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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1955)
Large Crowd at Carnival-Dinner A1 Havranek Wins Cedar Chest EMMET—A big supper and carnival was held at the Church of the Epiphany at Emmet on Sunday afternoon and evening. Rev. Francis Price is pastor. A large crowd participated. Winners of the three cedar chests were A1 Havranek, first, Robert Winkler, second, and Jo seph Welsh, third. The door prize —a one hundred pound bag of sugar— was awarded to Leonard Shoemaker of O’Neill. Other Emmet News Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Peak and family of Callinsville, 111., spent a few days last week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grunke and Os car. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Foreman and sons, Byron and Craig of Battle Creek and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bates of O’Neill were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bates on Sunday. The occasion was in honor of Mrs. Shirley Foreman’s birthday anniversary. The Jim Foremans also visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foreman. Mr. and1 Mrs. Don Focken and children and Mr. and Mrs. George Brainard and family were guests at the Floyd Brainard home on Sunday evening. Harold Winkler and Miss Lois Weber of Rapid Sity, S.D., were weekend guests at the Joe Wink ler home. Harold Winkler re turned to Rapid City on Sunday and Miss Weber will remain here about a month. Mrs. Henry Patterson visited Mrs. Mary Dusatko on Friday af ternoon. The Dean Burge family of Om aha and Mrs. Bessie Burge and June were guests at the Clyde Burge home at Amelia on Mon day, July 25. Mr. and Mrs. Don Meyers and kiddies attended a reunion of the Meyers family at Pickstown, S.D., on Sunday. Miss Karen Bates was an over night guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bates, at O’ Neill on Wednesday, July 20. Mrs. Larry Schaffer and son, Dewey, attended a coffee at the home of Mrs. Harvey Hanson on Sunday. Mrs. Bob Cole, Jack, Chip and Pat visited Mr. and Mrs. Warren Burgess and daughters at O’Neill on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Brockman, Connie and Jerry, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christerson at Taylor on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Kloppen borg and kiddies of Cozad were weekend guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kloppenborg. Mrs. Helen Wabs of Spencer was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ce cil McMillan on Saturday. Mrs. Agnes Gaffney visited Mrs. Henry Benze and children on Friday. Misses Leah and Linda Serck returned home on Saturday after spending the past week visiting SS^SiiiiiSSSiSSSj friends in the Rock Falls com munity. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vequist. Mrs. Ralph Antistel of Norfolk was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Patterson Tuesday and Wed nesday, July 19-20. Mrs. Antistel is a sister to Henry Patterson’s. Mrs. Geary Enbody and her father, Bill Tenborg, went to Clinton to visit Mr. and Mrs. Vern Swick. They arrived there on Thursday. On Friday the Vern Swicks, Jeff Wagnon, Mrs. Geary Enbody and Bill Tenborg attend ed the Indian celebration at Pine Ridge, S.D. They returned home on Saturday. While at Clinton they met Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Meier and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Meier, all of Prescott, Wise., who were visiting relatives. They also attended the Indian celebration. The Ralph Meier’s and the Ray Meiers were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Meier and Megan from Wednesday, July 20, until Friday. Walter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Meier. Mrs. Henry Benze and children visited Mrs. George Skopec and Donnie and Duane on Friday af ternoon. Melvin Lubin, Jimmie and Jan et and Judy Newton were guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox, on Sunday. Mrs. Roger Bowen and sons of Page and her parents of Utah visited Mrs. P. W. McGinnis re cently. Miss Lois Givens of Stuart was a guest at the Bernard Pongratz home last week. Mrs. Dean Beckwith of Teka mah visited Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Abart on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mickael son and children were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hoxies Tuesday and Wednesday, July 19 zu. xney were enrouie 10 ivmme sota, where they will fish. Mr. and Mrs. Walt Meier and Megan of O’Neill were Sunday dinner guests at the Geary En body home. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Skopec, jr., of Stuart were guests at the George Skopec home on Sunday. Mrs. William Serck visited Mrs. G. Owen Cole and Mrs. Milton Bock on Wednesday, July 20. Mrs. Ernest Kloppenborg and children visited Mrs. A1 Kloppen borg, Patricia and Robert on Monday, July 18. Mrs. Bob Cole and Mrs. Frank Schaaf attended the Country club luncheon on Wednesday evening, July 20. Sister M. George, Mrs. Joe Winkler and George Nachtman visited Mr. and Mrs. A1 Iwan at Spalding on Friday. Mrs. Leo Weichman and child ren visited Mrs. Mary Dusatko on Thursday evening. Mrs. Fred Geiger and daughters left Thursday for Schuyler where she joined her husband and son, who were visiting his parents. They departed for their home at Los Angeles, Calif., on Sunday, af ter visiting at the Henry Patter son home and at Schuyler for about a month. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Theye and children of Neligh were guests at the Vernon Hoxie home on Sun day. Gilbert Fox was a breakfast guest at the Wayne Fox home on Monday, July 25. Mrs. Frank Foreman and Jeanie Kay visited Mrs. Dean Perry and family on Wednesday afternoon, July 20. Visitors Here— Dr. Ivan French, Billy and Dickie of Wahoo spent the week end in the home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. O. W. French. Mr. and Mrs. Dale French were also guests Sunday. To Okoboji— Mr. and Mrs. John H. McCar ville and Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Glee son left Sunday for Lake Oko boji, la., to spend a week. REX W. WILSON, M.D. ROBT. M. LANGDON, M.D. PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS 128 W. Douglas Sk, O’Neill Phone 138 Stuart Merchant Dies Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 20, at Stuart for Ward J. Flannigan, 41 (above), prominent Stuart mer chant and veteran of World War II. He died Saturday, July 16, in Lincoln. Survivors include: Widow — Ila; two daughters, four sons, parents — Mr. and Mrs. James C. Flannigan of Stuart, two brothers. Burial at Scottville Mrs. Michael Hull, 81, (above), longtime resident of northern Holt county, died Tuesday, July 19, at her home. Funeral services were held Thursday, July 21, at Lynch and burial was in Scottville cemetery. The late Mrs. Hull came to Holt when she was three-years-old. Survivors in clude widower, two sons, two daughters, 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. It is reported that angry motor ists threatened to storm city hall in Monroe, Wise., recently when the police ended the long-standing 10-cent fine for parking viola tions. The price was raised to $1! Native of O’Neill Dies in Canada Mrs. Sidney Mitchell, 80, of Stratford, Ont., Can., died Friday, July 22, at her home there. She had been ill for some time. She was the mother of nine children. Mrs. Mitchell, daughter of the Jate Mr. and Mrs. John Grutsch, was born in Canada and came to Holt county with her parents at an early age. Her parents were pio neer settlers in northern Holt. Survivors include the children; brother—John M. Grutsch of O’ Neill; sister—Mrs. William Eckert of Stratford. O’Neill News Mrs Delia Ernst of Amelia plans to accompany Mrs. Emmett Carr to Santa Monica, Calif., today (Thursday) for an extended vis it. Mrs. Carr and children have been visiting here for the past two weeks. Mrs. Lloyd Ritts flew to San Bernardino, Calif., on Thursday, July 21, where she will visit her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Felver. John Harrington, jr., and Miss Monica Spieker of Wilmoth, 111., are visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Har rington. They arrived Sunday. Miss Marlene Harrington re turned Friday from a two-weeks’ visit in Spencer with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Angus and daughter, Janice, of O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Angus and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ruby of Ewing at teded the horse races at Madison on Tuesday, July 19. Mrs. Elvaetta Bauman and her children, John, Joan, Robert and Ellen, of Big Rapids, Mich., ar rived Saturday to visit her son-in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Harmon. She was accom panied by her father, R. G. Bel linger, and a friend, Miss Ada Murch. They also plan to spend some time with Mrs. Bauman’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Potts of Chambers. Mrs. Bessie Klingler and Mrs. Elvaetta Bauman of Big Rapids, Mich., visited Sunday with friends in Norfolk. PERTINENT SIGN On a small service station on the edge of a Western desert, hangs this sign: “Don’t ask us for infor mation. If we knew anything, we wouldn’t be here.” Rugs with a latex-coated back should be sent to your carpet cleaner rather than the dryclean er since standard cleaning fluids may damage the backing. Greatest strip-mine coal pro ducing county in Ohio in 1954 was Harison county, where 5,084,833 tons of bituminous coal were dug last year. 4-H, Pets, Jubilee to Feature Parade Pa*t, Present Theme for Hay Days ATKINSON—Plans are under way for the annual hay days 4-H and children’s pet parade at At kinson to be held at 10 a.m., Mon day, August 8. It will be a com bination of club floats and cloth ing styles presented by the chil dren to portray Atkinson’s 75 years of progress. All 4-H, civic, project or garden clubs are encouraged to enter a float. The theme of the 75th an niversary parade will be the con trast and comparison of the past and present. The parade committee sug gests that floats be based on his toric developments such as pio neer days, the gay nineties, the golden twenties. Prizes for floats are $20 first, $15 second, and $10 third. The children’s divisions are dolls, tricycles, bicycles, dogs and cats, miscellaneous pets, wagon floats and ponies. The committee requests that all children be in some type of costume that coin cides with the 75 years of progress theme. j.ne costumes may represent pioneer children, Indians or be of a style that is even more recent but presents a contrast to today’s type of clothing. The prizes in each division are $2.50 first, $1.50 second, and $1.00 third. Clubs or individuals who wish to take part in the parade are asked to contact either Lois Puck ett, phone 21-F31, O’Neill, address Emmet, or Caroline Skopec, phone 5411, Atkinson Graphic office. Entries, which include the title of the float and the group spon soring it, must be placed by Wed nesday evening, August 3. The children’s entries, which include the child’s name and the division he is in, must be placed by Sun day evening, August 7. Officials will be glad to give suggestions for float designs and for children’s costumes in the pet parade. Missionary on Leave to Speak— EWING—Judson Allen, a mis sionary home on leave, has been secured by the Missionary society of the United Presbyterian church to be the speaker for the thank offering service to be held at the church in October. Mrs. Allen, the former Mildred Hasty, a daughter of a former pastor in Ewing, is remembered by many here. Mrs. Z. H. Fry was in ch irge of the meeting on mountain and Negro missions. Assisting with the lesson were Mrs. Richard Na pier and Mrs. Carl Christon. The prayer cycle was conduct ed by Mrs. Ralph Shrader. Pray ers were said for the mountain and Negro missions. Ten mem bers were present. Miss Ina Ben nett and Mrs. Wayne Shrader were guests. Tune in "Voice or The Fron tier”, thrice weekly! I SWITCH TO I SQUIRT Never An After-Thlnl I Hawaiian— TI PLANTS — Each_25c Make beautiful house plairts . . . will grow in soil or water. 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Others as Low as_ _$163 BURGE FARM SUPPLY Phone 2511 Chambers BASEBALL O'NEILL ROCKETS — VS. — BURKE (S.D.) TOWNERS THURSDAY, JULY 28 Carney Park — O’Neill — 8:00 P.M. — Royal Theater — O’NEILL — Sunday-Monday-Tuesday, July 31-August 1-2 i i vi« ■•v«l by Word Grem /^\ p. Walt Ohi»y‘» \ the FIRST cartoor^eature in I VyjifzOrfafyj } dNBMASCOPE riCHwcotoa J Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee Sunday, 2:30 All children unless in arms must have tickets. A 3-Bedroom Home in O’Neill WILL BE OFFERED AT PUBLIC AUCTION On the premises, located between Seventh and Eighth streets on Fremont, OR 2 blocks south of the traffic stoplight and blocks east, on — FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH — Starting at 7:30 P.M. (Note the Time) — The New Ralph Leidy Residence It consists of three bedrooms, living room, dinette, kitchen, bath and utility room, all on one floor. Plenty of closets, lots of electric wall outlets. The kitchen has everything. A full base ment with an amazing amount of clear space. Words will not adequately describe this house. It has the finest of heating plants, lots of windows, each of which is equipped with an aluminum self-storing combination storm window and screen. Aluminum storm doors and screens on both front and rear entrances. The floors are of excellent oak throughout. The basement is DRY with plenty of ventilation. A two-car garage with paved driveway. Two lots give a total of 90-foot front by 170 feet deep. Mr. Leidy spent hundreds of dollars landscaping the yard with trees, shrubs and flowers and maintained a wonderful garden. The Leidys built this house for their permanent home and gave it meticulous care. They have moved permanently to Arkansas and this is your opportunity to own this excellent property. I —.. " 1 ..... .. ... .. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lots 5 & 6, in Block “O” in Fahy’s Park Addition to O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. POSSESSION: Upon approval of sale contract by owner, purchaser may have immediate possession. TERMS OF SALE: 20% down day of sale. Balance due upon approval of title by purchaser’s attorney. Excellent financing is available to accept able parties by owner. If you are inter ested in arranging a loan, be sure to con tact the broker before the sale date. . - I—Ml—■iuiib—I—th—IIWWW—n——I—————I—-i.-.r <—«- I If you wish to inspect this property, call the broker, BILL BOW KER, any time between now and the day of sale for appointment. MATE1 TOD TIME AE CATE Due to the extreme heat, 31x1 the busy season, this fllUlll I lie I Hull Ur >ALr/ auction will be held in the EVENING. The date: * Friday, August 5, at 7:30 P.M. Sale to Be Conducted by: BILL BOWKER AGENCY BROKER ERNIE WELLER, Auctioneer