EMMET NEWS
Mrs. Mary Lewis arrived home
Monday from Omaha, where she
had been visiting her brother,
Billy Claussen, who is in the hos
pital there.
Mrs. Henry Kloppenborg called
at the Frank Foreman home Mon
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs Sewell Johnson
and family and Mrs. Sereldia
Johnson visited at the Frank
Searles home at Redbird Sunday.
Harold Winkler had his tonsils
removed Tuesday.
Mrs. Lloyd Johnson and child
ren visited at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William.
Grothe Sunday.
Mrs Esther Harris and (family
and Roy Johnson, of O’Neil,
were dinner guests at the Home:
Lowery home Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Winkler arr've11
home Monday from Omaha, where
she had been visiting her dr.ugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Watenpaugh.
Mrs. Cecil McMillan arrived
( hftme from Omaha Friday, whe. - J
fehe had been visiting her ch kben.'
* Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Peacock
were callers in O’Neill f aturday; |
Mrs. Lloyd Johnson and family
visited with her sister, Mrs. Sam
Banks and family.
Mrs. John Conard and Mary
Lou and Mrs. Fran’; Foreman
and Norma Lou were i:i Atkin
son Friday.
miss itita nabl was a guest o.
Florence Winkler Sunday.
Mrs. Bert Gaffney went to Ro
chester, to be with her husband)
who is in the hospital there.
Mr. and Mrs. John Conard and
Mr. anot Mrs. Guy Cole attended
the horse races in Columbus.
Word has bei n received that
Cpl. Grant Peacock has arrived
in Italy.
Mrs. Joe Wi lkler and Guy Cola
attended the republican county
central com ittee meeting in
O’Neill Friday evening.
Mrs. Jessh *.o\ve y is selling her
furniture ir preparation to going
to Palmer, Idaho, to make her
home with her son, George.
Mr. an 1 Mrs. Dan O’Conne 1
and famhy called at the Henry I
Kloppenl^rg home Friday even
ing.
The V/. S. C. S. met at the Pea
cock hr me Thu s ay. Mrs. Ruth
Wagncn gave an interesting les
son. 1 i.'io me. bers and eigh'.
visito' s were present.
Pvt. George Brainard left
Thursday night for Fort Meade,
Md., after spending a ten day fur
lou h with his parents, Mr. and
Mr-. Floyd Brainard and sister
ar ’ wife and baby
V , , .
Worn lias been received by Mr.
i nd Mrs. Emmet McCaffery that
thei daughter, Alice, has under
gene an appendectomy at Marty,
S. D.
Mr. an 1 Mrs. Cyril Peter, of
O'Neill, \ isited at the Joe Ram
oid home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eart Malloy and
childr n, ' f O’Neill, visited at the
C. E Trr.borg home Sunday.
Lois, Bu i ar.d Bob Cole attend
ed the boll game in O’Neill Sun
day a ternoon.
Interest In Harvesting
Blue Grama Grass Seed
Is Increasing In County
Interest in harvesting plue
grama grass for seed is increasing,
according to Supervisors ottj the'
h.o.t So.* Conservation District. A
n. ...ber of Holt County furriers1
hi 'e a.ready inquired for ihlqrmu
tion on the recommended meth-1
ct, of haryesting this grasp for
seed.
.ae following farmers ar<b ten*
ta.e.y planning on run Vesting
sc...2 b.ue grama ior seed: bmiuctt
Mcore ana Dewey Schaffer of
G -yeid, James Havranek, L. A.
Payi.2, J. Pliggim, Raiph Rack,
ar.u i^yri Ueck of Atkinson.
r. uredemeier, conservation
ist of the holt Suit Conservation
Li-u-ict, reports that the prospects
a: excellent for a good set of
, sc d of the blue grama and sidt
ba. grama grasses.
..aere are seveiM methods of
hen resting the seed from these
grasses, ending to information
fro. 1 the • strict Oii'ice at O’Noi i.
rue best y-w.u.^ of b.».te grama have
Mm obtaumd by cutting with
headers or swathti , wuidrowing,
ai. i threshing with; small oom
b.r.es equipped with dick up at
u. .aments. Combining direct from
th_ fieid has oooii ..ui.iiuw.y.) ou.
g.ves somewhat tower yields and
iv i res more labor in curing the
st< d. Grass seed strippers have
Men used n1 the past but yields
i ii. usua iy lower ar.d they should:
b. used omy wh n harvestings
t .upr tent is not readily avail
e or when the fields are too1
l gh lor combines.
Great i.are should be taken in j
thres.i n0 b.ue' 'gr«hnh'i tW avoid;
;o:>s of ecd by too much wind.
d ui've. ud direi llv with com-j
j 's tial.y requires spreading
tad turning until the ^eed G;
inoroUeh.v my vo prevent heat|
lit 'V
The recommendations are much
the ..- mi yuL-uai „iama. How
r \ r. grain binders have been suc
("ssfuuv us'-d and the bund'es;
threshi d throug h a regqlar thresh
ing n -
It v. as pointed ont that head':
ctiQu’d ' mined tn bo s’ re
that f fd had set in the florets be
r ,-r. bm- |Ov
a se<Kl set dT 20 prroerif or'-tr?we
. nf :m 3 and 5 p«-rcerit |j# KidreSf
. Vf~-e,.i gnu:be v.^flO^hav
vesting i » m
, - d Vm tU4 rnf g ot the D Nt.
f o l'Ce-nservat on District in the
t; . rt Hon-e Ann"'/;r f th'
- Co-jitty-AL-nt :»v or:ad*-- -
T_:y Are
Cuy^ig
War Bonds
-Are You?
This is Seaman 1/c Melachi H. Rich, of Quit
man, Georgia. He is only 18 but a veteran of
action in tiie Mediterranean. The destroyer
escort on which he served was torpedoed and
he was hit in the spine. For weeks he could
not move liis feet but now can move one foot
pretty well. Four buddies arc in the hospital.
They were all rescued by a sister ship.
The going is tough in the jungles of
Rendova. Marine Pfc. David Phelps
of Bridgeport, Conn., was thrown
from a reconnaissance car and re
ceived a fracture of both legs. But
he’s doing all right as you see here.
Phelps is twenty-two.
A smile no Nazi torpedo can wipe off. Marion
Porter, Steward 3/c, who hails from Spartanburg,
S. C., was in the water three hours after his ship
was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. A 20 mm shell
case was thrown against his leg when the tin fish
hit and fractured it badly. Now he is waiting for
his injury to heal so that he can get another crack
at the Axis.
left Tuesday to return to her
duties at Alemeda, Cal., after
spending a twelve day leave with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis,
Jardee and friends in O’Neill.
Miss Dorothy Kratochvil re
turned Sunday after spending a
two weeks vacation in Omaha,
Lincoln and Crete, visiting rela
tives and (friends.
! _
Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin
came home Sunday from St.
Louis, Mo., where they spent two
weeks visiting their daughter and.
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
J. Shelton, Jr.
Calmer Simonson returned
home Tuesday, after spending
three weeks in Hot Springs, Ark.,
and Omaha.
Miss Bea Jardee came Sunday
night, after spending a few daya
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Jardee of Stuart.
Miss Shirley Hill, of Washing
ton, D. C., came Sunday to visit
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. A. Kirkpatrick.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jonas
were in North Platte, Burwell
and Lincoln from Sunday until
Tuesday on business.
Mrs. W. H. Fowler and daugh
ter, Nancy, of Omaha, came Wed
nesday to visit Dr. and Mrs. L. A.
Burgess.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Kruse and
daughter, Patricia, went to Swea
City, Iowa, Tuesday to visit rel
atives and friends.
Miss Henrietta Schrier left
Thursday for Los Angeles, to
visit relatives and friends.
Miss Katherine Wood went to
Omaha Saturday to join the
Waves. She was accepted and is
to report at Hunter College
August 22, for training.
Josephine Mlnarik spent the
week-end in Ewing visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Mlnarik.
The Duration Club met at the
home of Mrs. Ralph Vocks Wed
nesday evening.
Mrs. W. J. Biglin returned
Wednesday from Sioux City,
where she had been visiting for
several days.
Cpl. and Mrs. Wallace Lundeen
of Chickasha, Oklahoma, are the
parents of an 8‘A pound girl,
born July 28. She has been
named Wallis Jeanette.
The Misses Lou Birmingham
and Donna Gallagher, who spent
last week-end in Omaha with
friends, returned home Sunday
night.
Patrick Shea, who has been
confined to the local hospital for
the past week or so has improved
sufficiently to be discharged. He
is now at the home od! Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Barrett south of
town.
Ice cream 20c pint.—Ben
Franklin Store. 13-1
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Welch, of
Boston, Mass., came Wednesday
morning flor a visit with old time
friends in this city and vicinity.
Mr .Welch was a former resident
of the county, living a few rnileff
north of this city. About twenty
years ago he went east and has
been a resident of Boston since
that time and this is his first visit
back to the old home town.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Reid and
family, of Hastings, came up
Wednesday and will make this
city their future home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hill, of Or
chard, visited Mr. and Mrs. O. A.
Kilpatrick Tuesday.
Mrs. Ellen Kagan spent Sunday
in Ewing visiting Mr. and Mrs_
John Walker.
THE
OLD
SETTLERS
PICNIC
WILL BE HELD ON
AUGUST 17
IN THE
ELMER DEVALL
GROVE
Forwerly the Charles
Linn farm
3 miles east and 1 south of
MIDWAY
S«l. Lesier Shoemaker
Writes From New Guinea
‘‘Rather than write each of
my correspondents a separate de
scription of New Guinea as I’ve
seen it to date, I’ve made these
few notes on the points of special
interest.
“This may shatter all illusions
you have of tropical islands but
nevertheless, here goes! New Guin
ea is quite a far cry from the
luscious islands you see in the
movies and I’m very doubtful that
I’ll ever see a native who looks
like Dorothy Lamour, however,
I’m still watching! I’ll take back
part of my statement because it
really did look like something out
of a movie as we sailed into a
shore lined with graceful palm
trres, native huts here and there
and natives themselves out in
'•anoes and little sailboats. A few
lays of vading around in the mud
soon took away that nice first im
pi '-ion. however.
“One of the most amazing things j
to me was all the activity about J
the place. Naturally when they]
said New Guinea, 1 thought of a
:,iace that was probably all wilder
ness but from what was a wilder- j
ness not long ago, they have made
quite a flourishing port and base.,
Planes of every type are buzzing |
in all directions night and day,,
ships come and go every day and j
you can see most any kind of j
vehicle there is. It must have
been a huge job to clear the place
when they began operations here1
as the trees are thick all along the |
coast and up to the very top of the j
mountains. They have tried to1
build roads but its a never-ending
job due to the heavy rainfall which
turns them back into a mud pud
die in no time. You have never
seen so much mud back home as
there is here all the time.
“It rains on an average of oncei
every day. Some days it will just'
be a shower and there are the
numerous other days when its a
twenty-four hour downpour. It
doesn't fool around any either but
comes down in torrents. You just
get used to slopping around in it
after a while and take it as a mat
ter of course. When the sun shines
it really gets warm, especially
because the humidity is so high
and you can sweat your head off
if you’re doing much work. The
night, however, are grand for
steeping and you can always use
a blanket over you before morn
ing. One of the few good points!
“As is the custom over here, all
buildings are of the open type
construction. Some of the build
ings, like the chapel, post office,
etc., are built in the native man
ner with thatched roofs and frame
work made from trees. We live in
a frame construction which is ele
vated off the ground about two
feet, has open sides and canvas
over the top. Each houses four or
five men. We have canvas cots
and each had its mosquito net
which fits over the cot at nights
like a canopy and tucks in under
neath. Each outfit must build their
own living quarters, offices, etc.
when they arrive. This also in
cludes any items of equipment or
furniture you want.
“That brings up tne point oi tne
•arious insects and animals. Their
o i worry here is the mosquito
which carries malaria. Every pre
aution is taken to prevent it and
the percentage of cases is rela
tively low from what I can find
n a. We take a tablet called “Ata
b ne” every day which builds up
resistance against malaria but
: r t necessarily keep you from
'etting it if you’re bitten. Its a
• !!ow tablet and after you take
hem for a while your skin takes
m a decidedly yellow hue. We are
•ed --nt to oynose ourselves un
necessarily by not wearing shirts,
•: ng after dark and numerous|
jther precautions. Pools of water
are sprayed with insecticide to
prevent mosouitoes from breeding,
natvie labor being utilized for this
mb. As to the “beasts”, they are
•-' + v~rv much ;n evidence, prob
ab y due to civilization moving in,
hov-over the jungles aren’t far
and one could find possibly
anything there — including Jap
skeletons. Not having had the time
for exploring. I oan't say much
about it but intend to investigate
one of these days. We do see unite
a few lizards, rats and an occasion
al snake.
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For thorough Scientific Eve Ex
amination and Correctly Fittod
r7^'ic;$ps. co©
Dr C.W. Alexander. 0. D.
^PT.'WHET''1ST
TUESDAY; AUGUST 8th
/ T HO TEX O'NEILL \
In Inman evcmn« and Sunrfav*
“Of interest to everyone are \
the natives. They are surprisingly j
smart and it isn’t too difficult to;
converse with them. They go in |
for bargaining in a big way, sell-,
ing old coins, sea shells, etc. They j
will also scale the tallest of cocoa-1
nut trees and bring down cocoa-!
nuts for two or three shillings. Its j
amazing how they can practically i
walk up a tree with no exertion 1
at all. They wear only a loin cloth;
never wear shoes and walk over
the sharpest pieces of coral with
out it even phasing them. Most of
their villages are off limits to
visitors unless you’re properly es
corted. They keep their women in I
the villages most of the time, how- |
ever I did see several of them
walking down the road one day.
They were carrying huge packs on
their backs while the men had
nothing—the usual custom. They
wore a loin cloth like the men but
also had a bra, such as it was!
“Australian money is used al
most entirely here and is some
what of a stickler at first. Their
smallest coin is called threepence
and is actually figured at 4c and
following in order—sixpence (8c),
shilling (16c), florin (32c), and
that constitutes the coins. Next
comes a half-pound note ($1.60),
pound ($3.20), five pounds, ten
pounds and so on up. It isn't diffi
cult at all after you once forget
American money and concentrate
on this.
As to living conditions, tney
could be much worse. Our par
ticular mess hall has excellent
food and I believe most other mess
halls are fairly good, depending
uron the cooks of course. Ahout
the only thing we don’t have is
fresh vegetables and fruit and
fresh milk, but otherwise we
aren’t minus a thing. There are
no soft drinks or beer at all but
there is a rumor that they may
have a monthly quota of beer,
starting in August. One can buy
a little candy when its available
and some of the necessary toilet
articles but the stock is very limit
ed. Swimming is popular, inas
much as the ocean is at our front
door and there are movies a couple
of times a week for entertainment.
There is also a government operat
ed radio station here which plays
recordings of the programs which
are broadcast back home, as well
as up-to-the-minute news. Recep
tion is excellent and you don’t
have the bother of commercial
announcements to spoil the pro
grams.
“Summing it up, New Guinea
certainly isn’t a paradise but as
you can see, it could be lots
worse!”
SGT. LES SHOEMAKER
Miss Sharon Miller, of Bassett,
came down Sunday to spend a
week visiting with her grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jareske
and family.
Soil Conservationist Visits
Other Parts Of State To
Study Other's Practices
L. F. Bredemeir, Conservation
ist of the Holt Soil Conservation
District, has returned to O’Neill
after spending several days in
other parts of the state studying
conservation practices for pastures
and range land.
These practices are to be incor
porated into the range program
that fits conditions in Holt County.
Mr. Bredemeier pointed out that
many good practices are already
in use in Holt County but that
their effectiveness could be in
creased by working them into a
complete range program.
The conservation and manage
ment practices must be used which
will solve the particular problems
that exist in each pasture or range.
Some are designed to being back
those grasses which will improve
the quality of vegetation while
others need only maintain the
good conditions which exist.
Mr. Bredemeier stated that the
Holt Soil Conservation District
will help ranchers develop a graz
ing program that will fit their
case. Requests should be made
to the office in the courthouse
annex basement or to Lyndle R.
btout, County Agent.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bowen cel
ebrated their silver wedding an
niversary Sunday* at Carney Park
with friends and employees of
the Ben Franklin store. They
were given a hassock by the
employees. t
S. 1-c Gene Davidson left Fri
day for San Diego, Cal., to return
to his ship, after spending a
fourteen day leave visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Davidson.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Haddad, of
Beckley, West Va., spent Monday
and Tuesday in O’Neill visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Saunto.
Miss Mary Jareske resigned her
position at Harvey’s Body Shop
Saturday morning.
Miss Elvira Eideomiller return
ed Monday, after spending a two
weeks vacation in Denver, visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Serck.
Gordon Elkins left Wednesday
for Wisner and Lincoln to visit
friends.
Harold Elkins returned Wed
nesday after spending ten days
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Owen
McCord of Wisner, Nebr.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Godek, of
Omaha, came up Sunday to spend
their vacation with Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Bazelman and son,
Benny.
Miss Polly Kipple left Friday
for Oak Park, 111., after visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Kipple and family for two weeks.
Miss Margaret Halva returned
to St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Lin
coln, where she is a student nurse
after visiting with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Halva for two
weeks.
Mrs. C. E. Yarnall and daugh
ter, Mary Lou, returned Friday
from Norfolk after visiting Mrs.
Robert Calvert for a few days.
William Davis and Louis An
derson, of Omaha, were guests of
Richard Cronin Friday and Satur
day.
Quinten Cavanaugh visited
friends and relatives in Norfolk
Sunday.
Mrs. Grover Shaw left Wednes
day for Sioux City, where she
will receive medical treatment.
S. 3-c and Mrs. John Spelts, of
Niobrara, visited Mr. and Mrs.
William Spelts Tuesday, while
S. 3-c Spelts was enroute to h s
base at Farragut, Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones spent
Saturday and Sunday in Omaha
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. George Robert
son spent from Saturday until
Tuesday in Omaha on business
and visiting friends.
Mjss Alma Wallace returned
Sunday from Custer, S. D., after
spending a two weeks vacation
there.
Miss Eldora Lowery began
work at the Central Finance
company Monday of last week.
Mrs. George Lye, Sr., son
George and daughter, Velma, le t
Sunday for Almont, Mich., to1
visit relatives.
Mrs. A1 Fritton returned from |
Sioux City Thursday, where she
had been for several days under
going medical treatment.
Tom DeBacker anu jonn Ddkt-r
returned Friday from Omaha
where they had visited several
days while on vacation.
Mrs. Anton Toy went to
Omaha Sunday to visit her
brother, Eli Lahan, of Wichita, |
Kansas, and her sister, Mrs. Mary
Abdousch of Omaha.
Albina Bartos went to Page
Monday on her vacation.
Ed Campbell, William Froelich,
James Early, Don Willson and
William Kelly returned Thursday
from Winnebago, Minn., where
they have been working on the
railroad.
Norb Uhl went to Hastings on
busines Wednesday.
Mrs. Mattie Soukup returned
Wednesday morning after spend
ing several days visiting relatives
at Mills City, Mont., and Lead
and Gill, S. D.
Mr. and Mr-. W. J. Froelich re
turned Thursday from New York
City, after spending a week there
on business and visiting friends.
Mrs. Cora Pettijohn visited rel
atives in Orchard Sunday.
Ralph Kelley, editor and pub
lisher of the Atkinson Graphic,
spent Friday in the city on busi
ness.
Miss Gertrude Jones returned
Wednesday from Breasdly, Kan.,
where she had spent a month
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John E. Rooney and family.
Lact Monday Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Armbruster purchased the
Elizabeth Grady residence on
west Douglas.
Ice cream 20c pint.—Ben
Franklin Store. 13-1
Dorothy and William Wads
worth, of Tampa, Florida, are vis
iting at the farm home of their
aunt and sister, May McGowan.
James Hart, of Bruell, Idaho,
came Monday to visit relatives
near Inman.
Future Farmers Put Food Profits in Bonds
s
-
Throughout the nation the FFA boys are making a
substantial contribution to the war efiort through the
production of the all-important food supply and pur
chase of War Bonds with their profits. Shown here are
come instances. No. 1 shows Robert Hill of the Wel
come Chapter FFA, North Carolina, with three of his
eight registered dairy calves. North Carolina FFA boys
owned 9,299 dairy cows and invested profits in War
Bonds totalling $308,650. No. 2 shows two Wilson
County, Tennessee, boys of the Green Gale Chapter at
Lebanon repairing farm equipment. At an auction of
this farm equipment, a total of $85,000 w:nt into War
Bonds. No. 3—Edward Jones of Pittsboro Chapter
FFA, North Carolina, and some of his 455 high-produc
ing victory hens. Edward made a net profit of $548.12
from his flock last year and is putting his profits in War
Bonds. No. 4 shows Colin English, State Superintend
ent of Public Instruction, Herbert Shuman, president
Palmetto Chapter FFA, and Harrison E. Barringer,
State Senator, all of Florida, at the high light of an
annual Father-ar.d-Son banquet. The Florida Future
Farmers bought a $1 000 War Bond with the funds
irom their farm produce grown on their own class
project. Back the Attack—Buy More Than Before.
V. i. T.
Henry Lohaus spent Wednes
day in Norfolk on business.
Father Burke, of Ewing, was
visiting in O’Neill Wednesday.
Mrs. Ralph Brown received
word that her husband, Master
Sgt., Ralph Brown, USMC, had
arrived safely in San Francisco
August 3, after serving overseas
for a year and a holf in the Pacific
area.
Mrs. Charles Hurt,of Plainview,
left for home Wednesday, after
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dave Loy.
Miss Marie Young returned
Monday, after visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Young,
of Atkinson, on her vacation.
Miss Helen Reagle, of Atkin
son, spent Saturday and Sunda
in O’Neill visiting Miss Bernadin
Langon.
Miss Irene Gilday left Thurs- J
day for Vancouver, Wash., where
she will visit friends.
Mrs. A. M. Beelart, Jr., left
Wednesday for Ewing, where she
will visit Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Beelart, Sr.
Miss Nyle Jaszkowiak enter
tained fifteen guests at a party j
to celebrate her fourth birthday.
Tt was held at the Country Club
Sunday.
Ice cream 20c pint.—Ben
Franklin Store. 13-1
V I
Mrs. Neil Ryan returned home
THirsdav .torn Del Monte, Cal.,
where she had been visiting her
husband, S. 1-c Neil Ryan, who
is stationed there.
Storekeeper 3-c Mary Jardec