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EMMET NEWS
Mrs. Henry Patterson has been
sick the past week with the flu.
Miss Reta Graham was a
Thursday overnight guest of Rita
Babl.
Florence Winkler visited at the
Henry Bene home Wedneslay
evening.
Mrs. Emma Maxing visited at
the D. H. Allen home Saturday
afternoon.
Mr and Mrs. Bernard Dusatko
akvd Jimmie spent last week with
Jerroud Dusatko.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Burge spent
Chrstmas day at the K. C. Jones
home in Clearwater.
Mrs. Ruth Riffey and Mrs. G.
D. Janzing visited at the Joe Babl
home Friday afternoon.
Father John O’Brien was a
Christmas dinner guest at the An
thony O’Donnell home.
Pvt. and Mrs. George Brainard
and daughter visited at the Chas.
Fox home Friday evening.
Doniild Beckwith, of O’Neill,
spent from Thursday until Sun
day visiting Daryld Beckwith.
Mr. and Mrs. Geary Enbody
visited Mrs. Minnie Enbody and
son Harvey, in Atkinson Sunday.
Fred Perry and daughter, Doris,
of O’Neill, were Christmas din
ner guests at the Dean Perry
home.
Guy Cole, ‘Spike’* Lawrence
and John Conrad spent Sunday
and Monday fishing in Cherry
county.
Jay McConnell is spending sev
eral days this week in Atknson
visiting at the Eli McConnell
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Tenborg and
Francis were Christinas dinner
guests at the Bart Malloy home
in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Closeii and
girls, of Page, wore Christmas
dinner guests at the Cecil Mc
Millian home.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli McConnell and
family, of Atkinson, were Sunday
linner guests at the Howard Mc
Connell home.
Mr. and Mlrs. Leonard Dusatko
and girls were Christmas dinner
guests at the Frank Peter home
near O’Neill.
Christmas dinner guests at the
Joe Babl home were: $gt. and
Mrs. Bernard Dusatko, Jamie and ,
Jerrold Dusatko.
Mr. and Mi'S. Cyril Peters and
son, Jimmie, of O’Neill, were
Christmas dinner guests at the
Anna R mold home.
Mrs. Louise Anspach returned
to her home in Inman Tuesday
evening, after spending the
Christmas holidays at the John
Conrad home.
Merle Foreman and Roland
Wells motored to Gregory, S. D., j
Saturday, returning the same
day. Merle driving back a new
Ford truck which he purchased.
Miss Rita Babl returned to her
work in Stuart, after spending
the Christmas hollidays with her■
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Babl. i
The Joe Pongratz moved to the 1
farm he purchased from Gus (
Dahms last week, and Mr. and
Mrs. John Muijlen of O’Neill
moved to the farm vacated by the
Pongratz’s.
Guests at the Fred Beckwith
home Christmas day: Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Beckwith and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Garvin and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Beckwith.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Babl received
word Saturdoy from their son,
Sgt. Gahart Babl, stating he had
arrived safely in the States Thurs
day from the E. T. O. and would
he home in ten days or two weeks.
A family reunion dinner was
held at the William Grothe, Sr.
home Christmas day. Those in
i .attendance were: Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Menning and son Albert,
Mr. and Mrs. Lu Prange and
family of Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Banks and family of O’Neill,
| Mr. and Mrs. Bill Grothe, Jr. and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Llovd John
son and family, Mr. and Mr?. Her
man Grothe and family, Mr. and
i Mrs. Earl Farr and son Gene of
Yes, you can “whistle while
you work’’ collecting egg
profits if you rely upon us
for your baby chicks. High
quality chicks bred from
stock with proven egg pro
dudtion records are your as
surance of reol poultry pro
fits. That’s the kind we sell.
O’NEILL HATCHERY
O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs. Fritz
Raths and family of Atkinson.
All of the grandchillren were
present but five.
Mrs. Grant Peacock and Kenny
visited at the Homer Lowery home
Saturday.
Grant Peacock is greatly im
proved, after being seriously ill
the past week.
Misses Carol and Lois Burge, of
Amelia, spent last week at the
Bessie Burge home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Leidy and
children, of O’Neill, spent Sunday
at the John Kee home.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beckwi h
and Leona Fern spent Christmas
d_y at the E. R. Young home.
The Misses Opal, Ruby, Marie
Fox, Gladys Sehmohr, Arlene
and Daryl Beckwith and Robert
Fox visited at the Peacock home
Friday evening.
Pvt. George urainara reiurnea
to Little Rock, Arkansas, Monday
evening, after spending the holi
days with his wife and baby and
other relatives and friends.
Miss Alice Beckwith returned
to Lincoln Wednesday, after
spending the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Beckwith.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burge and
family, of Amelia, spent Christ
mas day with Mrs. Bessie Burge.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox re
ceived word this week that their
son, Seaiman 2-c Charles, had ad
rived back at his base at Charles
ton, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli McConnell
and family, of Atkinson, Mr. and
Mlis. Howard McConnell and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Alex
McConnell visited at the Walter
Puckett home Sunday.
Cpl. Clayton Burge arrived
home Wednesday with an honor
able discharge, after serving sev
eral months in the Southwest
Pacific. He is the son of Mrs.
Bessie Burge.
Capt. Arthur E. Dailey tele
graphed his folks from Fort Leav
enworth Monday saying that he
would be home soon. Capt.
Dailey’s wife and son live at
Schuyler.
Leonard and Leona Winkler, of
Omaha, arrived Monday to spend
Christmas day with their folks.
Mr and Mrs. Joe Winkler and
family. They returned to Omaha
Wednesday accompanied by Miss
Armella Pongratz.
Mrs. Fred Geiger left Monday
for Omaha, where she will attend
the wedding dt her cousin, Miss
Irma Sheppard to John Waldron,
which will be solemnized at the
Dundee Presbyterian church on
Tuesday. Mr. Waldron has just
returned from service in the
Southwest Pacific.
Guests at the Vera Hickman
home in Atkinson on Christmas
day were: Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Beckwith and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Fikle and sons, Mr.
and Mis. Wilber Coleman and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hickman and family.
Guests at the Fred Beckwith
home Christmas night were:
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beck
with and Leona, Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Beckwith and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Garvin and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Beck
Beckwith and Gary, Mr. and Mrs.
Rex Beckwith, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph T '^kwith pr'’ children and
Mr. and Mrs. G1 n Leek with and
family of O’Neill.
Guests at the Guy Beckwith
home Sund y were: Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Leidy and fami y of O’Neill,
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beckwith and
Leon t, Fred Beclcwi h and Mrs.
Ralph Beckwith of O’Neill.
Pvt. Vernon Beckwith is now
stationed ot Yanz, Korea, accord
ing to word received by his par
ents, Mr. and M s. Guy Beck
with. He is a mail clerk with the
20th Infantry, Sixth Division.
A family dinner was held Sun
day at the Bessie Burge home in
honor of Cpl. Clayton Burge
Those in attendance were: Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Burge, M.. and
Mrs. Clyde Burge and family, of
Amelia, Cpl. Clayton Burge, Mrs.
Bessie Burge, Harold and June.
PAGE NEWS NOTES
Bobbie Merchant returned to
Lynch Friday efter a week spent
with friends here.
Brooks Stuart from Stuart
spent the Christmas vacation at
the O. B. Stuart home.
Duane Gray left Monday for
Lincoln where he will take a
short course in agriculture.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. George
Hall Saturday, December 29, a
son at the Orchard hospital.
C-N Gurlotta Ballantyne left
Friday morning for Independence,
Mo., after spending almost a
week ot home.
Virgil Chase left Monday for
Omaha, where he is attending
college, after spending his Christ
mas vacation at the Mrs. Evelyn
Gray home.
Pvt. Richard Trowbridge, who
has been visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Trowbridge and
family, left Wednesday for Camp
Pickett. Virginia^
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Walker,
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Allen and
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lamason were
dinner guests Thursday evening
of Mrs. Charles Russell.
The Misses Mildred and Veda
Stuart have returned to Denver,
Col., after spenling Christmas at
the home of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. O. B. Stuart.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Trowbridge
entertained at a dinner Sunday:
Miss Donna RetzlafT of Neligh,
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Fink, Mrs,
A. O. Weber and Pvt.Richard
Trowbridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Trowb idge
of Saratgo, Wyo., left for their
home Saturday, after visiting at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Etta
Trowbridge and his brother, Er
nest and with other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Weyer re
turned to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, on
Mondi y after spending a week
visiting Mrs. Weyer’s mother, Mrs.
Evelyn Gray at Page and with
Mr. Weyer’s parents at Ains
worth.
S. Sgt. Ben Asher is visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neil
Asher. He is spending a 80 day
furlough with relatives ot Page
and O'Neill. He has reenlisted
and will report at Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas, Mairch 23.
Kenneth Braddock and Mrs.
Lloyd Fusselman and daughter
went to Hastings Sunday to spend
New Years. They were accom
panied by Miss Roberta Smith,
who had spent several days wi h
her parents, Md. and Mrs. J. E.
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ballantyne
came from Pueblo, Col., where
Roy received his honorable dis
charge after almost three years
in service. They spent a week
with Mrs. J. O. Ballantyne and
family and left L*t week for
Wauchula. Florida, where h ■ plans
to locate near Mrs. Ballantyne’s
parents.
The Get-to-Gether Club met
with Mrs. Ray Snell Friday after
noon with twelve members pres
ent. Guests were Mrs. Albest
Anthony, Mrs. Esmond Weber and
Miss Helen Matschullat. The
club members will sell lunches
at the Ott Terrill sale the fore
part of January. The next meet
ing will be with Mrs. Frank Tel
eger.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Rakow en
tertained the following guests at
a waffle supper last Friday even
ing: Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Towns
end, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilton Hayne, Mr. and
Mrs. James Carson, Mrs. Evelyn
Gray and Mrs. Elsie Cork. After
supper the evening was spent
playing rook. Mrs. Cork and
Mr. Carson receivel high srores
and Mrs. Hayne and Mr. Gray
low scores.
Mrs. H. F, Rakow was pleasant
ly surprised on her birthday an
nivedsary Mondoy evening when
the following group came to spend
an evening at bridge at the Rak
ow home, Mr. and Mrs. Luke
Rakow and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Harper, Mr and Mrs. H. L.
LeLancey, Mr. and Mrs. 'Albert
Kirsrhmer, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Finley, Mrs. Roy Parker, Mrs.
Evelyn Gray anl Mrs. Elsie Cork.
The self invitecl guests served a
Peas F rom Tut’s
Tomb Live Again
33 - Century - Old Legumes
Amaze Experts by Their
Vitality and Beauty.
By CAPT. HARRY E. HAMMER
K»leuMd by Western Newspaper Union.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Outside a
colonel's office window at the air
forces tactical cfenter, within sight of
a hangar and celestial navigation
towers, garden peas are growing. As
is the case with most things
at AFTAC, these peas are extraor
dinary.
The tall, healthy vines are loaded
with purple pods, and their stems
are thick and branching. Atop the
vines, pretty purple flowers wave in
the Florida sunlight. The original
seeds from which these vines sprang
were placed by Egyptian priests in
the tomb of King Tutankhamen 3,300
years ago.
At least, this is the only theory
that fits what facts are known about
the peas’ origin.
Col. Harlan W. Holden, comman
dant of the school of applied tactics
at AFTAC and present custodian of
the King Tut peas, is the man who
has done most to stimulate scientific
interest in the little vegetables. He
has mailed hundreds of seeds from
his two crops to experimental and
research agencies desiring to experi
ment with the “new variety.” As to
the peas’ return from the tomb,
Colonel Holden makes no claims.
He merely points out the window to
where the peas are growing and re
minds skeptics that so far no one
has been able to offer one fact to
disprove the story as given to him.
Found by Carter.
This is the history of the King Tut
peas as compiled by Colonel Hol
den:
The original peas came from How
ard Carter, who was a member of
the Lord Camervon expedition to
King Tut's tomb in 1922 and 1923.
Carter found them in an urn in the
tomb. They went to Lady Gilbert of
“Grimm’s Dyke” Harrow Weald.
Her head gardener gave some of the
peas to Mr. A. A. Aldrige, who
after obtaining a parcel of the peas
gave two pods to his friend, Mr.
Arthur Easton of Newport, R. 1.
After raising one crop, Mr. Easton
presented two of the pods to Maj.
Walter D, Dyer, who planted them
in his garden in Portsmouth, R. I.
They proceeded to grow as if they
had just come from the grocer’s.
Ttie seeds from this crop, when
planted the next year, bore profuse
ly, and Major Dyer harvested about
a pound and a half of fresh peas.
Some of these he brought with him
to the tactical center in Florida,
where among a wide variety of mili
tary courses there is one on jungle
survival. ., »
Immediately injrigued by the
peas’ background, the commandant
of AFTAC's school of applied tac
tics, Col. Harlan W. Holden, took up
agriculture. The season was far
from being the prescribed one for
pea planting, but Colonel Holden
acted on the premise that sand is
sand, whether in Egypt or Florida.
He also had a ■hunch that peas which
had pulled through three millennia
in a tomb could stand off-season
cultivation. On April 10, 1944, after
the regular Florida pea crop was
finished, he planted about 60 seeds
from the Rhode Island germination
in the sand-basitf’Soil just outside
his office.
Any gardener in this part of the
country will tell you that you can't
raise peas in this area in the spring.
As a matter of fact, they told
Colonel Holden that; and while he
patiently listened to them over the
phone, he looked oyt the window at
the healthy vines.
Bug and Disease Proof.
Hardly were the first sprouts out
of the ground when they started try
ing to set an altitude record. In the
first eight weeks they grew feet
while the natives scratched puzzled
heads. By the 4th of July Colonel
Holden, who stand 6 feet, 2 inches
himself, was looking up to count the
budding pods at the tops of the vines.
Corp. Merle Tibbets, jungle sur
vival non com, was fertilizing and
watering the vines one day when he
noticed another remarkable thing
about these plants. Whereas the
usual worms, green lice, and beetles
continued to chew up surrounding
vegetation, they spurned completely
the Egyptian intruders. As one ser
geant observed, perhaps the garden
pests feared some kind of “King Tut
curse.'* but leaving that theory aside
the matter still was not entirely ex
plained.
Meanwhile Colonel Holden no
ticed some more vines growing with
zest in his garden. Then he remem
bered that a few worm-eaten, per
forated peas from the same Rhode
1 Island crop had been tossed out the
door as worthless. Without any cul
tivation at all they too were doing
fine. And—you guessed it—they
were also immune from attack!
lunch at midnight.
Mrs. J. O. had fo
her guests Christmas day all of
her family except Norris, who is
stationed at Great Lakes and was
unable to get home Also Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Wcgman and
Helen. Robert Balia ntyne re
cently c; me home a"' o
months overseas and almost thrci.
years in the service. He way
working on his master degree at
the University when c ” 1 i to
A Head Start
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On the New Year
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ly providing for the electrical needs of Ne
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home*.
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during an exciting era of scientific and
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for this progress—today and tomorrow. Your
Consumers Public Power District, with vision
and sound planning, has anticipated and is
providing for the increasing electrical needs
of Nebraska communities for the next fifteen
to twenty years ... a program which will give
Nebraska an efficient state-wide electric sys
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(Bad (dibkaA (oh Iks Vbuv cljaah
the armed forces. He has re
ceived his honorable discharge.
Dinner guests Friday at the
home of Mrs. Eta Trowbrilge and
Ernest were: Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Miller alnd family, Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Miller of Ewing; Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Trowbridge and fam
ily, Mr and Mrs. William Fing
and Pvt. Richard Trowbridge.
Afternoon callers were, Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Kennedy anl daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Cronk
and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Smith
and daughter, all of Califoria;
Mrs. Anna Smith of Inman, Mrs.
Earl Stevens and daughter and
Mr. and Mrs. Plen Nickels and
sons.
FOR SALE—RESIDENCE Prop
erty. It is vacant and can give
immediate possession. — R. H.
Parker. 31-tf
INMAN ITEMS
Miss Jean Keyes returned to
Omaha last Monday.
Cpl. Clifford Sawyer arrived
last week to spend Christmas
with his wife and sons.
Nlorbert and Wilda Clark, of
Burwell are visiting their sister,
Mrs. Robert Stevens and family.
Lewis Kopecky arrived home
last Friday with his discharge
from the army. He had been in
Europe while across seas.
Miss Marjorie Rouse returned
to Omaha Tuesday, after spend
ing the holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kivett ar
rived from Troy, N. Y., to spend
the holidays with his mother,
Mrs. Emma Kivett and other rel
atives.
r red Appienee returned nome
from overseas last week. He
has been discharged from the
army. He had been in the Pacific
area for several months.
Last Friday evening a party
was held in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Hopkins and family,
who are leaving and will make
' their home at Buhl, Idaho.
Mrs. Ted Hopkins, Bonnie and
Karan left by train for Buhl,
Tlaho, last Saturday. On Sun
Trd Hopkins and Howard
,d Kemp Hopkins left by auto
for Buhl.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Keyes, Don
m'1 and Jean and Mr. and Mrs.
mm?w mmj
MORE SWINE LOSSES
FROM BRUCELLOSIS
So qiuch publicity has been giv
en Bang’s disease (brucellosis) of
cattle that the seriousness of this
same disease in swine is often over
looked.
Mora than 20 percent of all farm
droves of swine harbor brucellosis,
accordJhg to a recent survey. The
losses In pig production are enor
mous. «
One1 striking contrast between
cattle "brucellosis and swine brucel
losis is that the latter is spread
by infected boars. A single infected
boar, even though he shows no ex
ternal symptoms, can infect all
sows on the farm. Diseased sows
may lose their unborn pigs very
early, so the owner may not even
be aware of the loss. Again, sows
may carry their pigs almost full
time, and then give birth to still
born or weak pigs which die.
Swine brucellosis may also re
sult in serious destruction of the
bones of affected animals. Paraly
sis may result from damage to the
backbone. To combat this disease,
veterinarians recommend that
weaned pigs on infected farms be
kept separated from adult aows
and boar.
Before they reach breeding age,
a blood test of all shotes is advised.
r
Crippled by bruellcs.s ». leg
bone*.
Owners should be especially careful
about adding any newly purchased
boars or sows to their home herds
without blood testing.
While the cattle strain of the
germ very rarely, If ever, infects
swine, the swine strain of the germ
can and does infect cattle, fw^hu
reason, dairymen should not ke^r
swine in the same lots with milk
ing cows.
Modern veterinary science has
developed a number of ways to
cope with swine brucellosis losses
and if any suspicion of the disease
exists, skilled assistance should be
consulted at once.
Jim Vldlaik, of Omaha, arrived
last Saturday to visit Mrs. C. D.
Keyes and Millred and other
relatives.
Mr. add Mrs. Harvey Tomp
kins lentertained at Christmas
dinner jWJ*.' and Mrs. Leon Tomp
kins, Jjason Gifford and Major
and M#s. Chairles Tompkins and
family,! of Pasadeno, Cal.
The iPitch Club met with Mr.
and Mfs. H. Tompkins Monday
night. The following guests were
1 presents First Sgt. and Mrs.
1 Lorin lteyes, Norbert Clark, Cecil
Key^, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Smith, Major and Mrs. Charles
Tompkihs, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vid
lak, Donald Keyes and Marjorie
Rouse.
| Mr. and Mrs. t. K. K.eyes en
tertained ait a family dinner
Christmas day. The following
were present: Mrs. C. D. Keyes
and Mildred, Mr. and Mrs. Her
l bert Rouse and Marjorie, Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Risor and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Ermand Keyes, Mr. and
1 Mrs. Clarence Hansen and family,
First Sgt. and Mrs. Lorin Keyes,
Mary, Murl and Cecil Keyes.
ROBERT COYNE
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