Former Pastor
Addresses Grads
CHAMBERS — Muddy road
conditions did not keep people
from attending commencement
exercises at the high school aud
itorium Friday evening. May 18.
The hall was filled to capacity
when the 16 members of the
Chambers graduating class re
ceived their diplomas.
Rev. L. A. Dale, of Pratt, Kans.,
formerly pastor of St. Paul's
Lutheran church and superin
tendent of the Chambers school,
gave the address, His subject:
“Your Heritage, Your Country
and God."
The following scholarships
were presented by Supt. L. J. Eek
dahl: First— the State Teachers
college scholarship, to Armenta
Gleed; second—the church school
scholarship, to Bob Leiswald;
third—the junior college scholar
ship, to Joan Clemens.
The processional was played on
(he piano by Mrs. Lela Corcoran,
invocation was pronounced by
Rev. C. D. Ankney; a girls’ trio,
composed of Kay Eisenhauer,
Rose Marie Gibson and Vivian
Harley, sang; Neva Jarman was
heard in a solo; Vivian Harley
and Rose Marie Gibson sang;
“When You Come to the End of
a Perfect Day.”
The salutatory address was giv
en by Bob Leiswald, and the val
edictory address by Armenta
Gleed. Others taking part in the
Kogram were Joan Clemens,
‘lores Wilkenson, James Butts,
Alston Rasmussen and Jini Jar
man.
Presentation of credits was
made by Prin. Nick Schmidt. The
diplomas were presented by C. E.
Wintermote, president of the
board of education.
Reverend Ankney pronounced
the benediction.
Other Chambers News
The Chambers high school stu
dents went to Long Pine on Wed
nesday, May 16, for a picnic. The
grade school held a picnic at *he
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Covey
spent the weekend at Grand Is
land
Mrs. Ed Opperman and grand
daughter, of Lincoln, spent from
Wednesday, May 16, until Satur
day visiting in the home of her
aunt, Mrs. Charlotte Honeywell,
and cousins, Mr. and Mrs. John
Honeywell.
Mrs. W. M. Hardy and Mrs.
Kenneth Leinniger and son, Bob,
of Lincoln, and Mrs. Alma Far
rier. of Chambers, spent mother’s
day in the Hylas Farrier home.
The former is Mrs. Farrier’s
nother and Mrs. Leiniger is her
aster.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brockniol
ler, of Laurel, came Saturday
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evening and spent Sunday in the
Pete Sorenson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul .Jaiser,
Katheryn Newhouse and Paul Al
len Newhouse, all of Lincoln,
spent mother’s Jay in the T, E.
Newhouse home. Paul Allen
Newhouse is the small son of Mr.
and Mrs. Keith Newhouse
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service met Friday, May 18,
at the home of Mrs. Tom Hutton
with Mrs. R. K. Platt as hostess.
There were 20 members present.
The president, Mrs. Charles
Grimes, conducted the business
session. The lesson on “Temper
ance” was presented by Mrs
Louis Neilson. Mrs. Sarah Adams
led the devotionals.
Carolyn Adams came Wednes
day, May 16, from Denver, Colo.,
where she is attending Bible col
lege. She returned Friday.
Eleven friends enjoyed supper
at the C. E. Tibbets home Sunday
evening in honor of the birthday
anniversaries of Mrs. C. E. Tib
bets, George Thomson and Merlin
Grossnicklaus.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Moss
drove to Ceresco on Saturday,
May 12, to spend mother’s day
with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Stark. Mr. Moss returned
but Mrs. Moss remained for a
longer visit.
Mrs. C. V. Robertson, Mrs. H.
Mrs- Charles Spann
and Mrs. George Atkmson at
tended the Garden club workshop
meeting in Stuart Monday, May
Mike Fleek, Mrs. Raymond
Shoemaker and Mrs. Lyle Wright
drove to Norfolk Saturday to
visit Mrs. Fleek.
Mrs. Berl Waldo and grand
daughter, Connie Werner, left on
Saturday for Kansas City, Mo., to
spend 2 weeks with the former’s
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs Robert Kalb. Mr. and Mrs.
Kalb are the parents of a hahv
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peterson
and family, of Madison, were
Sunday guests in the Kennelh
Weiner lie me.
Lylas Tangeman, teacher in
Lone Tree school, east of Cham
bers, and pupils closed the school
term with a picnic at the school.
May 19. ’
Marian Severs, teacher in the
Harkins school, and pupils closed
their school term with a picnic
Friday.
Alvin Blair left Sunday for a
camp in Oregan after spending a
short leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Blair. He has been
in training for the past 4 months
at Ft. Riley, Kans.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harvey learn
ed recently that their son,, Ro
land Harvey, is now stationed at
Camp Jackson, S. C. Another
Chambers young man, Don Gart
ner, is also at Camp Jackson.
Mary Taggart spent Saturday
with Patricia Olsen at Amelia.
Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Dale and
children, of Pratt, Kans., came
Wednesday, May 16, and visited
until Saturday, May 19, with
friends. Reverend Dale was com
mencement speaker Friday eve
ning.
Mrs. Raymond Walter, teacher
in district 107, and pupils closed
the school term with a picnic at
the school Friday, May 18.
Mrs. W. E. Alday and baby
daughter, who has spent several
months with her husband's par
ents at Robinson, Miss., arrived
Thursday night for a visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Taggart, and family.
Mr, and Mrs. Steve Shavlik,
Myron and Pamela, spent moth
er’s day with relatives at Plain
view.
Mrs. A. F. Thompson, of Oak
land, Calif., and Mr, and Mrs.
Bernard Kellar and family, of
Flint, Mich., were honor guests at
a family dinner Sunday, May 20,
in the Ralph Hoffman home. Oth
ers present were: Miss Ruth
Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs. Arlo
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Hiatt, of O’Neill; J. S. Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoffman anc
family, Mr. and Mrs. Bernarc
Hoffman and Donis, Mr. and Mrs
John Kellar and Mr. and Mrs. Or
ville Kellar.
Mother’s day guests in the A
A. Walter home were Mr. anc
Mrs. Jim Kirkland and Wes Kirk
land, of Atkinson; John Walter,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith and
children, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Walter, of Chambers.
Mrs. A. F. Thompson, of Oak
land, Calif., arrived Friday, May
18, to visit her father, J. S. Hoff
man; brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Hoffman, and family, and Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Hoffman, and
family; also her sister, Miss Ruth
I Hoffman, of O’Neill. She plans to
| stay until after memorial day.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kellar
and family, of Flint, Mich., came
Friday to vi it his father and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Kellar,
and brother and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Orville Kellar.
Guests in the Henry Brown
home on Sunday, May 13, for
mother’s day dinner were her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Hoffman, and daughter, Maxine,
of Spencer, and her sister, Emma
Hoffman, of Norfolk.
A prenuptail shower was held
Saturday, May 19, at the Memor
ial Baptist church parlors for
Carolyn Adams. About 85 friends
were present. Mrs. Vernon Smith,
Mrs. Wayne Rowse and Mrs. Le
the Cooke were in charge of the
program, which was in the form
of a “radio quiz.” The ladies’
Missionary society served the re
freshments.
Miss Alice Johnson and pupils
of district 121 closed the school
term with a picnic at the school
Thursday, May 17.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Mentzer, of
Atkinson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Strong and son, Teddy,
spent Sunday, May 20, with Mr.
and Mrs. Mick Halverson, of
Bonesteel, S. D. Mrs. Strong's
niece, Jaynell Ford, returned
with them to visit a week.
Saturday, May 19, overnight
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Naprstek were Mrs. Naprstek’s
brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Kratochvil, of Osmond.
Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs.
William Naprstek, of Creighton.
Mrs. Frank Roach, of Omaha,
returned home Saturday, May 19,
after visiting her sister and hus
band, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Sauser,
and attending the R. R. Morrison
funeral.
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Dinner guests Sunday, May 20,
of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Medcalf
were Mr. and Mrs. Allen Miller
and family, of Clearwater. In the
afternoon they and their guests
visited with the Orville McKims.
Mrs. Ed Dumpert visited with
relatives in Atkinson last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Merriman
visited Sunday, May 20, with
Mrs. Anna Merriman, a patient
in St. Vincents’ hospital in Sioux
City.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kramer
and family attended the school
picnic in Emmet on Sunday.
M. B. Krause, of Albion, was
an overnight guest Thursday,
May 17, of Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Krause and family. Sunday, the
Milton Krauses visited the M. B.
Krauses in Albion.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fick, of
Inman, visited Saturday evening,
May 19, with Mr. and Mrs. Ferd
Krutz and family.
Pvt. Harold Krugman is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Krugman. Private Krugman will
report back for duty in Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hansen
and Loyd Lawyer, of Ainsworth,
visited Sunday, May 20, with Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Jonas and fam
ily.
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ery, made to measure, metal or
wood, all colors.—J. M. McDon
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Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brady, jr.,
visited Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brady,
sr., at Dorsey Sunday,
Mrs. Earl R. Hunt and children
returned Wednesday, May 16,
from a visit in Omaha with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Dev
eraux.
Sixteen young people were
Saturday evening, May 12, din
ner guests at the C. H. Chambers,
jr., home, honoring their son,
Ted, on his birthday anniversary
After dinner the group was taken
to Plainview to roller skate.
DR. FISHER, Dentist. adv
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McKay, of
Chambers, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Cavanaugh Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Alfred,
of Lynch, attended a meeting
here last Thursday. Their daugh
ter, Miss Beverly, and Mrs. C. A.
Bare, also of Lynch, visited Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Brady, jr., while
the Alfreds attended the meet
ing.
Mrs. Reed Herley and her 2
daughters returned Sunday after
visiting for 2 weeks in Pueblo,
Colo., with Mr. and Mrs. William
J. Austin.
Rudy Funk and Jack, of Deloit,
and Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, of
Norfolk, visited Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Hynes and family Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Siebert
and daughter were weekend
guests in Atkinson at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Braun.
J- P. Protivmsky returned to
Hastings Saturday after a 2
weeks’ stay with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Korth and
Patty Ann, of Los Angeles, Calif.,
were guests last Thursday and
Friday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Greitens.
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viewed a recently - installed Miller high speed
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The cylinder-type Miller (above) is one of the
largest, most versatile and fastest commercial
printing presses in north-Nebraska. In the pho
to (left-to-right) are: Fred Peterson, of the Mad
ison Star-Mail (brother of Gov. Val Peterson);
Ben Kuroki, of the York Republican; Emil Reut
zel, jr., of the Neligh News; Paul F. Wagner, of
the Dakota County Star and recently appointed
administrative assistant to Governor Peterson.
Demonstrating the machine is Leonard E. Bazel
man. Frontier pressman. The visitors were in
O’Neill attending a press parley.—The Frontier
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1 Shirley Johnson,
Eugene Hamik Wed
STUART—St. Boniface Catho
lic church was the scene of a
pretty wedding on Tuesday, May
ia, when Miss Shirley Johnson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Johnson, of Newport, became the
bride of Eugene Hamik, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hamik, of
Stuart.
The double-ring ceremony was
performed by Rev. A. J. Pas
chang.
The bride was attired in a
white net over satin gown fash
ioned with a lace trimmed yoke.
Three tiers of lace trimmed the
skirt which ended in a long train.
Her lace trimmed veil fell from
a crown trimmed with seed
pearls.
She carried an orchid with a
white pearl rosary.
Mrs. Fritz Kohle, cousin of
the bride, served as matron-of
honor. She wore a pale green
net gown, with headpiece and
mitts to match and carried a fan
of red roses.
Miss Vita Marie Weichman,
cousin of the bride, and Miss De
lores Carr, of Rushville, friend
of the bride, served as brides
maids. Miss Weichman wore a
yellow net gown with matching
headpiece and mitts and carried
a fan of pink carnations. Miss
Carr wore an orchid taffeta gown
with headpiece and mitts to
match and carried a fan of yel
low carnations.
Kristine Wewel served as flow
ergirl and wore a gown of dotted
Swiss fashioned similar to the
bride’s. She carried a bouquet of
sweet peas and carnations.
The bridegroom and his attend
ants, A1 Hamik, cousin of the
bridegroom, Don Bernt, friend of
the bride and bridegroom, and
Paul Johnson, brother of the
bride, wore light suits with white
carnation boutonnieres.
Charles Krobot, nephew of the
bridegroom, carried the rings on
a white satin pillow. Bud Krobot,
Harry Bliner and John Weich
man were ushers.
The mothers of the bride and
the bridegroom wore navy blue
^ dresses with corsages of pink
and white carnations.
A wedding breakfast was serv
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fritz Kohle by Mrs. Bud Krobot
and Mrs. Harry Mliner, sisters of
the bridegroom.
Dinner was served to about 50
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hamik. Rita Hamik,
Kathy Seger and Leola Jane
Weichman served the dinner.
Mrs. C. F. Gillette, of Chambers,
aunt of the bride, baked the wed
ding cake. Mrs. Hamik is a grad
uate of Newport high school with
the class of 1948. For the past
year she has been employed at
Berneice’s beauty shop in Stuart.
Mr. Hamik has been at horn*
on his parents’ farm.
They will make their home on
a farm north of Stuart.
‘Good Neighbor*
Award to Huskers
EWING—The Knights of Ak
Sar - Ben have announced the
names of Nebraska groups and
organizations which will receive
the 8th annual Ak-Sar-Ben good
neighbor awards in recognition of
outstanding service and good
neighbor spirit during the last
year.
Among the names on the list
were the participants in the Riv
erside husking bee at Ewing for
picking the entire crop of com
for Wilbur Bennett and family
after they were injured in an au
to accident.
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LYNCH—Funeral services for I
Demming Bjornsen, 17, were held
Saturday, May 19, at the Wesley
an Methodist church with Rev.
Bernard O. Raabe in charge.
With Mrs. Bernard Raabe at
the piano, Mrs. O. Retzlaff, Mrs.
Harold Micanek and Lavone Mi
canek sang “Rock of Ages” and
“Abide with Me."
Coach Elmer Blackbird, Stan
ley Greene, Robert Maly, Frank
lin Johnson, Bud Speltz and
Kenneth Stewart were pallbear
ers.
Maxine Jehorek, Jolene Mican
ek, Elsie Piklapp, Janet Chris
tensen, Donna Greene and Joann
Baker were flower girls. Burial
was made in the Gross cemetery
beside the grave of his father.
Demming Bjornsen was bom
May 17, 1934, near Lynch and
died when struck by a bolt of
lightning on May 15. He was to
have graduated from the Lynch
high school on Thursday, May 17.
Survivors include: Mother; 5
sisters—Miss Lanora, Mrs. Faye
Papstein, Mrs. Judy Peters, Mrs.
Inez Mitchell Mrs. Agnes Nelson;
8 brothers—Stanley, in the navy,
Neal, Norris, Orvis, Melvin, Car
roll, Lee and Izaac.
Protivinskys
Honored Friday—
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Shelkopf
were hosts Friday at a surprise
party for Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Prot
ivinskys’ 42d wedding anniver
sary. Cards were played and re
freshments served at the Proti
vinsky home.
Sgt. F. C. Dorrance Crabb re
turned with Mrs. Crabb and 2
daughters and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Emmet Crabb, Sunday.
They had met him in Sioux City.
He returned Tuesday to Camp
McCoy, Wise., where he is sta
tioned.
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