Prairieland Talk "Wintertime Is Here Again" By ROMAINE SAUNDERS. 411J South 51st St.. Lincoln 6. Nehr. A cold December day. Snow and ice across the streets and lawns. Here we are another wintertime has come. Some of us have sur vived many, many winters. Now another mor.ih will bring the anniversary of the great blizzard- When Grandma Chap lin was one among others found frozen to death the morning after that terrible blizzard. Here in the capital city we have an organization that perpetuates the memory of that terrible day I was within ten minutes Bom sine of lieing caught out on the road flnimdrm that morning But I did not get * going and so I am still here to tell again the story of that historic event • • • He started life in O’Neill in the day of the horse and wagon. With a team and wagon he went at it and did hauling of goo the automobile and became one of northern Ne braska's most prominent automobile dealers also running what we call filling stations today. There on the corner of Fifth and Douglas Streets. And from his modest little home on Third and Everett Streets he moved to the town's liest residential area on the east side. He had one son who proved tx> be not at all like his good father, J. B. Mellor. * * * Fern Hubbard Orme elected again as state sen ator representing a district in the capital city in forms me the State Legislature will meet promptly at noon January 1 and no doubt a voice will be heard saying, "1 move that we adjourn until this hour tomorrow’'. Another voice will he heard to say, “I second the motion”. Senator Orme is the only woman serving as a state senator and is doing a good job of it. She came from Holt County and was a school girl in O’Neill when the Hubbard fam ily lived there over on the east side. She came with her parents to Lincoln and finished her education at the State University and got into public life soon after that. She was elected a member of the Lin coln city council where she served for some time with credit to herself. Then the next step along the way in public life she became a state senator where she is doing a very excellent job of it. What next will this Holt County girl be up to? A candidate to be Nebraska’s first woman governor? • * * The southern states are being hit hard by jack frost this December. Below zero weather! Through out the country snow and ice. A cold December we are having. Maybe we must go north now to get warm instead of going south. A cold morning! Stay in bed and sleep! Anyway the ice and snow has silenced the noisy lawnmowers. • • • I do not know his name. I never did know his name, but I see him again as he stands there by the Post Office building on South Fourth Street dressed in his boots, his leather breeches, buckskin jacket and handkerchief about his nec k and a big hat On each side hung his six-shooters which he would use on a moments notice if needed. Just a picture from the past, from the long ago, in the days of Doc Middleton. He was not of that group hut from the prairie range and in those days there was one of the Blincoes who had a shooting gallery where if one hit the target he would get a cigar or something. And that fellow from the range could step up and show us how it was done. • • * It may have been mentioned before in this de partment that few if any communities had the able citizens that we had here in O'Neill in days now gone. There was Congressman Kincaid, W. D. Mat thews who founded the FRONTIER, James II. Riggs who succeeded him, R. R. Dixon who ended his life as district judge, M. F. Harrington, Art Mullen, James A Donohue, S. J. Weaks and several others now no more. All laid to rest. But the community continues to grow and expand and there are able citizens here today. • • * At this time of year the river and little pond holes just south of town were frozen to ice. And we young blades with our skates went down to the ice covered spots and put on our skates and cut circles on the ice. There was Jim Davidson, Guy Green, Sam Thompson, Frank Mann, Harry Gilles pie, and our girl friends: Minnie Selkirk, Inez Smith, Mazie Durr, Tammie Norval and the others. There we were a group of the rising generation showing them how to do it on the ice. Is young America of the O’Neill community on their skates today? I wonder. And then we had the roller skating rink where we put on the skates and rolled around the floor for a while. Matty Mann one of the liest and Jimmy Riggs the champion of us all. And we had our fun. * * * It was in the year 1888 in the early summer our house from my father’s homestead was moved into O'Neill. And it was located on a lot on what is now South First street in the 300 block. Two rooms added onto it and other changes made. It was the home of my mother and her parents and my two sisters and brother after my father had died. In that house five of my parental family died and when it be came my home after my marriage, five of my sons and daughters were born there. In the year 1910 I disposed of the place and for a number of years it was the home of L. G. and Mrs. Gillespie. The house has been modernized and stands today a pleasant residence. Editorial The Aspects of Christmas There are two almost equally ancient but very different aspects of Christmas. The day. and the season, would be empty if either were missing. A century and a half ago Sir Walter Scott charmingly described one of them in his Marmion; “Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will. We'll keep our Christmas merry still.” This is the Christmas of celebration, whatever the vagaries of weather. It is the Christmas of gift giving, of feasting, of good talk, of remembrances of old days and old companions. Above all. it is the Christmas of children, awed and delighted by the tree with its lights and decorations, with the wonderful, living and breathing illusion that is Santa Claus, with the excitement of opening their pres ents, and with the magnificent music that has ex pressed the spirit and hope of Christmas for genera tions beyond counting. The other aspect is the meaning of Christianity, which it is the purpose of Christmas to symbolize. This, unhappily, is the aspect that in the hurried, materialistic modem world is so often forgotten. The fundamental, all-important purpose of Chris tianity can be very simply stated; Love of God and a love for fellow-man equal to that we hold for our selves. From this concept stems the Christian prin ciples of honor, duty, forgiveness, and tolerance. All the other great religions have a comparable base. This year, as every year, there will be Christ mas celebrations throughout much of a weary world. The question is whether Christian principles, bring ing peace and solace and understanding to peoples, will ultimately prevail. BILL RICHARDSON, Publisher BRUCE J. REHBERG, Editor Terms ol Subscription: In Nebraska, #2-50 j>ei year; elsewhere in the United States, $3 per year, rate abroad provided upon request. All subscrip tions payable tn 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 bureau of Circulations. NATION Al EDITORIAL N s .¥J. &uj (AfeMy (Aihistma} _ 70e take this happy time of year to wish you all the joys of the Holiday Season, and to join all men of good will in a prayer for worldwide peace and understanding. May your Holidays be merry and bright! MEYER S MIDWEST FURNITURE O'NEILL NEBRASKA I pran lkm«4rw PORK CUTLETS Lb. 59c I . K. II. 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That oar employees may spend Xmas Eve with tfaeir families we will close at 6 pm.