Editorial
Do You Remember?
Remember those old coni burners? 1 am bilking
about the one you had In the living room, the big
one with the little isinglass windows through which
you sec the ruddy glow of the coal or briquets.
Handling one was a fine art. One had to have
juat the right finesse with the bucket, or the fuel
would spill all over the floor. Then, having filled
it, there must lie just (lie proper deft touch to damp
ers and vents so it wouldn't "gas".
The heat from these burners reached the up
stairs rooms through registers. The heat through
them was most welcome and, also, they made per
fect "peeking” and "listening” places as to what
was going on downstairs after you had lieen put to
tied. Oh, what these modem kids are missing!
Sparta (Wis.) Herald
YOU BET WE IM> . . .
Remember the old base burner? How could
one ever forget that gluttonous, red bellied monster.
Our old base burner, named Hershvogel, left the
family homestead two years ago when it was sold
to an antique collector at Niobrara, destined eventu
ally to return to someone whose nostalgic memories
outweighed their common sense.
Anyone who has lived with one of these stoves
seems Inclined to remember only the good things
about them and forget the bad. Perhaps it hasn't
been long enough ago but we still remember the
basebumer as resembling the rich relative who
is pampered and tolerated by the family in hopes
of someday receiving a reward.
For years our stove was pampered and fed in
hopes of some small reward in the way of heat.
Etch winter it gobbled its way through tons of
hard coal. I remember my father pouring the
buckets of coal into its gaping maw each night.
The whole family would gather their chairs around
and gaze in awe as Hershvogel glowed in ruddy
contentment. And although our faces soon turned
as red as the stove our backsides stayed as cold
as an outside doomob. Then, just as often as not
the beast would find fault with its supper as a little
melted snow mixed with the coal would trickle
down into its insides. And if you ve ever poured
water on live coals you know what an odor results.
In the mornings the beast was slow' to awaken
and several hours could elapse before it deigned
to share its warmth with us. In the meantime it
had to lie fed again, the ashes shaken down and
emptied and the check and damper had to be ad
justed to its exact liking. If its ration of coal had
been short the night before or the damper left
open a little too far the beast would be entirely
out and would have to tie coaxed to life with corn
cobs and kerosene, a process which sometimes took
until mid-moming.
Some coal was always spilled in feeding it and
a few small chunks of hard coal always remained
hidden until stepped upon by bare feet. I swear
the beast used to chuckle when we squashed one
of these pieces into our feet as we gathered around
it in the morning.
We also remember the day each spring when
Hershvogel was carried out of the house and down
to the washhouse to spend the summer. Each year
it seemed to get heavier and heavier and more
awkward to handle. Tempers would grow shorter
and shorter as we tried to manhandle the beast
out of the house without dropping it.
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B4J the spring trip was nothing compared to
the fall. By then half the stovepipe would be lost,
it was usually cold and snowy and a half dozen of
the isinglass sheets would need replacing. And you
haven't heard anything until you’ve heard the ad
jectives used in trying to unscrew the rusty, burned
screws holding the isinglass in place.
Its glowing sides seemed designed to tempt
small children to try to poke pencils and yardsticks
through the isinglass windows. And in absence of
sharp instruments small fingers were often used,
often with disasterous results both to the finger and
the isinglass.
Remember the old coal burners? You bet we
do ... if you've ever lived with one you could
never forget it.
B J R
LEESBURG, El A., COMMERCIAL: "Americ
ans are maturing in the machine age. They are
learning to discriminate and to demand quality as
well as quantity. The wise manufacturer knows this.
And he knows that to achieve quality he must instill
a sense of pride and self-satisfaction in his workers,
even if many jobs involve only tightening the same
bolt on the same part all day.”
OSWEGO, KAN., INDEPENDENT: “A lot of
well meaning U. S. citizens are trying to figure out
how to make sense out of a proposed tax reduction
in an overall way, when the government’s financial
outgo not only continues to exceed its financial in
take,—but in a sum that continues to get bigger
each year. If the proposed tax reduction is to just
take less out of one pocket and more out of an
other,—why kid ourselves.”
MIILS CITY, MONT., DAILY STAR: "Econo
mists serving the Senate-House Economic Com
mittee have issued a report in which they recom
mend that the dollar be devalued. It isn’t too likely
to happen, because the present Administration like
the Eisenhower Administration, has vowed not to
devalue. Citizens had better hope that our Govern
ment keeps this pledge, because devaluation would
mean an instantaneous loss of the purchasing power
of all savings—including billions of dollars in Gov
ernment bonds bought because of faith in the Gov
ernment’s fiscal honesty.”
ALAMO, TEX., NEWS: "‘A federal agency
contemplates making a survey to determine how
Americans spend their money.’ - Press report. Such
a survey would most likely show that some 85 per
cent of the money spent goes to support federal
agencies which go around making silly surveys.”
FOLEY, ALA., ONLOOKER: "It was the first
time that Negro players had played on a Southern
all-star team. The significant thing is that those
players had the freedom of choice in deciding
whether they wanted to play in the bowl game or
not. There was no court order telling them they had
to play. There was no order from the attorney gen
eral threatening them with dire consequences if
hey did not play. There were no federal marshals
with tear gas guns nor troops with fixed bayonets
on the field. Had there been any of these, there
would have been strong resistance. Even the TV
viewers had the freedom of choice. There were
several games being televised.”
BILL RICHARDSON, Publisher
BRUCE J. REHBERG, Editor
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Frontiers
Ago
5« YEARS AGO
Simon Simonson was called to
Omaha Wednesday where he
went to attend the funeral of his
aunt, Mrs- P. J. Johnson, who
formerly lived on a farm near
Agree. , .Col. Neil Brennan de
parted yesterday for Omaha
where he joined a large con
course—something like a train
load—of implement dealers from
all over Nebraska who have been
subpoened as witnesses in the
government S-iit to dissolve the
International Harvester trust. . .
Alex W. Sommer, conducting a
store in The Frontier building and
Mary Welsgerberer who had been
clerking in the store, obtained a
marriage license in Sioux City,
last week and were married
there. . The lease was arranged
yesterday whereby W. T. Evans
and son, Ralph, took over the
Golden Hotel. It will be a source
of gratification to O’Neill people
that Mr. Evans secures the ho
tel as his experience in that line
assures competent management
of the new hotel in which the
people can take pride.
25 YEARS AGO
Herbert G. Asher died at his
home in Page last Sunday morn
ing after an illness of but a few
hours, following a stroke suffer
ed Saturday evening at the age
of 63 years. . .Mr. and Mrs. Vic
Halva celebrated their nineteenth
wedding anniversary on Sunday
afternoon, March 13. . .O’Neill
was well represented at the Mis
souri Valley convention of soda
lists held in Omaha last week. . .
L. F. Kennedy, manager of the
Produce department of the Tri
State Produce company, arrived
in the city Saturday and opened
the company’s plant here on
Monday morning for business. .
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Lindberg
are rejoicing over the arrival of
a little daughter, at their home
born Wednesday just before noon.
. .Gatz Bros, are now receiv
ing bids on an addition to the
Gamble Store building on Doug
las street. Capt. Uhl left last
Thursday afternoon for Roches
ter, Minn., where he intended to
go through the clinic for a thor
ough check-up.
10 YEARS AGO
An O’Neill rancher, D. C. Schaf
fer, arrived in Washington D. C.
Wednesday morning tQ represent
Nebraska on a livestock advisory
commission. . -Dr. L. A. Burgess.
member of the O’Neill city
schools board of education for
more than 15 years and presi
dent of the board for the past
seven years, said he would not
be a candidate for re-election. . .
Army Pvt. Marvin A. Jauering of
Stuart was reported wounded in
action in Korea, according to a
weekend dispatch from the De
partment of defense. . .In the
American Red Cross drive in O’
Neill conducted Monday evening
the total receipts for the city
were $335.24. . .Dave Brandon, 6
ft. 6 in. ball hawk, was the big
reason the Gordon entry in the
annual district class B tourney
captljred the championship, Gor
don turned back a strong bid by
the O’Neill high Eagles, 43-41, in
the title game played Friday
night. DEATHS, John P. Mc
Manus, 62 and Mrs. D. A. Baker,
54.
5 YTEARS AGO
Bob Ruther, 16, Inman junior,
suffered burns on his chest, arms
and face early Wednesday after
pouring kerosene on wood in a
heating stove The stove appar
enlly contained hot coals and an
explosion ensued, causing burns
on both hands, his chest snd
slight facial bums. . Hugh G.
Carr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Carr of O'Neill, recently was pro
moled to specialist third class at
Ft. Campbell, Ky., where he is
a member of the 101st airborne
division’s 327th infantry . De
parting Wednesday for induction
into military service from Holt
draft board were Robert D. Tut
tle. Ewing, and Sammy B.
Young, Chambers. . Mrs. Delia
Harrison will celebrate her 90th
birthday anniversary at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer De
vail, Sunday, March 23 with op
en house from 2 until 5 p.m. . .
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester
Venticher, Norfolk, a son, Ro
ger. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sau
ser are the maternal grandpar
ents and Mrs. Elizabeth Ventei
cher is the paternal grandmo
ther. . DEATHS, John M
Wedige, 82, Atkinson, Lloyd W
Cranford and Mrs. Louisa Antoi
nette Allen, 82, formerly of At
kinson, died in Wyoming.
The Long Ago
At Chambers
50 YEARS AGO
Dr. Oxford reports the birth
Sunday of a baby girl at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bard Han
na. . Mrs. Mary Howe has ac
cepted a position in O’Neill and
has resigned her position here
as teacher in the High school,
resignation to take effect about
April 1st. . Mrs. Wade Grubb
and daughters have leased the
old Post office building and are
busy having fixtures installed
and getting stock in order pre
paratory to starting a new mil
linery store. This is a business
that Chambers has long felt the
need of and we join with their
many friends in wishing them
success in their new venture. . .
William Reniger of Hubbard was
up last week, looking after his
interests here. . Jake Howe and
John Anderson of Ballagh were
in Tuesday night and took the
Initatory Degree at the Odd Fel
lows Lodge. . .The Misses E.
Marie and Eva Alderson depart
ed today for Ft. Worth, Tex.,
where Miss Marie has accepted a
position as instructor in the
Brantley-Draughton business col
lege and Miss Eva will enter the
institution as a student.
25 YEARS AGO
The letter-men of the first and
second basketball of Chambers
High school were honored with a
bifiquet at the hospitable home
of Col. and Mrs. H. C. Cooper
Friday night. . .Miss Jennie Ad
ams (daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Adams) who is serving
her third term of service as
Missionary nurse at the Emman
uel hospital at Capiz, P. I., will
sail for the home land the iatter
part of this month. . .There was
a crowd went in Sunday, the 13th
with well filled baskets to cele
brate Mr. and Mrs. John Honey
well’s 15th wedding anniversary
and Mrs. Honeywell’s birthday . .
Mrs. Alma Farrier attended an
Assistance Committee meeting in
O’Neill Friday and reports Har
ry Bowen back on the job as
janitor at the Court House and
feeling fine. . .Mr. and Mrs. Clar-,
ence Miller of Martin, S. D. are
happy over the arrival of a baby
boy, Larry Leon, born to them
on March 11th. Mrs. Miller will
be remembered as Hazel Bond.
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Pages Past
50 YEARS AGO
Rural route No. 2 started at
Page Monday with three trip* a
week service. C F. Cockson it
the temporary driver. The new
mail route runs north ami we>t
of Page . .Ed Hill and Alma
Weatherwax of Redbird were
guests in the Nate Peterson
home Tuesday . Mrs. Alice Tip
ton, nee Harper, is visiting in
Page this week. . Milt Hamilton
and John Dyson made a busi
ness trip to Bonesteel the first
of the week. . . Pack Reed ar
rived from the “Show Me" state
to make his home in Page. . .
Ode Davis is moving from Syra
cuse to the Charles Blam farm.
. . Mrs. Ida Townsend and
daughter, Bernice, departed for
O'Neill the last of the week. Af
ter visiting there they will pro
ceed to their claim in Wyoming.
The McNabb family will occupy
their home during their absence.
E. G. Copes, 80, died at his
home northeast of Page, Mar. 1.
Funeral services were held at
Cook Mar. 5. . Dr. Bild received
his new auto Wednesday. It is a
Mentz 22 of a beautiful red color.
It is a speedy machine. . .Bryan
and Alva Stevens were Sunday
dinner guests of E. F. Eberly. . .
S. O. Campbell was in town
Tuesday. . .Amos Davis and Har
ry Huston went to O'Neill Mon
day.
40 YEARS AGO
Dr. French reports a 7 lb baby
boy born at Venus to the Wally
Stropes. . .Earnest Brunkhorst
visited in the Balz Fuelberth
home at Osmond. . .Mrs. Pietz
mier and Nellie Walker hosted
a birthday party for the latters
sister, Miss Ethel Walker. . .Em
mett Wertz went to get cuttins
near Page to put out a vine
yard. . .Lavelle Henderson spent
Sunday afternoon with Zola Sny
der. . .Bryan French and wife
visited at the Phillips home Mon
day evening for a game of chess
. . .Fred Stevens moved to the
William Van Connett place, Ed
gar Stauffer to the J. VanAvery
place, Jim Tucker to the P. E.
Chase property, Lee Hunter to
O’Neill. . .Sam Coover, Leonard
Heiss, Murnie Tipton and Rev.
McGaughey visited school this
week. . .On Wednesday after
noon, Feb. 21 occurred the mar
riage of Miss Constance Alpha
Rutherford to Martin Lewis
Wood. The bridal party drove to
the M. E. parsonage in Page
at 2 o’clock.
Rev. McGaughey pronounced
them man and wife after which
congratulations were in order.
The witnesses were Mr. and Mrs
Roy Haynes and Harvey Ruther
ford. Both these young people
are well known and highly es
teemed, having grown up in our
midst and their many friends
join us in extending to them our
hearty congratulations.
Emmet
And Community
Dolurw Tiinrarlrr
Mr ami Mr* Elmer Schaaf
ami family went to Omaha
March 1 ami spent the weekend
with their son, Mr ami Mrs.
Jerry Schaaf ami Kathy. On Sat
urday they were very pleasantly
surprised when they were guests
at a family dinner at the Ranch
IkavI in honor of their 25th wed
ding anniversary. Later there was
a family gathering at their son's
home. The three tier wedding
cake was baked by Mrs Jerry
Schaaf and decorated by Paula
Strong.
Those present for the occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ikuilin,
Linda and Larry of Central City.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strung and
family, Mr. and Mrs Fred
Barnes and family, Mr and Mrs
John Barnes ami family, Robert
Barnes, Mr. and Mrs Ken Stast
nv, Mr and Mrs. George Schaaf.
all of Omaha, and Mrs. Alfred
Schaaf and family of Emmet.
Mr and Mrs. Elmer Schaaf also
received telephone calls from
their sons, Sgt. Donald E. Schaaf
of Presidio, Calif., ami Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Schaaf and I»ri of
Esterville, la., who were unable
to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Havranek
and family and Mrs. James Hav
ranek both O'Neill visited Tues
day evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs Louis Havranek.
John Schaaf and family and
Mr. and Mrs George Ramold
and family, Inman, were Sunday
guests at the home of Mrs. Joe
Ramold sr.
Carl Hoppe called on Mr. and
Mrs .Top Pnncmib Thtirgilau
ning. The men went to Emil and
Albert Heebs to play cards.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Havranek call
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Havranek Thursday eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ramold jr.
and family, O’Neill, called at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tun
ender and family Friday evening
Mrs. Charles Deermer, Ronnie,
Larry and Linda, Atkinson, call
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Ray Tunender and family Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Joe Pongratz, Mrs. Agnes
Heeb and Mrs. John Ha hi sr.
called on Mrs. John E. Ha hi jr.,
Colleen and Cathy Lynn Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fritton, O’
Neill. were last Sunday guests at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Dusatko.
Gene, Bernard and Randy
Schaaf visited John Schaaf's
children over the weekend.
Mrs. Bill Grothe called at the
home of Mrs. Leonard Dusatko
Friday afternoon.
Colleen, Curtis and Kathy spent !
the weekend at the home of their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Babl.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Winkler were
supper guests at the home of j
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Ries and fam
ily Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Winkler attended the
coffee party at the home of Mrs.
Georgia McGinnis in honor of
her birthday.
Mr and Mrs John Shald. Stu
art. ami Mr*. Joe Winkler, broth
er. Jack Weber. Rapid City were
Tuesday gorsta at the tiome of
Mr. and Mr* Joe Winkler. Mr.
and Mr* leo Welchman and fam
ily. Stuart, were there also
Mi*a Maureen Ooufal. Stuart,
wo* last Sunday dinner guest at
the home of Mr ami Mr*. Iler
nard Pongratz ami family.
Mr. ami Mr* Chuck Havranek
ami family and Mr* Jaine* llav
runek sr liuth of O'Neill and Mr.
and Mr*, leuis Havranek and
I jury were Sunday guest* at the
home of Mr and Mr* Al Hav
ranek
Those who helped Mr and Mr*
Art Given* move WednNdty
were Mr ami Mr*. Joe PungratS,
Mr ami Mr* Hemard Pongratz,
Mr ami Mr* Paul Kramer, Du
ane Pongratz. Lawrence Ziska.
Hill Wedlge, Kl<irian Scholl They
ate dinner at Mr and Mr*. Her
nard Pongrutz'.
Mr and Mrs. Ray Tunender
and family. Kilgar Fischer, Val
entine, ami Mr and Mr*. Rich
arti Deermer and Carla were Sun
day evening guests at the home
of Mr. and Mr*. Charles Deer
mer ami family.
Mr and Mrs l*>nald Marcellua
and family called at the borne of
Mr. and Mr* Ed Ren techier and
Randy Thursday night.
Mr. ami Mr*. I .eon Heritor bier,
Atkinson, called at the home of
Mr. and Mr*. Donald Marcellus
and family Friday evening.
Pleasant 4-lI'crs club met at
the Pleasant View school Sunday
with a business meeting. All
member* were present but four.
Roll call was What Were Your
Dislike* About The Club Hastes*
for the next meeting will be tli#
Ed Stems family ami Hill Tlelke
family. Next meeting will lie
April 21. Dairy meeting will meet
nt Albert Henning this week.
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