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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1953)
Band Uniforms Pnt on Display Culminates Drive for Funds PAGE—The Page public school band presented a concert Tues day evening, March 31- Thirty brand new uniforms purchased earlier were displayed. The con cert marked the first formal ap pearance of the new suits, which 'were purchased with funds rais ed by a variety of community projects. Meanwhile, the Page Commer <aal club will honor the PHS basketball teams at a banquet •on Tuesday, April 7, in the school gymnasium. Harold Thompson, Norfolk Junior college coach, has been named the principal speak er, Mr. Thompson was the Page £nigh school coach in 1942. This will be the second ban cquet honoring the Page varsity team, which completed a very successful season by virtue of its 20 wins and only five reversals. The Eagles captured the district cjass C cage title. o - Other Page News Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mudloff amd sons and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer ' Juracek and family spent Sun day at the Clarence Stewart borne. Robert Sorensen, Ronnie Park, and Mrs. Eddie Connery drove to Lang Pine Saturday evening. From there Mrs. Connery accom panied her husband to C hadron Sunday evening. He has employ ment with the railroad. Tbe Royal Neighbor Kensing ton met Wednesday afternoon, March 25, with Mrs. Ray Snell. «n members and one guest were present. A no-host luncheon was served after an informal after noon. Mrs. Jerome Allen was hostess to the Bid or Bye club Wednes day afternoon, March 25, with Mrs. James Finley as a guest. Mis. Allen won high score prize and Mrs. Gerald Lamason all <cut. Lunch was served. A large crowd attended the r ~ " -I J family night service at the Meth odist church Wednesday evening, March 25. After a basket supper the church history was read and pictures pertaining to family o worship in the home were shown. A short service was held in the church sanctuary after ward. Mrs. Icie Rost, who had spent the winter in California, has re turned to her home in Page. She will spend the summer here. She was met in O’Neill by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Larsen. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lingen felter of Plainview spent Mon day in the Charles Wegman home. Special services were held on Sunday morning at the regular worship services in the Page Methodist church. Infants pre sented for baptism were Craig Dale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Albert; David Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Dorr; Donelle Jean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hartigan; Michael Eugene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Heiss, and Theresa Ann, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Neven Ickes, jr. Other persons received into the church were Joyce Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grass; Ruth Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kelly; Rodney Dennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neven Ickes, sr., and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson. Special mu sic was provided by the choir and a solo by Mrs. Merwyn French, jr. Sunday dinner guests at the Owen Parks home included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Naslund and grandson, Jerry White, Henry Parks and Sherry Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Park had for their Sunday dinnei guests Mr. and Mrs. William Park and daughter of Orchard, Mr. and Mrs. Neven Ickes, jr., and daugh ter and Mrs. Norman Trowbridge of Plainview. Mrs. Ralph Brostrom returned home last Thursday evening from Grand Island where she had spent several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Benner. Mr. and Mrs. Brostrom drove to Grand Island Friday evening to spend the weekend and to bring their son, Brady, who remained there Thursday, home with them. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Elsberry of Royal visited Wednesday after noon, March 25, at the Charles Wegman home. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stevens of Oakland called on Miss Maude Martin Sunday afternoon. They came from O’Neill where they had attended the 46th wedding anniversary celebration of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Grutsch. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Asher spent Sunday evening at the Charles Sorensen home. Mrs. Bertha Reed entertained the Just-a-Mere elub at a 2:30 p.m. dessert luncheon Friday. The remainder of the afternoon was spent informally. Eight : members ware present Mrs. Helen Kreymborg con ducted the leaders' training meet ing on “suds” Wednesday, March 25, at the home of Mrs. Merwyn French for home extension clubs. Present were Mesdames Harry Harper, Lorenz Rieze, Dale Stauffer, Dale Matschullat, Nor man Saltz, Elmer Trowbridge and Helen Kreymborg. A no-host dinner was served at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorensen, sr., drove to Long Pine Satur day, March 21, to visit their son in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Connery. Mrs. Con nery returned to Page with them and visited here a week. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dobbins had for their dinner guests Sun day Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Belik and children and Mrs. Belik’s mother, Mrs. Margaret Murphy, and Fred Carey and Ralph. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Holliday called in the afternoon. Mrs. Kenneth Van Every was hostess to the Get-Together club Friday. Eight members and two guests were present. The group did their own needlework. The hostess served luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn French entertained at dinner Sunday honoring the first birthday anni versary of their grandson, Da vid. Present were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Dorr and his : sister, Caroline, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Heiss. j Others present were Mr. and I Mrs. Merwyn French, jr., and | Miss Bette French. Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorensen, j sr., visited in the Clayton Mes ner home in O’Neill Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Heiss en tertained Sunday in honor of her j father’s birthday anniversary. ; Those present were Mr. and Mrs. j Gus Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Dee Grass. Robert Sorensen went to Creighton Wednesday, March 25, ! where he will farm with his brother, Russell Sorensen. i-^ Parkers Impressed by Texas Drouth Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Parker have just returned from a two months trip through the South, including stays in principal cities of Florida. Mr. Parker reports drouth con ditions in Texas. Residents there say two successive years of dry ness have plagued the area ex tending from Dallas and Ft. Worth on west, which includes about half of the western part of Texas. Mr. Parker believes that the thousands of cattle in the drouth stricken area placed on the mar ket is partially responsible for the lower cattle prices. “At Decatur, Tex., hundreds of cattle were poisoned by a certain i kind of cotton cake,” the O’Neill j man related. Mr. Parker said he was im pressed by Florida’s development as a cattle state. Where grass has been seeded it is common to graze six or eight head of cat tle per acre. Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana are raising many Brahma cattle, he said. Pvt. Wayne Barnes Now at Camp Chaffee EMMET—Pvt. Wayne Barnes ' is now receiving basic training at Camp Chaffee, Ark. Hiss address is, Pvt. Wayne Barnes, US 55374366, Co. D, 10 1 med. tank bn., 5th arm. div., Camp Chaffee, Ark. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Barnes. OtheT Emmet News Mrs. Bud Cole, Mrs. Robert j Cole and Mrs. Larry Schaffer were entertained Wednesday af ternoon, March 18, at the D. C. Schaffer home in O’Neill in hon or of Mrs. Walker, the former Shirley Schaffer, who was spend ing a short visit with her par j ents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Patterson left Conoga Park, Calif., Monday, March 23, to return home via Al I buquerque, N.M. They have spent several months visiting their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Geiger, and family at Conoga Park. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Burge and family of Inman and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burge and family of Amelia were dinner guests at the Mrs. Bessie Burge home Sunday, March 22. Mr. and Mrs. Heni^r Kloppen borg and son, Donnie, called at the Emma Maring home Monday, I March 23. V . I . I 1 ueamc \„oie spent a tew days visiting at the home of her brother, Robert Cole, while her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole, went to Omaha on business. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Holtz and , Mr. and Mrs. George Hartford were Friday evening, March 20, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beckwith. A community party was spon sored by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mlinar at their home Saturday evening, March 21. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Brock man and famity, Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Dusatko, Mr. and Mrs. George Skopec and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Krugman and Mr. and Mrs. Duke Hoffman. The evening was spent socially. Lunch was served. Clayton and Lois Burge of Amelia were recent weekend guests of Mrs. Bessie Burge. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Fox and daughter, Barbara, visited at the Bob Tomlinson home at Star on Friday evening, March 27. Raymond Fox of O’Neill spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fox and children. Veldon Tomlinson of Star spent Saturday visiting his brother-in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Gil bert Fox. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fox and family visited at the Elwin Ru beck home in O’Neill Monday evening, March 23. Mr. and Mrs. George Brainard and family of Grand Island Spent the weekend visiting relatives and friends at O’Neill and Em met. Emmet News Mrs. Agnes Gaffney spent Monday afternoon, March 23, visiting Mrs. Charles Abart. Donnie Kloppenborg spent the weekend at home visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kloppenborg, and sister, Ruby. Misses Donna and Betty Perry visited Mrs. Bud Cole and chil dren Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Newton and children, Dewey and Patsy, of O’Neill were dinner guests at the William Newton home Sun day. Mrs. Bessie Burge and daugh ter, June, were afternoon callers of Mrs. Emma Maring on Tues day, March 24. Rev. Wallace Smith was a guest of Mrs. Emma Maring and sons Tuesday afternoon, March 24. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fritton visited at the Maring home last Thursday afternoon. The Snowardts and Strongs are putting in the foundation for the new addition on the Paul New ton house. Mrs. Joe Winkler visited at 1 the Alex McConnell home Friday | afternoon. Mrs. Ray Richards and chil dren visited Mrs. Paul Newton Friday afternoon. Mr.’ and Mrs. Eli McConnell were visitors at the Alex Mc Connell home Sunday. Mrs. Walter Puckett and daughter, Lois, of Atkinson vis ited at the Alex McConnell home Saturday. Mrs. Georgianna McGinnis was a dinner guest of Mrs. W. H. Harty and her mother, Mrs. Mary Mullen, of O’Neill on Sunday, March 22. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Switzer of O’Neill were visitors at the Charles Claussen home Sunday afternoon. The McGinnis sale was well attended and most prices were “good,” Mr. and Mrs. Bud Cole went to Lincoln Friday and returned Saturday night, While there Mrs. Cole attended a banquet celebrat ing the 50th anniversary of Chi Omega sorority. Mrs. L. A. Bur gess of O’Neill accompanied them. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Anderson of Brainard, Mr. and Mrs, Bill Claussen and Casper Winkler were visitors at the Charles Claussen home on Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Harold McMillan and daughters of Newport were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Juracek and children of Norfolk were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Grothe and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Farr and sons and Mrs. Sam Banks of O’ Neill were visitors at the Bill Grothe, sr., home Sunday. Miss Charlotte McVay of O’ Neill was a Wednesday, March 25, overnight guest of Miss Nor ma Lou Foreman. Miss Mary Lou Conard was a Sunday overnight guest of Miss Elizabeth Schaffer at O’Neill. Miss Eileen Prange of Stuart was a dinner guest at the Bill Grothe, sr., home Sunday. Melanie Medcalf of O’Neill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. e! Medcalf. visited at the district 20 school Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Grothe and children visited at the Paul Roth home at Atkinson Sunday March 22. Mrs. John Bonenberger of At kinson was a Friday visitor of Wed in Texas Pfc. and Mrs. Lewis Nekolite (above) were married on De cember 7 in the Catholic church at El Paso, Tex. Mrs. Nekolite is the former Maxine Gallagher. They were here recently visiting relatives before Private Nekolite left for Ft. Lewis, Wash., where he reported for an overseas assignment on March 1. Mrs. Nekolite returned to El Paso where she is employed with the Northwestern Bell Telephone company. Mrs. Frank Foreman. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foreman and daughters, Norma and Jeanie, spent Saturday in Nor folk and visited Mr. and Mrs. James Foreman and sons at Bat tle Creek. Bible study class of the Emmet Methodist church met Wednes day evening, March 25, at the Leon Beckwith home. Mrs. Charles Abart was hostess to the Woman’s Society of Chris tian Service Thursday, March 19. Nine members and two guests were present. Mrs. Robert Fox entertained the South Side club Thursday, March 19. The meeting had been postponed a week due to bad 1 roads. Mrs. Walt Pease and Mrs. John Tenborg were cohostesses at the main dish luncheon at noon. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Joe Winkler’s in April. A get-well card was sent by the club to one of their members, Mrs. Bill Luben, who was in St. Anthony’s hospital. STUART NEWS Pvt. Jerome Weber, son of Mr and Mrs. Ed Weber, returned to Ft. Riley, Kans., on Tuesday, March 24. where he will take eight weeks of leadership train ing. Pvt. Fred R. Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berlin Mitchell, is now stationed at Ft. Sill, Okla., for his basic training. Mrs. Josephine Timmermans went to Brocksburg on Monday, March 23, where she will make an extended visit with the Tom Higgins family. Pvt. Cornelius Murphy and Pvt. Emil Mashek are taking ba sic training at Camp Brecken ridge, Ky. 4 of Original Family Reunite ATKINSON— Four surviving members of the pioneer James Mullen family reunited last week in Atkinson. They are: James Mullen of White Hall, Mont., John C. Mullen of Omaha, Miss Mary A. Mullen of Omaha and Mrs. James Berigan of Atkinson. James was accompanied by his son, Lt.-Cmdr. A. C. Mullen of Norfolk, Va. The father of the Mullens came to O’Neill in 1882 from Canada. Originally there were nine Mul len brothers. James became the father of nine children, four of whom survive and gathered for the reunion at the Berigan home. o Favorite Radio r ' " Programs Told— The Golden Keys club meeting was called to order by the pres ident, Art Wills, on Friday, March 27. The roll call was answered with our favorite radio program. Kathleen Grothe told a storv about “Tarzans Savage Fury*1. At the next meeting we are go ing to harve riddles.—By Linda Serck, news reporter. Phones 316 and 304 DR. H. L. 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