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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1955)
4 Students from India Coming Here T o Vis^t 4 Holt Farms in August The Holt county extension council held the spring meeting ir. the assembly room at the courthouse on Tuesday, April 12. Thirty-five members answered roll call. The meeting was opened by Mrs. Robert Martens of Atkinson, county chairman. The sum of $17.51 was collected in “pennies for friendship” from the clubs in the county. The citizenship chairman an nounced that, county government day will be held in June. Deadline for the layettes for the University hospital is May 1. Layettes are to be forwarded to the county agent’s office. The national council meeting will be held in Chicago, 111., Aug ust 21 to 25. Anyone interested should contact Mrs. Elizabeth Grant of Fremont, Dodge county home agent. Home demonstration week will be held the first week in May with each of the clubs planning its own entertainment. Suggestions were taken for handicraft lessons. They include textile painting, wood finishing, figurine making and painting, and the making and etching of aluminum trays. The program planning commit tee will meet at a later date to DR. J. L. SHERBAHN O’Neill, Nebraska Complete X-Ray Equipment % Block So. of Ford Garage fix next year’s program. The announcement of coming events was made by County Agent A. Neil Dawes. Those made were: Safety meeting will be held at the Legion hall Mon day, April 18, at 8 p.m., and the public is invited to attend this meeting. The 4-H family fun night will be held at the public school Saturday, April 23, at 7 o'clock. Four international youth ex change students from India will be placed in four Holt county farm homes in August. The homes are Robert Martens of Atkinson, Frank Beelaert of Page, Glen White of Amelia and Charles Mulford of Stuart. A coffee hour was arranged by Mrs. Martens. Plans were dis cussed for home demonstration week. Boyd Merrill Joins Council Oak Store Boyd Merrill of Fremont this week joined the Council Oak store here as manager of the meat department. Mr. Merrill is a vet eran meat cutter, according to Manager Darel Slaymaker. Mr. Merrill will move his wife and three high school-age child ren to O’Neill after the close of the present school term. The children include: Andrea, 17, who will be a senior; Donnette, 16, to be a junior, and Warren, 13, to be a freshman. Phone Switchboard at Page Goes ‘Dead’ PAGE—The Page switchboard went “dead” Friday evening and repair men worked until 1 o’clock to restore it to working order. It was necessary to make a trip to O’Neill to report the “disaster.” Tune in “Voice of The Fron tier”, thrice weekly! 350 - 400 Cattle Expected • The O’Neill Livestock Market will have between 350 400 head of cattle at their regular sale today (Thursday). Included in the offering will be 15 Hereford stock cows to calve in May, also 9 registered Hereford heifers, and one load of com fed calves. • There will be the usual run of mixed stocker and feed er cattle. • Also there will be the usual run of hogs, including some feeder pigs. O O’Neill Livestock Market Phone 2, O’Neill I PHONE 93-W Ways P,enty of Parking 1 I) I --- O’NEILL Ji I I Nabisco Sugar Honey— GRAHAMS_Lb. 33c Hershey’s Chocolate— DAINTIES - 6-0z. Bag 23c ADAMS ... 303 CAN Grapefruit Sections 17c WHITE HOUSE APPLE SAUCE . 303 can 17c OTOE KIDNEY BEANS 17‘ ^5 MISSION, CUT GREEN BEANS... 303can 19* DEL MONTE PRUNE JUICE ... «» 35c HORMEl'S SPAM . 12-OZ CAN 41c OU OR MUSTARD SARDINES. .25 HONEY BOY SALMON DINNER «- 31 CONCENTRATED DETERGENT ALL. ■«. *2*9 LARGE CAN SANI-FLUSH.23‘ OHIO MATCHES . . CARTON Of UK 39* STOKELY'S 07C Baby Green Limas 10-OZ. PKG fc ■ FRIONOR AA. Skinless Cod Fillets » 39 STOKELY'S AA. ! Chicken Pot Pies . «.» 23 PACIFIC PEARL AA. Tiny Cocktail Shrimp "39 beef rib r rc CLUB STEAKS n 33 MIDGET SKINLESS OOC Bacon Squares ». Zo BOSTON BUTT /II C PORK ROAST » ^ CELLO ROLL PURE PORK SAUSAGE » 36c Fiesh, Ground BEEF .....3 Lbs. 89c All-Meat Ring BOLOGNA ..Lb. 35c I . .... ...... COOKIES — Assorted Sandwiches _ 1-Lb. Cello Bag 29c I ROBIN COFFEE — Drip or Regular _ 1-Lb. Tin 85c | CHOC. COVERED CHERRIES — Villa Brand _ Box 39c I CORN FLAKES — Kellogg’s __ 12-Oz. Pkg. 17c I Publishes ‘ Wounded Knee ’ Book “Tragedy Strikes at Wounded Knee”, a brand new book by Will H. Spindler, U. S. Indian Service teacher at the Wounded Knee Day school, Wounded Knee, S.D., is just off the press. Published by the Journal Publishing Co., of Gordon, this book contains 17 of the author’s best true and authen tic feature stories (no fiction) published by the Rapid City Dai ly Journal, the Daily Argus-Lea der, Sioux Falls, S.D., the Denver Post, the Gordon Journal, Gordon and other newspapers the past few years. Included in thesefeature stiries on the Sioux Indians of the past and present, pioneer and Indian history, and Mr. and Mrs. Spind ler’s experiences in the Indian service, are the complete story of the Wounded Knee Massacre of December, 29, 1890; the last great sun dance of the Sioux; the buffalo dance; the Sioux “Omaha” dance; the out break of the Northern Cheyenne Indians at old Ft., Robinson, and annihilation by the troops; and many other accounts of Sioux history, lore, and customs that are rapidly becoming lost to pos terity. “Tragedy Strikes at Wounded Knee”, is Spindler’s fifth book. His previous books are “Com rades of the Lone Star,” Lure of the Hills, ” “Rim of the Sand hills,” and “Badlands Trails”. (Of these books, only “Badlands Trails” is still on sale by the au thor. This book is on the Bad lands and on the Pine Ridge res ervation. ($1.50 per copy post paid.) Mr. and Mrs. Spindler have spent over 25 years as teacher and housekeeper in Indian day schools on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation of South Dakota. Of these years, 20 were spent at the Medicine Bow day school, Potato Creek; one at the Manderson day school; and they are now in their fifth year at the Wounded Knee day school (less than a mile from the historic battlefield and ceme tery of the Wounded Knee affair of 1890.) Will is a son of the late George H. Spindler and a nephew of Frank Spindler of O’Neill. Will Spindler ... 17 best and authentic Indian stories into one volume. Page News Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn French, sr., were hosts to the following guests on Sunday; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Heiss, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Heiss and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heiss and Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heiss and Alvin, Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn French, jr., and daughter, Stepha nie, and Mrs. Lou Heiss, all of Page; Mrs. Jennie French and Miss Alice French, both of O’Neill, and Miss Marie Heiss of Hastings. The sunrise service and Easter breakfast held at the Harley Ken nedy home Sunday Morning at j 6:30 o’clock was attended by about 50 people. There was no evening service. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Braddock took Miss JoAnn back to Lincoln Saturday evening. Sunday they attended the sunrise service at the pine bowl and came back to Fullerton where they were Easter dinner guests in the Ed Braddock home. JoAnn accompanied the Misses Clasey back to Lincoln from Norfolk. Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Bild, jr., of Wausa, Betty Rodman of O’Neill and Dr. E. J. Bild, sr., of Page, at tended Easter services at Page Methodist church and were din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rodman. Mrs. Rodman is sister and daughter of the Bilds’. Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Park and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Trow bridge were Sunday dinner guests in the Neven Ickes, jr., home. Lionel Ickes, a student at the school of agriculture at Lincoln, and Sybil Ickes,, who teaches the Brandeis ranch school at Nenzel, returned to their school work Sunday after spending their Eas ter vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Ickes, sr. Mrs. A. O. Weber on Sunday entertained Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Henderson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Trowbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Trowbridge and family, all of Page, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewie Copple and Mary Lew of Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Copes were Friday evening callers at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Copes. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray en tertained Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller and son and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Miller and Charisse, all of Chambers, and Mr. and Mrs. John Gray and Mr. and Mrs. Ar nold Stewart and Loren at dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewie Copple and daughter, Mary Lew returned on Monday to their home at Wayne after spending the Easter holiday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Trowbridge, and other relatives. Mesdames Alta Finch, Hester Edmisten and Carrie Sterner went to North Platte Friday for a week’s visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. Walt Snyder of Ainsworth came Saturday to spend Easter with her son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Larson, and family. a_i n_xi_J ___x_: x vv uo ti iv uaj ov.ii uovuv. by the south-central jurisdiction of the Methodist church for the observance of a prayer vigil, starting at 9 p.m., and continuing until 9 p.m., at the Ft. Worth, Tex., church. They were joined in prayer by various groups of wo men’s organizations of that juris diction. Mrs. Lewie Copple and daugh ter, Mary Lew, of Wayne were supper and overnight guests of Mrs. Paul Hartigan and children, Wednesday, April 6. Easter guests at the Gene Mud loff home were: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krugman and family of O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jur acek and family of Star, and Mr. and Mrs. Edd Stewart and Mrs. Fanny Stewart, all of Page. Duran Rutherford was a guest of his sister, Mrs. Gaylord Al bright, at the Telephone office, for Easter dinner. Mrs. Ross Fink, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heiss, entertained all except one of the girls of her school class Sa turday afternoon at the Heiss home. Guests were Mrs. Don Park and Mrs. Don Summers, both of Page; Mrs. Tom Ressel and Mrs. Jerry Asher, both of O’Neill, Mrs. Dennis LaFave of Onieda S. D., and the Misses Joyce Clasey and Roxina Simmons, both of Lin coln. Mrs. Jerry Summers of En glewood, Colo., was not present. The Misses Joyce, Elaine and Lorraine Clasey spent their Eas ter vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Clasey, re turning to Lincoln Sunday. John and Bob Allen were Sa turday guests in the Jerome Allen home at Page. They were all din ner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dusatko. All members were present when Mrs. Herbert Steinberg en tertained the HOA club on Tues day afternoon. March 29. Needle work and visiting were the order of the day. The hostess served lunch. Mrs. Harry Van Horn was to be the April 12 hostess. Shower Honoree— Mrs. Jack Dailey held a pink and-blue shower for Mrs. Ardell Eright Friday evening, April 1. There were 20 guests present. Games were played after which Mrs. Bright opened her gifts. Lunch was served. Corporal Tibbetts on Leave Here— Cpl. Lawrence C. Tibbetts ar rived in O’Neill Saturday, April 2, to spend a 15-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tibbetts, and other relatives. Larry will leave Sunday, April 17, for Ft. Campbell, Ky., and will leave there the first part of June, with his outfit, the 508th airborne regent combat team, to go to Japan where it will be stationed for 33 months. Son Is Enroute to Germany— AMELIA—Rev. and Mrs. Al bert Luginsland received word from their son, Gaylord, who is in the army, stating he expected to leave the United, States Sun day morning enroute to Frank fort, Germany. Gaylord was married in Jan uary and had been living in Se attle, Wash. Ewing News The Ewing public school was dismissed early in the afternoon of good Friday. Mrs. Wilda Carr and family of Holdrege, who spent their Easter vacation at the home of her fath er Merton Dierks, returned home Monday accompanied by Mr. Dierks, who will be their guest for a few weeks. Miss Patrica Rotherham, stu dent at the University of Nebras ka, spent the holiday weekend with her mother, Mrs. Mary Ro therham, and other relatives in Ewing. Miss Vaulda Welke was a guest at the home of her mother, Mrs. Harriet Welke, during the Easter holiday. Easter dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eva Kaczor were her sons, John Kaczor, and family and Eddie Kaczor and children. curtis Keynoias ana uaivin Bolton, students at the Norfolk Christian college, spent last week in Ewing making calls. Miss Joellyn Eacker arrived home for the Easter vaca tion. She attends the University of Nebraska. Sandra Dierks and Judy Jeffer ies came home Wednesday, April 6, from Omaha to spend the Eas ter vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Dierks and Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Jefferies. The girls returned'to Omaha on Mon day to resume their studies at College of St. Mary’s. Lt. Merton Dierks came home Friday from Salina, Kans., to spend Easter with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Dierks. Miss Margaret Drayton of Or chard, who is a vocational home making student at the University of Nebraska, visited the home making department of the Ewing public school on Wednesday, March 30. On Tuesday, April 14, the mothers of the students of the junior class met at the school With the food committee and the class sponsor, Miss Elsie Chase, to make plans for the annual junior senior banquet. Mrs. Wilda Carr and her fath er, M. H. Dierks, were hosts at a 1 o’clock dinner Easter Sunday atj the Dierks home. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Dierks, their daughter, Sandra, and their son, 2/Lt. Merton Dierks, from Salina, Kans., also Mary Cathrine,' Connie and Pat Carr. After attending church services Easter Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Davis and Marie left for Orchard where they were “in vited” for dinner at the home of his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Davis. A surprise awaited the Davis family—a dinner invitation to the h®me of Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Stevens. Upon arriving they found themselves honored guests at a dinner party to celebrate the bjrthday anniversary of Mr. Da vis. Two traditional cakes made up the centerpiece. Other guests were Mrs. Gertrude Davis of Or- ; chard and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Da- '■ vis and family of Clearwater. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Billings, ac companied by her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Kimes, returned Monday, April 4, from Hastings where they had spent the weekend with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunaway and family. Mrs. Pauline Noffke was a Sunday caller at the home of Mrs. W. J. Cronin. Bonita Faye Osborn, Bruce Grimes Wed CHAMBERS— Easter morning at 8 o’clock was the hour chosen for the wedding of Charles Bruce Grimes and Bonita Faye Osborn. The marriage was performed by Rev. J. M. Hodgkin at the Methodist church. Gerald Grimes and Marie Os born attended the couple. The bride’s ballerina - length dress was of dusty rose faille and was worn with white acces sories while her sister chose na vy with white. Both Bruce and Gerald wore light grey suits. Bruce is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grimes and Ms bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Osborn. Both are of Chambers. Only the immediate relatives of the two families attended the wedding. A wedding dinner was served at the Charles Grimes home for the couple, their families and the grandparents—Mr. and Mrs. Tom Osborn of Wisner and Mr. and Mrs. Theo Moss of Chambers. The couple will be at home to their friends on their father’s farm one mile east of Chambers where Bruce is associated with his brother in farming. HOT SPOT FOR TROUT ROYAL — Grove lake, near Royal in Antelope county, is a hot spot for trout fishermen. Rainbow trout up to 15 inches have been caught there. Grove lake is on the upper reaches of the Verdigre creek and was open ed to fishing last year. There have been numerous stockings of trout in Grove lake, beginning soon after completion of the dam. Easter Guests— Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O’Neill and Gene and Mrs. Hugh O’Neill were Easter dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Paul M. Walker. Visit Relatives in Grand Island— Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Cronin and J. D. Cronin went to Grand Is land Sunday to spend Easter with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cronin and daughters. Mrs. P. B. Harty, who I had spent a few days with the C. E. Cronins, accompanied them home. BANQUET DATE SET The date has been fixed for the first annual St. Mary’s academy athletic banquet. Hie affair will be held on Sunday, May 1, at 8 p.m. Main speaker will be Don Leahy, an Omaha prep coach. Entertainment will follow the dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Halva and Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Elam left for Denver, Colo., Friday morning after attending the wed ding of Miss Lydia Halva and Capt. Lloyd Fredrick Haug of Ft. Worth, Tex. The nuptials took place in Omaha. & Clearance I . . . 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