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HOME CF GOOD PICTURES
Matinee Saturday 2:30; 10-25c; night
admission 10-40e.
Friday and Saturday, May 29-30
“NOT EXACTLY GENTLEMEN”
With Victor McLaglen, Fay W’ray,
Lew Cody and Eddie Gribbon. Gold!
And a beautiful woman at the end of
the rainbow trail. An epochal period,
the Dakota land rush. Comedy, love
and adventure ride the trail. Where
the flip of a card meant riches, a bul
let, or the affection of a woman.
Sunday, Mon. Tues. May 31, June 1-2
Marion Davies, in
“IT’S A WISE CHILD”
With Sidney Blackmer, Ben Alex
ander, Polly Moran, Marie Provost,
and James Gleason. It’s a hilarious
farce you will walk blocks to see.
Notwithstanding the fact that this
Bclasco hit ran more than a year in
New York, and the lines were quot
ed from coast to coast, Marion Dav
ies brings a naive freshness to the
picture that makes it seem like new.
Wedresday—Bargain Night—June 3
Bob Steele, in
“HEADIN’ NORTH”
A man is murdered, his father is out
lawed; he is an escaped convict; his
sweetheart is in danger, yet he risks
all to get his man and his rightful
revenge.
Thursday — Bargain Night — June 4
“THREE FRENCH GIRLS”
With Fifi Dorsay, Reginald Denny,
Cliff Edwards, Yola d’Avril, Sandra
Ravel, George Crossmith. Come over
and see this grand farce, with the
sparkle and pep of champagne and
the trill and lure of gay Paree!
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to the many kind friends for
their assitance and sympathy during
the Hines'* anld following the death
of our dear mother, Mrs. Thomas
Simonson.
The Simonson Family.
V COUNTY AGENT NOTES
By James W. Rooney,
County Extension Agent
Extension Head Visits O’Neill
R. E. Holland, District County
Agent leader, met with the Farm
Bureau Board, Saturday afternoon.
Extension policies and the program
of work for the ,, remainder of the
year were discussed by the board.
Woman’s Project Clubs Meet
Nine woman’s project clubs were
represented at the meetings held at
Atkinson and O’Neill on Thursday
and Friday. Mrs. Libbie Watson, of
Amelia, was elected group chairman
at the Atkinson meeting. Mrs. L. M.
Miller, of Page was chosen tempor
ary group chairman at the O’Neill
meeting. Miss Leona Davis, Exten
sion Specialist, announced the pro
ject which will come to Holt county
this fall. This project, “Accessories
for the House,” will be conducted by
Miss Helen Rocke, a former Atkin
son girl. The first meting will take
place in September. If fourteen or
more clubs are enrolled by August
15th, Miss Rocke will spend tw'o days
in the county. Enrollment blanks
may be secured from this office or
from Mrs. Libbie Watson and Mrs.
L. M. Miller.
Holt Co. Represented at Club Week
Two members of the Wide Awake
clothing club at Amelia will attend
club week at Lincoln. They will be
accompanied by their leader, Mrs.
H. O. Russ.
The Merry Makers clothing, cann
ing and cooking clubs of the Ballagh
community will have three delegates
at club week. Mrs. S. E. Dexter, lo
cal leader of these clubs, will chap
erone the group.
Fungus Disease in Lawns
A number of blue grass lawns in
Stuart, Atkinson and O’Neill are in
fected with a fungus disease which
attacks the grass roots. The disease
is sometimes called ringworm be
cause it occurs in the shape of n
The grass in this ring dies and no
vegetation grows in the infected
area. The soil seems to be full of a
white, powdery substance. This dis
ease can be controlled by the applica
tion of three ounces of bichloride of
mercury per one thousand square
feet. The solution can be applied as
a fine spray, only sufficient water be
ing needed to give an even distribu
tion. After the disinfectant is ap
plied the lawn should be well soaked
down. If it is necessary to make
more than one application during the
season, the three ounces should be
cut down to two or one, as it will be
less likely to burn the turf. When
applying the spray to a ring, care
should be taken to reach the outer
edge of the infection.
Suggest New Vegetables
Green sprouting broccoli, Swiss
Chard, kohl rabi and Chinese cab
bage are suggested as new vege
tables for most town and farm gar
deners. Some gardeners have grown
these vegetables for years, while
others seem to know nothing about
them. Broccoli is something like
cauliflower except that it is green
instead of white. It is used and
tastes somewhat like asparagus.
Swiss Chard is particularly valuable
as u source of greens since the iron
content of the green leaves is even
higher than that of spinach. Kohl
rabi is a good early summer substi
tute for turnips and similar root
crops. It grows something like a
cabbage except that the stalk part
enlarges above the ground into a ball
something like a turnip. Chinese
cabbage planted in July makes a fall
crop for salad and as cabbage.
GLADYCE \V. SIMMONS
WRITES FROM WASHINGTON
Last week, 1 told of taking a boat
trip down the Potomac River from
Washington. The ride I described
was full of reminders of the Father
of his Country. First, the Capitol
and Washington Monument, visible
behind us for many miles. Then, the
Memorial Highway being built to Mt.
Vernon, skirting the river. Alexan
dria, with its rather extensive an
cient docks, reminiscent of Washing- ]
ton’s idea that Alexandria would be-!
come one o, the greatest cities of
the country, which, perhaps, would
have materialized if water had con
tinued to be the principal means of
transportation as at that time. Then,
Fort Washington, which he picked in
1794 as an admirable place for de
fense of the Capitol City, frequently
visited by him as the estate of his
friend and neighbor, Mrs. Digges.
Across the river from Fort Wash
ington and down a short distance is
Mt. Vernon. Of all the beautiful
homes and estates along thePotomac,
it is most lovely. The mansion, so
plain and yet so stately, its wide pil
lared veranda suggesting the many
hours spent drinking in the magnifi
cent view. The graceful, covered
passageway curving off to little ac
cessory buildings to either side. The
background of century-old trees,
many planted by Washington him
self and some of the famous men of
his day. The deer park, sloping from
the law nto the river below, almost
artificial in its perfection. The dog
wood-dotted woods to either side.
The views from both the home and
the river must have had great in
spiration for Washington.
Below Mt. Vernon several miles is
another colonial home, Gunston Hallfi
that of George Mason, author of Vir
ginia's famous Bill of Rights. It also
has a beautiful setting, high on a
wooded bank. It is said that Wash
ington designed the mansion house.
And we now leave trie part ot tne
river sacred to his memory.
Many more miles down street are
the ruins of two hundred sixty wood
en ships built in World War times,
brought up the Potomac at high tide
to be burned—more evidence of war’s
wasted expense.
In one place the river widens to
six miles. Occasionally, there is a
little settlement, a cozy farm home,
an amusement park, a light-house, a
group of summer cottages. Every
where, the beauty of Virginia and
Maryland woods in their bright green
of early spring. Many nets set on
piles in the river and numerous little
rowboats vith two men handling
floating nets gave evidence of an im
portant industry of this section. They
say that the severe drought of last
summer resulted in many fish which
are usually caught in Chesapeake
Bay, going far up the Potomac.
And, finally, off some great dis
tance to the right, a colonial home
which we were told was Wakefield,
Washington's birthplace. It is not on
the Potomac, but on Pope’s Creek,
too shallow in these days for any but
a very small boat, and that only at
high tide. So we transferred to lit
tle boats propelled by an outboard
motor, and had a delightful ride
along a tiny stream. Only careful
navigating prevented us grounding
many a time. Beautiful and peaceful
country, level, tree-clad, homes wide
ly scattered. It seems queer that at
a time when river navigation was so
important, a home of such import
ance should have been built on a
creek which gives such poor facilities
for travel. We were told that, un
doubtedly, in early days, the creek
was much deeper and more navig-1
able. The clearing of the trees for ]
farming is responsible for the wash- j
ing of the soil from the hills into j
many of the streams of this locality. |
At last, we rounded a curve and j
saw before us on a high bank the j
house we had seen from the Potom-)
ac—Wakefield—a beautiful home,
with a lovely background of eedar!
trees. The house is a reproduction of'
the one in which Washington was
born, and is expected to be complet
ed in time for the Bicentennial Cele-!
bration of his birth next year. The;
original foundations were found, and
on them this house has been built.,
It is of two stories with five dormer!
windows on each side, two large;
chimneys at each end. The brick j
have been made on the place, from ■
local clay, according to the method I
which the records indicate were used I
for the brick of the original house, j
built about 1718. This house was oc-!
cupied by members of the Washing-1
ton family until it burned, about
1780. The first Washingtons who!
came from England, settled on this
land about 1656. The family bury
ing ground contains the bones of a
number of members of the Washing
ton family. Here, George was born
in 1732, and lived for about three!
years. Aftei his father’s death, in j
1743, he went back to Wakefield toj
live for two years with his half-1
brother, Augustine, Jr., “in order to •
receive instruction by a school-j
master.”
The house is to be furnished in ac-1
cordance with the inventory of 1762,
recorded in“Westmoreland County
Inventries.” In the long list are
“nine beds with their furniture,”
fourteen tables, fifty-three chairs,
table silverwa** worth more than a
thousand dollars, and many other
items showing the comfort and lux
ury of the home, and the importance
of the Washington family in the
1
country-side.
Interesting and beautiful now,
Wakefield will be much more so when
completed, furnished, and beautified
with gardens. Another fitting shrine
will it be, and n place to again come
close to Washington.
And now, reluctant as we are, we
must turn our boat homeward. We
have had a peaceful rest, drunk in
much beauty, seen how some of the
people of this region live, vitalized
more of our knowledge of early his
tory and come closer to our First
President. Surely, an outing worth
while.
GLADYCE W. SIMMONS
MEEK AND VICINITY
A. L. Borg trucked a load of hogs
to Sioux City, Thursday.
Mrs. Harry Fox, Charlie, and
Ralph Rousch were Sunday callers
at the Krier home.
Frank Nelson, who shipped a car
of cattle to Omaha last Tuesday, re
turned home Saturday.
1 he infant of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Fontaine was laid to rest Thursday,
in ihe Pleasant Valley cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gannon find
children, of Inman, were Sunday
guests at the Fred Lindburg home.
Sveral from here attended the so
cial at Miss Merle Omart's school on
Wednesday evening, and report a
fine time.
The Eiic Borg family and Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Walters and children
were Sunday guests at the Howard
Rouse home.
Miss Hazel Johnson and brother
Raymond, also Leon Higgins spent
Wednesday evening at the F. H.
Griffith home.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Young and
sons, Paul and Walter, of Opportun
ity were Sunday guests at the Ralph
Young home.
Mrs. Carrie Yarneil came from
Denver, Wednesday for a visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. S. J. Benson
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Edson Sargent, of
O’Neill and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nel
son, Paul and Margaretha were Sun
day guests at the Will Kuczor home.
Miss Ethel Devall, who has been
helping at the Calmer Simonson
home for the past few weeks return
ed to her home the first of the week.
Supper guests at. the Frank Grif
fith home on Tuesday were Mrs. Car
lie Yarneil and Mr. William Coch
ran, of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. S. J.
Benson.
Those who spent a very pleasant
evening at the Gus Johnson home on
Friday were Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Lindburg and Helen and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Griffith and Cecil.
Decoration Day exercises will he
held at Paddock Union church, Sat
urday at 1:30 p. m. Rev. Mayfield,
|§. E. pastor at Lynch, will give the
address; singing by the choir, and
several readings.
Mrs. Emma Blair, of Glonwood,
Iowa, who came last week for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Roy Spind
Ier and family, was called home on
Friday by the death of a sister. Mrs.
Spindler went with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith, Cecil,
and Leon Higgins were Sunday din
ner guests at the Herbert Rouse
home near Inman. Others who were
guests there that day were Miss
Maude Rouse of O’Neill and Mr. and
Mrs. Chauncey Keyes and Miss Mil
dred, of Inman.
Some from here attended the com
mencement exercises at the K. C. |
hall on Thursday evening. A large
crowd was present, many of whom
went to hear the address of Walter
Roberts, who grew to manhood in
this community but who now lives at1
Wahoo, Nebraska. The class was
evenly divided, there being eleven
girls and eleven boys; eleven from
the country and eleven from town.
Walter gave a stirring address, and
We who have known him all his life
are proud to claim him as one of the
‘‘boy's” of our community.
SURROUNDING AND
PLEASANT VIEW
Tom Murray called on Ed Heeb,
Sunday.
Elmer Baba.k called at the Ander
. on home Saturday.
Fred and John Warner visited
home folks in O’Neill, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Muring visited
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Haring, Sunday.
Fred Barnes is suffering with
rheumatism, which is quite painful.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Strong and
on Gene visited relative- in O’Neill,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Barnes and
-on visited at the Joe Shaffe home,
Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson en
joyed a visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Kazda, in Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sterns and
family spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sterns.
Mrs. Arthur Jones, Mrs/* Ivan
Cone and Mrs. Bailey Miller visited
Mrs. Hannah Richards, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Deloseh and son
of near Stuart, were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klingler.
Kenneth Warner is a patient at
the Wilson hospital in Stuart; he
was operated on for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson, of
Long Pine were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mis. Nels Anderson, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Steskal and El
mer spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. John Steskal and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Schindler were
guests at a fish dinner, Sunday, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wehr
ly.
Mr. and Mrs. John Zinky and son
Cleo were Sunday guests at the home
of Mrs. L. F. Widman, near Swan
Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Klingler and
mother visited Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Wg.lnofer and family near Chambers
Thursday afternoon.
Miss Pearl Steskal accompanied
her brother-in-law to his home near
Chambers, where she made an over
ELECTRIC
SERVICE
Lights
Your Streets
During these days of Banditry what is better pro
tection than well lighted streets? Imagine the cost
of a police system to perform the same service.
But where is the town without electrically lighted
streets?
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Flpftrie
PrevaHs Everywhere
Flip a switch or push a button. Instantaneously
Electric Service responds. There is light to brighten
your borne, beat to percolate coffee, power to operate
fans, cleaners, refrigerators.
The investment of millions and constant devotion of
hundreds of workers makes this Electric Service
possible.
Interstate Power Co.
night visit, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. August Brinkman
and family gathered at their home
Friday night where all enjoyed a de
licious luncheon and a good time.
The dance at the Con O’Connell
hall Saturday night was well attend
ed and announcement was made for
a bigger and better dance next Sat
urday night.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Barnes and
family enjoyed a visit last week
from a nephew, Clyde Johnson, from
Ocola, Iowa; he left Saturday night
for a visit with relatives at Fuller
ton, Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ries visited
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Bougue, Sunday;
in the evening they visited the fam
ily home of Mrs. Emma Ries and
uncle Adam Ries, who is on the sick
list and under the care of Dr. Wilson
of Stuart.
COTTONWOOD DALE I'lG CLUB
The Cottonwood Dale Pig club met
at the home of Marvin Horn, Tues
day, May 26th; all members present
except Howard McConnell and Fran
ks Evans. The boys discussed differ
ent subjects and read over some bul
letins received since the last meet
ing. The roll call was answered by
the different types of hogs. The next
meeting will be at the home of Oliv
er Muring, June Oth,
Hugh Coday, Reporter
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
Sunday School 10 a. m.
Morning Worship 11 a. m. Theme,
“Pivot Battles in Life.”
Evening service 8 p. m. This will
be a union service with the Metho
dist church. Mrs. Hattie Sylvester,
organizer and field worker of the W.
C. T. U., will speak.
Our Vacation Church School will
open Monday, June 1st. The child
ren ages 4 to 8 will go to the Pres
byterian church.
We invite your co-operation in
all of our work.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Benj. Kuhler, Pastor
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Pleaching hour at 11 a. m. Sub
ject, “Our Guide to Truth.”
Epworth League at 7 p. m.
Evening preaching services in the
Methodist church. Rev. Johnson will
deliver the sermon.
The Vacation Bible School in which
the Presbyterians and Methodists co
operate will convene for its first ses
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sion next Monday, June 1st, at 9:00
a. m. The Beginners and Primary
departments will meet in the Metho
dist church, ages from 4 to 8 inclus
ive. Those nine years and older will
meet in the Presbyterian church. Six
teachers have kindly volunteered to
assist the pastors, and for one week
we will huve the assistance of a reg
ular trained field worker of the Pres
byterian Educational Board. Expen
ses will be small and we will try to
take care of this by u free will offer
ing at the close when a program will
be given. Morning sessions only from
9 to 11:30, and lasting three weeks,
according to plans now made.
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fastest, funniest film farce
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— With—
SIDNEY BLACKMER
JAMES GLEASON
FOLLY MORAN
LESTER VAIL
MARIE FREVOST I
A Marion Davies
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