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
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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
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kans share in the benefits from legalized racing •
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. . . 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 •
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appreciated and solicited. Good equipment and
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