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Rural Pupils Cop
5 Firsts in Meet
ATKINSON—The first annual
grade school track and field meet
was held here Saturday, sponsor
ed by the Atkinson Lions club
and the Atkinson Graphic. Rural
schools captured 5 firsts out of 21
events.
St. Joseph’s hall, of Atkinson,
grabbed 6 firsts; ONeill public
■chool 5, Stuart 1. There were 22
rural schools and 5 town schools
entered with more than a hun
dred boys and girls competing.
Seventy-two ribbons were issued.
Eddie Gats, of O'NailL took
top individual honors with 2
first places, 1 second and 2
thirds.
Next year's meet will include
more events, especially for girls,
and a special relay. The John R.
Jarvis memorial gold medal re
lay will provide a gold medal
tor the winner and a silver medal
for second place, the latter pro
vided by R. O. Jarvis.
Summary:
60-yard high hurdles: Vern
Rothchild, Atkinson, first; Jim \
Slattery, St. Joe, second; Eddie
Gatz, O’Neill, third. Time: 11.2
seconds. ]
100-yard dash (6th, 7th, 8th
,
grades): Don Kelly, Inman, dis
trict 111, first; Benny Miles, dis
trict 100, second; Pat Lee, St. Joe,
third. Time: 12.5 seconds.
100-yard dash (5th grades and
lower): David Frost, district 249,
first; Jimmy Hendricks, district
246, sceond; Arthur Wills, Em
met, third. Time; 14 seconds.
60-yard dash (6th, 7th, 8th
grades): Lowell Seger, Stuart,
first; Benny Miles, district 100,
second; Dick Gaskill, O’Neill,
third. Time: 7.9 seconds.
60-yard dash (5th grades and
lower): David Frost, district 249,
first; Neal Kelley, district 111,
second; Gary Beckwith, Stuart,
third. Time: 9.1 seconds.
880-yard run: Gary Roberts,
Atkinson, first; Gary Winsor, At
kinson, second; Clarence Focken,
district 246, third. Time: 2 min
utes 49 seconds.
SERVES ABOARD OSS KIDD
INMAN — Eldon C. Stevens,
seaman, USN, grandson of Mr.
md Mrs. Bell Liens, of Inman, is
serving aboard the destroyer USS
Kidd which he helped reactivate
recently at tne naval station, San
Diego, Calif. The Kidd participat
ed in numerous campaigns in the
Pacific during World War II.
Dale Moreland, of O’Neill, his
>arents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Vloreland and Jerry, of Creigh
,on, visited Carlyle Washechek
•’riday at Bryan Memorial hospi
al.
PAGE NEWS
B. H. Stevens left on Sunday
morning to attend a 3-days’ post
masters’ convention at Fremont.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McIntosh,
of Albion, came Sunday to visit
Mrs. McIntosh’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Wilson, and other rela
tives. They returned home Mon
day,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Spann, of
Atkinson, and Mrs. Spann’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Russell,
of Page, drove to Yankton, S. D.,
Thursday. The Spanns were get
ting trees and shrubs for their
new home in Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stauffer, jr.,
and family, of Norfolk, visited
Sunday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Stauffer’s brother, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Dorr, and Vernon and
were supper guests.
The Page Improvement club
met Monday evening with Mrs.
Ray Snetll with 10 members pres
ent. Mrs. Conrad Benner, of
Grand Island, was a guest. Mrs.
R. D. Copes, president, presided
at the business meeting. Im
provements for the Page theater
and park were discussed. A
breakfast will be held at the Page
park Tuesday morning, May 15,
for Mrs. Ralph Brostrom, who
will soon leave for New York
state.
A group of relatives and
friends met at the home of Mrs.
Alton Braddock Monday after
noon for a farewell party for Mrs.
Minnie Lines, who will soon
leave to make her home in South
Dakota. Those present were Mrs.
Emma Canaday, Mrs. William
Neubauer, Mrs. Lesley Lines.
Misses Grace and Nelle Wood,
Mrs. Jennie French, Mrs. A. B.
McClure, Mrs. H. J. Stevens, Mrs.
I. O. Wood, Mrs. Alton Braddock
and the honored guest, who was
presented a going-away gift.
Relatives who attended funer
al services for Frazie Sparr held
in the Evangelical United Breth
ren church at Orchard Monday
afternoon were: Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Cronk, Mr. and Mrs. George Cla
sey and Mrs. John Sorensen, all
of Page; Mr. and Mrs. James
Cronk and Floyd Wilson, of O’
Neill and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
McIntosh, of Albion. Mr. Sparr is
survived by 2 daughters, Mrs.
Eldon Butterfield, of O’Neill, and
Mrs. Eldridge Maynard, of Or
chard; 8 grandchildren: brother—
Isaac Sparr, of Orchard. A son,
Clark Sparr, lost his life in World
War II.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lamason
spent the weekend at Allen
where they visited with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brostrom
spent the weekend at Grand Is
land with Mrs. Brostrom’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Ben
ner. Mrs. Benner accompanied
them to Page for a week's visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Allen and
family were guests Sunday ot
Mrs. Allen’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Finley.
Miss Jennie Holloway was a
dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. Dave Bowen.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stewart
and Frank Snyder were dinuer
guests Sunday of Mrs. Addie
Kelly.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold William
son and family, of O’Neill, spent
Sunday with the former’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. William
son.
Mrs. Paul Hartigan visited
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Ma
ry Hartigan and Miss Joan Cov
entry at Inman.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krugman
and family, of O’Neill, were
guests Sunday afternoon of Mrs.
nrugman's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. John Friday, of
Orchard, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Black and family, of Ewing, vis
ited Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. McClure and fam
ily.
Mrs. Gene Baber and Bonnie,
of Plainview, Mrs. C. E. Walker,
natnieen anu Carry, Mrs. Evelyn
Cray, Mrs. Gailoru Albright and
Mrs. Paul Hartigan drove to In
man Friday evening where they
attended tne operetta, "Gypsy
•Hover," given by tne Inman
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Braddock
and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin bmith
were fsunuay evening dmuer
guests ox iviir. and Mrs. Herbert
otexnoerg. xuxr. and xuxrs. A. c.
uorr jomed tne group lor a social
evening.
Mrs. Bill Buxton entertained
tne members ox tne Help c club
Wednesday, May a no - host
uinner was served at noon, xne
afternoon was spent socially and
a biiuai shower was given for
Mrs. Mar an lusnia, tne xurmer
ounna xsiooxnowser. Mrs. He li
ne m Heiss and Mrs. Elmer Cich
ty were guests.
4-H CLUB NEWS
The Eagle Creek 4-H club met
Sunday, April 29 at the Benson,
school, combining their meeting
with the Theresa Ernst school
picnic.
Plans were made at the meet
ing of the 4-H Fancy Ropers lor
a trip to the state fair this sum
mer. There are 4 new members:
Jimmy Corkle, Richard Bridges,
and Donald Meyer. The meeting
was held at the home of Billie
and Reta DeLong.
The Ducky Clover 4-H club met
Friday night, May 4, at the Pick
ering home.
Tne Ducky Clover Ranchers
met Friday, April 28, at the home
of Bonnie Vanek. The club cele
brated its third birthday anni
versary and a special birthday
cake was served.
The Willing Workers 4-H club
met Saturday, April 30, at the
home of Merle Pease. Each mem
ber brought samples of his
cookies to De judged and 2 new
members, Billie Donovan and Da
Verne Pritchett, joined the club.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
WD—Theodore Kubart to Eifie
Kubart 5-1-oi $1- Fast 40 it lots
9 & 10 Bik 7- Atk
WD — George Layh to Hattie
Kindlund 2-5-al $72o0- West la
ft lot 4- All lot 5- Bik 29- O’
JMeill
WD — Estate of Grenville M
Doage to Fivm L Wilkinson &
wf 12-18-50 $3000- bteNEft
bFy4- NVabwy4- b£y4bwy4 31
oV*iNWy4- bWy* 32-20-13
VvD—J_,etha J McFarland et al
to Frank Burival 3-1-47 $15,o00
NEV* 29- NWft 28- SWy4 21-29-9
WD—Jack Barr to Julia Galla
gher 4-30-51 $5OU0- East 34 it of
West 102 ft of Dots 22 to 26 Inc
Blk 38- Riggs Add- O’Neill
WD— Vvm D Ulrich to Frame
Wewel & Robert B Jensen 4-20
51 $10,000- Dot 13 Bik 6- Hal
lock’s Add- btuart
ODD—Mary G Horiskey to Wm
A Miller 9-28-50 $1- Lot 3 Bik C
Fahy’s 2nd Add- O’Neill
VVD — Thomas E Aiderson to
John Niewohner 3-21-51 $4000
Lots 1-2-3 NEy4NWy4 19-26-12
WD—Federal Farm Mtg Corp
to Charlie Fleming 5-1-51 $1
bWy4 18-29-11 except 412.5 ft by
528 ft
Visit Hospital Patient—
Mrs. Winnie Barger and her
mother, Mrs. Helen Starlin, went
to Lincoln Sunday to visit Mrs.
Starlin’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Lau
ra Eaton. They also visited Car
lyle Washechek at Bryan Me
morial hospital. They went wgh
George C. Robertson, who
brought back Mrs. Robinson, who
had been visiting her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Orth.
* CELIA SIDELIGHTS
Several from this community
at-tended the grade track meet in
Atkinson Saturday and won rib
bons in various contests.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and
family were Sunday afternoon,
May 6, and supper guests at the
Wilford Arp home.
Celia school closed Tuesday,
May 8. The school picnic will be
held on Saturday, May 12
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Allard, of
Rapid City, S. D., spent Monday
night, May 1, at the Mark Hend
ricks home.
Dorothy Scott had a family
dinner Sunday, May 6, honoring
her father, D. F. Scott, on his
birthday anniversary. Those pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Dobias and sons, Roger and Rod
ney, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Living
ston and Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Scott.
Duane Beck was an O’Neill vis
itor Wednesday, May 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chaffin,
Ldith and Linda visited Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Colfack and Dennis
Monday morning, April 30
Mr and Mrs. D. W. Allard,
who have been in Iowa for sev
eral weeks, visited the Emil Col
[ fack family Tuesday morning.
May 1. The Allards formerly
owned the Colfack home. They
returned to their home in Rapid
City, S. D., that afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack
were O’Neill visitors Friday, May
4. Dennis Colfack visited school
that day.
LaVern Brady helped Alex
Forsythe with his work Saturday,
May 5.
Albert Johnson and sons, John
and Jimmy Lyons came to the
ranch Saturday, May 5, and took
home a truck load of cattle Sun
day, May 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Slotfelt and
children were Sunday afternoon,
May 6, visitors at the Paul John
son home.
Conrad Frickel, Mrs. Dorothy
Hoffman and son, Roger, Mr. and
Mrs. Bennett Smith and son,
Gordon, left Tuesday morning for
Laurel, Mont., to attend the fu
neral of Mr. Frickel’s sister-in
law, Mrs. David Frickel, which
was held Thursday. They return
ed to Atkinson Friday night,
May 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Livingston
attended the junior class play at
the high school Friday evening,
May 4.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Scott visited
the Charles Dobias family Friday
evening, May 4.
Mr. and Mrs. George Beck
spent the day Monday, April 30,
at the Duane Beck home.
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O'NEILL LOCALS
Mrs. Dale Buckmaster and Vir
ginia and Mrs. Helen Starlin
went to Neligh Wednesday. The
Buckmasters visited her mother,
Mrs. Frank Hill, and Mrs. Starlin
visited a friend.
Mabel: Meet me at the public
school auditorium, Thursday,
May 17, 8 p.m. The school band
and chorus are presenting a won
derful concert and you'll espe
cially enjoy the mixed chorus in
the operetta "Dixxy Baton." Ic50
Roy Shelhamer, Ray Shellia- *
mer and their father, Joe Shel
hamer, attended the Finch fu
neral Tuesday at Venus.
The Methodist young adults
will sponsor a bake sale and
Mother's day carnations, begin
ning at 1:30 p.m., Saturday. May
12. at Ralya's IGA Btore. Ic65
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Announcing...
THE JOHN DEERE sales and service agency in O’Neill is
now under new ownership in the former O’Neill
Rollerdrome building, and we are ready to meet the
public and to serve the public in all their needs.
OUR SALES, PARTS AND SERVICE departments are
fully and capably staffed and it will be our aim to
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Smith,, who is the new JOHN DEERE sales and ser
vice agent for the O’Neill territory. During the years we
operated the JOHN DEERE agency we endeavored to
give fair and courteous service to our patrons and I am
confident Mr. Smith wiD do likewise.
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age during those years with JOHN DEERE.
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