Teen Tattler —
Snooping Produces Variety of Gift
Wants from City’s Teenage Crowd
1 BY PAT BRENNAN
Haah! Well, that big day is
sneaking up to Us, so I thought
I’d better hurry and get that
letter off to Santa. There are
so many things that all you
guys and gals want.
First we’ll have a little
news. “Madonna’s Choice”, a
Christmas operetta, was pre
sented last Monday night in
honor of St.
Patrick’s new
priest here.
Very Rev.
Timothy O’
Sullivan, by
the St. Mary’s
music depart
ment. Father
O’Sulli van
has come to
take the place
of the Rt.
Rev. J. G.
Me Namara.
who died No
Pat
Brennan
("Father Mac’O
DRS. BENNETT &
COOK
VETERINARIANS
— O'NEILL —
Phones: 318, 424, 304
In the
Christmas
mood,
we
'wish you
all
happiness
MERRY CHRISTMAS
PISBORNE’Q
Tlu Family SW» StoW
O'NEILL
James Harty, Mgr.
BggmnGs
OUR WARM AND SIM
CEREST GREETINGS GO
OUT TO VOU AT THIS
'HAPPIEST SEASON OF
THE YEAR.
! O’NEILL INSURANCE AGENCY
f
Ben Oetter
[ Woody Grim
! Phone 434 O’Neill
I
vember 2. He was a great loss
to the tenagers of St Mary's.
We take thi* opportunity
to wish Father O'Sullivan
the best of luck here at St.
Patrick's and we hope he
will feel at home as Father
“Mac" always did.
In basketball the O’Neill
Eagles lost to Ainsworth but
they won over Bassett. St.
Mary's lacked two points of
beating St. Joseph’s of Atkin
son during the past week.
Having snooped around the
different meeting and gather
ing places of the teenagers, I
finally got the following letter
off to Santa:
Dear Santa.
“You’ll really have to be
something to get everyone
what they want, but maybe if
you hunt hal'd enough, you
might be able to get one or
the other.
“Vcrle Rayla wants a re
cord player. Marilyn Lindberg
wants' a new flute. Bruce Mc
Elhaney wants ‘El Oapitan’
played at every band concert.
Don Hagen sick wants a Cadil
lac (any year). Shorty Miles
wants his football shoes bronz
ed and used bookends in the
senior classrooms. He also
wants another undefeated sea
son for the Cards six.
“Hope Condon wants a dif
ferent plaid scarf and a con
vertable. Don Godel wapts his
brother’s dancing shoes and
his ability to hit the basket.
“Ted Lindberg doesn’t want
anything but he needs a pair
of elevated shoes. Hank Man
gan wants something ‘bright'.
The barber shop quartet (Ed
McCarthy, Larry Morris, Shor
ty Miles and John OTNeill)
wants an audition for televis
ion- The chorus girls (Nancy
Beha, Kiffie Golden, Berna
dette Hynes, Loraine Siminson
and Marde Birmingham) want
a new accompanist and an en
gagement for Christmas. Mary
El.en Steele needs a new
(voice after her last concert at
St. Mary’s. The senior board
ers need a new ‘spiral stair
case.’
“Marilyn Mangan wants a
certain blond guy with a new
car. Pat Cullen wants some
handsome guy to break her
resolution. Jean Kallhoff wants
good weather so that a certain
someone won’t have any trouble
coming across the orchard. Pat
Mullen wants a French outfit
to go with her French actions.
“Maude Birmingham wants
some hair (any color) Alice
Scofield hopes for a 1950 Cad
illac. Betty Gallagher (from
Inman) wants a watch. Donna
Crabb wants a “White Christ
mas”. Charles Beilin wants
more adventure and animal
stories from the public library.
"George Fuller, a sub-leen
agr, wants a filling station
to take care of all the Cad
illacs and convertibles want,
ed by a few of the teenagers.
“Duane Weier wants a new
bottom for his band uniform.
Mary Murphy wants to see a
city at Christmas time. John
Bowen wants a bigger bass
horn. Kathryn Judge wants a
‘fox’ and not a wolf. Helen
Harty and Mary Lou Wilson
would like all band money
from St. Mary’s in before
school dismissed. Marjorie Tro
synski and Mary Hynes want
the boy cheer leaders.
“The basketball teams want
more victories and the teen
Tattler wants more news.
“Thanks Santa”. ,
Merry Christmas to every
one!
Club in Luncheon—
ATKINSON—The Utile Dulce
club was entertained at Mrs
Fred Jungman’s in a 1 o’clock
luncheon. There was a gift ex
change.
Give The Frontier for Xmas!
1949
The candles are born
\
ing low lor 1949. but
£
‘ tbebrigbl andcbeertol
dawn ol a New Year is
yours lor Ibe taking
THE
L. D. PUTNAM
FAMILY
THE NU - WAY CAFE
— O’NEILL —
Will be closed from 7:00 P.M. Christmas
Eve until 8:00 A.M. Monday, December
26.
Wishing all our friends and patrons a
very Merry Christmas and a Haplpy New
Year.
MR. AND MRS. LLOYD CORK
MR. AND MRS. JACK BARR
REDBIRD NEWS
Mrs. Albert Carson called in
Redbird Saturday, December
10.
Gene Hrbek was here Mon
day, December 12.
Miss Eva Truax was a visit
or in Redbird Monday, De
cember 12
Claude Pickering was in
Redbird Monday, December 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas His
cock were here Monday, De
cember 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Luedt
ke and John Coakley were vis
itors in Redbird Monday, De
cember 12. They were enroute
to Dorsey where they visited
Mr. and Mrs. George Kruse
and family.
Fred Turax, sr., was in Red
bird on business Monday, De
cember 12
Halsey Hull vsited in Red
bird Monday, December 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wells and
girls were callers here Mon
day. December 12.
Mrs. Florence Harris was in
Redbird Monday, December 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Podany
were among the visitors in
Redbird Monday, December 12
Fred Turax and Ray Wilson
were among the callers here
Tuesday, December 13.
Robert Wells was in Red
bird Wednesday, December 14.
Mrs. Max Grenier and Mrs.
Walter Tomlinson, of O’Neill,
were in Redibird Thursday, De
cember 15
Virgil Wilson was here Thurs
day. December 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Halsey Hull
and John Hull were among
the calers here Friday, Decem
ber 16
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bes
sert went to O’Neill on busi
ness Friday, December 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Conard
Rnd daughter were in Redbird
Fiay, Decembe 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ladely
visited in Redbird Friday, De
cember 16
Albert Carson was here Fri
day. December 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ruzicka,
of Dorsey, were visitors at
Pete Mores’ December 16.
Claude Pickering translated
business in Lynch Friday, De
cember 16.
Edward Carson was in Red
bird Friday, December 16.
Mrs. Clifford Wells was here
Friday. December 16.
T C. White, of Scottville,
visited at Redbird Saturday,
Deeemberl7.
Dick Turax was in Redbird
Saturday, December 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hiseock
went to Lynch Saturday, De
cember 17.
Robrt Wells visited Beryle
Bessert Saturday, December 17.
' Howard Graham was here
Saturday. December 17.
Edward Krugman. of Minn
eola, and Harvey Krugman of
Opportunity, were visitors in
Redbird Saturday, December
17.
Albert Carson and son were
in Redbird Saturday, Deeem
l?er 17
Mr. Connley and Mr. Pick
ering were here Saturday, eve
ning December 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cihlar were
visitors in Redbird Saturday,
December 17.
A. A. Bessert and son, haul
edwood to Redbird postoffice
Saturday, December 17
Lee Wells autoed to Lynch
Saturday, December 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete More vis
ited friends in Lynch Sunday,
December 18.
Send Package io
Childrens' Home—
ATKINSON — The Atkin
son Extension club held a
Christmas party at the home
of Mrs- Ralph Ries1 on Wednes
day, December 14. Mrs. War
ren Marr was assistant hostess.
The Christmas tree was
weighted down with gifts. Each
guest had brought a gift for
her mystery sister—one for the
grab bag and several for the
box to be packed and sent to
Mothers Jewel’s home for chil
dren at York
These gifts were many and
varied. Mrs. Roy Ries and Mrs.
John Silverstrand packed the
box at the home of Mrs. Ries
Friday evening and sent it on
its way.
Anyone is welcome to don
ate to these boxes which the
club hopes to send quite re
gularly during the new year.
A donation of $21 was given
to the Atkinson hospital._
ATKINSON NEWS
Mrs P. _ T. Schultz accam
panied Charles E. Chace to
Denver, Colo, Friday where
she visited at the home of her
son, Elvon, and family. Mrs.
Chace and the children, who
had been in Denver for sev
eral weeks, returned home
with them Sunday. They came
home by way of Minden to
see the Christmas lights.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Weller
expect to leave Saturday or
Sunday for an extended trip
through Arizona and California.
They will spend some time in
Phoenix, Ariz., and Los An
geles, Calif., and will be away
about six weeks.
Dean Keating, who is enroll
ed at the University of Colo
rado college of arts and scienc
es at Boulder, came home Fri
day, December 16, to spend the
holidays with his mother, Mrs.
Opal Keating. Dean is taking
a pre-medical course and is a
member of the student council.
He is a member of the univer
sity’s men’s chorus and is a
member of the freshmen bas
ketball team. He will be home
about two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Burgess
and family were in Norfolk
Saturday, December 17, on a
combined business and pleas
ure trip. The Burgesses have
just recently completed the re
modeling of their farm home.
It now has eight rooms includ
ing an entirely modern kitchen,
bathroom and utility room.
They also have their own light
and runnning water facilities.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brum
baugh, of Bradshaw, are mak
ing their home on the Elven
White farm Northwest of At
kinson. The Brumbaugh’s have
two little daughters, Judy and
Lonnie
Mrs. Guy Stiedman, of Mar
tin, S. D., visited at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Wm. Wefgo,
Tuesday.
Mercedes O’Connell, who is
attending school at Mt. Scho
lista in Atchison, Kans., came
Friday to spend the holidays
at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connell.
Mercedes was honor student at
St. Joseph’s hall last Spring.
This is her first trip home
since school began.
Mr. and Mrs- Pat Corrigan
went to Omaha Saturday, De
cember 17, to visit Mr. Corri
gan’s sister, Mrs. Julia Sam
ples, who is in St. Joseph’s
hospital there. They will also
visit Mrs. Corrigan’s sister,
Mrs. Corrigan’s sisters, Mrs
Stanley Pomiictor, and Mrs.
Alex Cwertnia. John Heinow
ski is looking after the farm
while they are away.
James White is home from
Norfolk to spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. S- White.
Bud Bailin took his mother,
Mrs. S. M. Bailin, to O’Neill
Sunday where she boarded the
bus to return to her home in
Sioux City. Mrs. Bailin had
been assisting in the closing
of Bui Lin Bros. store in Atkin
son. While here she was a
guest at the home of Mrs. P.
T. Schu’tz and an honor guest
at many other Atkinson homes.
The Bailins lived in Atkinson
until the death of Mr. Bailin
and had many friends and ac
quaintances here who were
glad of the opportunity to re
new these relationships. Bud
wi'l remain for a while longer, i
Wilmer (“Bud”) West is ex
pected home today (Thursday)
from his station at Ft. Riley,
Kans. Bud is the eldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Eli McConnell.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shaw
will leave Saturday, Decem
ber 24, to spend Christmas
with their son, Ned, and faim
ily in Bassett. Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Shaw, of Lincoln, are ex
pected Friday, December 23,
and will accompany the elder
Shaws to Bassett for the holi
day. Jack and Ned are broth
ers.
Mrs. Edward Ries returned
Sunday, December 18, from
Omaha where she had been
for medical treatment.
Mrs. V. Faust returned
Thursday, December 15, from
Brookings, S. D, where she
had been visiting at the homes
of her mother, Mrs. C. W. Bell
ville, and her sister, Mrs. W.
B. Hanson.
Viilt Ainsworth—
Mr. and Mrs. C. E Arra
smith and Mr. and Mrs.- Owen
Herbert were in Ainsworth
Sunday.
JOHN R. GALLAGHER
Aitorney-ai-Law
rint Nan Bank Bldg.
O'Neill Phone 11
May all the wonderful things
that go with Christmas be
yours in the fullest abundance
this year.
From all of us
here to all of you-a
most happy holiday
O'NEILL CLEANERS
•4" -i\
L. A. Becker, Owner
Phone 30 O’Neill i
(
d$ \i 1949
For a smile on every face
and a carol in every heart
\ we commend you to the spirit
-Vy^ of Christmas.
Happy holiday.
Moore-Noble Lumber
* 4 ‘ - t
and Coal Co.
O’NEILL PHONE 32
