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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1951)
WSCS Gives $100 , to Church Budget PAGE—The Women’s Society of Christian Service met in the Methodist church parlors Thurs day, March 22, for their Easter meeting with about 25 members present. Mrs. Edgar Stauffer led the de votions. Mrs. C. E. Wilcox gave a talk on the “Schooling and Life of Helen Keller.” Mrs. Raymond Heiss gave a talk pertaining to Easter. A short playlet was pre sented by Mrs. Merwyn French and Mrs. William Fink. Plans were discussed for a mother-daughter banquet to be held in May. A committee was appointed to nominate officers for WSCS. Members voted to pay $100 on the church budget. The remainder of the afternoon was spent quilting and doing needlework. Hostesses were Mrs. Elmer Trowbridge and Mrs. Lula Snell. An all-day quilting will be held at the home of Mrs. Jesse Kelly Thursday, April 9. Other Page News Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Stauffer and family and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beelaert and family were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harper. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Larson and family made a business trip to Norfolk Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Asher and sons, Jimmie and Jackie, of Fre mont, spent the weekend visiting at the homes of Mrs. Asher’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Snell, and Mr. Asher’s mother, Mrs. George Park. Other dinner guests Sunday noon at the Snell home were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cul len and daughter, Norma, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stewart. Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Asher and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stew art, Sherry and Mickie were sup rifer guests of Mr. and Mrs. Park. Mr. ana Mrs. u. a. stuan, ui Cozad, who came to visit over Easter Sunday with their two daughters and families, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Knapp, of Orchard, and Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Kloppen berg and daughter, Wynona Rae, of O’Neill, and their sister-in-law, Mrs. E. J. Eby, also of O’Neill, spent Saturday evening visiting old friends at Page. They were evening dinner guests of Mrs. Bertha Reed. Mrs. Bessie Wanser, of Fre mont, spent from Saturday until Monday at the home of her son in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cronk, and family. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Wanser and family, of Holly Springs, la., vis ited over the weekend with Mrs. Wanser’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Froelich, of O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wanser, of Page. College students who have spent the Easter vacation with their parents here are: From Om aha—Miss Betsy Simmons, with Mr. and Mrs. Will Simmons; Monte Taylor, with Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Taylor, and Maurice War ing, with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Waring; from Lincoln — Darrell Heiss, with Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Heiss; Carroll French, with Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn French, and Betty and Harold Tegeler, with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tegeler; from Wayne—Miss Genelle Park, with Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Park and Ronnie, and Miss LaVonne and Melvin Albright, with Mr. and Mrs. Gailord Albright. Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett and two daughters, of Sidney, spent Wednesday and Thursday, March 21-22, at the Lloyd Fussle man home. Mr. Bennett is a brother of Mrs. Fussleman. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eby and three sons, of O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Nissen and daughters were guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen. The Bid-or-Bye bridge club met Thursday evening, March 22, with Mrs. Will Simmons. Mrs. Kenneth Braddock, of Omaha, and Mrs. John Lamason were guests. Mrs. Gerald Lamason was high score winner and Mrs. Je rome Allen, all-cut. A luncheon was served by the hostess. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Park, Ge nelle and Ronnie and Mr. and Mrs. Neven Ickes, jr., spent Sun day at the Bill Park home at Creighton. Mrs. A. O. Wilbur was hostess at a family dinner Sunday. At tending were: Mr. and Mrs. El mer Trowbridge and family, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Henderson and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Trowbridge. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Will Neubauer and Leo and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stew art and family were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sterner. It honored the birth day anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Sterners’ daughter, Mrs. Glen Stewart, which is March 26. Dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mrs. Eva Cunningham and Donald Cunningham were Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Cunningham and family, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Stevens, Miss Maude Martin and E. E. Stevens. The Royal Neighbor annual family supper was held Wednes day evening, a rch 21. There was a small attendance because of [ bad roads. About 11 families , were represented and enjoyed j the no-host supper. A social eve ning was spent. Dinner guests at the N. D. Ickes home Saturday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Neven Ickes, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Soren Soren sen, jr., and Glenda Rae, Mrs. Robert Newberry and Paul Neu bauer. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Park drove to Lincoln Friday and brought Miss Carol Stevens to visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Stevens, and family. She returned to Lincoln Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Hansen, of Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Kelly and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smith and sons were dinner guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kelly. Easter Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gailord Albright were: Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Hoffman and family, of Clearwater; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stevens and son, of O’Neill, and Miss LaVonne and Melvin Albright. Clayton Mesner and daughter, Eleata Rae, visited Sunday after noon at the Soren Sorensen home. Mrs. Robert Newberry, who teaches school at Cascade, spent from Friday until Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neven Ickes, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sorensen and family spent Sunday at Ains worth with Mrs. Sorensen’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kenne dy. Mrs. W. W. Johnston and chil dren, of Stromsburg, spent from Thursday until Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Heiss. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Townsend and Gene, of Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blackers and sons, Tommy and Johnnie, of Colum bus, visited over Easter Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Town send. Miss Angie Spath, of Cham bers, spent the weekend with Miss Shirley Sorensen and Miss Jane Park. Richard Orcutt and Miss Shir ley Sorensen, of Ainsworth, came to Page Friday where Miss Shir ley visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorensen. Mr. Orcutt went to Donophen Friday to visit his parents. He was accompanied there by Bobbie Sorensen and they returned to Page Saturday evening. Mr. Orcutt and Miss Sorensen returned to Ainsworth Sunday afternoon. Miss Marie lieiss, of Hastings, spent from Thursday until Sun day at the home of her father, Leonard Heiss, and with other relatives. 3 New Members Join Club— The Fagle Hustlers 4-H club met at the home of Brenda and Robert Beelaert on Thursday evening, March 15, for our second meeting of the, year. There were 14 members and 11 visitors pres ent. We gained three new mem bers, Merlin Held, Bette French and Jamie Nissen. The president, Tommy Kelly, called the meeting to order. Our leader handed out our material and showed us our club charter which now has three gold seals on it. Wre filled out our year books and planned our next meeting at the home of Merlin Held on Thursday evening, on March 29. After a lunch was served the club members went out and look ed at Robert’s and Brenda’s live stock projects. Robert has a breeding heifer and a baby beef and Brenda has a sow and litter. —By Robert Beelaert, news re porter. Atkinson Speech Winner to State ATKINSON — John Dobrovol ny, St. Joseph’s hall orator, com peted Thursday in the Nebraska American Legion oratorical con test finals held at Norfolk. Do brovolny earlier had won laurels at St. Joe’s elimination contest and proeeded on to win Legion district II honors in a contest at Plainview. He failed to place, however, in the state contest, which was won by Francis O. McDermott, of Omaha, a Creighton Prep senior. The contest rules included preparation and delivery of a 10 to 12-minute oration on the U. S, constitution and a 4- to 6-min ute extemporaneous oration on a constitution subject drawn from a hat. Onie McClurg won the Atkin son high elimination. For the Atkinson triumph, Do brovolny was awarded $10 by Farley-Tushla post and received a $25 savings bond for the dis trict championship. Mrs. Robert Shoemaker went to Omaha Monday to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schroeder. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Kirkpat rick, of Hastings, were weekend guests at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sum mers. Mr. and Mrs. John Cuddy and children left for their home in Sioux Falls, S. D., Sunday after having visited her parents, Mr. andf Mrs. A. F. Stanton, since last Thursday. Miss Joan Brady, a student at Doane college at Crete, returned Friday with her sister, Mrs. Dean Van Every, who had driven down for her the previous Wednesday. Miss Joan is spending her vaca tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brady. George Ponton and family and Mrs. A. E. Ponton, all of Elgin, and A. E. Ponton, of Ewing, were Easter dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Tomjack and son. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Becker had as their guests Sunday and Mon day her father, John Stevens, and her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stevens, all of Hart ington. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Reynold son left Friday evening to attend a wedding in Lincoln Saturday evening. They returned Sunday. Mrs. Mary Applegate, of Oma ha, and Charles Leach, of Fre | mont, were weekend guests at , the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Drueke and girls, of Ainsworth, were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Schelkopf. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy Rhodes and daughter, Vivian, of Cody, arrived Saturday to spend Easter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Goree, of Long Pine, arrived Sunday to visit relatives until Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gettert and Miss Theresa Liable were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Liable, of Atkinson. Mrs. Mabel Tomlinson was a dinner guest Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Tomlinson. Out-of-town guests during the holidays at the George VanEvery home were Mr. and Mrs. Marvin VanEvery and family, of Grand Island, who arrived Saturday and departed Monday afternoon, and their other son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dean VanEvery, who arrived Saturday and left Mon day. The Dean VanEverys also visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brady. Miss Helen Kubitschek, a stu dent at Barat college, Lake For est, 111., arrived Thursday to spend her Easter vacation with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek. Mr. and Mrs. Weston D. Whit i wer spent the weekend in Tilden where they visited his mother, Mrs. Mel Whitwer, who is ill in the Tilden hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fuller and George went to Sioux City Mon day. Chambers Choir Presents Cantata CHAMBERS—The choir of the Methodist church presented an Easter cantata at the church on Sunday morning. Specials were: Katheryn New house, solo: Armenta Gleed, solo; j Mrs. Art Walter and Mrs. C. V. Robertson, duet; Ralph Adams, Eugene Adams and Beryl Young, trio; Mrs. Lee Mitchell, Joan Daas, Myron Shavlik and Eugene Adams, quartette; Rose Marie Gibson, solo, accompanied by Mrs. Lela Corcoran on the clari net; organ and piano duet, by Mrs. Art Walter and Mrs. Lela Corcoran. _____ Other Chambers News Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Friedrich and family, of Spencer; Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Johnson and family, of Emmet; Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Cooper, of Chambers, and Mrs. J. J. Kasparie and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Horst, of Palmer, were guests of Arnold, Marie and Erna Zuelka Easter Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Kirkland, of Atkinson, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Walter. Other guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith and fam ily and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Walter. Mrs. Walter McNichols and son, Bob, of O’Neill, spent Eas ter Sunday with their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Chet Fees, jr. Mrs. Anna McCurdy, who has been staying with Mrs. Holloway, returned to Grand Island Sunday afternoon. Her daughter, Irene, and a friend, Mary Norris, were callers at the Neilson home. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Walter, Ar dith and Loren and Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Hoge and family surpris ed Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walter on their 23d wedding anniversary on Sunday evening, March 25. Lunch furnished by the guests was served. Milton Grimes and a friend, Buck Roper, of Lincoln, came Thursday and spent Friday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Grimes. They re turned to Lincoln Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Starr and family, of St. Paul, came Sunday to spend Easter with his mother, Mrs. Nellie Starr, and to help her celebrate her birthday anni versary, which fell on Easter. The Winona Rebekah lodge 369 met Friday night, March 23, in the IOOF hall. After the meet ing was over, the women had lunch at the Frances cafe. Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Medcalf and children, Bobby and Kathy, of Sioux City, were weekend guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Medcalf and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter. They re turned Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Miller and children, of Clearwater, spent Easter Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Medcalf. Mr. and Mrs. Don Medcalf and chil dren, of Ainsworth, came Sunday afternoon for a visit in the E. H. Medcalf home. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grimes and Bonnie, of Carr, Colo., came Saturday, March 24, to spend Easter with his mother, Mrs. j Genevieve Bell, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter. They spent Friday night in the Dean Stevens home at Atkinson, returning home Monday, March 26. Kathervn Newhouse came from Lincoln where she is a student at the state university, to spend Easter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Newhouse. Mr. and IMrs. Clarence Young and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mitchell and family were Sunday guests in the LaVern H aerie home. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Dierking drove to Valentine Wednesday, March 21, to attend funeral services for his son-in-law’s mother, M r s. Mark Wilson. They returned Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Dierking, of Amelia, also attend ed the funeral. Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Cooke and family left Sunday evening for Mt. Judea Ark., where they will be in missionary work. Reverend Cooke’s brother, Ber nard Cooke, took Mrs. Cooke and family in his car, stopping in Kansas City, Mo., to get his wife and daughter, who have visited since (March 20, with her sister and husband. Mrs. Bernard Cooke and daughter accompanied her husband and brother-in-law when they took a load of house hold goods to Mt. Judea for the Ralph Cooke family. Dinner guests in the E. R. Car penter home Easter were: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grimes and Bonnie, of Carr, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stevens and children, of Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Medcalf and children, of Sioux City, and Mrs. Genevieve Bell, of Chambers. Elona Shavlik, who attends the Lincoln school of commerce, spent Easter vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. “Steve Shavlik, and family, and sister and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Ed win Hubbard. Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Rubeck and daughter, Katheryn, of O’ Neill, spent Easter with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Honey well. Go to Iowa— Rev. and Mrs. Wayne A. Hall and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, left Monday for Es therville, la., where they are vis iting another son of the John Halls. BUYS EAST END CAFE Neil Harshfield, formerly of Atkinson and an employe of the O’Neill Photo Co., for the past four years, has purchased the East End Cafe and will assume management Sunday, April 1. The cafe will be closed all day | for redecoration and will be op ! en for business on Monday, j April 2. P-TA box social Friday night. Mar. 30, 8 p.m.. O'Neill public school band room. Everybody welcome. 47c r ; DR. J. L. SHERBAHN ! 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