
for two weeks.
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Jack Guta, North Platte. visit
ed hi* parents, Mr. and Mra.
C. J Gats, over the weekend.
Mr and Mra. William Kiley
and family, Fnirbury, arrived
Saturday to visit in the home of
her mother, Mra. Birmuigharo.
William returned home Sunday
ami his wife amt daughter stay
ed fur a longer visit.
Sunday guest* in the Bessie
Burge home were Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Burge, Robert and Bruce,
Mr and Mrs. Clayton Burge and
girls, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Burge ami Mr. and Mrs. Wighie
Carr and Sharon.
Mr. ami Mra. Cecil Grenier
siient two days last week visit
ing Mr and Mra. Don Frits ami
family, Randolph. Cecil sheared
their she CO while he was then*.
Mrs Olive Heere left Thursday
to s|*emi several weeks with her
son. James and family, Beatrice.
Mrs. Elma Evans went to Ge
neva to visit Mr. and Mrs J. H.
Price and family last week Shi*
returned home Sunday. Wayne
Price cmne home with her fur a
visit.
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