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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1952)
Duchesne Students Hostesses at Tea— Duchesne college students en tertained at their annual moth er's tea Saturday afternoon in the college dining room at Oma ha. Miss Nancy Froelich, president of the student council, was in charge of arrangements. Members of the council presided at the tea table. Return to North Platte— Mrs. Joe Beckwith and two children returned to their home in North Platte Sunday after a vis it with her mother, Mrs. Lod Janousek, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schmit and two children and Mrs Janou sek accompanied them to Grand Island. royal theatre — O'NEILL — Thursday, May 8 LITTLE EGYPT Color by technicolor . , . Mark Stevens, Rhonda Fleming, with Nancy Gnild and Charles Drake. Adm.: 42c, plus fax 8c, Total 50c Children 10c, plus 2c tax; tot. 12c Friday and Saturday May 9-10 RODEO KING AND THE „ SENORITA Smash Rex Allen action hit! Pnp big surprise thrill after an other as the screen’s great new cowboy star fights killers in a famous wild west show! Adm. 42c. plus tax 8c. Tot. 50c Children 10c, plus 2c tax. Tot. 12c Matinee Saturday 2:30 Sunday, Monday and Tuesday May 11-12-13 LONE STAR Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, with Lionel Barrymore and Beulah Bondi. She’s like silk . . . you get sparks when you kiss her! Adm. 42c. plus tax 8c, Tot. 50c Matinee Sunday 2:30. Adm. 42c, tax 8c. Tot. 50c Children 10c, plus tax 2c, Tot. 12o Wednesday and Thursday May 14-15 Judy Canova in HONEYCHILE In the new three color Trucolor with 10 top comedians including Eddie Foy, jr., and Alan Hale, jr. Judy singin’! Judy dancin’! Judy romancin'! She’s back in her new movie! Adm. 42c. plus tax 8c. Tot. 50c Children 10c, plus 2c tax. Tot. 12c -- Gold Star Mothers Honored at Tea A gold star tea was given by ! Simonson unit 93, of the Amer ! lean Legion auxiliary, Sunday, May 4, at the Legion club. Mrs. A. W. Carroll was in charge. The program featured several musical solos and a tap dance. Piano solo, by Marilyn Carroll; tap dance, by Helen Harty; vocal trio, by Barbara Bennett, Veryl Ralva and Phyllis Harmon; solo by Duane Booth; vocal solo, by Mary Ellen Steele; piano and flute duet, by Shirley and Betty Schultz; piano duet by Virginia Buckmaster and DiAnn DeBack er. The Gold Star mothers attend ing are pictured at right. Among auxiliary members act ing as hostesses were Mrs. Virgil Laursen, Mrs. Palmer Skulbor stad, Mrs. Dale Buckmaster, Mrs. Lional Siefken, Mrs. Lawrence Urban, Mrs. Winnie Barger, Mrs. John Stuifbergen, Mrs. Anita Ell ston, Mrs. Dave Kilpatrick, Mrs. Axel Borg, Mrs. H. D. Gilder sleeve and Mrs. D. E. Nelson. 21 Members, 18 Visitors Present at Meet— The 212 South Fork 4-H club met at the home of Gary and Gale Holcomb on Friday, May 2. There were 21 members and 18 visitors present. We answered roll call by naming a state and its bird. During the business meeting we made plans for rural life Sunday. We voted in one new member, Bobby Gartner, who will carry stocker - feeder and keep well projects. The presi dent read a letter from David Lee Dawes, thanking us for the silver cup we had given him. After the business meeting we practiced songs for rural life Sunday. During the “Keep Well’’ lesson we had an artificial respiration demonstration by Gary Holcomb and Kenneth Backhaus and a demonstartion on applying a tourniquet by Lois Strong and Marilyn Rasmussen. During the cooking lesson we discussed the lesson on meat and had a demon stration on measuring by Jennie Halsey and Virgene Rasmussen. Mrs. Halsey’s bird club discussed their lesson also. We played games outside. Keith Halsey and Raymond Strong had charge of the games. , Our next meeting will be at the Bob Strong home on May 23 in the afternoon.—By Gary Hol comb, news reporter. Gold Star mothers at tea . . . (standing) Mrs. Claude Hamilton, Mrs. Guy Young, Mrs. Joe Jar es ke, Mrs. Ina Wolfe, Mrs. Roy Lanman. Mrs. Ross Ridgeway, Mrs. Bessie Burge, Mrs. W. H. —The Frontier Photo & Engraving Harty and Mr*. W. J. Biglin. Pouring at the tea were Mrs. Axel Borg (seated, at left) and Mrs. Virgil Laursen (seated, at right). Thorin’s Heroism Told in Post “The Forgotten Heroes of Ko rea" is the title of an article writ ten by James Michener in the Saturday Evening Post issue for May 10. The story is a special salute for the naval pilots who fly from fast carriers, taking the assault to the communists over deadly seas and in the face of heavy gunfire, re turning later over the dark ocean to land upon their small and heaving carrier deck. “Their work is peculiar and de mands an absolute kind of cour age,” according to Mr. Michener. The duties of these men include such dangerous rescue work per formed by the men who fly the helicopters. Mr. Michener makes special mention of Chief Duane Thorin, of Chambers, a helicopter pilot, and highly commends his brav ery. Thorin recently became missing in action and is presum ed to be either dead or in enemy hands. Duane Thorin served aboard the cruiser Rochester. Together with his partner, Ernie Crawford, of San Diego, Calif., he went on a rescue mission which was not able . for the unusual circum stances. /V navy pilot Dy tne name or John Abbott was forced down in the icy water of the ocean. Following is the account given by Mr. Michener: “Unfortunately, Abbott landed in a mine field so that normal destroyer - rescue Erocedure was impossible. Ab ott’s hands were frozen almost instantly, and he could not cut himself loose from his parachute. Thus he was not able to climb into his life raft. He managed however to lash his head to the raft so that he would not sink into the ocean. Then he lost con sciousness. “When word arrived of Ab bott’s situation, Thorin and Crawford jumped into their ’cop ter, knowing that it would be impossible to land it anywhere, because the under structure was inoperative. “Nevertheless they flew out to John Abbott, whose frozen head was still tied to the raft. Crawford leaped 18 feet into the ocean. Then bad luck hit, for his hands froze. Using his frozen hands like stumps, he did manage to get Abbott into the sling of the heli copter, but he could not cut away the parachute and the raft. "Motioning to Thorin. he qave the signal for the 'copter to rise. Below dangled the rescue sling, the inert body of Abbott, the parachute and the raft, “Aboard the ’copter, Pilot Du and Thorin had a hard time. “The dragging parachute was i filled with heavy water and the raft was filled with air, so that the two acted as tremendous brakes. “Thorin decided that his only chance of saving Abbott’s life was to find a destroyer some where close at hand. According ly he headed in a new direction, and came upon the destroyer Col lett, which had ventured into the heavily mined area. “Abbott’s life was saved. “Meanwhile, of course, Thorin could not land his helicopter. For if he once did so, he could not take off again, and his crew mate, Crawford, was still back there in the icy water. Further more, it was logical to expect that by now Crawford, too, was unconscious and could not be saved without the help of some one riding crew in the helicopter, ^gain Thorin exercised perfect judgment. He flew to the Roches ter and, without landing, picked up a doctor to attend Abbott, and a volunteer crewman to res cue Crawford. Again without landing, he dropped the doctor on the destroyer, Collett, and went forth in search of Craw ford. wnen inorm reacnea me spot, he found his buddy in sur prisingly good condition. Al though his hands and face were frozen, he had kept himself alive by vigorous exercise. He set a new record for survival in those deadly waters. But when Thorin started to land back aboard the Rochester, he was wa-ned to stay aloft—this day’s work was not yet done. From the beach near where he had just rescued Crawford had come an urgent call for help. So Thorin dropped Crawford and— in his beat up helicopter that wasn’t supposed to be able to fly at all — set out to save a third life. In some respects, this was the most astonishing rescue of all. “Ed Laney, a pilot, had crash landed on the beach after his partner, Abbott, had landed in the water. Though he was un hurt, he was being fired upon by a communist patrol of six riflemen who appeared in the distance and started closing in. “But now two friends came to help. From the east, riding close to the sea, came Chief Thorin in his cracked up helicopter. He expected to find Laney in the ocean and was surprised to see him on the beach. He was more surprised to see the riflemen bearing down on the only spot at which a rescue could be effect ed. Nevertheless, Thorin bore in. At that moment one of the planes I of air group five of task force 77 saw what was happening and swept the beach with devastating 50-calibre fire. "Thorin went in behind it. set his rescue sling right down in Laney's lap and carried the pilot off to safety." In concluding his remarks con cerning Duane Thorin, James Michener says, “Out here it is not known what DQane Thorin has earned in the way of medals. But one and all hope he will be reeognized for what he was, the bravest of the brave. He is not among the living—he volunteer ed for a rescue mission more haz ardous than the one described, and lost his life.” Chief Thorin, who was 32 years-old on his last birthday, became missing at a time when his mother, Mrs. Clara Thorin, of Chambers, was in a coma. She died without having learned of the fate of her son. 17 to Graduate at Stuart High STUART— The seniors of the Stuart high school will be guests of the juniors at the annual jun ior - senior banquet tonight (Thursday). A class of 17 will graduate this year. They are: Maureen Baten horst, Willis Berry, Joan Bur haus, Fred Coats, Jean Cobb, De lores Hamik, Dick Kaup, Dick Hytrek, Vesta Mitchell, Kenneth Mlinar, Faye Moses, Mary Ober mire, Kathy Seger, Ivo Shald, Dick Ulrich, Marilyn Varilek and Theo Weichman. Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday evening, May 11, at the auditorium Rev. Orin Graff will give the sermon. Joseph Alexis, of the Univer sity of Nebraska, will speak at the commencement exercises on Thursday, May 15, at the auditor ium. O'NEILL LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Babl and daughter, Diana, spent Sunday afternoon at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Babl. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Psotta and family, of Pilger, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ^rank Clements. Mrs. Psotta and Jrs. Clements are sisters. CATTLE SALE Every Tuesday Starling at )2>30 PJt “Your consignments solicited” Sell Them Where They Have The Buyers Atkinson Livestock Market Atkinson, Nebraska Phone 5141 CERTIFIED MYBMD SEED COHN Go to Scot!* for your Harts Seed Com — the best flats for $9.00 per bushel. We hare a Replanting Agreement. ALL EARLY HYBRIDS: Iowa 306 —Iowa 4249 — Iowa 4297 — Harts 22 — Harts 44 WESTERN AUTO STORE O’Neill IN NEBRASKA... \ EVERYONE : SHARES IN : RACING : BENEFITS : <4 Yes, you and more than a million other Nebras kans share in the benefits from legalized racing • because in Nebraska racing is different. Of 26 • states which have legalized racing, Nebraska is the • only state where no single individual or group of • individuals can share the profits. • Here, the people of Nebraska share in the profits . . . the pleasure and the fun. All the profits, after * expenses, are given for charitable, educational and * civic activities such as county fairs, university • scholarships and fellowships in agriculture, and • 4-H activities. These are just a few ways the profits • come back to Nebraskans. # Board members of Ak-Sar-Ben, just as your state • and county fair boards, serve as a civic duty-— • without compensation of any kind. They serve be- • cause they know Nebraskans enjoy not only the # exciting entertainment of racing in the friendly atmosphere of good Nebraska sunshine — but everyone also shares in the benefits. # AK-SAR-BEN j CONTRARY TO RUMORS I AM doing dirt work in Holt county. Your patronage appreciated and solicited. Good equipment and experienced operators. SOIL CONSERVATION WORK A SPECIALTY BENNETT SMITH Butte, Nebr. Phone 54W Siva k«r frwH oi tHa U«m PAINTERS If you would like to buy Paint at wholesale prices, write for my latest wholesale prices and catalog. 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