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EMMET NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Babl received
a commendation from their son,
Cpl. Gerard Babl, which he earn
ed while with the First Army in
Germany. The Commendation
reads as follows: “On March 9,
1945, a detachment of Co. A. 94th
Signal Battalion crossed the Lu
dendorf bridge over the Rhine at
Remagen, Germany. Early on
the morning of March 10, 1945,
a cable was laid over the bridge
which was under constant fire
from ^pemy artillery and aero
planes. This historic act consti
tuted the first crossing of the
Rhine by a Signal Battalion of
the U. S. Army.
“Full credit for this crossing is
■given to those men who perform
ed so commendably under such
hazardous conditions. The unique
honor of the first crossing by
elements of the Signal Battalion
goes to Company A. 94th Signal
Battalion.
“All officers and men of the Bat
talion are commended for their
performance for it was the com
bined efforts of all which made
the historic feat possible. You
■did the work, you deserve the
credit. Signed: Lt. Col. James
L. Bolt, Commanding Officer. ”
Cpl. Babl, a member of Co. A.,
94th Bn. was active in this work
-and the Battalion received an
other commendation earlier in
the year from General Patton,
while with the Third Army, for
their part in relieving the troops
'trapped at Bastogne.
Sgt. Bernard Dusatko revealed
in a letter to his wife, the tformer
Margaret Babl, that for the post
fourteen months he has been
stationed at Finschhofen, New
Guinea. He is Motor Sergeant
for 650th (Top) Engr. Restrict
ions on hist whereabouts have just
recently been', lifted.
Henry Luth accompanied Tom
Perkins to O’Neill on Monday.
Ethel Cole is up and around,
after having been confined to bed
for two weeks, due to a stomach
ailment. .. t
A severe wind ftorth visited the
Emmet vicinity last Wednesday,
tearing off branches, and a tree
was blown down at the Jess
Wells residence.
Mrs. James O'Connor and
daughter, Marybelle, visited at
the Perry home Monday.
Jess Wells, our efficient mail
carrier, took his annual vacation
last week.
Wm. O'Connor and daughters,
Helen and Mary, called at the
Jim O'Connor home on Wednes
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kloppen
borg and family were supper
guests at the Joe Winkler home
on Thursday.
Mrs. Dean Perry and children
were O’Neill shoppers Saturday.
Florence Winkler and Shirley
Weber visited with M's. Henry
Benze Saturday evening.
Miss Clam Babl underwent a
minor operation on her fob* Sat
urday. At this writing she is
getting along nicely.
• Mr. and Mrs. Ray Richards are
.the'proud parents of a daughter,
bom to them Sunday July 1, at
"•tfco Stuart hospital Mother and
baby are doing fine.
'Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tunender
and children, Mr. and Mrs. CyTil
Peters, of O’Neill, were Sunday
dinner guests of Mrs Anna Ram
old.
Mary Helen Benze is entertain
ing the mumps this week
MYs. Helen Hoehne, of O’Neill,
is staying at Richards' thi? week.
Rita Graham visited Rita Babl
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Joe Babl and daughters,
.Rita, Rose Mary and Cecelia,
were shoppers in O’Neill Thurs
day afternoon,
Hugh, O’Connor,, ol Akinson
called at the James O'Connor
home Sunday evening.
Pvt. George Brainard arrived
Jiome Saturday for • thirty day
furlough from the Euoropean
theater of war to visit his wife,
|he former Easter Fox, and
daughter and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ljoyd Brainard and sister.
Mjfc. Frank Foreman and
daughter, Norma Lou, visited at
the Bates home Sunday after
noon.
Ray Johns and Bob Jensen
erected a new windmill on the
Jae Babl farm Thursday and
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Janzing
called at the Joe Babl home Wed
nesday afternoon.
Little Helen Marie and Emily
Ann Dusatko vissited the Babl
girls and Jimmy Dusatko Friday
afternoon.
James O’Connor received word
that his sister, Mrs. Katie Griggs,
is seriously ill at her home in
Wyoming.
The box of souvenirs received
by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Babl from
their son, Cpl. Gerard Babl, con
tained a German helmet, an
officers garrison cap, several belhf
and buckles,a dagger, bayonet,
a surgeons knife, gold trimmed
sword, two arm bands, several
medals, a collection of different
money, a leather cigar case, sou
venir cup of pewter ear rings
and necklace, a glass paper
weight, leggins and pencil sharp
ener. The military articles are a
part of the German regulation
uniform. Cpl. Babl is with the
Third Army repairing commer
cial telephone lines.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Fowler and
son Mark of Sioux City, spent
several days last week visiting
relatives and friends. Mr. Fow
ler will leave in a short time for
California, where they will make
their future home.
Mrs. Gail Abart, of Kansas City,
!Mo., is visiting at the Charles
Abart home this week. Lt. Gail
is still in Italy.
George Strong, of Neligh, spent
Thursday with his aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Mc
Millan.
Merlyn Beckwith, of O'Neill,
is spending this week with her
cousin, Leona Fern.
Duane Pongratz was an over
night guest of Wendell Babl
Sunday night.
Mrs. Bernard Dusatko and son,
Jimmy, Rita Graham, Rose Mary
and Cecelia Babl and Mary Kath
ryn Graham visited at the Joe
Winkler home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dusatko
and daughter called at the Joe
Babl home Sunday evening.
Father Kovar accompanied
Charles Winkler to Sioux City
Monday.
Mrs. Minnie Enbody and Har
vey, of Atkinson, visited with
Ruth Enbody and family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli McConnell
and family spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Alex McConnell.
Rev. and Mrs. Peacock are vis
iting their daughter and son-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan, of
St. Louis, Mo.
Donald Wagnon took his first
flying lessor! Monday afternoon.
Mr. ad Mrs. Bill Luben receiv
ed word from their son, Seaman
First Class Francis Luben, that
he intended to leave Panama
Sunday and will be iome the
middle of July.
Mrs. Henry Kloppenborg and
Staff Sgt. Ernest called at the
Bob Fox home Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weber and
family, of Omaha, and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Weber and family, of
Lincoln, were week-end guests at
the Joe Winkler home.
Father Kovar was a Sunday
supper guest at the Joe Winkler
home.
Jerrold Dusatko was a business
caller in Atkinson Tuesday after
noon.
Visitors at the William Grothe,
Sr., home Sunday were: Mrs.
Eva Johnson and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Grothe and
i rhildren and Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Penning..
O'Neill shoppers on Monday
were: Mr. and Mrs. James O'Con
nor and daughter, the Kloppen
borg family, Eva Johnson and
girls and Mrs Ruth Enbody and
family.
PAGE NEWS ITEMS
(Too late for last week.)
Miss Naomi Steinberg enter
tained the Sophomore class at her
home Tuesday evening in honor
(of Miss Tillie Bartos. The even
mg was spent playing games.
A delicious lunch was served by
the hostess.
The Royal Neighbor Kensing
ton met with Mrs A. L. Dorr
Wednesday afternoon, with twelve
members present. The afternoon
was spent socially. A covered
dish luncheon was served.
Sgt. and Mrs. William Fink. T.
jSgt. Loo Fink, Mrs. Francis Hall
and Miss Barbara Trowbridge
were supper guests at the George
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Fink home Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Lee Stevens and
son were Friday evening supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lyndley
Crumley.
Mrs. H. F. Rakow is sick and
under the Doctor’s care. Mrs.
Roy Sivisind came from Orchard
Tuesday and Roy Sivisind came
up from Harvard Wednesday to
spend a few days taking care of
their mother.
SCHAMBER-AMES
Relatives received word of the
marriage of Miss Gayle Ames,
Eugene, Oregon, to Richard
Schamber on June 17, at the
Lutheran Church in Eugene.
Mrs. Schamber is the only daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ames,
former residents of Page. They
will reside in Eugene, Oregon.
Mrs. Alton Braddock has been
on the sick list for the past week.
O. L. WEST
Funeral services for O. L. West,
307 Indiana Ave., Norfolk, who
died at his home Saturday, June
23, were held Wednesday after
noon at the Home for Funerals
by members of the Christian
Science Church with Mrs. A. H.
Sehestedt reader.
Burial was at Page with the j
Page Odd Fellows in charge of
the services at the cemetery. Sur
viving are his wife, Mrs. Cora
West and four children, Mrs.
Frank Davis, Craig; Mrs. H. Fin
ley, McMimaville, Oregon; Walter
of Gordon; and Mrs. Glen Clark,
of Council Bluffs. All the child
ren were here for the services.
Mr. and Mrs. West resided in this
community a number of years
ago.
4-H CLUB MEMBERS ATTEND
CAMP AT LONG PINE
Two members of the Page Sun
shine Sisters, Patti Banta and
Beverly Kelly and eleven mem
bers of the Eagle Hustler's Club,
Ross Rakow, Kenneth Heiss,
Tommy Kelly. Richard Heiss,
Norman Trowbridge, Carol
French, Melvin Haynes, Donald
and Robert Prill, attended the
4-H Club Camp at Hidden Para
dise at Long Pine from June 28
to 30. There were 310 Club
members that attended the Camp.
Luke Rakow took, a truck load of
the members up on Thursday and
returned Saturday to bring them
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen and
Otto Wahletz were dinner guests
I of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat
1 Sunday.
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Mrs. Mary Hartigan, of Inman,
opeped a Beauty Shop in Page
this week ' The shop will be
open the first three days of each
[ week.
I Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Snell were
dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Haynes.
Mrs. Dean Richards left Satu
day for Sioux City, Iowa, where
she expects to spend three weeks
at the home of her sister and
j brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Undine and family,
j Foy Clark and daughters, of
[ Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
| Eby and sons, of O'Neill were
Sunday evening callers at the
Anton Nissen home.
Mrs. Rose Fridley, who has
spent the past six weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. Katherine Boise,
j left Friday evening for a few
days visit at Ewing, before going
I to her home in Norfolk. Her
accompanied her and will spend
two weeks at Norfolk.
Mrs. Myrta VanConett and Mrs.
R. D. Copes were dinner guests
Sunday of Mf. and Mrs. #Ed
Sterner.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Palmer and
grandchildren, Rheta Smiley and
Timmie Tillsworth, of Norfolk,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Palmer’s
sister, Mrs. L. B. Taylor. They
enjoyed a picnic dinner ot Oak
view Park and were callers in
the afternoon a*t the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarehee Faulhaber at
Venus.
Mrs. Raymond Stevens and
daughters and Mrs. Anna Rhodes
spent Sunday afternoon at the
B. H. Stevens home.
Mrs. Kate Fuelberth, of Os
mond, spent Thursday afternoon
and Friday at the home-of her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Anton
Nissen.
Mrs. Nellie McIntosh, Ray and |
Myrle, spent theweek-end at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
McIntosh at Blair,
Mr. and Mrs,(, Theo Kemper
spent Sunday at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Velda Kemper at
O’Neill.
Mrs. Agnes Webb, of Tampa,
Florida, is making an extended
visit at the Roy Zellers home,
Mrs. Webb is a cousin of Mr.
Zellers.
Sgt. Vernon Parks arrived
home Friday to: spend a thirty
day furlough with his wife and
son. Sgt. Parks has been in ser
vice thirty-two months and spent
twenty-six months in, England.
Mr. and Mrs. H,arold Kelly and
daughters and ^illiam Knudson
and son, Ralph, spent Sunday
with Mr. ad Mrs. Andrew Jenson
ai noyai.
The Misses Faye and Shirley
Finch and Sylvia Beelik arrived
home from Lincoln Saturday, to
spend a few days with their par
ents at Page.
Melvin Kemper W. T. 3-c left
Sunday morning for California,
after* spending few days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Kem
per and other relatives.
The Just-a-Mere Club met with
Mrs. Leonard Heiss last Friday
with seven members present.
Afternoon spent socially. A de
licious lunch was served by the
hos* ’. The Club is planning to
ha picnic in two weeks.
. and Mrs. Harold William
son and family, of Edgemont, S.
D., arrived Sunday for, a weeks
visit with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Williamson . and Mr.
and Mrs. William Anderson and
other relatives. . ,.
Mr. and Mrs., Francis Brandt,
of Atkinson*, were suppej guests
Friday evening of Mrs,.,.Brandt's
parents, Mr and Mrs,*., B.. H.
Stevens.
The Misses Mildred and Melisfea
Haynes are spending a few days
with their aunt, .Mrs * Wiliam
Neubauer. ^
Mrs. Floyd Black and son. of
Ewing, spent Tuesday j at the
home of her sister, Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. McClure.
Lowell Murphy and daughter,
Virginia, of Plamview, were
Page visitors Monday.
Sarah King, of Omaha, spent
the week-end with relatives
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Esmond Weber
and daughters spent the afternoon
and were evening dinner guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Cork, gt Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Stevens
received a letter from their son,
Wendell Stevens A. R. H.2-c, who
has been at Jacksonville, Florida,
the past few week-, has been sent
to San Francisco, Cal., to report
for flight training as a Naval Avi
ation Cadet.
Pfc. Ray Schacht arrived home
Tuesday morning, to spend a
nineteen day furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs Louie
Schacht.
Norris Ballantyne, who is , in
the Naval reserve, received a call
to report at Omaha.* He left
Monday morning.
Pvt. Lynn Lamason, who has
been attending the University at
Laramie, Wyo., spent from Satur
day night until Tuesday morning
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Lamason. He went to Black
burn, Va., to attend 4th term at
Virginia Technical University.
Sgt. William Riege, son of Mr.
. and Mrs. William Riege, arriv
ed in Norfolk Sunday, after being
discharged under the point sys
tem, with a total of 88 points, He
had spent thirty months overseas
and has seen action in Africa,
Sicily, Italy, France and Ger
many. Reige was in the armored
tank division of the Seventh
Army and went through all these
campaigns without receiving an
injury. He arrived in Page Tues
day to visit his brothers, Lester,
Lorenze and Vernon Reige.
Miss Alice French returned,
home from Sibley, Iowa, Monday
afternoon, after spending a few
days visiting Miss Hazel Leopold.
Mr. and Mrs, Bill Hibbs spent
Saturday evening with Mrs. I
Charles Russell. Kay Hibbs, who i
has been visiting her aunt and [
cousin, returned home with her
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Asher enter
tained the Pinochle Club at their
home Saturday evening. Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Anderson received high
score, Mrs. Otto Matschullat low
and Mrs. Chris Mosher traveling.
Mr. and Mrs. Chichester and
son and Mrs, Idd Chase were din
ner guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. John Stauffer, Sr.
Mrs. Havey Finley, of Mc
Minnville, Oregon, and Walter
West, of Gordon, Nebr., were sup
per guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Finley Monday evening and over
night guests of Mrs. Ethel Asher.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lauten
schlager and sons, of Orchard,
It is the seven tftdaaing
Against our find foe.
H Duce’s dead and Adolfs fled—
Two down and one to gol
n There’s no time now for stalling
Or missing far-hit flies.
f Good hitting, good fielding—no
tiring, no yielding
Will win the victory prize 1
THE CHOICEST PtODOCT OP THE MEWEBS* ARTl
Fotstaff Irtwing Corp.
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son, Pvt. Lynn Lamason.
Mrs. Ray Snyder returned home
last week, after spending almost
two weeks at LaPorte, Col., visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
J. Taylor and brother, Pfc. Bill
Taylor, who was home on sick
leave.
Lorraine Clasey returned home
Sunday, after spending two weeks
with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Wilson.
The H. O. A. Club met with
Mrs. Harry Parks Tuesday after
noon with ten members present.
Miss Mildred Hayne was a guest.
Afternoon was spent doing
needle work for the hostess.
Mrs. Charles Russell entertain
ed at a party for her daughter,
Jacqualine, Tuesday afternoon in
Miss Sylvia Belik and Terry Tay
lor were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lamason and
honor of her tenth birthday an
niversary. Nine girl friends at
tended. Lunch was served at
the Copes Cafe.
Kathleen Walker celebrated
her fourth birthday anniversary
Jo Ann Braddock spent Thurs
day; night and Friday with Elaine
Clasey.
Mrs. ’ J: R. Russell was very
sick last week, but is improving.
Mrs. P. T. Stevens suffered
severe bruises wjien she fell at
hejr home; Monday nljlit* Mrs.
Stevens i/ 82. “ 1 ~!X
Tuesday, by having a party for
nine small guests. Gefnfes were
played. Her mother Mrs. C. E.
Walker served a lunch.
INMAN ITEMS
GOKIE-THOMPSON
J. T. Thompson and Miss Mary
Gokie both of j Norfolk, were
united in marriage June 25, 1945,
by Father Lisco, of St. Patrick’s
Church in O’Neill.
Mrs. Thompson is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Gokie, of O’Neill, and J. T.
Thompson is the younger son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thompson, Sr.,
of Inman. Both of these young
people have been employed at
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