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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1935)
EMMET ITEMS (Continued from page 5.) to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Wegner. Mrs. Wegner was for merly Beatrice Welsh. Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Butterfield vis ited at the Robert Gartner home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Morrison and son, of Orchard, visited at the Frank Sesler home Friday evening. Mrs. K. C. McHenry and sons, who have been visiting with her sister, Mrs. George Weldon, is vis iting with Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hartland at O’Neill this week. Bud Newton returned to his home last week from Laurel, where he had been shucking corn. Mr. and Mrs. Dan O’Connell and family and Joe Luth were Sunday visitors at the William Luben, jr., home. A group of friends gathered at the Burge home last Thursday evening to charivari Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burge, who were recently married. John Edwin Babl was quite seri ously hurt in a runaway last week. Mrs. Guy Cole went down to Omaha Monday for a few days visit. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lowery have moved into their new home. A missionary meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Agnes Gaffney Thursday. Several residents of this village attended the card party at the John Pruss home last Sunday even ing. MEEK AND VICINITY Arthur Rouse and sister, Maude, of O’Neill, motored to Orchard Sunday for a visit with the Stein burg family. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Roy Karr on Thursday with all members present and several visi tors. Mrs. Karr served a delicious lunch. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Luber. Guests at the Harry Fox home on Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Kaczor and son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nelson and Paul and Miss Marjorie Hendrix of Celia, and Mr. and Mrs. William Hubby. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robertson and children were guests at A. L. Borg’s on Sunday. Virginia Rausch is staying at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Harry Fox this winter. Mrs. Will Walters, who has been in the Stuart hospital for some time, returned to her home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young and family were dinner guests at the Frank Griffith home on Sunday. Laverne and Helen Borg and Lois Jean and Ilene Robertson called there in the afternoon. Mrs. E. H. Rouse and Mrs. Or ville Harrison went to Fremont last Saturday on account of the serious illness of their sister, Mrs. Charles Benton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Searles called at A. L. Borg's on Sunday. Dinner guests at the Virgil Hub by home on Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Eric Borg and Marvel, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rouse and Law rence, Lloyd and Delbert and Ed ward Young. The Broderson family moved to near Newport last Saturday. Paul Nelson trucked their household goods for them. Mrs. Henifin visited with her daughter, Mrs. George Hansen on Sunday. We understand that down near Orchard the government is furnish ing men to shoot jack rabbits, so they won’t eat the shelter belt trees recently planted. Cecil Griffith helped Roy Spind ler several days this week. ALPHA CLUB The Alpha Club held their an nual Christmas dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art Auker Wed nesday evening having thirty guests and members present. The long table and the room were beautifully decorated in the seas ons colors and the dinner was car ried as much as possible in the Club colors of red and white. Each one found their place and, just be fore sitting down to dinner with Miss Hazel McDonald at the piano, the guests and members sang “Silent Night.” Mrs. Maude Auker, our very effi cient president, was toastmistress and toasts were given by the fol lowing: Mrs. Pearl Widtfeldt, “Xmas Wish.” Miss Dorothy Simonson, “Nite Before Xmas." Mrs. Ruby Morton, “Xmas in Heaven.” They were responded to by Vin ton Simonson who gave the Club much praise for the dinner that the men were fortunate enough to Vet in on, for as a uaual thing the only thing they got in on was to take the ladies to Club on bad days. Mrs. George Robertson gave the Club credit for progress it has made educationally and the good it has done for the community in a social way. Bridge followed the dinner. San ta came during the bridge game and left gifts on the Xmas tree for all guests and members. These gifts were given out corresponding to the number found under their dinner plate. On departure the guests declar ed Mr. and Mrs. Auker very de lightful host and hostess. PLEASANT DALE Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fullerton 1 visited relatives in Wyoming last week. Stephen Gallagher, of O’Neill, | visited at the Joe Pongratz home Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Beckwith and little daughter were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beck with last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Evans of Iowa have been quite busy repair ing stones in this vicinity the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Babl were dinner guests Sunday at the Joe Pongratz home. Mrs. L. O. Johnson and daughter spent Wednesday in O’Neill visit ing at the Claud Johnson home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heeb went to Wood Lake Thursday and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Mulli gan. Their daughter, Edna, re turned home with them Friday. She had been visiting there the past three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Segar visi ted Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith Sunday afternoon. W. L. Brady shot a great horned owl Tuesday. It had a wing spread of 49 inches. He sent it over for Ralph Beckwith to mount. Miss Irene Bellar, teacher in dis trict No. 90, has organized a very interesting club for her pupils. The following is an account of the club by Margaret Babl “We or ganized a club called Spirits of ’85, December 2. We took in Good English, Knighthood of Youth and Good Citizenship club. Our meet ing comes to order every Monday during language time and that is from 10 o’clock until 2. In our club we have a good deed and a bad deed box. We make castles, in each stone we have something different to work on. This week we are working on politeness. If we have over five complaints we do not get to color that stone.” A group of friends and relatives gathered at the Ed Heeb home Tuesday evening to help Mr. Heeb celebrate his birthday. Card play ing was the amusement for the evening. Those tpresent were: Mr. and Mrs. William Murphy and family; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobias; Mr. and Mrs. John Babl and sons; Clarence and Muriel Murphy; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pongrats and son; David Bellar; John Jennings; Homer Ernst; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cadwalder and family. Mrs. Heeb and daughters served a delicious lunch. All the guests departed at a late hour wishing Mr. Heeb many more happy birthdays. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz called at Mr. and Mrs. Walt Spangler’s Monday afternoon. John Edwin, Leone and Elwin Babl and Duane Pongratz spent I the week end with their grand parents, Mr. and Mra. Ed. Heeb. FREE CLINIC Dr. Frank Currier, of Norfolk, will hold a Free Health Clinic at THE GOLDEN HOTEL IN O’NEILL Tuesday, December 17 At which time he will give absolutely free a complete health examination to any one calling at his office on the above date. These examinations are made with the assistance of the most scientific diagnostic instruments obtainable. Come in and find out what is the cause of your illness. Only one free examina tion to a family. TANNER’S HEALTH LABORATORY Dr. Frank Currier, Clinician Special Holiday FARES between all points on the Bur* lingtonand to many points on connecting roads in the west □ per mile for roand trip tickets good in coaches or chair cars Minimum fare $0.50 — 2_ per mile for round trip C tickets—good in Pull man or parlor cars at usual charges Tickets on sale daily Dec. 12 to Jan. 1 incl. RETURN LIMIT—Jan. 31 Half fare for children Also reduced holiday fores to points east of Chicago and St. Louis via connecting roads. L.E. 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