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""" The Frontier VOLUME 66. NUMBER 13 O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1946._5c PER COPY. PLAN TO EXPAND CITY'S SEWAGE, WATER SYSTEMS 43 Blocks to Be Affected by Proposal of City’s Planning Board ENGINEER ARRIVES Approximately 43 blocks will be affected if a preliminary ex pansion proposal for the sewage and water systems is officially adopted by the city council. The planning board, recently ap pointed by Mayor F. J.. Dishner, has been studying the city’s pres ent and future utility require ments. Members of the board are Dr. O. W. French, chairman; C. E. Lundgren, who is president of the Chamber of Commerce; R. E. Armbruster, E. M. Gallagher, M. J. Golden, C. J. Gatz, W. J. Big lin, W. T. Spelts, and Clark Will son. Meanwhile, the city, council has appointed Donald Price, of Lin coln, as city engineer. He arrived here late Wednesday to confer with the city officials and plan ning board members in regard to the sewage and water expansion plans. He will also supervise, the current well drilling operations, which are in progress two miles south of the city on highway 281. The inadequacies of the city s water system have been obvious in recent weeks, officials said., when the pumps have been operating at capacity for 24 hours a day, fre quently without any reserve in the standpipe. Water pressure in some sections of the city becomes too low for some domestic purposes. A state law requires that a plan ning board be established in each city. Sick and Injured O’NEILL—Charles Richter, who recently submitted to an appendec tomy in St. Vincent’s hospital, Sioux City, returned home Sunday and is improving % . . Bill Grady, who is in the Veterans’ hospital in Lincoln, is doing well . . . Mrs. Lewis Storjohn was badly burned by an oil stove last week and is now in the Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch . . . William Grutch re cently was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch for med ical attention . . . T. F. Nolan, who has been in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital at Norfolk for two months, returned home Sunday. . . . Mrs. Francis Kelly underwent a major operation in St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha Thursday . . . Kathleen Bosn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bosn, is recovering from a case of the measles . . . Mrs. Francis Snow was taken to the Lutheran hospital in Sioux City Sunday. CHAMBERS—Dean Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith, was recently taken to a Norfolk hos pital for a major operation. He returned to his home Saturday and is recovering satisfactorily ... Ed Smith, who was injured in a fall from a haystack last week, has been released from a Norfolk hos pital. EMMET—Mrs. Joe Winkler suf fered painful injuries to her face when a pump handle struck her in the mouth, loosening several teeth and wounding her lip. INMAN—Eric Stevens, who has been seriously ill, is improved. SHIFTED TO HAWAII PAGE—Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig J. Poehop have received word that their son, Pvt. Leon Poehop, has been transferred from Camp Kearns, Utah, to Hickman Field, Hawaii, where he will be a weather observer. He was one of 85 grad uated June 14 from a 12-weeks’ weather course at Chanute Field, 111. He visited his parents here enroute to Camp Kearns. Pvt. Poehop entered the Army Dec. 18, 1945. _ SPONSOR TREASURE HUNT Misses Lou Birmingham and Donna Galagher, John Baker. James Merriman and George Bosn entertained a group of young peo ple at a treasure hunt Tuesday evening. The winners were Misses Patty and Shirley Schaffer, Lois Cole, and Larry Schaffer, James Tische and Tom Harty. VISIT IN LINCOLN Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess and Joanne spent Saturday in Lincoln. They w’ere accompanied here by their son, Warren, and Gene Mc Kenna, who have been attending summer school at the University of Nebraska. HOLD BARBEQUE A midnight barbeque and dance was held at the Country club Mon day evening. It wras a no-host party and the younger set of mem bers attended. RETURNS TO DENVER E. L. O’Donnell left Friday for Denver, Colo., after spending two w'eeks here with his daughter, Pa tricia, and other relatives. Frank Davidson arrived Monday from Culver City, Calif., to spend a few weeks visiting relatives. Barbeque, Dance Held Mrs. Effie McKamy, of Valen tine, departed Saturday after spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kelly. WHAT TO DO — If Polio Breaks Out If infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis) breaks out in this commun ity, follow these suggestions: < AVOID NEW CONTACTS. Try not to mingle with crowds unnecessarily. (Schools and other gathering places, however, may remain open). » WATCH THESE SYMPTOMS. Headache, unexplained fever, a. cold, even upset stomach may be the first symptoms of infantile paralysis. CALL YOUR DOCTOR immediately if any of these symptoms appear. Expert medical care may help prevent crippling. REMEMBER. Carry on your normal activities. Infantile paralysis cannot be prevented but few of those stricken develop serious illness and, with good care, the majority will make a satis factory recovery. DON’T WORRY ABOUT EXPENSES. If polio strikes, get in touch with the Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis close to your home. Quick action often prevents crippling: June through September is the danger period when these simple rules should be followed. DON’T GET OVERTIRED. Extreme fatigue makes you an easier victim. AVOID CHILLING. Don’t stay too long in cold water. KEEP CLEAN. Wash hands before eating. Keep flies and other insects away from food. HELP keep your community clean. Waste and exposed gar bage may be sources of infection. DON’T swim in polluted waters. AVOID removal of tonsils or adenoids prior to and during polio epidemic season. BURWELL, WINNER BID FOR BAND Invitation to Nebraska’s Biff Rodeo Accepted; Other Tentative — The Municipal band, composed I of school-age musicians, this week | received two invitations to appear at two widely-separated celebra tions of the headline variety. Director Ira George said that the band will go to Burwell Wed nesday to play on the first day of the three-day rodeo. An invi tation has been received for the band to go to Winner, S. D., on Labor day and share the music spotlight with the nationally known Monahan Post band of Sioux City. Mr. George said that the Winner bid had been accepted by the band, but that financial ar rangements with the sponsors had not been completed. The musicians will go to Bur well by private automobile. Mr. George said Wednesday that there was a need for additional cars. 1 he Winner trip, if carried out, will be made in a chartered bus. The program for Saturday’s con cert, to begin at 8 p.m., follows: “Star Spangled Banner,” by Key; march, “Colonel Bogey,” by Alford; waltz, “Beautiful Ohio,”; by Earl; intermezzo, “Argentina,” by Olivodoti; popular, *• Jumping at the W'oodside,’ Count Basie; march, “Lights Out,” by McCoy; vocal solo, “Symphony,” by Al stone, sung by Daniel DeBacker; selection, “Largo,” by Handel, from the opera “Xerxes;” hymn, “God Be with You ’Till W'e Meet Again,” by Monk; march, “Entry of the Gladiators,” by Fucik. DEPARTS FOR FLORIDA Mrs. J. L. Gaudrie returned to j her home in Miami, Fla., Tuesday after spending a month with her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Golden, and with other relatives. She was ac companied to Sioux City by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Golden and Mrs. F. D. McMillan. COUNTYANS TO BE HEARD ON RADIO BROADCASTS Radio Station WNAX’a farm di rector, George B. German, con ducted a series of transcribed in terviews in Holt county last week.1 The first interview to be broadcast was heard at 12:50 p.m. today (Thursday). The others are scheduled at the same time as fol lows: Friday—Charles Fox farm, near E m m e t, haying; Saturday — Blanche Spann Pease, of near At kinson; Sunday—Atkinson “Hay Days” group; Thursday, August 15—Ex-Lt. Leonard C. Fox, of “Irish Lassie” fame, and his brothers; Friday, August 16— a threshing crew in the field; Sat urday, August 17 — a threshing crew in the home; Wednesday, August 21—Robert Clifford, in a hayfield; August 22—Robert Clif ford, in his home. Mr. German was assisted by County Agent A. Neil Dawes. FORMER EMMET RESIDENT DIES EMMET — Funeral services were held Fridav at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in At kinson for Mrs. Arthur Griggs, a former resident, who died July 29 in Memorial hospital at Cheyenne, Wyo. Burial was in Calvary ceme tery at O’Neill. She had been ill since January. Rev. A. A. Leh man officiated, assisted hy Rev. John O’Brien and Rev. Parking. Mrs. Griggs, formerly Miss Kathryn O’Connor, a sister of James and William O’Connor, both of Emmet, and Hugh J. O’Con nor, of Atkinson, was born and reared on a farm three miles west of Emmet. On February 24, 1925, she married Arthur Griggs at Denver, where they resided for several years. In 1937 they moved to Cheyenne. Survivors include her husband; one sister, Mrs. C. O. Powell, of Denver; and three brothers. One brother, Kd, died a few years ago. | HERE FROM WASHINGTON Mr. and Mrs. Enard Leach, of1 Bremerton, Wash., formerly of O . eil!, arrived recently for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leach. * ■ w *. wdawr' 1 TO ADDRESS LEGION Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Bataan, will address the state American Legion conven tion in Lincoln August 19 ■ HOLT NEEDS 52 RURAL TEACHERS Shortage Threatens t c Close Many Schools; 165 Ready A critical shortage of rural school teachers may force many schools to close down during the next term. Miss El.ia McCullough, county swmrintendent of schools, disclosed W«dnesdav. She reports that approximately 52 out of Holt county’s 190 “live” districts have not yet signed teachers for the 1940-’47 term. Miss McCullough said that “con solidation of districts would not solve the problem” because of the distances involved in transporting children to school. The shortages, she says, are generally in “out lying” districts. The teacher shortage is not unique to Holt county, but is a general condition existing through out the state and nation. Adjoin ing Knox county, considerably smaller than Holt, recently report ed a shortage of 85 rural teachers. Many .-‘■ricts have been “de populated” in recent years, Miss McCullough continued, but the need for teachers continues to exist. Meanwhile, Miss Lulu Way, head of Wayne State Teachers’ col lege training school, Monday opened a three-hour course in methods of teaching elementary science at the public school here in cooperation with the county super intendent’s office. Thirty-three rural teachers registered from Holt, Knox and Antelope counties. The teacher-students receive col lege credit on this work. A special examination for tem porary teaching certificates will be conducted here Tuesday. The ex amination applies to specific posi tions for which the applicant is applying, Miss McCullough said. CALIFORNIANS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goldfuss, of Sen Francisco, Calif., departed Sunday after spending several d-» with Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin. Group Hears Nongenarian Tell of Prairie Fires, Pestilences PAGE—The highlights in the long and colorful life of i'age’s oldest resident, Mrs. Ida Town send, were revealed Saturday when members of the Women’s Society for Christian Service asked the questions and their 90- j year-old honor member-guest : answered the queries. Mrs. | - I Community Day to Be Revived at Page PAGE — Plans were launched here this week for a postwar reviv al of the community day. The date for this year’s event was set for September 2. B. H. Stevens was elected chair man in charge of arrangements. Committees appointed were: Con cessions — O. 15. Stuart, II. W. Parker, I. O. Wood, and A. L. Dorr; entertainment—A. G. lirad dock, Melvin Smith, Lloyd Fussle man, and It. I). Copes; softball— L. G. Haynes, Itay Neisiur, Ralph Larson, Kenneth Waring and Bid Wanser; other sports — L. G. Haynes, Jerry Lamason, and H. L. lianta; streets and grounds—Harry Harper, Allen Haynes, O. L. Ter rill, and George Rost; finance — 0. L. Reed and C. E. Walker. It was decided to sell concession rights to the affair. House-Warming for Mrs. Gaffney EMMET — A surprise house warming was given Mrs. Agnes Gaffney Friday when over 60 friends gathered at her new home. She received many gifts, including a full-length mirror, an oak-carved end-table, several towels, and a friendship card. The afternoon was spent in play ing games, taking photographs, and visiting. A cafeteria-style lunch was served in the Methodist church basement. VISIT IN DENVER Mrs. Winnie Walling, Miss Vira Eidenmiller, and Miss Irene Her shiser departed Sunday for Den ver, Colo., where they are spending their vacation. DDT TREATMENT FOR ALLEYS While infantile paralysis has been reaching epidemic propor tions throughout the state and nation, the city council Tues day ordered a thorough DDT treatment of the city dump and the garbage sites in all the al leys. The work will begin im mediately under the direction of James Corkle. Dr. W. F. Finley, the city physician, said that no polio cases have been reported in or near O’Neill. The doctor de clared that parents should insist that children stay out of and away from stagnant water pools. Many of the “swimming holes” in this region are “dan gerous,” he said. KANSANS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Ellery Vader, Mrs. Mary Seamans, and Mrs. Bert Haggart, all of Mankato, Kans., and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Roth child, and Mrs. Roy Seery and daughter, of Chambers, were] Thursday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dexter. Townsend marked her 90th birthday anniversary July 27. The written questions were read by Mrs. Nevan Ickes. In her responses, Mrs. Town send told of her wedding, her experiences with prairie fires, drouths and pestilences during the pioneer days in Nebraska, her making nearly a hundred men’s shirts for which she re ceived 85 cents, including the cost of the material, and many other interesting anecdotes. Mrs. Towmsend said that the sewing machine which she used in the shirt-making was one of a fewr items saved when the Townsend home was destroyed by a prairie fire. It is a family possession still. A trio sang a song entitled “Give the Flowers to the Liv ing,” and each WSCS member dropped a garden flower in her lap. Mrs. Townsend was given a life membership in the WSCS. The presentation was made by Mrs. Merwyn French, the presi dent. PIONEER DIES AT CHAMBERS Stephen B. Carpenter, 87, Homesteaded in 1873; Buried Saturday CHAMBERS— Stephen B. Car penter, 87, who homesteaded in Nebraska in 1873, died here Thurs day. Funeral services were Held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Park Center Congregational church. Rev. Nyrop officiated. The pallbearers were five grand sons: William Carpenter, Vernon Whitaker, Evert Miner, Donald Grimes and LeRoy Holcomb, and a friend, Vern Morris. The late Mr. Carpenter was born at Lima, Wis., on November 16, 1858. At the age of 14 he came by ox team to Nebraska with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Eleazer Carpenter, and settled at Gibbon. A year later, in 1873, they homesteaded on Cedar creek. His parents for many years op erated the postoffice known as Majors. Later he went to Cherry county where he worked on the range as a cowhand. On October 18, 1883, he married Miss Nancy Addle Barker, at Kearney. They became the parents of three sons and two daughters, Felix, Sarah, Susie, Erwin and Louis. In 1901, Mr. Carpenter moved his family by covered wagon to Colorado, returning a year later to Buffalo county, where he lived until 1910, when he moved to a ranch on Beaver creek west of El gin. He lived there for 82 years, until old ag<vforced him to sell his ranch and move to near Chambers to be with his family. He often recounted the blizzard of 1888, historic hail storms and droughts, and night cattle herd ing. His wife and one son, Louis V., preceded him in death. Sur vivors include: one sister, Mrs. George Whitaker, of Minatare; two sons, Felix S., of Omaha, and Erwin, of Chambers; two daugh ters, Sarah Bourne, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Susie Whita ker of Chambers; 17 grandchildren nd 22 great-grandchildren. Epic Might of‘Irish Lassie,’ Told by Colliers, Lauds Emmet Airman, Who Is Back on Farm with 3 Ex-Service Brothers EMMET—Ex-Lt. Leonard C. Fox, the copilot of the famed Irish Lassie, a B-29 bomber that went through everything the Japs could dish out on a bombing mission over Tokyo, has swapped the Superfort’s controls for those of a hay sweep on the haycrew of his father, Charles Fox- The story of the epic flight of the B-29, entitled “The Irish Lassie Gets Home,” appeared in the July 6 issue of Collier’s magazine. Leonard’s three ex-service men brothers are also back on the farm. Wayne was a staff sergeant in the European the ater and was helping corral 30, 000 Jerries in a pocket at Lor ient, on the Biscayan coast of France, at the time of Brother Leonard’s heroics over Japan; Gilbert, a quartermaster third class i n the Navy, was on a tanker refuelling the Third fleet off the Marshall Islands; and Charles hadn’t gone to. war yet, but he has since seen ser vice in the Navy as a seaman first-class. There are two newcomers on the Fox haycrew this year. They are Mr. and Mrs. Char les Fox’s twins,Larry and Ly le, 10-year-old future farmers. who can drive tractors as well as the others. But then that’s another story. The Collier’s story is reprint ed with special permission: Edited by Frederick R. Neely Superfortress Irish Lassie wheels in toward the coast of Japan at 2 o’clock on the af ternoon of January 27, 1945, at 29,000 feet. The air over Japan is bright and freezing Back at her base at Saip.n ip the tropics, the day is hot. Below, a winter snow lies ov er Tokyo’s streets. Irish L; ssie’s crew is warm; they’re flying pressurized ov er the target today and their oxygen masks hang down lo osely to the left of their jaws. It is their eighth mission to Japan, and though other B 29s from the 73d Wing have been flying to Tokyo from Saipan for over two months. In the blisters, in the tail, in the turrets, gunners squint anxiously through their Plex iglas, searching their arcs of sky. Someone shouts: “There they are—at 3 o’clock, high— God! About forty of ’em!” Over the coast line now, the fight begins. Forty enemy fighters pile into this first flight of 12 B-29s,from above, in front, the sides, from the tail. Central Fire Control Gunner Jim McHugh swings his upper turret, lets fly with his four fifties at the attackers from 12 o clock. One Tojo plunges through. McHugh’s tracers riddle him, but still he doesn’t stop. At 400 miles per hour he plummets in at the Superfort and crash! In a suicide dive the Tojo rams the Irish Lassie, smashing into the left wing, tearing out great hunks of the No. 1 engine nacelle and shear ing off half the left aileron and flap. Her giant metal frame shudders, then recov ers and heads on into her bombing run- The Tojo, spin ning down out of control, blows up at 25,000 feet. Despite the impact of the crash dive and the scores of hard-pressed fighter attacks, Bombardier Gage never budges from his sights. Delicately he twists the knobs, concentra tes on the cross-hairs, whis pers steadily into his throat microphone. Deliberately his hand reache? out, closes over a toggle switch. “Bombs a way! Bomb bay doors closed! Free to turn and for God’s sake turn fast!’’ Twelve 500 pound bombs arch and tum ble on their way down to the i Musashino Aircraft Engine | Plant, Tokyo. Gage jumps back to his j guns, blasts the canopy off an ; attacking Zeke, killing the pi- ; lot. Amidships, McHugh throws his four fifties onto another Zeke, attacking from from above, and shatters him. Alone and isolated in the t il sits Charlie Mulligan. He’s | been having a busy time back j there, fighting off the attack ers. Already Mulligan has chalked up three certain kills since 2 o’clock Now it is 2:20. The Nips still come diving drunkenly in at Mulligan, plunging through his fire to within a few feet and then pull ing wildly away. Right above him now one persistent devil flies. The Jap turns in for an other attack; at 30 yards Mul ligan lets fly with everything. The Jap never stops—but tears smack into the tail in a a full power dive, smashing his plane to pieces on the gi tmt fin. He almost takes Irish Lassie with him. His suicide dive tears off the entire loft stabalizer, the whole left side of the taul compartment. Up front in the pilot’s se, t, Avery feels the nose drop away violently and every man in the plane feels the terrible im pact of this second ramming in less than half an hour. The B-29 falls off into a screaming dive. Avery pulls back hard on the control column and kicks the rudders. Nothing happens; the plane persists in her dive. Copilot Fox is on the controls too. He thinks he’s just helping Avery out, with his extra strength, but it turns out he is (actually flying the piano alone- There is just one thin strand of cable left to the elevators and that belongs to Fox. The B-29 continues to dive for 9.000 feet. Nobody expects to get out alive. Fox, using every ounce of strength, manages to level the ship out at around 20.000 feet and it is a miracle that their meager control c ble doesn’t snap. The 20 Jap vultures now close ini for the kill on the hap less cripple. But the blister gunners are still on the job. When it is all over, Irish Las sie’s total kill is 13 Jap fighters. Off the coast, Avery lets down td 17.000 feet and depressurizes the cabin. Mulligan can’t be be raised over the interphone, so Leach and Meyer make their way aft to see if he is in trouh le. Mulligan is—in the worst possible trouble. Bleeding and unconscious, his head between his kneos, Mulligan lies crouch ed in the wrecked til section. Twisted metal, broken guns, smashed equipment and splint tered glass are piled on top of him. Working in shifts and with additional help from Gage and McHugh, Leach and Meyer ex tricate Mulligan and drag him inch by inch back towards the radar room- The temperature is subzero, the gale terrific, with the full draft and slip stream of the engines pounding direct ly in upon them. The pilots iaTe having their troubles. They have 1,500 miles to fly over ocean in a wrecked plane with scarcely more than a strand of cable to control it In addition to their tail gunner being seriously wounded, their radar man, Kiimczak, is badly shot up. In the Hidar compart ments, Navigator Faubiom and and Radio Operator Nellums are giving him first aid. He has been shot through the leg, back and arm, and he’s bleeding pro fusely. They give him morphine l nd plasma, strip off his clothes and sprinkle his wounds with sulfa. They feed him full of rich oxygen and wrap him in blankets. Then they go to work on Mulligan. Due to the extreme cold in the exposed tail where the unconscious gunner lies, all his clothes have frozen. His hand has been shot through and and he is covered with deep gashes from the splintering glass and metal. They dress Continued on Page Five NEW $100,000 SUBSTATION TO BE BUILT HERE Part of $4,000,000 Plan to Expand State’s Power Networks TO REBUILD LINES The $4,000,000 expansion pro gram planned by Nebraska’s pub lic power districts will include a $100,000 substation plant at O’Neill as well as the building and rebuilding of transmission lines typing into the electric fa calities here. The details of the huge program were disclosed Tuesday by Paul - E. Hampton, chief electrical engineer of the Loup River Public Power district. The Loup and Consumers Public Power district engineers having been working together on the; expansion plans. In addition to the new substa tion here, Consumers will spend an additional $200,000 for substation facilities at undisclosed points be tween O’Neill and Belden, which are already strategic points in the i system. The O’Neill to Belden i line will be rebuilt at a cost of $80,000, enabling operation at G9, 000 volts. A new 115,000-volt transmission line will be built from Norfolk to O’Neill, by way of Neligh, at an estimated cost of $700,000. Mr. Hampton said that the dis tricts hope to complete the expan sion program “within two years.” CHURCH NOTES METHODIST (Inman) Rev. E. B. Maxcy, pastor. Church school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. The opening worship serv ice for church school will be con ducted by Miss Emma Stevens. Rev. Maxcy will return for the August 11 service after a four weeks’ vacation visiting relatives and friends at Bayard, Peru, and other points. The Young Adult Fellowship will sponsor the service Sunday morning in honor of Rev. Maxcy’s 10 years of service to the Inman church. A basket dinner will be held following the service. METHODIST CHURCH (Page) Rev. Feodor C. Kattner, pastor Sunday-school, 10 a.m. Edgar Stauffer, supt. Worship services, 11 a.m. Mrs. Kattner will con duct the children’s service and the minister the adults’ service. Youth Fellowship, 8 p.m. Fourth quarter ly conference Friday, August 16, at 8:30 n.m. Dr. John Ekwall, the district superintendent, will pre side. METHODIST ( O'Neill) Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis, pastor Sunday school, 10 a.m., Lorenz Bredemeier, supt. Worship, 11 a.m. Special music by a violin trio, Joan Connell, Mrs. John Watson and Mrs. Lorenz Bredemeier. Fourth quarterly conference August 13. WSCS, August 15, 2:30 p.m. METHODIST (Chambers) Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis, pastor Sunday school, 10:30 a.m., ^tlair Grimes, supt. Worship, 8 p.m. Fourth quarterly conference, Aug ust 13, 3 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN (O'Neill) Rev. Kenneth J. Scott, pastor Sunday school, 10 a.m., John Harbottle, supt. There will be no morning worship service. O’NEILL LOCALS Mrs. L. G. Gillespie left Sunday for Alhambra, Calif., to visit her daughter, Mrs. E. R. Wood. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Atkinson, of Butte, spent Monday with Mrs. vVard Henderson'and family. all's. Marc di.-i Sorensen and son, James, oi Vermillion, S. D., spent I the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Thompson and daughter, Gretchen, of Omaha, were weekend guests of Mr. and I Mrs. Sam Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Ted llieter re turned Sunday from a week’s trip through Denver, Climax, and Lead ville, Colo. Mrs. Grace Blois. of Compton, Calif., arrived Satuicay for a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Kirkpatrick arrived Monday from i'asadena, Calif., and are visaing at the home of Mrs. Cora Kirkpatrick. Bill O’Connell itaurned Monday | to Rapid City, S. D., after spending the weekend with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. A. O Connell. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Johnson, of Sumner, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Johnson. C. E. Jones, Jack Davis, J. Ed Hancock, and George Kelly spent the weekend at Lake Andes fish ing. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Allendorfer spent Sunday and Monday in Nor folk attending a grocers’ meeting. Mrs. J. A. Arbuthnot and daugh ters departed Friday for a two weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Duffy in Petersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Travers, of Amelia, spent Monday visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Baker. Mrs. Rose Jennings returned to her home in Blue Earth, Minn., Monday after visiting her sister, Mrs. Emma Lawrence, for a month. Mr. and Mrs. George Rector and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grutch spent Sunday in Norfolk visiting friends.