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INMAN ITEMS
Murl Keyes. Reporter
Mrs. Anna Smith entertained
♦he following at Sunday dinnei
Mr. and Mrs. Leon 'lompkins
Leslie Tompkins, of Albion, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Tompkins and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Smith and family and Mrs. Eva
Murten.
Leslie Tompkins, of Albion, vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Lein Tompkins
He arrived Wednesday evening.
The Inman Workers Extension
Club held their annual Christmas
Party Wednesday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ermand
Keyes. Gifts were exchanged
and a lovely luncTi was served.
A Christmas Operetta “The
Christmas thieves” and the Ry
them band df the primary riom
were presented Friday night.
Santa Claus visited and present
ed each child with a Christnlas
treat.
Art Tomlinson has been on the
sick list the past week.
The W. S. C. S. will hold an
afternoon meeting panuary 4.
Lunch will be served.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert House,
Mrs. C. D. Keyes and Mildred
dulled on Mr. and Mrs. Ezra
Mior Sunday afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Allen, of
Central City, visited at the home
of Ted Hopkins and other da
tives.
Mrs. Harild Maxcy and children
of Bayard, afrrived Sunday to
visit her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Hopkins and Rev. Maxcy.
In honor of Ruth Ann’s first
birthday, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Hansen, dinner was
served Sunday to the following
Kests: Mrs. Minnie Hansen and
•is, of Creighton; Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Hettriek and family, of Os
mond; Mr. and Mrs. Erick Neilsen
and family of Creightoh; Mrs
Dale Forbes and family, of
O’Neill and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
'Thomsen and Rev. Maxcy, Inman.
The Y. M. Club was held last
week at the home of Mrs. Amelia
Moor.
Mrs. Blanche Mossman left
Wednesday foi Omaha, to visit
her daughter, Marjorie, who is
employed there.
INMAN METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. E. B. Maxcy, Minister
Sunday School 10:00 A. M
Preaching _...11:00 A. M
Chriri mas program by the
Young Folks Christmas'Eve, De
cember 24, at 8:00 p. m. .
Sgt. Merlin Luben is visiting
his wife and parents at Inman.
Wednesday night there was a
High School party at the school
house.
Page played basketball with
Inman Tuesday night at Inman.
Inman lost the basketball game
last Friday night to Chambers.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Fay Brittell at
Chambers last Sunday.
Las* Wednesday afternoon the
Home Ecinomic girls entertained
at a Christmas party for their
mothers and high school girls.
On Thursday afternoon each
room in the Inman school had a
{^Christmas party.
Mr and Mrs. Bill Thompson, of
Norfolk, spent the! week-end with
his pareuu Mr. and Mrs. J. T
Thompson.
Mrs. Aruth Caster has been
ill and not able to be at her work
for several days.
Tom Watson is quite ill at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Watson.
Leslie Tompkins returned to
Albion Tuesday night, after visit
ing his brither for several days.
Ira Watson went to Lincoln to
meet his daughter, Mrs. Patty
Opper, of Chicago, who will
spend the holidays with her par
ents.
Marguerite Clark and Audry
Bronkhorst of St. Vincent's hos
pital, Sioux City, arrived Friday
to spend Christmas with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark
and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brinck
horst.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Coven
try entertained the Pinochle Club
at a Christmas party Saturdav
night.
Mrs. Anna Clark, who has been
ill. is better at this time.
Harlan Moore, who is attending
college at Linciln, arrived home
friday for Christmas vacation.
Mr. and Mrs Rex Bugler, of
Bassett, spent Sunday with his
^^jjarents, Mr. and A. N. Butler.
page'newsTtems
The Contract Bridge Club met
f the home of Mrs. C. E. Walker
1 Thursday evening. Mrs. Robert
Gray was a guest. It was their
■Christmas Party and there was
an exchange of gifts. Mrs. H. L.
DeLancev and Mrs. C. E. Walker
. received high scores.
The Sophomore and Freshman
THREE TIMES CHAMPION
AT CHICAGO STOCK SHOW
Three time* Champion of the
world's greatest livestock show!
That's the enviable record estab
lished by Robert Storz, Omaha, and
Karl Hoffman of Ida Grove, la.,
w hose load of 15 lightweight Hereford
steers was presented the Grand
Champion Carlot award at the war
time Chicago Market Farm Stock
Show last week.
Still another record was broken by
Hoffman and Storz, brewing company
executive, co-owners of the stock,
when their triple-champion load was
sold for an all-time high of $59 per
hundredweight. The previous high of
$55 per hundred pounds was set in
1926.
Both Hoffman and Storz said they
were "very gratified" at the showing
of their prize lot. "The high quality
of the steers fed and fitted by Karl
Hoffman is shown in the fact that for
tluee consecutive years the judges at
this great exhibition chose our carlot
showings above all other entries,'*
Storz said.
The Hoffman - Storz three time
champion rating was not spread over
a period of vcirg, but berrrn at the
Chicago snow of 1942. i.ouiaan and
Storz exhibited Herefords for each of
their three victories.
The 15 steers in the Grand Cham
pion Carlot totaled 14,550 pounds for
an average of 963 pounds per steer.
The triple-victory came after the
Hoffman-Storx entry took first in the
lightweight and Hereford breed
classes. All of the winning steers were
purchased from the famed T-0 Ranch
at Raton, N. M., and were fed and
fitted at Ida Grove, Iowa.
Sale of the Champion Carlot was
made to the Eppley Hotels Co., of
Omaha, operators of 20 midwestern
hotels, on the record-high bid of Eu
gene C. Eppley, preeident.
classes held a roller skating
party at Summerland Thursday
evening. Sponsors were, Mrs.
Luella Parker and Earl Hurst.
Owen Parks, who had been
working at Plattsmouth for
three weeks, returned home last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beeleart
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Haynes were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Harper.
The ladies of the Gospel Mis
sion held a miscdlane.,us shower
at the Owen Parks home Satur
day afternoon for Miss Faye
Turner. The guest of honor re
ceived lovely gifts. A de
licious was served.
Mrs. Oscar Boyer went ti Nor
Molk Saturday afternoon to visit
her mother.
Mrs. Jesse Kelley was hostess
to the Chatter Sew Club Satur
day afternoon. Fifteen members
were present. Sunshine pals were
revealed by Christmas gifts.
Each year the members guess
who their pals were for the past
year and members whose names
are guessed correctly are to give
a party for the other members, j
Only three names were guessed
correctly this year. The follow- j
ing officers were elected at this
meeting: President, Mrs. Herbert!
Steinberg; Secretary and treasur-1
er, Mrs. Esmond Weber. Next
meeting to be at the home of Mu,
A. L. Dorr.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Christen an l
family, of Orchard, spent Su d y
evening with the latter’s bro he r,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beeleart.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Townsen 1
and Mrs. L. B. Taylor attende i
the funeral of R .E. Gallagher at
O’Neill Friday. |
Lloyd Cork has been promoted
(from Pfc. to Corporal. He ii
stationed in New Guinea.
Second Lt. La Vern Stev
ens arrived home from Roswell,
New Mexico, Friday night. He
will visit his wife and children
and other relatives until after the
holidays, when he will repiit to
Linciln, Nebr.
Mrs. E. C. Wilber was hostess
to the Just-a-Mere Club Friday
aPernoin. Eleven members at
tended. Christmas gifts were
exchanged. Aftenoon hours were
spent playing rook.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pi ill and
family were dinner guests Wed
nesday evening of last week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Stauffer, jr
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rakow
and son, of Minneapolis, Minn.,1
arrived Sunday to visit until aft?r 1
Christmas at the homes of the'
dormer’s father, H. F. Rakow and;
brother, Luke Rakow.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Waring
and family spent Sunday even
ing at the LeRoy Cunningham
home.
Mrs. Keith Weyer, of Mt. Pleas
ant, Iiwa, came Monday evening
to visit until after the holidays
with her mother, Mrs. Evelyn
Gray and other relatives. Her
husband will join her for Christ
mas.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stauffer, jr.,
entertained the following guests
at a waffle supper Friday evening,
Mr and Mrs. John Stauffer, sr.,
and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Allen and
family.
The Rebekah lodge held a
Christmas party following their
business meeting Tuesday even
ing. Gifts were placed around a
, nicely decorated Christmas tree
; and exchanged. A covered dish
luncheon was served.
Cpl. Leland Finley, of Camp
Robinson, Arkansas, arrive i
Tuesday to visit at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Finley ard other relatives. He
will return to camp Januuary 2.
Mrs. Robert Gardner, of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, visited this week at
the home of her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Neubauer. She will also visit
her sisters at Gordon before join
ing her husband, Lt. Robert
Gardner in California.
Mr .and Mrs. Ford Cullen pur
chased the home of Mrs. Luelia
Parker, that she had recently
bought frim Mrs. Myrta Van
Cinnett and expect to take pos
session February 1st.
PAGE METHODIST CHURCH
Feodor C. Kattner. Minister
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Classes for all age groups.
Worship Service 11 a. m.
For children in the church
basement with Mrs. Kattner in
charge.
For adults in the sanctuary,
with the minister in charge.
Sunday evening at 8:00 o’clock
the Children^ Division of the
Sunday School will give a Christ
mas program.
Other members of the Royal
Neighbors camp entertained tne
Past Oracles at a Christmas party
after the business meeting Wed
nesday evening. There was a
decorated Christmas tree and an
exchange of gifts. A delicious
lunch was served. Thirty-one
members and one guest, Mrs. Gor
don Rakow, enjoyed the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rakow
and son and Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Rakow were Tuesday evening
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Luke Rakow.
The Bid-or-Bye Bridge Club
met with Mrs. Frank Cronk on
Wednesday afternion. Mrs. Will
Simmons was a guest. Mrs.
Charles Russell received high
score and Mrs. Will Simmons
the consolation.. Christmas gif s
were exchanged.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Carson left
Thursday morning for Marsland,
Ncbr., where they will visit their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Carson.
Mrs. Roy Parker spent last
week at the Les Oetter home.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Asher and
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat
were guests at an oyster supper
Sunday evening at the Arthur
Melcher home near Orchard.
Mrs. GeraliJ Sazama returned
home last week from the Luther
an hospital at Norfolk, where
she had spent two weeks follow- |
ing a major operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lamason
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray
enjoyed a waffle supper Sunday
evening at the home of Mr. and
Mis. Kenneth Bra dock.
Norris Ballantyne, who attends
college at Lamoni, Iowa, is spend'
ing the hoiday vacation at his
home in Page.
A large crowd attended the
Christmas program Wednesday
evening held in District 57. Miss
Helen Wegman is the teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Wanser en
tertained the following guests at
a bridge party Tuesday evening:
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lamason, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome Allen and Mr.
and Mrs. John D. Walker.
The osing side if an attendance
contest of the Help-U-Club en
tertained the winning side at the
home of Mrs. John Finch Wednes
day at an all day meeting. Nine
teen members attended. Christ
mas gifts were exchanged.
Mrs. H. F. Rakow had the
misfortune to fall down the base
ment stairs at the Luke Rakow
home Tuesday evening. She was
badly bruised.
Oliver Sazama went to Plain
view Wednesday to spend a few
days.
Mrs J James Finley, of Norfolk,
spent. Monday at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Clos
son.
Relatives of Virgil Stevens
have received word that he has
been promoted from SC 1-c to C.
C. S.
The play, “Christmas all the
Year,” under the direction of
Mrs. Hurst was presented by the
Youth Fellowship o>f the Metho
dist church Wednesday evening
It was preceded by singing of
carols and the telling of the:
Christmas story.
emmet news
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Miss Wilma Potts was an over- ■
! April Fool I
Diamond
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By RUTH S. MYERS
McClure Syndicate—WNU Features. i
IT WAS April I, 1944, when Lieu
* tenant Jeff Webster left the jewel- j
ry store with the small velvet box
tucked securely in ms coat pocket.
In private life Lieutenant Webster
had been a salesman and very good '
one. Perhaps he "might have been j
described as the high pressure type '
but, as such, he had netted a nice :
yearly Income and that was "very
important" as Lieutenant Webster 1
would say. Lieutenant Webster had
not been above pinching a penny
and in so doing had saved and in
vested. and saved and invested He
was now in excellent financial cir
cumstances. He had known what he
wanted; he had gone after it; and
he had got it! In fact he had been
so busy getting it that it was not
until Uncle Sam called him that he I
had ever taken the time to give 1
much consideration to love.
It was at a USO dance that he
met Becky Clark and fell in love
very hard and very fast. There was
nothing unusual about Becky She
was Just a pretty girl with a tender
smile and nice eyes When Jeff put
on the pressure he had no trouble
at all in selling her the marriage
Idea. War was one thing but with
Becky waiting for him to come
back, it had a greater significance.
Life with Becky would be simple
and complete.
It was as he passed the dime store
with tts windows full of April fool
cards that he thought about April
fooling Becky. He would buy the
most awful looking ring he could
find, put it in the little velvet box
and give it to her Then, after a
few minutes, he would show her the
lovely little quarter-carat diamond,
and she would enjoy the Joke. It
was only the night before that he
had remarked: '“Since we are abso
lutely certain thtg’ is the real thing,
Becky, it’s about time one of us
picked out a nice diamond ring to
seal the bargain. How would you
like that?”
“Wonderful, Jeff!” Becky’s eyes
were starry "Are you sure,” she
had asked, “that you want to wait
until the war is over before we get
married?”
"I’m positive it’s best, honey,”
he had answered.
‘ . ut how can we be sure? How
do ! know you wil) rtill want me?”
J' f had laughed delightedly.
“£<■> ky, you silly darling,” he re
pli< t, "this is the old-fashioned, en- '
du. mg love with tiSl It will last for
ev< r just like the diamond you are
go mg to get! If it 4r|ll make you feel
an\ better, thougfi, think of it this
way. I’m too conservative a guy to
sink a lot of dough in a piece of
jewelry if I weren’t sure I’d have
you to parade it around for the rest
of my life!”
•( see what you mean,” Becky
answered thoughtfully. As he re
called that conversation, Jeff nearly
laughed aloud. What would Becky
say when she saw the poor little
flve-and-ten ring? Of course she
would see through the joke In a
minute, but the fun would come
when she opened the velvet box.
That night there was an air of
excitement about Becky that Jeff
noticed at once and It pleased him
to think that he sehsed it and under
stood the reason. Well, no use put
ting it off, he thought. With an ex
pansive smile he reached into his
pocket and drew out the handsome
case. “Here, darling," he said
warmly. "This is hardly a surprise
and 1 just know you'll be crazy
about it!”
Becky’s expression was quizzical
ps she took the little box and opened
it. Kor a second she stared in per
plexity at the Irushy-looklng ring
“I — I don't understand—” she be
gan. but Jeff interrupted her with a
burst of laughter.
"April fool, Becjsy 1 ” be shouted
and he rubbed las finger against
the real engagement ring in his
pocket. Just a moment more of teas
ing before he would give it to her.
He was enjoying himself so much
"Don’t you like my faultless taste?"
he asked. "Didn’t- I pick out a
beauty of an engagement ring for
you—at the dime store?”
Becky began to laugh—her mirth
was a little forced at first and then
was real. “It was more of an April
fool Joke than you think. Jeff,” she
said weakly. “At first I thought you
had really boughNN’me an engage
ment ring and that would have been !
terrible!”
“You mean you don’t want one I
from me?” gasped Jeff, incredu
lously.
"Of course I do. you goose,’’ Becky
chuckled. ‘T’ve got one. I picked it
out this afternoon — see?” And she
held up her hand for Jeff to inspect
"Isn’t it just too beautiful, darling’’”
Beeky continued. “I had it charged
to you. It’s a full carat blue-white
stone. You’ve got a thousand dollar
investment in me now, dear to come
back to!” And Beaky put her arms
around Jeff’s neck and laid her head
against his shoulder.
"Oh, Jeff!” she sighed. "You cer
tainly did April fool me I”
“April fool you!” he choked.
"Becky, honey, you've got it all
wrong. The April fool is on me!”
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| With greatest appreciation of our pleasant relations during the past year, \
it is our sincere hope that your I
Christmas will be cheerful and From all of the folks 1
bright and that the new year 0 f „ 1
will bring an early Victory 1
and a happy reunion of loved ^|| 1 |-| H y H i 1
ones throughout the land. I
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night gueust of Miss Sadie M_rie
Lowery Tuesday.
The Misses Marybelle GCLn
nor, Norma Lou Foreman, Vivian
Johnson and Jeanee Cole were (
visitors at the home of Mrs. June |
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Luben Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Perry are
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