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Leah Serck’s Box
Brings Top Figure
EMMET —The teacher, Miss
Helen Martens, and pupils of dis
trict 20, gave their Christmas
program Thursday evening, De
cember 21, after which a box so
cial was held. A total of $37.25
was netted.
The box bringing the highest
amount was an original “white
church." The "church" was com
plete with a “bell" in the “stee
ple.” The box brought $4.50 and
belonged to Miss Leah Serck.
Other Emmet News
Mrs. Agnes Gaffney was a
Christmas dinner guest at the
Ed. Flood home in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Strong, of
Omaha, were Sunday, December
24, visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Ce
cil McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McMillan
were Christmas day guests of Mr
and Mrs. Harold McMillan and
daughters a/t Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex McConnell
were Christmas dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Puckett, Lo
is and Jimmie at Atkinson.
Miss Mary belle O’Connor, of
Omaha, spent from Wednesday,
December 20, until Monday, Jan
uary 1, visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James O’Connor, and
uncle, Tom Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murphy,
Maureen and Ronnie were Christ
mas day guests of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Friton and Luanne at O’
NeilL
Mr. and Mrs. James Foreman
and sons, Byron and Craig, of
Bristow, were Christmas dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Norma
Lou.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pruss were
Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Rieu and family near At
kinson.
Miss Miarybelle O’Connor was
a Friday overnight guest of Dar
lene Summers ait O’Neill.
Henry Winkler spent the holi
days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Percy
W'atenpaugh and daughters at
Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schoenle and
family spent a few days visiting
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Janzing while
enroute to their home at East
Moline, 111., from California.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dailey spent
Christmas with their son, Dr.
and Mrs. Arthur Dailey, and fam
ily at North Platte.
Mr. and Mrs. John Conard and
Mary Lou spent a few days last
week in Omaha. They were ac
companied to Omaha by Miss
Leona Winkler, who spent Christ
mas with her parents, MV. and
Mrs. Joe Wirtkler, and Bob.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Winkler, Bob
and Leona were Christmas guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Weichman
and son, Ricky, of Stuart.
Fred Perry, of O’Neill, was a
Sunday dinner guest at the home
of his son, Mr. and Mrs. Dean
Perry, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McMillan
and daughters, of Newport, were
Sunday visitors at the Cecil Mc
Millan home.
ATKINSON NEWS
Guests at the Dorothy Barrett
home in Atkinson for the New
Year weekend were her sister,
Mrs. Blanche Pick, and son, Ted,
of Wynot.
LeRoy Swensen, of Mankato,
Minn., was a guest of Miss Rose
Osborne at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Os
borne, on New Year’s day.
Mh. and Mos. Glen Butterfield
and Mr. Butterfield's sister, Mrs.
Grace Edson, of Lynch, drove to
Scotland, S- D., Trursday, Decem
ber 28, to spend the day with
their aunt, Mrs. Charles Cobb.
Guests of Mrs. Callela Leach
at Norfolk Friday, December 29,
were her .children, Mrs. Richard
Carol Osborne, Gloria and Gary
Leach and Mr. and Mrs. E. V.
Hickok, all of Atkinson.
(Mir. and Mrs. Allen Wentz, of
Scotland, S. D., were yeekend
guesrts at the home of Mrs.
Wentz’s father, Alfred Andersen.
They also visited at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Charles Kirkland,
and her brother, Leland Ander
sen.
Edward Bulu, of Mankato,
Minn., was a guest of Miss Max
ine Seger Monday, January 1, at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Seger.
Out-of-town guests at the Fs ed
Barnes home over the weekend
were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Barnes,
of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Art
Holtz, of O’Neill, and Mr. and
Mlrs. Ed Frary, of Omaha.
Fred Cearns and Robert Hen
dricks returned Tuesday, Janu
ary 3, to their studies at Milton
vale, Kans.
Servicemen Visit
Summers Home—
Christmas eve guests of Mr.
1 and Mrs. Frank Summers were
Howard Campbell, of Neligh,
| who is in the Air Force and us
going to report to Florida, and
Marvin Leach, formerly of O’
: Neill, who is stationed in Texas,
i Mr. Leach's parents, formerly of
O’Neill, reside in Washington.
Running the Gauntlet Again
Prairieland Talk—
Capital City Could Use a ‘Really Nebraska’
Newspaper Without Boston Inspiration
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
LINCOLN— The two Lincoln
newspapers are coming from one
hopper. The owners decided it
was economically unwise to
maintain two large printing es
tablishments in
a city like Lin
coln where
there are a
score or more
comm e r c i a 1
plants in oper
ation. We take
it they are
moving all
equipment into
the Journal’s
new building
I at 9th and P
Romaine streets.
Saunders The plan is
to produce one morning paper
and one evening paper.
The publishers say there is
to be no change in editorial
policy, though it has not been
clear that either the Star or the
Journal has had any defined
policy. The one has a faint
Democrat leaning, the other
Republican in slight degree,
and both more-or-less on the
fence in public matters.
Thae Journal has been a going |
institution since shortly after the |
close of the war between the j
North and the South and for ma
ny years there was no doubt |
of where it stood on political and
public questions. Other publish
ers entered the field from time
to-time only to fade out. Then
the late Mr. Gooch, of the milling
company, had a vision and the
Lincoln Star cast a glimmering
light over the scene and con
tinues to function.
The capital city is the location
for a really Nebraska newspaper,
but neither is qualifying as such.
The vision of the editors reaches
beyond the Missouri to the world
field, draw editorial inspiration
from the Christian Science Mon
itor, of Boston, and publish next
to nothing of the activities of Ne
braskans.
* * *
Mr. Hoover lakes a stand op
posing world military activities
on the part of our government
and calls for the navy and air
force to "arm to the teeth" and
stand guard over the home
land. Of course, there is heard
the murmur, ever more faint
ly, of "isolationist." One Dem
ocrat in the senate is worried
that if Mr. Hoover's sugges
tions are followed we will be
"without any friends in the
world." It is all of that now.
t he only pretense to being our
friends is to the extent Uncle
Sam has the handout for them.
• • *
The budgeteers are busy at the
statehouse. Todate the depart
ment of assistance and child wel
fare has the largest budget pre
pared for the next two-year
needs, a total of $39,951,000. Of
this, old age assistance is to be
allotted $27,890,000; for the blind,
^1.152.000, and child welfare, $6,
998,000. The state university |
management now thinks they
can get along with about a mil
lion less than their original fig
| ure.
* * •
About everything is being wor
1 ked over, pulled down, cast a
| side and replaced by this modern
| generation. They have set the
winter equinox a day ahead.
Christmas day on prairieland
draws to its close in a glow of ra
diant splendor. The heavens
touching the western rim of
earth are inflamed with gold by
the setting sun. The day has been
cloudless with temperatures a
bove freezing. Uver the radios
Dave come the dirge of storm
warnings, dire predictions of
wnai is in store tor prairieland
by nightfall. Migntfan closes in
with earth and sky draped in the
afterglow of a bright winter day.
Within the hour the December
moon will move in silent majesty
out of me its eastern retreat as
if to bless a quiet Christmas
night. Mature today seemed to
direct the vision to the scene on
Judean hills in the long ago,
wnen peace on earth, good will
toward men was the expressed
wish of heaven; it should have
humbled pride, rebuked wrongs
and silenced the rattle of sabers.
Lin is have been bestowed the lit
tle girl’s doll, the boy’s mechani
cal toy, useiul things, decorative
things, that may well remind us
as me Mew Year unfolds of that
greatest gift to mankind laid in
a cow manger long centuries ago.
* * *
Various church groups ap
pointed prayer seasons to pe
tition our heavenly Father for
peace. Why implore Deity?
maybe ratner get to your
knees and confess. God has not
sent war and confusion and
crime upon the earth. Men
have it within their power to
bring peace on earth, stay the
iears or wives and mothers and
sweamearts, hear the heart
ocnes, to saddened and horror
haunted childhood bring joy
and laughter. While the devput
are on tneir knees, let the Gid
eons corral the truculent heads
of nations, load them in ships,
steam to the mid-Pacific and
dump them overooard.
Outstate senators have given
warning. One honorable gent
will storm the ornate legislative
halls with a proposal to put Ne
braska into the wholesale liquor
business. Another is going to
eliminate the nonpartisan teature
and set up the party line. Still
others are mulling over sales and
income tax proposals. Wonder it
our legislature wouldn’t make a
hit wnn tne people if tney would
meet, go tuiuUgn the n-ctsaary
formalities ot organizing, vote
any necessary appropriations, ad
journ and go home?
• • •
The refulgent Eleanor has an
other three-year appointment to
the U. N. human rights commis
sion of the economic and social
council. The president may have
made some questionable choices
in executive appointments but
most patriots will agree that Mrs.
Roose.eu io auumaDly suited to
serve in tnis capacity. One who
has let us in on her more inti
mate oide tells us the former first
lady gets her morning exercise
by tu ning the bed mattress.
« • •
From Maine comes the report
of the death of the state’s oldest
citize i at the age of 111. To be
born in the year 1839 and survive
until now the tough old Yankee
would have been an interesting
character to have met. He lived
through ti.e period of American
development and became a live
specn iin past the century mark
i of the value of the old nativt
doctrine of root, hog or die.
• • •
One excited Nebraska patriol
calls for veteran organizations,
patriotic societies and citizens to
I nnng pressure sufficient to bear
upon congress to escort Mr. Tru
man from the White nouse back
to private iife in Missouri. But if
war worries or a Puerto Rican
don’t get him, our chief execu
j live will doubtless survive all
oiher onslaughts.
♦ • •
Word from friends out on prai
rieland says skating is good on
the meadows. Only two winters
ago meadows were inaccessible
because of mountains of snow.
Ice this season laying a glazed
surface must be a thrill for the
young folks who can gather for
skating parties, if this generation
knows what an ice skate is.
• • •
Railroad pay hikes affecting
favorably about a half - million
patriots, which means J. Q. Pub
lic gets another sock in the solar
plexus in the form of increased
costs.
• * •
That Nebraska lawyer who
suggested the witness might be a
prevaricator meant that the gent
is a liar.
RIVERSIDE NEWS
Christmas dinner guests at the
Aloys Kaup home were: Mr. and
Mrs. Tony Kaup and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Weichman, jr.,
and family, “Grandma” Walling
er and Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Kaup, all of Stuart, and Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Gilg and family, of At
kinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kunz and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Stub Kunz,
Miss Margaret Kunz, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Paxton and son, Larry,
and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Phillips
and daughter Sue, spent Christ
mas day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Winkler, of Atkin
son.
Miss Joan Kaup, of Omaha,
and Miss Ardella Hunke, of
West Point, were Sunday guests
of Miss Margaret Kramer, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kram
er.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Phillips and
daughter, Sue, of Stockton, Calif.,
spent a week’s vacation at the
home of Mr. and Mis. Joe Kunz
and Mr. and Mi s. Fred Kunz dur
ing the Christmas holidays. Mr.
Phillips and Fred Kunz were
army buddies.
MV. and Mrs. Herman Kramer
and family, Peggy Russel and
Randy spent Sunday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Kramer’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pon
gratz, near Emmet. Other pre
sent at this pre-Christmas gath
ering were Mr. and Mrs. Ber
nard Pongratz and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Pongratz and son,
Duane, all of Emmet; Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Troshynski and family,
of Page; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Givens and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Givens and family,
of Stuart. Christmas gifts were
exchanged.
Miss Margaret Scholz, of Grand
Island, spent Sunday at the home
of her brother, Mir. and Mrs. Flo
rian Scholz.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Davis and
daughter, Donna, of Des Moines,
la., arrived Friday noon and are
spending their Christmas and
| New Year’s vacation at the G. V.
; Davis and Marion Davis homes.
Mr. and Mis. Peeter Engler, of
Stuart, and Ila Mae Johnson, of
Atkinson, were Sunday guetsts
of the Gilbert Engler family.
Mr. and Mrs. James iNachtman
and family were Sunday dinner
guests at the home of Mr. Nacht
man’s parents at Verdigre.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kram
er and sons, of Omaha, spent
their Christmas vacation at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Mary
Kramer, and sons, Louis and Joe,
and other relatives. Mrs. Kram
er’s daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Amil Tenopir, and son,
Garry, of St. Paul, were also
guests at the Kramer home dur
ing the holidays.
Mrs. Mary Kramer and sons
and all their guests spent Christ
mas day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Theo. Kubart in Atkinson,
Tuesday, December 26, at the
Lawrence Kramer home, and
Tuesday evening at the Leo
Kramer home in Atkinson.
Miss Helen Engler, of Omaha,
is spending her Christmas vaca
tion with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Engler and family.
Other Christmas day guests at
the Engler home included their
son, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard En
gler, and family, of Shelby, Mr.
and Mrs. John Schmit and son,
Melvin, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Straka, Janette and Jeanne, of
Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Thoene. of
'lartington, spent the Christmas
holidays at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John St’in
hauser. Guests also included Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Friedel.
Mr. and Mrs. F’orian Scholz
were hosts and hostess to Christ
mas day dinner guests at their
farm home. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Scholz, of Stuart,
j and Miss Margaret Scholz, of
Grand Island.
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Davis were
Tuesday evening. December 26,
supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Davis and daughter, Danny,
at their Stuart home.
Denverites Here—
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLeod,
, of Denver, Colo., were holiday
1 visitors with Mrs. Mary McLeod,
his mother, and his sisters, Mrs.
C. J. Gatz and Mrs. H. J. Lohaus,
and their families.
Ed Condon returned to Lincoln
Tuesday after having spent 10
days with his mother, Mrs. Hope
Condon, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Pruitt, of
Lincoln, visited friends in O’Neill
over the weekend.
, Christmas Dinner
At Davis Home—
A family Christmas dinner was
held at the farm home of Mrs.
Mabel Davis, of Venus. Every
one brought well filled baskets.
After the dinner was over, card
playing featured the afternoon.
There were 32 present:
Mrs. Mabel Davis, Mr. and
| Mrs. Lyle Davis and family, of
! Page; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis,
of Venus; Mr. and Mrs. John Da
vis, of Niobrara; Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Davis, of Niobrara; Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Davis, of Niobrara;
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Griffith
and family, of Lake Andes, S. D.;
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Griffith and
family, of Columbus, and Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Summers and
family, of Page.
3 O'Neill Men
Among Enlistees
Sgt. James R. Lyons, of the
army and air force recruiting sta
tion at O’Neill, reports the fol
lowing enlistments from the O’
Neill recruiting area for the past
month:
For air force: Thomas E.
Krause, of Elgin; Donald C. Sau
ser, of O Neill; LaVem D. Lynch
of O'Neill; William D. Jensen, of
Merriman; Glen O. Lieding, of
Orchard; William L. Beebout, of
Ainsworth; Raymond D. Burger
of Ainsworth; Wiley P. Lentz, of
Long Pine; Marvin R. Pospisel, of
Wausa; Dale B. Stuart (former
ly from Stuart); Rudolph Eiler,
of LVonowi; Virgil T. Faubion, of
Bassett; Harry D. Stoneking, ,of
O’Neill; Robert L. Drafahl, of
Merriman; Lowell A. Callaway,
of Ainsworth; Charles E. Blom
quist, of Ainsworth; Quentin E.
Murer, of Ainsworth; Donald L
Monson, of Wausa; Dwain H.'
Moseman, of Wausa. Richard E.
Hollingsworth (formerly from
| Nehgh). These men went to Lack
a,lr f°rce base, San Antonio,
lex, for further processing, re
~-—
assignment and training.
For regular army:
Vernon H. Dahlberg, of Lynch;
Harlan H. Rowan, of Mills; El
don L. Hammon, of Lynch.
For airborne: Verlyn D. Mor
ton, of Crookston.
Uahlberg, Rowan, Hammon and
Morton went to Ft. Riley, Kans.,
for further processing and tiain
ing.
Sergeant Lyons stated that
anyone enlisting can select one
cl several fields in the army or
air force and that an ex-service
man can select any branch or
-eld he wishes. He also said that
there are still many openings for
women in nearly every field of
the WAC's and WAF’s.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
WD—La Verne R Beckwith to
Vivian & Allen H Martin 12-21
50 $104 00- Lots 5 & 6 Blk B
Goldens Sub-division- O’Neill
WD — Vterne Beckwith to
James F Earley 12-21-50 $15,000
Part lots 12-13-14-15 & 16 Blk A
O’Neill & Hagerty’s Add- O’Neill
SD—Peter W Duffy to Arthur
Humpal 11-7-41 $250- Lot 17 Blk
8- Atkinson
WD — Rudolf W & Victor E
Mikkelsen to Emil M & Henry A
Mikkelsen 12-27-50 $7000- EVfe
35- w^se^- Ey>swy4 26-25-13
WD—Fannie M Payne to Lester
J Derickson 11-30-50 $11,200
N% 14-30-14
DEED—State of Nebr to Egna
tius & Pete Nickolite 12-11-50
$1440- EViE'/z 20-26-9
WD—Lloyd D Brennaman to
Loyd & Theo Mary West 12-26
50 $10- Lot 8 Blk 12- Kimball &
Blairs Add- Ewing
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Taylor
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Taylor, at Fullerton for
Christmas. For the New Year’s
weekend they visited in Roval at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. ‘Hans
Hoefer.
Guests for New Year’s dinner
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward H. Tharnish were her fa
ther, Charles Cole and family,
of Star.
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