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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1950)
Girl Scouts Here Are 5-Years-0ld (Continued from page 1.) took place in October, 1949. Now there were four troops. They all met at the American Legion hall. Mrs. H. L. Lind berg was leader of the eighth grade girls; Mrs. Lowell A. Johnson, assisted by Mrs. Lee Osborn, was leader of the seventh grade girls; Mrs. G. O. Harper, assisted by Mrs. A. J. O’Donnell, was leader of one fifth and sixth grade group, and Mrs. Dorrance Crabb, assisted by Mrs. W. W Waller, was leader of the other fifth and sixth grade groups. Mrs. Brennan was troop chair man and helped on the financial and other business for all troops. At the present time all troop* meet in the Methodist church basement on Wednesdays. The leaders are Mrs. Crabb, eighth grades; Mrs. Lowell A. Johnson, assisted by Mrs. Pete Fetrow, seventh grades; Mrs. Harper assisted by Mrs. O'Donnell, six th grades, and Mrs. H. L. Lind berg. fifth grades. Altogether ther are 37 register ed Girl Scouts in the community. Mrs. E. F. Sullivan, who had been in Brownie work in Oma ha, was instrumental in starting Brownie troops in 1949. Mrs. Lar- . ry Johnson also helped organize the first troop. They sent out postcard invitations to girls from 7-to 10-yeers-old. Thirty-six girls turned out for the first meeting at the Johnson home. More wom en became interested and it h e girls were divided Into three troops. They all meet at the pub lic school lunch room. Troop I, the 9- and 10-year old girls, meet on Tuesday after school. Its leader is Mrs. Sullivan. Mrs. M. E Jacobson and Mrs Iv an Cone arc her assistants. Troop II, the 8- and 9-year-old girls, had as their leader Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Arbuthnot as her assist ant. Now, Mrs. Arbuthnot is the leader and Mrs. Howard Dean and Mrs. Fred Saunto are her as sistants. They meet on Wednes days. Troop III, the 7- and 8-year-old group, had Mirs. C. W. Apgar, as sisted by Mrs. Albert D. John son, as their leader. Mre. H. E Asher is leader now. Mrs. Charles H. Chambers, jr., is her assistant. They meet on Thursdays. HOSPITAL NOTES O'NEILL HOSPITAL Adnmstrioncs: November 30—El- ; mer Wiseman, of Page, accictent, condition “satisfactory”. Decem ber Donald Crook, of O'Neill, tonsils and adenoids, condition “good”; Mrs Ray Walnofer, of Stuart. 0 — Mrs. Alva Sholz, of * Inman, Mrs. Donald Dankert, of Chambers, medical, condition “good”. Still in hospital: Mrs. Walter O’Malley, of O’Neill, condition “good”; Mrs. P. J. O'Donnell, of O’Neill .medical, condition “im proved”, Mrs. John Pruss, of Em met, burns, condition “urtproved”. Dismissals: November 30—Mrs. Wilbur Bennett, of Ewing. De cember 2—Donld Crook, of O' Neill 5—Elmer Wiseman, of Page. 6—Mrs. John Pruss, of Emmet COMMUNITY (Stuart) In hospital: John Newman, of Stuart, condition “good”; Mrs. Lo la Hurrterick, of Stuart, condition "good”. Admissions: November 27—Mrs. Bertha Axtell, of Dustin, condi tion “good”. 28—Mrs. Thomas Doolittle, of Amelia, a baby girl 30—Mrs. Francis Mancuso, of At kinson, p. baby boy. Frontier for printing! ] FUTURE SUBSCRIBERS WIRTH—Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wirth, of Verdel, twin sons, Dan iel Allen, weighing 7Vs pounds, and Donald Lynn, weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces, bom at Sa cred Heart hospital at Lynch on Thanksgiving day, November 23. The Wirths also have two daugh ters. Mrs. Wirth is the former Lydia Matejcek and the grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. Emil Matejcek, of MonowL HARRIS—Mr. and Mrs. Gene Harris, of Lynch, a son, Eugene Robert, bom Wednesday, No vember 29, at the Sacred Heart hospital, of Lynch. Mrs. Harris is the former Nadine Spencer. Mrs. Lois Harris, of Lynch, is the great-grandmother. DOOLITTLE — Mrs. Thomas Doolittle, jr., and the late Thom as Doolittle, jr., of Amelia, a daughter, Vicki Ralinda, born Wednesday, November 29. LOY — Mr. and Mrs. R. Loy of Los Angeles, Calif., a daugh ter, weighing 8Vi pounds, bora Friday, Novober 17, in Los An geles. This is the couple’s first child. HUPP—Machinist 2-c and Mrs. R. C. Hupp, of San Franciso, Calif., a daughter, Jeanet Kay, born Sunday, November 26. Mrs. Hupp was the former Miss Patric ia Banta, of Page. MANCUSO—Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Mancuso, of Atkinson, a son, Marty Michael, weighing 8 pounds and 11 ounces, born Thursday, Nove&dber 30, at the Stuart hos pital. WALiNOFER — Mr. and Mrs. Ray Walnofer, of Stuart, a daugh ter, Caroline Mae, weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces, born Saturday, December 2, at the O’Neill hos pital. SHOLZ—Mr. and Mrs. Alva Sholz, of Inman, a son weighing 8 pounds, born Wednesday, De cember 6, at the O’Neill hospital McCullough Stays On Until December 16 Miss Elja McCullough, Hol\ county superintendent of sehcXils, will stay in office until Decem ber 16, she told the board of su pervisors this week. She was not a candidate for reelection. Her term expires at the end of the year but she had asked to be re lieved “about December 1.” She has now decided to stay on until December 16. Meanwhile, Miss Alice French, O’Neill high school teacher, has been appointed her successor. , Miss French will not be relieved at O’Neill high until mid-Janu ary. Tavern Operators to See Film— Tavern operators from Stuart to Clearwater will meet in O’ Neill Friday, December 8, at 1:30 p. m. at the American Legion club, A. A. Whitworth and Call Benzel, of the United States Brewers Foundation, will show two films and conduct a discus sion on “How Tavern Operators | Can Better Please and Serve the Public." City and county officials have been invited. - Go To California— Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sauers left Tuesday, December 5, to spend the balance of the winter at Long Be ach, Calif. Give The Frontied for Xmas! Annual Winter Concert WEDNESDAY, DEC . 13, 8 P. M. O’Neill High School Auditorium Presented by Music Department of O'Neill High School Admission: 50c and 25c AN*. WERE GETTING TOO OLD FOR SUCH LONG OKVS.' ITS TIME XOU ASSIGN SOME OF THESE/ CHOOESTO HUNK / KND JOBBER.* /—( WELL.NOW WE CAN t* SLEEP IN THE MOPNINGS.* \ 11.' TVE MADE ACCANo EMENTS U-L^ tothancle WSSfi(gc»o MOBNtNG CHOgEST/y * O’Neill Lions Use ‘2-Platoon System’ The O’Neill Lions basketball team, an amateur outfit sponsor ed by the Lions club, walloped the Orchard Owls, 51-38, on the O’Neill court Sunday afternoon. Coach Amie Doeming’s Lions established some sort of a pre cedent by using the “two-pla toon” system now popularly a dopted by football coaches. Dooming has a defensive unit and an offensive unit and Or chard wilted under the pressure. Orchard led 12-6 at the first quarter, the score was tied 28 all at halftime. With four min utes remaining and the count 41 38, Doerning’s supercharged of fensive unit went to work and poured in 10 points to ice the game. Both teams are members of the newly-organized Elkhorn valley league. The league is divided in to two divisions. North members are Orchard, Creighton, Ewing, Chambers, Page, Bloomfield, Ni ohrara and O’Neill. Members of the offensive unit are Bob Matthews, Beryl Dam kroger, Howard Dean, Elmer Blackbird, Max Mossman and Jim Donohoe. In the opener Blackbird, the Lynch high coach, gathered 15 points; Matthews, 13. Members of the defensive “platoon” are Faye Robeson, Bill Carlson, Bing Volberding, Shor ty Miles, Gene Leach, Dan De Backer, Bob Jonas and Warren Taylor. Klusman and W. Young tallied 10 points each for Orchard. Darrel Heiss, of Page, is North division secretary. Balance of the Lions *1950-’51 schedule: Dec. 10—Creighton, here. Dec. 13—Ainsworth, there. Dec. 27—Chambers, there. Jan. 3—Page, there. Jan. 7—Bloomfield, here. Jan. 14—Niobrara, there. Jan. 21—Orchard, there. Jan. 28—Creighton, here. Feb. 4—Ewing, there. Feb. 11—Chambers, here. Feb. 18—Page, here. Feb. 21—Bloomfield, there. Mar. 4—Niobrara, here. 73 Attend Father and Son Banquet CHAMBERS — Seventy-three fathers and sons were present Thursday evening, November 30, for the lather and son banquet neld at the Methodist church parlors. C. V. Robertson was toastmaster. Rev. L. R. Hansberry gave the address. Others with short talks , were Clair Grimes, Ralph Ad ams, Steve Shavlik, and Bruce Grimes. The group singing was led by Erwin Carpenter. A group of small boys gave a dialogue, ‘To Fathers.” Mrs. C. V. Robertson was in charge of the program. Gifts were presented to the father and son voted as looking most alike. These were C. V. Robertson and son, Delbert Robertson, of O' Neill. The oldest father present was Mr. Stewart, who makes his home with his daughter and hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roth. The youngest son was Richard Mace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Mace, jr. G. H. Grimes received a prize for having the most sons and grandsons present, The menu consisted of roast chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttered beans, cranberry salad, hot rolls, ice cream, cake and coffee. — St. Joe Outpoints Ainsworth, 59-29 ATKINSON—The St. Joseph’s hall basketball team served no tice Saturday night that the Jo sies were on the hot road again this year. They punished peren nially good Ainsworth, 52-29, on i the Atkinson court. The Josies, who start cage practice in September, are for mer state champs and observers predict are again enroute. Lew Wewel is coach. St. Joe features a lightning fast break and the Bulldogs, who count many vets from their fine 1949-’50 team, never threatened ■ seriously. TALK COMMUNITY CHEST ATKINSON — A carrtmunity chest plan is being discussed to Unite the various fund - raising campaigns into one- Announce ment of these plans came from E. C. Weller, chairman of the 1 Lions club community bet ter - i ment committee in Atkinson. SICK & INJURED * LYNCH—Frederick King was confined to his home last week with a “severe case” of influen za. Duane Mills assisted at the gas station in his place. . . Leo Steinbach broke his collarbone in a fall off of the barn while he was helping shingle on the Fred Miller farm. . . Gail Hig gins was badly shaken and some what bruised when his truck and a car collided near Sioux City on November 22. Mr. Higgins, who lives near Niobrara, was re turning from Sioux City where he had delivered a load of stock. The man in the car died before reaching the hospital. Higgins is a brother of Mrs. W. T. Alford, of Lynch. . . Albert Lee Kruse, senior, and Eugene Hrbek, ninth grader, of the Lynch high school, are patients in the Sacred Heart hospital. . . Janis Mae, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ellwanger, of Butte, is in the Lynch hospital with both bones of her leg broken. She was hurt Sautrday, November 25, when her father accidentally ran over her with a steel-tired wagon drawn by a tractor. . . Mrs. Orvil Holtz has been having a severe seige of the influenza. EWING—S. W. Brion, a patient at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Norfolk, had the following guests on Sunday; Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Huffman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brion and family, of Ne ligh, Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Cronin, of O'Neill . . . Word has been re ceived from Ernie Norwood at the Grand Island Veterans hos pital that he has undergone surg ery and was miaking “satisfactory progress” . . . Mrs. Casper Lar son, who underwent surgery at the Lutheran hospital in Norfolk on Wednesday, (November 29, is making ‘‘very good progress” oward recovery . . . James Boies had the misfortune to fall on some ice Saturday morning and injured his left arm “severely.” ATKINSON—Dick Wadsworth was taken to the (Norfolk hospital Wednesday where he had an op eration, His condition was favor able and he was reported as “do ing well" . . . Miss Dorothy Vahle and her mother returned Tues day, November 28, from Rochest er, Minn., where Miss Vahle went through the Mayo clime. Doro thy is home economics teacher at ; Atkinson high school. CHAMBERS—Shirley Dallegge, a senior at Bartlett high school who submitted to a major opera tion November 6, was an influen za victim last week • . . Mrs. Chas. Edwards was taken to a hospital at Tilden Friday for an appendeci tus operation . . . Glen Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Miller, is back in school after a two week illness . . . Mrs. L. R. Hansberry has been ill at her home in Cham bers. O’NEILL—Frank Panowicz, 316 son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Panowicz, returned last Thursday from Our Lady of Loudes hospital at Nor folk where he had submitted to surgery . . .Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis drove to Sioux City Sun day, December 3, to bring their daughter, Donna, home from St. Joseph s hospital. PAGE — Elmer Wiseman had the misfortune to have the end of the middle finger on his right hand taken off in an elevator while helping shell corn on the R. V. Ctumley farm. Mr. Wiseman had lost the left anrrt above the elbow when he was sideswiped by a truck sometime ago. CELIA — Vicki Frickel spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 1-3, at the Connie Friekfel home as her mother, Mrs. Victor Frickel, was sick with a bad cold. The twins, Harold and Garold, also spent most of the weekend at the Connie Frickel home. NORTH OF STUART—Whoop ing cough has greatly reduced the attendance in school district 52. Charles and Janice Sweet have been out of shool and Rog er and Rodney DobSas joined the absent ones on Friday, Decem ber 1. AMELIA—Beth Fullerton has been ill with a sore throat. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fullerton, took her to a doctor i Sunday. REDBIRD — Mr. and Mrs. ! Frank Wyant drove to Norfolk Friday, November 24, to consult doctors in regard to Mrs. Wy ant’s health. SEEK FIRE PROTECTION ATKINSON — A meeting is scheduled in Atkinson Saturday, December 9, at which time ranch ers and famers will discuss rural fire protection. Special invitations to the meeting are being sent to township boards in Atkinson township, part of Stuart town ship, Pleasantview, Sand Creek, Rock Falls, Emmet, Saratoga, : Sheridan, Green Valley, Holt I Creek, Francis and Fairview. NEXT M0CNIN6 I YES OARN TOOTIN' AND IM I 1 GOING TO CO IT EVE«Y A MOONING TO MAKE SUEE M HUNK AND JABBEO AJ2E A __ on the job: mT^— ^A.-'y J K^M h1<*r&3*x- | DELOIT NEWS Mrs. Rose Bauer and family spent several day recently at the G. A. Bauer home. Miss Anna Van Zandt, Flor ence Butler, Vina Woods and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Woods were supper guests at Ralph Tomjack’s Tues day evening, November 28. Rose Hupp and Mrs. Schall spent several days at the John Hupp home last week. The Hupp children have been ill with the flu. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harpster and son were dinner guests at Fred Harpster’s on Wednesday, November 29, the occasion being Glenn’s birthday anniversary. Mrs. Sidney Anderson was a Bartlett visitor on Friday. Madine Stearns celebrated her birthday anniversary on Friday. Her mother entertained friends in her honor. Mr. and Mrs. Venteicher and family were Oakdale visitors on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Elliot had as guests her sister and family. Sarah Fuller, who is spending the winter with Sidney Ander son, has been suffering with the flu. Mr and Mrs. Ivan Briggs went to West Virginia to be there for Ivan’s mother’s operation. Mrs. Briggs, sr., failed to rally after the operation and passed away. Due to the snow burial was delayed several days. Several families attended a party at St. John’s Friday eve ning. William Fritz left for the army last week. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harpster and son spent Thursday at Henry Reimers. Glenn attended the grain and hay show in Bartlett that day. Farm bureau met at the Anton Shavlik home Monday evening, for the purpose of electing offi ers. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimers were supper guests at Tomjack's Wednesday evening, November 29. A group of Wheeler county high schol students are going to Goth enburg on Thursday to partici pate in a music clinic. Elayne Reimers and Don Larson are a mong the group. Florence Van Ost and is at tending high school in Ewing. EMMET NEWS Mrs. Wayne Fox and sons, Stev en and Ray, were Thursday vis itors of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Weber and family, of Ainsworth, and Mrs Leo Weichman and son, Rickey, of Stuart, were Sunday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs- Joe Winkler and Bob. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beckwith and son, Daryl, were Sunday af ternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Beckwith and family, of northeast of O’Neill. Mrs. Alice Hill and Mrs. Rose Tenborg were Tuesday, Novem ber 28, visitors of Mrs. Geary En body. Miss Norma Lou Foreman was a Friday evening supper guest art the Walter Puckett home at At kinson. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murphy, Maureen and Ronnie were Sun day sup>per and dinner guests of Mrs. Thomas Preston and son, Michael, and Mrs. Marie McDon ald and son, Tommy, at O’Neill. Mis. Gilbert Fox and daughter, Barbara, were Sunday overnight guests of Mrs Wayne Fox, Stev en and Roy. Mrs. Joe Winkler was a Friday evening visitor of Mrs. Frank Foreman. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beckwith wer Saturday evening visitors at the Carl Lorenz home at O’ Neill. W. R. Tenborg, Mrs. Geary En body and Jeff were Thursday af ternoon visitors of Mrs. Rose Ten borg. Miss Maureen Murphy was a Friday evening supper guest of Mary Coleman at Atkinson. India' Topic of WSCS Meet— PAGE—The WSCS met in the Methodist church parlors Thurs i day afternoon, November 30. for \ a regular meeting. Mrs. A. L. Dorr led the devotions and gave the lesson. “India at the Thres hold”. The coin calendars were turn ed in. A program of short read ings was given by Rev. C. E. Wil cox. Mrs. Merwyn French and Mrs. Neven Ickes. Mrs. Alton Braddock had charge of two con tests. There were 40 members present. Hostesses were Mrs. Mel vin Smith and Mrs. Ralph Prill. The ladies quilted during the af ternoon. LYNCH COPS FIRST LYNCH—The Spencer high school basketball team went to Lynch Friday for the season’s first game, losing to Lynch, 29 35. The Lynch second team lost to Spencer’s second team 14-19. DANCE Butte Legion Ballroom • Tues., Dec. 12 • Chuck EDDY with Harry Collins Orchestra WESLEYAN METHODIST (Atkinson)) Rev. Asa and Edna Wood, pastors Sunday-school, 10 a. m., obser-1 ring missions. Worship, 11 a. m. The YMWB will mieet a<t the church with Mrs. Helen Adams as the leader. WYPS service, 7 p. m. Evangelistic service, 8 p. m. Thursday, 8 p. m., the midweek prayer meeting will be at the parsonage. All are welcome to come and worship with us. luesdey afternoon the worn- j an's Missionary society met at the home of Mrs. Asa Wood for their ninth missionary meeting of the year After the regular business meeting the afternoon was spent in singing, games and refresh ments. The self-denial banks were op ened and each one told of the things they had denied themsel ves of or things they were thank ful fpr, and gave the proceeds to Missions. Mrs. Mina Smith won the most points in all contests and was rewarded with a box of candy. Reverend and Mrs. Wood at tended. .the Elkhom valley pray er conference at Amelia Satur day. They were accompanied by George Searls and Mrs. Conard Frickel, sr. Same drove 120 miles to attend the convention. Not so bad on a cold day! CHURCH OF CHRIST (O'Neill) Sunday, December 10: Bible school each Sunday morning, 10 o’clock. Observance of the Communion at 11 a. m. Evening evangelistic service. 3 o’clock. The minister announced that we would have a surprise guest speaker Sunday morning. * The evening message, “The Choice of a Heathen Widow _ Ruth ’, will be a continuation of our Old Testament character study series. You are invited to worship with us.—By Mrs. Don ald Johring, secretary. (More CHURCC NEWS on page 9.) Make S200 on Church Bazaar— AMELIA — Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Am elia Methodist church held a baz aar Wednesday, November 29. i Chili soup, hambergers and pie were served from noon until 8 o’clock in the evening. The sewing articles and food stuff sold “good”. A large crowd attended. We made nearly $200. —By Mrs. Geo. Fullerton, report er. 1 A Suggestion for Christmas: [Give Her I A Checking Account... 9 I s MOM IS REALLY just as good a man ager as you make it possible for her to be. A checking account which automatically helps her budget family accounts would put her on a really “business-like” basis. 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