Ed Haafke, 39, °
Ex-Page Man, Dies
PAGE — Ed Haafke, 39, of
Bronson, la., died at his home
on Wednesday, April 20. He had
"been seriously ill since- Decem
ber. Burial services were held
Friday at the new Memorial cem
etery, Sioux City.
Survivors include: Widow—the
former Dorothy Lou Alexander
of the Emporia neighborhood;
three small children.
Those attending the funeral in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Vemie and
, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Finley, Mr.
and Mrs.c Ralph Prill, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Van Horn, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Allen and Mr. and
(Mrs. Bert Finley, all of Page; Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Conner of Or
chard; Mr. and Mrs. Art Contois
o of Neligh and Mr. and Mrs. Gai
len Miller of Niobrara.
Other Page News o
Q The Royal Neighbor lodge met
at the lodge hall Wednesday eve
ning, April 20. Mrs. Alta Finch
and Mrs. Clair Schroth served
> lunch to 18 members.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale and Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Matschullat were
0 Sunday visitors in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anthony at
Bloomfield. Mrs. Anthony is a
sister of Dale’s and a daughter of
r Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat.
cMrs. Ivan Heiss entertained
the pupils from the fourth and
fifth grades in honor of her
daughter, Bonnie’s, birthday an
niversary after school on Wed
o nesday, April 20.- Games were
played and the hostess served
’ iunch.
Mrs. Lou Heiss was hostess to
the Just-a-Mere club at her home
Friday for an afternoon of visit
ing following the 2:30 o’clock
dessert - luncheon. Mrs. Bertha
Reed will be the May 6 hostess.
The East Side Kountry Klub
met at the home df Mrs. Ludvig
Neilson Wednesday, April 20.
Mrs. Roy Grubb and Mrs. Lee
Fink were guests. Mrs. Dale
Stauffer gave a report on the
county council meeting. Mrs.
Warren Cronk and Mrs. Frank
Cronk gave the lesson, “Care of
Our New Fabrics.” Lunch was
served by the hostess. The next
meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. Warren Crcnk. Slides on
wild flowers will be shown.
The job of shingling the Legion
hall, begun Tuesday, April 19,
the day of the “big blow,” was
finished last Thursday. Members
of the local American Legion post,
315, did the work.
Pvt. Robert Sorensen went to
Wayne last Thursday morning.
From there Ronnie Park accom
panied him to Lincoln and
brought his car back to Page. Pri
vate Sorensen will be stationed
at Ft. Benjamin Harrison for his
next period of training.
Mrs. Emma Christianson of
Chappell and Mrs. Harry Snyder
of Inman were guests of the
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service when it met at the Page
JMethodist church parlors last
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Lisle
Mewmaw was the installing offi
cer. All except one officer, Mrs.
,N. D. Ickes, sr., were present for
the installation service. Mrs. Lou
Heiss led the devotions; Mes
dames Rose Chichester, Herbert
Steinberg, Edgar Stauffer and
Lisle Mewmaw gave reports on
the Tuesday, April 19, meeting
at Wayne. Mrs. Ray Snell and
Mrs. Harold Heiss served lunch.
The next meeting will be 0 the
annual May breakfast at the
thurch parlors at 9 a.m. The
King’s Daughters will be guests.
Mrs. Frank Beelaert entertain
ed the girls from Mrs. HazA
Park’s room Saturday afternoon
in honor of her daughter, Becky’s,
ninth birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Frank Morris arrived Sun
day from Tulsa, Okla., where she
f-iad spent the winter with a
daughter, Mrs. Dean Grim, and
family. Her son - in - law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Johnson, brought her to Page.
They visited a sister of Mrs. Mor
ris’ at Broken Bow and two
daughters and their families at
Gordon enroute to Page. The
Johnsons returned to their home
at Fremont Wednesday, April 20.
Mrs. Morris will keep hoiise for
her son, Paul Neubauer, again
this summer. She reports that
there had been rain in Kansas
and Oklahoma but a hard freeze
and put vegetation back in Okla
homa.
Mrs. Mike Landreth entertain
ed the NOK club last Thursday
at an afternoon of needle work
and visiting. Mrs. Floyd Frahm
will be the May 5 hostess.
Mrs. Morris Blackburn and
daughters arrived Friday from
Killiher, Minn., for a two-weeks’
3 visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Stevens, and with oth
er relatives while Mr. Blackburn
attends a training session for re
serve officers at Kansas City, Mo.
Pfc. and Mrs. Jerry Summers
and son arrived Wednesday night,
April 20, to spend a 60-day leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Summers, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Trowbridge, and
other relatives. He will report to
Camp Ord, Calif., for reassign
ment at the close of his leave.
Saturday, April 16, the Wilbur
Smiths were hosts to four tables
of pitch. High scores were won
by Dee and Lura Grass and Em
mett Thompson and Tommy
Kelly had the low scores. Dee
Grass captured the traveling
award. Saturday also marked the
birthday aniversary of Floyd Mc
Intosh, a guest, and Mr. and Mrs.
Mclntoshes’ wedding anniversa
ry.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Brobst of
Council Bluffs, la., who have
spent the past week visiting in
the Merwyn, French, sr., home,
returned to Council Bluffs Wed
nesday, April 20, with Mrs. O.
W. French.
Mrs. Elsie Cork was a guest
Wednesday afternoon, April 13,
when Mrs. Ethel Park entertain
ed the Royal Neighbor Kensing
ton. There were eleven members
'resent. Visiting was the order of
the day and a covered dish lunch
eon was served. Mrs. Ray Snell
will be the April 27 hostess.
E. E. Hamm spoke in the inter
ests of the Methodist hospital,
a conference project this year in
the surgery department, at the
morning service at the Methodist
church Sunday, April 17, A fel
lowship basket dinner was en
joyed following the services, hon
oring the new members. There
jiave been nine baptisms and 12
new members during the year.
Film strips were shown on the
early life of St. Paul.
Mrs. John Lamason was host
ess to the Thursday Evening
bridge club, April 14. Mrs. Carl
Max was high and Mrs. Herbert
Steinberg had second high score.
Mrs. Alton Braddock will enter
tain the club today (Thursday).
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Mrs. Roby’s Pupils Visit Points of Interest
Among O’Neill visitors on Wednesday, April
20—music festival day for Holt county rural
school pupils — were these students (above)
from district 73, near Ewing, accompanied by
their teacher, Mrs. Ruth Roby, and one of the
mothers, Mrs. Chester Larson. Seated (left-to
right) — Donnal Hubei, Leila Larson, Darren
Brewster, Cheri Summerer and Patty Hubei;
standing—Norma Brewster, Mrs. Roby, Linda
Larson, Wayne Brewster, Phyllis Larson, Judy
Larson, Mrs. Larson and Reinard Larson. They
toured various points of interest including The
Frontier.—O’Neill Photo Co.
ACWC in Year’s
Final Meeting
ATKINSON— Atkinson Coun
try Woman’s club met at the
home of Mrs. D. F. Scott Thurs
day, April 14, with 20
members present. Assisting host
esses were Mrs. O. A. Hammer
berg and Mrs. H. O. Stevens. As
it was the final meeting of the
club year mystery sisters’ names
were revealed and new ones
were drawn.
Mrs. Robert Fullerton, who has
been a member of the club since
it was organized in 1917, offered
her resignation. She was retain
ed as an honorary member.
A “thank-you” for eggs sent
at Easter was read from *he
Nebraska Childrens’ home, Oma
ha. Roll call was answered by
giivng a garden or flower hint.
Election of officers resulted as
follows: Mrs. Louis Siebert, pres
ident; Mrs. Oliver Anson, vice
president; Mrs. Fred Dunn, sec
letary; Mrs. Robert Martens,
treasurer and reporter; Mrs. H.
O. Stevens, chaplain; Mrs. Paul
Roth and Mrs. O. A. Hammer
berg, music committee; Mrs.
Charles Sloan, Mrs. Richard
Crippen and Mrs. M. R. Keller,
program committee; Mrs. Robert
Martens, Mrs. Byrl Beck and
Mrs. Orville Siebert, sunshine
committee.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Alice Hill at the Sale Barn
cafe.
Tax Consultant
to Address Bankers
Jack R. Miller of Sioux City,
tax consultant and lawyer, will
address the annual convention of
the Sandhills Cattle association at
Alliance Friday, May 20. Mr. Mil
ler, a lawyer specializing in taxa
tion, will speak on the subject,
“Tax Tips for Cattlemen”.
A former attorney in the office
of chief counsel, internal revenue
service, Washington, D.C., and
past chairman of the committee
on tax problems of farmers for
the American Bar association, Mr.
Miller has attained a vast insight
into the tax problems of ranchers
and farmers.
He has lectured of various tax
subjects before numerous groups
in some 20 states and the
District of Columbia, and is pre
sently a member of the panel of
lecturers of the American Law
Institute. He is a graduate of
Creighton university of Omaha
and the Columbia law school.
Mr. Miller, a republican, is cur
rently serving in the Iowa House
of representatives where he is
ranking member of the tax re
vision committee.
O’NEIILL LOCALS
Group 3 of the Nebraska Bank
ers’ association met Friday in
Norfolk. Those attending from
O’Neill were Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. F.
N. Cronin, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Gallagher, Mr. and Mrs. Dale
French and Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Grady.
Mrs. Dave Moler, Julia Dennis
of Omaha and Nora Peters of Co
lome, S.D., were last Thursday
guests at the home of Mrs. Mol
ar’s daughter, Mrs. Fred Appleby.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bazelmar
spent Sunday in Sioux City.
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Wed.-Thnrs. May 4-5
Miss Mahoney, Pupils Visit O’Neill
Among Holt county grade school pupils visiting The Frontier,
publishing plant and the “Voice of The Frontier” radio studies on
Wednesday, April 20 were from district 229 in the southwest por
tion of the county. Front row—Bobby Halstead and Raedean Sieler,
back row—Betty Mahoney (teacher), Charlotte Halstead, John Sie
ler and Linda Shaw.—The Frontier Photo.
Celia News
Sunday, April 24, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Johnson and sons, Jim
and Jon, of Lyons; Mr. and Mrs.
J. V. Johnson and granddaughter,
Ellen McKathnie, of O’Neill, and
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Johnson of
Atkinson, helped Carol Schlot
feld celebrate her 14th birthday
at a dinner at the Earl Schlotfeld
home. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Mc
Kathnie and children were after
noon visitors at the Schlotfeld
home.
Markita Hendricks accompan
ied Millie Ernst and pupils to the
“rural sing” meet in O’Neill
Wednesday and visited Miss
Ernsts school on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dobias and
sons attended a dairy sale in
Clearwater Thursday evening.
One hundred percent atten
dance of patrons of Sunnypride
school—Mrs. E. Colfack, teacher
—attended the last day of school
picnic which was held in a grove
of trees in a pasture at the Emil
Colfac home Friday April 22.
Mrs. Alice Hill and Mrs. Le
Roy Hoffman papered for Mrs.
Amelia Hoffman Friday, April
15.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith
and family were Sunday dinner
guests at the Joe Hendricks home.
Jim Hendricks was a Sunday
dinner and supper guest at the
Harry Mitchell home.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck were
Sunday evening supper guests at
the William Maloun home.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and
family were Sunday evening sup
per guests at the Adolph Aip
home in Butte.
Alex Forsythe was a Sunday
afternoon visitor at the William
Maloun home. Alex is the owner
of a new Chevolet pickup.
Mr. and Mrs. William Maloun
and Billy were Saturday dinner
guests at the Duane Beck home.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman
and sons were Sunday afternoon
and supper guests at the Ed
Etherton home.
Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman helped
Mrs. Harold Mlinar paper Thurs
day and Friday.
'Bonnie, Glen and David Frick
el spent Saturday at the Hoffman
home. David stayed until Mon
day morning, April 18.
Mr. and Mrs. William Maloun
had a pinochle party at their
home Friday evening. Those pre
sent were Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Colfack and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Dobias and sons, Mr. and
Mrs. Duane Beck and Mr. and
Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack,
Denton and Dennis and Charles
Dobias attended the dairy calf
sale in O’Neill Saturday evening.
Shirley Colfack accompanied the
Atkinson home economics class to
Lincoln Wednesday, April 20:
Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman and Mrs.
Victor Frickel attended the Lu
theran Women’s Missionary
League meeting Tuesday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck and
Mr. and Mrs. William Maloun
and son attended the dairy calf
sale in O’Neill Saturday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Phipps
were Thursday, April 14,
visitors at the Joe Hendricks
home.
Mrs. Melton McKathnie, Dar
rell and Kay spent Wednesday
April 13 to April 18 with her
mother, Mrs. Blanche Rouse, of
O’Neill.
Mrs. Angele Humphrey spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Terwilliger.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Terwilliger
and sons were Sunday dinner
guests at the Joe Disterhaupt
home.
Roger Hoffman stayed over
night with Billy Milner Thursday.
Several young people of the
community and from Atkinson at
tended a Wesleyan young peo
ples’ party at the Herman Meyer
home near Atkinson Thursday
evening. About 35 were present.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Scott were
Sunday afternoon visitors at the
Charles Dobias home.
Around 49 friends and patrons
of the Hans Lauridsen school,
Isla Ruda, teacher, held their
last day of school picnic at their
schoolhouse Sunday April 24.
Frank Kilmurry, Victor Frickel
and Lawrence attended a coun
ty school board meeting in O’
Neill Wednesday, April 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chaffin
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Hendricks and family were
Friday night supper guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Omer
Poynts. Mrs. Poynts left Saturday
for three weeks’ visit with
sons and daughters and their
families in California.
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Sewell
Johnson to Brookings. S.D., Mon
day. They had received rain
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there the night before and every
thing was looking good.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease went
to Minden Monday where Mrs.
Pease is guest speaker at Kear
ney county extension tea Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Kilmurry
were Sunday, April 10, dinner
guests at the Frank Kilmurry
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hickok and
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Johnson and
family were Sunday afternoon
visitors at the Connie Frickel
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Terwilliger,
Mrs. Angel Humphrey and Mrs.
Perry Terwilliger attended a par
ty at the Jack Winnings home
near Chambers, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer
berg were Friday afternoon
visitors at the William Maloun
home.
Isla Ruda was a supper guest
at the Aron Lange home Tuesday
evening.
Bobby Knudson was an over
night guest at the Alfred Schaaf
home Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. William Maloun
and Billy helped O. A. Hammer
berg celebrate his birthday an
niversary April 17 at the Ham
merberg home.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman
and sons were Sunday, April 17,
visitors at the Rollo Berry home.
Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman canned
beef for Alex and Herman Frick
el Saturday, April 16.
Mrs. William Maloun and O.
A. Hammerberg were April 18
visitors at O’Neill.
Charles Dobias and William
Maloun were April 18 O’Neill
visitors.
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O'NEILL LOCALS
M/Sgt. and Mrs. D. L. Shaw,
Duana Lou and Duane of Ft.
Leonard Wood, Mo., were house
guests from Monday, April 18, till
last Thursday at the home of his
aunt and her husband, Mr. and
Mrs. D. H. Clauson. They visited
for the remainder of his 10-day
leave at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mls. H. L. Parks, at Ft.
Smith, Ark. Sergeant Shaw has
been transferred to Ft. Riley,
Kans., and will report the fol
lowing their visit at Ft. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Clauson
attended the Presbyterial Mon
day, April 18, at Randolph.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Demmon
and family of Aruba, N.W.I., vis
ited Friday at the home of Mr,
and Mrs. Paul M. Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Tilly Tilton of
Verdigre were last Thursday
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Bazelman.
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Groski - Shrader
Nuptials in Iowa
RIVERSIDE—Ruth Ann Groski
and Wayne Shrader were married
Saturday, April 16, at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon in the Presby
terian church at Sidney, la.
Rev. Dean Waycoff, pastor cf
the church, officiated at the dou
ble-ring ceremony.
Mrs. Shrader is the oldest
daughter of Mrs. Ruth Waptes
of Lincoln and has been employ
ed in the office of the National
Auto Insurance Co.
Wayne is the youngest son of
Mrs. May Shrader of Ewing and
was graduated from Ewing high
school. The couple will make their
home on a farm northeast of Ew
ing.
Get-Together Points
to Next Meeting—
The Get-Together club met
with Mrs. Lawrence Johnson on
Friday, April 22. Twelve mem
bers were present. Members vis
ited and did needlework.
Mrs. Jerome Ruther will enter
tain on Thursday, May 12, as
May 13 will be school picnic day.
Mrs. Johnson served lunch.
Cub Kite Contest
Postponed—
The north-central district cub
.kite contest, originally scheduled
for April 24, will be held Sunday,
May 1, 2:30 p.m., at the Atkinson
state park.
The chairman, Dr. James Ram
sey of Atkinson, hopes that aU
cub packs will participate la this
event.
Mr. and Mr3. Arthur Harley of
Atkinson and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Beckwith were dinner guests on
Sunday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Beckwith. °
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