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VOLUME 66—NUMBER 24. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1946. PRICE 5 CENTS
LEGION EYES 1947
DISTRICT MEETING
2 Busses Chartered for
Next Week’s Conclave
at Norfolk
MARVEL TO SPEAK
Two busloads of American Le
gion members will depart from
the Golden hotel here at 9 am.
Wednesday to attend the annual
district convention of the Legion
to be held at Norfolk Wednesday,
October 30, according to present
plans, it was announced Wednes
day by Legion officials.
Commander Glea H. Wade said
the return trip to O’Neill will be
gin shortly after midnight, the
chartered busses departing from .
the convention headquarters—the ;
Waldorf hotel.
Commander Wade said that bus
reservations for the Norfolk
junket will be taken at the reg
ular Legion meeting here Friday
night. Wade said that it was
tentatively planned to invite the
district Legion convention to O’
Neill next year.
VA Chief to Talk
Highlighting the convention
program will be talks by State
Department Commander R. D.
Marvel, of Hastings, whose sub
ject will be “Know Your Legion,’’
and by Ashley Westmoreland, of
Lincoln, manager of the Lincoln
branch of the Veterans adminis
tration, whose subject is “Veter
ans ar<» Employable.”
Registration begins at 10 a.m.
in the hotel lobby and the con
vention proper will open at 1:15
p.m.
Also at Friday's meeting a com
mittee will be appointed to fur
nish the Legion’s new clubrooms
on the second-floor of the Elmer
Hagensick building. The veter
ans’ group has entered into an
agreement with Hagensick for
the lease of the building.
Paul Beha, ot uisem, non
county Legion commander, is a
member of the committee in
charge of arrangements for the
Norfolk convention.
Blanche Spann Pease
to Judge Contest
ATKINSON — Blanche Spann
Pease, the popular newspaper
columnist, will be an honorary
judge of canned goods and agri
cultural products at the Norfolk
Junior Chamber of Commerce’s
“Hallowesta” to be held in Nor
folk October 31.
Canned goods and agricultural
products are to be entered and
displayed in merchant’s windows
prior to the judging which is to
be held Thursday morning, Oc
tober 31st.
Prizes will be awarded) by Mrs.
Pease during the afternoon and
evening as part of the celebra
tion.
New Cafe to Open
Here Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sweeney,
of Sioux City, Saturday will open
Mary’s cafe, formerly Joe Fuen’s
cafe^ here. The Sweeney’s recent
ly purchased the cafe from Mr.
Fuen They have two sons, Jack
and Richard.
In Sioux City the Sweeney’s
operated a restaurant known as
Mary’s cafe at 14th and Jennings.
USES OFFICIAL COMING
W. A Steffen, manager of the
U. S. Employment Service dis
trict office at Norfolk, has an
nounced that the O’Neill subof
fice will be visited by an itin
erant representative on the fol
lowing dates: November 4, 6, 18,
20 and December 2, 4, 16, 18, 30.
The Monday visits will be con
ducted between 1 and 5 p.m.; the
Wednesday visits between 8 a.m.
and 3 p.m.__
JOINS CHORUS
LINCOLN—Following tryouts
in which 70 men took part, Rob
ert M. Bowen, of O’Neill, was
chosen a member of Nebraska
Wesleyan’s male chorus. Prof.
Oscar Bennett, director of mu
sic and professor of voice, will di
rect the chorus.
SENIOR CLASSES HERE
Three high school senior class
es Saturday posed for photo
graphs at the O’Neill Photo Co.
The groups came from Naper,
Clearwater and Orchard.
2 AT STATE 'U'
LINCOLN—There are two peo
ple from Amelia attending the
University of Nebraska. They
are: Watson Greenstreet and
William Rees.
Mrs. Simonson Honored —
Mrs. Vinton Simonson, of Oma
ha, a former resident of the O’
Neill vicinity, was honored Sat
urday in a gathering at the home
of Mrs. George Rector.
Mr. and Mrs. V. K. Simonson
of Omaha spent the weekend at
O’Neill.
‘Montana Jack’ Here
on Pheasant Trip
“Montana Jack" Sullivan, of
Butte, Mont., a legendary fig
ure in O’Neill's early history,
arrived here Wednesday for a
visit with old friends and ac
quaintances. He entered Ne
braska from South Dakota,
Where he had been hunting
pheasants with Montana
friends.
Mr. Sullivan reported “ex
ceptionally good luck” on their
hunting trip.
“Montana Jack,” a world
traveller and a former member
of the United States Olympic
team, returns to O’Neill annu
ally.
Presbyterian Pastors
in Pulpit Exchange
The Presbyterian pastors in
the Niobrara' Presbytery will ex
change pulpits Sunday. Rev
Kenneth J. Scott, pastor of First
Presbyterian cnurch here, will
conduct services at Oakdale and
Elgin, and Rev. Sam Waring, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church at Valentine, will officiate
here.
CARDS BACK IN
WIN COLUMN 12-6
St. Mary’s Tops Butte
After 3 Successive
Reversals
BUTTE—The St. Mary’s Card
inals bounced back into the win
column here Friday afternoon,
downing Butte 12-6. The win
ended the October “drouth” dur
ing which the Cards dropped de
cisions to Chambers, Sacred Heart
of Norfolk, and St. Mary’s of
Grand Island.
Frosh Pat Hickey, quarterback
ing for the first time, engineered
the Cards to within a few feet of
the payoff line in the early min
utes, but Butte successfully re
pelled the threat.
The game’s first score came in
the second period when Capt.
Jerry Tom jack set the stage with
a 60-yard gallop, and then hust
led the ball across.
Butte Knots Count
Butte knotted the count in the
‘hird. St. Mary’s threatened
twice during the same period, but
the Butte four-man line held.
Butte grabbed a first down on
the Cards’ 3, but the St. Mary’s
line was air tight, the period end
ing 6-all.
In the fourth, Ed Hynes recov
ered a Butte fumble on the Butte
15, and Tomjack, crashed over
with the winning touchdown.
The Cards were without the
services of regulars Dick McNich
ols. Skip Wagnon and Ray Krys
al, all on the shelf nursing in
juries.
North Platte Academy
Coming Sunday —
The St. Mary’s Cardinals will
entertain St. Patrick’s of North
Platte in O’Neill Athletic park
Sunday.
Lillian M. Geary
An Inman Bride
INMAN—Nuptial vows were
exchanged at 2:15 p.m. Sunday
in the home of Mr. and Mrs Had
don Geary when their daughter,
Miss Lillian Marie Geary, became
the bride of Milford George Mor
ey, of Chateau, Mont.
The ceremony was read by Rev.
E. B. Maxcy, of the Inman Meth
odist church, under an arch door
way decorated with Autumn
leaves and ferns. There were 40
present.
Miss Marlene Geary, sister of
the bride, sang “I Love You Tru
ly.” accompanied by Mrs. Marve
Hartigan, who played a wedding
march. Attendants were Miss
Marlene Geary, bridesmaid; Miss
Beverly Jane Turnbull, flower
girl; and Robert Geary, bestman.
The bride, who entered with
her father, wore a white dress
with crepe bodice, a sweetheart
neckline, long pointed sleeves,
full buffant skirt, and matching
fingertip length veil. She car
ried a arm bouquet of white-and
pink carnations The bridegroom
and his bestman wore brown bus
iness suits.
A reception followed the cere-,
mony, and relatives participated
in a buffet supper at 7 p.m.
Mrs. Morey graduated from In
man high school in 1944. Mr.!
Morey, a nephew of Mr. and Mrs.
James Hopkins, was separated!
from the Army in March. After J
November 1 the couple will be at
home on the J. G. Johnson ranch
near Conrad, Mont.
f
James Johnson Honored
on 8th Birthday —
Mrs. Lowell Johnson enter
tained eight boys Saturday af
ternoon in honor of her son,
James, who was eight-years-old.
After several games, a weiner
roast was held. Numerous gifts
were received.
HUNTERS FIND
FEW PHEASANTS
Late Freeze in Spring
Blamed for Dearth
of Young Birds
The first shot In the 1946 phea
sant season may not have been
heard ’round Holt, but most of
the subsequent ones were. Hun
dreds of hunters swarmed into
every nook-and-cranny Saturday
in an all-out campaign against
the male birds. The season of
ficially opened at 6:28 a.m. It
closes January 5.
Many hunters bagged their lim
it in the first day’s shooting, but
most agreed that birds are not i
plentiful. The lack of young
birds indicated that a late freeze
last Spring had killed most of
the eggs.
The huntsmen invaded the city
on the eve of the season’s open
ing. The hotels were filled to
capacity, most of the reservations
having been made weeks before.
Fearful that the pheasant popu
lation might be annihilated, state
game officials Wednesday were
considering closing the season
short of the 79-day schedule.
A record number of outstate
hunting stamps were sold, and
the highways were saturated
with Iowa, Missouri and Kansas
automobiles.
Some hunters predicted that
the birds would be easier to find
later on when the cover is gone.
Prospects are brighter for the
nimrods in the waterfowl depart
ment. The abundance of mois
ture is attracting many ducks and
geese.
St. Mary’s Annual
Coal Drive Underway
The drive for the annual St.
Mary’s academy coal fund is now
underway, a spokesman for the
committee announced Wednes
day.
“O’Neill has two fine schools,
our public school and the acad
emy, admitted to be the finest in
Nebraska. The public school op
erates with the support of tax
money. St. Mary’s is conducted
without tax funds. It is evident
that if the academy were not
here, the tax bills for school pur
poses would be almost doubled,”
the spokesman continued.
“Appreciative citizens will
make a gift to St. Mary’s for the
purchase of coal,” he added.
Acclaim 5-Cent Rate
in Air Mail Week
The O’Neill postoffice will co
operate in national air mail week
October 27 through November 2,
it was announced this week by
Postmaster Agnes E. Sullivan.
The air mail week heralds the
new five-cent rate, which re
cently went into effect.
Postmaster Sullivan said that
airmail to California, New York
and Florida reaches its destina
tion in “just about” overnight
time.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Leo Weichman, 32, of Stuart,
and Florence Pauline Winkler, 22,
of Emmet, October 22.
Walter Zahradnicek, 26, of Stu
art, and Lorrain Sicheneder, 18,
of Atkinson, October 19.
Max Melvin Karo, 20, and Lu
ella Lorene Hamilton, 20, both of
Stuart, October 23
Owen Edward Davidson, 27,
and Dorothy Noreen Murry, 22,
both of O’Neill, October 23.
Lawrence Earl Nagel, 39, of
Brunswick, and Anita Dorothy
Smith, 38, of Oakland, Calif., Oc
tober 18.
Bill Sherman Green, 18, and
Maxine Iva Lieb, 17, both of At
kinson, October 23.
6 MORE EX-GI'S
Six more Selective Service reg
istrants have been discharged
since October 9, the Selective
Service office here announced (
Wednesday. They are: Donavan
M. Henifin, of O’Neill; John V.
Slizoske, and William C. Knox,
both of Ewing; Daniel P. Gallag
her, of Inman; Donald F. Cada
wallader, of Stuart, and Harold
E. Dickerson, of Atkinson.
Ralph Switzer and son of Mil
ford, spent the weekend at the
Wm. and John Grutsch home.
Was This Journ
Studies 1
Dr. Kathryn Maunder, of the
University of Nebraska, came
to Holt county last week to
further,a study of rural pupils
in which she is comparing their
intelligence with that of their
city cousins.
So anxious was Dr. Maunder I
to reach a rural district near
Atkinson on Friday that she
engaged a tractor to take her
over roads that had been made
impassable to automobiles be
DATE SET FOR
MERCHANTS' DAY
Monday, November 18, is the
date set for merchants’ day here.
The all-day event, sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce os an
appreciation to the city’s patrons,
Will be highlighted by the re- i
lease from aircraft of more than
l, 000 balloons The balloons will
be accompanied by advertising
cards and most of the cards will
entitle the holder to free mer
chandise prizes to be donated by
members of the Chamber.
In a meeting of the merchants’
day committee Saturday, plans
were made to contact all mem
bers of the Chamber for mer
chandise prizes. An official of
the Chamber said more details
on the merchants’ day activity
will be announced next week.
CHURCH NOTES
METHODIST (O'Neill)
Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis, pastor
Sunday-school, 10 a.m., Lorenz
Bredemeier, superintendent. The
first bell will be heard at 9:30.
The session will begin at 9:55
with the ringing of the second
bell. Worship, 11 a.m. Reforma
tion Sunday. Sermon: “Our Pro
estant Faith.’’ The junior choir,
under the dirtction of Mrs. John
Watson, will sing two anthems.
Methodist Youth Fellowship, 7:30
p.m. Rehearsal will begin on
the Christmas cantata* Thursday,
7:30 p.m. Regular meeting of the
WSCS Thursday, October 31, 8
p.m.
PRESBYTERIAN (O'Neilll
Rev Kenneth J. Scott, pastor
Sunday-school. 10 a. m, John
Harbottle, superintendent; wor
ship, 11 a.m., sermon by Rev. Sam
Waring, of Valentine. Junior
Westminster Fellowship, 5:30 p.
m. Senior Westminster Fellow
ship, 7 p.m. Tuesday—Primary
weekday church school class, 4
p.m.; midweek devotional serv
ice, 8 pm. Wednesday—Junior
weekday church school class, 4:30
p.m. Thursday, October 31—In
termediate weekday church
school class, 4:30 p.m.; junior
choir, 6:45 p.m.; senior choir, 8
p.m.; adult choir, 8:30 p.m.
METHODIST (Inman)
Rev. E. B. Maxcy, pastor
Sunday-school, 10 a. m., Har
vey Tompkins, general superin
tendent. Mrs. Lois Tompkins,
primary superintendent. Every
one is invited to come and study
with us. Worship, 11 am. This
is missionary Sunday. Bring the
envelopes from the missionary
posters mailed to each family.
Watch for announcement of the
place of the district lay confer
ence to be held October 27, No
vember 3 and 10, 3 to 5 p.m. The
young folks will meet Sunday at
7:30 p.m.
METHODIST (Chambers)
Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis, pastor
Sunday-school, 10:30 a. m„
Clair Grimes, superintendent.
Dr. Frank I. Finch, the executive
secretary of the conference, will
observe the classes in session.
Worship, 11 a.m., sermon by Dr.
Finch. Basket dinner, 1 p.m.
Families are invited. Dr. Finch
will meet with the teachers in
the afternoon. Methodist Youth
Fellowship, 7:15 p.m. There will
be no evening preaching.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Rev. J. M. Cummings, pastor.
Sunday-school, 10 a.m.; wor
ship, 11 am.; evangelistic serv
ice, 8 p.m.; Wednesday Bible
study, 8 p.m. We are starting a
revival meeting Sunday with
Rev. A. A. Walker, of Houston,
Tex., as our evangelist. The pub
lic is given a cordial invitation
to attend these services.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Services as usual at the Pleas
ant Valley church at 8 p.m Sun
day. Those attending the Rally
at Orchard last Sunday report in
spiring messages by sermon and
song. Remi Duhon will give the
message next Sunday. Every
body welcome.
4 AT NEBRASKA 'U'
CHAMBERS — Four people
from Chambers are attending the
University of Nebraska. They
are Keith Newhouse, Robert Tur
ner, Irven Walter, and Iven Wal
ter.
Claude Kerns and Dick Schultz
of Kansas City, Mo., spent sever
al days here hunting pheasants
and visiting at the Harry Lans
worth home and with other rela
tives.
ey Necessary?
lural Pupils’ IQ
cause of recent rains. She was
accompanied by another wom
an, a graduate student at the
University of Nebraska.
The doctor’s visitation in
cluded administering IQ tests
to pupils.
Returning to O’Neill the edu
cator did not comment on
whether or not the day’s trip
had been worth the effort, but
indicated that the material ga
thered (from the pupils) would
have a place in her report
CDA ADMITS 24
NEW MEMBERS
8 Former Members Are
Reinstated During
Sunday Ceremony
Twenty-four new members
were received into the Catholic
Daughters of America chapter
here Sunday, and eight former
members were reinstated. The
initiation was conducted by state
and district CDA officials from
Norfolk.
The new members: Catherine
Kirwan. Agnes Claire Hickey,
Catherine W. MeShane, Gertrude
Ann Sullivan, Berniece Huigens,
Margaret Troshvnski, Dorothy
Janzing, Helen Turner, Florence
McCarville, Mary Hamik, Mrs. A.
J. Tasler, Mary E. James, Elsie
Ziska, Edna Coyne, Helen Dono- j
hoe, Patricia Donohoe, Lenore
Gilg. Agnes Wilson, Lou G. Mc
Carville, Dorothy Sobotka, Rose
mary Langan, Helena Heerman.
Mrs Earl Bauld, and Dorothy
Kelly.
Those reinstated were Kather
ine Freed, Berniece Mahin, Edna
Hickey, Loretta Hynes, Nona Ull
rich, Emma Wewel, Anna Mc
Donald, and Mary Jansen.
A banquet was served by the
Daughters and their husbands on
Sunday evening. Rt. Rev. J. G.
McNamara, Rev. R. J. Lisco, and
the initiation officers were hon
ored guests.
'Broadcast' Featured
Miss Martha .ranousek was
toastmistress in a program pat
terned after a radio broadcast.
The program:
Welcome to new class. Agnes
McDonough; response, Berniece
Huigens; vocal solo, “Smilin'
Through,” Sheila Barrett; vocal
trio, “Mistress Mary,” Mary Bir
mingham, Lorraine Simonson,
Bernadette Hynes; talk, “Peace
m the Sanctuary of the Home,
Rev. Lisco; vocal solo, “Little Old
Garden,” Dolores Fredrickson;
veeal solo, “If No One Ever Mar
ries Me,” Mardy Birmingham;
vocal sextette, “Little Bo Beep,”
Mary Lois Kelly, Barbara Street
er, Marietta Higgins, Lorraine
Simonson, Mardy Birmingham,
Bernadette Hynes; impromptu
speeches. Mrs Kubart, Elsie Zis
ka, Wilda Dierks, Florence Mc
Carville; vocal, solo, “Cradle
Song,” Lorraine Simonson; vocal
solo, “The Rosary,” Kathleen
Flood; comments, Mrs. Carberry
and Mrs. Owens, both of Norfolk;
reminiscences of his early priest
hood in Nebraska, Msgr. McNa
mara; closing the program, Mary
Hickey, grand regent.
O’NEILL LOCALS
Mrs. Marjorie Washachek, of
Omaha, was a guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Murphy from Friday
until Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. George Long
staff, of Hastings, and sons, Ar
nold, of Gordon, and Command
er John, and wife, of Boston,
Mass., visited friends here Wed
nesday. Rev. Longstaff was a
former pastor of the First Pres
byterian church here.
Mrs Fred Saunto and daugh
ter, Ann, went to Sioux City,
Thursday where they visited Mr.
and Mrs. Abe Saunto and Mr
and Mrs. Joe Saunto until Fri- ]
dav.
Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Sullivan
left Friday for Chicago. 111., to
visit relatives and friends for 10
days.
William o" Lincoln,
spent the weekend with his mo
ther, Mrs. Catherine Miller. Mr.
Miller left Monday for Chicago,
111., to spend a week visiting Jack
Kersenbrock.
Mrs. Clarence Saunto and
daughter, Suellen, of Seattle,
Wash., were guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saunto from
Sunday until Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lorenz and
Mrs. Melvin Lorenz spent Mon
day in Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E Jones spent
Sunday in Polk visiting relatives
and friends. Mrs. Jones’ mother,
Mrs. Nellie Peterson, returned
with them for a week’s visit.
John and Fred Osenbaugh, stu
dents at the University of Ne
braska at Lincoln, spent the week
end with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Osenbaugh.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Metschke,
of Fremont, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Metschke’s parents,
Mr and Mrs. C. E. Yantzi.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Erickson, of
Mullen, arrived Friday to visit
Mrs. Mullen’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Osenbaugh, for a few
days.
Mrs K. Boston, of Casper,
Wyo., spent Monday and Tues
day visiting her mother, Mrs.
Frank Oberle.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hull and fam-1
ily, of Sioux City, spent Sunday
and Monday visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Darrel Baker.
Joe DeBacker, of Warrensburg,
Mo., arrived Saturday to visit his
brother, G. C. DeBacker, and
family.
Miss Evelyn McNulty, of Lin
coln, spent from Wednesday un
til Sunday with her brother and
family, Mr. and Mrs. James Mc
Nulty.
Teachers Urge
‘Representation9 x
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‘Irish Lassie’ Hero
Abandons Holt County
EMMET—Ex-Lt. Leonard C.
Fox, of the B-29 “Irish Lassie” j
fame, this week left Emmet, ac
companied by his wife and
their daughter, Judy, to reside
in California.
Fox was the copilot of a
bomber that survived every
thing the Japs could hand out
during a mission to Tokyo. The
story of the epic flight appear
ed in Collier’s magazine July 6.
The ex-airman spent the
summer on the haying crew of
his father, Charles Fox, of Em
met.
EAGLES SPLIT
DURING WEEK
Ainsworth Wins 13-6
Thriller; Spencer
Downed 25-0
The O’Neill high school Eagles
broke even on the gridiron dur
ing the past week, losing to Ains
worth, 6-13, in the first reversal
of the season, then bouncing back
with a 25-0 smearing of Spencer.
In Friday’s fracas with the
Ainsworth Bulldogs, the Eagles
opened strong, marching from
their own 40 to the Bulldog’s
goal while in possession of the
ball for the first time.
Ainsworth knotted the count in
the second period, and the half
ended 6-all
The third stanza was a see-saw
affair.
In the fourth, Ainsworth’s Half
back R. Laverty broke through
O’Neill’s right side and scooted
60 yards before he was downed
on the O’Neill 3 by Halfback Dick
Tibbetts, who had overtaken the
fleet Laverty after being alone
for 40 yards. Both Laverty and
Tibbetts are 120-pound speed
sters.
The Bulldogs added a center
plunge to Mr. Laverty’s setup,
and the game was won.
It was O’Neill’s first loss in
five starts. Ainsworth is unde
feated in north-Nebraska league
play.
On Tuesday the Eagles pounced (
on an inferior Spencer aggrega
tion 25-0. Coach F. E. Saindon |
used reserves for more than half
of the game. The Eagles pushed
across two touchdowns in both
the first and second halves. Full
back Ray Calkins and Halfback
Dick Tibbetts did most of the
ball carrying.
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Sgt. Ben Asher Weds
In New Jersey
PAGE—A pretty wedding was
solemnized at Long Branch, N.
J., when Miss Sylvia Stone be
came the bride of Sgt. Ben Asher.
Mayor Paul Kierman performed
the ceremony at the city hall
Mrs. Asher was attired in a
blue dress w'ith gold trimmings
and black accessories and carried
a corsage of pink roses. The maid
of-honor, Miss Mary Armus, was
attired in black an carried a cor
se r,n of red roses.
Mrs. Asher was born in Man
chester, England, and arrived in
this country at the age of one
year. She attended school in
New York City.
Sgt. Asher, who is stationed at
Ft. Monmouth, N. J., has been in
the U. S. Army the past five
years and served in the Philip
pines. The bestman was Sgt
Paul Truitt, also of Ft. Mammoth.
Sgt. Asher is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Neil Asher of Page.
Defective Stove Pipe
Causes Residence Fire
The O’Neill volunteer fire de
partment Friday was called to
the Thomas Harding residence
where a defective stove pipe had
caused a smouldering wall fire.
The alarm was sounded at 9:30
a.m. Damage was negligible.
PAGE SICK NOTES
PAGE—A. J. McAllister, fore
man at the Tighe ranch, suffered
a heart attack Monday while
pitching hay. . . Leonard and
Ivan Heiss and Mrs. Merwyn
French went to Sioux City Mon
day to bring here Mrs. Leonard
Heiss, who has been in a hospi
tal there for three weeks. She
will be cared for at the Merwyn
French home for a time.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L Tracey,
of Morrisville, Pa., are here visit
ing their cousin, Miss Mary E.
Carney. Mr. Tracey is a conduct
or on the Pennsylvania railroad
between New York City and
Washington. Another visitor in j
the Miss Carney home this week
is her sister, Mrs. L. F. Curtis, of j
Sioux City.
Holt County Group Would
Send Committee to
Next Unicameral
DETAILS PENDING
The Holt County Rural Teach
ers association, in session here
Friday, aired the possibility of
sending representatives to the
next session of the Unicameral
legislature ‘‘to work in the inter
est of rural education.” The
group felt that there was a def
inite need at Lincoln for repre
sentation of the country schools.
None of the details of the plan
were worked out, but officers of
the association were given the
“go ahead.” It was suggested
that a committee of aggressive
board of education members be
asked to do the job.
The meeting was in connection
with the annual Holt county rur
al teachers’ institute, which was
held in the O’Neill public school
building. In charge of arrange
ments for the convention was
County Superintendent Elja Mc
Cullough. One hundred and for
ty-five were present, including
all grade teachers from O’Neill
public school, St. Mary’s acade
my, St. Boniface academy of Stu
art. St. Joseph’s academy of At
kinson, and the normal training
teachers and pupils from schools
in the county.
New Officers Named
New officers elected are: Miss
Helen Marten, of Atkinson, presi
dent; Miss Virginia Derrickson,
of Dorsey, vice-president; Miss
Gloria Ott, of Amelia, secretary;
and Miss Phyllis Wood, of Cham
bers, treasurer. The retiring pres
ident is Mrs. Mildred Cameron,
of Ewing.
vjuesi insiuciurs ai me msu
tute included: Miss Altine Hahn,
a reading specialist; Dr. Dwight
Curtis, of Iowa State Teachers’
college, Cedar Falls, la., a lower
grade arithmetic specialist, and
Dr. Ru.<sell Anderson, of Wayne
State Teachers’ college, Wayne,
who discussed rural school music.
Only one Holt county rural
teacher was absent, Superinten
dent McCullough reported.
Crack Inman Drill
Team at State Meet
INMAN—The crack Rebekah
drill team of Inman conferred a
degree October 16 during the
state Odd Fellow and Rebekah
convention at Norfolk. The team
is headed by Mrs. James E. Kel
ley.
The members wore orchid for
mats with a rosebud adding to
the coiffure. They are: Mrs.
Chester Young, musician; Mrs.
James Coventry, and Mary Hart
igan, leaders; Mrs. Carrie McMa
han, Mrs Kenneth Smith, Mrs.
Anna Smith, Mrs. George Coven
try, Mrs. Kenneth Coventry, Mrs.
Gene Clark, Mrs. Elwin Smith,
Mrs. Roy Gannon, Elsie Krueger,
Mildred and Murl Keyes.
Biblical characters included
Mrs. Ira Watson, Mrs. Earl Wat
son, Mrs. Clarence Hansen, Mrs.
Harvey Tompkins, Mrs. Harry
Thorm o, Mrs. Charles Luben*.
Mrs. Ermand Keyes, and Faye
Brunckhorsi
1 presented the
drill captain with a yellow-gold
pendant.
-*. ►
Autumn Continues
Wet in This Region
The Autumn continues wet.
Another .10-inches precipita
tion has been added this week to
the combined September-October
record-breaking total of near
ly 12 inches.
The week’s weather summary,
based on 24-hour periods ending
at 8 a m. daily, follows:
Date Hi Lo Moist.
October 18 39 28 .08
October 19 _ 58 34
October 20 65 42
October 21 70 41
October 22 80 40
October 23 71 47
October 24 70 39 .02
Total_ .10
Louis Bartos Surprised
on Anniversary —
PAGE—A group of friends and
relatives completely surprised
Louis Bartos by dropping in Sun
day evening for a card party.
Four tables of progressive pitch
served as entertainment.
Three years ago Mr. Barto
spent his birthday in the Hawai
ian Islands; two years ago in the
front lines on an island in the
South Pacific, and one year ago
aboard ship enroute to the Unit
ed States.
FUTURE SUBSCRIBER
HEADE—Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Heade, of Atkinson, a son, born
Monday, October 14.