Prairieland Talk
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A happy homemaker of the
Atkinson community, a daugh
ter of rugged pioneers of Holt
county, laid aside the duties of
a ranch wife long enough to
write to express pleasure over
what she reads in Prairieland
Talk and other departments of
The Frontier.
"We are so in need," she
wri’es. "of the humor and good
down to earth common sense,
which you manifest, in the
world today."
f This lady shares the spirit of
the sons and daughters of the
pioneers when she says she
likes “the interesting articles
you write about the old timers,
who have been called by death.
I’m sure their families must be
very grateful to you for yoar
kindly interest.”
If any word of mine can dry
a tear, if it can contribute to
the living memory of those who
have gone before after a life of
toil and sacrifice to leave to
this generation the heritage of
prairieland I shall be encourag
ed to carry on.
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*3he sat there in a huge cush
ioned chair sewing buttons on
her husband’s trousers. He and
a visitor were in the room as
the loquacious lady did most of
the talking while she manipu
I lated thread and needle. Her
visitor — and incidentally her
liege lord—were made to under
stand that she was running
things in that household, took
over the pay checks as received,
was the family purchasing a
gent, in general ran the ranch
and about all her mate was use
ful for was to do the work and
sit up to the table and eat. A
humorous twinkle of the eyes
and a smile that cracked the as
s«m*d austerity of her ample
features, some sly winks by mis
ter himself and the visitor knew
he had witnessed a bit of domes
tic comedy in a home where
love, glad cooperation and the
mutual sharing of life’s burdens
and pleasures predominates, a
home in which there lingers the
melody of the wedding bells af
ter the passing of nearly a half
century.
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I saw today a living picture
of the tragedy that awaits many.
Two old men had occupied
quarters together in a nursing
home, both past 4 score years of
age. Through the passing weeks
attachment one to the other
had cemented a beautiful friend
ship. Now today an ambulance
drove up, 2 men came in bear
ing a stretcher. One old man
was lifted from a bed, placed
on the stretcher and carried
out to ge taken where he .would
rise up again under medical
care or die. There were good
byes and moist eyes when
these 2 old men were separated.
The one left behind sat upon
' his bed, lay his head upon a
pillow and sobbed unashamed
as the kindly mistress and I
spoke together of the tragedy
of that scene. I promised her I
would return to cheer the old
boy.
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In a speech in the senate on
August 20, 1949, Sen. Hugh
Butler, of Nebraska, said: “This
government is no longer a gov
ernment of the people, by the
people and for the people. It is
a government of, by and for
the pressure groups.’’ Group
pressure is brought to bear irom
all quarters; they areafter ap
propriations and legislative fa
vors for every.hing from school
lunch, hog wash, watershed
drainage, the hours and wages
under legal dictation, the acre
age farmers can plant, handouts
for this and that to local com
munities. Don’t lay the blame
all on congress for a 300-billion
dollar national debt, but may
be it’s time for congress to tell
the pressure groups to go jump
in the Potomac.
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So the oldtimers, long since
in retirement, are going to be
needed back on the job. Here’s
one who can ride the cow trails,
'milk the Guernseys, drive a
stacker team, wash dishes, dir
ect a crew of workmen, drive
nails or baby sit, do simple
bookkeeping, dig postholes, do
about anything that is to be
done with type and feed a
press, chase down a news story,
write a little and can use the
10-dollars-a-day when pay day
rolls around.
Why, why should that or
ganization of men who are do
ing as much as any group for
improvement of conditions call
themselves Lions? The only li
ons I have seen were in cages
and by no stretch of the imag
ination could such beasts be re
garded fis fit emblems for such
organizations as the Li°ns dufcf
CHAMBERS NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Robinson
and John Walter, sr., left Sat
urday, September 30, for Hol
brook where the latter will re
main for a visit with his daugh
ter and son - in - law, Mr. and
Mrs. Chris Houssler, and fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson re
turned to Lexington where she
attended a district garden club
meeting on Monday and Tues
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hutton i
and daughter moved the first
of the week into Mrs. Calhoun’s j
house in the west part of Cham
bers. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kol
lar and son, who formerly liv
ed there, moved Friday into
r property on main street fonmer
' ly occupied by Rosa’s cafe.
Sunday dinner guests in the
Richard Lehmann home were:
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Mozel
and family, of Orchard; Mr.
and Mrs. Emmet Wright and
family; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Leh
man and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Hoerle, of Chambers.
Ten members of the St- Paul's
Lutheran church attended a
LWML silver tea held at At
kinson Tuesday, September 26. I
An inspirational address was
given by Rev. Richard Musser, i
of Jamison. Rev. Walter Wil
kens, an institutional mission
ary from Omaha, was the guest
speaker. A program was pre
sented by the Atkinson congre
gation. This was ‘.he annual
mission rally of district 7.
Kahler-Liedtke
Nuptials Read
Miss'Hattyann Kahler, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kah
ler, f Meadow Grove, exchang
vows with Lloyd G. Liedtke, of
O’Neeill, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A1 Liedtke, of Chambers, in a
9:30 single - ring ceremony Wed
nesday morning, September 27,
at the Kahler home w'ith Rev.
W. C. George, minister of the
Methodist church, officiating.
Mrs. Kenneth Berg, accom
panied by Miss RiV-h Crook,
both of Meadow Grove, sang
“Because'’ and “Always.”
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, and the bride
groom wore matching tailored
Guits of slate blue wool gabar
dine. The bride wore black and
white accessories and a corsage
of pink roses.
Miss Darleen Barnes, of At
kinson. was maid-of-honor. Her
dress was navy blue crepe in a
suit style She wfore pink and
matching accessories and a cor
sage of pink roses.
Best man was Robert Ruth
er, of Inman.
The mothers of the couple
wore corsages of white carna
lions.
A reception for 34 guests was
held at the home which was ar
ranged with autumn flowers.
The table was centered with a
cake, baked by the bride’s
mother. Heafrtshaped cakes
were connected by pink and
blue streamers to the center
piece of a doll bride and bride
groom and pink and blue ast
ers. Those assisting were Mes
dames Kenneth Berg, Don Bier
man, Willis Grant and George
Reeg and Miss Margaret Sch
midt.
After a trip through eastern
Nebraska the couple will reside
at O’Neill.
The bride was graduated fn>m
Meadow Grove high school and
attended Wayne state teachers’
college for 3V4 years. She spent
2 Vt years In the WAVES and has
taught school the past 5 years.
The bridegroom was gradu
ated from Chambers high school
and spent 2 Ms years in the
European theater in World War
II. He is in business at O'Neill.
Out-of-town guests at the
wedding were: Mr. and Mrs.
Conrad Volk, of Norfolk; Mr.
and Mrs. A1 Liedtke, of Cham
bers; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ru
ther and Bobby, of Inman; Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Schmidt and
Margaret, Mr. and Mrs. Leo J.
Reeg Jr., and Kathleen, of Mad
ison; Mr. and Mrs. August Volk
and Mrs. Amelia Volk, of Bat
tle Creek; Miss Darlene Barnes,
of Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Wieting, Mr. and Mrs. Price
Scott and Mr and Mrs. Henry
Kahler, all of Tilden.
Mrs. Willa Schollmeyer
New Correspondent—
Mrs. Willa Schollmeyer, of
Redbird and a northeast Holt
county rural schoolteacher, is
a new special correspondent for
The Frontier.
She suceeds Peter More, vet
eran Redbird postmaster who
has moved to Fairmont.
Visits Here—
Mrs. E. L. McIntosh, of Mead
ow Grove, is visiting her son,
William, and family
Venetian blinds, prornpl
delivery, made to measure
metal or wood, all colors—J.
M McDonald Co-. O'Neill, lltl
Union Buys Hayne
Building in Auction
PAGE—The blacksmith shop
and tools of the late Wilton
‘ vne were sold at auction at
Page on Wednesday afternoon,
September 27.
The Farmers Union Cooper
ative store purchased the gal
vanized building, which will lo
used in connection with the
store.
Most of the tools w’ere pur
chased by out-of-towners.
Other Page News
The Royal Neighbor Kensing
ton met Wednesday afternoon,
September 27, with Mrs. Robert
Gray. Eleven members were
present and 2 guests, Mrs. Ar
nold Stewart and Mrs. Elsie
Cork. A covered dish luncheon
was served. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. Henry Mi
chaelson.
Mrs. E. H. Farnsworth was
hostess to the Just-a-Mere club
Friday afternoon with a 2:30
dessert luncheon. There were 8
members present and 1 guest,
Mrs. Archie Treadway, of Yu
kon, Okla.
Mrs. Archie Treadway, of Yu
kon, Okla., came Wednesday,
September 27, to visit he^ sister,
Mrs. Jennie French, and other
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen
spent Sunday at Norfolk visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Foy Clark.
Mrs. Anna Smith, of Inman,
spent the weekend at the home
of her son, Melvin Smith, and
family. Mr. and Mrs. Munson
Stewart were Sunday dinner
guests at the Smith home.
Mrs. Kate Fuelberth and son,
Henry, were dinner guests Sat
urday of Mr. and Mrs. Anton
Nissen. They were afternoon
callers at the Neil Asher and P.
E. Nissen homes and also visit
ed their daughter and sister,
Mrs. P. E. Nissen, at the Stuart
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorensen
and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Soren
sen were dinner guests Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. John Sorensen.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stein
berg, Mr. and Mrs. Will Neu
bauer and son, Leo, and Miss
June Stewart were dinner
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Haynes and Miss Viola.
Mr. and Mrs. William Soren
sen and family and Miss Shirley
Sorensen, of Ainsworth, visited
Sunday in the Soren Sorensen
home.
Dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Asher were
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Switzer,
of O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs. Neil
Asher and Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Asher and family, of Page.
Mr. and Mrs. Delorence Best
r~
and children, of Stanton, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lar
bee Kelly. Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Hansen and Mr. and Mrs. Cyril
Hansen were dinner guests Sun
day noon of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Kelly. In the evening the group
enjoyed a lunch at the Larbee
Kelly home.
Gus Robin and son, Willis,
accompanied Lyle, Alva and
Paul Robinson, of Lincoln, on a
trip in the Black Hills last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Kelly
took a Guernsey heifer to the
Ak-Sar-Ben at Omaha where
I it won a blue ribbon.
Merwyn French, jr., Richard
! Trowbridge, and Mrs. Soren
Sorensen jr., left for Lincoln on
I t nday evening. Mrs. Sorensen
visited her sister, Mrs. John
| Jackson, and family. They re
[ turned home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Juracek
and family, of Star, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Frahm and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stewart
were dinner guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hosick,
of Red Cloud, have visited with
vir. and Mrs. Dave Bowen. Sun
day aJternoon they were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snyder.
It was the first time in 40 years
the Hosicks and Snyders had i
visited.
Mrs. Anna Stolle, of Battle
Creek, and Mrs. Fred Peterson,
of Tilden spent the weekend
with Mrs. Alma Tegeler. The la
dies are sisters of Mrs. Tegeler.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bend, of Le
land, 111., are visiting at the An
drew Wettlaufer and A. Bee
laert homes. Mrs. Bend is a sis
ter of Mrs. Wettlaufer.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hartigan
and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stein,
berg drove to Columbus las*.
Thursday where Mr. Hartigan
left for Ft. Lewis, Wash., to en
ter service.
The Grandmothers’ club sur
prised Mrs. Hannas Stevens
Wednesday afternoon, Septem
ber 27. The self-invited guests
brought and served a luncheon.
Those present, besides Mrs. Ste
vens and her daughter, Mrs.
Blanche Darr, were Mesdames
Roy Wilson, George Rost, Alma
Tegeler, Celia Terrill, Rollie
Snell, Theodore Kemper and
Amelia Larson.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hartigan
were Wednesday evening, Sep
tember 27, dinner guests of Ma
ry Hartigan and Graydon at In
man.
The Page Improvement club
met with Mrs. Frank Snyder
Minday eveing with 15 members
present and 1 guest, Mrs. Clar
ence Stewart. After the business
meeting a social half hour was
enjoyed by all with Mrs. Mel
vin Lamason as leader. Lunch
was served by the hostess. Next
meeting will be with Mrs. Les
ter Riege November 6.
Our Neighborhood club met
with Mrs. Gerald Snyder Wed
nesday, September 27, with 8
members answering roll call.
The afternoon was spent tearing
rug rags for the hostess.
W. F. FINLEY, ML D. ]
OFFICE PHONE: 28
First National Bank Bldg.
O'NEILL I
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The Screen’s first great Passion Play . .
depicting entirely in beautiful color the
story of the Life of Jesus.
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Atkinson, Nebraska
THURSDAY-FRIDAY.. OCTOBER 12-13
I Matinee Thursday, 2:30 p. m.; night showing, 7:30 and 9:30.
1 Admission: 25c and 50c. Please arrive at least 15 minutes
ahead of the above scheduled starting time for an interest
I ing discussion of the film by a representative from Holly
I I "A picture ev,-?ry man, woman and child must see."—Jim
§ my Fidler.
I I "A new motion picture of great interest to all decent peo
I pie/'—Bishop Tomlinson.
DANCE !
American Legion Ballroom... O’Neill
“Where the Big Bands Play” ^
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8
FRANK WINDER
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Admission $1 Per Person (Tax Incl.)
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RASTER’S
Spotted Poland China
BOAR & GILT SALE
To Be Held At
NELIGH SALE PAVILION
Wednesday, October II
Starting 1 P. M.
50 Head of Boars — 10 Head of Gilts
• This is a select offering that has been picked out of 160
head sired by ROYAL HEAD, MAJESTIC FLASH.
FASHION MODEL, and SPEED JUNIOR. They are the thick,
fast-growing, easy-feeding kind, and I hav,3 new blood for
every old customer.
PETE J. RASTER
Clearwater, Nebraska
F< l( ITBALL
In Carney Park.O’Neill
O’NEILL EAGLES VS.
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Friday, October 6 .. . Kickoff 8 P. M.
A dm.: Adults, 50c, Children 25c
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WE’VE GOT ■
34,762
SALESMEN l
There are 34,762 owners of Kelly Ryan portable
farm elevators, and together they make up the
world’s largest force of elevator salesmen.
Why? . . . Because each enthusiastic user of the
Kelly Ryan portable elevator tells his neighbors and
friends about its' high performance, low cost, and
ease of handling. Others watch the Kelly Ryan
elevator owners towing their TRAILAWAY at high
way speeds!
That means just one thing, —
DEMAND!
A survey last year by five leading midwest farm
magazines showed that 122,994 midwesfern far
mers planned to buy a portable farm elevator in
1950. Just as in the past, more of these farmers
hope to buy a Kelly Ryan elevator than any other
kind.
But waif! Because of limited steel supplies and pro
duction facilities, some of these farmers may be
disappointed. — Only ONE farm in every 180
square miles will be delivered a Kelly Ryan elevator.
In other words, only 12 of every 100 elevator
buyers can become owners of the Kelly Ryan TRAIL
AWAY, the largest selling, most popular elevator
in the woild.
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Ask one of your Kelly Ryan neighbors, and he'll
say; "You can’t afford to waitl"
KEllY RYAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY
BIAIR, NEBRASKA
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