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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1953)
5 Generations in Jarvis Family Dine Californians Arrive for Event CELIA — Five generations of the Jarvis family met at the sup per table at the Mark Hendricks home Sunday evening, August 9. Present were Mr. and Mrs. A. C. House and 2-year-old twin boys, also son. Bill, daughter, Mrs. Richard Martin, and her daughter, and John Ott. all of Concord, Calif., who arrived late that afternoon; Mrs. Alta Jarvis and son, Dennis, of Martinez, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Omer Poynts and Mrs. J. R. Jarvis. Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel were evening visitors. Monday evening members of the Jarvis family gathered at the Mark Hendricks home for a ■“watermelon feed” and singspir ation. Others present were the C. R. McMillan family of St. Paul, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lar ry of Northfield, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Staley of Watford, N.D., Mr. and Mrs. Omer Poynts, Mrs. J. R. Jarvis and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McDowell. Other Celia News E. W. Samms and Billy Milner, who had been visiting the O. A. Hammerberg home the past week, returned to their homes in Kansas Friday, August 7. Mrs. Samms and children remained for a visit with her parents. Mrs. Hans Lauridsen and sons, LeRoy and Bobby Knudson visit ed her father, Charles Johnson, of Sutton and other relatives and friends from Monday, August 3, until Saturday* morning. Her brother. Merle Johnson, brought them home. Jo Ann and Gail McMillan of Northfield, Minn., spent from Sunday, August 2 until Wednes day, August 5, with the Mark Hendricks family. Sunday dinner guests at the D. F. Scott home were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott and son, Bobby, of Lincoln, Delbert Scott and son, Phil, of Butte, Mrs. Charles Do bias and sons, Roger and Rodney, of Stuart. Mrs. Gene Livingston visited the Orville Hitchcock family on Friday evening. Other visitors were Mrs. Ferae Livingston and sons, Zane and Joe. Caroline Frickel spent from Monday until Wednesday eve ning, August 3-5, with Karen Johnson. Dorothy Scott was a dinner guests at the O. A. Hammerberg home Monday. Sunday, August 2, was Bobby Knudson’s 10th birthday anni versary and 14 friends helped him celebrate the event with a party at the Hans Lauridsen home. Sunday, August 9, dinner guests at the Emil Colfack home were Mr and Mrs. Carl Colfack and family, Mrs. May Karel and the Harold Colfack family, all of | O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Col fack and S/Sgt. and Mrs. Oscar Wondercheck and famliy of At kinson. Dennis Jarvis of Martinez, Calif., arrived Sunday for a visit at the Mark Hendricks home. He is a grandson of former Alta Wright, who will be remembered by many around Atkinson. He and his grandmother, Mrs. Char les Jarvis, are visiting relatives and friends near Atkinson. Mrs. D. F. Scott, daughters, Mrs. Gene Livingston and Doro thy Seott, and Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Scott and son, Bobby, were Sunday evening callers at the O. A. Hammerberg home. Alice Focken spent Sunday with Darlene Tasler. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. McMillan of St. Paul, Minn., and Mark Hendricks visited the Connie Frickel family Monday afternoon, August 3. Mrs. Charles Dobias and sons, Roger and Rodney, were Wed nesday afternoon visitors at the O. A. Hammrberg home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Peterson and Carl and Cathleen of Woodbine, la., visited their cousins, Jim, Hans and Louis Lauridsen, Wed nesday and Thursday, August 5 6, the* past week. Marvin Focken baled hay for Clarence Focken Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott and son, Bobby, of Lincoln ar rived for a visit with the D. F. Scott family and to attend hay days. Mr. and Mrs. U. A. nammer berg, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Samms and family and Billy Milner were Monday evening visitors at the Frank Kilmurry home. Mrs. Anna Damero of Omaha is visiting friends in the Phoenix neighborhood. Saturday she came to the Hans Lauridsen home for a visit and to attend hay days. Tourists visiting the Ray Pease home the past week were Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Bancky of Kenesaw, Mrs. E. R. Beckler and Reed and Colette of Grand Is land, Elsie and Evan Swanson of Albion and Alfred Swanson of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease and son, Bob, visited his father, R. M. Pease, of O’Neill Sunday. Mrs. O. A. Hammerberg, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Samms and fam ily of Wichita, Kans., and Billy Milner of Florence, Kans., vis ited Ft. Randall dam and Lake Andes, S.D., Wednesday, August 5. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Lauridsen and sons, Merle Johnson of Sut ton, Jim Lauridsen and Mrs. An na Damero of Omaha spent Sun day evening at the Louie Laurid se home. Clarence Focken and son, Paul, helped Emil Colfack hay the past week. Linda and Frances Chaffin spent Monday afternoon, August 3, with Markita Hendricks. Mrs. Jess Hupp and Mrs. Or ville Orr were Monday afternoon visitors at the Joe Hendricks home. Sunnyside 4-H clubs met at the Connie Frickel home for a picnic and regular meeting. Cpl. Gene Livingston is ex pected to arrive in San Francis co, Calif., August 18, from over seas duty in Korea. To Arrive Friday— Mr. and Mrs. RoIIie Bare of Morrill will arrive Friday to vis it his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brady, jr. On Saturday they plan to go to Lynch to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bare. Misses Margaret and Angela Zakrzewski and Ray Brookhaus er went to Omaha Sunday to visit Paul Shelhamer, who is in a hospital there. They continued on to Lincoln to visit Mr. and Mrs. Bill Heck and family. — Stanley T Back from Korea AMELIA—Stanley Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Thompson, returned home Friday from the armed services. He has been serving in Korea and has received his discharge. He visited in Amelia Saturday. Other Amelia News Mr. and Mrs. Ken Nelson of Fremont visited the early part of the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Dierking. The ladies are sisters. The Amelia Methodist team de feated the Chambers Methodist ball team Saturday. Mr. and and Mrs. Dick Porter and son, Bobbie, left Monday morning for Gillette, Wyo., where they have employment. Several young people gathered at the Lindseys’ Friday evening where they practiced singing. Later they enjoyed a treasure hunt and wiener roast. Those at tending were Elaine and Dorothy Fisher, Lois Burge, Myrtle White, Ardath Barnett, Caroline Back haus, Janice Prewitt, Don Ad ams, Kenneth Luginsland and Marian Strenger. Mrs. Eldon Ballagh and son visited her aunt, Mrs. Stella Sparks, on Wednesday, August 5. £he also called on Mrs. Lind sey and Florence. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Harley and son, who have been in Maine where Mr. Harley has been sta tioned, arrived recently to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Bly of Amelia and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Harley of Chambers. Dick expects to be sent tho Eng land soon. miss rmuus i? unerton visited several days last week at the home of her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fulerton, who live near O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Retzlaff drove to Omaha Sunday taking their daughter and her two boys to board the train there for their home in Kentucky. Bower Sageser and daughter, Sandra, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Link Sageser. Mrs. Sageser is at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Fan cher, near Ainsworth helping care for her father, who is ill. Mrs. Emma Carr, Karen and Charles of Santa Monica, Calif., arrived on Sunday to visit Mrs. Carr’s father, Arthur Waldman. Mrs. Delia Ernst of O’Neill is also visiting at the Waldman home. Mrs. W. E. Ragland prepared a birthday anniversary dinner on Sunday in honor of her daughter, Juanita, and her mother, Mrs. Elmer Coolidge. Present besides the Ragland and Coolidge fami lies were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coolidge and Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. Ed White, Mrs. Julia White and Sharon Prewitt. Mr. and Mrs. Gale Fix and family and Miss Peggy Prewitt of Scottbluff visited last week at the Elmer Fix and Mrs. Alice Prewitt homes. They returned to their home in Scottsbluff Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Albert Lugins land, Harry White, Mr. and Mrs. Glen White and Venita are at tending the Free Methodist con i ference at Anslev. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fisher and girls, Kenenth Luginsland, Mr. and Mrs. Kay Joy, Myrtle Whit > and the Clyde Burge family drove to Ansley on j Sunday to attend the services. O’Neill News \ Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd Mullis and family of Lyons were Saturday dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beilin. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Weaver spent Sunday in Ainsworth vis iting Mr. and Mrs. James Lessig and Mr. and Mrs. James Rourke. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Van Os dell and infant daughter, Ann, of Yankton were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Becker. Mrs. Leon Odenbach, the former Miss Laura We tiler . . . weds in Sunday church rite.—O'Neill Photo Co. Couple Wedded Here to Reside in Montana Miss Laura Wetzler became the bride of Leon Odenbach in a pretty wedding at the Assembly of God church in O’Neill at 3 p.m., Sunday, August 9. Rev Wayne A. Hall, church pastor, officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Wetzler of Herrick, S.D. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alben Odenbach of Sidney, Mont. The bride, given in marriage by her brother, Harold, wore a white taffeta gown with finger tip veil. She carried a bouquet of red and white roses. The brides maid, Miss Lorene Wetzler, twin sister of the bride, wore a formal length gown of orchid taffeta. Her bouquet was yellow roses. The bridegroom was attended by Leonard Krueger, his cousin. They wore gray suits. Miss Mary Jeane Wetzler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Wetzler of Lucas, S.D.^was the flowergirl. She wore a yellow nylon gown trimmed in orchid satin bows. Dennis Lee Wells, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wells of O’Neill, was ringbearer. » Mrs. Floyd Spindler of Atkin son played the wedding march and accompanied Mrs. Leonard Krueger and Mrs. Fred Wells, sisters of the bride, who sang “Side by Side with Jesus” and “I Love You Truly.” A reception was held in the church basement following the ceremony. Out-of-town guests included: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Krueger and Deloris of Naper; Mr. and Mrs. Louie Krueger and Jerry of Fairfax, S.D.; Mrs. Kate Schochenmaier and Mrs. Lizzie Schochenmaier of Bonesteel, S.D., Mrs. Emma Zimmerli, Jacob Schochenmaier, Mr. and Mrs. Ru dolph Wetzler, Alfred and Lela Mae, all of Herrick, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Wetzler and chil dren of Lucas, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wetzler and Karen Kay of Herrick, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wetzler and children of Omaha; Mrs. Mayme Cain of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Burr Faust and Kathleen of Lucas, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wetzler of Her rick, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rau and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Od enbach, all of Sidney, Mont. After a short wedding trip the couple will reside on a farm near Sidney. Beelaert Family Honors Visitors EWING—A reunion of the Al fons Beelaert, sr., family was held Sunday at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohn, southwest of Ewing, honoring Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Courtright and daughter of Los Angeles, Calif., who had not been home for five years, and AAS/2c Rich ard H. Christon of Olathe, Kans., home on a weekend pass which he spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Water Christon. Fif ty-eight members were in at tendance. A picnic dinner was served at 1 o’clock and the afternoon was spent visiting. Others present be sides the honored guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beelaert and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Christon and Catherine, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Beelaert and family, all of Page; Mr. and Mrs. Alfons Beelaert, ir., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohn, Mrs. Marie Beelaert, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Bauer, all of Ewing; Mr. and Mrs. James Bartak of Middlebranch; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Prellwitz of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Harper of O’Neill; Mrs. Anna Beelaert, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Beel aert and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Beelaert and family, all of Elgin, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ganskew of Neligh. Richard Christon left Sunday afternoon to return to his base in Kansas and Mr. and Mrs. Courtright and' daughter depart ed Monday morning to return to their home in California. W. F. FINLEY, M.D. O’NEILL First National Bank Bldg. OFFICE PHONE: 28 Ewing News Mrs. Alvin Gibson: attended a miscellaneous shower at the Bethany church Wednesday af ternoon, August 5, honoring Mr. jdason’s niece, Miss Jeannene 3Hbson, who will ha an August bride. Sgt. l/c a n d. Mrs. Eugene Kmpegeweit of Ft. Knox, Ky., a:e spending a two weeks fur lough with her parents, Mr. and Mrs; Martin Helmrick, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Savidge and family, who are making ar rangements to lease the Broad way cafe to James and Gregory Thramer, have moved to the Seivers property in northeast Ewing. The Savidges have oper ated the cafe- reveral months The Ewing, town board met ** Tuesday evening for a regular session. . The Young Matrons Pinochle club went to Riverside park;" Neligh Tuesday evening for the annual picnic. Mrs. Wilda Carr, a former member, was a gues . All other members were present with the exception of Mrs. Bay Angus and also Mrs. Richard Edwards, who> is vacationing in the West with her family. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dill of West Point spent Wednesday, August 5, at the home of Mrs. Alice Crellin, Mrs. Wilda Carr and daugh ters, Mary Catherine and Connie, went to Holdrege on Monday and from there Mrs. Carr will go to Lincoln to attend the vocational * o homemaking teachers’ conference until Friday. Mrs. Carr is the vocational homo making teache in the Holdrege school. Money to Loan ; automobiles TRUCKS TRACTORS. I EQUIPMENT furniture — on — Central Finance Corp. C. E. Jones. Manager O'Neill : Nebraska , Dine and Dance Ewing AT SUMMERLAND Open from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY NIGHT. to 12:30 a.m. Open Sundays 5 p.m. i St. John’s Bazaar CHICKEN DINNER GAMES SUNDAY, AUGUST 23,1953 Games Start at 4:00 P.M. Dinner 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Adults: $1.00 Rooms Are Urgently Needed • In order to accommodate 100 to 150 members of the Ne braska Hereford Breeders’ Association on tour and sched uled to reach O’Neill on Wednesday, August 19th. • Individuals and groups in other north-central Nebraska cities and towns are providing members of the tour with breakfasts and dinners. The tour is scheduled to spend an eve ning and the night in O’Neill. The Chamber of Commerce will entertain with a buffet supper. • Simonson Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary urgently asks you to help provide rooms for these visitors—many of them couples. 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