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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1951)
60 Present At Prayer Service CELIA — Around 60 persons gathered at the Lee Tenvilliger 5«me Friday evening, March 16, tor a prayer meeting and worship service. Many of the people came from the Celia community. Other Celia Hews Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hendricks and Nina were O’Neill visitors Thursday, March 15. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Terwilliger attended the auction at O’Neill Thursday, March 15. Mrs. Frank Kilmurry' visited Mrs. Edward Troshynski and children Tuesday, March 13. Alec, Connie and Victor Frick el were O’Neill and Butte visitors Friday', March 16. Mr' and Mrs. Frank Kilmurry and daughters, Mary Catherine and Patricia, visited the P. W. Kilmurry home Friday evening, ■ March 16. Other visitors there that evening were Mr. and Mrs. Dolphus Allard and Mrs. Vincent Allard and daughters, Patty and Carol, of Rapid City, S. D., who arrived that evening from Rapid City by auto. Mr. and Mrs. Allard were on their way to Onawa, la., to visit relatives there. Mrs. Vin cent Allard is the former Cath erine Kilmurry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Kilmurry. The Sunnyside stocker-feeder and baby beef 4-H club, with 12 members, the girls' 4-H clubs, "Let’s Sew,” with eight members, and Work and Play Clothes” project with three members, met at the Emil Colfack home Friday evening for their second meeting of the club year. Mrs. Emil Col fdck is leader of the sewing pro jects and Gene Livingston is leader of the calf clubs. Next meeting will be in the Celia school, with Mr. and Mrs. Gene Livingston the hosts on Friday, April 13. Marvin Focken hauled pigs to Stuart Thursday, March 15. Mr and Mrs. Duane Beck were O’Neill visitors Tuesday, March 13. Frank Kilmurry and daugh ters, Mary Catherine and Patri cia; were Friday morning, March 16, visitors at the O. A. Hammer berg home. Emil Colfack and Clarence Focken attended the meeting for Ncb.ool board members which was held in the courthouse in O’Neill Wednesday afternoon, March 14. Mr and Mrs. Joe Hendricks and family were Monday eve ning, March 12, supper guests at j the David Rahn home. Hillside Bible study class was 'held at the Joe Hendricks home 4*Victay evening. March 16. Mi1, and Mrs. Frank Dister haupt stayed from Saturday, March 10, to Friday, March 16, with m his sister, Mrs. Perry Ter- , wiUiger, and husband. Mr. and Mrs Disterhaupt recently moved to the farm vacated by the John | Kreiger family. Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel and Ray Pease were O’Neill vis itors Thursday, March 15. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Slotfelt and family were Monday evening, March 12. visitors at the Paul Johnson home. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Terwilliger | spent Friday, March 16, at the I home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Win nings. Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel and Victor Frickel and son, Da i vid, visited the George Syfie, jr., 1 family Wednesday, March 14, and j helped get their new home ready for them to move into. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Johnson spent the weekend at the Paul Johnson home. Mr. and Mrs. Milton McKath nie helped her sister, Mrs. Gerald Risor, celebrate her birthday an ninversary Tuesday, March 13, at the Risor home near O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. John Schwindt and daughter were Tuesday eve ning, March 13, visitors at the Milton McKathnie home. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith and children were O’Neill visit ors Friday, March 16. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dobias and sons, Roger and Rodney, were Sunday, March IB, dinner guests at the D. F. Scott home. Mr. and Mrs. George Beck were Wednesday, March 12, vis itors at the Duane Beck home. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Focken and family were O’Neill visitors Friday, March 16. Others Receive Tenderfoot Tests PAGE — Thirteen Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster, Carl Max, met at 7:30 o’clock Friday eve ning at the Methodist church basement. The tenderfoot test was given to the members who had not al ready taken it. The date set for the patrol meetings is each Tues day evening. Mr. Max told them about the scout camp. Games were played during the evening. Other Pag* News Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Barnes, of Hoxley, Alberta, Can., came on Tuesday and have visited at the Owen Parks and Anton Nissen homes. They have spent the win iter in Florida and were on their return to Canada. They will leave here as soon as weather and road conditions permit. The auxiliary of the American Legion met Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Neil Asher. Sixteen ladies w^re present. They are finishing ’ the assign ment for the Veterans hospital. It was voted to hold a birthday party for members of the auxil iary and Legion each three months. A no - host lunch was served. Konald Park, William Zemple, LeRoy Liest, Lionel Ickes, Bob bie Sorensen, Wilson Lamason, Larry Heiss, Gene Braddock and Richard Christon, members of the Page basketball teams, and Coach Ralph Brostrum, Norman Trowbridge and Mrs. John Lam ason left for Lincoln Friday morning to attend the basketball tournament held there. Because of weather and road conditions, they did not arrive home until Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lamason took Miss Audrey Braddock to Columbus Sunday where she was met by her mother, Mrs. Kenneth Braddock, who took her to Oma ha for a short visit at their home there before returning to Page, where she attends high school. On their return home, Mr. and Mrs. Lamason met Mrs. Lama son’s father, Roy Brownell, of Sidney, at Neligh. He will return to Sidney Tuesday. Leonard Miller, who had spent several days visiting at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hurst, at Red field, la., returned home Thurs day evening. He was accompan ied here by his sister, Mrs. Hurst. Mr. Miller, Mrs. Hurst and an other sister, Mrs. Robert Gray, left Monday morning for Port land, Ore., where they will visit at the homes of their brothers, Lowell, Spencer and Harold Mil ler, and also a sister, Mrs. A. L. Goddard, in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Roach and son, Larry, had as their guests for dinner Thursday eve ning, March 15, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gray, of Inman, and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Walker and fam ily, of Page. The occasion was to help Mrs. Walker celebrate her birthday anniversary. The Women’s Society of Chris tion Service, of the Methodist church, held an all day quilting at the Merwyn French home on Thursday, March 15, with around 25 ladies present. A no-host din ner was served at noon. Mrs. O. W. French and Mrs. Alma Eby, of O’Neill, and Mrs. Minnie Haynes, of Wayne, were visitors. Mr. and Mrs. John Sorensen and Mrs. Bertha Reed took George Clinton to Columbus Fri day where he left by train for his home at Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Clinton had been called here by the death of his step-father, O. L. Reed. Mrs. Minnie Haynes, who had spent a week with friends at Page, accompanied them as far as Norfolk on her way to Wayne. The Royal Neighbor Kensing ton met with Mrs. Ray Snell on Wednesday afternoon, March 14. A covered dish lunch was served. Mrs. Jennie French was host ess to the Just-a-Mere club Fri day afternoon with a 2:30 dessert luncheon. The eight members were all present. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haynes en tertained the following relatives at a dinner Wednesday noon, March 14: George Clinton, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Fred Storm, of Royal, and Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Harper and Mrs. Bertha Reed, of Page. Mrs. Arnold Stewart entertain ed Larry Roach, Larry Parks and Eddie Walker at a dinner Friday evening honoring the birthday anniversary of her son, Loren. Later that evening the boys all attended the Scout meeting. Rural Districts Aid in Bill Withdrawal Holt county rural school boards met in the assembly room at the courthouse Wednesday, March 14, at 1:30 p.m. Roger Bowen, of Page, acted as chairman. Supt. Ira George, of O’Neill, discussed the educational bills bein£ con sidered in the present legisla ture: LB 134, teachers’ retire ment, and LB 192 and 193, finan cial support of public schools. The withdrawal of the LB 482, which proposed to discontinue all third grade certificates after Sep tember 1, 1952, was reported by Miss Alice French, Holt county superintendent of public instruc ion. Petitions from rural districts in Holt county, urging withdraw al of the bill, reflected senti ment in the county and is be lieved to have contributed to the withdrawal. Harvey Tompkins, of Inman, reported on t’ e state sc h o o 1 board meeting held at Lincoln in January. Officers elected were: George Collins, of Atkinson, chairman; Harvey Krugman, of O’Neill, vice-chairman; Mrs. Lloyd A. Whaley, of O’Neill, treasurer, and Miss French, secretary. Siwty-eight persons attending the meeting A discussion was held concerning establishing a county nurse. CAM Club Meets at Harmons— The CAM club met at the home i of Mrs. Wayne Harmon on Fri | day evening. Cards were played : and lunch was served. Harvey Sawyer returned Fri ! day from Omaha where he has been attending a service school ! for five days. Garden Club Work Meeting Held— CHAMBERS—A district work shop meeting of the Garden clubs was held Monday, March 12, at the Methodist church parlors with a covered dish luncheon at noon. Wayne C. Whitney, horticul turist from the state university, showed slides and lectured on landscaping. He also demonstrat ed pruning trees and vines. The business meeting was con ducted by the district president, Mrs. C. V. Robertson. Mrs. Frank Skudla, of Atkin son, bird chairman, discussed the care and feeding of birds during the winter months. 250 CHICKS PERISH EMMET—A brooder house on the Albert Havranek farm, north of Emmet, burned Thursday eve ning. Between two hundred and two hundred fifty head of chick ens, about 6-weeks-old, perished in the blaze. The Havraneks do not know the origin of the fire. They inspected the brooder house at 10 p.m. and everything, in cluding the kerosene stove, was okay. Easter Dance • Butte Legion Ballroom BUTTE. IfEBR. Sunday, Mar. 25 Music By BUSSEY’S Swing Time Bend iTHATS RIGHTl^M . KX> CAN'T CO WRONO^^ kZ_ (IT HOTEL LINCOLN—J gKfUNCOUft LEADINdJ I I right! TURN ONLY | ffHOTEuNv UNCOUJ,/' £ R R SHRINER Wind St Tornado. Truck St Tractor. Personal Property Liability GENERAL INSURANCE Livestock REAL ESTATE. LOANS. FARM SERVICE. RENTALS Automobile O'Neill —:— Phone 106 Farm Property Built-Ins Gin Solve Your Storage Space Problems TF home space were sold by the -*■ bag, most of us would rush right down and purchase a couple of dollars’ worth every payday. Unfortunately, extra floor area is not come by so easily. If high rentals or building costs are pre venting your acquiring it in the usual fashion—by moving to a larger apartment or adding a spare room onto your home—then you must resort to planning to attain those precious inches. One solution, if your husband is a handyman or your carpenter reasonable in his prices, is built-in furniture. You can utilize one wall for all the shelf and bureau space you need, leaving the rest of the room uncluttered. An addi tional advantage is planned stor age You can make every inch count by planning beforehand just what you wish to store in each i spot. For each room, it’s usually a good idea to include drawer space, open shelves and enclosed shelves The framework of this built-in furniture should be constructed of sturdy wood. For cabinet doors and drawer fronts, plywood is a good choice. If you are not yet permanently settled, you may prefer having these wall pieces made up into separate, easy - to - move units. Make certain, however, that they match in height and width in order So give a feeling of unity when they're lined up together. Built-in rows of drawers, cabinets and bookcases give this master-bedroom plenty of extra storage space and a handy counter along the windows. The same type of built-in Is Ideal for youngsters too. The built-in and valance above It are made of birch plywood. Munson Stewarts Married 55 Years PAGE—Mr. and Mrs. Munson Stewart celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary at their home in Page Thursday, March 15. Around 20 guests enjoyed a social afternoon there. Refresh ments of cake, ice cream and cof fee were served. They received many gifts and cards. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were married March 15, 1896, at Rod gers, Ark. They later moved to Johnson county, Nebraska, and came to Page 37 years ago, where they lived on a farm until 10 years ago, when they moved to Page. l’hey celebrated their golden wedding at their home in Page j by holding open house for rela- 1 tives and friends. They hhve five children: Roy and Arnold Stewart and Mrs. Melvin (Leona) Smith, all of Page; Joy Stewart, of Corte Ma dera, Calif., and Ivan Stewart, of Ralston. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart reared a grandson, Melvin Ganskow, in their home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Stewart and son, Loren, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Smith and Linda, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray and Veldon, Leon- / ard Miller and Mrs. Anna Hurst were evening guests in the Mun son Stewart home. Frontier for printing! DRS. BENNETT & COOK VETERINARIANS Phones: 318, 424, 304 — O'NEILL — IT 1 I Faster Egg TRIMS, pkg.1O0 Peanut Butter CHIPS, I-lb. bag . CASHEWETTES. 8-oz. bag..*!»«* DUTCH COOKIES, asst'd, I-lb. 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