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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1949)
METHODIST (O'Neill) Rev. V. R. Bell, pastor Sunday - school, 10 a. m., Neil Dawes, general superin tendent. Classes for all ages. Worship, 11 a. m. Inter mediate Fellowship, 5 p. m. Senior MYF, 7:30 p. m. The Sunday-school workers’ conference was held Wednes day evening at the parsonage and the work of our Sunday school was planned and dis cussed. Circle I met with Mrs. Ted McElhaney on Wednesday af ternoon. Circle II will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. A. B. Hubbard. The postponed sub-district rally of the Young Adult Fel lowship will meet Sunday af ternoon and evening in our church, beginning with a cov ered dish supper at 5 o’clock. The official board meeting was postponed Monday eve ning on account of the storm. The universal week of pray er will be observed on Thurs day evening in our church with a service beginning at 7:-1 30 o’clock. Plan to attend all the ser vices next Sunday. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN (O’Neill) Rev. Ralph Gerber, pastor Services for Sunday, Janu ary 9. Sunday-school, 10 a. m. John Harbottle superintendent. Worship service, 11 a. m. Sermon by the pastor. Senior-Hi Fellowship, 6:30 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Durlin DeBolt, sponsors. The Ladies' Guild will meet on Thursday, January 6, at 2: 30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. J. D. Osenbaugh. A service for the installation of officers will be held. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. Harry Ressell, Mrs. Floyd Long, Mrs. R. H. Line heart, and Mrs. Ralph Beck with. The choir will meet for re hearsal on Thursday at 7:30 p. m. The Protestant churches of O’Neill will join in a union service in observance of uni versal week of prayer at the Methodist church on Thursday, January 6 at 7:30 p. m. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK: Date Hi Lo Moist December 30 19 7 December 31 32 4 January 1 29 4 January 2 29 13 January 3 24 13 .44 January 4 13 9 1.05 January 5 13 1 .05 Return to Lincoln — The Misses Mary Kathryn and Nadene Coyne returned on Sunday to Chicago after spending the holidays with tneir parents, the H. E. Coynes. Their sister, Miss Veronica, left Wednesday to resume her studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Mrs. Arthur Semm, and daughters, of Bartlett, were holiday guests at the Herman DeGroff nome. WESLEYAN METHODIST (O'Neill) Rev. Melvin Grosenbach, pastor. Friday, January 7, 8 p. m., our regular mid-week prayer meeting. Saturday, January 8, 10:30 ; a. m., the Elkhorn Valley I Holiness association prayer conference in the Wesleyan Methodist church in Spencer. Basket dinner. Afternoon ser vice 1:30. All are welcome. Sunday, January 9, Sunday school at 10 a. m. Worship at 11 a. m. Evening service at 7:30. Wesleyan group day at Wayne January 15. Revival meetings are being planned for February 8 through 20 with Rev. Clarence Buden siek as evangelist. The Path of the just is as a shining light that shinneth more and more unto a perfect day.—Proverbs 4:18. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN * (Ewing) Rev. C. Donald Vogel, pastor Sunday-school, 10 a. m. Worship, 11 a. m. Sermon, “What God Hates.’’ Youth group, 7:30 p. m. Legal Notices (First pub. Jan. 6, 1949) Julius D. Cronin, Attorney NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate No. 3545 In the County Court of Holt County, Nebraska, December : 30, 1948. In the matter of the Estate of Jane Crowe, Deceased. Creditors of said estate are hereby notified that the time limited for presenting claims , against said estate is April 2fith, 1949, and for the payment of I depts is December 29th, 1949 [ and that on January 27th, 1949, and on April 27th, 1949, at 10 o’clock A. M., each day, I will be at the County Court Room in said County to receive, ex amine, hear, allow, or adjust all claims and objections duly fil ed. LOUIS W. REIMER, Countv Judge. (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 35-37 NOTICE TO CITY WATER USERS Because of storm conditions City Water Department em ployees were unable to make the regular consumption read ings for the last quarter of 1949. Consequently, city water users are being billed on a minimum $3 basis (10,000 gal lons) and adjustments will be made at the end of the new quarter. O. D. FRENCH, City Clerk. 35c NOTICE Shield Township will hold its annual meeting on Tues day, January 18, 1949 at 2 p. m. at the Township Hall, for the purpose of making the levy, also appoint two Road Overseers, and any other business that may legally come before the meeting. J. B. DONOHOE, 35c Township Clerk. ON THESE USED TRACTORS! NOW RECONDITIONED AND REPAINTED! 1 — 1941 Model B John Deere with Lights and Starter. 1 — 1942 Model B John Deere with Lights and Starter. 1 — 1944 Model B John Deere with Lights and Starter. 1 — 1946 Model B John Deere with Lights and Starter. 1 — 1943 Model B John Deere. 2 — 1944 Model B John Deeres. 1 — 1936 Model A John Deere. 1 — 1943 Model A John Deere with Lights and Starter. 2 — 1942 Model H John Deeres. ----........ New M-M Model D CORNSHELLER With Drag Feed n -----4 f j ■] New Colby POWER SPREADER j 1-i Lloyd Collins Impl. Co. O’NEILL PHONE 365 The Frontier s Jack and Jill CORNER MEET BEN AND ROBERTA ASHEJR . . . This week the Jack and Jill corner presents Ben and Roberta Asher, children of Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Asher, or Page. Ben, or “little Ben," as he’s called, was born during leap year—on February 29, 1944. He has light brown hair and blue eyes. Roberta (“Bertie”) Ann is 15-months-old. She has blonde curly hair and blue eyes. Santa Claus was good to “Bertie”, but she seems to like "little Ben’s” toys much better. STORM SIDELIGHTS (Continued from page 1) ternoon it was decided to give up trying to hold school any ! more this week. Only activity on the Cham bers streets early Tuesday was four teams of horses. La ter in the day the main street was partially cleared and on Wednesday work was begun on the side streets. Five rural telephone lines were unserviceable. Tele phone officials explained that the lines withstood the onslaught "remarkably well." Because of high ridges of snow down the main street, occupants of some buildings cannot see the display windows in buildings across the street. EWING—The citizens of this southeast Holt county town fared better during this week’s storm in comparison to the two other principal bliz- : zards as far as comfort was ! concerned. There were no power inter ruptions, telephone communica- , tion was good, mail service j was good. There was no school Monday or Tuesday, but Supt. A. S. Evans decided to hold classes Wednesday even though many rural pupils would be unable to attend. A basketball game schedul ed Tuesday night between Ew ing and Osmond was cancel led. Another game, between the Ewing American Legion team and the Page town team, was to have been played Wed nesday night at Ewing. ATKINSON — The mar quee of the Miller theater presented an incongruous sight early this week. A pile of snow in front of the theater nearly obscured the current billing: "April Show ers". ATKINSON — Seen follow ing the storm: Night Watchman Jack Babb leading a horse, which he had ridden into town, through a snow drift; Veteran Cameraman W. C. Birmingham snaping his shutter on timely subjects; a conspicuous absence of the conventional men’s hat and the good old-fashioned fur cap on every head; Cattleman Harry Pelcer coming down At kinson's main street wearing homemade snowshoes—his in genuity respected by everyone; an airplane was heard overhead early Tuesday and townspeople were wondering where — and how—it could land. ATKINSON — Atkinson is again digging out from one of the worst blizzards in its his tory. There are many arguments as to whether or not this week’s storm was worse than the mem orable November affair. One thing Is certain: There is much more snow on the downtown streets, according to W. C. Kirk land, who has been working feverishly with county equip ment to clear the streets. His first task was to make an open ing in the downtown area. Kile Johnson, age almost 5, is puzzled. On Monday morning he chanced to see a robin fluttering around his home. He threw his feath ered friends some bread crumbs. Kile can't quite fig ure out ifi this fellow is left over from 1948 or an early 1949 bird. Kile is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Johnson. CHAMBERS—A delayed pro gram presented by the Sun day-school of the Lutheran (hurch place was held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock. Sch eduled earlier, the program was postponed because of last week s storm. A large crowd attended Stin ady’s presentation. The Methodist church also had a Sunday-school program scheduled earlier, but no new date has been set since the enforced postponement. PAGE—No classes were con ducted in the Page public school Monday and Tuesday but school was resumed Wed nesday with restricted attend ance. O'NEILL LOCALS Miss Genevieve Biglin re turned to Sioux City Friday after spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Cron in. Rev. Michael Condon, of Spencer, was a New Year’s Miss Betty Slattery, of Om aha, was a houseguest a few days last week at the Edward Campbell home. She returned last Thursday. ■Miss Mary Louise Birming ham left Tuesday, December 28 for Gregg Business college in Chicago, 111. Miss Donna Gallagher, also a student at Greggs, returned Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Ham mond and son, Michael, return ed to their home in Omaha on Sunday. They were accompa anied by Mr. Hammond’s mother, Mrs. H J. Hammond, who plans to visit her daugh ter, Mrs. William Bowker, Mr. Bowker and daughter. Miss Caroline Kennedy, of Lincoln, is spending the holi days with Mrs. Edna Coyne and with Miss Kennedy’s fath er, John Kennedy. Mrs. Coyne also entertained Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Bautsh, of Denver. Mir. and Mrs. Bautsch returned on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McCar ville and son. Joseph L. Ill, spent the holidays in Winne bago with Mrs. McCarville’s mother. ATKINSON NEWS M/Sgt. and Mrs. Elvon Schultz, of Denver, Colo., vis ited at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Schultz, over the holidays. Sergeant Schultz returned to Denver Sunday and Mrs. Schultz and baby have remain ed for a longer visit. Mrs. L. A. Marousek, of Des Moines, la., and her brother, George Tucker, of Roseville, 111., are houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wilson. Mrs. Marousek is Mrs. Wilson’s mother. Mrs. W. L. Schultz has ac companied her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Phil ip Johnston, of McCook, for a 10-tfay vacation in the South. Miss Jane Chace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs; E. H. Cnace, left Sunday for Evanston, 111., where she will resume her studies at Northwestern uni versity. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freder ich and son, Kirk, returned to Omaha Sunday after visiting relatives in Atkinson during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Mueller, of Stuart, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wilson on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Vern Wilbern and son, Dick, returned Sunday from Sioux City where they spent the holidays with Mr. Wilbern, who is a patient at St. Jos eph’s hospital. ✓ Mrs. Claire Hewitt and son, Gary, of Gordon, spent the past week visiting at the home of Mrs. William Hewitt. Mrs. R. H. Parker, of O’Neill, Mrs. Hewitt’s daughter, also has been visiting her. Miss Esther Westrum, of Chicago, 111., spent the holi days visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Westrum, of Stuart, and her sister, Mrs. G. E. Gonderinger, and family, of Atkinson. Mrs. C. E. Spence entertain ed at a snower inursday eve ning honoring Miss Jewell Ann Blackmore, whose marriage to Vernon Beckwith took place on New Year’s day. Mrs. Katherine Grof and son, Harold, and daughters, Everlyn and Mary Catherine, and Duane Mathis, spent New Year’s day with Mrs'. Grof’s daughter, Mrs. Joseph Fricken stein, and family at West Point. Mrs. William Spann went to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Reed, at Lincoln on Friday. Erwin Schultz returned to school in Omaha Saturday morning. His niece, Pamela Buzzard, who has been visit ing at the home of her grand parents, accompanied him. The Utile Dulci club will meet at the home of Mrs. Al bert Lemmer on Friday, Janu ary 7, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Da vis and son, Robert, returned to Grand Island Sunday after visiting relatives over the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. McDow ell spent the holidays in Lin Fresh Blizzards Grip Region (Continued from page 1) A fire alarm at 9:40 a. m. Monday might have been seri ous. A trash fire in rear of the Royal theater caused smoke in the interior of the building and the firemen were summoned. The city's fire-fighting equipment reached the scene. Fire Chief G. E. Miles said Wednesday, however, that most fire hydrants are buried under mountains of snow and many parts ' of the city would be inaccessible to the equipment in the event of an alarm. No aid at all could be given in the event of a rural fire Thanks to Consumers Public Power district employees work ing all-day New Year’s and most of Sunday, the new 33,000-volt Norfolk-Neligh-O’Neill line in Nebraska’s power grid was “tied in” at the O’Neill substation over the weekend. The new line Consumers people say, afforded thousands of people in this area uninterrupted service during this week’s blizzard. There was no power failure at O’Neill, Page, Atkinson, and many of the other nearby towns even though there was a break between Creighton and Belden wltich normally would have im posed a blackout in this area. Ice in northeast Nebraska caused a blackout in some towns outside the O’Neill area. Without power late Wednesday were Magnet, Osmond and McLean. Heavy sleet forced many power interruptions in Knox, Cedar and Dakota counties. Northwestern Bell Telephone company survived this recent affair better than previous storms. There was no interruption of ldng distance service. Several busses got through Tuesday and Wednesday but most bus schedules have been annulled so far this week. Last weekend milder storm conditions prevailed in the O’ Neill region and life was only beginning to get back to normal when the new extended storm moved in. Weather bureau officials have stated that the brunt of this week s storms centered in an area West of an imaginary line running across Northeast Nebraska from Yankton S D to Grand Island. N°rfolk’ Sioux City and Omaha were receiving rain while O Neill was being subjected to its worst pounding. Highway de partment officials say that at no time has traffic been tied up on highway 81 between Yankton and Norfolk, and from the highway 81-20 intersection East to Sioux City. * y Several ranchers with aircraft have made flights into O’Neill the^°n^vn00d and supplles for their own immediate families and heir neighbors as well. A few others have managed to get to own with teams and wagons and on horseback to get foodstuffs. Many rural people will have been without full mail service for many days before the routes are serviced again coin with their son, Jarvis, and his family. The Atkins'on Veterans wives club will meet today (Thurs day) at the home of Mrs. Lane Griffin. Kenneth Frohardt returned to Lincoln after spending the Christmas vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Frohardt. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Treck er and son, Ronnie, returned Thursday after having spent the holidays with Mrs. Treck er’s parents at Coleridge. Mrs. A. M. Wurtz left Sun day evening for a few weeks’ in Arizona and California. Miss Helen Wilkinson, of Omaha, and Miss Dorothy Wil kinson, of O’Neill, spent the New Year’s weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Wilkinson. Miss Agnes’ Wil kinson. Mr. Wilkinson’s sister, was also a guest. She is from Columbus. Mrs. Lulu Eyer, of Santa Monica, Calif., visited last Thursday at the Glen Butter field home. Mrs. Eyer is a cousin of Mr. Butterfield’s. Helen Marstens was in Om i aha Wednesday, December L9, on business'. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Burgess I visited Sunday in Schuyler with Mrs. Burgess’ father, Frank Basta. Mr. Basta is re covering from a broken neck suffered several months' ago. The cast has been removed. The grocery department of the Hoskins store is being clos | ed out. The firm has been in the grocery business since 1886. Expansion of other de partments is the reason for closing out the grocery line, Manager George Verzal said. 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