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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1953)
Farm Bureau at Deioit Elects Bartlett Students Snowbound ' I?Ei'OI^l — farm bureau • met Tuesday evening, December 1. at the Charles Bartak home The next meeting will be Janu ary 5 at Frank Bohn’s. “The following officers were ♦ * _ • ; Money to Loan AUTOMOBILES trucks TRACTORS EQUIPMENT FURNITURE — on — Central Finance . Corp. C. E. Jones, Manager O'Neill : Nebraska ___ SWIFT'S PREMIUM BOLOGNA SPECIAL Your choice of regular or jumbo b i g bologna, fins ground ring bologna or tav ern coarse ring bologna. t elected: H. Werkmeister, presi dent; Charles Bartak, vice-presi dent; Mr. Felker, secretary treasurer; Mts. Felker, woman's chairman. Other Deloit News Mr. and Mrs. Ed Urban have moved from their farm west of Deloit to their home in Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sievers are living in Ewing since he has finished his training. Mrs. Sie vers was formerly Dorothy Sea man. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tem ple and daughter of Thedford were supper guests Wednesday, December 2, at the Howard Man son home in O’Neill. The storm Wednesday night, December 2, and Thursday .docked the roads, which were opened Friday to the county line. Elayne Reimer, Don Werk meister and Nancy Paul, who at tend high school at Bartlett, were unable to get home Friday. Mrs. Stanley Huffman and 3ecky and Mrs. H. Reimer were Tilden visitors on Monday, No vember 30. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Temple and daughter of Thedford at tended the cattlemen’s meeting at O'Neill last Thursday and were guests at the H. Manson home. 14 Inchas Snow Falls at Amelia— AMELIA— The Amelia com nunity received almost 14 inches A snow during last Thursday’s snowstorm. High winds caused much drifting and roads were quite badly blocked. Mail was received every day and school was in session, al though not many pupils were orcsent. Elaine ana Dorothy Fisher stayed at the Backhaus home. Viona Burgett stayed with the Vern Sagesers to be able to attend school. TO ELECT TREASURER The Holt County Young Re publican club will hold a special meeting on Thursday, December 17, at the courthouse assembly in O’Neill at 7:30 p.m. At this time the club will hear reports from the members of the platform committee, and a special election will be held for the office of treasurer. - ■ The Frontier for printing! Gets Promotion Cpl. Robert Retke (above), who has been in the Far East a year, recently talked with his wife, the former Marceline Gillogly of O’Neill, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ret ke, by transoceanic telephone. Corporal Retke has been in Korea about a year and was in Japan on rest leave when he called. Robert is the Retke’s youngest son and recently was promoted to corporal. He is with the 434th engineer con struction battalion. B-I-G-G-E-S-T MOST SPECTACULAR EVENT EVER! PENNEY'S COTTON DRESS SPECIAL! Yule Box for Vet’s Family; Is Planned CHAMBERS — The American Legion auxiliary of Chambers | post 320 met at the home of Mrs. I Jean Shavlik Friday evening, , December 4. The meeting was called to order bv the president, Nellie Medcalf. Thirteen mem bers answered roll call. It was voted to fill a Christ mas box for a veteran’s family, each member to furnish one article of food, either fresh or canned. Members are to have the food at Anna Alber•>’ by Mon day, December 21. The unit recently delivered a quilt to a veteran’s family. After the meeting a Christmas reading was given by Eulalia Sexton and Anna Alderson after which thexe was an exchange of gifts. At the close of the evening a lunch was served by Tillie Walt ers and Cora Tomson, who serv ed for Esther Wood. The next auxiliary meeting will be at the home of Anna Albers January 4. Anna Alderson will be co-hostess. Other Chambers News Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Covey, Mrs. Esther Wood and Mr. and Mi'S. John Honeywell drove to Lincoln Wednesday, December 2, where they visited friends and relatives. They returned Friday. Sunday, November 29, guests in the Art Miller home were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Stewart and Loren, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grey and Veldon and Mr. and Mrs. John Grey, all of Page, and Leonard Miller of O’Neill. Air. and Mrs. J. W. Walter were Sunday dinner guests in the Will Reicks heme. Mrs. Richard Harley and son accompanied her brother and his lie, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Bly of ■Amelia, to O’Neill Sunday where mey visited their mother, Mrs. Raymond Bly, who is convalesc ing at the Olive Dexter home. The Chambers public schools were closed last Thursday and Friday due to the storm. There was no school held in most of the rural schools as roads were im passable. When You and I Were Young . . . Phone Lines Forge North of Atkinson Saratoga Is Getting 7 oil Service 50 Years Ago Molt county soon to have more telephone lines. A new line un der construction is the Atkinson f ovfhSar!t0ga’ extending 25 miles noitheast of Atkinson, and hav )hg , °Rg distance connections at and R rRPliw- ' ' Alex Searles i Adams were down from Atkinson on business. 20 Years Ago The new 1934 Ford V-8 is now locaf 31 Mellor Motor Co., !°5al, deaIer- . . Arnold Williams, employee of the Grady groce™ for several years, suffered in SeS in an auto coUision on highway 20 southeast of Page Information on the corn-hog pro-' giam is now available, farmers must specify what land they im r vJ' ura^e °Ut of Production. . . mofil' 5LadswRrth raises bass for mav H7hOSt desirinS to eat bass V° & Paying 20 cents a Round for the fish they hook themselves at the Wadsworth ponds B. J. Grady and P. C onohoe made a business trip to Clty: H°rse drawn vehicles fT~ becoming more popular. The armers sav the horses and the gas to run them are produced on the farm and there is no license or repair bills, and Dobbin never was known to strike loose gravel or fail to take a corner 10 Years Ago Mr and Mrs. Max Grenier of Riverton, Wyo., arrived here and will make this their future home. notes: December 16, 17 and 18 again finds the army trucks from Ainsworth gathering -he scrap in Holt county. Mrs Anna Pauline Lansworth, a pio neer settler, passed away Decem ber 10 at her home northeast of this city. . . Ban on gifts of ham is lifted by the OPA and in addi tion shoes may be given away point free. . . Ed Hall sold his ranch northwest of O’Neill to Jess Mellor of Stuart, who will move there next spring. One Year Ago Mrs. Betsy Aim, 93, one of Holt county’s oldest residents, died December 16. . . Pfc. Tommy Ressel returned to the states after spending one year in Korea with an army engineer construction crew. . . Six hundred persons O’Neill Civic chorus under the heard Handel’s •‘Mesisah’- by the direction of Charles B. Houser. . . Benton Mellor wins national 4-H honors in the beautification of home ground division of compe tition. . . Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ho gancamp moved Saturday to Ainsworth where they plan to operate a cafe. . . Guy Harris, who attends Wesleyan university at Lincoln, portrayed one of the leading roles in the play, “Smil in’ Through.” South of Stuart News Martin Miksch, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Miksch, left Tuesday evening, December 1, for the Hastings naval depot at Hastings. He will be stationed there for six weeks and will receive his discharge from the marines at | Hastings. Several folks in this commun- j ity attended the pancake supper Tuesday evening, December 1, sponsored by the mens council of the Stuart Community church. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rhodes en joyed a few days visit last week with Roy’s sister, Mrs. Flora Sylvester, of Burton. Mr. and Mrs. John Keating and ■baby daughter, Mary Rose, of At kinson were Sunday evening visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Batenhorst. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larson and son, Jimmy, of O’Neill spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Louie Shald and family. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Weichman and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Frances Timmer mans in Stuart. Mr. and Mrs. Joy Greenfield and Jerry Heyne were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Ray Greenfield home. Mrs. Leo Weichman and chil dren visited her mother, Mrs. Joe Winkler at Emmet Wednes day, December 2. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Greenfield and family were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence lii eenfield. Mrs. Art Givens was in O’Neill Wednesday, December 2. Mr. and Mrs. John Miksch and family were Monday evening visitors at the Slyvester Kramer home. Mr. and Mrs. John Kramer at tended the baptism service Sun day of their new baby grand daughter, Clarice Ann, who was born Tuesday, December 1, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kramer at the Atkinson Memorial hospital. Peggy and Bernice Kramer stayed with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Givens, a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burti of Morrland, Ind., visited Tuesday, December 1, and Friday evenings with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence John son. Pospishils Hurt in Car Accident AMELIA—Mr. and Mrs. Aug ust Po^D'shil and sons, Michael and Richard, were injured in a car accident as they were re *”rr|inp home from Burwell Fri day. Their machine collided m a nr coming down a hill as they entered a one-way track through a snowdrift. Mr. Pospishil received a broken ' nose and torn ligaments in his , leg. Mrs. Pospishil and the boys , received cuts from broken glass. I Mr. Pospishil was driving their pickup and said "The other car seemed to just go under the pickup." It was badly demolish ed but no one was hurt. Other Amelia News The Merry Matrons club will meet at the home of Mrs. Harry ! Winmgs December 17. This will j be the Christmas party of the club. Mrs. Tom Baker called on Mrs. Julia White Wednesday after- i noon. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rees and family were Sunday dinner guests | at the parental Ralph Rees nome. Mrs. Gertie Adair and Mrs. j Stella Sparks visited at Ray An dersen’s Sunday evening. Willamae .Madsen stayed with Mrs. Alice Prewitt this week to attend school. Don Fullerton is staying at the Hugh Carr home this week to be nearer to his school. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gilman and Zoellyn, Mrs. Stella Sparks and Lonnie visited at the Blake Ott home Friday evening to watch television. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Burgett and family visited at the S. C. Bar netts Wednesday evening, Dec ember 2. , Unpacked for Your Selection . Dresses . . . dresses . . . dresses, hundreds to choose from! 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