Phone Group Talks
Future Needs
CELIA—Twenty-five members
of Celia Telephone company met
at the home of Alex Forsythe
Monday evening, December 18,
for a special meeting relative to
work which was recently com
pleted on their line and to dis
cuss future needs.
After the busness session an
oyster supper was enjoyed.
Other Celia News
Christmas day dinner guests at
the Frank Kilmurry home were
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Kilmurry
and Alex Forsythe.
The children of Mrs. Charles
Smith all gathered at her home
in Atkinson for their Christmas
party Sunday, December 24.
fhosc present were Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Smith and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Merrill Smith and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gar
wood and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Heiserf and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Heiser, of Lin
coln, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Smith, of Osmond. Clarence Hel
per came from Lincoln Saturday,
December 23, and returned Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Frickel
and family were Saturday sup
per guests at the W. L. Coleman
nome.
Christmas day dinner guesis *•«.
the Connie Frickel, jr., home were
Mr and Mrs. Mark Hendricks
and family, Mrs. Edna Hend
ricks, and Mr. and Mrs. Haul
Nelson and family, of O’Neill.
Friday evening, December 22,
Mrs. Roy Worth,, teacher at the
Hendricks school, and pupils had
a Christmas program at their
schoolhouso, followed by a box
supper which netted over $24.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hupp were
Thursday evening, December 21,
callers at the Joe Hendricks
home.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Scott and
Dorothy took their Christmas
dinner over to the Charles Do- |
bias home. Mrs. Dobias has been
“quite sick” with whooping
cough. Her sons, Roger and Rod
ney Dobias, have been having
whooping cough, too.
Roy Worth and two sisters and
their families, of O'Neill, attend
ed the Christmas program and
box social put on by Mrs. Roy
Worth and pupils of Hendricks
school.
Mr and Mrs. Gene Livingston
attended the Christmas dinner at
the home of his mother, Mrs.
Feme Livmgston.
Dorothy Scott visited the
Charles Dobias family Sunday,
December 24.
Connie Frickel and sister, Mrs.
Alan Marquardt, spent Friday,
December 22, with their sister,
Mrs. George Syfie, and family.
Mrs. Gene Livingston visited
Mrs. Lome Hickok and daughter,
Gay Ann, who are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Siebert, and daughters, Saturday
afternoon, December 23.
The Frickel families had their
Christmas celebration Sunday,
December 24, at the home of Al
ee and Herman Frickel. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Con
rad Frickel, sr., Mrs. Allan Mar
quardt, of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs.
Beryl Beck and children,. Mr.
and Mrs. Connie Frickel and
children, Mr. and Mrs. George
Syfie and Judy, Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Frickel and children, Mr.
and Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman and
sons, Ed Hoffman and Alec and
Herman Frickel.
Victor Frickel was a Sunday,
December 24, caller at the Ray
Pease home.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck at
tended a family Chirstmas party
at the George Beck home Sun
day, December 24. Others present
were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mlinar,
Mr and Mrs. Edward Mlinar, Mr.
and Mrs. Charley Mlinar and
Dale, Mr. and Mrs. C1*1-?”06
Johnson, of Stautr; Mr. and Mrs.
Dwaine Lockmon and Gary ana
Glen, of Stuart, and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Smith and Leile.
Ted Baumeister visited Clar
ence Focken Friday evening, De
cember 22.
Alex Forsythe accompanied
his nephew, Paul Forsythe, who
visited him recently, to Lincoln
Wednesday, December 2° for a
visit. They then went to Villisca
and Walnut, la., to visit relatives.
Alex returned home Saturday.
Ted Baumeister did chores while
he was gone.
Gene Livingston finished pick
ing corn for O. A. Hammerberg
Tuesday, December 19. He pick
ed corn for Alex Forsythe Satur
day, December 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Eauscn «u»«
Steve Bausch were supper guests
at The Stanley Johnson home on
Sunday, December 24, to help
the Johnsons celebrate their 15th
wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Gene Livingston, teacher
of Celia school, and her pupils
put on a Christmas program at
the school Thursday evening,
December 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bausch are
driving a new Chevrolet car pur
chased Thursday, December 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Slotfelt and
family were called to Oakland
Sunday, December 17, by the
serious illness of Mr. Slotfelts
mother. She died that night m
an Oakland hospital. Paul Jo™1' J
son took care of things on the
ranch during their absence, i he
Slotfelt family returned home
Friday, December 22. Mr. John
son returned to his home in Ly
ons Saturday, December 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jo**™}0*1
were supper guests at the Mil
ton McKathme home Saturday
evening, December 23. Other
guests were Mrs. Emma McKath
rue and granddaughter, Ellen
McKathnie.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease spent
the afternoon and Christmas eve
in O’Neill with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. Pease. Other
guests at the Pease home were
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pease and
family. . .. _
Christmas dinner guests at
Joe Hendricks home were Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Riser and daugh
ter, Dianna, and Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Staples and daughter,
Sharon, all of Butte, and Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Staples, of Red
bird. , . ,
Marilyn Ernst, daughter of
Ralph Ernst, who now lives in
Miltonvale and is visiting in Holt
county for the holidays, spent
Sunday, December 24, at the
Mark Hendricks home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease spent
Christmas day with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Spann.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Orr were
dinner guests at the Joe Hend
ricks home Sunday, December
24.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer
! berk spent Christmas day at the
Merrill Smith home.
Mrs. Edna Hendricks came out
to the farm December 17 to
spend Christmas week at the
home of her son, Mark, and fam
ily.
Robert and Leon Hendricks
and Fred Cearns, of Atkinson,
who attend school in Miltonvale,
. Kans., came home Wednesday
I evening, December 20, to spend
the holidays with their families.
Lawrence Smith was an O’
Neill visitor Thursday, December
21.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and
family visited the Nels Colfack
family Sunday evening, Decem
ber 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and
family visited the Adolph Arp
family in Butte Saturday eve
ning, December 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Terwilli
ger and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ter
williger spent Christmas day
with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bal
lon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Winnings
spent Sunday, December 24, at
the Lee Terwilliger home.
Christmas eve guests at ffIS
home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Liv
ingston were Mr. and Mrs. Or
ville Hitchcock, Mrs. Lou Verzai
and sons, and Mrs. Fern Living
ston and sons, Zane and Joe. The
group was treated to an oyster
supper.
NORTH OF STUART
Mrs. Vina Munson visited with
Mrs. Russell Hipke Thursday,
December 21.
Christmas eve company at the
home of Mrs. Lottie Lofquest
were her daughter and family, I
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Allyn, Mary ,
Ann, Patty and Larry; her son |
and family, Mr, and Mrs. Alvin
Lofquest and Chucky, and her
mother, Mrs. Vina Munson.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hipke
and boys attended a family din
ner at the home of Russell’s
mother, Mrs. Roy Hipke, at
Wood Lake.
James Deming, Charles Dobias,
Warren Berry and Roy Fullerton
helped Merrill Smith saw wood
on Wednesday, December 20.
Robert Deming helped Lou i
Prange overhaul his car last f
week.
Roy Fullerton, of Osage, Wyo.,
visited at the Merrill Smith home
from Tuesday, December 19, un- !
til Thursday, December 21. Mr. 1
Fullerton is a nephew of Mrs.
Smith’s. Thursday Mr. Fullerton j
vi- ited with his aunt and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Frost, north I
of Stuart.
Mrs. Russell Hipke and Wynn
visited Mrs. Art Olberding and j
girls Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lofquest
and Chucky were Tuesday, De
cember 19, guests at the Elmer
Allyn home.
The children of the Cleveland
church practiced their program
on Saturday afternoon, Decem
ber 23, that was presented that
evening as part of the church
Christmas service. The children
were assited by Mrs. Elmer Al
lyn, Mrs. James Allyn, Mrs. Lot
tie Lofquest and Mrs. Elsie
Sweet. Mrs. Arlin Caster, Mrs.
Elmer McClurg and Mrs. Sam
Lofquest assisted in decorating
the tree and church. Treats were
passed by the Sunday-school af
ter the evening service.
Bill and Laura Mulford came
home Saturday, December 16, to
spend their Christmas vacation
vvitn their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Mulford, and brothers,
Fred and Luden. Bill and Laura
are students at Hastings college.
Miss Loretta Berry, teacher of
district 218, is spending her
Christmas vacation with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Berry, in
Missouri. The Berrys moved to
Missouri this past Fall.
Edwin Sweet came from Gro
ton, Conn., arriving Friday, De
cember 22, to spend a 20-day
furlough with his mother, Mrs.
Elsie Sweet, sisters, Alice and
I Evelyn, and brother, Leslie. Ed
I win is a member of the coast
I guard.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Smith
and family attended a family
dinner at the home of Mr.
Smith’s mother, Mrs. Charles N.
Smitht, in Atkinson, on Sunday,
December 24. Others present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Heiser, of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles O. Smith, of Osmond;
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Smith
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Heiser and family. Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Garwood and
tamily visited in the afternoon.
The James Deming family
gathered at the home of their
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Linford Sweet, on Christ
ams eve to enjoy their tree and
gift exchange. Demings’ daugh
ter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Hall and Barbara, were
unable to attend but exchanged
[ greetings with the Demings by
telephone from Omaha.
Miss Dorothy Scott visited at
the Charles Dobias home Sun
i day, December 24.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fullerton
visited at the Merrill Smith home
Monday, December 18. Mr. Ful
lerton helped Merrill gather
j wood for sawing.
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CHAMBERS NEWS
Students and others home for
the holidays are Katheryn New
house, Elona Shavlik and Mr.
and Mxs. Norman Reninger, of
| Lincoln; Phyllis Kiltz, of Janes
j ville, Wise.; Norman Walter, Dar
| rell Hoerle and Donald Haake,
of Winfield, Kans.; Darene Tange
num and Carolyn Adams, of Den
ver, Colo.; Milton Grimes, of Lin
coln, Duane Porter and Ray Mil
ler, of Shepperd Field, Wichita
Falls, Tex.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grimes
and Bonnie and E. R. Carpenter
drove to Sioux City, Thursday,
December 21, taking Bobby Med
caJJ, who had spent about 10
days with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Carpenter. Mr. Grimes
also had a medical checkup.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Couch and
children spent Christmas day
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
i Lawrence Rothchild and family
1 in Atkinson Her brother, Ver
non Rothchild, returned with
them for the remainder of the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Ericson and
two children, of Mullen, arrived
Saturday, December 23, to visit
Mrs. Encson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Osenbaugh. They re
turned home Tuesday.
Arthur Aim and son, Ted, re
turned Tuesday, December 19,
from a 12-days’ trip to Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hunt and
children went to Omaha to visit
her mother for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vander
snick, of Ewing, visited their
daughter, Mrs. Clara Schaffer,
and family for Christmas.
Miss Jackie Nettleton, of Des
Moines, la., visited her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Hill,
for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Haynes
and daughters visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haynes,
of Page, Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlo A. Hiatt and
family attended a family gather
ing at the Ray Hoffman home in
Chambers on Christmas day.
Gordon Hiatt, their son, a stu
dent at the University of Nebras
ka, had as his houseguest Char
les Hill, of Omaha, who also at
tends the university. Mr. Hill
came up for the Zakrzewski
Bowen wedding Tuesday. He re
turned Wednesday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Downey
and son, Jim, of Scottsbluff, vis
ited her mother, Mrs. Georgia O.
Rasley, and the Sumner Down
eys.
Guests Tuesday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Hall were Mr.
and Mrs. Lowell Hall and four
children, of Amelia, Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Dobrovolny and two
children, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Dobrovolny, of Atkinson, and
Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Hall. '
Fred Halva and his sister, Miss
Lydia, left for Omaha after hav
ing spent Christmas with their
parents, the Victor Halvas.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond,
Mr. and Mrs. George Hammond
and children and Mr. and Mis.
W. H. Bowker, of Atkinson, were
guests on Christmas of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Chace and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hansen
were guests on Christmas at the
home of their son, Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Hansen, and family.
The Fred Fritton family and
the Ralph Fritton family spent
Christmas at the Frank Fritton
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fuller and
George went to Sioux City on
Friday .
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crook
entertained the C. R. Hill family
at Christmas dinner.
Christmas guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Stanton were their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. John Cuddy, and children,
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stanton,
and children, all of Sioux Falls,
S. D., Mr. and Mrs. John Murray,
and Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Rhode,
Bernard and Francis, all of Spen
cer
Sunday the Arthur Dexter
family were in Amelia at the Ed
Dexter home.
Guests for Christmas at the
Francis Clark home were Mr. and
Mrs. George Petersen, of Colum
ous, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Clark, Mr.
and Mrs. James Donohoe and An
dy Clark.
Ret. Oran Long returned
to Ft. Riley, Kans, Wednesday
after having visited his parents,
the Floyd Longs, since Satur
day. He was drafted in Septem
ber. He has finished his basic
training and awaits assignment.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Clausen vis
ited her sister, Mrs. Francis Shaw,
and family in Bassett for Christ
mas.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Trussell and
Verna, of Orchard, were dinner
guests at the home of their son
in- law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Neil F. Clarke. The Clarke
children, who had been visiting
their grandparents, came with
them. Little. Mary Alice went
back with ihe Trussells but the
two otherswemained here.
Guests Christmas of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Jonas and family
were Mrs. Jones’ brother, Lloyd
Lawyer, and her niece, Nina Han
sen, both of Ainsworth.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newman,
of Chappell, Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Cooper, and son, of Omaha, and
Mr. and Mrs. Micky Stewart
spent the Christmas holiday with
Mr and Mrs. John Storjohann.
Mr. and Mrs. John Shoemaker,
jr., and” daughter, of Wichita,
Kans., arrived on Sunday to vis
it Mr. and (Mrs. John Shoemak
er, sr, for several days
Kenneth Robertson, of Spring
view, was a weekend guest of
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Maroellus and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. C M. Glasson
spent Christmas in the W. E. Mc
Quistan home, at Bristow.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kramer and
children were guests of Mrs.
Kramer's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Fox, of Atkinson, on
Christmas. Her sister, Mrs. Paul
Newton, and family were also
guests.
Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Loy drove
to Ainsworth to spend Christmas
in the home of a daughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Kennedy and family.
Another holiday gathering was
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. El
win Rubeck where the following
were dinner guests: Mr. and Mrs.
John Honeywell and Lawrence :
Vrban, all of Chambers; Mr. and
Mrs. Ivan Johnson and children,
of Wakefield; Mr. and Mrs. Mil- I
ford Coats and daughter, and Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Rubeck.
Christmas eve supper guests In
the Forest Riley home wfcre Mr. *
and Mrs. Jack Riley, Miss La
Vonne Riley and Mi-, and Mrs.
Lowell Clonse.
BULLETIN
Charles Siders, northeast Holt
resident, died late Wednesday in
Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch.
Body was removed to Biglins
Bros, funeral home in O’Neill
pending funeral arrangements.
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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
DEAR FRIENDS:
It s lonesome to be so far from you and
unable to wish you Season s Greetings
personally . . . however, 1 wish to use this
medium to tell you my fondest wish of the
season.
My sincerest hope
And prayer . . . that God
May grant you Christmas joy
And keep you in His care.
MRS. DAVE STANNARD
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