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O’Neil high basketball royalty: Queen—Miss Janet Seger; king
—Duane Alton.—O’Neill Photo Co.
John Gray, Wife
Wedded 59 Years
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were found growing wild near the
streams or on the prairie in sea
son and were preserved in fruit
jellies and butters for the winter.
Soddy days were “shoo-fly”
days and a regular morning rit
ual was observed with members
of the family using tree switch
es, aprons or dish towels to
drive out the flies.
Screen for doors and windows,
mosquito netting to cover the
sleeping babies and finally the in
vention of sticky fly paper helped
relieve the nuisance caused by
flies and mosquitoes.
Smudge fires were made out-of
doors to keep from suffering from
the onslaught of the mosquitoes,
traveling in swarms.
“Grandma” Gray brought a
spanking new White sewing ma
chine with her. The neighbors
would come from miles around to
stay a day or so just to use the
new machine.
The first sod schoolhouse was
located cat-a-comered from the
Chichester home.
When the town was incorporat
ed on August 21, 1905, with Rob
ert Gray, Nels Coover, Perry
Chase, Louie Downey and Richard
Conner as the first trustees, there
had been 20 acres of land donated
by Robert Gray, W. W. Page and
Sam Hadley, and an additional
20 acres was purchased from
George Hunter, making a sizeable
tract of land available for town
lots.
Five of the “boys” who attended
the old soddy school — Leonard
Heiss, Rollie Snell, John Gray
and George and Wallace French
_ set out the evergreen trees
around the Page cemetery in
about 1928.
All five chose to live most
of their long lives quite near the
site of their childhood homes.
There has been a four-genera
tion succession of father-son op
erators of the Gray farm—Great
grandfather, grandfather, father
and son. Robert Gray’s grandson
and namesake and his son, Vel
don Gene, now operate the farm
and John and his wife live on the
town-side of the farm on one of
the three properties which have
been a part of the original timber
claim. _ .
Mr. and Mrs. John Gray farm
ed four years and then John be
came associated with his father
and uncle, George Hunter, in the
Hunter & Gray store. The store
went through a three-generation
ownership. John’s son, Willard,
was reared in the store and sold
it to Shelhamer’s of O Neill in
1942.
John retired from the store in
1940 and since has kept a few
hogs a cow and some chickens.
Now’ and then they have spent a
winter in California with their
daughter, Zella, Mrs. John Sou
kup and with Willard s family;
They both enjoy very good
John’s brother, Robert, farmed
the home land after John went
into the store until his death in
1934 and his son, Duane, farmed
it until Robert took it over in
1936. _ ,
The history of the Gray farm
lv is very closely linked with the
earliest aotivites of that section
of the Nebraska frontier that later
became the town of Page.
An heirloom in the family is the
document signed by President
Harrison—a transaction between
the government patent office and
Mr. Gray.
PAGE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Zellers. Mrs.
Rose Chichester and son, Elbert,
and Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Gold
fuss were dinner guests at the N.
D. Ickes home Friday. The ladies
worked on a quilting project.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Snyder
moved their personal property to
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Snyder, until other
arrangements can be made. The
buildings on the Mrs. Alma Dray
to place, vacated by the Snyders,
have been sold and will be moved
away.
“Hope rules a land forever
green.”—Wordsworth.
Royalty Presides
at O’Neill High
Basketball Dance
A basketball king and queen
were crowned Tuesday, March 1,
by 0’‘Neill high schol students
during a dance which marked the
close of the cage season.
Duane Alton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elvin Alton, was crowned
king; Miss Janet Seger, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Seger, was
made queen. Paul Baker, O’Neil]
high principal, and Elmer Mur
man, basketball coach, officiated
in the coronation.
The king and queen were cho
sen from the senior class by pop
ular vote of the student body.
Their attendants, also chosen by
popular vote, were: Seniors—Rob
ert Sanders, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. B. Sanders, and Miss Janet
Holsclaw, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Holsclaw; juniors —
Frank Fetrow, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Fetrow, and Marilyn Carroll,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Carroll; sophomores — James
Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lowell Johnson, and Judy Sand
ers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. Sanders; freshmen — LaVerne
Alton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin
Alton, and Betty Schultz, daugh
ter of Mrs. Florence Schultz.
Crownbearers for the king and
queen were Ruth Ann Watson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Watson, and Danny Holsclaw, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Holsclaw.
Trainbearers to the royalty were
Karen Allendorfer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Allendorfer,
and Beth Kramer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Kramer. Following
the dance, refreshments were
provided.
Ewing News
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Woeppel
received a telephone call the past
week from their son, A2/c Leo
Woeppel, who is stationed in Al
aska. Ewing at the time had tem
peratures near the zero mark,
while Leo said they were enjoy
ing a mild 40 degrees. Monday
night, Mr. and Mrs. Art Sanders
received a call from the West
coast from their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Rockey. >
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kramer
and family of Omaha were guests
on Monday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Woeppel.
Eagle Hustlers
Get 23 Members—
The Eagle Hustlers 4-H club
organized on March 3 for the fis
cal year of 1955. Twenty-three
members joined. New members
are: Becky Beelaert, Bonnie Heiss
Randall Stauffer, Kent Stauffer
and Sharon Miner.
The following officers were
elected1
Hugh Troshynski, president;
Lyle Heiss, vice president; Carl
Sojka, secretary and treasurer;
Benda Faye Beelaert, news re
porter; Sharon Miner, recreation
al leader and Frank Beelaert, Ro
ger Bowen and G. H. Luebke
were elected as leaders.
Meeting date has been changed
from Thursday to Tuesday.
Roger Bowen and Frank Bee
laert told us about the new pro
jects being offered this year. We
are hoping some one will choose
these new projects.
Robert Beelaert reported on
the judging day on February 28
at Butte, held by the Niobrara
Valley Hereford Association in
connection with their spring sale.
Mrs. Bowen served lunch.—By
Brenda Beelaert, reporter.
O’NEILL LOCALS
Sunday dinner guests at the
Russell Yusten home were Me. and
Mrs. Fred Roth and family of At
kinson and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Johnson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Yusten
visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peter,
sr., and family Sunday evening.
Mrs. Clay Mashino and son,
Charles, of Lynch visited Tuesday
afternoon with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Yusten of O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Yusten
visited Sunday, February 27, at
Wagner, S.D. They were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Art Rob
ertson and supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Lionel Robertson and
family.
Hospital Notes
—
ST. ANTHONY’S (O’Neill)
Admissions: March 2—Mrs. Ed
Murphy, O’Neill; Mrs. Albert
Kaczor, O’Neill; Henry Burival,
Page. 3—Merle Krugman, O’Neill;
Mrs. George Strickland, Winner,
S.D.; Roger Babutzke, O’Neill;
Eonnie Riege, Page; Mrs. Earl
Rumbaugh, O’Neill; Maureen C.
Murphy, O’Neill; Mrs. Robert
Shaw, O’Neill; Dale Skulborstad,
O’Neill; Jerry Wray, O’Neill, Ed
na Heeb, Midland, S.D. 4—Wayne
Henderson, Orchard; Duane Boyle,
O’Neill. 5—Larry Dawes, O’Neill;
Mrs. Kenneth Fish, Bristow; Mrs.
Ed Harvey, Chambers; Mrs. Clif
ford Sobotka, O’Neill; Mrs. Wil
liam A. Ganser III, Wood Lake;
Mrs. George Wettlaufer, Page. 6
—Mrs. Mark Muff, O’Neill; Mrs.
William E. Sorensen, Page; Nancy
Wray, O’Neill; Carl Mitchell,
Chambers. 7— Bryan Finch, Ve
nus; John Sinclair, Bristow; Caro
lyn Wintermote, Chambers. 8 —
Mrs. Otto Sprague, O’Neill; Mrs.
Gus Timmerman, O’Neill; James
J. Murphy, Atkinson; Mrs. Wil
bur Mitchell, Redbird; Carl Lam
bert, Ewing. 9—Jess Wills, Em
met; Mary Ellen Gillette, Cham
bers.
Dismissals: March 2 — Mrs.
James Bartak and baby girl, In
man; Karl Faulhaber, Venus; Mrs.
Lee Blitzke, Spencer; Mrs. Fran
— — — — — — — —
cis Pribil and baby girl, O’Neill;
Mrs. L. G. Summers, Page. 3 —
Sharon Deines, Orchard; Mrs.
Harold Swanson and baby boy,
Bristow; Mrs. Margaret Scofield,
O'Neill; Earl Fox, O’Neill. 4—G.
H. Grimes, Chambers; Mrs. May
nard Coleman, Bassett. 5— Jerry
Wray, O’Neill; Dale Skulborstad,
O’Neill; Edna Heeb, Midland,
S.D.; Frances Schaffer, O’Neill;
Bonnie Riege, Page; Mrs. Vernon
Lorenz, O’Neill. 6—Larry Dawes,
O’Neill; Sam Killham, O’Neill. 7
—Mrs. William A. Ganser III,
Wood Lake; Roger Babutzke, O’
Neill; Mrs. Elsie Slattery, O’Neill.
8—Miss Mary A. Kelly, O’Neill
(expired); Mrs. Ed Harvey, Cham
bers; Maureen C. Murphy, O’
Neill; Mrs. Ed Murphy, O’Neill;
Mrs. Robert Shaw, O’Neill; Merle
Krugman, O’Neill; Mrs. Antoin
ette Homolka, Chambers. 9—Al
bert Kallhoff, O’Neill; Mrs. James
Zidko, Spencer; Nancy Wray, O’
Neill; Carl Mitchell, Chambers
(expired); Mrs. George Wettlauf
er, Page; Mrs. Kenneth Fish,
Bristow.
Hospitalized: Mrs. Lois B. Ad
ams, Chambers; Mrs. George Bay,
O’Neill; Henry Burival, Page; Du
ane Boyle, O’Neill; Mrs. Kenneth
Ellingson, O’Neill; Bryan Finch,
Venus; Mrs. Claude Neal, O’Neill;
Mrs. Earl Rumbaugh, O’Neill;
John Sinclair, Bristow; Mrs. Clif
ford Sobotka, O’Neill; Mrs. Gus
Timmerman, O’Neill; Jess Wills,
Emmet; Mrs. Albert Kaczor, O’
Neill; Carl Lambert, Ewing; Mrs.
Wilbur Mitchell, Redbird; James
J. Murphy, Atkinson; Mrs. Ben
Miller, Star; Mrs. Mark Muff, O’
Neill; Albert Otte, Winner, S.D.;
Mrs. George Strickland, Winner,
S.D.; Mrs. Otto Sprague, O’Neill;
Mrs. William E. Sorensen, Page;
Carolyn Wintermote, Chambers;
Mary Ellen Gillette, Chambers.
SACRED HEART (Lynch)
Hospitalized: Mrs. Ray Alford,
Lynch; Dr. E. B. Bradley, Spen
cer; Paul Bending, Bonesteel,
SD.; Mrs. Charles Carr, Spencer;
Mrs. W. J. Femau and baby boy,
Butte; Mrs. George Haase and
baby boy, Bonesteel, S. D.; Miss
Twila Hicks, Bristow; Reuben
Hypse, Anoka; Mrs. Mervin Kee
and baby girl, Crofton; Wilmer
Landholm, Spencer; Mrs. Annie
Lewis, Butte; Harold McRobert,
Lynch; Mrs. Henry Minarik, Nio
brara; Mrs- Guy Mulhair, Lynch;
Mrs. Balbina Ohri, Spencer; Miss
Lillian Olson, Bristow; Mrs. Bar
bara Pelko, Lynch; Baby Randall
Boyce Rocford, Butte; Mrs. Max
Rossmeier and baby girl, Bris
tow; Gerald Wayne Rossmeier,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Ross
meier, Bristow; Robert Row,
Spencer; Jacob Schochenmeier,
Bonesteel, S.D.
Dismissals: February 28—Mrs.
Lettie F. Combs, Lynch; Mrs.
Harry James, Spencer; George
Lueken, Lynch; March 1-Susan
Diane Hoffmen, Spencer. 3—
Daniel Watson, Chambers; Carol
Sedlacek, Spencer. 4—Mrs. Ru
dolph Becker, Naper; Mrs. Angus
Russell and baby girl, Spencer;
Mrs. Cecil Miller and baby girl,
O’Neill; Mrs. Joe Frank, Ver
digre. 6—Emil Luth, Butte; Cath
erine Koenig, Fairfax, S.D ; Baby
Jack Tarr, jr., Lynch; Mrs. Victor
Rockford, Butte; Henry Minarik.
Niobrara.
ATKINSON MEMORIAL
Admitted: March 1— Mrs. Har
old Vrooman, Atkinson, surgical.
3—Mrs. Violet Ashcraft, Atkin
son, surgical; Mrs. Gertrude
Kaup, Stuart, accident. 4—Pat
Kennedy, Amelia, medical. 5—
Mrs. Don Rzeszotarski, Emmet,
obstertical; Mrs. Opal Keating,
Atkinson, surgical- 6 — John
Newman, Stuart, medical.
Dismissed: February 27—Mrs.
Albert Freouf and son, Atkinson;
Edward and Edna Vogel of New
port. 28—A. V. Herfel, Atkinson;
Mrs. Frank Weichman and
daughter, Stuart. March 1— Mrs.
William Fetherston and daugh
ter, Stuart. 3—George Syfie, O’
Neill. 5—Mrs. Charles E Chace,
Atkinson. 7 — Mrs. Gertrude
Kaup, Stuart.
Hospitalized: Lewis Forbes,
Atkinson; James MacLachlan,
Atkinson; Herbert Stevens, At
kinson; Mrs. Violet Ashcraft, At
kinson; Mrs. Opal Keating, At
kinson; John Newman, Stuart;
Mrs. Harold Vrooman, Atkinson- I
Mrs. Don Rzeszotarski.
Page News
Mrs. Lou Heiss was a Sunday
dinner guest at the Merwyn
French home.
Mesdames Lisle Mewmaw, Ed
gar Stauffer, Merwyn French, sr.,
Elmer Trowbridge and Harold
Kelley attended the annual meet
ing of the WSCS held at Hastings
last Thursday and Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sorensen
and family were Sunday dinner
guests in the John Sorensen home.
The lesson, “The Working Girl
in the City,” was given by Mrs.
Harley Kennedy last Thursday af
ternoon when 25 members of the
WSCS met at the church parlors.
Duffle bags will be packed with
clothing for Korea. A number of
members are planning to attend
the retreat at Creighton March 15.
Mrs. H. S. Harper and Mrs. Jesse
Kelly served lunch.
A chicken - noodle supper was
planned to be held in the near
future with Mrs. Otto Matschul
lat, Mrs. Jerome Allen and Mrs.
Alton Braddock in charge of the
arrangements when the Improve
ment club met with Mrs. Alton
Braddock Monday evening. Plans
were furthered toward the dance
skating floor and work will start
with favorable weather. The host
es»*serve<^ lunch to 15 members.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Zellers, who
were married at Lincoln on March
2, 1921, observed their 34th wed
ding anniversary on Wednesday,
March 2. Their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. King
of Omaha, observed their ninth
wedding anniversary on Thurs
day , March 3. The Kings were
married at Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Mrs. N. D. Ickes, sr., entertain
ed 17 ladies Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Oswald Goldfuss and Mrs.
George Clasey received special
prizes. Mrs. Rose Chichester re
ceived the gift for the oldest lady
present and for the oldest grand
mother, and Mrs. Ruben Redling
er came from the greatest dis
tance. Various other prizes were
given to the winners of the con
test games.
The Page MYF attended the
sub-district rally at Chambers on
Sunday afternoon. Special num
bers were given by each group in
the district and talks on youth
and their part in the crusade for
world order with an accompany
ing film strip and talks on five
areas of interest in MYF work
were given. Amelia and Cham
bers had charge of the worship
service.
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