74 Quarts Fruit Sent to Child Flome CELIA— The Atkinson Coun try Woman’s club held a Christ mas party at the home of Mrs. Robert Martens last Thursday. Other hostesses were Mrs. Or ville Siebert, Mrs. Paul Roth, Mre. Herman Meyer, Mrs. Dick Crippen and Mrs. Oliver Anson. Mrs. O. A. Hammerberg of Celia was among those in atendance. A letter was read from the Nebraska Childrens home in Omaha thanking the club for the 74 quarts of fruits and vegetables which the club members had sent. The club Christmas collec tion also was given to the home. It amounted to $5.06. Nineteen members were present, also sev eral of the members’ husbands and children. Grab bag gifts were exchanged and mystery sister gifts distributed. The next meeting will be with Mrs. D. F- Scott January 14. Other Celia News Mr. and Mrs. Gene Livingston visited the Charles Dobias fam ily Friday. Hans and Jim Lauridsen at tended the Butte dairy sale Mon day evening, December 7. Gary and Sharon Arp spent Monday night. December 7, with Denton and Shirley Colfack. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hendricks and Nina were O’Neill visitors Monday, December 7. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith and family were Friday evening visitors at the Lee Terwilliger home. Alex Forsythe was a supper guest at the O. A. Hammerberg home Sunday evening. Other guests that evening were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and children. Mrs. Frank Kilmurry and Pa tricia and Mary Catherine at tended the parochial school Christmas program Sunday af ternoon in the public school auditorium. Mary Catherine Kil I murry was in the program. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Livingston were Sunday dinner guests at the home of his mother, Mrs. Feme Livingston, also visitors at the D. F. Scott home. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Manning and children and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bleckwehl and children of Pender were Sunday dinner guests at the home of their sis ter, Mrs. Earl Schlotfeld, and family and held a Christmas ex change, making the first Christ mas party of the season. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Schlotfeld and Rosalie were Sunday over night visitors at the Earl Schlot feld home. Mrs. O. A. Hammerberg was an O’Neill visitor Monday, De cember 7. Duane Beck was a Monday t'vening, December 7, visitor at the Emil Colfack home. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Lauridsen and sons visited at the Ira Lange home Friday evening. Jim Lauridsen was a Butte visitor last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Emil Colfack, Denton, Shirley and Dennis were O’Neill visitors Saturday. Mrs. Marvin Focken helped Mrs. Theodore Braun fix chick ens for the locker on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Focken were visitors at O’Neill Monday, December 7. Steve Bausch and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bausch were last Thurs day evening visitors at the Stan ley Johnson home. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kroeger of Schuyler returned home Sat urday after a week’s visit at the Stanley Johnson home. The men each got a deer. Albert Johnson of Lyons and Gus Nelson of Denver, Colo., were last Thursday visitors at the Earl Schlotfeld home. John Johnson was a Friday overnight visitor and Albert Johnson and Gene Parker were Saturday over night guests. Albert has been trucking the cattle which he had on feed at the Schlotfeld ranch to Lyons for further feeding. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schlotfeld were Wednesday, December 9, visitors in O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Livingston were Friday evening visitors at the O. A. Hammerberg home. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith and sons were O’Neill visitors last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Lauridsen and sons visited the Bill Ober mire family Wednesday eve ning, December 9. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Focken and family were supper guests at the Theodore Braun home Fri day evening. Sunday afternoon visitors at the Mark Hendricks home were Chris and Jack Lieb, Mr. and Mrs. Arlin Brown and daughter, Mrs. Don Sylvester and Mrs. Leonard Chaffin and Charles, Frances and Edith. Reverend Phipps was a last Thursday caller at the Robert Hendricks home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease were O’Neill visitors last Thursday and also visited Mrs. Walter Pease, who has been sick. - _c ROYAL THEATER Thurs. Dec. 17 Big Double Bill CONFIDENTIALLY CONNIE Smart scripting gets a quantity if momey comedy out of probl ems of the young couple appeal ngly portrayed by Janet Leigh ind Van Johnson. — also — CODE TWO M-G-M’s high powered action nriller! Ralph Meeker, Elaine stewart, Sally Forrest, Keenan *Vynn, Robert Horton, James >aig. Family night $1; adult 50c; children 12c; lax incl. "ri.-Sal. Dec. 18-19 LAST OF THE COMANCHES Color by technicolor. Starring Barbara Hale, Johnny Stewart, -Joyd Bridges and Mickey shaughnessy. Ten men . . . one ;irl . . . and 120 terror-taut miles! rhey made it ... , this battered land of survivors. Vdull 50c; children 12c; tax ind. dalinee Sat. 2:30. Children un ler 12 free when accompanied by parent. >un.-Mon.-Tues. Dec. 20-21-22 TONY CURTIS THE ALL-AMERICAN Co-starring Lori Nelson and ntraducing Mamie Van Doren. Vdull 50c; children 12c; tax incl. datinee Sun. 2:30 Children un ier 12 free when accompanied by parent. Finishes with Flonors Pvt. Merle M. Schleusener (above), son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schleusener of Orchard, recently graduated with top honors from the engineer school at Ft. Belvoir, Va., after completing the engineer equip ment maintenance course. A 1951 graduate of Orchard high school, he attended Wayne State Teachers college before entering the army.—U.S. Army j Photo. Revenue Agents Post Aid Dates This year the internal revenue service, as in the past, will as sist taxpayers in filing their 1953 income tax returns. An internal revenue agent will be at the places listed below on the dates indicated to furnish assistance in preparing returns. Individuals who derive at least two-thirds of their gross income from farming should file an in come tax return on or before January 31, 1954; or file a declar ation of estimated tax by Janu ary 15, 1954, which will extend the filing date of their income tax return to not later than March 15, 1954. These individuals who qualify as farmers and file their return and pay the tax on or before January 31, 1954, need not file a declaration of estimated tax. Schedule: Bassett — courthouse, January 18 and March 1. Ainsworth— courthouse, Janu ary 19-20 and March 2-3. Chambers — Chambers State bank, January 4-5 and March 8. Creighton — city auditorium, January 11-12 and February 26. Elgin—city hall, January 8 and February 24. Hartington—courthouse, Janu ary 6-7 and February 25. Lynch—postoffice, January 4. Neligh—courthouse, January 6 7 and February 23. Niobrara—hotel, January 5. O’Neill — postoffice building, January 11 through 29 and March 1 through 15. Springview—courthouse, Jan uary 21 and March 4. Wausa—city auditorium, Jan uary 13 and February 25-26. Bernt On Leave At Stuart— Leo Bernt, USN, is spending a two weeks leave here with his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Bernt. Bernt, an electrician’s mate, fireman on the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain, arrived in Jacksonville, Fla., December 4. The Lake Champlain left Nor folk, Va., in April for Korea via the Mediterranean, Red sea, In dian ocean and China sea, being the largest ship ever to pass throug the Suez canal. It arrived in Korean waters in June where it operated with the carrier task force 77 to deliver air attacks against the communists. Stuart Marine Returns Home— STUART—Orville Gilpin, son of Mrs. Ellen Gilpin, arrived here Saturday morning, December 12, after receiving his release, from the marine corps. Corporal Gilpin spent the past year at Kunsan, Korea, as a switchboard operator in the air wing division of the marines. He arrived in San Francisco November 30. on the transport General Mann. Toyland — Bigger and better than ever. Now open. Use our lay away plan. — Scovie's West ern Auto, O'Neill. 28-33c ♦ Draft Call Delayed for 19-Y ear-Olds Col. Francis Drath, state se lective service manpower chief, said 19 - year - old Nebraskans probably won’t face a draft call for several months—unless there is a “terrific increase” in nation al calls for men. Drath commented on a state ment by Brig.-Gen. Paul L. Wakefield, Texas director of se lective service, who said his state and others would have to resume drafting the 19-year-olds in the last half of 1954. “We will not exhaust the sup ply of 20-year-olds for quite a while,” Drath said. “Unless there is a terrific increase in the se lective service quotas we cer tainly shouldn’t touch 19-year olds for six months anyway.” Drath pointed out that 19-year olds were taken early this year when the state’s quota was larg er. Then the calls tapered off somewhat and now there’s “quite a backlog” of 20-year-olds, he said. Drath pointed out that be tween 800 and 1,000 boys in the state turn 20 every month. Some have gone through most of their 20th year without being tapped by the armed forces. Contracts Signed for New Church DELOIT—Contracts have been let for a new Catholic church and school on Omaha’s outskirts. The pastor of Omaha’s newest parish is Rev. Robert Hupp, who was reared at Deloit. The contract-signing stage for the new Christ the King Catho lic church was reached last week. The contracts total $526,205 and ‘were signed for the construction of the church proper and school building. The church building will be 141 by 99 feet and will accom modate six hundred persons, mit two floors of class rooms and The school is designed to per will be large enough to house from four hundred to 450 pupils. The exterior of both buildings will be of Celorado red rock with redwood panelling. To Sing With Group On Radio Program— Miss Helen Harty, daughter of Mrs. W. H. Harty, will be heard in a program of seasonal selec tions by the College of Saint Mary music groups to be broad cast over WOW Saturday, Dec ember (19, at 5 p.m. Helen also participated in a capella selections contributed in connection with the performance of “Christmas in the Market Place” staged here December 16. Anoka Seaman Lands at Long Beach— ANOKA—D. B. Wright, sea man, USN, of Anoka arrived Tuesday, December 8, at Long Beach, Calif., aboard the destroy er, USS Leonard F. Mason. The Mason is completing her third tour of duty in the Far East and during the past seven months operated with fast car rier task force 77. While in the Far East, the ship visited ports in Hiawii, Japan Okinawa, Midway and the British rnlnnv rsrf Wrmo T