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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1962)
THE FRONTIER, O’Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, July 5, 1M2 Prairieland Talk "Passing Years Mark Changes" By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, 411) South 51st St., Lincoln 6. Nebr. On the north side of the street from Third street to Fifth one business institution only is at it today that was serving the community in the 1880’s and 90 s, the First National Bank. Some buildings still along the street that were here in those early years but not the folks that once stepped about in them serving Dick Jones, Hank Mills, Guy Green and the ladies who came along to buy a bit of dress goods. One hotel re mains on the south side of the street that got going there about 1892, the Evans, now the Western. To the south on Fourth street the O'Neill National o_,_ Bank, Biglin's, Stannard's and the Commercial Hotel come out ftatindon of the past, but Stannard's is the only one still in the hands of one of that family. The lumber yard on South Fourth street is another surviving the years as is also the one on North Fourth street. The pass ing years mark changes. * * * Page, named in honor of Holt county’s first county surveyor, W. W. Page, Chambers, the name of the gent who first carried the mail from the railroad to that community in southern Holt county. O'Neill, yes you have all heard of General John O'Neill. Emmet, that noted Irish patriot Robert Emmet. A long haired bewiskered gent by the name of Atkinson came along from the Black Hills, wrote his name in the dust of the road and a town called Atkinson got going. * * * Traveling west on the highway we leave behind Norfolk, Oakdale, Neligh and roll into the quiet and peaceful village of Ewing happy again to look once more at the green robed beauty of southeast Holt county and for 50 miles on to Stuart there it is in all its charm the silken green landscape of Prairie land. And Ewing has been on the map for nearly a century, a community of pioneers and present day patriots in a lovely land robed today in summer green. * * * I Seventy-five years ago we left our Prairieland home five miles out and moved into O’Neill, taking our beloved dog Shep with us. But Shep did not like town life so went back home on the prairie. We left the door ajar so Shep could get in and out. Along came a gent from some miles away and stole a load of corn we had stored in the house and killed our dog. I do not know today where to find the bones of Shep, but memory lingers still of a Prairieland lad and his dog. Do you have a Shep? If so you understand it all. So another baby bom in O’Neill, hopped about the streets as a lad, became a man among us, has come to the end of the trail and died in the great city of Chicago. A Sullivan of the Sullivan family A-ho in the 1880’s had a store and living quarters above the store at midway the block between Third and Fourth streets. Time moves on, life begins one day and ends one day. What next? Are we ready for it? • * * Near the west entrance to our grand state Capitol building stands Abe Lincoln in stone. And on the north side stands Bryan in stone—W. J. Bryan three times a candidate for president. Why only the memory of notables standing in stone? Senator Frank Nelson could bring it about in legis lative session to have a stone monument erected at the east entrance in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Meals of pioneer days in north Nebraska. • * * Summer days. Mow the lawn, trim the bushes, water the flowers and gather a bit of garden pro duce for the coming dinner hour. Yes, we eat sum mer and winter. • * * Evangelist Billy Graham, like his forerunner Billy Sunday, has been stirring them up in the great city of Chicago, thousands turning out to see and hear the noted preacher. You think your church is the Lord’s own place to bend the knee, and I feel satisfied with my church as it stays by the Word of God the Holy Bible. Go to church! * * * My good friend Lew Nissen came recently to give me the glad hand and have a chat together. Mr. Nissen is a native of good old Holt county but now makes bis home in Lincoln, has a sister, Mrs. Pierce in the Amelia community and a brother of Atkinson. Two Holt county gents down in our Cap ital City enjoy getting together for a visit. Come often, Lew. * * * Rain. It has been coming down all afternoon this late day in June. Gardens and lawns, fields and meadows wet and swimming holes an inch or two deeper. Good corn growing weather and Prairie land patriots are happy over the prospects for a fruitful growing summer. * * * My son, Glenn, and sweetheart, Florence, rolled on rubber tires along the highways from their Day ton, Ohio, home to Los Angeles, Calif., planning to stop in Lincoln on their way back. In the 1930’s Glenn and Florence showed dad how to do it edit orially at The Frontier. And Glenn was bom in O’Neill at our home on South First street. Editorial The Fourth of July The Fourth of July! And what man in O’Neill will be up at daybreak to fire a shotgun salute? Who will be the speaker to utter words of praise and promise and are there men, women and chil dren who will sit on board seats giving close, appre ciative attention even though the session lasts for hours? Will heat and insects be forgotten in our enjoyment of this verbal salute to our country? Probably not. The heady wine of patriotism that inspired such demonstrations in the men of other days seems to have been diluted with a mixture of frustration, fatigue, distrust and an overshot of fear. A sort of feeling that our government has be come top-heavy, unwieldy and confused, plus a glimpse now and then of cupidity and stupidity causes a real feeling of sadness. A nagging uneasiness about the state of our nation and indeed the rest of the world has taken some of the zip out of us for any spontaneous fire works. We still have a love of country. We work an average of three months of each year for her sup port, and in time of danger, life itself is not too great a sacrifice. We recoil in fear from the thought of ever losing so precious a heritage. However, the average family man needs every ounce of energy that he can muster to earn the goods and opportunities that he must have for his own family so he will in all likelihood just consider “The Fourth’’ as a much needed day of rest. We’ll hang out the flag and feel a tingle of pride as we head for the easy chair and a can of— pop. How about you? B JR "Straight Talk About Post Office" The United Mates Host othce, under its new set of rates and regulations, has nearly stopped being a service department supported by the tax payers and has become a strict business proposition. In so doing, it has forgotten also that newspapers are service institutions and that the second class postal rates were established in the last century’, not as a subsidy for an industry that cannot support itself, but as a fair and just payment for a service rendered, that service being a close and detailed communication between the free people of this country and their servant, the government. By this arbitrary rejection of the historic re lationship between government and people this news paper is being forced to adopt the identical attitude, much against its will. Since the government now rejects the idea of service paid for through taxes and places the Post Office on a profit and loss basis, requiring payment for every little detail, even to the forwarding of mis-addressed mail—we must do the same. Hereafter, the notices by the Post Office that Civil Service examinations are pending cannot be run as news. We refer them to our Classified Adver tising department, suggesting that the item be plac ed under "Help Wanted", as other businesses do. We would also like to see a check attached, at our regular rates, for the following government items: Notices to buy bonds, from the Treasury De partment. Enlistment information, from the Defense De partment. “News” releases from the departments of Ag riculture, Health and Welfare, Commerce, F.H.A., V.A., The Peace Corps, the F.A.A.. etc. etc. etc. When this flood of material ceases to find its way into print perhaps the flow will be cut down. This, in turn, will take such a load off the Post Office Department, in being rid of non-revenue pro ducing mail, that perhaps they will once more be able to consider working out an arrangement of mutual service to the people. The Post Office is a necessary government service. A postal rate increase is a tax increase, no matter how you try to double-talk your way around it. If they choose to put a tax-supported serv ice on a profit and loss basis, then we must do the same. We had also better look to what kind of leader ship permits things like this to happen, lest the situation get out of hand and we are billed for a new atomic submarine, over and above the taxes we pay.—Florissant (Mo.) Reporter. ANGOLA, N. Y„ EVANS JOURNAL: “A whole cult has arisen in America which thinks it nec essary to expend federal funds for all manner of purposes, from building our schools to cleaning up the trash in our back yards. They claim it is necessary even to attempt to balance the budget. No thought is given to the erosion of public con fidence in the future of the dollar. No greater error can be made. The financial trickery which other nations employed to devaluate’ their currency led to tremendous privation among their citizens misery, depression, unemployment and even actual starva tion 99 WYNNE, ARK., PROGRESS: “The government has virtually completed its expensive research pro ject into the factors that contribute to bruises on tomatoes. "You, through your government, paid to learn that if tomatoes are dropped on a hard surface they are likely to be bruised . . . We might add that if a truck runs over a ripe tomato it virtually ruins it. We are sending a bill to the government for this information.” CORONA DEL MAR. CALIF., ENSIGN: “One of the reasons we are losing ground in our fight to defend our constitutional Republic and its private enterprise system of economy is ignorance of the value of competition and free enterprise and the profit motive. In fact, ‘profit’ and ‘capitalism’ are getting to be smear words, whereas they are, in truth, essential to the preservation of individual liberty.” Fronts? BILL RICHARDSON, Publisher BRUCE J. REHBERG, Editor Terms at Subscription: In Nebraska, $2-50 per year; elsewhere in the United States, $3 per year, rate abroad provided upon request. All subscrip tions payable in advance. 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 Asso ciation, National Editorial Association and the Audit >ureau of Circulations. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ] lAi§>c6T,?M ^ . i Frontiers Ago 50 YEARS AGO J. P. Golden was passing around the cigars last Monday morning over the arrival of an eight pound son, which arrived at his home that morning. . . A class of forty-eight members were initiated into the local coun cil of the Knights of Columbus last Sunday. . M. H. McCarthy, Arthur Ryan and Thomas En right went to Enders Lake, south of Ainsworth, last Saturday eve ning and spent Sunday fishing for bass. The boys said they caught their limit in a few hours. . .Members of the Old Settler’s Picnic Association will meet Sat urday, July 13 at 8 p.m. to elect officers and make arrangements for the 1912 picnic. 25 YEARS AGO A beautiful June wedding took place Monday morning, June 28 when Miss Wilma Nelson of Spen cer was united in marriage to Mr. Leon D. Putnam. . .Miss Catherine Shoemaker went down to Stanton last 9unday and spent the weekend visiting at the home of her parents. . .Holt County doctors to have material and child health courses. . .4-H camp will be held next weekend at liOng rune. 10 YEARS AGO Bert Bertolini has joined the staff of Gilligan’s Rexall drug store. . .Baseball Thursday, July 3, O’Neill Rockets vs. Atkinson. . .School entrance examinations to enter kindergarten will begin in O’Neill August 21. . .Five test holes drilled south of the city seeking site for a new well. . . Future subscriber, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Appleby of O’Neill, a son, Charles Owen, born July 2. . . O’Neill has acquired a combina tion street cleaner, chemical sprayer and fire truck all-in-one vehicle. 5 YEARS AGO M. J. Golden, O’Neill golfer, won the Ainsworth golf tourney June 23. . .Miss Karen Gruhn was united in marriage to Roy Donald Boshart June 30. . .Fireworks, biggest stock in north central Nebraska. . .All types reasonably priced, .adv. . .The home of Mrs. Vannie Newman was the scent* of a gathering June 23. . iBeth Ann and Gary McIntosh of Mea dow Grove were guests of their cousins, Billy and Richard Mc Intosh. The Long Ago , At Chambers 50 YEARS AGO Frank Lienhart is helping in the barber shop this week. . . John Wintermote was so unfortu nate as to lose a very valuable horse last Friday by lightning. . .Miss Josephine Lienhart came up from Wayne to visit her par ents over the fourth. . .The cele bration passed off very quickly, there being no boozing or fight ing at all. . .A good display of fireworks in the evening ended j as good as celebration as was ever held in Chambers. 25 YEARS AGO Lilly Leah Doherty, 68, funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon. . .C. J. Barnum has purchased the residence of Mrs. Mary J. Huffman located on north main street, plans are to use it as a funeral home. . .Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wintermote and Lloyd left for Morse Bluffs Saturday night for a short visit with rela tives and friends. . .The Editors returned iust Wednesday evening from a four week vacation, in time to help wind up the weeks issue of the Sun. . .Mrs. Inez White entertained 50 guests at a miscellaneous shower in honor of Mrs. Paul Fisher last Wednes day. Emmet And Community Dolores Tunender Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tunender and family called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bauer and family Monday night. Mrs. Ray Pettinger and daugh ter, Delores, and Mrs. Joe Pon gratz visited Mrs. Bill Mullen and Tim last Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Peter and family, O’Neill, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonardj Dusatko and family Monday eve ning. Mrs. Georgia McGinnis called at the home of Ellen O’Donnell Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Grothe and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grothe and Debbie visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dusatko and family last Sunday evening. Emmet Little Leaguers played two games last week. Monday night they played Ewing, who won by a score of 7 to 4 and Fri day night they lost to West O’ Neill, 9 to 5. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Shaw and family, O’Neill, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dusatko and family Friday eve- j ning. Little Dewey Pongratz, O’Neill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Pon gratz spent Saturday with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pongratz. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schaaf, Omaha, attended the funeral of Mrs. Schaafs grandmother, Mrs Paul Seger, Atkinson, a week ago. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Winkler call ed at the home of Mr. and Mr*. George Babl last Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs Joe Pongratz vis ited ner aunts and cousin, Mrs. Kathryn Johnson and Jack Mur phy Friday afternoon at Atkin son. Mrs. Oscar Hansen, Mrs. Clara Promector, Mrs. Pauline Belize and Cookie visited at the home of Mrs. Leonard Dusatko Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George Babl call ed at the home of their daughter and family in O'Neill Friday. Mrs. Leonard Dusatko, Helen and Edwin called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peter and Mrs. Joe Babl, O’Neill, last Sun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pongratz at tended the funeral of Joe’s uncle, Alois Babl Wednesday at Stuart. Golden Rod Garden club met at the home of Mrs. Charles Tas ler Thursday, June 28. All but 3 members were present. Mrs. Vahle was a guest. The hostess served homemade ice cream and ’ cake. Donald Schaaf, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Elmer Schaaf, Emmet, who is stationed in Korea will attend the Catholic Rally. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Pongratz, Dewey and Debbie, O’Neill, call ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pongratz and family Thursday night. Jeanie and Susie Weichman, Stuart, are spending a few days at the home of their grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Winkler. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Babl and family, O’Neill, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Babl cr T iAnol on/l T nortn Fpirluo night. Mrs. Leonard Dusatko, Leona, Kathleen and Edwin, called at the home of Mrs. Pauline Benze and family Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Babl and Jeanette called at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Babl, sr., Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beckwith, Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Ruggless and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ries were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Len Ullrich. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Weber, Lincoln, Clara Burgman, Platts mouth and Mrs. A1 Iwen, Spald ing, were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Winkler. They at tended the funeral of Alois Babl in 9tuart. Mrs. A1 Havranek spent several days last week in Bloomfield at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fehringer and son, Rock. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rauter kus and family, O'Neill, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marcellas and family Fri day evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Barnes and family, Racine, Wi?c., are spending two weeks vacation here visiting relatives. They are first cousins to Mr. and Mrs Ed Sterna. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Havranek and Larry and Mrs James Hav ranek. sr called at the home of Mr. and Mrs Charles Havranek and family. O'Neill. Friday night Marty Mullen was honored with a miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs Joe Kalina. In man, Sunday, July 1. Miss Mullen will marry Fran cis Havranek. O'Neill, July 10 at the Church of Epiphany at Em met. A large crowd attended the summer school picnic at Emmet at the Church of Epiphany Sun day, July 1. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Welsh call ed at the home of their son-in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs Bob Miksch. Stuart, Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Peter and family, O’Neil], called at the home of Mr. and Mrs Ray Tun ender and family Sunday after noon. Francis Malloy, California, vis ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs Tom Welsh. Inman News By Mrs. James McMahan Mrs. Anna Smith returned to her home Saturday evening from Newport where she sjient a few /love iricWinn VI r nnH Mrc R A land Cadwallader and sons. Mrs. Amelia Moore has return ed from Fullerton, where she spent a few days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sholes and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schudel and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gillispie, North Loup, Nebr., and Mrs. Mary Clark, Salem, Ore., visited Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Abney Friday. In the afternoon the group called on Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kelley and family, Page. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Abney spent Saturday in Omaha where Lyl$ had a medical check. They were accompanied home by Sheryl and Cathy Brady. Georgia Herold and Mary Mors bach, Norfolk, spent Wednesday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Herold and Mr. and Mrs. David Morsbach. Ralph Sholes, Valentine, is spending his vacation visiting his mother, Mrs. Violet Sholes. Earnest Trowbridge has gone to Ephrata, Wash., where he will visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Smith and family for sev eral weeks. Kieth Kivett underwent an ap pendectomy Friday at St. An Al ice's Beauty Shop 325 E. Douglas St- Phone 2«3 Complete Beauty Service ‘vnn liner Reducing Machine thony's hospital in O’Neill. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vaden Kivett. Mr. and Mr* Harvey Tiwnpkins and sons moved to their home south of Inman Friday, after spending several months in Wa verly. Mr and Mrs M. M Croaaer and sons, Neligh, visited Mr. and Mrs. David Morsbach Sunday evening Rosedale News By Karen Anderson Mr. and Mrs Ed Roakens, Win ner, S. D., were Thursday callers at the Duane Mahlendorf home. On their return horn** they took Mr and Mrs. H. Johnson, Mrs, Mahlendorf's parents, to their home in Emry, S. D. The John sons have been visiting in the community for a couple weeks. Mrs Duane Mahlendorf and Mrs. H. Johnson were Thursday callers at the Roy Black home. Vernon Wenke spent the past weekend visiting his mother, Mrs. Al — All — t_ VJ IVlt V* * i»AV . Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, and Ivar Johnson left Saturday for Illinois. They went to attend the funeral of Elaine Schultz, eleven year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schultz. Mrs. Ivar Johnson and child ren. and Mervin Anderson, Butte, went to Long Pine Sunilay to get Margaret Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson and girls called at the Don Lin gren home Sunday afternoon. They helped Patty celebrate her birthday. Beverly Anderson spent the weekend at home. She is present ly attending summer school at Wayne State Teachers college Janice K Anderson was s Fri day overnight guest ol Shirley Huda. The annual Midsummer picnic, sponsored by the Kosedale Sun day school, wa* enjoyed toy the people of the community Tues day afternoon. Everyone In at tendance hod a good time. Mr and Mrs. Ben Harrison, Omaha, were Mouday supper guests at Herman Lanilholma Mrs. Harry Holmberg. Sharon, and Hose Mane made a business trip to Sioux City Wednesday, Nancy l.ightfoot spent the wetkend with her parent*, Mr. and Mrs Lawson Ltghtfoot. She is presently taking nursing In Omuha. Tin* Kev. and Mrs. Everette Wilson anti lamtly were Saturday supper guests at the Lawson Ligtitioot home. Mrs. Carl Nygren was a Friday caller of Mrs. Leonard Anderson. Mrs. Morns Johnson and La Vonne ami Mrs, Joe Peterson were Sunday afternoon callers at the Carl Anderson home. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mahiendorf and Leonard and Mr and Mrs. I'.lrn \1 IlicniintI eiilled at 11 Don Bridge home in Pickitown Thursday night. They helped Don ceif brate his birthday Mr. and \1r». Joe Holfoek and stins, Omaha, were weekend guests at the Adolph Sedivy home. Mr ami Mrs. (»ay Hull and family were Sunday callers at the Adolph Sedivy home. Adolph Sedivy spent the week end in Sioux Falls on business. Anderson home, The Rev. ami Mrs. Everette Wilson ami Mariam were Sunday evening coffee guests at the Carl