O’NEILL DRIVE - IN THEATER |
The weather is going to be okay all week. Some of you old sissies who couldn’t take it quit lettin’ me starve to
death. Come in overalls or full dress. Come and see ’em all.—FLETCHER.
[Friday and Saturday, May 22-23
“WORLD IN HIS ARMS”
Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth
Sunday and Monday, May 24-25
“IT GROWS ON TREES”
Irene Dunn and Dean Jagger
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 26-27
“THE FAT MAN”
Starring Smart, Radio’s Fat Man
Thursday, May 28 — Family Night
“RED SNOW” I
A Northern Adventure Story
Deloit’s Nancy Paul
Gets High Honors
Wins Recognition at
O’Neill Exercises
"DELOIT—Nancy Paul, daugh
0 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Paul
c of Deloit, received the honor of
having the highest average in
grades of the 120 eighth grade
graduates in Holt county at the
graduation exercises at O’Neill
on Wednesday, May 13. Mickel
Bauer was Nancy’s teacher.
After the program the O’Neill
Chamber of Commerce furnished
pop for the eighth graders.
James Miller also attended the
exercises at O’Neill Wednesday.
Other Deloit News
Judy Bartak and Nancy Paul
spent Monday night and Tuesday
at the dormitory as guests of
Janice Bartak. These girls will
attend high school at Bartlett
next fall.
The annual style show was put
on Tuesday evening, May 12, by
the home economics girls of the
Wheeler county high school. The
music students also put on a few
numbers. Those attending from
here were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Paul and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Bartak and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Bartak, Earl
Schrunk and Mr. and Mrs. H.
Reimer.
The HEO club met last Thurs
day at the Schmiser home.
Guests were Mrs. Carl Wulf and
daughter and Miss Vandersnick.
Mrs. Wulf became a member. A
demonstration on making nylon
flowers was given. The next
meeting will be June 11 at the
A. Spahn home.
The Clearwater Crek club met
Wednesday, May 13, at the B. A.
Cratty home. Mrs. Kinney and
Mrs. Stelling and son were
guests. Mrs. Clint Taylor con
ducted games for entertainment.
The next meeting will be June
17 at the Deloss Thompson home
in Clearwater.
The Wulf - Reimer cemetery
meeting will be Sunday, May 24,
at 2 p.m.
Larry Juracek is visiting his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Sehi.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tomjack
visited Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Tom
jack and Mike on Sunday at
Hastings.
The hard freeze Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday nights, May
11, 12 and 13, froze asparagus,
sweet corn, some alfalfa, etc.
Martin Van Conant and Frank
Kountroud have been grading
the mail route road.
Donald Spahn left today
(Thursday) for the armed service.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ewalt Soahn.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tomjack
visited relatives in Dallas, S.D.,
last Thursday.
The Lucas school had a picnic
on Saturday. The Wulf and Rei
mer schools held picnics Sunday.
Last Thursday night at the
Deloit school the pupils and
teacher entertained the parents
of the district at a card party
and picnic supper. A western
theme was carried out in decora
tions and prizes. The mothers
were each presented with a pot
ted plant.
Mother’s day guests at the L.
L. Bartak home were Mrs. Alice
Lodge, Peggy Lodge, Sam Russ,
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lodge and
Ruby and Doris Bartak, all of
Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Paul and family.
Daughter Tells of
Tornado Damage
Empty Theater Called
‘Miracle’
(Editor’s note: The following
descriptive letter was written
to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young
of O’Neill by their daughter,
Mrs. Hugh Bryan of Lincoln,
following a visit to the demol
ished town of Hebron near the
Kansas-Nebraska border. The
Youngs formerly resided at
Hebron, which was visited by
a destructive tornado late Sat
urday, May 9.)
Lincoln, Nebr.
Dearest Mother and Dad,
“We heard the news of the tor
nado that struck Hebron Sunday
morning about 9 o’clock. We saw
evidence of small tornadoes all
the way down to Hebron, and
as we approached Hebron the
traffic was horrible. We could
see the path the tornado had
taken. It hit farms north of He
bron on the highway, and the
closer we got to Hebron, the
worse it got.
“There were national guards
on all streets into Hebron, and
when we got to the main street
we saw the chief of police and
he let Hugh drive into town.
“I know that you have seen
many pictures, but honestly just
looking at the pictures just does
n’t begin to show the damage
that you see when you are walk
ing through the mess. I have
never in my life seen anything
so terrible. But the dear Lord
really looked out for the Bryans
for there was no damage to
speak of done to any of the three
homes. The rest of the town is
horrible. We went immediately
to the folks’ house, and found
that all of the family was okay.
Mom B. told me that Earlene
was working at the Methodist
church, so I immediately went
over there to help. I worked
there for about four hours serv
ing dinner to over a thousand
people. We had to feed so many
because all the gas and electric
ity in town was shut off and
there was no way of anyone
cooking anything. We had no hot
water, but the water that we
heated on propane stoves. We
had to fix baby formulas and so
many extra things besides just
fixing food. It was wonderful the
way all the people worked to
gether.
“Four of the five churches in
town are either completely de
stroyed or will have to be torn
down. The Christian and Presby
terian churches are standing—
but that is about all for they
have large open cracks in them
and walls will have to be torn
down. The Lutherans built a new
church after we moved from He
bron, and that church from the
outside looked alright, but the
inside was destroyed leaving just
the shell of the church, which
will have to be rebuilt. The esti
mated damage on the courthouse
is $100,000. The upper part is
again just a shell.
“We saw houses completely
smashed, others that had been
lifted up off the foundation and
set down some place else. I saw
people’s sheets, drapes, curtains,
rugs and furniture in trees and
wrapped around telephone and
electric wires. I heard of several
instances and later saw the ani
mals which were found inside of
people’s homes after the storm
was over.
“Dr. Penry had just completed
a 50 thousand dollar house. We
talked to the man who had just
come from Kansas to put on the
awnings. The house that was
standing would have to be torn
down for it was all caved in
Two cars that were in the ga
rage were not damaged although
the roof was crushed down on
top of them. And everywhere we
went we heard of miracles, so
many, many miracles, and such
stories that you wouldn’t be
lieve unless you saw the people
and then saw the place they had
been during the storm.
“One woman had taken her
two small children and crowded
into a utility closet, which was
a part of the house. When the
storm was over she opened the
door and the whole house was
gone. Only the utility closet was
left! Another couple just hap
pened to stay in Chester later
than they had planned. When
they got home a wall of the chil
dren’s room was gone, and the
only evidence of the two baby
beds found was their little girl's
doll across the street.
“I talked with one man who
was busy cleaning up his base
ment for that was all there was
left of a brand new home. I could
tell by looking into that base
ment where they were during
the storm. They weren’t even
scratched. There was only an
area about three feet square that
wasn’t full of debris. I talked
1 with many people and always,
no matter how badly they suf
fered losses, they spoke of how
very fortunate they were.
“Another miracle and maybe
the greatest of all! There was a
power (electrical) failure just a
few minutes before the storm hit.
For all the people in the stores
and in the show were aware of
the storm coming. The theater
was empty by the time the storm
hit full force. It was destroyed.
“The north side of main street
was actually hit the hardest. The
wind swept through the Chris
tians’ drug store, taking the
whole front out and the back of
the store out. There were six
people in the store at the end
of that block east when the
storm hit. They all got under
the counters and escaped with
out injury although the roof was
resting on the counters after the
storm. Everywhere we went
there was talk of building an
even better town than what it
was. It will take many years and
Hebron will have scars of the
storm for years and years. There
is not one tree left that was in
the path of the tornado and ‘on
ly God can make a tree’.
“I’ll have lots more to tell
you when I see you, but I do so
want to share this experience
with you. When I went down in
the Methodist church basement
to help, I saw something I shall
never forget. I met a woman
working in the same old house
dress she had worn while house
cleaning Saturday. She hadn’t
gotten around to getting cleaned
up when the storm struck. And
she had been so busy helping
that then it really didn’t matter.
But the thing that I shall always
remember was her very cheerful
face, her very dirty dress, and
her beautiful white orchid her
son had sent her to wear on
mother’s day. I had heard that
her home and clothes were gone,
but that I cannot be sure of, for
I didn’t ask her.
LOUISE.”
Reports 35 Deer
in Alfalfa Field
DELOIT—Some deer were seen
on the highway at Deloit Sun
day evening. One lady who lives
on the Beaver reports seeing 35
on an alfalfa field.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown en
tertained a group of friends in
their home Saturday evening in
honor of the fifth wedding anni
versary of Mr. and Mrs. Roy D.
Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jutte of
Chambers visited Mr. and Mrs.
Fora Knight on Sunday.
Visit Here—
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Smith of
Tekamah, formerly of O’Neill,
spent the weekend here visiting
friends.
Mr. and M!rs. Herbert Kaiser
went to Atkinson Sunday to at
tend the camporee for Boy Scout
troop 210 and to get their son,
Ivan, who participated.
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ROYAL THEATER
Thurs. May 21
HURRICANE SMITH
Color by technicolor. Starring
Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland,
James Craig, Forrest Tucker,
Lyle Boettger, Richard Arlen.
Like a South Seas typhoon . . .
it hits with spectacular action
and adventure!
Family night $1.00; adult 50c;
children 12c; tax incl.
FrL-Sai. May 22-23
TROPIC ZONE
Color by technicolor. Starring
Ronald Reagon, Rhonda Flem
ing, Estelita. There’s trouble in
the tropics . . . when a fiery na
tive . . . and a hot-tempered red
head want the same man!
Adult 50c; children 12c; tax incl
Matinee Sat. 2:30. Children un
der 12 free when accompany
by parent.
Sund.-Mon.-Tues. May 24-25-26
M-G-M’s great drama of the sea'
PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE
Color by technicolor, starring
Spencer Tracy, Gene Tiernev,
Van Johnson, Leon Genn with
Dawn Addams and L 1 o v d
Bridges. *
Adult 50c; children 12c; tax incl
Matinee Sun. 2:30. Children un
der 12 free when accompanied
by parents.
CHRISTENSE N'S
Registered
HEREFORD
BULL SALE
45 Head of Aster
and Supreme Breeding
Chamberlain, S.D.
Livestock Sales Pavilion
Mon., June 1
— 2 P.M. —
if Rugged, Perfectly
Conditioned Bulls
C. M. Christensen
& Son
Reliance, S.D.
Dundee, Minn.
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SPECIAL DAIRY
CALF SALE
Friday Evening, MAY 22
— 8 P.M. —
50 Extra Choice High Grade Dairy Heifers from
Minnesota
HOLSTEINS - GUERNSEYS
BROWN SWISS
i TB and bangs vaccinated for shipping fever.
These heifers are from four to ten weeks old and are
started on a calf ration and require no milk. They
are from good herds and artificial breeding.
Be at this sale if you are interested in dairy heifers. They
are top quality — you will like them.
2 nice heifers will be given free.
HARRY M. GROSS, Owner
O'NEILL LIVESTOCK MARKET
— Phone 2 — ^
DRS. BROWN &
French
Eyes Tested—Glasses Fitted
Broken Lens Replaced in
24 Hours
Other Repairs While Toe
Wail
Complete X-Ray
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