Nebraska Newspapers

    When You 8c I Were Young ... I
City Clamps Ban
on Saloon Gambling
Owner May Lose His
License
50 Years Ago
The Canton Bridge company’s j
men have arrived and when the
weather moderates they will
commence work upon the bridge
across the Elkhorn south of town* |
Upon completion, it will be one
of the best bridges on the Elk
horn in the county ... A severe 1
wind storm blew in the large !
windows in the postoffice and in 1
Mrs. Cress’ restaurant. The large I
hayb’ rn of Ryan and Milligan |
was unroofed and it will cost ;
$200 to replace . . . The local ,
lodge, AOUW, will have a public j
installation of officers at their !
new quarters in the Odd Fellows !
hall . . . O. F. Biglin attended j
the annual Nebraska Implement I
Dealers association meeting in j
Omaha this week . . . The city I
council is determined to put a !
quietus upon gambling carried J
.on in the saloons of the city. The
city officials have notified the
• saloons that no gambling for
money should be allowed in their
places of business and a fracture
of this order would be sufficient
grounds for the cancellation of I
their license. Since the order, no I
gambling was reported until new I
year’s day when one man claimed ;
to have lost $50 shaking dice. The |
saloon owner will appear before j
the city council to show if there
.is any reason why his liquor lie- {
ense should not be revoked . . . j
Omaha market prices were:
Choice beef steers, $5.00 to $5.50;
hogs, $6.20 to $6.50; and feeder
lambs, $3.50 to $4.00.
%
and Jack Grady returned to At
chison, Kans., where they at
tend St. Benedict’s college after
spending Christmas here . . .
eona and Florence Winkler
were absent from school because
f sickness . . . Olive and Arlene
Beckwith visited their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hick
an over the weekend.
10 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Froe
lich became the parents of a
son, Charles Edward, born on
January 2 . . . Pvt. Raymond F.
Wilkinson was selected for spec
j ialized electrical training in Los
| Angeles, Calif . . . Sixty-eight
boys registered in December for
selective service . . .On January
1, Mrs. Clara Cole celebrated her
90th birthday anniversary . . .
Anton Toy, jr., reported to Iowa
Navy preflight school at Iowa
City, la. . . Mrs. Frank Clements
entertained the Last Minute
bridge club . . . Mrs. Carl Asimus
left Tuesday for Lincoln to at
tend the inaugural ceremonies
and the governor’s ball . • . Mr.
and Mrs. Ted McElhaney enter
tained at a watch party on new
year’s eve. . . Miss Verna Coyne,
who attends Rosary college, Chi
cago, 111., returned to school after
spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Coyne.
One Year Ago
Elgin Ray succeeds his father,
Hugh Ray, in the management
of the Spelts-Ray Lumber Co. . .
Cpl. Allen Zempel was wounded
in Korea . . • Atkinson plans to
open the new $25,000 Memorial
hospital February 1. The 14-bed
health center will be operated by
the Franciscan Sisters of Kune
gunda. . . Mrs. Irvin Forbes was
lost several hours in a blizzard
while walking from her home to
Amelia, a distance of four miles.
Francis Belzer and Miss Ruby
Fox were married January 2 in
St. Patrick’s Catholic church.
Navy Man on Leave
Takes Bride, Butte
LYNCH—Ronald Stewart, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stewart of
Lynch, and Mary Jane Hopkins,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
Hopkins of Verdel were married
at Butte Monday, December 19.
Judge Classen performed the
ceremony.
Mrs. Stewart attended the
Verdel and Niobrara schools and
Ronald graduated from the Lynch
schools. He is home on leave
from the navy.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Sullivan and
daughter, Patty, spent the week
end in Omaha in the home of
iMr. and Mrs. Leroy Desmond.
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20 Years Ago
Miss Helen and Mary Sullivan
spent the weekend at Carr’s
ranch at Stafford . . . The Leech
• elevator burned to the ground
about one o’clock one morning.
■The building and its contents
were completely destroyed. It is
believed the fire started from an
electric transformer in the build
ing ... A marriage license was
granted to Gerald McIntosh and
Miss Ethel Clyde, both of Page,
on January 3 . . . Bill Hammond
Dr. Fisher, Dentist
In the Bishop BlocK—Norfolk
Office Phone: 610
Res. Phone: 2842
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ATKINSON - O’NEILL RENDERING
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I (Owned by Valley Rendering, Ord, Nebr.)
PUBLIC SALE
As we have decided to quit farming we will sell at Public
. Auction the following described property at the place 1 mile
North of the O’Neill Cemetery, 5 miles West and 2 miles
North; or 2*6 miles East and 2 miles North of Emmet, Nebr.,
MONDAY. JANUARY 12
Sale Starts at 1:00 P. M. Promptly
LUNCH TO BE SERVED ON GROUNDS BY THE VICTORY
HOMEMAKERS CLUB
10-HEAD OF CATTLE-10
5 Milk Cows of which 2 are fresh, 1 will
‘ freshen soon, and 2 will freshen at a later
date. 5 Calves, all under 1 year old.
MACHINERY, ETC.
John Deere Tractor, 1936 B; John Deere Van Brunt 11-ft. Drill;
John Deere Manure Spreader; John Deere Mounted Cultivator
for A or B Tractor; A Hay Stacker; 1938 V-8 Car Sweep; Pull
Type Power Takeoti Mower with 7-ft. Bar; 2 Hay Rakes, one
10-ft., one 12-ft; John Deere 2-14-inch Bottom Plow; John
Deere 15-ft Disc; John Deere Pull Type 2-Row Lister No.
730; 4-Row International Eli; 32-ft. Kelly-Ryan Trail Away
Elevator with Speed Jack; 2-Row Oliver Corn Picker with
Husking Bed, used 3 seasons; 1951 Minneapolis Moline 14-ft.
Windrower; 1949 Pull Type Case 12-ft. Combine with VAC
Case Motor on it and Pickup Attachments; 1946 International
%-ton Pickup; 3-Section Harrow; Hay Rack and Running
Gear; Wagon Box and Gear; 1 Rubber-Tired Trailer and Box.
1946 John Deere H Tractor—lights, starter and power lift;
John Deere Power Lift Cultivator for H Tractor; Heavy Duty
Hay Stacker with New Cable; John Deere Model “B” Tractor
Hay Sweep; John Deere Disc Tiller, nearly new; Harvey
Cylinder Com Sheller; John Deere 2-Row Cultivator, Tractor
Hitch; Some Horse Machinery.
Saddle; Set Harness; 2 Crosscut Saws; Cream Separator; Vise;
Sickle Grinder with llt)-volt Motor; 10-38 Tractor Chains;
Post Drill; Forge; 300-Gallon Fuel Tank.
1.000 BUSHEL OATS SHOP TOOLS
SOME HOUSEHOLD GOODS
11 DOZEN PULLETS (Leg Rocks and While Rocks)
2 BROODER HOUSES and BROODERS
TERMS CASH: Nothing to be removed until settled for
WM. and WALTER SCHMOHR
OWNERS
COL. WALLACE O'CONNELL FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Auctioneer O'Neill, Clerk
Composes Songs For Fun
You won’t find his songs on
the music counters, but an air
craft factory worker in San
Diego, Calif., husband of a for
mer O’Neill girl, has been com
posing ballads since he was 16.
The songwriter is W. H.
(“Jim”) Morris, husband of the
former Edna Newman, daughter
of Mrs. Vannie Newman.
“Although friends — among
them several accomplished mu
sicians—tell me I’m a “natural”
composer, I’ve never had the de
sire to be anything but an ama
teur writer,” explains Mr. Morris,
who originally comes from Sioux
City.
It was in the Iowa town Jim
met Edna. The latter graduated
from Lynch high school in 1939
and taught school for several
terms in the Dorsey neighb<3r
hood and also north of O’Neill.
She went to Sioux City to work
for a department store and met
Jim, a radio technician.
Jim is employed in an air
craft factory radio laboratory,
while Edna does clerical work
for the same firm. They have
one daughter. Mary Beth.
Jim’s music-writing attracted
the attention of the editor of the
plane factory’s house publication.
A lengthy article and picture were
used to tell about - Morris and
his hobby in the December 17
issue.
Jim says he loves all kinds of
music but that he writes only
ballads. He keeps only the bet
ter ones and consequently after
20 years of composing has only
about 20 completed songs in his
collection.
“Tunes are always popping
into my mind, but sometimes it’s
a problem to record them before
I forget them. This is ironical be
cause once I have transcribed a
melody into musical notes I never
forget it, and have no further
use for the sheet music when I
want to play the song.”
As a result, Morris has an un
usual but surefire procedure for
getting his songs into music.
Whenever he has an idea he gets
; out his ukulele and plays and
whistles fragments of the tune
into a recorder.
Then in his leisure he plays
back the recording, does some
rearranging and picks out the
melody on a piano. He writes
the melody down in music.
Although the melodies come
easily, it usually requires Morris
six months or longer to complete
a song. Jim views his composi
tions strictly as a hobby but
takes care to copyright each one
of them.
He has written a song about
San Diego which he calls “San
Diegg Shores” and during World
War II he wrote a war song
called, “Marching in Dreams,’’
Returned Soldier
Takes Bride Here
First Presbyterian church was
the scene of a wedding at 3
o’clock Sunday afternoon when
Miss Norma Cullen, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Cullen of Page, became the bride
of Army Pvt. Thomas Ressel,
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry E. Ressel. Rev. Samuel Lee
officiated in the single-ring cere
mony.
The bride was dressed in a rust
and blue check suit with blue ana
white accessories and wore a
corsage of white roses. Her only
attendant, Mrs. Claresse Sullivan,
wore a brown and white check
suit with brown and white acces
sories and wore a corsage of pink
roses.
The bridegroom wore a steel
brown suit with a white rose
boutonniere and his only attend
ant was Boyd Ressel, who wore a
white rose boutonniere.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held in the Harry
Ressel home with the immediate
family and close relatives present.
The table was decorated with a
centerpiece of yellow and red
roses. The three-tier wedding
cake decorated with pink and
white doves and topped with a
minature bride and groom was
baked by Mrs. Ed Hancock. Mrs.
Edward McManus, sister of the
bridegroom, poured for the re
ception, which consisted of serv
ing cake and coffee. Mr. and Mrs.
Ressel opened their gifts during
the reception.
Mrs. Claresse Sullivan had
charge of the guest book.
After a short trip, Private and
Mrs. Ressel will visit here before
going to Camp Carson, Colo.,
where Private Ressel will report
for duty.
Mrs. Ressel is a graduate of
Page high school with the class
of 1952. Private Ressel is a grad
uate of O’Neill public school with
the class of 1950. He attended the
agricultural college at Lincoln
for one semester before enlisting
in the army. He recently return
ed from duty in Korea.
W. H. ("Jim") Morris, songwriter . . . and his wife, the
former Edna Newman of O'Neill.
Page News
Miss Maude Martin was a guest
new year’s day at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bowen.
Mrs. Albert Smoeck of Van
Nuys, Calif., called her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Asher, and
extended greetings on new year’s
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorensen,
sr., visited Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Sorensen’s sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Taylor at Inman. The Tay
lors have recently moved to In
man.
Mrs. E. H. Farnsworth was
hostess to the Just-a-Mere club
Friday afternoon with a 2:30
o’clock dessert luncheon. The
remainder of the afternoon was
spent playing rook.
Mrs. Neven Ickes, jr., and Teri,
Mrs. Norman Trowbridge and
Mrs. R. F. Park spent Saturday
afternoon in the Bill Park home
at Orchard.
Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sornesen,
sr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Soren
sen, Karen and Georgia and Mr.
and Mrs, Soren Sorensen, jr., and
Glenda were new year’s day
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sor
ensen and family.
Mrs. George Clasey entertain
ed several children at her horns
Saturday afternoon, honofir^j ber
son, Leroy, on his Vith birthday.
Games were played and Mr§, ,
Clasey -^ved a delicious lunch,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wood of
Lincoln were dinner guests Wed
nesday, December 31, of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Steinberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Neven Ickes, sr., 1
Lionel and Dennis and Paul Neu
bauer were Friday evening sup
per guests of Mr. and Mrs. Soren
Sorensen, sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Graves
have received word that their
son, Ernest E. Graves, has been
promoted from sergeant to staff
sergeant. He is stationed at Trav
is air base, Calif.
Navy Cadet Harold Tegeler
left for Pensacola, Fla., after
spending two weeks leave with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Tegeler, and other relatives.
Mrs. Norman Trowbridge ar
rived home last Thursday from
spending the holidays with her
husband at Camp Roberts, Calif.
She went to Plainview Sunday
where she is a teacher, in the
school there.
The GGG&G pitch club met
with Mrs. Neil Asher Friday af
ternoon. • Mrs. Evelyn Gray and
Mrs. Arnold Stewart were the
guests. Mrs. Otto Matschullat
won both high score and travel
ing. Mrs. Stewart held low score.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nelson and
Janet of Lincoln spent from Sat
urday until Sunday with Mrs.
Nelson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Russell. Mrs. Elmer Span
of Atkinson spent Saturday af
ternoon and Charles Russell
spent Saturday evening at the
home to visit their sister, Mrs.
Nelson and family. Carolyn Rus
sell was a overnight guest Sat
urday of her grandparents.
, Guests at the R. F. Park home
new year’s day were Mrs. H.
Beaver and son, Michael, Denver,
Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baird,
Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Neven
Ickes, jr., and daughter and Mrs.
Norman Trowbridge.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Townsend
of Osage, Wyo., spent Sunday,
December 28, with the former’s
brother, C. A. Townsend, and
wife. On Monday they went to
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Em
Allen to visit their son-in-law
est Swift and family. They re
turned to Page on Friday to
again visit at the C. A. Townsend
home until Sunday.
.. DANCE ..
AT O’NEILL
American Legion Auditorium
Saturday, January 10th
ACES OF RHYTHM ORCHESTRA
Adm.: Adults $1; Students 50c
PAGE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Hansen and
daughter of Hoskins, Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Abney of Inman, Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Kelly and Ruth
and Mrs. Anna Thompson were
new year’s day dinner guests at
the Tommie Kelly home. Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Grass and fam
ily were afternoon visitors.
Henry Freelberth of* Stuart,
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Asher and Mr.
and Mrs. Theo. Kemper of Page
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kemper
and family.
16 Guests Help Girls
Mark Anniversaries—
EWING — A popular teenage
birthday anniversary party was
held Tuesday evening, December
30, at the Legion club. The hon
ored guests were Helen Rother
ham, whose birthday was De
cember 23. and Rosalie Spittler,
December 28. Both were 16 years
old. There were also 16 boys and
girls as guests. Games and danc
ing provided entertainment for
the evening. Presentation of gifts
was one of the highlights of the
party.
Miss Patsy Pollock gave each
a birthday cake with the tra
ditional decorations. These were
served as a part of the refresh
ments by Mrs. Lee Spittler and
Mrs. James Rotherham, mothers
of the honored guests, who also
were in attendance for the an
niversary festivities.
Mrs. Jefferies Heads
Lutheran Ladies Aid
The Christ Lutheran ladies aid
held a regular meeting and an
nual Christmas party on Thurs
day, December 18.
There were 14 members and
two guests present.
The group sent a box of fresh
fruit to the orphange at Fremont.
New officers for the coming
year are: Mrs. Dean Jefferies,
chairman; Mrs. R. W. Ohon. vice
chairman; Mrs. Robert E. Miller,
secretary; Mrs. Durvin Kipple,
treasurer; Mrs. Lloyd Johnson,
sunshine chairman; Mrs. William
Hinze, news reporter.
Pastor Olson read the Christ
mas story and* the group sang
Christmas carols.
Mrs. Palmer Skulborsta I and
Mrs. Dean Jefferies were host
esses.—By Mrs. William Hinze,
reporter.
Betrothal Told—
EWING—Mr. and Mrs. Robley
Sisson, sr., announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Mary
Marcella, to John E. Steskal, jr.f
of Omaha. Miss Sisson is a grad
uate of the class of 1952 of the
Ewing public school. Mr. Steskal
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Steskal of Inman. He also at
tended the Ewing public school.
At present he is employed in „
Omaha.
Venetian blinds, prompt deliv
ery. made to measure, metal or
wood, all colors.—J. M. McDon
aid's, O'Neill.
DR. H. D. GILDERSLEEVE.
OPTOMETRIST
Permanent Offices in
Hagenslck Bldg.
O’NEILL, NEBR.
Phone 167
Eyes Examined . Glasses Fitted
* Office Hours: 9-5 Mon. thru Sat.
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