Hebron Tornado
Damage $2 Million
oO’Neill Family in
Disaster Area
° A tornado ripped into the
Thayer countyseat of Hebron
° fP°P- 2,100) late Saturday and
inflicted unprecedented damage
estimated from lVz- to 2-million
3 dollars.
No lives were lost directly due
to the storm.
The twister caused apprehen
sion in O'Neill among persons
with family and friendly ties in
the battered city, which is lo
o cated southwest of Lincoln and
about 12 miles north of the Kan
sas-Nebraska boundary.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hill and
family spent mother’s day with
Mr. Hill’s mother, Mrs. C. W.
Hill, and his brother, Ralph, who
farm five miles southwest of
Hebron. They reported finding
debris along the road and were
not aware that Hebron was
clobbered until hearing a report
on the radio.
The twister missed the Hill
farm a half - mile but ruined
buildings for neighbors living
immediately to the south.
Joe Stutz, manager of the J.
M. McDonald store here, was I
reared at Hebron and aerial
views of the town are familiar
to him.
His sister at Lincoln got word
that members of the Stutz fam
ily came through without a
scratch and relayed word to O’
Neill. Mr. Stutz couldn’t reach
Hebron by phone because only
10 phones in the town were
functioning and these were tied
up with emergency messages. He
has two brothers in business
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young of
O’Neill resided at Hebron sev
eral years prior to coming here.
However, they have no relatives
there.
Three O’Neillites — Harry E.
Ressel, Fora and Freeman
Knight — were in the Hebron
vicinity after visiting Franklin.
They noted the heavy storm
clouds and predicted among
themselves there would be dam
aging results.
The Hebron incident was one
of 17 in the midwest during the
weekend. A less-damaging storm
struck 17 miles southwest of
Sioux Falls, S.D., and another
hit Alexandria, Minn.
Dr. Fisher, Dentist
In the Bishop Block—Norfolk
Office Phone: 610
Res. Phone: 2842
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To Antelope
Don Engle (above), a former
assistant Holt county exten
sion agent and the Boyd coun
ty agent for the past 18
months, has resigned his post
at Butte to accept the job of
Antelopfe countV agent with
headquarters in Neligh. Mr.
Engle’s resignation in Boyd
county will become effective
July 1. He will move his fam
ily to Neligh.
8 Girls, 12 Boys
in Chambers Class
Commencement Rites
Friday Eve
CHAMBERS— Commencement
exercises for the 1953 graduating
class of the Chambers high
school will be held on Friday
evening, May 22, at the high
school gymnasium.
There are 20 in the class —
eight girls and 12 boys.
They are:
Neva Jarman, Jacqueline Tag
gart, Delores Harley, Ardith
Walter, Rose Marie Gibson, Lela
Mae Hornback, Arlis Edwards,
Darlene Grimes.
Howard Beed, Bernard Grib
ble, Nyle Rowse, Ralph Maas,
LeMayne Johnston, Melvin At
kin s o n, Richard Cavanaugh,
Donald Fullerton, John Lee Far
rier, Donald Brown, Myron
Shavlik, Marvin Damme.
Mrs. Larson Honored—
Several friends of Mrs. Robert
Larson had a surprise birthday
party for her Saturday evening.
Pitch was played. High prize
winners were Mrs. Robert Lar
son and Francis Curran. Low
prize winners were Mrs. Francis
Curran and Roy E. Margritz. The
honor guest was presented a gift.
A lunch was served at a late
hour.
Sunday dinner guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Eppenbach were Mr. and Mrs.
Maui ice Graham and Mary, Mr
and Mrs. Bill Brewster and Gary
and Mrs. Elsa Eppenbach and
Gary Dean.
South of Stuart News
Mrs. Wilbur Moon, accompan
ied by her sister, Mrs. Fred
Moon, and parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Johnson of Newport, at
tended the funeral services of
Mrs. Johnson’s brother, Emil
Schwinck, held at Wisner Tues
day, May 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence John
son and Robert Batenhorst were
Friday evening visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Elwin White. They en
joyed seeing slides taken in
Korea that were sent home by
Pvt. James White and Pvt.
James Batenhorst.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Weichman
and family were Wednesday
evening, May 6, supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John Tenborg of
Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Greenfield
enjoyed Sunday dinner at the
nome of Mrs. Greenfield’s moth
er, Mrs. Belle Hitchcock, in At
kinson. Other guests were Mr.
and Mrs. George Hitchcock and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Shald and Shirley.
Mr. and Mrs. Joy Greenfield
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Heyne and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Givens
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Givens and Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Kramer and family enjoyed
mother s day at the George Pon
gratz home at Emmet.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Givens
and family visited Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Ziska and family Sun
day evening.
Mr* and Mrs. Joe Wallinger
and family were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. Katie Papke in
Stuart.
The Catholic Ladies’ giuld
met last Thursday with Mrs.
Joe Wallinger. Cards were play
ed and prizes were won by Mrs.
Arthur Givens, Mrs. Florian
Scholz and Mrs. F. P. Murphy.
Mrs. Wallinger served lunch.
Next meeting will be with Mrs.
Anna Ramm.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moon vis
ited Mrs. Moon’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. N. Johnson at New
port Sunday afternoon.
Monuments of lasting beauty
made by skilled craftsmen of
the J. F. Bloom Co. . . monu
ments from the factory to the
consumer. — Emmet Crabb, O'
Neill, phone 139-J. 37tf
Mr. and Mrs. John Hytrek and
son, Jack, and Miss Jeanie Kaup
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hytrek ana
Sally Jo.
Mrs. Arthur Givens and chil
dren were Long Pine visitors on
Saturday.
The Monday Evening Bridge
club met with Mrs. Florian
Scholz. Prizes were won by Mrs.
A. M. Batenhorst and Mrs. Har
old Givens. A lunch was enjoy
ed after the cards.
Kenneth Batenhorst, a sopho
more at Creighton university,
Omaha, spent the weekend at the
home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Batenhorst.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O Slaymaker,
Mr and Mrs. Elmer Vogel and
Rosemary and Ambrose Vogel,
all of Atkinson, were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Kunz and Jeanie.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence John
son and Marval Jean enjoyed
Sunday ’ dinner with Mr. and
Mrs. George Beck and Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Mlinar at Atkinson.
Mrs. Leo Weichman and fam
ily visited with Mrs. George
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Shald and family last Thursday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Kaup and
girls visited Mrs. Kaup’s grand
mother, Mrs. Joe Ziska, sr., in
Atkinson Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kaup, jr.,
and son, Dick, spent Friday in
Omaha visiting their daughter
and sister, Joan, who was able
to leave St. Catherine’s hospital
Wednesday.
Mrs. John Ryan of Grand Is
land visited her brother, Lewis
Radcliff, and family from Fri
day until Sunday. Mrs. Ryan
will also visit this week with her
sisters, Mrs. Ed Miller and Mrs.
Fred Tasler.
Mrs. Leo Radcliff and Danny
returned to their home in Grand
Island Tuesday after spending a
week at the Lewis Radcilff
home.
Mrs. Robert Batenhorst accom
panied her daughter, Mrs. John
Keating, Mrs. Carrie Keating and
Miss Joan Kubitschek, all of
Atkinson, to Omaha last Ttiurs
ady. Mrs. John Keating and Miss
Kubitschek attended the St. Jo
seph alumni banquet last Thurs
day evening. Mrs. Batenhorst
enjoyed visiting her son, Ken
neth, and daughter, Maureen,
who are students at Creighton
university. They returned home
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weich
man, sr., and Mrs. Dora Wallin
ger and children of Atkinson
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weichman
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ziska
visited last Thursday with Mr.
and Mrs. Walt Kaup and family.
Pvt. James A. Batenhorst, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baten
horst, recently arrived in Korea.
His address is as follows: Pvt.
James A. Batenhorst, U.S.
55277508, Hq. & Hq. Btry. 424,
FA BN APO 264, c/o PM, San
Francisco, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Murphy at
tended the rural school music
chorus held at Atkinson Tues
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Kaup and
daughter, Evelyn Mae, were last
Thursday evening visitors at the
J. P. Murphy home.
Myrtle Richards
Burial at Inman
INMAN—Funeral services for
Miss Myrtle E. Richards, 49, a
resident of Inman many years
ago, were held Thursday af
ternoon, May 7, at the Inman
Methodist church. Rev. Charles
C. Chappell of Ewing officiated.
Burial was in the Inman cem
etery.
Miss Richards died Tuesday,
May 5, in a hospital at Beatrice.
She was born May 3, 1903, on a
farm four miles south of Inman,
; the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Richards. The family
moved to Beatrice in 1914, where
Miss Richards spent the re
mainder of her life.
She is survived by one broth- ,
er, Robert Richards of Beatrice.
South Forkers Make
Public Appearances—
Two visitors were present at
the meeting of the 212 South
Fork 4-H club at the LeRoy Hol
comb home on Friday, May 8.
They were Joellyn Backhaus and
Leslie Atkinson.
We took in two new members
—Anna May Gartner and Car
olyn Wintermote. Eighteen mem
bers present and 15 parents.
Rope members worked on the
long splice. In rural electrifica
lamps. The bird members talked
tion the members made test
about humming birds and the
sewing girls made button holes.
“Help mother and dad” members
talked about how to wash dish
es.
Two of the club members were
to speak at public meetings this
next week. Jeanenne Backhaus
was to speak to O’Neill Chamber
of Commerce members Monday
night.
Gary Holcomb spoke at the
graduation exercises for the
eighth grade Wednesday after
noon, May 13. — By Gale Hol
comb, reporter.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bright
and family were Sunday dinner
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harrison Hovey at Stuart.
Dale Curran and Hugh Benson
spent Monday in Omaha on bus
iness.
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‘Honesty Theme of
Annual Banquet
James Tangeman Is
Toastmaster
CHAMBERS—The 1953 junior
senior banquet for Chambers
high school was held Thursday
evening, May 7, at the American
Legion hall. The room was dec
orated in the senior class colors
of blue and white. Their motto,
“Honesty Is the Best Diploma,”
was displayed in white flowers
with flowers. The junior class
above a lattice wall decorated
motto, “Hitch Your Wagon to a
Star,’- was carried out by a blue
ceiling covered with stars and
by the nut cups which were
small wagons with a star attach
ed to the tongue. Tall white can
dles graced a blue and white
covered table. On the placecards
was a picture of each guest and
a suitable verse about them.
Opening the program was the
“Lord’s Prayer,” sung by John
Blezek. James Tangeman, pres
ident of the junior class, was
toastmaster and gave the wel
come. The response was by
Howard Beed, president of the
senior class.
The remainder of the program
was as follows:
Solo, “Beautiful Dreamer,” by
Vivian Harley.
Toast, “Hitch Your Wagon to
a Star,” by Professor Eckdahl.
Toast, “Our Garden Wall,” by
Clifford Walters.
Toast, “Now Comes the
Dawn,” by Robert Molene.
Toast, “Everlasting Memories,”
by Beverly Platt.
“Toast, “Shooting Stars,” by
Gene Adams.
Toast, “The Best Years of
Your Life,” by Donald Strong.
Toast, “Your Success Depends
on You,’’ by Nick Schmit.
Musical reading, “If,” by Lor
aine Farrier.
The following gave short
toasts: Eugene Primus, Lois
Mikkelson, Betty Gartner, Duane
Hornback, Arthur Urban and
Ronald Haake.
A trio composed of Kathryn
Hoffman, Vivian Harley and,
Marilyn Walter sang “Moonlight
and Roses”; a quartette compos
ed of James Tangeman, Eugene
Adams, Donald Atkinson and
Roger Harley sang “Memories.”
Rose Marie Gibson and Ber
nard Gribble were crowned king
and queen. Their attendants
were Marilyn Walter, Vivian
Harley, Eugene Adams, Donald
Atkinson. The queen presented
each of the 47 at the tables with
a carnation.
Serving the banquet were four
sophomores: Shirley DeHart,
Leon Urban; also two freshmen,
Dorothy Haake, Lois Brown and
Dale Wood and Zane Edwards.
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m (CST) . . . afternoon banquet . . . evening meeting
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