MELVIN TH0R1N
BURIAL TODAY
Chambers Soldier Fatally
Wounded in Battle
of Bulge
CHAMBERS— Graveside fu
neral rites will be held at 3
p. m. today (Thursday) at the
Chambers cemetery for the re
mains of T/5 Melvin S. Thor
in, who was wounded on Jan
uary 2, 1945, in the famous
Battle of the Bulge and died
three days later in an army
hospital in France.
The body arrived in the U.
S. recently aboard the Army
transport Carroll Victory. The
remains originally were in
terred in a cemetery in
France.
The Chambers soldier,
who was 34-years-old al the
time of his death, was a
member of a tank destroyer
battalion in Gen. George S.
Patton's Third Army.
Members of the American
Legion post at Chambers will
be pallbearers and Rev. L. A.
Dale, Lutheran pastor, will of
ficiate.
The late Melvin S. Thorin
was born at Norden on Janu
ary 3, 1910, a son of Mrs. Cla
ra Thorin and the late Charles
Thorin. He was educated at
Chambers where h e spent
most of his life.
On February 2, 1942, he
married Florence Taylor at
Albion. They became the pa
rents of one son, Lloyd Mel
vin, who is now 5-years-old.
He entered the military
service on April 3, 1942. and
went overseas in ApriL 1944.
Survivors include: Widow;
son, Lloyd Melvin; mother —
Mrs. Clara Thorin; brothers—
Edwin and Ernest, both of
Chambers; Leonard, of Chey
enne, Wyo.; Harold, of Port
land, Ore.; Clarence, of Ne
ligh; Oscar, of Petersberg;
Dwayne, of Pensacola, Fla.,
who is in the Navy.
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Cardinals Open
Against Josies
Number 1 opponent on the
basketball menu at St. Mary’s
academy during the 1948-49
season will be St. Joseph’s
hall, of Atkinson, victors over
the Cards by comfortable mar
gins during recent years.
The opener will be played
here Monday, December 6.
Other games:
At home: December 10—O’
Neill high, 21—Butte; January
11—Lynch, 18—Inman; Febru
ary 8—Tilden, 11 — St. Boni
face (Elgin), 20—Sacred Heart
(Norfolk), 24—Spaulding acad
emy.
Away: December 12 — St.
Boniface (Elgin), 23—Bassett; |
January 7—Inman, 21 —Page,
30—Spaulding high; February
1—Ewing, 4 — Spencer, 14 —
Clearwater.
Dates for the Holt county
tournament are January 26,
27 and 28, while the Cards
will probably enter the Class'
C meet on March 2, 3, 4 and
5.
Eagles Tackle
14-Game Slate
Basketball drills are in pro
gress at O’Neill high school
where Coach Lloyd Sexton is
putting his youngsters through
tough sessions in preparation
for a 14-game schedule. In
addition, the Eagles will par
ticipate in at least two tour
naments.
The schedule:
At home: December 10—St.
Mary’s academy, 14 — Ains
worth, 17—Orchard; January
4—Page, 7—Neligh, 10 — Ew
ing; February 4—Atkinson, 25
—Inman, 28—Bassett.
Away: December 22—Atkin
son; January 18— Ainsworth;
February 1—Bassett; 15—Stu
art, 22—Plainview.
Holt county tourney dates
are January 26, 27 and 28,
and the class B district meet
will be held March 9, 10, 11
land 12.
Atkinson Youths
Unhurt in Spill
Robert Kissinger and Justin
Dierks, both of Atkinson, nar
rowly escaped serious injury
shortly before 6:30 Friday eve
ning when their car overturn
ed two or three times after
hitting ice on highway 275 east
of Spurville, near Norfolk.
The young men had pur
chased the used car at Hast
ings Friday morning and were
driving it to Atkinson. When
the car hit the icy pavement,
the driver lost control and it
struck a snowbank.
The machine was badly
damaged.
The young men were
brought to Norfolk by Pehr
Wagner, of Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jonas j
and Donna, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Jonas and son went
to Burwell Thanksgiving day
I to visit Mr. and Mrs. William
I Jonas.
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O'NEILL HOSPITAL NOTES
Admissions: November 25—
Thomas Hartigan, of Inman,
medical. November 26—Cath
erine Bauer, of Ewing, tonsil
ectomy, condition 'good.'' No
vember 27 — Mrs. Thomas
Hartigan, of Inman, medical,
condition "improved;” Barbara
Cleary, of O'Neill, accident, con
dition "good.”
Dismissals: November 23 —
Donald Stearns, of O’Neill, ac
cident, condition "good;” Mrs.
Neil Clarke and son, of O’
Neill; Carl Hansen, of Cham
bers accident c o n d i t i o n
"good;” Mrs. Wilbur Peters and
son, of O’Neill. November 24—
Clyde Streeter, of O’Neill,
transferred to the Veterans’
hospital in Lincoln; Millie Lou
Edwards, of Orchard, accident,
condition "improved/’ Novem
ber 28 — Mrs. Bernard Cooke
and daughter, of Chambers.
November 29—Barbara Cleary,
of O’Neill. November 30—Mrs.
Thomas Hartigan, of Inman,
rondition "fairly good”; Mrs.
Philip Lee and son, of Ewing;
Ernest Miller, of Star, condi
tion "improved.”
Home for Holidays—
PAGE— Merwyn French, a
student at the University of
Nebraska at Lincoln, spent the
Thanksgiving holdays at home.
lipped on Chicago
Hospital Staff
—
ATKINSON—Miss Mercedes
Miller, daughter of Mr. and;
Mrs. A. G. Miller, recently was j
promoted ot the position oj
clinical instructor at the Hen- j
rotin hospital in Chicago, 111
Some time ago she was forc
ed to take time out from her
studies because of a severe
back injury. During that time
she spent a year teaching in
a rural school near Atkinson.
She is now continuing her
studies at night school in Chi- j
cago and will soon have earn-!
ed her final degree.
Grammer Grades
Form Civic Club
ATKINSON— Pupils of the
seventh and eighth grades
have formed a civics club, i
Cathleen Weichman was chos- !
en president; Patricia Dexter
recording secretary; Donald
Gokie, corresponding secreta- '
ry, and P. J. Judge, sergeant- j
at-arms. They will discuss At- '
kinson’s fire department at
the next meeting on Friday
December 3.
Chambers Farm Woman Escapes Being
Frozen to Death by Hairsbreadth
By Mrs. E. R. Carpenter
Special Correspondent
CHAMBERS — Mrs. Leo
Brown is thanking her lucky
stars. She escaped being froz
en to death in the November
blizzard by a matter of de
grees. Had the mercury drop
ped several more degrees,
she’s certain she would have
perished.
Mrs. Erown and her hus
band, who live seven miles
northwest of Chambers, were
in Chambers on Thursday,
November 18 — the day the
storm began They departed
about the middle of the after
noon, expecting to pick up
their children at a rural school
enroute to their home.
About a quarter of a mile
from the Ernest Young place
their automobile became
stalled in the snow. The
storm grew more fierce by
the minute. Mr. Brown
walked to the Young place
for help. Mr. Brown and Mr.
Young took a tractor and
pulled the Brown car back
to the Young farm. Mr.
Young decided he could take
the Browns on with his
pickup, but the pickup, like
wise, became stuck.
Mrs. Brown was left in the
pickup while the men return
ed again for the tractor. By
that time visibility was almost
nil in the swirling storm.
Meanwhile, Mr. Brown de
cided he should go to the
school to look after the wel- ■
fare of the children as the
hour was getting late, and Mr.
Young went on alone for the
tractor. Arriving at his own
place, he decided he could not
manage with the tractor and
summoned a neighbor, Alfred
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ELSWORTHJ, MACK
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business, then moved to O’
Neill where he spent his last
few years in the home of his
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. James W. Rooney,
and where death came to him
after a few weeks’ illness with
a heart ailment.
He was preceded in death
bv his wife, Clara, on June 11,
1929.
Survivors: Daughters— Mrs.
James W. Rooney, of O’Neill,
and Mrs. Georgia Warnke, of
Hollywood, Calif.; grand-chil
dren—Mrs. Max Newhouse, of
Boise, Ida.; Mrs. Henry On
stad. of Williston, N. D.; Low
ell Warnke, of Santa Ana.
Calif.; and Capt. G. M. Warn
ke, of Washington, D. C.i
three great-grandchildren, and
one niece, Mrs. Wallace Bake
man, of Dowagiac, Mich.
Attend Hopkins Rites —
INMAN—Oout-of-town rela
tives here for the funeral of the
late James R. Hopkins were:
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Hopkins, of
Buhl, Ida.; Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Maxey, of Bayard; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Woods and family, of
Palmer: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Barnes, of Cody; Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Morey and Mrs. Charles
Smith, of Sioux City; Harvey
Hopkins, of Papillion; Mr. and
Mrs. Sis Ebbensgaard, of Ewing;
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hopkins,
and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Perry, of
O’Neill. They have all returned
to their respective homes.
Hosts on Thanksgiving—
CHAMBERS —Thanksgiving
dinner guests in the William
Renninger home were: Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Smith, Rev. and
Mrs. Ward Smith and family.
Rolland Jackson, Norman Ren
inger. and Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Wyant.
Go to Mexico —
INMAN — Dr. and Mrs. C. W.
Alexander left Monday for#Mex
ico City, Mexico, where * they
will spend a month vacationing.
They are making stops in Om
aha and Kansas City, Mo., en
ro'ute.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Melena
returned Sunday from Omaha
where they had spent a week
on business.
Mass, who came immediately
on foot to assist.
That night and with the aid
of flashlights, the marooned
pickup was found. Mrs. Brown
was very cold and her legs
were slightly frozen.
Mr. Brown failed to reach
the school, but arrived at
the Ben Jones place farther
North, where he borrowed a
horse and started home.
The Brown children and
several others remained at
the school overnight.
Mrs. Brown stayed at the
Young home through Friday
and Saturday recovering from
the effects of her exposure.
But not until Saturday noon
did she know how the other
members of her family fared
in the storm and vice versa.
O'NEILL LOCALS
Thanksgiving day guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bruns were: Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Hageman and girls, of
Stuart; Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bruns and family, of Dunning,
and Mr. and Mrs. Connie Cal
laway and family.
Miss Mary Lu Rotherham,
who is' employed in O’Neill,
spent Thanksgiving at Ewing
with her mother, Mrs. Michael
Rotherham.
Dr. and Mrs. O. W. French
entertained their son and his
family, Mr. and Mrs. Dale
French and Joan, at Thanks
giving dinner.
Miss Marie Biglin left for
her home in Salt Lake City,
Ut., Saturday after having vis
ited her mother, Mrs. P. J.
Biglin.
Rev. Joseph Lane, of Em
met, was a Thanksgiving din
ner guest at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Harper.
Mr and Mrs. Bert Tibbetts,
of House, N. M., were guests
Tuesday at the home of Mr. j
and Mrs. H. H. Lowery. Mrs.
Tibbetts and Mrs. Lowery are
cousins. Mr. Tibbetts is a
brother of Arthur Tibbetts.
Weekend guests of Dr. and
Mrs. J. F. Fisher were the
latter's sister and her husband,
Mr. and Mrs .William Rail.
The James G. Fredrickson
family spent Thanksgiving at
the home of Mrs. Walter John
son, of Newport. Sunday
guests at the Fredrickson
home were Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Bauld and son, John.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eby
and family were guests on
Thanksgiving day at the home
of Mr. Eby’s mother, Mrs. Al- 1
ma Eby. of Ainsworth.
Miss Loretta O’Malley left
for Omaha Sunday after!
spending Thanksgiving at the j
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. W. O’Malley.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R Hill en
tertained at a family Thanks
giving dinner. Their guests
were: Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Richardson, sr., and Donald.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Rich
ardson and Mary Alice and
Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Richardson, jr., and Kay Lou
ise, Mr. and Mrs. Glen E.
Richardson and Susan Lee and
Mrs. Grace Linquist, all of
Ainsworth.
DEWEY NEWTON’S
REMAINS IN U. S.
Pacific Fatality During
World War II to Be
Buried at Coleridge
EMMET—Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Newton late Saturday re
ceived a telegram from the de
partment of the army advising
that the remains of their son,
Dewey Newton, have arrived
in the United States.
Dewey was killed in action
in the Pacific theater during
World War II.
Burial will be at Coleridge,
the parents say.
Other Emmet News
Mabel Perkins and Dick
Heerton, of Ainsworth, were
last Thursday dinner guests at
the James O’Connor home.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Kramer
and Bobbie, of O’Neill, visited
at the Robert Fox home on
Sunday.
Ed Winkler, of Butte; Mr
and Mrs. Leo Weichman, of
Stuart, and George Babl visit
ed at the Joe Winkler home
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Abart,
of O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Schultz, of Atkipson,
were last Thursday dinner
guests at the Charles Abart
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cal
kins and Fred Perry, of O’
Neill, were Thanksgiving din
ner guests at the Dean Perry
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Winkler
and son, Harrold, attended the
wedding of their son, Ray, at
North Platte. They went Fri
day and returned Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Newton
visited at the William Newton
home on Sunday.
Misses Mary Lou Conard
and Jean Cole spent the week
end visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lar
ry Schaffer.
Beverly Little returned
home Sunday evening via
train to Omaha after spending
a week visiting her grandpa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mc
Connell, and other relatives.
CELIA SIDELIGHTS
Mrs. Linford Sweet and
children, Charles and Janice,
visited the Hammerbergs on
Saturday evening, November
27.
Duane Beck helped shingle
the new cattleshed on O. A
Hammerberg’s farm Monday
November 29.
There was no school in Ce
lia Thanksgiving week on ac
count of the snow which still
makes traveling difficult.
Miss Jean Scott, who sings
with the Atkinson mixed chor
us, helped entertain in O’Neill
Friday night, November 26.
Mr. and Mrs. George Beck
and Duane, of Celia; Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Milnar, Mr. and Mrs.
Charley Milnar, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Smith and Leile, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Milnar, all of
Atkinson; Mrs. Hazel Lockman
and the twins, Gerry and
Glen, of Stuart, were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Johnson and daughter
Saturday, November 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Frick
el, sr., went to Lincoln Friday,
November 26, for a weekend
visit.
Alex and Haul rorsytne, Mr
and Mrs. George Beck and
Duane, Alex and Herman
Frickel enjoyed Thanksgiving
day dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
LeRoy Hoffman and son, Rog
er.
Thanksgiving day dinner
and supper guests at the O. A
Hammerberg home were: Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Greenwood,
Arlene and Dwayne, Martin
Hammerberg, Mrs. Leo Milner,
Murl and Billy, Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. Samms and Diane, and
Linford Sweet.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Ham
merberg, Mrs. E. W. Samms
and Diane, Mrs. Leo Milner
and Murl and Billy visited
the P. W. and Frank Kilmur
ry families Sunday afternoon.
November 28.
Mr. and Mrs. George Beck
and Duane visited the Charles
Milnar family Sunday, Novem
ber 28.
Alex and Paul Forsythe at
tended the E. J. Mack funeral
in O’Neill Friday, November
26.
Ed Neville and sisters. Miss
Margaret and Miss Rose Ne
ville, all of York, arrived Sun
day, November 28, for a few
days’ visit with the P. W. and
Frank Kilmurry families. Mr.
Neville and sisters stopped on
:heir way back from Yankton,
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PERRIGO OPTICAL COMPANY
Serves You Again
FRED M. PERRIGO, O. D.
Optometrist
Will again make his regular visit to
your community.
He will be in
O’Neill at the Golden Hotel
Monday, December 13th
S. D., where they had taken a
niece, who attends college
: there.
Mrs. Leo Milner and sons,
Murl and Billy, of Chester,
Pa., who were called home by
I the serious illness of her
1 grandfather, the late F. O.
Hammerberg, left for their
home Sunday evening, Novem
ber 28, after a month’s visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. A. Hammerberg, and other
relatives and friends.
New Date for Soil
Recognition Program
The new date for Holt coun
ty’s soil conservation recogni
tion banquet and program is
nearing and plans are once
more being completed for the
banquet.
The original date was Mon
day, November 22, but because
of the November blizzard the
event had to be postponed
until Wednesday, December 8.
To be honored are: L. R.
and Harvey Tompkins, of In
man; Theodore Baumeister, of
Atkinson, and A. Max and M.
M. Karo, of Stuart. .
The banquet will be served
by the American Legion aux
iliary in the Legion hall.
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