James Reed’s
illness Fatal
CELIA— James Reed, of Lin
coln, father of Mrs. William
Spann, recently became ill while
visiting at the Spann home.
He was taken by ambulance 1o
a Lineoln hospital on Friday. Ju
ly 6, and died on Monday, July 9.
Survivors include: Son —
George Reed, of Loup City;
daughters—Mrs. William Spann,
of Atkinson, and Mrs. Cecil
Haase, of Denton, their families
and many other relatives.
He was buried in a Lincoln
cemetery.
Funeral services were held in
Wadlow chapel at Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease and
William Spann went to Lincoln
Wednesday, July 11, for the fu
neral. Mrs. Spann accompanied
her brother to Lincoln on Tues
day, July 10.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Pea3e, of
O'Neill, took care of things while
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease were
gone.
Other Celia New;
Mrs. D. F. Scott entertained the
Iris society at her home Monday
afternoon, July 9.
Quite a number of the Atkin
son members of the Women’s So
ciety of Christian Service attend
ed the WSCS meeting in O'Neill
Thursday afternoon, July 12. Ov
er 80 were registered and Miss
Ruth Harris, missionary from
China, gave a greeting and sang
2 songs in Chinese. A missionary
from Columbia, South America,
also gave a talk. Quite a number
of WSCS societies of ihe county
were represented. Those attend
ing from Atkinson were Mrs.
George Frohardt, Mrs. Ralph
Chace, Mrs, E. G. Hughes, Mrs.
Lewis Humphrey, Lola Garwood,
Mrs. E. C. Weller, Mrs. Ralton
Jarvis. Mrs. Galyen and Mrs.
O. A. Hammerberg. Lunch was
served.
Mr. ana Mrs. Lon oelmun and
Jo Jane and Lonnie, of Nogales,
Ariz., arrived Monday, July 9,
for a visit with her brother, Alex
Forsythe. The Belmans visited
relatives and friends In Florida,
Mississippi and several other
southern states on their way to
Iowa, where they visited beforo
coming to Nebraska.
Robert and Leon Hendricks
attended the Niobrara camp
meeting Monday evening, July 9.
Linford Sweet wired the Con
nie Frickel house for KEA the
past week.
Mrs Joe Hendricks, Mrs. Leon
ard Chaffin, Mrs. Lawrence
Smith, Mrs Mark Hendricks and
Mr*. Con fad Frickel all attended
the missionary meeting at the
Wesleyan Methodist cnurcn Tues
day afternoon, July 10.
Blood-Typing for
* Residents Is Goal
The Holt county home demon
stration council met at O’Neill
Thursday, July 12.
Mrs. E. R. Carpenter, of Cham
bers, Holt county chairman, an
nounced the state meeting to be
held at Grand Island September
25-27.
Mrs. E. O. Slaymaker, of At
kinson, and Mrs. Frank Schaaf,
of Stuart, were elected delegates
and Mrs. Harley, of Chambers,
and Mrs. H. B. Burch, of O’Neill,
alternates to the state councii
meeting at Grand Island.
Neil Dawes encouraged clubs to
get every member’s name and
blood type on list to be given to
all doctors in the county. Blood
typing for all residents of the
county will be the goal.
Dr. Ramsey at Stuart will do
this for groups.
Mrs. Wright, district home
demonstration supervisor, dis
cussed lessons to be given.
Tentative date for Holt county
achievement day for extension
clubs will be the second or third
week of October.
HOSPITAL NOTES
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
* (Stuart)
In hospital: Mrs. Lola Hum
rich, of Stuart, condition good;
Bailey Miller, of Atkinson, con
dition poor.
Admissions: July 11 -- Mral.
Dorothy Heiter, of Inman. 12 —
Mrs. Eugene Hoffman, of Stuart,
a baby girl. 13—Mrs. Edna Grof,
of Atkinson, condition good. 14—
Dick Flynn, of Stuart.
Dismissals: July 13—Mrs. Elgie
Irish, of Stuart; Mrs. Dorothy
Heiter, of Inman. 14—Mrs. E. G.
Ihrig and son, of Atkinson. 15
Dick Flynn, of Stuart.
Out patients: 9 — Mrs. M. M.
Shattuck, of Stuart; Dick Ulrich,
of Stuart, minor surgery. 1ft—
Mrs. Margaret Etherton, of At
kinson. 13—Mrs. Neva Sobotka,
X-ray .
L. D. Putnam and James Cor
kle were in Lincoln Monday. _
Harold B. Milliken
Weds North Dakotan
EWING—At the Church of
Christ in Cogswell, N. D., Thurs
day evening, June 14, Miss Greta
Dietz, formerly of Council Bluffs,
la., became the bride of Harold B.
/Milliken, of Norfolk. News of the
wedding recently reached Ewing.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Norval Dietz, of
Cogswell, and the groom is the
son of Mrs. James Hawk, of Ew
ing.
Rev. Lynn Dietz, of Jackson
burg, Ind., cousin of the bride,
and affiliated with the Christian
church, officiated at the double
ring ceremony.
Given in marriage by her fath
er, the bride wore a traditional
gown of white satin with inserts
of lace in the full skirt. Her laice
edged finger-tip veil fell from a
seed pearl tiara. She carried a
white orchid with stephanotis
and ribbons on her white Bible.
Miss Elva Harris, of Omaha,
was imaid-of-honor and wore a
full skirted gown of yellow or
gandy over satin. The fitted bod
ice had capper sleeves and a
small peter pan collar. She car
ried a colonial bouquet of white
carnations, centered with yellow
roses.
Bridesmaids, who lighted the
tapers, preceding the ceremony
were. Miss Audrey Dietz, sister
of the bride, and Miss Beverly
Dietz, cousin of the bride. Their
gowns styled like that worn by
the maids-of-honor, were of pale
green and orchid respectively.
They carried wristlet bouquets
harmonizing with their gowns.
Marlys Dietz, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Dietz, was the
flower girl. Her floor-length frock
of pink was styled like those worn
by other attendants. Steven Dietz,
son of the Rev. and Mrs. Lynn
Dietz, was ring-bearer.
Ronald F. Keeler, of Minneapo
lis, Minn., was best man and ush
ers were Albert Delbridge, Loren
Emerson and Cecil Dietz.
A reception followed the cere
mony in the church parlors.
While in Council Bluffs, the
bride was employed as secretary
to Rev. Charles Davis at hte First
Christian church.
Mr. Milliken is well known to
Ewing folks, having spent his va
cation with his mother and step
father. Mr. and Mrs. James Hawk.
He has taken up the ministry in
the Church of Christ.
I
Miss McCullough
to be Dean at Dana
Miss Elja McCullough has been
appointed dean of women at Da
na college at Blair. She will as
sume her duties in the fall.
Miss McCullough for many
years was Holt county superin
tendent of public nistruction and
recently received her bachelor of
arts degree at Wayne State col
lege.
O'NEILL LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Finch and
Carl Knudsen, all of Niobrara,
visited over the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Simpson.
Sunday, all attended the VFW
convention at Grand Island.
James Langan, of Spencer, call
ed Sunday at the home of his
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Er
vin Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shellham
mer and Mrs. Esther Fothergill
went to Academy, S.D.. Sunday
to visit their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Houska. and family.
Mrs. Ray Verzal, of Atkinson,
came Tuesday to get her son,
Jerry, who had spent the week
end visiting his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Quinn.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Davis were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Revell Sunday at a picnic sup
per.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Perry and
girls and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Per
ry went fishing Sunday at Red
Deer lake.
«m w a t_ r\__
miha mai^aicv uvau nvj,
of Wisner, spent 2 weeks visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Klein. She returned to
Wisner Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward McMan
us were Sunday dinner guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C H.
McManus.
Mr. and Mrs. George McCar
thy and family returned Friday
after vacationing ut Estes Park,
Colo. Miss Beverly McCarthy,
Miss Gertrude Steffins and Miss
Gertrude Sullivan, all of Omaha,
and Miss Florence Ponton, of O’
Neill, were with them. The Mc
Carthy family spent Thursday,
July 12, with relatives in Scotts
bluff and the others returned to
O’Neill with the exception of
Miss Steffins, who visited her
family at Geddes, S.D. Miss Mc
Carthy, Miss Sullivan and Miss
Steffins went back to Omaha on
Sunday. Miss Florence Ponton
accompanied them and will re
main in Omaha for a few days
for a medical checkup.
HIGGINS HOME BRICK TYPE . , . The hand
some M. B. Higgins residence, completed in No
vember. 1949, compels attention of passersby at
720 Douglas street. The home features a large
living room (with picture window and fire
place), large kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bath, utility
room and attic. The double-garage is separate
from the brick house. All woodwork in the Hig
gins home is birch and the flooring is oak This
is the fifth in an exclusive series of photo
graphs of new O’Neill homes. — The Frontier
Photo & Engraving.
FROM NEAR AND FAR ... In the grandest lottery ever known
in these parts, O’Neill overflowed with visiting gentry who came
to draw for land grants. Above scene along South Fourth street
illustrates some of the activity in about 1908.—Photo from the Fe
lix Sullivan collection; The Frontier Engraving.
Pairieland Talk
(Continued from page 7.
Young man. if you are under 26
and of sound mind and body,
count yourself one of the 6,000,000
that may be mustered in the draft
and in the army until you are 35,
providing you have the good
luck to last to that age. . . Down
in old Richmond, Va., 6,000,000
gallons of city water of the city’s
supply was poured into the sea
because a deer had hopped in to
cool off on a hot July day, there
by defiling the drinking water. . .
New Mexico has a law which is
believed to be the first in history
to require that a public official
must be a former drunk. Two
members of the commission deal
ing with alcoholism must them
selves be reformed alcoholics,
which is now pronounced a dis
ease. Diseases hit a fellow un
awares, alcoholism is a voluntary
venture. . . A barber at Dekaub,
Miss., in the business for a qaur
ter of a century, refuses to join
the inflation parade and does his
hair cuts on the old standard ba
sis, 25 cents a head. Give us
more Mississippi barbers.
• • •
He was caught at it red hand
ed. There he was in a basement
apartment, a helpless old patriot
who had endured the vicissitudes
of the Wyoming and Montana
cattle ranges his helpless victim,
face smeared over and hopeless
ly in the clutches of a giant of a
man wielding a deadly instru
ment. The intruder on the scene
gasped as he opened the door and
saw what was going on. Here was
a preacher, a minister, one of the
Lord’s annointed. a gentleman of
the cloth engaged in such a busi
ness. He had come in that after
noon to shave an old man being
cared for in a nursing home. That
is the kind of religion that a
mounts to something. That priest
of the most high God will have a
starry crown that outshines the
more professional clergy.
The removal from office of the
erstwhile member of the state li
quor commission by the govern
or has been upheld by the su
preme court, probably on the
grounds if you have authority
to appoint you have authority
to cancel the appointment. If
Mr. Young entertained the
thought that his summary re
moval from the commission
would be taken to heart by Ne
braska patriots as was the Gen
eral MacArthur ouster he should
by now be disillusioned, and if
nothing else, defying the order
of the chief executive and the
findings of the state supreme
court would disqualify anyone
from holding a public job.
• • •
According to the biennntal re
port of the Nebraska public li
brary commission there are 4,079
volumes in the O’Neill library
and 1.440 citizens have drawn out
books within the year. The li
brary in Atkinson has not report
ed to the commission the number
of volumes it supports. Ewing
has 1.941 volumes in the library
with a list of 211 borrowers. Stu
art shows the largest number of
books, 7,825 volumes, but only
142 taking out books. The Stuart
library is open 8 hours each
week.
• • •
On a drive out over the Lincoln
spot in the corn belt at the be
ginning of the second week in
July it was observed that a few
wheat fields hold a promise but
where there is a stand of corn on
the ridges it’s only knee high to
a grasshopper. Many fields are
but desolate wastes of mud and
weeds.
* * •
Tbe Columbia people have the
MacArthur address given at the
congressional hearing on a record
that seems destined to survive
the wreck of time, while proba
bly most of the proceedings are
destined to archive obscurity.
A A A A A A
SICK & INJURED
PAGE—Mrs. Raymond Heiss
and Darrell, Mrs. M. G. French
and Bette and Misses Marie and
Marilyn Heiss went to Sioux Ci
ty Tuesday, July 10, where Miss
Marie Heiss entered the Luther
an hospital for surgery. . . . Jer
ry Asher received a bad cut on
his foot Tuesday. July 10, whfen
a large piece of tin fell on his
foot as he was helping load a
truck with scrap iron and other
metals for Alton Braddock. He
had to use crutches for a few
days. . . Mrs. Hannah Stevens,
who has been on the sick list for
some time, remains “about the
same.” . . Mrs. Roy Wilson, who
has been a patient in Our Lady
of Lourdes hospital at Norfolk
for over a week, expected to re
turn home Tuesday. . . Rickie Al
len, 3-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Allen, is a polio pa
tient in the Methodist hospital
at Sioux City. He became ill
more than 2 weeks aco, but ap
parently recovered. His parents
noted, however, that the small
boy could not walk properly. It
was then he was taken to the
hospital and the illness was di
agnosed as polio.
O’NEILL — Paul E. Moseman
entered St. Elizabeth’s hospital,
room 319, Saturday, July 7, in
Lincoln. Mr. Moseman was oper
ated on Monday. . . Mrs. Amie
Mace. sr„ is “satisfactory” in the
Lutheran hospital in Norfolk. . .
Little Doreen Hansen, almost 4,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Hansen, recently jumped off
some steps and broke her leg in
the same place she did a year
ago. . . Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Hynes and Mrs. Matt Hynes took
Mrs. John Rotherham, of Inman,
to a hospital in Omaha Monday.
Mrs. Rotherham broke her knee
cap when she fell recently while
visiting in West Burlington, la.
. . ^ Mrs. E. H. Coker went to
Sioux City Sunday to be near
her husband, who has been hos
pitalized there for almost 2
mpnths. . . Mrs. W. B. Gillespie
went to Norfolk last Thursday
where she was opera red on Fri
day at Our Lady of Lourdes hos
pital. She is “doing well.”
ATKINSON—Mrs. Melvin An
drus returned home from the
St. Joseph hospital Thursday
where she has been a patient for
the past 6 weeks. Mrs Andrus’
condition seems to be “slightly
improved.” . . . Mercedes O’Con
nell, who is spending her vaca
tion at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connell, had
her tonsils removed Monday, Ju
ly 16. Mercedes is employed in
Omaha. . . Mrs. Albert Klingler
was taken to a Sioux City hospi
tal Saturday, July 14, for possible
surgery. . . Mrs. Raymond Grof
is receiving treatment at the Stu
art hospital. . . . Mrs. Carroll Ray
mer was called to Lincoln Mon
day when she received word that
her mother, Mrs. S. Christiansen,
suffered a broken hip in a fall on
a doorstep.
CHAMBERS—Mrs. Emma Lo
seke underwent a major opera
tion recently. . . Charlotte
Grimes, underwent a minor op
eration at the Lutheran hospital
in Norfolk last week . Mrs.
Walter Jutte was dismissed re
cently from Our Lady of Lourdes
hsopital in Norfolk. . Mrs. Donald
Dankert returned Tuesday, July
10, from St. Josephs’ hospital in
Sioux City. She is convalescing
at the home of her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. L. O. Lenz. . . Lloyd
Gleed is a patient in the Luther
an hospital in Sioux City where
he underwent an operation on his
knee on Tuesday, July 17. . . Mrs.
Halloway is ill at the home of
her daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Neilson.
EWING—Barbara Snyder was
dismissed recently from Our La
dy of Lourdes hospital m Nor
folk. . . R. B. Crellin, editor of
The Ewing Advocate, went to the
Veterans hospital at Grand Island
Wednesday, July 11. His condi
tion was “satisfactory” with or
ders to report back at the hospi
tal in 3 months. . . Mrs. Frances
Lowery, Ewing’s oldest citizen,
had the misfortune to fall recent
ly at her home, injuring her arm
quite painfully.
AMELIA—Glen White and Art
Kaiser are each suffering from
back injuries resulting from lift
ing heavy hay machinery. . . A.
E. Sammons is “improved” in a
Norfolk hospital and may be able
to return home in about a week.
. . . Pat Kennedy, who recently
submitted to an operation for
ruptured appendix, is “much im
proved” and expects to return
home this week.
REDBIRD — Fred Truax, sr.(
and son, Dick, have been with
relatives in Omaha to be near
Mrs. Truax at the hospital there.
. . . Mrs. Carroll Bjomsen and i
children, of Inman, have been
visiting her parents, the Leon
Mellors, while Carroll is under
the doctor’s care in Omaha. . . .
Mrs. Charles Gifford is taking
treatments at the Crofton clinic.
LYNCH— Willard, Melvin and
Larry Placek, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Ludvig Placek, underwent
tonsillectomies at the Lutheran
hospital in Norfolk Saturday, Ju
ly 14.
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
South returned Tuesday, July 10,
from Omaha where Mr. South
had spent some time in an Oma
ha hospital.
DELOIT—Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Sehi consulted doctors in Norfolk
last Thursday regarding Albert’s
health.
O'NEILL LOCALS
Mr. and Mr$. JRpy Tessier left
for their home in Long Beach,
Calif., Sunday after attending the
funeral of their son, Charles.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hall visited
their son and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Lowell Hall, near Amelia.
They stayed overnight and then
went on to Burwell where they
visited friends, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Meyers, and were dinner guests, j
also.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyer and
family, of Winnetoon, were Sun- .
day dinner guests of her sister *
and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle M. Green.
Mrs. Eric Erickson and family,
of Mullen, spent from Thursday^
until Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Osenbaugh.
Card party and lunch at St^
Mary's gym Sunday, July 29, at
S, sponsored by St. Mary's alum
ni. Lunch 50c. 11-12
Mr. and Mrs. John Shoemaker,
sr., were weekend guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Shoe
maker, jr., and daughter, of
Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Callahan, of
Scottsbluff, were weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Harmon.
Miss Phyllis Harmon returned
with them for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Ball Halva and {
family, of Lynch, were Sunday
afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Halva.
Mrs. J. D. Guenter, of Mem
phis, Mo., is visiting at the home
of her niece, Mrs. Ivan Cone. •
Mrs. Earl Wrede, of Branson,
Mo., is visiting Mrs. Emma Law
rence and other relatives and
friends. She arrived Tuesday, Ju
ly 10. .
Mrs. Elmer Straube and baby
daughter, of Broken Bow, visited j
with Mrs. Emma Lawrence last j
week. Mr. Straube spent the J
weekend here and took them J
back to Broken Bow Sunday. $
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• An increasing number of fat cows are appearing each week at
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steers and heifers. Most sales at the terminal markets earlier in
the week were steady to 25c higher.
• About 800 head of hogs are expected in today's receipts. The
bulk of these will be feeder pigs and fat hogs. The hog mar
ket earlier in the week was moderately active.
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