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VOLUME 69—NUMBER 2___ O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. MAY 19. 1949_ _ PRICE 7 CENTS
When You and I Were Young —
Outpouring of People Greets Remnants
of Company M Back from Spanish War
50 YEARS AGO
May 18. 1899
Jesse, son of R H. Mills, had
a hairstanding and bone-ach
ing experience the other day. ]
While at play with companions
near the Nye and Schneider
Co. elevator one of the boys
threw Jesse’s hat into the el-1
evator and when he went in
after it he became caught in
the dump in such a manner as
to bring the weight of the hea
vy trap door accross his body.
It was thought for a time that
his injuries would prove fatal,
but by due diligence he was
brought out alright.
The Frontier sees by the Ne
braska Wesleyan, published by
the Wesleyan university at
Lincoln, that a former O’Neill
boy, Oran Bowen, is winning
distinction at the university as
an orator. Oran is a young
man possessing rare abilities, a
clean character and will forge
his way to the front.
A great outpouring of people
greeted the incoming passen
ger train from the East at the
Elkhorn depot Sunday night.
As the train steamed in the
O’Neill Cornet band struck up
a familiar air and every neck
was stretched and every eye
strained to see the soldiers.
Company M was on board and
those who gathered on the
same platform nearly a year
ago to bid the boys farewell
now clasped their hands in
welcoming them home.
Seven of the boys, Lt.
Charles Hall, Sgt. John Ol
son, Cpls. Foster and Wag
oner Thomas Lunch, and
Pvts. Frank Judd, Niles Ben- j
net and Otto Clevish, got off
at O'Neill while the others
went on to their homes at
Atkinson, Stuart and New
port.
The regiment left Augusta.
Ga., on Thursday afternoon at
3 o’clock. Several members
stopped at different points on
the way, hence the company
was pretty well thinned out by
the time it reached O’Neill.
Carriages were in waiting for
the men, who were driven to
Hotel Evans, where they were
banqueted. Mayor Harmon
made a short but very appro
• priate address, Col. Neil Bren
nan and Lieutenant Hall also
made short speeches. The boys
were all looking well and
show no special indications of
having contracted anything
serious from eating “embalmed
beef.”
Three sports of the hobo
specie struck town sometime
yesterday and attempted to
create a famine in intoxicants
by getting outside all the bug
juice in town. About 6:30*
when nearly all the clerks in
Mann’s store were at supper,
two of them entered the store.
One of them engaged Jim Gal
lagher’s attention looking over
the makintosch stock, while
the other chap concealed a suit
about his person. As they were
leaving the store, Mr. Mann
saw the stolen suit. Night
watchman Coyne was sent for,
arrested the men and placed
them in the city jail. The
third party has not been seen j
since the arrest.
25 YEARS AGO
May 15, 1924
The recent Democratic con
vention in Lincoln discloses |
the fact that in order for the
affairs to make a creditable
showing the services of the en
tire Holt county delegation and
many former Holt county cit
izens had to be pressed into
service, and were otherwise
recognized by the convention.
Hon. J. A. Donohoe, one of the
principal Democratic leaders of
the county, was given a place
upon the platform committee:
Hon. John A. Harmon, another
old wheel horse of the party,
was recognized by the conven
tion and placed upon the com
mittee to select eight presiden
tial electors. As a result Hon.
T. V. Golden was chosen as
one of the electors; J. F. O’
Donnell was re-elected state
central committeeman from
this county. Hon. Arthur F.
Mullen, formerly of O’Neill, of
course, was the principal man
ipulator of the party machin
ery and had much to do with
the actions taken by the gath
ering.
J. H. Hanley, of Omaha,
another former O'Neill man.
and the manager of the cam
paign of the "square six"
commissioners, who were re
cently elected in Omaha, was
also an active worker in the
convention.
John Moler returned early
last week from Marshalltown,
la., where he was called by the
death of his brother, Mark,
who resided between Mar
shalltown and Lamoille, la. Mr.
Moler enjoyed the pleasure of
eating dinner at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Hough, who
were residents of O’Neill about
25 years ago. Mr. and Mrs.
Hough are comfortably located
in Marshalltown and have en
massed considerable of this
world’s goods and are enjoy
ing life.
Roy Parker, of Page, sold
two loads of fat Hereford
steers at $10.70 per hundred
weight, within a nickle per
hundred of the top price at the
Sioux City market May 6. Mr.
Parker, who is one of the big
feeders of this county, pur
chased the steers in Cherry
county last Fall. The 35 head
sold averaged 1,085.
10 YEARS AGO
May 18. 1939
Mrs. Althea Wertz died at
her home south of Star at 5 a.
m. last Monday morning, after
a short illness of a severe at
tack of flu, at the age of 79
years, seven months, 24 days.
The funeral was held Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at
the residence. Rev. V. C.
Wright, of the Methodist
church, officiated and burial
was in the Minneola cemetery
at the side of her husband, who
passed away on June 1, 1927.
George Syfie, the merchant
prince, cattleman and farmer
of the Northern part of the
county, was looking after bus
iness matters in this city on
Tuesday. George says that it is
very dry in his section and
that small grain has' been dam
aged by drought.
Russell Siders, son of Ever
ett Siders, Northeast of O’
Neill, and grandson of Robert
Taylor, who formerly lived
North of this city, was killed
in an automobile accident
when he was struck by an
automobile while riding a bi
cycle on the streets' of Clarin
da, la., a few weeks ago. Rus
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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
Home Ec Class
Makes Dresses
By DOROTHEA STORJOHANN
Special Correspondent
ATKINSON — This reporter
recently visited the Atkinson
high school home economics
room, supervised by Dorothy
Vahle.
A display of four attractive
dresses in the home economics
display window attracted my
attention.
Tags on the dresses revealed
the names of the seamstresses
and the cost of each dress: A
two-piece print dress, by Nor
ma Anderson, was made at a
cost of $3.33; a two-piece gabar
dine dress, made by Darline
Burgess, cost her $5; a brown
ehambray, princess style, cost
Ila Mae Johnson, $5.
Virginia Ankney’s print two
piece of rayon was made at a
cost of $3.85.
In the classroom, I found sev
eral girls busily sewing on their
dresses.
A few questions and I
found that Joan Brennaman,
sophomore, was making an
aqua percale dress, princess
style. She said it cost her $3.
Ruby Meyer, a freshman, was
making a percale dress at a cost
of less than $3.
Maxine Seger, sophomore,
made a green two-piece rayon
for about $5.
Shirley Steskal, sophomore,
was working on a two-piece blue
butcher-linen dress.
Shirley Rohrs, sophomore,
had finished her aqua butcher
linen.
Maureen Murphy, freshman,
was pressing her coral butcher
linen two-piecer.
Percale dresses at a cost of
about $3 each, were made by
freshmen girls, Sandra Gilman,
Ruth Miller, Kathleen Huebert,
Darlene Bausch, Norma Jean
Kenney, Bethene Anderson, Co
leen Kennedy, Phyllis Watson,
Glenna Enbody, and Carol Lech.
Freshman Doris Bogues finish
ed dress was of blue chambray.
Vivian Lemmer, sophomore, also
1 made one of brown chambray.
Arlene Greenwood, sophomore,
made a two-piece of red suiting.
Mary Coleman, sophomore,
1 had a blue gabardine suit.
Other sophomore girls are
Lois Ratliff, who made a red
bolero suit dress; Onie McClurg,
a frost point blue-grey suit; Don
na Rae Wondercheck, a two
piece rayon dress; Shirley Roth,
a red gabardine two-piece dress;
Joan Humphrey, a two-piece
dress in aqua butcher linen; Na
dine Everett, made a blue two- !
piece butcher linen suit; Betty |
Scripture, a yellow two-piece ’
linen dress. |
The home economics girls
sponsored a tea Tuesday, for
their mothers. Girls modeled
their dresses and two films
were shown, “You re on Your
Own” and “Home Nursing.”
sell was 15 years of age and j
had been staying with rela- j
tives at Clarinda attending
school where he was a junior
in high school.
O’Neill Locals
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Down
ey returned on Tuesday from
Rapid City, S. D,, where they
had spent a week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. DeBack
er left Sunday for Omaha
where they spent a few days
on business.
James Bridges’ and a class
mate, Keith Heftley, spent the
weekend visiting the former’s
mother, Mrs. Alice Biidres.
Both boys attend Nebraska Wes
leyan university in Lincoln.
Keith Anspach spent the
weekend visiting at the home
of his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Harden Anspach. Keith attends
Norfolk busienss college.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Hiatt
and children were Sunday din
ner guests at the Edward Mc
Manus home.
John F. Pribil returned Sat
urday from a week’s stay with
his son, Joseph Pribil, and Mrs.
Pribil, of Newman Grove.
Miss Audrey Nelson, of
Spencer, was a weekend guest
at the L. D. Putnam home.
Mrs. Putnam and children
drove her home Sunday and
visited Mrs Putnam’s mother.
Mrs. Ella Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yantzie
Mr. and Mrs. Don Martin and
Edward Martin went to Lake
Andes, S. D, Sundav.
Mr. and Mrs. WTilliam Wat
son and daughter, of Ord, for
merly of O’Neill visited at the
home of Mrs. Theresa Murray
and at Mr. Watson’s parents’.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Watson, in
Inman Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Gravbiel.
of Neligh, were guests Sunday
at the home of Mrs. Agnes
Sullivan.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mason
attended a business meeting in
Grand Island Saturday.
Ralph H Walker left Mon
day for Omaha where he re
mained for a few days.
Mrs Dale Buckmaster and
Mrs. A. W. Carroll spent Sat
urday in Norfolk op business.
Hear Reports on
District Meeting
INMAN—The Woman’s Socie
i tv of Christian Service met at
the church parlors on Thursday,
May 12.
A covered dish lunch was
served at noon.
Mrs. Ralph Moore presided at
the business session and Miss
Elsie Krueger had charge of the
devotionals. Mrs. Karl Keyes and
Mrs. Lewis Kopecky, jr., gave
reports on the annual district
conference and missionary so
ciety meeting at Norfolk recent
ly
Honored on
Anniversaries —
INMAN — Mrs. Clarence Han
sen and Mrs. Harvey Tompkins
entertained at a birthday anni
versary party Friday afternoon
at the Hansen country home in
honor of their sons, Roland and
Roger. Their little classmates
and teacher, Miss Mildred Key
es, were guests. Games were en
joyed. Refreshments, including
birthday cake, were served at
the close of the afternoon.
ATTEND FUNERAL
INMAN — Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Farewell and family attended
the funeral of their nephew,
Marvin Farewell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Laurence Farewell, on Fri
day at Atkinson.
Other Inman News
Mrs. Tom Hutton was hostess
to the YM club at her home" on
Tuesday, May 10. Dinner was
served to the guests at noon
and the afternoon was spent
socially.
Mrs. Jennie Crosser was hos
tess to the LL club at her home
Wednesday afternoon, May 11.
The time was spent with needle
work and visiting. Mrs. Crosser
served refreshments at the close
of the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kesten
holtz and family are now locat
ed in the new “prefab” cottage
recently erected on the L. R. and
Harvey Tompkins ranch. South
of town. Mr. Kestenholtz has
been employed on this ranch for
some time and his family is now
with him.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Smith re
turned on Tuesday, May 10, af
ter spending several days at
Emmet at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Conard and Mary
Lou.
Mrs. Stuart Hartigan, of Nor
folk, spent the past week at the
E. L. Watson and Leo Mossman
homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith McGraw
and John Patrick returned to
Crete Monday after spending
the past weekend at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGraw.
Ernest Brunckhorst, Kenneth
Coventry, Fred Moore and Tom
Watson spent a couple of days
the past week at the Lake An
des, S. D., fishing.
Mrs. Stella Vargason and
daughter, Linda, came on last
Thursday morning. May 12, from
Lusk, Wyo., and is spending a
couple of weeks at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Earl Miller,
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Watson
and daughter, Betty Joe, of Ord,
spent the weekend here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wat
son.
Elwin Smith drove to Norfolk
last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark and
son. Tom, drove to Omaha Sat
urday to meet their * daughter,
Mrs. Ray Tjessem, and daughter,
Sandra Joan, of Hinsdale, 111.,
who will spend a couple of weeks
in the Clark home. Mr. and Mrs.
James McMahan accompanied
as Norfolk where .
they spent the day.
Miss Genevieve Brunckhorst,
a recent graduate of the Norfolk
beauty college, has successfully
passed the- state board examin
ations and is now a full-time op
erator at the O’Neill beauty sa
lon.
The Ernest Brunckhorst home
in the South part of town was
the scene of a family gathering
on Sunday when all of their chil
dren were home for the day.
Guests included: Mr. and Mrs.
George L. Colman, jr., and fam
ily, John Faye, Audry, Genev
ieve and Barbara.
George Conard, who has spent
the Winter in Deer Island, Ore.,
returned to Inman Monday after
noon.
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HOME EC GIRLS
IN STYLE SHOW
Page Pupils Complete 40
Dresses Despite
Fire Loss
PAGE—The home economics
I and II classes of the Page
high school, sponsored by Mrs.
Ernest Bruce, presented a style
show for mothers and friends
on Friday, at 3 p. m. in the
South room of the IOOF hall.
The sewing classes have been
held only during the last sem
ester of school. Many beauti
ful dresses were completely
ruined by the fire of the school
building, however, the girls
continued their interests, pur
chased new material and pat
terns, and they completed a
total of 40 garments for the
semester. Each girl in the sew
ing I class wr a s required to
complete projects, and the sec
ond year class had to complete
three or more garments.
The style show was divid-*
ed into sections—aprons; dre
ses; shorts; skirts and blous
es. Betty Knudtson was the
narrator and Genelle Park
took charge of the recorder
which supplied a steady flow
of low, sweet music for the
models.
The girls entered the room
through the book “Fashions of
‘49”. Little Connie Riege open
ed the cover of the book for
each one to step through. They
tnen strolled down a path lin
ed with roses to the platform
on which they stepped. They
turned around slowly in the
middle of the platform, strolled
gracefully to tne end, stepped
off, and made their exit.
Judith Trowbridge was the
first model to appear, wearing
her apron and scrubbing a fry
mg pan with a chore girl and a
can of Dutch Cleanser. She was
followed by Maxine Parks,
whose apron protected her while
she cleaned with a broom.
The cotton Summer dresses
1 were next in line. LaVonne Al
bright, Beverly Kelly and Dor
othy Canaday, all sewing II
students, had dresses suitable for
school, shopping or visiting
friends.
Norma Cullen, Maxine Parks,
Erma Held, entered next in
their cotton school dresses. Jud
ith Trowbridge, Joyce Clasey,
and Bessie Hartman had cotton
dresses that would be attractive
for visiting, shopping or club
meetings.
Loma Stevens, Nancy Heiss,
Diana Fusselman and Norma
Cullen modeled next, cotton
dresses, that would be appro
priate for the fair, evening dates
or afternoon walks.
Two pair of shorts were in the
style show. The first were worn
by Betsy Simmons, and she was
ready for a game of croquet.
Judith Trowbridge then appear
ed with a hoe ready for work
in her mother’s garden.
Five skirts and blouses were
modeled—Maxine Parks, Nancy
Heiss, and Bessie Hartman had
cool, neat outfits suitable for
school, meetings, or class par
ties. Erma Held and Diana Fus
sclman were ready for a class
play or to attend League in their
skirls and blouses.
One suit was successfully
sewed by Beverly Kelly. It
was soiled by the fire, but by
quick attention. Beverly wash
ed off the tar, and now has a
neat, attractive looking suit.
It is a cocoa brown, decorated
with a pale blue bow worn at
the neckline.
LaVonne Albright’s eyelet
blouse and pink butcher linen
skirt made an appropriate cos
tume for her first day at college.
Joyce Clasey, entered carrying
her white Bible on her way to
attend local services in her ray
on aqua dress with double col
lars featuring scalloped edges
which accented the round neck
line.
Dorothy Canaday was ready
for graduation in her pale blue
one-piece rayon dress. It cer
tainly had an unusual peplum—
the bottom featured points. Bet
sy Simmon’s two-piece aqua
butcher linen with a double row
of tiny tan buttons down the
front looked especially nice for
graduation.
Byrdie Ann Parks completed
a delicate pink nylon blouse
with lace trimming around the
odge of the collar. To go with
this she made a navy blue dod
hn skirt.
Beverly Kelly appeared next
through the cover of the book
in her pink butcher linen ac
cented with large white pique
collar and cuffs. A white belt,
too, was used for trim.
The last sewing II garment
was modeled by Lavonne Al
bright. It was a navy blue taf
feta with large double collars.
Its full skirt, and attractive bod
ice made it especially nice for
dancing, or evening dates.
Little Panelle Bruce then
modeled a pinafore that was
made for her by Bessie Hartman.
The style show was followed
by a small, informal tea, poured
by Beverly Kelly and Betsy
Simmons. Iced tea and lemon
ade, with home made cookies
made up the refreshments.
The guests signed the guest
book as they left with the mem
ory of many nice garments sew
ed by high school students.
Named Secretary of
Class at Illinois 'U' —
Miss Nadene Coyne, of O’Neill,
has been elected secretary of
the senior class at the University
of Illinois college of medicine
for the 1949-’50 school year. She
is a daughter of Mayor and Mrs.
H. E. Coyne.
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