M rs. Houts Heard
in WSCS Report
CELIA—Mrs. O. A. Hammer
berg and Diane and Carla
Samms attended circle meeting
at the home of Mrs. Maude Clif
ford in Atkinson Wednesday af
ternoon, July 21. It was a cover
ed dish meeting with 20 ladies
and three children present.
After the business meeting,
C harlene Houts gave a report of
the fourth general assembly
meeting or the WSCS held at
Milwaukee, Wise., recently.
There will be no August meet
ing. The September meeting will*
be at the O. A. Hammerberg
home.
Guests were Mrs. Bishop of
Lincoln, Mrs. Dyson of Okla
homa, Mrs. Neice of Brookings,
S.D., Mrs. Bellville of Alma and
Miss Charlene Houts of Lincoln.
Other Celia News
Diane and Carla Samms visit
ed the Khmurry girls Tuesday
afternoon, July 20. Diane was
also an overnight guest.
Eld Moeller hauled oats for O.
A. Hammerberg Monday and
Tuesday, July 12 and 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Omer Poynts,
Duane Waldrop and Clarence
House were last Thursday sup
per guests at the Mark Hend
ricks home. Clarence remained
at the Hendricks home and will
help them with their haying.
Mrs. Dan Bartak of Binghamp
ton, N.Y, and Mrs. Jewell Beck
with were Monday visitors at the
Victor Frickel home.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Braun
and family were supper guests
at the Marvin Focken home on
Sunday.
Harry Simons and Mrs. Vivian
Anderson of Burwell were Sun
day afternoon visitors at the
Alex Forsythe home.
Alex Forsythe was a Sunday
evening visitor at the O- A.
Hammerberg home.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson
and family of Lyons were Satur
day and Sunday visitors at the
Stanley Johnson home, returning
home on Sunday. Other Sunday
visitors were Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Johnson of O’Neill and Mrs. Al
pha McKathnie and daughter,
Ellen.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Lauridsen
and family were Sunday dinner
guests at the Clarence Focken
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck were
Sunday afternoon visitors at the
Emil Coifack home.
Jack Smith spent Sunday with
Doyle Focken.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Lauridsen
i and sons visited the Bill Ober
mire familv Sunday evening,
July 18, and saw the new son,
who has been named Richard.
Clarence Fritchoff of Omaha
was a Wednesday morning, July
21, visitor at the O. A. Hammer
berg home. He also visited sev
eral friends in the neighborhood
and in Atkinson and O’Neill on
his way home. The Fritchoff
family lived in this community
over 40 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dobias
and sons, Roger and Rodney,
were last Thursday visitors at
the O. A. Hammerberg and D. F
Scott homes.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. House and
family and John Ott of Concord,
Calif., left Tuesday, July 20, af
ter visiting her mother, Mrs.
Omer Poynts, and other relatives
for two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Webber
and three children of Vacaville,
Calif., arrived Tuesday after
noon, July 20. at the home of his
cousin, Mark Hendricks, and
family and left Wednesday, July
21. Tuesday night other relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hend
ricks and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Nelson and family of
O’Neill, spent the evening at the
Mark Hendricks home.
Bennett Smith of Butte and
Linford Sweet of Stuart were
Tuesday, July 20, visitors at the
O. A. Hammerberg home.
Leon Hendricks and Larry
Powell of Miltonvale, Kans:, ar
rived Friday at the Mark Hend
ricks home. Leon has been work
ing in the harvest fields since
his graduation from high school
this spring at Miltonvale. Larry
Powell expects to go to South
Dakota to visit friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton McKath
nie and children were supper
guests at the home of her moth
er, Mrs. Blanche Rouse, last
Thursday evening.
Gerhard Tunink and son, Ray
mond, of Butte spent Sunday at
the Hans Lauridsen home.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and
family were Friday evening vis
itor? at the Dorothy Scott home.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton McKath
nie and family visited the Joe
Hendricks family Monday eve
| ning, July 19.
Mrs. Merrill Smith and daugh
ter, Doris, were Friday afternoon
I visitors at the O. A. Hammerberg
and Lawrence Smith homes.
Duane Waldrop and Clarence
House of Concord, Calif., came
Tuesday night, July 20, to the
home of Clarence’s grandmother,
Mrs. Omer Poynts, and Mr.
Poynts. The young men brought
friends by auto to Iowa for a
two-weeks’ visit and expect to
meet them in Grand Island Aug
ust 6 for the return trip to Cal
ifornia.
John Ernst of Milton vale,
Kans,. arrived Monday, July 19,
at the Mai ;; Hendricks home to
help put up their hay.
Ronnie Frickel was a Sunday
afternoon visitor at the Clarence
Focken home.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Focken
and family were O’Neill visitors
last Thursday.
National Hereford
Show at State Fair
LINCOLN — The Nebraska
state fair, famous for its high
quality livestock shows, has an
nounced plans for another out
standing event to be held during
the 1954 exposition, September
b-10, inclusive.
The event will be the Com
Lusker centennial national Here
ford show, which is expected to
attract entries from a wide area.
A total of $5,000 in open class
premium awards will be offered,
according to Fair Board Secre
tary Ed Schultz.
I This will be the second time
that a national Hereford show
has been held in connection
with the state fair. The first
time was in 1947 when 300 head
of the finest Herefords from all
over the United States were on
exhibit. National Angus and Red
Poll shows also have been held
in connection with tthe fair.
‘ We have scheduled the Corn
husker centennial national Here
ford show in line with our poli
cy of bringing the people of Ne
braska the very best in livestock
contests,” said Don Thompson,
superintendent of beef. “We ax
pect a large amount of interest
and a large number of entries.”
4 Named Admirals
in State’s ‘Navy’
A number of north-Nebraska
persons active in Boy Scouting
have received commissions as
admirals in the Nebraska “na
vy,” from Gov. Robert B. Cros
by.
those from this area who have
received the citation include:
District Judge D. R. Mounts of
O’Neill, who is the North-Cen
tral -district chairman; George
Hammond of O’Neill, who is the
district finance chairman; Dr.
C. M. Eason of O’Neill, who was
the community finance chair
man; Victor Harley of Cham
bers, who was the community fi
nance chairman.
These citations were received
in recognition of work done by
these scouters in the Scout area
finance campaign last fall.
O'NEILL LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. William Mcln
osh and sons, Billy and Richard,
returned Sunday from Vacation
Village at Lake Okoboji, la.,
where they had spent a week
vacationing.
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Elden
Butterfield visited her brother-m
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. El
bridge Maynard in Norfolk. Mer
na and Verna Butterfield re
mained in Norfolk and will visit
with their aunt and uncle this
week.
The G. C. DeBacker family
held a family picnic in Colum
bus Sunday. Rev. Thomas De
Backer of Omaha, A2-c James
DeBacker of Ft. Warren. Wyo.,
were among those attending
i from Omaha and Spalding.
Mrs. Frank Clements and her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Psotta of Pilger, left
Tuesday for Denver, Colo. They
will visit until Sunday with Mrs.
Clements’ son and daughter-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cle
ments.
Mrs. Frank Biglin left Sunday
from Columbus for Reno, Nev.,
where she will visit her son and
daughter-in-law, Dr and Mrs. R.
F. Biglin, and family. Later, she
will go from Reno to Novato,
Calif., where she will visit her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. George E. Curtis. Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Zastrow drove Mrs.
Biglin to Columbus, returning to
O’Neill Sunday evening.
Howells Are Moving
Soon to Plainview
PAGE — A picnic supper was
held in the Page park Friday
evening honoring Mr. and Mrs.
| W. E. Howell, who will soon
move to Plainview, in apprecia
tion of the assistance Mr. Howell
has given in the operation of the
Page theater. Those present in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Carl Max,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stewart, Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Lamason, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Fussleman, Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Braddock, Mr. and
Mrs. Cordes Walker, Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Tikalsky and Dr. E.
J. Bild.
Other Page News
Mrs. Ethel Waring was a
weekend guest of Mrs. Alta
Finch.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Mickel
son of Cozad spent from Sunday
until Tuesday visiting their cou
sins, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haynes
and Miss Viola, and with other
relatives.
Miss Viola Haynes will man
age the Page band while Gerald
Lamason is on a two-weeks’ va
cation.
Mr. and Mrs. George Winkler
and family of Emmet spent Sun
day with Mrs. Winkler’s moth
er, Mrs. Emma Kemper.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Taylor
and two children of Dayton, O.,
came Saturday afternoon to vis
it his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sorensen,
and family and with other rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kelly and
daughters returned home Satur
day from Ix>s Angeles, Calif.,
where they visited at the home
of Mr. Kelly’s brother and sister
in-law, Mr, gnd Mrs. William
Kelly, and his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Cllgp
Hightower Mrs. Kelly also visit
ed her aunt, Mrs. Blanche Dorr.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Taylor and
daughter of North Platte visited
from Friday until Sunday with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Taylor, and his grandmother,
Mrs. Nona Bedford of Troy, O.,
who is here visiting.
Mrs. Dan Ryan of White River,
S.D., and Mrs. Nellie Didler of
Rapid City, S.D., spent Friday
night at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Rollie Snell. They are the
Spear sisters, who formerly re
sided here.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Taylor
and daughter of North Platte
spent Saturday evening with
their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Sorensen and family, and
their house guests, Mr. and Mrs.
Edmond Taylor and family of
Dayton, O.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lamason
left Saturday afternoon for a
two-weeks’ vacation trip. They
went to Sidney to visit Mrs.
Lamason’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Brownell, and her brother
and sister-in-law* Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Brownell. Other plans
will be made after visiting there.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pappas of
Lincoln -pent the weekend with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. Copes. Other dinner guests
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Copes and Nancy Mae of Ains
worth, Mrs Dick Woods and
i children of Battle Creek and Pam
i and Allen Cramer of Polk. The
1 occasion was in observance of
the birthday anniversary' of R.
D Copes.
Arrives in Germany
with FA Battalion —
VERDIGRE—Pvt. Teleford L.
Grim, whose wife, Marlene, lives
in Verdigre, recently arrived in
Germany for duty with the 599th
field artillery battalion.
Private Grim, a wireman in
battery' A, entered the army in
August, 1953. His parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer E. Grim, live in
Ewing.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Carroll
SDent the weekend in Sioux City
where they visited her father,
Isaac DeHamer, who is a patient
in the Methodist hospital.
Rural & City
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1,000 Persons See
Fees Win Feature
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Mrs. Borg Captures
Puff Honors
One thousand persons witnes
sed the stock car races Sunday at
the O’Neill Municipal airport
speedway.
Results:
First heat—Chet Fees of O’
Neill, first; Ronald Borg of O’
Neill, second; Ed Schmucker of
Atkinson, third.
Second heat—Wayne Fox of
O’Neill, first; Bob Ford of Atkin
son. second; Chuck Fox of O’
Neill, third.
Third heat—Bob Kersch of
Lynch, first; Dewayne Borg of
O'Neill, second; Dean Ratliff of
Atkinson, third.
Consolation—J i m Gill of
Stuart, first; Paul S h a 1 d of
Stuart, second; Don Borg of O’
Neill, third.
Feature—Chet Fees of O’Neill,
first; Dean Ratliff of Atkinson,
second; Dewayne Borg of O’
Neill, third; Wayne Fox of O’
Neill, fourth; Chuck Fox of O’
Neill, fifth.
Trophy—Chet Fees of O’Neill,
first; Bob Ford of Atkinson, sec
ond; Bob Kersch of Lynch, third.
Powder puff—Mrs. Dewayne
(Mickey) Borg of O’Neill, first;
Mrs. Chet (Nadine) Fees of O’
Neill, second; Miss Ida Schmuc
ker of Atkinson, third.
Help-U Clubbers,
Families on Picnic
PAGE—The annual picnic oi
the Help-U club for members
and their families was held at
the Page park Sunday with a
picnic dinner at noon and ice
j cream in the afternoon. Seven
. families were represented; also
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lichiy and
two daughters of Royal.' Mrs.
Lichty is a former member of
the club.
The club held an all-day meet
ing Wednesday, July 21,' at the
home of Mrs. William Buxton.
A covered dish dinner was serv
ed at noon Twelve members
were present. Guests were Mrs.
Arnot Buxton and daughter of
O’Neill and Mrs. Otto Matschul
lat. The ladies did needlework
for the hostess. Mrs. Kenneth
Waring had charge of the enter
tainment. ‘ Prizes went to Mrs.
Sidney Faulhaver, Mrs. William
Buxton and Mrs. Ralph Brook
houser. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Brookhouser.
GETS TRANSFER
Mrs. P. B. Harty returned Sat
urday from Green Bay, Wise.,
where she had gone to meet her
son, A/lc Thomas Harty, who
has been stationed at Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich. Airman Harty has
received a transfer to Ft. Warren,
Wyo. They returned to O’Neill
Saturday. Monday, he left for
Cheyenne. Wyo., where he will
attend supply school for two
months.
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Vote for CARL CURTIS cmd I
you vote for LOWER TAXES
Carl Curtis brought lower
taxes into every Nebraska
home and business on in
come, payrolls, appliances,
telephone bills, admissions,
sporting goods, and many
other items.
He is the one candidate |
who has done something
to lower taxes!
During his 16 years in Congress, Carl Curtis has
worked effectively for rural electrification, soil con
servation, irrigation, maintenance of agricultural
income, and less foreign spending. Nebraskans, al
ways interested in sound and sensible government,
need Carl Curtis now—more than ever!
Vote for Experience and Lower Taxes
CARL T. CURTIS
Republican
UNITED STATES SENATE
(Six Year Term)
This ad sponsored by Curtis for Senate Committee
Col. “Art" Thompson. Lincoln. Nebr.. Honorary Chairman
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
' H. SWITZER
Republican Candidate for
HOLT COUNTY SUPERVISOR
FIRST DISTRICT
Comprising O’Neill First and Third Wards
Primary Election Tuesday, August 10, 1954
Your Vote Will Be Appreciated
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
FRANK NELSON
I O’Neill, Nebraska
Candidate for Renominalion
on the Non-Political Ballot to the
STATE LEGISLATURE
from the 28th District
HOLT — BOYD — ROCK
KEYA PAHA COUNTIES
A Farm Operator of Northern Holt County Since 1906
Your support will be appreciated at the Primary Aug. 10, 1954
Clarence R. Bristol
Nominate
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Businessman.
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Problems
CLABENCE B.
BRISTOL
Republican Candidate
for Governor
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