LXIV
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1944
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NO. 39
Inman H. S. And St.
Joseph’s Play For Title
The Seventh Annual Holt
County Basketball Tournament
started Monday evening in the
High School Gymnasium in this
city with the Atkinson Hay Balers
going down to defeat to a fast
Page team 24-16. Page started
off with a bang and held a 5-2
margin at the end of the first
quarter and a 13-6 margin at the
half. In the third quarter the At
kinson quintet put on a rally but
Page still had a 17-12 lead at the
end of the third period. In the
last quarter Page scored seven
points while Atkinson scored four
to end the game with the score
board showing 24 for Page and 16
for Atkinson. As the whistle
blew ending the first game it was
an upset as Atkinson was favored
to win the tournament.
On Wednesday atternoon rage
won their second game of the
tournament with a 25 to 20
conquest of the Stuart Bronc hos.
Page started out with a bang
again and when the first quarter
ended the scoreboard read 6-0 in
favor of Page, In the second
quarter Page scored seven more
points, while holding Stuart score
less, so at the half the score stood
at 13-0 in favor of Page. At the
beginning of the third period the
Bronchos woke up and they began
to make a few points, but their
rally fell short and the Page quin
tet won their second straight
game 25-20.
The second game of the after
noon brought St. Joseph’s of At
kinson against the O’Neill High
school quintet and St. Joseph won
the game by a score of 23-21.
O’Neill started the game with a
basket and held a first quarter
margin of 4-3 over St Joseph.
The second quarter was more ex
citing and the Bluejays took a
8-7 half time lead. In the third
quarter the Bluejays began to pull
away from the Eagles and had a
17-11 advantage at the end of the
third period. In the final period
the Eagles fought back but they
did not have enough punch and
they lost the game with a score
of 23-21.
In the third game of the after
noon St. Mary’s Cardinals trounc
ed the Chambers quintet 43-14.
The Cardinals began with a bang
also and held a 13-3 advantage
c at the first period over the Coyotes
and in the second period the Card
inals scored nine more points,
while Chambers scored four to
let the score read 22-7 at; the half
in favor of St. Mary’s. The Car
dinals poured in more points in
the third and fourth quarters and
won the game 43-14.
The fourth game of the after
noon found Inman vs. Ewing and
after the smoke of battle had
blown away the score read 46-26
in favor of Inman. Inman start
ed out like winners and kept
going strong the remainder of the
game. The Ewing Tigers were
outclassed from the start, but they
fought a gallant battle before
succumbing to defeat.
The St. Joseph quintet of At
kinson and the Page High School
team advanced to the finals of the
seventh annual tournament in
O’Neill Wednesday evening, with
the former defeating Page 24-23
while Inman tripped St. Mary’s
with a score of 24-11.
Page began the game with a
basket and made three more and
a free throw to take a 917 first
quarter margin over the Bluejays.
In the second quarter the Blue
jays flashed their power to over
come Page’s lead and take away
a 15-13 half time margin. In
the third quarter Page scored five
points while St. Joe could muster
only three, to tie the score at the
end of the third quarter 18 all.
In the final period, which saw
much action the lead changed
hands many times. With about
15 seconds left Page sank two gift
shots to take the lead, but in the
last five seconds the Bluejays
scored the winning basket as they
finished with a 24-23 margin over
the fighting Page quintet.
St. Mary s got ott to a good
start in the first quarter in their
game with Inman and held a 5-4
first quarter margin, but in the
second quarter Inman, which re
cently was crowned Elkhorn Val
ley Champs put on the pressure
to take a half time 14-7 margin.
In the third quarter the Cardinals
scored only one point, on a gift
toss, while the Inman boys hit
the basket for 8, to bring their
total to 22 while St. Mary’s had
8. In the final quarter Inman
made only one basket, while St.
Mary’s made four points to end
the game with Inman on the long
end of a 24-11 score.
Tonight at 8:00 p. m., Page High
School will play St. Mary’s for
the third place in the tournament,
while the fighting Inman quintet
will play the “never give in” St.
Joseph’s Bluejays for the County
Championship. This game will
start at 9:15.
Radio man 3-c Francis Welsh
and wife arrived Thursday for a
visit with home folks. Francis
is on furlough from somewhere
overseas. He and Miss Catherine
Murray were married in Chicago
on January 28, and they came to
visit the home folks on their
wedding trip. All their friends
wish them many years of happi
ness and prosperity.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rickly made
a business trip to Fullerton today.
CHAMBERS ITEMS
Phyllis Carpenter, Reporter
Two Chambers Boys Missing
In Action
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Walters, of
Chambers, received a telegram
Monday from the War Depart
ment, that their son, Pvt. Edwin
Walter, had been missing in action
i since January 5th. Mrs. Calvin
Crandall, of Omaiia. received |
word the following day, stating
, that her husband. Pvt. Calvin
Crandall, had been missing since
| January 7th.
Calvin Crandall is the son oi
i Mr, and Mrs. D. E. Crandall, ot'
Chambers, and his wife is the
former Miss Lela Grimes, to
whom he was united in marriage
some time before he was inducted
into the army in April. Edwin
Walter is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Walter and he was also in
ducted into the army in April
Since entering the army these
two boys have been together, first
in Camp Blanding, Florida, and
then at Camp Joseph T. Robinson.
Arkansas. From there they were
sent overseas in November and
w eve serving in the same infantry
in Italy, at the time of the last
report.
All relatives and friends of the
boys are waiting for more and bet
ter news concerning tneir wel
fare.
Arlene Hall was .njured Sun
day when she cut her arm on
some broken glass, il required
five stitches to close the wound.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Olson, of
.Amelia, are rejoicing over the
arrival of a baby boy bom to
ihem Thursday at the Lutheran
hospital at Norfolk. They have
named him Thomas Clifford.
Ed Eisenhauer went to Burr,
Nebr.. via bus, to visit his brother,
Sgt. ^mil Eisenhauer who is home
on furlough from Trenton, N. J.
A ''inner was held >n the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. O. Woods
in Chambers Sunday afternoon
celebrating their 59th wedding an
niversary. Those atending weie:
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Adams and
sons, Mr. and Mrs. John Winter
mote, Mr. and Mrs. Bayne Grubb
and Patrica, Mrs. Lela Grubb and
Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woods
and Mr. and Mrs. Gayius Winter
mote and Carolyn.
Thomas Englehaupt was taken
to the Lutheran hospital in Nor
folk Thursday, where he submit
ted to an operation for appendi
citis. He is doing fine at this time.
Miss Susan Kinner spent the
week-end at her home in Spald
ing.
Mrs. Bud Caps of Tolar. New
Mexico, who has been visiting the
past two weeks with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Martin and
| other relatives at Chambers, left
Monday morning for her home.
S. 2-c and Mrs. Bill Damme and
daughter of Tilden, returned to
their home after visiting several
days with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Damme and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Fisher and family. Bill
Damme has been stationed in
i Newfoundland for ten months.
Sgt. Frank Tomjack and F. O.
Maurice Tomjack, both left for
their camps after spending a two
weeks furlough with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tomjack.
Frank left Sunday evening for
Camp Butner, N. C„ and Maurice
left Monday morning for Lowery
Field, Denver, Col.
Harry Cooper of Winner, S. D.,
closed a business transaction Mon
day evening in which he made
i Mrs. George Rowse the owner of
his house in the east part of town.
Alfred Bursell is assisting with
the work on the Ed Eisenhauer
farm a few days this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Mordhurst, of
O’Neill, visited friends at Cham
1 bers Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tangeman and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Tangeman and family were guests
in the Herman Holcomb home
Sunday for dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Brown have
moved into town and are now
1 living in the house formerly oc
cupied by the Vernon Harley
| family.
Jonn waller, or., ana mrs. neiid
Feyerharm, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Walter and Norman and Mr. and
Mrs. Lape Lenz and Luetta were
entertained at the John Couch
home Sunday evening.
Miss Unis Chudomelka and Miss
Betty Will spent the week-end in
Inman visiting relatives and
friends.
Miss Vera Stewart, of Page, ar
rived Monday to visit her sister.
Miss Mildred Stewart, for a few
days.
Miss Millie Huble was honored
with a party given for her in the
Jim Rasmussen home Saturday
evening, by Bernice Rasmussen.
The evening was spent in playing
indoor games after which a lunch
(Continued on page Eight)
Miss Mary Jane iler returned
to her home at Dallas, S. D., last
Tuesday after visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Sumner Downey and other
relatives and friends here for the
past two weeks.
Percy Brookhouser, of Royal,
was in the city last Tuesday, vis
iting his sister, Mrs. Grace Wilcox
and other freinds here.
Sgt. Mas Hondra. of Camp Sav
age. Minn., who is in the Intelli
gence, spent Friday in O’Neill
i visiting at the home of Rev. and
1 Mrs. K. J. Scott.
Holt Co. Boys Who Will
Leave For I're-lnduction
Following is the list of regis
trants for army service leaving
for pre-induction in the month of
February:
Melvin Willis Henderson, At
kinson.
Nolan Nobel DeLosh, Stuart
Benjamin Harry Oetter, O’Neill
Sylvester E. Bahn, Ewing
Harold Richard Strong, O’Neill
Gilbert Eugene Strong, O’Neill
Orville McKim, Page
Roy Lawrence Wright, Ewing
Farmer William Withers, At
kinson.
Albert William Kopejtka, Op
portunity
Vincent Lee Osborne, Atkinson
Frank Arthur HofTke, Ewing
Joseph Mack Hupp, Ewing
Theodore Ed. Rustem e ye r,
O'Neill
James Bernard Rotherham, Ew
ing
Albert John Daniels, Ewing
Alva Lawrence Scholz, Inman
Homer Ellis Boelter, Star
Elias William Timmerman,
O’Neill
Leonard Earl Wright,’Chambers
Harold Philip Savidge, Ew'ing
Allen Louis Kopejtka, Redbird
Leonard Louis Pribil, O'Neill
Edward Daniel Coday, Atkinson
Francis Leo Yantzi, O’Neill
Edward John Funk, Ewing
Conrad Cornelius Maben, Ewing
Eugene Louis Sobotk i, Inman
Emil James Pochip, Page
Cecil Raymond Fowler, O’Neill
Robert Harold Fox, O’Neill
Donald Vernon Nelson, Atkinson
Harry Gilbert Dempsey, Cham
bers
Oscar Walfordi Peterson, Cham
bers
Mervin Winfield Arter, Atkinson
Melvin Willis Henderson, At
kinson
Gerald Kenneth Moore, O’Neill
Gerard Harry Downey, O’Neill
Fred Aaron Roberts, Atkinson
Cyrus Cleve Kaiser, Stuart
Freeman Alex Beebe, Atkinson
William Peter Wyant, O’Neill
Marvin George Van Every,
O’Neill
Homer Lloyd Parks, Page
Gordon Frank Frisch, Star
St. Mary’s Cardinals
Win Their Sixth Game
The St. Mary’s Cardinals won
their sixth game of the season
last Friday when they trimmed
Lynch High with a score of 33-16.
The Cardinals scored first and
from then on they held a comfort
able lead. The Cardinals played
very good ball, tuning up for the
Holt County Championship which
is being held January 31 and the
2 and 3 of February. Grady led
the winners with 11 points and
Wiek scored 7 points for the
losers.
Ainsworth High won the other
game of the double-header as
they trimmed O’Neill High with a
score of 55-19. The score does
not indicate the game for it was
not as onesided as the score indi
cates. but the Ainsworth High
lads had too much height and ex
perience for the Eagles. Schliss
ler was the big gun for Ainsworth,
dunking 31 points for the evening
while Tibbetts led the losers with
6 points.
Pvt. Claud Hamilton left Sun
day for Camp Barclay, Texas,
after spending his furlough visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Hamlinton and other relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Ben Asher entertained the
Duration Club at her home Wed
nesday evening. Fourteen guests
were present and a delicious
luncheon was served and a splen
did time had by all.
I
\ BREEZES FROM
j THE SOUTHWESrl
IBy Romaine Saunders
Atkinson, Nebr., Star Rt. No. 5 j
A fat beef has gone on the
butcher blocks at both Bly’s and
Freidrich’s within <he week, for
home consumption.
The national congress has many
able patriots with an eye single
to the public welfare. And it
has all too many of long years
standing who see no good in any
measure that has not originated
in their partisan camp.
Flies buzzed in warm afternoon
sunshine. Next day three inches
of wet snow blanketed the dry
prairie. Rain followed all the
next night, an artic wind a few
hours later enclosing the land in
an icy coat of mail. There is
; much useless worry over “lack of
moisture.”
You may go to local lumber
■ yards now and instead of taking
( the ‘‘raw material” have your
I building all ready to haul out to
the home premises. If not too
large, like a brooder house it is
conveniently loaded onto a truck
for transportation. A granary is
best moved on an underslung.
Simpler forms for income tax
are demanded. What a radio
commedian said about the large
type in an insurance contract
giving you someth^ and the
small type taking it away from
you suggests that simpler forms
of insurance policies would find
a ready market with the public.
Mr. and Mrs. George Withers,
for many years residents of this
community, are leaving us, having
sold the ranch. I have not learn
ed where they will make their
permanent home. Mr. Withers
leaving leaves the second vacancy
in precinct assessors out this way.
He has long done that yearly job
in Wyoming precinct.
Arising to depart after a visit
with an aged acquaintance he
also got onto unsteady legs and
with trembling hands endeavored
to assist his guest into his over
coat, out of tne depths of human
pathos denied enfebled life of
more than four score years by
informing us that he was still
young. The tragedy of life’s ap
proaching end is a pitiful struggle
against the inexorable fact of age.
Facing the sunset with a smile
in the consciousness of happy
years well spent and that your
race is nearly run our last years
may be crowned with serene con
tentment. The tragedy of old
age may instead be the happy
climax of life’s great drama.
Once more I bid farewell to
friends of this department, to the
scenes, the little familiar things
that binds the heartstrings to the
place we call home. The long
winter evenings by the firelight
and hours of pleasure with the
poetry and wisdom of the ages
out of treasured volumes are at
an end. I have heard the call of
industry and the comforts, the
leisure and material things are
sacrificed in this hour of sacrifices
to go to the help of those in need
of help. We are closing the home,
putting out to the care of others
who graciously offered to care for
them stock and perishable house
| hold supplies. We expect to return
when the robins come north and
the song of the meadow lark lures
us out under the open skies. I
Congressman Miller’s Weekly Letter
Plan to Simplify Income
Tax Return
By unanimous vote at the first
conference of Republican mem
bers of the House of Representa
tives a resolution, introduced by
Representative Knutson, ranking
minority member of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, was
adopted calling on the Bureau of
Internal revenue IMMEDIATELY
to work out a system of income
tax reporting blanks “which can
be filled out correctly by pri
vate citizens and laymen with
out having to call in the services
of a Government expert.”
Another Republican member of
this Committee, Representative
Frank Carlson of Kansas, recent
ly said, “Action must commence
on simplification of returns for
the year 1944. It must begin
now.” He then made the follow
ing suggestions:
First: Simplify and improve
current witholding provisions so
as to eliminate the need of filing
millions of personal income-tax
returns.
Second: Combine existing per
sonal income taxes into one set of
exemptions and one set of rates.
Under existing law we have one
base and varying rates and ex
emptions for the regular income
tax and a separate base rate for
the Victory-tax exemption
Third: Repeal earned-income
credit. There is sound argument
for retaining the earned income
credit, but its retention greatly
complicates our tax return and is
of little actual benefit to the tax
payer. Under existing law there
is a benefit of $84 on an earned
(income of $14,000. On small in
| comes the benefit is inconse
quential.
Urging immediate action, he
stated: “Our tax structure and tax
return is now so complex that
there is danger of it strangling
itself in its own maze of regula
tions and legal phraseology. Most
important of all is its present ef
fect on our taxpayers’ morale.”
Since the Democratic majority
has felt the peoples’ criticism of
the income tax mess, for which it
is directly responsible, we are
certain to have the whole thing
simplified.
Cherry County First to
Exceed Quota
I recently called to the atten
| tion of the House an event of par
! ticular significance that has just
occurred in the Fourth District.
Chery county, the largest in area
in Nebraska, exceeded its quota
for the Fourth War Loan on Jan
j uary 8, 1944, ten days before the
official opening of the national
drive. As far as I can learn this
is the first county in the United
States to make such a report. The
organization was completed and
I the signal to start was given on
I January 5. The county quota was
not known at that time but an
I estimate was made and the drive
got underway. Lnter it was found
j to be $430,000. By January 8, five
1 days later, $450,000 in bonds had
been sold. On January 11 this
figure had been raised to $480,000,
with 19 of the 40 precincts not
| yet reaching their quota.
I told the House that Cherry
I countv, Nebraska, in area 5,982
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O’Neill Boy Receiving
Flight Training In Texas
At the pre-flight school of the
San Antonio Aviation Cadet Cen
ter, 39 cadets from Nebraska, in
cluding Leonard R. Young of
O’Neill, are receiving training
designed to mold them into army
air forces pilots.
The nine-week course at the j
cadet center prepares the .cadets
for actual flight training. Curri
culum includes physics, mathe
matics, code, naval and aircraft
identification as well as rigorous
physical training schedules. Com
pletion of pre-flight school will
bring promotion to the aerial
classrooms of primary schools.
Holt County Bond Sale,
Fourth War Idian Drive
Township E Series Other Ser.
Antelope $ IP 75
Atkinson 6,225.00
Atkinson City 8,300.00 $ 796.00
Chambers 3,318.75
Cham. City 6,702.00 5.500.00
Cleveland .... 1,106.25 18.75
Coleman _.__
Conley 2.212.50
Deloit 2,612.50
Dustin _ 787.50
Emmet 1,275.00
Emmet Vil. 712.50 1,000.00
Ewing 2,318.75
Ewing City 5,475.00
Fairview 3,412.50
Francis .. 1,987.50
Golden_ 881.25
Grattan 1,050.00
Green Valley 750.00
Holt Creek 431.25
Inman _1,312.50
Inman City 1,406.25
Iowa _ 1,818.75
Josie_ 37.50
Lake . 1,631.25
McClure _ 18.75
O’Neill City 30,450.00 11,610.00
Paddock _ 5,193.75
Page City - 1,936.50
Pieasantview „ 431.25
Rock Falls_ 937.50
Sand Creek_1,125.00
Saratoga _ 187.50
Scott . 1,293.75
Shamrock _ 112.50
Sheridan _ 5,700.00
Shields 5,625.00
Steel Creek 1,031.25
Stuart _ 8,400.00
Stuart City 16,837.50 370.00
Swan _ . 75.00
i Verdigris 2,006.25
Willowdale 187.50
Wyoming 150.00
Purchases have been allocated
to Holt county by the C., B. & Q.
railroad in the amount of $10,000
and by the C. & N W. railroad
in the amount of $25,000. These
amounts will be reallocated to the
i various towns and townships thru
which their lines pass, according
to the population within these lo
I calities.
“The total purchases in the 4th
War Loan Drive amount to $170,- '
413.50, with some communities
not yet reporting. This means that
the Holt county quota has passed
the 25% mark with 50% of the
time lapsed in the drive. This
means that we will have to treble
our efforts in the last half of the i
drive, which ends February 15. !
A good many people are purchas
ing the second time in this drive j
and perhaps you, too, will be able
to do so before the close of the j
4th War Loan Drivfe. We are very
hopeful of reaching our quota in
this drive and we urge that every
one participate to his fullest ca- j
pacity,” states Lyle P. Dierks,
chairman of the Holt county war
fund drive.
was in Lincoln two weeks ago and
was hijacked into a job I didn|t
want. But I am going to give it
the best there is in me.
Various communities in the I
state are claiming the oldest man j
who drives a car as a resident of j
their town. A patriarch over at i
Chambers, grandfather Blake, pre- j
fers to walk. In his 96th year he
walks “down town” the four
blocks from his home about every
day regardless of weather. He
makes no concessions to other
modern modes of life and takes j
his consolation in the old-fashion-1
ed horseshoe plug instead of a
cigaret. He left the store after
j warming on a cold morning, full
j white beard and unruly locks
sticking out from under the edges
of a battered black cap drawn
low to protect ears, pound pack
age of horseshoe plug under one
arm and a pair of new shoe laces,
his morning purchases. Mr. Blake
formerly resided on a ranch south
of Amelia, which his son now op
erates, but is now taking it easy
in comfortable quarters in Cham
| These New Deal boys who
i start the ball rolling for a fourth
! term give the “Heil Hitler” to
their chief as the great world
humanitarian of the age. How
much of the hundreds of billions
of dollars has come out of the j
“humanitarians” own money.
' sack? In the person of the late'
| M. F. Harrington O’Neill had a
! genuine humanitarian. He made
! a million and gave it all away.
The “world humanitarian” is said
to never have made a dollar.
He has given away millions of,
taxpayers money. In our honor-1
ed president’s household recog
nition for true humanitarian be
nevolence should go to the gra
cious Eleanor, who tosses to the
needy and moocher alike just
about all of her earnings with
tongue and pen. , |
Dates For Deputy
Revenue Collectors
A deputy collector of internal
revenue will be at the following
locations on date specified to as
sist income tax taxpayers to file
their income tax returns for the
calendar year ending December
31, due on or before March 15
of this year:
February 1 and 2: Chambers,
bank; Butte, court house. Febru
3 and 4: Chambers, bank; Bris
tow, bunk. February 5: O’Neill,
zone office. February 7: Lynch,
post office. February 8 to 11: Nio
brara, bank. February 12; O'Neill,
zone office. February 14 to 18:
Creighton, auditorium. February
19: O’Neill, zone office. February
21 and 22: Center, court house.
February 23, 24 and 25: Ewing,;
library; Spencer, bank. February
26, O’Neill, zone office. February I
28: Naper, post office. February:
29: O’Neill, zone office. March 1
to 15: O’Neill, zone office.
PAGE ITEMS
Cpl. Robert Ballantyne, who is
the air corps at Mackall, N. C.,
arrived Tuesday morning on a
furlough.
Mr. and Mrs. James Carson
were Sunday dinner guests at the
H. F. Rakow home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Snell enter
tained at progressive pitch Wed
nesday, January 26. The follow
ing guests were present: Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Nissen, Mr. and
Mrs. Neil Asher, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Matschullat, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Rokaher, Mrs. Eva Gray
and Mrs. Ethel Asher. Lunch was
served.
A surprise party was held at
the Harold Banta home Sunday
evening, honoring the birthday of
Mrs. Banta. Guests present were:
Mr. and Mrs. Geary Lamason, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Gray, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Allen, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Braddoek, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Larson. A lunch was
served by the self-invited guests.
Mrs. Braddoek baked the birth
day cake.
Mrs. Eva Gray spent Tuesday
at Plainview visiting at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Gene Baber.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Allen and j
family and Dean French spent;
Sunday in Ainsworth at the Roy
Snyder home.
Leland Knudson of Galva, Iowa,
visited relatives and friends at
Page last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorenson
received word that their son, Rus
sell, who is in Italy, had been pro
moted to Staff Sergeant.
Monte Taylor gave a farewell
party Tuesday evening for Rob
ert Merchant. Other guests were
Dick Cunningham and Donald
Braddoek. After a theatre party
they were entertained at the L. B. j
Taylor home. A delicious lunch
was served by Mrs. Taylor.
Mrs. Bessie Wanser, who has
been visiting her daughter Mrs. j
Frank Cronk left last Saturday
for Martin. S. D., where she will
visit for a short time with her I
daughter, Mrs. Albert Kosmicke.
William Sorenson, A. S. U.1
SNTS, Camp Scott, Farragut, i
Idaho, is spending his furlough
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Soren Sorenson.
The Page High School basket
ball team defeated the Atkinson
team at the tournament in O’Neill
last Monday night. The score,
Page 24. Atkinson 16. This was
Atkinson’s first defeat this season.
A House warming and took
party was held at the Harry Har
per home Tuesday evening.
Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. James
Carson, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Gray,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Hayne, Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Rakow, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Haynes, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Reed. George French and
Miss Rose Vrooman. A covered
dish lunch was served
The Get Together Club met at
the home of Mrs. I’ene Mudloff
last Friday. Guests present were,
Mrs. Gene Mudloff and Evelvn
Park. A delicious lunch was
served by the hostess. The next
meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. Robert Nissen
Myrl, daughter of Mrs. Ross
Allen, fell and cut her wrist on
a piece of glass. Two stitches
were necessary to close the
wound.
Charles Russell will leave for
the Navy February 7th. Mrs.
Russell and daughters will live
in the home formerly occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Eirkhoff
C. L. C. met with Mrs. Ralph
Stevens Wednesday afternoon.
There were ten members present
and one guest, Mrs. Zumbrum.
Lunch was served by the hostess.
Mrs. Roger Bowen was hostess
to the members of the Bid or Bye
Bridge Club on Wednesday after
noon. Mrs. Hilen received high
score, Mrs. Helen Walker travel- j
ing prize and Mrs. Elva Carson
lnvv score. Mrs. Arlene Allen,
was a guest.
Mrs. F. H. Griffith returned
Monday from a month’s visit at
North Platte and Kearney, Nebr.,
where she visited at the Cecil
Griffith home and at North Platte
and the Ruth Griffith home at
Kearney. She reports the weath
er there the same as here, with
rain and no snow.
Jack Daily arrived Sunday from
Farragut, Idaho, where he has just
comnleted his boot training in
the Navy, and is visiting his wife,
children and other relatives and
friends here.
Rev. William G. Vahle
Passes Away In Atkinson
Rev. William G. Vahle, 59, for
22 years pastor of the Lutheran
church at Atkinson, died at his
home in that city last Wednesday
afternoon, after a short illness.
Rev. Vahle for several years serv
ed the Lutheran church here and
had many friends in this city and
surrounding territory. He was in
O’Neill only a few weeks ago and
officiated at the funeral services
for Mrs. Catherine Smith. On
that occasion he visited this office
and he seemed then to be in the
prime of health, but said that he
had not been feeling extra good
for the past few months, but
neither he, nor his most intimate
friends thought it was serious and
they were shocked when they
learned of his sudden death. He
was an exceptionally fine man and
had a host of friends in all parts
of the county, of all religious
beliefs, who mourn his passing.
He is survived by his wife and
one daughter.
Funeral services were held last
Saturday afternoon in Atkinson,
many people from this city and
surrounding territory atending
the services, and it is said to have
been the largest funeral ever
held iri Atkinson.
Selected For Army
Air Corps Reserve
Now wearing the blue and sil
ver wings of a future army avia
tion cadet is Robert Thomas, age
17, who successfully qualified for
enlistment in the reserve corps of
the army air forces, according to
an announcement from the Oma
Aviation Cadet Examining Board.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Thomas, residing on a farm
near O’Neill, and is a 1943 gradu
ate of O’Neill High School, where
he lettered in football.
The qualified future army air
man, being only 17 years old, will
not be called to active duty until
after being 18 in May. He is now
working as a ranch hand and is a
member of the 4-H Club and Fu
ture Farmers of America.
Robert passed mental and phys
ical examination for a $28,000
course in air crew training, which
lasts well over a year and will in
clude five months of study at a
leading college in such subjects
as physics, chemistry, mathemat
ics, meteorology and civil air
regulations. He also receives ten
hours of dual flying time during
this phase of training.
The thorough training leads to
a commission as a second lieuten
ant and the wings of a pilot, bom
bardier or navigator or his ap
pointment as a flight officer.
Owen Meer Passes
Away At His Home
Owen Meer died at his home in
this city this morning at 3:15,
after an illness of three days of
ailments incident to his advanced
years, at the age of 92 years, 5
months and 14 days. Mr. Meer
was a resident of this city for the
past thirty years, coming here
from Clinton, Iowa. He is sur
vived by one daughter, Mary C.
Meer of this city.
Funeral services will be held
from the Catholic church in this
city Saturday morning at 10
o’clock, interment in Calvary
cemetery. Obituary notice next
week.
INMAN ITEMS
Miss Elaine Retke returned to
Sioux City Monday morning,
after spending the weekend here
with her parents, Mr and Mrs.
Otoe Retke. Miss Retire is a
nurse in the Methodist hospital.
Staff Sgt. William Watson left
for Deming, New Mexico Friday,
after .spending his lurlough here
visiting relatives and friends.
He was accompanied as far as
Omaha by his sister, Mrs. Virgil
Tomlinson and Miss Mary Jane
Iler, of O’Neill, who spent Satur
day in Omaha. Mrs. Tomlinson
met her husband there, he had
been in Kansas City to visit his
father, Arthur Tomlinson, who is
in Kansas City for medical treat
ment.
ine narniuny met ai me
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thomp
son on Saturday night for their
night meeting. Games were play
ed and lunch served at the close
of the evening.
Mrs. Clifford Opper returned
home from New York City Friday,
after spending several days with
her husband before he left for
over seas. Capt. Opper flew a
plane across and Mrs. Opper re
ceived word that he arrived safe
ly. His destination is unknown.
Mrs. Lyle Barnhart, of Ewing,
spent several days here last week
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Hartigan.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hopkins en
tertained the Y. M. Club at their
home on Saturday evening. Mr.
and Mrs. James Coventry were
guests. Pitch was played and
lunch was served at the close of
the evening.
The Inman Workers Club met
at the home of Mrs. A. N. Butler
on Friday. A dinner was cooked,
demonstrated and served. Ten
members were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Carey and
grandsons, Paul and Pat Hartigan,
and Gene Clark drove to Sioux
City Monday to see Bill Harti
gan who is very ill with heart
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