Blackmore Family
Feted in Farewell
CELIA—A surprise farewell
party was held for the Bernard
Blackmore family Sunday eve
ning, August 20. The Black
mores are leaving the Joe Hend
ricks farm to live on the Ted
Baumeister ranch.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Margritz and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mitchell
and lazily, Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Colfax^nd family, Mr. and Mrs.
William Meusch and Mr. and |
Mrs. Vernon Beckwith and j
daughter and Miss Billy Wil- ;
liamson, of O’Neill.
Other Celia News
Marvin Rouse, of Inman,
helped Milton McKathnie hay
the past week. Stanley and Al
bert Johnson and Ed Bausch
mane up tne hay gang. They
finished McKathnie’s hay and
are now putting up hay for
Stanley Jonnson.
Mrs. Pitchall (the former Dor
is Keys) and her husband, of
Grand island, spent Friday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Gene j
Livingston.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pence, of i
York, Nebr., visited the George I
Beck family Friday, August 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Pence were former
neighbors when all lived in
Cleveland neighborhood.
Buddy Focken has been help
ing Marvin Focken the past
Week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Arp visit
ed the Emil Colfax family Sun
day afternoon, August 20.
Mr, and Mrs. R. M. Pease, of
O'Neill, visited the Ray Pease
family Monday, August 14.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hummer
berg went to Wichita, Kans., on
Tuesday, August 22, and took
their daughter, Mrs. E. W.
Samms, and Diane, who have
been visiting their farm home
the past 2 weeks, to their home
in Wichita. The Haminerbergs
will spend a few days in Wichi
ta belore returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Milner are
taking care of the O. A. ilam
merberg farm while Mr. and
Mrs. Hammerberg are in Wich
ita. _ .
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Mr. ana Mrs. utucjiu
son, of Stuart, aie helping Du
ane Beck put up hay.
Charles, Edith and Linda
Chuffin visited the Mark Hend
ricks children while their moth
er took Francis to the dentist re
cently. , .
Mrs. Emma McKathme came
on Saturday evening for a few
days’ visit with her son, Milton,
and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Consta-1
ble, of Worthington, Minn.,
came Friday, August 18, for ®
visit with her sister, Mis. D. t.
Scott, and family. They left
Monday for Minnesota.
Mr. and Mis. Charles Mlinar,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith and
Lelie were Sunday, August 13,
dinner guests of the George
Beck family. In the afternoon
they toured the Cleveland
neighborhood.
Mr;. Victor Frickel und chil
dren visited the O. A. Hammer
berg family Sunday afternoon,
August 20. ,
Most of the Celia people at
tended hay days celebration in
Atkinson. The parades were
“especially good.”
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fock
en and family visited the LeRoy
Hoffman family Sunday after
noon, August 20.
Mrs. Charles Dobias and sons,
Roger and Rodney, visited the
O. A. Hammerberg family in
day, August 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence lock
en and children visited the O.
A. Hammerberg family Friday
afternoon and took Arlene
Greenwood home with them
for an overnight visit. She re
! turned Saturday night.
Alec Frickel went to Lincoln
] on Saturday, August 19, and
brought Adolph Swartz and son,
Jack, of Lincoln, home with j
him for a visit. Alec returned j
home Sunday evening. Mrs. Ad- 1
olph Swartz and daughter, Mary
Lou, came by bus Tuesday. The r
Connie Frickel, jr., family took
the Swartz family to their home ,
in Lincoln Frinday. They re-1
turned home Sunday evening,
August 2(J.
A family reunion was held !
Thursday night, August 17, at
the Frickel brothers home, hon
oring the Adolph Swartz fam
ily, of Lincoln. Others present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Bennett
Smith and family, of Butte; Mr.
and Mrs. Connie Frickel and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Beck
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Frickel and family, Mr. and Mrs.
George Syfic and Judy, and Mr.
and Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman and
sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Mellor were
Sunday, August 20, guests at the
Leonard Chaffin home.
Fred Cearns visited the Mark
Hendricks family from Thurs
day to Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hendricks
and children, Mrs. Melba Pea
body and Mrs. J. R. Jarvis spent
Sunday, August 20, visiting the
Cliff Meisner and Harry Eyer
families in Royal.
Dennis Murphy At
94th Milestone
EMMET — Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Murphy and Maureen and Ron- .
nie and Mr. and Mrs. rnie Wed
gie recently attended the fam
ily reunion at the Dennis Mur
phy farm home.
The occasion was Mr. Mur- ;
phy's 94th birthday annivers- ;
ary. He was born in Illinois in
1856. j
Around 51 relatives attended. ,
Other Emmet News
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Kloppen
borg and daughter, Wynona
and Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Klop
penborg were Sunday dinner ]
guests at the Henry Kloppen- j
borg home- The occasion was <
Donnie Kloppenborg’s birthday
anniversary. 1
Mrs. Henry Schaaf, of Atkin- \
son, and Mrs. Joe Winkler were
Thursday afternoon, August 17, ,
visitors of Mi s. Leo Weichman. |.
Sunday visitors at the Chas <
Abart home were Mr. and Mrs. j
Ouart, of Stuart; Mr. and Mrs. i
Paul Schuhtz, of Atkinson, and
Mr. and Mrs Keith Abart and .
family, of O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs.<Harry Little and
daughter, Beverly, of Omaha. ;
aie visiting her parents,, Mr
and Mrs. Alex McConnell, and
other relatives for several days. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Benze .
and Patrick, of O’Neill, were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. j
and Mrs- Jerrold Dusatko. Mary ,
Helen and Carmen Benze re- !
turned home with them after
spending the weekend visiting j
their grandparents.
Friday evening visitors of j
Mrs. Agnes 'Gaffney were Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Harris and Mr |
and Mrs. Kennie Harris, of To- I
peka, Kans.
Wednesday, August 16, over- 1 (
night guests of Mr. and Mrs. ,
Harold Mlinar were, Mr. and
Mrs.' Fred Busey and 6on, of
Norfolk- Mrs. Busey is a cou
sin of Mi's. Mlinar.
Miss Ruby Kloppenborg 6pent
Sunday visiting her parents.
Mr, and Mrs. Henry Kloppen
borg. She is employed at the
Le Roy Dobrovolny home near
Atkinson.
Miss Mardell Hagelstein spent
Sunday and Monday visiting
Marlene Peterson at O’Neill.
Melvin Luben arrived home
Saturday morning after spend
ing a week visiting his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs, Charles
Luben, at Inman.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fox
spent Wednesday, August 16,
at Hastings visiting relatives.
Mrs. Maude Sesler and Mrs.
Neil Williams, of Valentine,
spent from Tuesday night, Au
gust 15. until Friday visiting at
the Clarence Farr home.
Mrs. Ed Flood, of O'Neill,
and Mrs. Agnes Gaffney were
Saturday afternoon visitors of
Mrs. Clara Jennings and Mrs.
Anna Weller at Atkinson.
Mrs. Howard Newton and
son, Dewey, of O’Neill, and
Mrs. Wm." Newton visited at
the Dean Perry home Wednes
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ATOP EMPIRE STATE . ., Two daughters of Dr. H. L. Bennett
(above) visiting in New York City recently, are shown on the
terrace of the 86th floor observatory of the Empire state build
ing, 1,050 feet above the intersection of 34th street and Fifth
avenue. They also visited the glass-enclosed 102nd floor ob
servatory at the very top of the world’s tallest building, 1,250
feet above street level. Shown in the photo (left to right) are:
Miss Barbara Bennett, of O’Neill, and her sister, Mrs. K. P.
Feree, of Alexandria, Va.
day afternoon, August 16.
Mrs. Owen Hayes, of Atkin
son, spent -Saturday visiting at
the Clarence Farr home.
Mrs. Les Perry and children,
of St. Francis, Kans., and Mrs.
Bill Strong and daughter, La
Veena, of O’Neill, were supper
guests at the Dean Perry home
Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Brown, of O’Neill,
George Thorton, of Chambers,
and John Feurer, and Ed Wink
ler, of Butte, were Thursday
evening visitors at the Joe
Winkler home.
Little Jackie Cole, son of Mr.
and Mrs- Bob Cole, spent the
weekend with his grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Humpal, and
Marilyn at Atkinson.
Miss Ruby f’ox, of O’Neill,
and Mrs. Wayne Fox were hos
tess to a surprise miscellaneous
shower given in honor of Miss
Opal Fox, of O'Neill, at the
Wayne Fox home Friday eve
ning, August 18. Twenty-four
guests attended. Games were
played after which a lunch of
ice cream, cake and coffee were
served. Miss Fox received many
gifts. Miss Fox will become
the bride of George Bosn on
September 4.
Mr. and Mrs- James O’Con
nor and daughter, Marybelle,
and Norma Lou Foreman were
Sunday afternoon visitors at
the Hugh O’Connor home at
Atkinson.
Mrs. Earl Farr and sons, of
O'Neill, visited at the Clarence
Farr home Sunday evening.
Misses Donna and Betty Per
ry were Tuesday, August 16,
luncheon gifests at the Frank
Foreman home. The occasion
was Jeanie Kay Foreman’s 5th
birthday anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wink
ler and family, of Atkinson,
were Sunday evening visitors
at the Joe Winkler home.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Krug
man and son, of Atkinson, were
Sunday supper guests at the
Harold Mlinar home.
Miss Opal Fox and George
Bosn, of O’Neill, were Sunday
guests at the Wayne Fox home.
Miss Marlene Peterson, of
O'Neill, is spending a few- days
visiting Mardell Hagelstein.
. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tomlinson,
of O’Neill, and Mrs. Gilbert
Fox spent Saturday at Norfolk
1 where they visited their daugh
ter and sister, Mrs. Earl Stev
ens, who is the mother of a ba
by boy born Saturday morning.
Wilma and Gerald Potts, of
Bartlett, and Eldon Striker, of
Erickson, visited friends in Em
met Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Van
i Fleet, of Royal, spent Sunday
visiting hre parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. O'Connor, and Helen.
123 Attended Grimton
Homecoming—
The 13th annual Grimton
homecoming was attended by
; 123 persons Sunday, August 20,
i at Oak View. There were 2
teachers, 47 pupils and 74 visit
ors present. Teachers were Mrs.
Elmer Grim and Phlena Van
Kleek, of Venus.
Nebraska towns represented
were Venus, Lincoln, Lexing-'
ton, Inman, Omaha, Creighton,
; Lynch, Orchard, Spencer, Mid
j dlebranch, Bassett, Page, Wal
nut, Norfolk, Star and Verdel.
j Caldwell, Ida., and Mission,
S. D., were also represented.
After dinner roll call was giv
en by Viola Pospeshil, regis
trar. Those who were not dress
ed in hard time clothes paid
their “fines” at this time. When
Telford Grim answered roll call
the birthday song was sung for
i him as this was his 16th birth
day anniversary.
A business meeting was con
ducted with President Jerry
Waring in charge. All officers
were held over for another year.
Following the business meeting
a volunteer program was in or
der. Those taking part were:
Nando Grimm and his son, Ho
mer, of Lynch; Clarence Grimm,
of Lincoln; George Harris, of
Omaha; William Grimm, of
Mission, S. D.; Jerry Waring, oi
Middlebranch; John Hamm, of
Omaha; Otto Gross, of Venus,
and Clifford Grimm, of Omaha.
Hurley Jones and son, Char
les, drove to Columbus Sunday
where they visited their brother
and uncle, Charles Jones, who is I
hospitalized there.
MONEY TO LOANi!
ON
AUTOMOBILES
TRUCKS
TRACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FURNITURE
Central Finance
Corp.
C. E. Jones. Manager
O'Neill i Nebraska
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DANCE
LEGION BALLROOM
O’NEILL
“Where The Big Bands Play”
DELL CLAYTON
And His Country Club Beer Orchestra
SUNDAY.
AUGUST 20TH
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Admission $1.00 per person—Tax Incl.
!Circle S Club
Performs at LeMars
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STUART—Stuartites were en
tertained by the Circle S Saddle
c’ub on Friday evening, August
18, when members gave a pre
view of the program which was
! presented at Le Mars, la., on j
' Monday and Tuesday, August
| 21 and 22.
The club was formed several
years ago for the pleasure of
its members and when they
worked up some drills and
square dance numbers on horse
I back the performance became
popular with neighboring towns
as well as locally.
There were 29 riders incuded ,
in the show.
They will also appear in O- I
maha at the Ak-Sar-Ben show
October 7-8.
Other Stuart News
Rudolf Mitchell has returned
after visiting with his children
iff Iowa, Kansas and Western
Nebraska.
Otto Austermore, of Crofton,
visited with the Gilbert Engler
i family several days the past
\ week.
Bob Engler and cousin, Jim
Miller, of Martin. S. D , visited
; with Bob’s parents and attend
ed Hay days in Atkinson. They
returned home on Saturday, Au
1 gust 19.
Mr. an Mrs. Warren Roberts
! and children, and Leslie Sweet
j returned Satuday, August 19,
from Kansas, where they visit
ed friends and relatives.
Mrs. Hattie Fox returned
Sunday, August 20, from Om- I
aha where she visited relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Osborne,
of Harrisburg, .were weekend
visitors of the Berlin Mitchell j
family. Mrs. Osborne is a sis
ter of Mr. Mitchell.
Miss June Philbrick return-1
ed home after spending the1
summer at DeSmet, S. D., with j
her brothers family, Mr. and !
Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick. I
O’NEILL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Spearman,
pf Ainsworth, called on Mr. and
Mrs. Lowell Johnson Saturday,
August 19.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Jacobson
were in Omaha Thursday and
Friday, August 17 and 18, on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. John White and
family, of South Sioux City, vis
ited over the weekend with rel- ,
atives in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kirk- |
Patrick and family visited with |
relatives at Beemer and Fre
mont on Sunday, August 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Krause
and Nancy visited Sunday, Au
gust 20, at the W. G. Yenne
home on the Beaver.
Dr. H. L. Bennett left Satur
day for a week’s fishing in Min
nesota.
Mr. and Mrs. Noel Long spent
i the weekend of August 11 and
12 visiting with friends in Mc
Cook.
Mr. and Mrs. Troxel Greene,
of Chambers, were guests at the
Art Dexter home Friday.
M r s. Lawrence Rothchild
and Verle, of Atkinson, w'ere
visitors in O’Neill this w’eek.
Miss Dorothy Donohoe left
Saturday evening to spend a
week in Hastings with Marilyn
Mangan.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Widt
feldt, Mrs. Anna Brown and
Boyd Benson visited Mamie O’
Neill Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tompson
left for their home in Kenosha,
Wise., Friday.
Jerry Dexter is spending
this week at the home of Roy
Ferry, of Chambers.
Pat Cullen went to Noifoik
Monday to find work and to |
attend college.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brinkman
went to Grand Island to meet
Mrs. Gladys Walsh of San Fran
cisco, Calif. Mrs. Walsh return
ed to O’Neill with them to spend
a week at their home.
Billy Nissen left Thursday,
August 17, for his home in Sid
ney after spending a few days
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at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Eby. m
Mrs. Tom Kelly was a dinner
guest Sunday at the home of/
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eby.
Mrs. Otto Smith, of Bristol,
Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. E. Hertel,
of Granger, Ind., were Monday
callers at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. Ralph Gerber.
Mrs. Alma Eby, of Ainsworth,
spent Saturday and Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Eby. She brought Billy
and Bobby Eby home after they
had spent a week at her home
in Ainsworth.
Miss Betty Gallagher and 4
friends are spending a week in
the Black Hills.
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DANCE
Summerland
EWING
Sunday, Aug. 27
Music By
WNAX Bohemian
Band
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Washed Gravel
Concrete - Road
Plaster Sand
We Deliver Anywhere
NO JOB TOO LARGE
OR TOO SMALL
Walker Gravel Co.
Ewing, Nebr.
Residence Phone 146
Pit Phone 25
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58th Annual HOLT COUNTY
FAIR & RODEO
Wednesday - Thursday - Friday
AUGUST 30-31 - SEPTEMBER 1
Chambers, Nebr.
(August 29 — Entry Day)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30th—
4-H and Livestock Judging
Carnival on Midway 1
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31st—
Music bv O’Neill Municipal Band
Baseball: Chambers vs. Inman
^ Carnival on Midway
Rodeo: Directed by Gus Obermire.
Veteran Midwest Showman
Livestock Parade
Grandstand Acts Featuring Minnesota
Valley Show
Dance: Gib Schreyer & His Trail Riders Orchestra
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st—
Music by the Atkinson Municipal Band
Baseball: Chambers vs. Atkipson
Carnival on Midway
Rodeo: Directed by Gus Obermire.
Veteran Midwest Showman
Grandstand Sets (Same Artists in a '
Different Program)
Dance: Gib Schreyer & His Trail Riders Orchestra
$2,000 PREMIUM AWARDS
, BIGGER AND BETTER
Sponsored by
HOLT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY
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