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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1950)
SECTION 3 — PAGES I 7 TO 20 J Air Force Reserve Meeting Scheduled Announcement of a U. S. air force reserve meeting and the proposal to sell new American flags to O’Neill business houses highlighted the March meeting of Simonson post 93 of the American Legion here. J. R. Lyons, of O’Neill, said an Omaha officer would be here April 18 to outline the air force reserve. However, Lyons said, the officer would not make the trip unless he was assured of at least an attendance of 10 in terested men. The proposed selling of new U. S. street display flags to O’ Neill merchants would be hand led jointly by the Boy Scouts of troop 210 and the Legion. The Legion would purchase the flags and Scouts would sell them. J. B. Harty won the $10 cash attendance award and 4 new WW II veterans were accepted as members. They are: Clarence Sauser, Richard Lower, Bryan Dempsey, all of O’Neill, and Jo seph Olinger, of Dubuque, la. Choruses to Take Part in Service ATKINSON — The women’s and the men’s choruses, togeth er with several of the churches of Atkinson, are making plans for an Easter sunrise service, weather permitting. The chor uses, under the direction of the Rev. Orin C. Graff, of the Pres byterian church, will have charge of the program. Minis ters from the other churches will give the scripture readings and the prayers. Those taking part will be Rev. W. C. Birmingham, of the Meth odist church; Rev. Asa Wood, of the Wesleyan Methodist church; and Rev. E. G. Irig, of St. John’s Lutheran church. Further announcement of hour and place will be made next week. Sorority Initiates Miss Gallagher— Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Gallagher were in Lincoln over the weekend where they attend ed the initiation of their daugh ter. Miss Betty, at the Univer sity of Nebraska. Miss Galla gher pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma. A dinner party was h -Id for the initiates and their mothers, which Mrs. Gallagher and her daughter attended. Frontier for Printing ! I Chamber* Pastor Flying to Cuba CHAMBERS — Rev. L. M. McElheron left Monday for Haiti and Cuba to attend some missionary conferences on the islands and to look over the field. He will visit his brother, Rev. and Mrs. Pringle, and fam ily. at Haiti. He drove to Omaha Monday where he took the train for Miami, Fla., from where he planned to go via plane to the islands. Other Chambers News Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Wright and family, of Ewing, w'ere ' Sunday dinner guests of her : parents, Mr. and Mrs. William ' Lehman. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grimes and Bonnie were Sunday din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Wintermote. Mrs. Elsie Obermiller, who teaches in the Emil Leiswald school, is staying with her brother, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Tay lor, in town and driving to school. • <-l 1 A % 9 _ Hii win ^cu^cmci ducuut u a uprebred Shorthorn sale at Neligh Saturday where he had a heifer consigned. The top sell ing bull, consigned by Otto Theide and Sons, of Burton, sold for $800. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Walter and sons, Dwayne and Rodger, drove to Norfolk Saturday. Rev. Duane Hutchinson has moved from a cabin at the Tib bets camp to the Methodist par sonage. Rev. Duane Hutchinson and Lloyd Hilligas drove to Norfolk and Wayne Monday, returning Tuesday. Kenneth Werner drove to Norfolk Monday, March 20, on hi ici np<><s A Methodist Youth Fellow ship district rally was held Sunday at the Methodist church in Chambers. About 40 young people were present from Page, Clearwater and Chambers. Oth er towns were unable to attend because of road and weather conditions. Games were played and a musical program was giv en. Supper was served and in the evening some educational films were shown. Mr. and Mrs. Berl Waldo spent Friday evening in the home of their daughter and son in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Werner, and children. “Voic-e of The Frontier” . . . 780 on your dial . . . 9:45 a. m three times weekly.—Mondays Wednesdays, Saturdays. SICK & INJURED O’NEILL — R H. ("Ray”) Shriner, O’Neill insurance and real estate man who was "criti cally ill” last week with double pneumonia and a heart afflic tion, Sunday was removed by ambulance to a Lincoln hospi tal. Dr. A. L. Smith, sr., and Dr. A. L. Smith, jr., came from Lincoln to accompany him to the hospital . . William Egger is in St. Joseph's hospital in Oma ha. Mrs. Egger returned Satur day after spending a week vis iting her husband. Doctors re port Mr. Egger will remain at the hospital for another week and is “some improved.” . . . Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hull and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Carson took Charles Caywood to an Omaha hospital last Thursday. He was suffering with a broken arm. Mr. Caywood’s address is Uni versity hospital, Ward D, Oma ha . . . Mrs. Horace Crawford is still in University hospital at Omaha . . . Linda Stuifbergen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Stuifbergen, had a tonsilec tomy at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital at Norfolk Friday . . . Leo Matthew's, who was oper ated on at St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha Tuesday, March 21, is “getting along fine.” . . . James J. Kelly returned last Thursday from Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Norfolk. He is felling “just fine.” . . . Mr. and Mrs. Manford Ross are both “shut-ins.” Mrs. Ross is under the doctor’s care. Mr. Ross “is just about the same.” LYNCH — Mrs. L. Sinkey suffered a severe heart attack at the home of Mrs. Bessie Mik kelson on Tuesday, March 21 . . . Lyle Johnson, of Verdel, brought Jack Keating to the Lynch hospital Sunday, March 19. Mr. Keating was suffering with pneumonia . . . George Vc jvoda, of Verdel, came to Lynch Friday to visit his wife, who has been a patient in the Lynch hospital . . . Amos McColley en tered the Veterans’ hospital in Sioux Falls, S. D., last week . , . Mrs. John W. Johnson is ill with flu . . . Helen Reynolds, of Verdel, is a patient in the Sa cred Heart hospital . . . Mrs. Emil Marshall, of Verdel, is “un changed” at Sacred Heart hospi tal .. . Mrs. L. H. Black, of Ver del, is “improved” at Lynch hospital . . . John Kopecky, of Bristow, is “still seriously ill” but somewhat ' improved at Lynch hospital . . . Mrs. Anna Jensen, of Naper, is “fairly good” at Sacred Heart hospital. PAGE — Mrs. Edgar Wood left Thursday night, March 23, for Sioux City where she enter ed St. Vincent’s hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Asher and Mr. Wood left for Sioux City Sunday afternoon to be with Mrs. Wood, who will submit to a major operation Monday morn ing . . . Mrs. John Burtwhistle, of Pilger, who was taken “sud denly ill” at the home of her sister. Mrs. Larabee Kelly, Mon day, March 19, was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes hospital at Norfolk Wednesday morning, March 22, by ambulance. Mr. and Mrs. Larabee Kelly ara staying with Mr. Burtwhistle at his home at Pilger *so they can all visit her each day. . . . Miss Anna Mae Wiseman, who is staying at the A. B. Mc Clure home while attending Page high school, has been ill since Wednesday, March 22, with “strep throat” and lung trouble. DELOIT— Emil Pavlis is ill in an Omaha hospital. . . The Sylvester Venteicher’s visited relatives in Orchard on Wed nesday, March 22. Silvester took his father to Plainview to a doctor during the afternoon. . . Richard McDonald recently returned from the hospital where he underwent surgery. . . Mrs. August Kahloff, for merly of this community, is suffering from rheumatism at her home near Tilden AMELIA—Mike Curran has been re'eased from the Bassett hospital and is convalescing at the home of his brother, James Curran, north of O’Neill. . . . Mrs Duane Carson, Amelia grade teacher, was not able to be in school the first part of the week on account of the ser ious illness of her brother, Walter Scott. REDBIRD—Charles Gifford, of Scottville, stopped here Sun day, March 19, taking home his son, Ray Allen, from the Sac red Heart hospital. Ray Allen is “much improved." CHAMBERS— Kenneth Tay lor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Taylor, of Chambers, was taken to the Norfolk hospital Tuesday for an appendicitis operation. INMAN —■ George Colman, sr., returned Saturday from Sioux City where he had been hospitalized since last Thurs day. CARRIERS REAPPOINTED ATKINSON — Three Atkin star route mail carriers have been reappointed for the next 4 years under a new policy of the postoffice department. In the past, contracts for these 3 routes were awarded through open bidding by those who were interested. Those appointed were: J. I. Henning, star route 4. north on highway 11; D. Ken ny, star route 5, to Amelia; and M Andrus, star route 3, from Atkinson to Josie. All 3 have signed their contracts Entertains Club— Mrs. L. A. Burgess was host ess to the Wednesday afternoon card club. * Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Culver and Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Collins and Curtis and Roy j Cannon, of Burke, S. D., were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Long. Mr. and Mrs. Esmond Weber and family, of Denver, Colo., Friday visited Mrs. Weber’s twin sister, Mrs. Raymond Eby, Mr. Eby and family. • Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dexter, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lorenz and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Green went to Ainsworth Sunday to bowl. Saturday afternoon guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vic tor Halva were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cernousek and daugh ter, Phyllis, of Page. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond and Mr. and Mrs William H. Bowker were in Omaha Friday until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hav ranek and daughter were guests in Atkinson Sunday of his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. James Hav ranek, and her mother, Mrs. Dorothy Barrett. Mrs. May jonnson ana Mrs. M. L. Harmon and family were Sunday dinner guests at the C. D. Harmon home. Mrs. John Lawyer left Friday for her home in Portland, Ore., after having spent a month with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Jonas. She also visited in Ainsworth before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Adamson : .id Judy went to Fullerton Sunday. Business in Cattle Hides Is Booming ATKINSON — Bill Everets. 20, believes he has set a record j for handling cattle hides. Hun dreds of the cattle that perished in the March 7 blizzard have been delivered to a special place to be processed and utilized in various ways. It is Bill’s job to take the hides from the animals. This is not a pleasant job but one that must be done if the cattle are not a total loss. Bill has taken as many as 40 hides a day. At one time, he removed 106 in 3 days Harley Everets, Bill’s father, pays Bill by the head and the hides are marketed in a lump : ipment. Frank Meyer*, 56, Dies in Hospital CHAMBERS — Frank Meyers, | 56, of Ewing, a veteran of World War I, died Sunday, March 26, at the Lutheran hospital in Nor ; folk following a lingering ill* I ness. Mr. Meyers was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mey | ers, formerly of Chambers. He served in France during World War I and has been a member of the American Legion post, of Ewing. Survivors include: wife—Al 1 ta; son — Richard Meyers, of Lincoln; daughter — Mrs. Mary Hopkins, of O’Neill; brother — William Meyers, of Bonesteel, I S. D.; sisters — Mrs. Jessie Goodspeed, of Oakdale, and Mrs. Ellenor Tompson, of Flint, Mich.: half-sister — Mrs. Arth ur Fluckey, of Chambers; two | granddaughters; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 29, at the j Baptist church in Chambers. Atkinson Lions Club Is Revived— ATKINSON — Twenty-seven people signed up as members of the Atkinson Lions club in Atkinson Thursday, March 23. It was intimated at the Wed nesday, March 22, meeting of the Service club officers and board of directors, that ranch ers, farmers and employees of local business firms would be invited to join the new organi zation. The Service club was original ly a Lions club back in 1932 and members voted recently to have their charter reinstated. A. T. Holcomb, a representative of • International Lions clubs, was here last week to help with the arrangements for reorginization. CHURCH NOTES METHODIST 'Chambers) Rev. Duane Hutchinson, pastor Sunday-school, 10:30, Claire Grimes, superintendent. Worship, 11:30 a.m. MYF, 7 p.m. BAPTIST (Chambers) Rev. L. M McElheron, pastor Sunday-school, 10 a.m., Ver non Smith, superintendent. Worship. 11 a.m. BYP, 7 p.m. Worship, 8 p.m. ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN ' (Chambers) Rev. L. A. 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