The Frontier j VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 46 O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 28. 1948 PRICE 7 CENTS. Mrs. Taft to Be in O'Neill on April 6 WIFE OF GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO SPEND 3 HOURS IN CITY Mrs. Robert A Taft, wife of the Republican presidential aspirant from Ohio, will spend 3 hours in O’Neill on Tuesday, April 6. This was announced Monday by the Nebraska Taft-for President committee. Mrs. Taft's swing through north-Ne braska will be simultaneous with Senator Taft's tour of the Platte river valley and points south of the Platte. Guy Cole, of Emmet, chairman of the Holt county Taft-for President club, said late Wednesday that plans were being made to entertain Mrs. Taft in a luncheon at the American Le gion club, followed by an informal meeting. She will arrive in the city at about 11:30 a. m. from Grand Island, and will leave about 2:30 p. m., expecting to arrive in Wayne at 4 p. m. Mrs. Taft is scheduled for a dinner meeting at 6 p. m. in Norfolk. There will be 3 automobiles in the caravan. She will be accompanied by Paul S, Kruger, of Grand Island, assistant chairman of the Nebraska Taft-for-President committee, and Mrs. Edna Donald, also of Grand Island, national Republican committeewoman. Also in the caravan are expected to be several other Republican leaders and members of the state's press. Senator Taft and Mrs. Taft will enter the state from the West. A 7 a. m. breakfast at Scottsbluff on April 5 will be the first event scheduled for Mr. Taft in his Nebraska campaigning, which is being carried out only a few days before the state’s primary election. According to the tentative schedule, the presidential as pirant will go from Scottsbluff to North Platte for a noon luncheon, and will make an appearance at Kearney at 4:30 p. m., followed by a dinner at 6:15 in Grand Island. Mrs. Taft will breakfast the morning of April 5 at Alliance at 6:55 a. m., arriving in Hyannis at 10:30, where she will re main for lunch. She will reach Broken Bow at 5:30 p. m., and rejoin her husband at Grand Island at 9:30 p. m. On Tuesday, April 6, Senator Taft will have breakfast at 7:30 a. m. at Hastings, appear at Crete at 10:30 a. m. and be in Beatrice at noon. Nebraska City and Lincoln appearances are slated later that day. After her swing through O'Neill, Wayne and Norfolk, Mrs. Taft will make her first stop the next morning at Col umbus, followed by a noon luncheon at York, a midafternoon stop at Seward, rejoining Senator Taft at Fremont for a dinner meeting. Further details concerning Martha Taft’s visit to O’Neill will be announced “in the next few days,” Mr. Cole said. SAGESERS MARK GOLDEN WEDDING Amelia Couple Spends Half-Century On Same Ranch Special to The fhontieb AMELIA — A half-century ago the newly-married Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Sageser began housekeeping on a ranch 7 miles west and one-half mile north of Chambers. They have resided there ever since. On Easter Sunday the Sa gesers will observe their golden wedding anniversary. Although March 17 was their actual 50th wedding date, the observance was deferred in order that 2 members of their immediate family could be present. Mr. Sageser was born in Iowa, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sageser. He moved with his parents to southwest Holt county as a young man. Mrs. Sageser, born in Ken tucky, came with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Clauson, to this territory as a 'teen-aged girl. Married at Amelia M. L. Sageser and May Clauson were married on March 17, 1898, at the home of the bride’s parents at Ame lia. Rev. Roland Hill perform ed the ceremony. The Sagesers have 2 sons: Vernon, who operates the family ranch, and A, B., who is a professor of history and government at Kansas State college, Manhatten, Kans. There are 2 grandchildren. One is Floyd Sageser. a stu dent at Kansas State. Now 80- and 70-years-old respectively, both Mr. and Mrs. Sageser enjoy “excellent” health. They will hold open-house Sunday from 2 to 5 p. m. Tractor Kept Busy Pulling Stranded Cars AMELIA—The streets in A melia have been impassable the past week. Those who at tempted to come to the stores kept Bob Rees busy pulling their cars with his tractor. Marriage Licenses Harry Cullen, over 21, of Page, and Mary E. Hartigan, over 21, of Inman, on March 13. Darrell Wayne Peters, 23, and Maedean Wolfe, 19, both of Clearwater, on March 18. Morris R. Blackburn, 34, of Stanton, and Ruth Neomi Stevens, 20, of Page, on March 19. Bernard James Hoffman, 19, and Jean Margaret Wandersee, 19, both of Chamb ers, on March 20. Kenneth Gerald Van Every, 21, of O’Neill, and Frances Louise Grubbs, 18, of Page, on March 20. Mrs. Sophie Juracek spent the weekend at the Clarence Juracek home in Orchard. Orchard Girl, 13, in Oxygen Tent ORCHARD — Condition of Janeth Hill, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hill, who was taken Sunday to a Norfolk hospital in an ambulance, is “satisfactory,” attendants an nounced Tuesday morning. She was in a critical condi tion, having suffered from rheumatic fever for several weeks. On her arrival at the hospital she was immediately placed in an oxygen tent. She was accompanied to the hospital by her parents. | BRAIN TUMOR FATAL TO BOY Dale Revell, 5 son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Revell, of Star, died Friday in the Methodist hospi tal in Omaha. Death followed an illness caused by a brain tumor. Services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church in O’Neill with Rev. Lloyd Mullis officiating. Bur ial was in Prospect Hill cem etery here. Survivors include: Parents and 2 brothers. Pallbearers at the rites were: Sam Derickson. Claude Cole Ted Aim and Earl Miller. Attendance ‘Good’ at Home Talent Play PAGE— There was a “good attendance” both Friday and Saturday nights at the Amer ican Legion and auxiliary play, “Grandpa’s Twin Sister,” at Ihe high school auditorium. The rest included: Mrs. Eva Gray, Mrs. Margaret Landreth, Mrs. T-ene Frahm, Miss Mary Tou Spalh, Miss Catherine Stevens, Laurence Haynes, Leonard Miller, Richard Heiss, Harry Cullen and John Mal loy. They were under the di rection of Mrs. Malloy. MOVES NOTED INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Youngs moved Friday tc the farm southwest of Inmar that they recently purchased and Mr. and Mrs. Marvir Youngs and daughter, Barba ra, have moved from Omalu and will make their home wit! his parents, Mr. and Mrs Chester Youngs for the pres ent. They will farm the Ezrr Moor property which is noi far from the Youngs farm. LEGION SPONSORS SHOOT CHAMBERS—The Americar Legion sponsored a blue roch shoot Sunday at the Eugene Hoerle station, southeast ol Chambers. The shoot netted about $115. The auxiliary serv ed pie, cake and coffee, which netted about $32. CLAPPERS MOVE Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Clapper and family are moving this week to Inman. They have been residing in the Assembly of God church basement. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holli day and family spent Sunday at the Hugh Holliday home at ! Page. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Juracek | spent Sunday at the Leonard Juracek home at Opportunity. 'HAPPY JOURNEY' WINS SUPERIOR O’Neill High 1 - Act Play Entry Takes Class A Laurels special to The frontier ATKINSON — O’Neill high school’s 1-act play entry, “Hap py Journey,” rated superior in the district class A speech and play meet here Friday. The O’Neill entry shared superior honors with Valentine. Members of the "Happy Journey cast were: "Pa," James Bridges: "Ma," Gayl Widlfeldl; "Arthur," Dwayne Borg; "Caroline," Eva Cok er: "Beulah," Helen Urton. Keith Anspach is the stage manager and Mrs. Charlotte Ressegieu is the instructor. Three O’Neill pupils captur ed superior laurels with indi vidual readings in the declam atory contest. These were: Helen Johnson, O’Neill high, “Wheel of Democracy,” origi nal oratory; Gayl Widtfeldt, O’Neill high, “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” humorous; Darlene Steele, St. Mary’s, “The Crucifixion,” dramatic. One hundred and five stu dents took part in the all-day meet. Supt. B. H. Mead was the director. Receipts grossed $172. Play Results Results of the play contest were as follows: Class A: O’Neill, superior; Valentine, superior; Ainsworth, good; best actor, Robert Barnes, of Valentine; best actress, Ja nita Barnes, of Valentine. Class B: Superior, Atkinson, Keya Paha county high school, of Springview; Rock county high school, of Bassett; excel lent, Long Pine, St. Mary’s, of O’Neill, Wood Lake; good, St. Joseph’s, of Atkinson, Butte; average, Spencer; best actor, Dale Jarvis, of Atkinson; best actress, Mary Mock, of Spring view. Aciois rated superior in both classes were: Marion Keech. of Valentine; Orville Gilpin, of Stuart; Betty Schmidt, of St. Joseph's of Atkinson: Gene Olson, of Springview; Denny Logan, of Springview. Actors rated excellent were: Maynard Harr, of Ainsworth; Carl Conrad, of Long Pine; Keith Thomas, of Valentine. Bernelda Engler, of Stuart; William Miller, of St. Joseph’s; Delana Lanz, of Bassett; Joan Jarvis, of Atkinson; John O’ Neill, of St. Mary’s; Gayle Widtfeldt, of O’Neill. Declamatory Results Students in the declamatory contest were rated as follows: Original oratory — Class A, superior, Helen Johnson, of O’ Neill. Oratorical leading— Class A, superior, Janita Barnes, of Val entine; excellent, Helen Bow den, of O’Neill. Oratorical reading— Class B, superior, Rex P h i 1 b e n, of Springview'; excellent, Delano 1 Lanz, of Bassett; Alta Hemen way, of Clearwater; Ila Carter, of St. Mary’s. Dramatic reading — Class B, superior, Darlene Steele, of St. Mary’s; excellent, Loretta Thiele, of Clearwater; Gene 1 Olson, of Springview; Lois Ad ams, of Spencer good, Lucille Mitchell, of Stuart; Sally Jones, of Bassett. Humorous reading—Class A, superior, Gayle Widtfeldt, of O’Neill; excellent, Audrey Barnes, of Valentine; goftd, Joyce Spencer, of Ainsworth. Humorous reading—Class B, superior, Denny Logan, of Springview; Sharon Fritzler, of Long Pine; excellent, Leslie Sweet, of Stuart; Dorothy Iler, of St. Mary’s; good, Joline Smith, of Clearwater; Ted Tur pin, of Bassett; Helen Saul, of Wood Lake. “Happy Journey” will enter the state speech festival to be held April 23-24. Rivers Well-Behaved in This Region The March thaw, which sent many of Nebraska's streams out of their banks, was taken in stride in the O'Neill region. Streams in this vicinity were swollen, but were generally well-behaved. Except for the frost coming out of the ground, making many side roads impassable and turning yards and gardens into quagmires, the thaw hard ly made conversation piece. Thrice during the past 7 days the mercury dropped be low freezing. The summary, based on 24 hour periods ending at 8 a. m. daily, follows: Hi Lo Moist. March 18 - 40 34 March 18 - 58 29 March 20 - 62 37 March 21_ 69 30 March 22 _ 46 28 March 23 - 62 32 March 24_ 68 33 PAGE RESIDENT DIES AT NORFOLK Ferdinand Cullen, 7 4, Lived in Hospital Only Few Hours Special to The Fbohtier PAGE— Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Methodist church here for Ferdinand Cullen, 77, a resident of the community since 1913. He died in a Nor folk hospital Friday — a few hours after having been ad mitted to the hospital. Relatives said he had been ailing for more than a year with a bad heart condition. Rev. Carl Rayburn, church pastor, officiated and burial wasi in the Page cemetery. The late Mr. Cullen was born at Brownville on June 15, 1870. He was married to Eliz abeth Bobbitt, of Stella, on Jan uary 25, 1893. They became the parents of 10 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. In 1913 the Cullen family moved to a farm worth of Page, Mr. Cullen continuing to reside in the community until his death. Survivors include: Widow; sons—Harvey and Harry, both of Page; daughters—Mrs. Ross Taylor, of Troy, O.; Mrs. Dale Stukey, of Norfolk; Mrs. Lloyd Bergstrom, Mrs. Raymond Heiss and Mrs. Harold Heiss, all of Page; 24 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 1 sister, and 2 brothers. Pallbearers at the rites were 8 grandsons: Leon and Max Bergstrom, Donald, Kenneth and Richard Heiss, Roland Cullen, Charles Sor ensen and Jimmie Smith. Music was furnished by a double quartette composed of Mesdames Alton Braddock, Ed gar Stauffer, Gerald Lamason, and Arthur Miller, and Leon ard Miller, Vernie Hunter and Edgar and Marvin Stauffer. Mrs. John Lamason was pian ist. Mrs. P. E. Nissen, Mrs. Theo ’ore Kemper and Mrs. Myrta Van Connet had charge of the flowers. Relatives from out-of-town that were here for the services included: Mr. and Mrs. Dale Stukey and daughters, of Nor folk; Mrs. Ross Taylor, of Troy, O.; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith and son and daughter, of Urbana, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bergstrom and son, of Newcastle, Wyo.; Mr. and Mrs. Max Bergstrom, of Osage, Wyo.; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wilson and family, of Newcas tle, Wyo.; Mrs. Bud Wolfe, of Sheridan, Wyo.; Darrell Heiss, of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beckwith, of Emmet, and Mr. and Mrs. Hickman, of Atkin son. RITES AT INMAN FOR MRS. MOOR Death Separates Man, Wife Married for 53 Years SPECIAL TO THE FRONTIER INMAN — Funeral services were held here at 2:30 p.m. last Thursday for Mrs. G. Ezra Moor, 80, who had died 2 days earlier at Beatrice. Her death separated Mrs. Moor and her husband, who were married August 16, 1894 — 53 years ago. Rev. E. B. Maxcy, of Glen wood, la., former Inman min ister, officiated and Rev. E. T. Baldwin, of Inman, assisted. The funeral rites were held in the Methodist church and bur ial was in the Inman cemetery. Margaret A. Davis was born January 13, 1868, in Monlicello county, Indiana, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Davis. She came to the Orchard vicinity at the age of 15 with her mother, who homesteaded near there. Shg was graduated from Peru State Teachers’ college at Peru, and taught school for 8 years in Holt and Antelope counties. She was married to George Ezra Moor at Orchard. They lived for 3 months at Elgin, then moved to a farm south of Inman where they lived until last October. near o v/mmren Three children were born to the couple, William E. Moor, of Elkhorn; Mrs. Frank Roper, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. Robert Taylor, of Beatrice. Be fore her marriage Mrs. Roper was Evadna Moor and Mrs. Taylor was formerly Lois Moor. Mrs. Moor joined the United Presbyterian church as a girl, but for the past half-century had been a member of the Methodist church. She taught a Sunday -school class here for more than 40 years, and was president of the Ladies’ Aid society, nq.w the Woman’s So ciety of Christian Service, for 20 years. Mr. and Mr*. Moor cele bratad their golden wedding day in 1944 with an open house at their country home near here. Mrs. Moor had been in fail ing health for the past 5 years and had been bedfast for a year and a half. Survivors include: Widower; 1 son; 2 daughters; 1 grand daughter, Mrs. Elmer Peterson, of Lincoln, and 1 sister, Mrs. Fern Moor, of Orchard. Pallbearers at the rites were: John Watson, Donald Keyes, Charles Tompkins, Marin Rouse, Kenneth Smith and Harvey R. Tompkins. Hymns were sung during the service by: Mrs. Don Lubcn, Mrs. Elwin Smith, Mrs. Lewis Kopecky, jr„ Kenneth Smith, Harv y R Tompkins and Clar ence Hansen, with Mrs. Tomp kins as accompanist. Attending the services from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Maxcy, of Pacific Junc tion, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tompkins, of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Alden Erskine and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson and son, Richard, of Sioux City, and Mr. and Mrs. Sis Ebbens gaard, of Ewing. Trailer Home for Newlyweds Burns LYNCH—The trailer home of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Keim, of Kearney, was destroyed by fire recently. The fire was caused by the explosion of a glass jar filled with matches. It is presumed the matches ig nited while the trailer was moving. Mrs. Keim is the former Betty Wike, of Lynch, a bride of 2 months. ‘Conductor Commodore’ Is Dead Special to the Fhomyieh CHAMBERS—The life of a colorful railroad man, L. L. (“Commodore”) Fairbanks, 87, came to an end here Saturday. There was a note of irony at tached to the passing of this veteran railroader: He spent his last year and he died in an inland town—25 miles from a railroad! Mr. Fairbanks died at his home in Chambers, where he has been residing. H e | formerly lived at Council I Bluffs, la., and Long Pine, I and for several years lived I with his daughter. Mrs. N. F. Pfunder, at Norfolk. Funeral rites were con ducted Monday at Norfolk under the direction of Nor folk Masonic lodge members. Burial was in Prespecl Hill cemetery there. The late Mr. Fairbanks was born at Hyde Park, Vt., on July 11, 1860. He started his railway career in 1878 as a fireman on the North Western system at Winona, Minn., later leaving the road and working for the Yazoo-Mississippi Val ley railway at Memphis, Tenn. August 22 was an eventful— and lucky — date in the life of Mr. Fairbanks. Three dif ferent years on that date trains on which he was work ing figured in wrecks. One of these wrecks, which occured at Yazoo Pass, resulted in the death of every member of the cow except Mr. Fairbanks. He was confined for 4 months with injuries. Mr. Fairbanks 1 ' ‘ came to Nebraska and in 181*4 entered the service of the North West ern as a brakem r. He was promoted to frei 1 ! condcu'.or on September 17 1 ‘'7, and nr August 21, 191V, to passenger conductor. He derived the tab pf "Commodore" as the result of an incident that took place about the time of the Spanish-American war. A fellow employee gave him the name that followed him to his death. A switch list had been signed "Commo dore" and next day a man searched everywhere for "Conductor Commodore." The late Mr. Fairbanks was well-known in Holt county ' points on the North Western and was also known among employees of the Burlington, Minneapolis & Omaha, and • other roads. He retired in 1928 without! ever having been late to work. ! Mrs. Fairbank’s son, L. W. | Terrrr'. lives at Chambers. Coyne *Drafted9 for Mayor in a Caucus BUSINESSMEN CHOOSE 3 CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL, 2 FOR SCHOOL BOARD Hugh E. Coyne, veteran O’Neill hardware merchant, mayor of the city during 1937 and 1938, and for many years a member of the city council, last Thursday was ‘‘drafted” as a candidate for mayor in an informal businessmen’s caucus held at the Golden hotel. Also named at the caucus were 3 candidates for city council. 3 for other city offices and 2 for the board of education. The municipal election will be held on Tuesday, April 6, and filings for the offices close on Saturday, March 27. F. J. Dishner, present mayor, announced earlier that he would not be a candidate for reelection. The caucus was called because the petition system had failed until then to produce a candidate for mayor or candidates for the other city and school posts. M'KATHNIE RITES HELD SATURDAY Pennsylvania Native, 75, Came to Holt with Parents in 1880 Special to the frontier ATKINSON — Andrew Mc Kathnie, 75, a resident of Holt since 1880, died last Thursday. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Methodist church with Rev. W. C. Birmingham, church pastor, in charge. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery in the McKathnie family lot. Born December 21, 1872, at Clinton, Pa., a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Mc Kathnie, he came to Holt coun ty with his parents in 1880 from Ft. Dodge, la., where the family had spent a short time. The McKathnies homestead ed 19 miles northeast of At kinson. The late Mr. McKathnie nev er married. He spent most of his life on a farm. Survivors include: Brothers —William, of Atkinson; Jacob, of Fall Brook, Calif.; Ben, of Pasadena. Calif.; sisters—Mar garet Hitchcock, of Boulder, Colo., and Isabel Lee, of Van couver, Wash. FRED OLMSTEAD, LYNCH, EXPIRES Special To The Frontier LYNCH— Funfcral services for Fred Olmstead, 59, of Butte, were held Sunday after noon at the Butte Community church. , Mr. Olmstead and his wife, the former Ethel Kenaston, operated a farm near Naper for many years, then farmed near Lynch. Several months ago ill health forced him to discontinue farming. Survivors include: Widow; son—Willis: sisters—Mrs. Flor ence Fitzgerald, of Sturgis, S. D., and Mrs. Grace Anderson, of Butte. Violinist, Contralto Featured in Concert by Wesleyan Band The Nebraska Wesleyan uni versity band, of Lincoln, under the direction of Leslie R. Marks, presented a concert at the O’Neill high school audi torium Tuesday evening. The group of 41 musicians present ed a varied program of classi cal and popular numbers. Martha Temple, of Lincoln, violinst, and Georgia Brainard, of Minden, contralto, were fea tured soloists. The band was heard at 3 p. m. the same day in the Inman public school. INFANT DIES Brenda Dawn, infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harley, of Atkinson, died Tues day morning a few hours after birth at the Stuart hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Evangelical Lutheran church in Atkinson with Rev. Clyde Cress officiating. Mrs. Harley is the former Mvrlen Beckwith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith, of O’Neill Project Club Meets— CHAMBERS — The Happy Homemakers Project club met Friday evening with Mrs. El wyn Robertson as hostess. Mrs. Frank Spath and Mrs. Robert son presented the lesson on ‘'Kitchen A — ’vements.” Mrs. Spath will he hostess as the next meeting. BUYS LIQUOR STORE Harold Shoemaker has pur chased tht Red Arrow liouor store in Norfolk from Burt McCreary. Mrs. J. M. Kennedy, of Ains worth, visited Wednesday at the D. N. Loy home. rsesiaes Coyne, other caucus named candidates are: James M. Corkle, First ward candi date for city council; Merle V. Hickey, Second ward candi date, and James W. Rooney, Third ward candidate. Corkle, Hickey and Rooney are incum bents completing 2-year terms. O. D. French, who was ap pointed to fill a vacancy, is a caucus-named candidate for city clerk; John C. Watson was chosen as a candidate for city treasurer. E. F. Quinn, present city treasurer, is not a candi date for reelection. H. W. Tom linson. incumbent, was named by the caucus as a candidate for reelection as police magis trate. All of the city posts to be voted on are 2-year terms. The caucus picked Ira H. Moss and Hugh J. Birmingham, both incumbents, as candi dates for members of the board of education, school dis trict of the city of O’Neill. Birmingham, however, has de clined to be a candidate and late Wednesday City Clerk French said no other candidate has filed. Moss is the present secretary of the hoard. The terms are for 3-years each. Petitions for the caucus-nom inated candidates were imme diately circulated and filed | with the city clerk. Students Returning for Easter Holidays College students arriving this week to spend the Easter holidays at their homes here include: University of Nebraska, Lin coln — Edward Condon, Mar jorie McElhaney, Polly Ann Rickly, Lois Ann Iler, Fred Halva, Shirley Schaffer, Eu gene McKenna, John Baker, Donna Gallagher, and Lois Cole, of Emmet. Creighton university, Omaha — Edward Campbell, James Merriman, Stephen and Rob ert Wallace, Paul Kubitschek, Vincent Higgins. Doane college, Crete— Joan Brady; University of Chicago, (111.)—Neil Brennan; Clark col lege, Dubuque, la. — Devine Brennan; Rosary college, River Forest, 111. — Elizabeth Galla gher,; Barat college, Lake For est, 111.—Mary Louise Birming ham; Colorado Women’s col lege, Denver, Colo. — Joanne Burgess; Omaha technical school, Omaha—Joseph Biglin; Mt. St. Gertrude academy, Boulder, Colo. — Marilyn | Moore; St. Benedict’s college, Atchison, Kans.—Thomas De Backer; National Business in stitute, Lincoln — Donna Rae Clements and Eugene Streeter; Rockhurst college, Kansas Ci ty, Mo.—Jack Harty; Norfolk Junior college— Richard Hun gerford. L. R. Tompkins, Wife Wedded 39 Years INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins quietly celebrated their 39th wedding anniver sary at their home on March 17. They were married at Nor folk bv the late Rev. Charles Waye Roy of the Methodist church. Mrs. Tompkins was the former Ethel Doughty, of Norfolk. They have spent all of their married life in Holt county, first on the farm south of In man and a few years ago they built a new home in town where they now reside. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Tomp kins drove from Omaha that evening and surprised his par | ents, returning to Omaha last Thursday evening. Returning from California— EMMET—Mr. and Mrs. John Conard and dau«?ht r, Mary Lou, are exn^ctcd to return this week after a visit with friends and relativ s in Cali fornia. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jonas and Mr. and Mrs. William Jon as, of Burwell, spent the week end at the Lawrence Jonas and Lester Jonas homes.