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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1953)
Young Folks Join in Singspiration Church Group Visits O Neill Church AMELIA—The young people orf the Free Methodist church took part m the singspiration services neia at the Wesleyan Methodist I church in O Neill Friday evening ! Church groups from Lynch, Ne ligh and Atkinson were repre sented. Those attending from Amelia were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fisher, Elaine and Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs Clyde Burge, Lois, Robert and Joyce, ^Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Bur gett, Vlona and Wayne, Mrs S C. Barnett and Venita White. Mr. and Mrs. Glen White and Harry White attended a meeting of the Gideon Bible society in O’Neill that same evening. • Other Amelia News Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Smith and family of . Stuart and Mrs. Harold Fullerton, Joan and Beth were dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Fullerton. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bligh accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. Dick Harley and son of Chambers, went to Pickstown, S.D., Sunday to visit Mr. Bligh’s sister, the former LaVada Bligh. Debra and Diana Tibbetts of Omaha are spending this week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Watson. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tibbetts, are on a trip to Ketuckey. Mr. and Mrs. Devere Withers and family moved to Atkinson Monday. Levi Clemens has purchased the farm of the late Harry Cool idge, now occupied by the W. E. Ragland family. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burge and family were dinner guests Sunday at the Glen Burge home near! Inman. Mr. and Mrs. Glen White and Venita were Sunday dinner guests at S. C. Barnett’s. Pat Kennedy, Art Waldman and Mrs. Delia Ernst spent Sun day at the Art Doolittle home. Miss Phyllis Fullerton visited over Sunday night at the home of Mrs. Alice Prewitt. Mrs. Stella Sparks and Lon rue and Ralph Adair attended the auto races in Stuart Sundav night. nenpio Doolittle, son of Mrs. Elsie Doolittle, celebrated his eighth birthday anniversary Fri day, September 11. Mrs. Doolittle treated Dennie’s schoolmates to birthday cake and ice cream bars. Mrs. George Withers enjoyed a visit from her brother, George Blackmer of Boulder. Colo. He was accompanied here by his son and family. Tuesday, September 8, was initiation day foT the freshmen in the Amelia high school. It was tumaxea with a peucy at the school that evening. Ardath Bar nett and Dorothy Fisher are the members of the class. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Peterson went to Omaha Saturday to at tend the annual reunion of the regiment in which Edgar served in World War I. Oscar Peterson’s have a new Chevrolet. Mr. Peterson took his daughter, Maxine, to Lincoln Friday where she attends school. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bligh and Rae Dee Wickham of Valen tine visted at the parental Frank Pierce home Sundy. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Sageser ac companied Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Small on a trip to Kansas and Missouri. They left Monday and win visit »he Smell’s son, Ken neth, at Topeka, Kans. Mrs. Ken neth Small and son, who have been vsiting at Atkinson, also I returned home with them. Miss Joan Adair of Lincoln spent a few days the past week visiting her mother, Mrs. Gertie Adair. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Manley of Barnston visited their daugh ter, Mrs. Vernon Thompson, and family over the weekend. The Circle Nine club met at the home of Mrs. Everett Win nings on Thursday evening. The lesson on “Basket Weaving’’ was presented by Mrs. Lee Gilman. Each memner completed a basket. Mrs. Delia Ernst visited Mrs. Frank Pierce last week. She plans to stay in the Amelia community for awhile. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Beckman and Debby and Danny Skoag of Holdredge visited over the week end with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Durven Kionle and Davev returned Sunday from the Black Hills, S.D., where they had spent several days. While there they visited Beryl Gerdes, a former teacher at O’ Neill high school. — Mr. and Mrs. Howard Peters spent last weekend at Edgemont, S D., visiting Mrs. Peters’ son, Owen Parkinson, and family and also fishing at the Angastora dam. September Bride Mrs. Edward G. Winkler (above) Is the former Mary Alice Judge, daughter of Mrs. Jane Judge and the late Roy Judge. Mr. and Mrs. Winkler were married on Tuesday, September 8, at St. Patrick’s Catholic church here.—O’Neill Photo Co. Celebrate 4th Wedding Anniversary— Clarence Farr of O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs Leo Tunender and family of Emmet, Mr. and Mrs. Darcey Heiter and family of At kinson and Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Greig and family of Stuart were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Farr Sunday, the occa sion being Mr. and Mrs. Billy Farr’s fourth wedding anniver sary. The afternoon was spent in playing cards and visiting. In the evening Mrs. Farr serv ed watermelon, cake and coffee. Miss Mary Tunender played sev eral selections on her accordian. : She also sang several songs and was accompanied by Miss Caro lyn Greig. GETS SEPARATION Francis (“Fritz”) Flood return ed home Sunday from Camp Chaffee. Ark., where he received a medical discharge September 11. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Flood. “Fritz” volun teered for induction June 22 and was assigned to a field artillery unit at Camp Chaffee. A leg ail ment which resulted from an earlier auto accident, accounted for the medical separation. EWING MARKET REPORT • At our regular sale this week, we had a nice run of cat tle of all classes. The good to choice kinds were a good S1.C0 per hundred higher, but the plain and medium lrinHc were draggy and hard to move. However, they did work out about steady. 0 This week we will have a lot of good choice yearlings, and it looks like there will be a lot of buyers on for them. If you have some to sell let us know so we can get them in our advertising. • You furnish the stock- we furnish the buyers. Let us try your next consignment. We try to satisfy everyone. Spe cial calf sale Monday, October 5. EWING LIVESTOCK MARKET MAX & BUV WANSER. Managers • Ewing, Nebr. SAVE AT THIS SIGN: * Get the best value! Buy an OK car guar anteed in writing. Your choice of the high est quality used cars in town. 1952 Cheviolets. Choice of 1951 Ford custom 2-door, Powerglide or straight trans- radio, heater, Fordomatic. missions. As low as . $1,495 beautiful blue finish. One - owner- $1,295 1949 Chevrolet 2-door Fleet- _ line Deluxe. Loaded with ...._ . . _ accessories. We sold it new. radio. Now only __$975 Cant * told _ new-$1,135 1952 Chevrolet 44 -ton with --— new comb. rack. New truck 1352 Oldsmobile 98. 4-door, value for only_$1,495 Rocket. Cne - owner gem. _ Save_$ 5 $ • Top Quality in Good Value 1948 Ford V-8 2-door. One 1947 Chevrolet Clb. Cpe. A owner. Beautiful dark blue black beauty with radio. finish_S765 heater and sun visor. - Only-S675 1948 Mercury 4-door with _ unbelievable low mileage 1orri , and loaded with accessories. !?J° C.herr0;et 2-ton, P“£ One owner _ S885 None cleaEer on ^ lot S71S _ _ many 1950 Buick’s, choice of ^ Mchoose transmissions, as low "M^C from as_ 3890 Terms LEW WHITE MOTOR CO. Phon 100 O’Neill CHEVROLET — OLDSMOBILE — CADILLAC Weekly MARKET REPORT of the Atkinson Livestock Market ATKINSON, NEBR. Tuesday, Sept. 15th, Auc tion: Cattle receipts 800 head. Buyer activity was the best since the late July upturn and for the second week now prices again advanced from 50 cents to S1.00 a hun dred. Best demand centered around yearling steers of good ouality and these sold in load lots from SI7.00 to SI7.50 a hundred. Medium to good steers brought from SI4.00 to S16.00. Heifers shared the ad vance, selling in a range of 513.00 to S15.00 for good feed ers and on down to SI2.00 and below for stockers. Plain yearlings at S10.00 to SI 1.50. Cows and butcher cattle were sharply higher with canners at S7.25 to S8.50. Cutters from $8.50 to SI0.00 and beef cows on up to SI 1.50 a hundred. Several small packages of calves cleared at S17.00 to SI 8.00 for steers and S14.00 to 516.00 for heifer calves. Bulls at SI 1.00 to S12.50 a hundred. Next Auction — Tuesday. Sept. 22nd PHONE 5141 \ Atkinson Livestock Market ATKINSON, NEBR. Mrs. Donald H. Kellner, weds in church rite ... to reside in O'Neill.—O'Neill Photo Co. il-—-<?> * . Purchasing No. 2 Cream Now Unlawful Recent Legislature Passes Law Buying number 2 cream be came unlawful Monday, Septem ber 14. Under a law passed by the 1953 legislature cream buyers are prohibited from purchasing poor grade cream for use in mak ing butter. State Agriculture Director Ed Hoyt of Lincoln said the new law will improve the quality of butter sold in Nebraska. And Gould Flagg, director of the dairy and foods division, predicted the new law will bene fit the industry. "Improved quality always raises the demand. This was demonstrated when the grads A milk law was passed." Flagg commented. Flagg and his division the past week completed a series ‘ of meetings at 18 places over the state in which the law was ex plained to more than l,jt)0 creamery operators. Unlawful cream is defined ns cream that is “stale, rancid, mouldy, yeasty, dirty, curdy decomposed, contains or has contained flies, other insects, other objectionable matter, or contains undesirable flavors or odors.” Lawful cream is that which is “either sweet or sour, contains no undesirable flavors or odors, and is free from objectionable sediment.” Unlawful milk or cream is to be either destroyed or mixed with an approved harmless col oring substance, such as cake coloring. That is to prevent its being used for human consump tion or shipped someplace else. Other laws affecting the farm er which went into effect Mon day include: An act prohibiting the sale of certain kinds of equipment if the manufacturer's serial number has been effaced. An anti-brucellosis law under which a state-federal program of combatting the cattle disease ic possible. Testing of cattle is un cer way, Hoyt said, and cam paigns will be launched in cer tain areas. An act allowing the setting up of a poultry and egg price in formation service. Hoyt said pro - ducers are raising $5,500 as their contribution to the program. The federal government will match this figure, but the state will contribute no funds. O’Neill on State Air Tour Itinerary An air tour of the state includ ing a visit to O’Neill, sponsored jointly by the Nebraska Aviation association, Ninety-Nines, Flying Farmers, National Aeronautic as sociation, Civil air patrol and the department of Aeronautics will be held on October 7, 8, 9 and 10. This will be the first state-wide air tour since 1931 and is planned in celebrateion of the 50th anni versary of powered flight. The starting point of the tour will be Hastings. Plans call for those participating in the tour to arrive in Hastings in the late j afternoon of October 7. The eve ning will be spent at Hastings and an early morning departure for breakfast at Kearney is sched uled. From there the tour will stop at Gothenburg, lunch at North Platte: Lake McConaughy and spend the night at Alliance. After breakfast at Alliance on the morning of October 9, the tour will proceed to Gordon, Valentine tor lun-'h. O’Neill, and will stay at ! Norfolk overnight. Breakfast on October 10 will be served at Col umbus and from th°re the tour j goes to Fremont. Lincoln for lunch. Beatrice and Omaha for overnight. The tour will wind uo with evening entertainment and activities in Omaha. Mrs. Jess Scofield and Alice visited trends in Little Sioux. Ia., on Monday. i P ollock-Kellner Nuptials at Orchard A very pretty wedding was solemnized at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, September 13, at St. Peter’s English Lutheran church in Orchard, when Miss Dorothy Pollock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pollock of Ewing, be came the bride of Donald H. Kellner.son of Mr. and Mrs. Er nest Kellner of Valentine. Rev. ! R. W. Olson of O’Neill officiated at the double ring ceremony in the presence of one hundred guests. The candles were lighted by Miss Doris Lou Gunter and Miss Marilyn Brodie. Miss Gunter wore pastel pink and Miss Bro- ; die wore a lavender ballerina j length gown. Floor baskets of yellow and white chrysanthemums and pom j poms and candelabra decorated the church. Bill Zimmerman presided at the organ and played the wed ding march and accompanied the soloist, Mrs. Glen Miller, who sang “Because” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” The bride was given in mar riage by her brother, Donald Pollock. She wore a floor length dress of slipper satin, featuring a nylon net yoke and long sleeves pointed at the wrists. Her fingertip illusion veil fell from a coronet of seed pearls and she wore a pear necklace, a gift from the bridegroom. She car ried a colonial bouquet of pink and white mums and carnations. Miss Eleanor Pollock was maid-of-honor for her sister. She woiea ballerina length gown which had a lace bodice and net SKirt over taffeta in turquoise blue. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Dan Shelbourn and Mrs. Charles Vrooman, their dresses made on the order of that of the honor at j tendant, in the same color. All j wore half hats of white satin studded with rhinestones and each carried a colonial bouquet of yellow daisies. Roy W. Berner was bestman for the bridegroom. Ushers were Don Shelbourn and Melvin Gun ter. The mothers of the bride and bridegroom wore navy blue with pink corsages. Following the ceremony a re ception was held in the church parlors. The bride’s colors of I turquoise blue and white were i used for decoration. Mrs. Marion Lein, sister of the bridegroom, poured. Miss Mary Ann Bouska had charge of the guest book. ; Miss Effie Stevens had charge | of the gifts. The cake was baked and decorated by Mrs. Mark : Spann of Bassett and was cut and served by Mrs. Marie Salis bury of O’Neill. After a wedding trip, the Kell ners will make their home at 129 E. Clay street, O’Neill, where Mr. Kellner is employed by Con sumers Public Power district. Out-of-town guests included: Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pallock, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eacker and Jo elyn, Mrs. Jessie Angus, Mr. and Mrs. Verle Gunter, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lee and Mr. and Mrs. De witt Gunter, all of Ewing; Mr. and Mrs. Don Pollock of Neligh; Miss Eleanor Pollock of Omaha: Mr. and Mrs. Troy Van Winkle of Silver Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Divan, Mrs. Helen Gehrig and daughters and Mrs. Oscar Anderson, all of Gordon: Mr. and Mrs.. Ernest Kellner, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shelboum, all of Val Mrs. Marion Lein and Mr and entine; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kellner. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hendricks and Gene, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lyden and Joann, and Russ Guston, all of Minden, and a host of friends from O’ Neill, Orchard, Ewing and Bas sett. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hansen and son, Tony, of Norfolk returned to their home after spending a "’e^k visiting at the homes of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Car sten Hansen and Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Flood. ! EDW. M. GLEESCN \\ DENTIST I* 2d Floor Gilligan Rexall Bldg. Ph. 240 - Box 149 - Hrs. 8:30-5 The Frontier Woman . . . Plan Your Meals Week Ahead Bt BLANCHE SPANN PEASE vuu snow inai you ii be a better buyer, use your own can ned foods more economicallv and serve better meals if you’ll plan your meals a week ahead of time? Sit down with paper and pen cil and figure out your menus. You can keep them flexible to include leftovers and changes. But plan what meat you’re going to serve, and what is to go with it for dessert, vegetable and sal ads. Start out by planning the meal If you have meat in a home freezer or locker, intersperse your purchases with some can ned meats in the fish line such as salmon and tuna fish, and canned luncheon meats, and also with the traditional cold cuts that you buy at the store. At our place we have a home freezer We not only put in our own beef, pork, poultry and fish, but I buy cold cuts in quantity, sliced, and package into meal quantities and wrap. Plan the type of potatoes to go with the meat, that is baked potatoes with | oast, mashed potatoes with tome thing like boiled beef and noodles. You’ll want to suit the salad to the type of meal, too, and the vegetable. Plan your meals not only according to foods, but try to have color contrast and con trast of texture, too. That is. not all while foods and some thing chewy and something soft. Divide your food dollar to in clude the basic seven in foods. That means milk and milk products, fruits and vegetables, meats, poultry, fish and eggs, breads and cereals, and fats. Your food dollar should be spent something like this: Twen ty cents or more for milk and milk products, 30 cents for fruits and vegetables, 25 cents or less for meats, poultry, fish and eggs, 15 cents for bread and cereals and 10 cents or less for fats such as butter, margarine, salad oil, saltpork and such. Have at least one dish differ ent from the rest. If it’s a hot meal, serve a cool salad or des sert, if it’s a cold meal serve a | hot soup or a hot escalloped dish for instance. Variety is the spice I of meals. Have something for accent, raw fruit or carrot strips, with i an all-cooked meal, a baked pie or pudding with an uncooked one, such as one where a meat salad is the main course. Provide a sweet with a sour, a bland with a sharp taste, and such. All these things should be considered in meal planning. If a meal has eye appeal, you have achieved much. Gar nishes often do this, as does color contrast, and now and then use the best dishes, even though you haven't company. And use table decorations often. Flowers, autumn leaves, tastefully arranged bowls of fruit, or polished and washed vegetables. It does make things look, and therefore taste, better. You can use dried peas and beans, variety meats (liver, heart, etc.) to stretch the meat i budget. Bean soup with bits of ham in it makes a good substi tute. Fortified margarine can be used in place of butter. Skimmed milk, buttermilk, evaporated and condensed can ned milk, powdered milk and sour milk can be used. Cheese and cottage cheese also. Your home canned tomato juice can be served instead of j orange juice but served double the portion for the same vitamin content. To extend meat combine it I with other foods cereals, veg etables, dried beans, cheese or ' eggs Combine left-over meats with spaghetti, noodles or rice, | and make them into casserole or creamed left-over dishes. Save all waste drippings to extend your fats. — tfw — Thanks to O'Neill's Alphas— Wayne, Nebr. Dear Blanche: This letter should be entitled i friendship as it meant that to us on Sunday, August 16, when we went to Norfolk to pick up Mrs. Grace Lansworth Hammerlin and went to O’Neill to the cele bration of the 20th anniversary of the Alpha club. Mrs. Hammer lin and myself were members of the club in 1933. What a wonderful reunion of I— ~ ■ - friends from Omaha, Bassett. Duff, Lynch, Norfolk, Alliance and Wayne. We met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Sanders. Eighty-three guests were served from a long picnic table with a watermelon dessert by O’Neill club members. The Alpha club is noted for its hospitality. We went to O’Neill and lived on a ranch north and west of town. We were strangers in a strange land — but not for long — the most wonderful friendship was extended to us through the Alpha club. At the reunion the most-used phrase was “Do you remember?” It would be followed by telling of the former club activities, and jokes on each other. We congrat ulate the club on a successful career of 20 years and wish them the same good luck for the next 20. Thanks, O’Neill Alphas, for a good time. ART AND MAUDE AUKER To Norfolk. McLean— Mrs. Ina Woife left Monday for Norfolk and McLean where she will spend a week visiting friends. ..... ■ .n VftyAisihy fJoksi Special I BARGAIN OF THE WEEK — ONE DAY ONLY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 . MEN’S mm SHIRTS Blue or grey chambray, sturdily stitched for long wear. Full cut, Sanforized for last ink fit. Sizes 1 4J/2 to 17. Each..$ 1 j. m. McDonald co. BATTERIES Let’s Talk At:i Them Winter is around the corner. 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