Press Search for Emmet Robbers (Continued from page 1.) had been there, too. Contents of the safety deposit boxes were covered by insurance. By noon Wednesday, howev er, Mullen reported that rent ers of the four boxes that had been molested had checked the contents and reported nothing of importance stolen. Mullen said the boxes yielded no cash — which the burglars were after. It was the second postoffice robbery in the O’Neill region re cently. During the summer thugs broke into the O’Neill of fice. There was no evidence of use of explosives at either the bank or the .postoffice. Important clues on which au thorities are working include finger prints on safety deposit boxes and tire treads noted in the rear of the bank. Marshall Fires But Misses— VERDEL—Burglars had a close brush with death about 4 o'clock Friday morning while the thieves were emerging from a downtown building. Ed Helliaer, night watchman, saw the thieves come from the building and head for a waiting car. He blasted away with his firearm 'but missed. The car sped away. Helliaer told Leonard Black he was “too far away" to identi fy the car. The burglars succeeded in ran sacking a hardware store and fil ling station and escaped with some small change from the lat ter place. Spencer Garage Is Robbed— SPENCER—The Friedrich Chevrolet garage at Spencer was burglarized late Thursday or early Friday morning, the rob bers getting about $50 in cash. According to Robert Nichols, safety patixd criminal investiga tor, the thieves broke into the building through a rear window, wrecked the cash register and the petty cash drawer. The thievery was discovered when the garage was opened for business Friday morning. Out-of-Towners Here lor Simonson Rite— Numerous out-of-towners were here for the funeral services for Loren A. Simonson, which were j held Saturday, December 30, at First Presbyterian church. Mr. Simonson died Wednesday, December 27, at 7 p. m. Those from a distance present were: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hether- I ington and children, Mrs, Aileen Deefield and children, Miss Bet ty Goree and Cornelius Mitchell, all of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Vin ton K. Simonson, of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Goree, of Long Pine; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mend enhall, of Valentine; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Butterfield and Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Hill, of Orchard; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Donlin, jr„ of Ft. Randall, S. D., and Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Kirk, of Spencer. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were Glea H. Wade, Edward N. Flood, Ed Campbell, John Berger, Harry Lansworth, Arlo Hiatt, Clyde Bowden and Ben Gilligan. NFLA P«r« a ' 1 Dividend— More than 530 farmers and stockmen in Boyd, Holt and Wheeler counties will share in a special 7 percent dividend now paid by the Elkhorn Valley Na tional Farm loan association, of O’Neill. Lyle P. Dierks, secretary-treas urer, announced that checks total ing more than $7,686 are now be ing mailed to termers and stock men who have Federal Land Bank loans through the coopera tive association. EWING NEWS • Mr. and Mrs. Will Connor spent Christmas day at the home of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Dcmmer Connor. Mrs. Rose Rethwisch returned to her home at Belden, after sipending a few days at the home of Mrs. Agnes Bartak. Mr. and Mrs. Vance Bennett j and family were geusts of Mrs. • Agnes Bartak on Sunday, De cember 24. Mrs. Bartak retum i ed home with them to spend I Christmas day at the home of Mr. Bennett’s parents. Mrs. Agnes Bartak and her guest, Mrs. Rose Rethwisch, of Belden, were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bartak on Thursday. Mrs. Ida Kemnitz and grand son, Lyle, accompanied by Har ry Larson, left for their home at Wood, S. D., on Wednesday, De cember 27, after spending sever al days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Larson. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lar son and his brother, Harry Lar son, returned on Christmas day from Rochester, Minn., where Mrs. Larry and Harry Larson had physical checkups. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clinch, of Rising City, left fo their home on Thursday after being over night guests of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mi s. Benjamin Lar son. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vander snick spent Christmas day with their daughter, Mrs. Clara Schaf fer, and family at O’Neill. Fran ces Schaffer accompanied them home for a few days visit Miss Elsie Chase spent Christ mas at the home of her aunt in Lincoln. She also spent a few days of the holiday vacation at Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Walter and family, of Clearwater, and Opl. and Mrs. Loyd Noddings, of Spokane, Wash., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Walter on Christmas day. Glen Tuttle left Tuesday by bus for Cherokee, la., where he will spent two weeks visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunaway and Bonnie Beth were dinner guests at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Billings, on New Year’s eve. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Berg strom, of Omaha, were guests of I relatives in Ewing over the holi- 1 day weekend. Mrs. Maude Brion and daugh ter, Mrs. M. B. Huffman, took Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Davies to their home in Lincoln on Thurs- . day. They had been guests at the < Brion home for a few days. i Lou Hanneman, of Battle i Mountain, Nev., was a caller at < the home of Wm, J. Harris on I Saturday. i Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fink and < Arthur Tempke, of Fremont, vis- ] iited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. i E. A. Harris and family on Sun- i day. On Sunday evening, Miss Ma- 1 rion Harris, Stanley Merchant, 1 of Elgin, Miss Anna Mae Hill and Arthur Tempke of Fremont were 1 S oVlock dinner guests of Miss Dorothy Seaman at her home. ( Farwell to Conduct Sessions at Stuart Nationally - known recreation specialist, Jane Farwell, will con duct recreation sessions at Stuart auditorium Monday, and Tues day, January 8 and 9, sponsored by 4-H clubs and Rural Youth groups and Stuart Community club. “This is an excellent opportun ity to get ideas for games, par ties, various social gatherings and learn how to do as well as lead folk games, square dances, active games, community sing ing, mystery games, puzzles," ac cording to County Agent A. Neil Dawes. People from various counties of northcentral Nebraska will at tend. This training would 'be es pecially helpful to Girl Scouts and Boy Scout leaders, 4-H lead ers, church groups, women’s ex tension clubs, lodges or indivi duals interested in family recre ation. ■- € Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Fox and Mr. and Mrs. George Bosn were i guests at the home of Mr and t Mis. Charles Fox on New Year’s I ll.IN ( . —- 1 I WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE T~~-"M Here’s the Answer | Opera Star | HORIZONTAL 4 One time 1,5 Pictured 5 Shove opera singer 6 To the inside 10 Intend 7 Nickel 11 Alliance (symbol) 12 European 8 Of animal life river 9 Moor 14 Threw 12 College _ 16 Chills 13 Appear 31 Quadrat 42 Elapse 19 Air (comb. 15 Alternating 32 Constellation 43 On the shel form) current (ab.) 33 Marking with tered side 20 Resound 17 Comfort ink 44 Accomplish 21 Converse 18 Meat dish 35 Resides 45 Stitches 22 Limb 25 Decay 36 Peer 46 Well 23 Full of (suffix) 26 Assent 37 Cart 51 Anent ?US'orunc*um 27 Her 41 Turn about 53 Errors ex 27 Scatter 28 Number (coll.) cepted (ab.) 29 Old English (ab.) 30 Him 31 Stops 34 Concluded 38 Vase 39 Conflict 40 Inquires 42 Cushions 46 Goddess 47 Irish assembly 48 Century plant 49 Suppoiter 50 Care for 52 He Is a —— known star 54 Domestic birds 55 Beholds VERTICAL 1 Issue forth 2 Naught Sindian army (ab.) -—___ Cleveland Rites Now in Afternoon . NORTH OF STUART — Ser-j vices at the Cleveland church changed from morning to after- ! noon on Sunday, December 31, md will continue so until spring. Services are now: Sunday- j school 2 p. m.; church services, 3 p. m. The annual congregational netting of the Cleveland Pres- I jyterian church will be held Fri lay night, January 4, at the I ■hurch. _ Other North of Stuart News Relatives who gathered at the Fames Deming home to celebrate Christmas day with a family din led with Mr. and Mrs. Deming ind Robert were: Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Allyn, Mr. and Mrs. Her >ert Sweet, Charles and Janice, dr. and Mrs. Alvin (“Bud”) Lof mest and Chucky, Mr. and Mrs. Slmer Allyn, Mary Ann, Patty ind Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Warren dcClurg and family, Mr. and drs. Lawrence Lofquest, Mrs. -.ottie Lofquest and Mrs. Vina dunson. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Smith, )oris, Neal and Darrel were New fear’s day guests of Mr. and Mrs. ). A. Hammerberg. Miss Eileen Prange spent the | Christmas weekend with her par nts, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Prange. Mrs. Chas. Mulford and her nother-in-law, Mrs. Laura Mul ord, visited with Mrs. Vina Mun on Thursday afternoon, Decern- | >er 28. Mr. and Mrs. Kussell Hipke ind boys were Christmas day ;uests at the home of Mrs Hip le’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse dellor, at Atkinson. Members of the Tom Berry amily who gathered for Christ nas dinner at the parental home vere: Tom and Warren Berry, dts. Elsie Sweet, Alice Evelyn, Cdwin and Leslie, Mr. and Mrs. till Finch and family, Mr. and drs. Francis Goebel and family, i dr. and Mrs. Rollo Berry and Villis, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam -ofquest and Linda. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Scott spent Christmas day with their daugh er and family, Mr. and Mr*. 2has. Dobias and boys. Roger and todney went home with their [randparents and spent the night is their mother was quite ill j Christmas day. The boys return d home Tuesday, December 26. The Cleveland Clackers pro ect club sponsored a party for he 4-H members of the Cleve and club and their parents Fri lay night, December 29, at the Ulmer Allyn home. The evening vas spent with games for the mung folks directed by Mrs. Ar in Caster and Mrs. Herbert sweet. The parents spent the evening with cards. Lunch was served at the close of the eve ling. Mr. and lM!rs. Howard Hoven iick, of Herman, visited from Thursday afternoon, December j 29, to Friday afternoon, Decem ber 30, at the Merrill Smith home. Ward Merrill, of Rock Rapids, la., came Saturday, December 30, for a few days visit at the Char les Dobias home. Mrs. D. F. Scott and Dorothy spent Tuesday, December 26, at the Charles Dobias home. Mr. and Mi's. Robert Fullerton and Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer berg were Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Smith and family. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Lofquest and Chucky were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Allyn and family New Year’s eve. Visit Norfolk— Mrs. John Dewitt and son, Johnny, went to Norfolk Thurs day, December 28, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sobotka. Mr. and Mrs. George Gilbert son were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Doer ing Monday evening. DELOIT NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Huffman, jr., attended the Brion funeral in Ewing on Wednesday, Decem ber 27. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bar tak, of Norfolk, also were pres ent. Marlene Reimer attended a shower on Sunday for Mrs. Kug ler, the former Wilmadean Yen ne, who was married in Kansas on December 23. Pres Schnelle was a dinner guest at the Sidney Anderson home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stearns, of Neligh, were Sunday dinner I guests at the Homer Stearns i home. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ray and Vicki arrived at the Ralph Tom jack home Friday. The Rays brought part of their furniture as Gene reported for service in the navy on January 2. Mrs. Ray and daughter will remain at the Tom jack home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer and Elayne were Norfolk visitors on Wednesday, December 27. Gene Tomjack spent several days at the Ray home in Omaha last week. High schol at Bartlett opened again on Monday, January 1, af ter a week’s vacation. Otto Reimer spent his vacation with home folks. The Reimers are living in Ewing. The HEO club will meet at the home of Mrs. Henry Reimer on January 11. Ronald Burt, o f Nebraska Christian college, will be in charge of services at Fairview on Sunday at 11 a. m. Mrs. Lynn Carnes visited the clinic in Norfolk on Wednesday, December 27. Maxine Van Ostrand is em ployed at the Stanley Huffman’s. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reimer vis ited at the Ferdnand Hupp home in Omaha recently. Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb Elected Leaders— The 212 South Fork 4-H club met at the Legion hall in Cham bers, December 29, for roller skating and reorganization. It was sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Halsey. We held a business meeting. The new officers were elected: I Leaders— Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Holcomb; president — Joellyn Backhaus; vice-president—Gary Holcomb; secretary—Jennie Hal sey; news reporter—Lois Strong; recreation leaders—Keith Halsey and Marlene Ermer. We planned to meet at the George Rowse home on Friday night, January 26, at 7:3t). It was decided to meet the last Friday of every month. There were 17 members pres ent. The dub presented a gift to their leaders in appreciation of their work of the past year. Af ter the meeting a lunch was serv ed of sandwiches, cookies and cocoa or pop.—By Lois Strong, news reporter. Goes to Central City— Helen Harty went to Central City Wednesday, Decemebr 27, to spend a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kocina. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Cohn spent New Year’s day in Sioux City. Dick, Lindberg Lead Eagles’ Win _ The O’Neill high school Eagles remained among Nebraska’s un beaten prep basketball teams by defeating Creighton, 50 - 35, on ; the O’Neill court Tuesday night. It was the Blues’ fifth straight victory. The game was slow and delib erate with both teams playing rather listless ball at times — typical of post-holiday games. Dick tallied 17 points from a guard post to lead the Eagles while Lindberg, center, account ed for 13. Creighton’s Heckel mier also accounted for 17 tal lies. Boxscore: O’NEILL (50) fg ft pfpts Godel. f 4 15 9 Eby, f _ 113 3 Buckmaster, f _ 4 0 2 8 V. Godel, f __. 0 0 0 0 Lindberg, c . 6 1 3 13 Calkins, g _ 0 0 0 0 McKenny, g _ 0 0 0 0 Dick, g 6 5 0 17 Totals 21 8 15 50 CREIGH. (35) fg ft pf pts Blair, f 0 14 1 Largen, f _ 4 0 18 Bano, c . 2 3 0 7 Heckelmier, g _ 8 1 0 17 Svedt, g _ 10 5 2 Totals _15 5 10 35 WJAG to Carry Mobile Classic Radio station WJAG (Norfolk, 780 k. c.) will broadcast the play by-play description of the Senior Bowl game to be played by North and South honor teams Saturday, January 6, at Mobile, Ala. Broadcast will begin at 1:10 p. m. with Gordon McLendon, of the Liberty network, doing the descriptive and Red Grange, of immortal football fame, doing the color portions. Game will be played in Ladd stadium at Mobile. WJAG is providing the broad cast for residents in eastern Ne braska, western Iowa and south eastern South Dakota because otherwise the game would not be audible in certain sections oi that territory. Nebraskans will be especially anxious to follow Fran Nagle, Husker quarterback who engi neered his team through a suc cessful season and won special recognition for his magnificent ball handling in the East-West i game Saturday in San Francisco, Calif. ' : Other North stars include Ed die Talboom, of Wyoming; Leon Heath and Claude Arnold, both af Oklahoma. 1 Asimus Reelected Civic Club Director— Tony Asimus, O’Neill automo bile, farm implement and petrol sum dealer, was reelected direct ar of the O’Neill Civic club at the annual meeting of the board af directors held Tuesday night. His post was the only one sched uled to be filled. All officers were reelected: Dr. H. L. Bennett, president; Leo Moore, vice-president; J. B. Gra dy, secretary-treasurer. Twelve stockholders were present for the stockholders’ meeting. The Civic club owns the O’ Neill Livestock Market. During the past calendar year the O’ Neill market was rebuilt after fire had destroyed the original building. CHAMBERS NEWS Mr. and Mis. Edwin Wink and children spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Houston, at Neligh, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cooke, of Bartlett, spent Sunday, Decem ber 24. with his mother and hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kellar. The Methodist Youth Fellow ship had a special recreational period followed by a watch night service Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Wintermote had as dinner guests on Tuesday, December 26, Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Grimes and Mr. and Mrs. Guais Wintermote and Carolyn. On Wednesday, December 27, the Grimes family and Mr. and Mrs. Sidwell were entertained to din ner in the William Lehmann home. On Wednesday evening, December 27, Carl Mitchell and j daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tracy and family ser ved an oyster supper honoring Mr. and Mrs. Grimes and Bonnie. Plan Camp— CHAMBERS—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strong attended a busi ness meeting of Pine Creek .amp board December 29. They are making plans for their 1951 camp. Try Frontier want ads! Hoyt Elected urncam speaker— Veteran sen. Ed Hoyt, of Mc Cook, started ms lourtn consecu tive term ui me legislature 1 ues uay anu was elected speaker 1 Hugo srb, clerk lor many ses j sions, wai returned to tftat job by acclamation. sen. r rank Nelson, of O’Neill, representing Holt, Boyd, Kock and iveya raha counties, lett O’ ixtiil Saturday. Vvmie at Lancoln ne is livmg at the Eindell hotel. Oov. vai Beierson said he would outline two main reasons lor his proposed treeze of state building in ms inaugural mes sage ihursday. The reasons: 1. Because the world situation caused the president to declare a national emergency and may eventuate in a war any time, all manpower and material snould be employed to meet conditions causing tne president to declare the emergency. 2. In a marked inflationary spiral every time a building is built, the construction adds to the “fires of inflation.” The legislature may be asked to re-enact the one cent gas tax thrown out in the November 7 j referendum election. ‘I’ve been surprised by the sentiment there is here for pass ing it again,” declared Senator I Hern, of Chadron. __' I INMAN NEWS Mr. and Mrs. George Colman, sir., entertained at dinner New Year’s Mr. and Mrs. George Col man, jr., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brunckhorst and Barbara and Faye and John Brunckhorst. Mr. and Mrs. Mick Gallagher entertained Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moore and son, LeRoy, Saturday evening at dinner, the occasion being Mrs. Moore’s birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Youngs entertained the pitch club at their country home Sunday eve ning. Mrs. Youngs served a lunch at the close. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thompson, jr., and sons, of Grand Island, spent the weekend visiting Mr. Thompson’s mother, Mrs. Lottie Thompson. Mir. and Mrs. Ralph Brittell and daughter, Mrs. Lottie Thornp son and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thompson, jr., and sons were New Year’s dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Coop r and Jimmie in Orchard. Tom Clark went to Omaha to ?nlist in the navy. Tom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. -lark, has been attending college , n Wayne. Arbutus Rebekah lodge met n regular session Wednesday evening, December 27, at the OOF hall. After the business iession all members over 60 years-old were honored at a L'andlelighting ceremony and seated at a specially appointed able for refreshments, which vere served by the lodge offic jers. Mildred and Ruth Keyes were in charge of the candle lighting cervmony. Installation of officers for the ensuing year term will be the order of busi ness at the next regular meeting under supervision of Mrs. Ruth Hansen, district deputy president. Miss Delores Neilsen, student nurse at the Methodisit hospital in Omaha, returned to her nurs- I ing duties on Sunday after spend ing a few days vacation with her parents, RJr. and Mrs. Herbert Neilsen. Mrs. Eva Murten, of Blair, came Thursday and is spending a few days her visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stuckey and son, Allen, returned to Graf ton on Thursday after spending several days visiting at the home of Mrs. Stuckey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chudolmelka. Mrs. Virgil Tomlinson and in fant daughter, Jacqueline Lee, of O’Neill, are spending several d days at the home of Mrs. Tomlin- f son’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Watson. Mrs. Ira L. Watson went to Valentine Sunday morning to spend the weekend at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. William Slusher, and son. Mr. Watson, Carolyn and Sammy drove up Monday and all returned home late Mon day evening. Miss Deritha Smith returned to school at Norfolk on Monday after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth F. Smith. ^ Jan. 15 Deadline for PMA Reports "As we close the 1950 year and enter the new, it is necessary that we establish a deadline for the past year’s compliance re ports,” is was stated this week < by Harry E. Ressel, of O’Neill, chairman of the Holt PMA com mittee. Those of you * who have not ' eported to your county PMA of- * 'ice all the practices carried out :hrough the past calendar year, 4 ilease do so at once,” Ressel ldded. In order to expedite the pro cess of completing applications } ' for payments it is imperative hat no reports be accepted af ter January 15, 1951. All. who lave not made a complete report lave recently received a letter o that effect. There will be no cxeceptions made as to deadline late. Tune In ! Senior Bowl Football Game Final Grid Classic of Season Direct from Mobile, Ala. LADD STADIUM SATURDAY, JANUARY 6,1:10 P, M. 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