The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, August 04, 1955, Section 1, Page 5, Image 5

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    10-12 Stops Planned
on Irrigation Tour
Walter Kaup Place
First Visit
Farmers, ranchers and business
men will be viewing 10 or 12 ir
rigation systems in operation next
week. Crops that are being irri
gated are corn, alfalfa, sorghums,
pastures and native hay.
Some of the things to be observ
ed are systems, power units and
problems such as disease, fertili
ty situations and crop rotations.
Those on the tour will see shallow
wells, deep wells and pumping
from streams or ponds.
John Steel, engineer from the
University of Nebraska extension
service, and Dr. M. D. Weldon,
soils specialist from the extension
service, will accompany the group
to make comments and answer
questions on irrigation.
The day’s activities will start at
9 a.m., on Friday, August 12, at
the Walter Kaup farm, located 2%
miles west of Stuart on U.S. high
way 20. The next stop will be at
the Marion Davis farm, y4 mile
west and % mile south of Stuart.
The third stop will be at the
Frank Murphy farm, y> mile east
and 4y4 miles south of Stuart.
Next on the schedule will be a
stop at the Frank Brady farm, %
mile south and % mile west of the
southwest corner of Atkinson.
Then there will be three stops:
Henry Warren farm, seven miles
north and 1% east of Atkinson;
Floyd Butterfield and Robert Lies
ge farms, located seven miles
north and one west of Atkinson.
Other systems will be viewed
along the way but will not be vis
ited.
ine group will eat lunch in At
kinson and journey toward O’
Neill, visiting the Otto Lorenz and
the Neil Ryan places. A stop will
be made at the Jim McDonald
farm located on U.S. highway 20,
two miles southeast of O’Neill.
The group will go from there to
the William Scheinost farm, 11
miles east of O’Neill. The Gene
Mudloff farm near Page will
probably be the final stop unless
time will permit other visits.
Many calls are being received
at the extension office, the soil
conservation office and local irri
gation equipment dealers in the
county relative to irrigation pos
sibilities.
o “This is an opportunity to see
systems in operation and to talk
to the operators themselves,”
Couny Agent A. Neil Dawes ex
plains.
Holt now has at least 25 irriga
o tion systems in operation, and
more are in the process of being
developed. There were five when
the first tour was conducted three
years ago. Dawes stated that bus
inessmen should be interested in
going on this tour, getting out on
these farms and seeing what is
going on in the field of irrigation,
and meeting the farmers and
ranchers on the farms and ranch
es.
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Benjamin Will Assist
Social Security Applicants—
Harold F. Benjamin, field re
presentative of the Omaha office
of the social security administra
tion, will be at O’Neill in the
assembly room basement of the
courthouse on Tuesdays, August
10 and August 24, between the
hours of 9 a.m., and 12 noon.
He will assist retired individ
uals who wish to file claims for
old-age insurance benfits, as
well as those who wish to file
claims for survivors insurance
benefits. «
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gibson and
Mr. and Mrs. Harden Anspach
went to Yankton, S.D., Sunday to
witness the Gavin’s Point dam
closure.
Rock Falls News
Gavins Point dam was the
“point” of interest on Sunday
for Mr. and Mrs. Herny Vequist
and Mr. and Mrs. Lou Brown
and children, who spent the day
there sightseeing. Then returned
by going south from Yankton,
S.D., to O’Neill, where they had
supper in the park.
Mr. and Mrs. William Claussen
were Friday afternoon visitors
of the Don Drickey family at
Bristow.
Sunday visitors at the Albert
Sterns home were their son, Ed
ward, and family.
Mrs. Mamie O’Neill has been
spending a vacation at the home
of her grandson, Elwin Benson,
and wife in Omaha.
Floyd Johnson was a Wednes
day, July 27, visitor at the Will
iam Claussen home. He is fre
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livestock, but this visit had to do
with “doctoring” a telephone.
Alden Breiner and boys had
dinner Wednesday, July 27, with
Theresa Breiner in O’Neill.
Linda Johnson and the John
Schultz family went “swimming”
in the Little Eagle creek in which
you must roll over in the creek
to get wet. It is a wonderful
place to cool off on these hot
afternoons and evenings. The
water is clear and cool and there
is plenty of shade.
Marie Lewis and Eddy Ething
ton were Sunday visitors at the
William Claussen home.
Floyd Johnson, Lou Brown
and John Schultz furnished some
bucking horses and steers for the
O’Neill Saddle club practice last
Thursday evening. A good crowd
turned out to see1 the fun and the
crowd wasn’t disappointed. There
was no gate charge but a free
will offering was taken to help
defray the expense of trucking.
David Vequist of St. Joseph,
Mo., and his son, David, jr., and
wife and family of Lawrence,
Kans., arrived in O’Neill early
Tuesday morning after driving
all night. David, sr., is a brother
of Henry Vequist and Anna
Brown of O’Neill and is going to
spend a few days visiting friends
and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vequist’s
daughter, Mrs. Orville Morrow,
and family drove to Grand Is
land Saturday to see Mr. Mor
row sister, Edith, and new baby.
They returned on Sunday.
Mrs. Floyd Johnson and Linda
and Rossetta Purdy visited at
Theresa Breiner’s on Monday
afternoon. Mrs. Johnson’s sister,
Lois, and sister-in-law, Mrs.
Heber Breiner and Bonnie and
Sherry of Grand Island were al
so there. They arrived on Sunday
evening and returned Monday
evening. They and Theresa call
ed at the John Cleary home Sun
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schultz
and children and Bonnie and
Jean Steskal motored to Norfolk
Sunday to visit the ladies’ sister,
Darlene, who resides there.
Anouier iamxxy ox tne comm
unity attracted to the Gavins
Point dam on Sunday, included
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Widfeldt and
children. They also spent some
time at Pickstown and at the
dam where they saw quite a
change since their last visit about
a year ago. They reported a very
enjoyable day, regardless of the
heat, even to the the extent of
loosing a member of the family
for a while. One was earnestly
exploring the interior of an aban
doned furnace and smoke stack,
where brick had been made at a
former time.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Vequist and
children met at the Orville Mil
ler home on Wednesday evening,
July 27, and the Art O’Neill’s on
Friday evening. Members of the
Eagle Creek 4-H club practiced
entertainment used at the old
settler’s picnic on Tuesday eve
ning.
Thursday supper guests of the
William Claussen’s were Mr. and
Mrs. Orville Thorson.
Mrs. Lyle Vequist and daugh
ter, Rita, were Sunday breakfast
guest of Mrs. Celia Grutsch.
Mrs. John Schultz and daugh
ters were dinner guests at the
home of Mrs. Schultz’s parents,
Floyd Johnson, on Tuesday.
Return from
Vacation—
Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Cronin and
Mrs. P. B. Harty returned last
Thursday from a vacation in the
East. Mrs. Harty’s son, Thomas,
who is in the air force at Sault St.
Marie, Mich., accompanied them.
They were in several provinces
of Canada, New York, Vermont,
Michigan, Pennsylvania and sev
eral midwestern states.
Miss Barbara Wolff
Bride of Ewing Man
EWING—Miss Barbara Wolff of
Sioux Falls, S.D., became the
bride of John L. Pruden of Ewing
in a wedding rite performed Sun
day, July 10, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Pruden of Ewing,
the bridegroom’s parents.
Rev. Lee Brigden, pastor of
First Methodist church here, offi
ciated in the 2 p.m., double-ring
ceremony performed before an
improvised altar banked with
v.-hite gladioli and daisies. Rec
ords furnished the musical back
ground.
The bride wore a white street
length dress with white acces
sories. Her corsage was of white
tea roses.
The bridegroom wore a light
grey suit with a rose boutonniere.
The couple was attended by the
bridegroom’s sister, Miss Fern
Pruden, who chose a pale pink
dress with avocado accessories and
a corsage of white button mums,
and by Sam Burtwistle, the best
man. He wore a light blue busi
ness suit and a chrysanthemum
boutonniere.
,A wedding reception followed
the ceremony. Mrs. S. D. Murphy,
aunt of the bridegroom, assisted.
Guests attending were Mrs. Clara
Tucker of Ewing, grandmoth
er of the bridegroom; Mr. and
Mrs. S. D. Murphy of Omaha, Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Pruden of Clear
water, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Larsen
of Ewing, James H. Pruden of Ew- !
ing, Rev. and Mrs. Lee Brigden
and son, Gary. I
The young couple enjoyed a
wedding trip to Yellowstone park I
and other points of interest in the
Western states. I
They are now at home to their
friends in Ewing. I
Before her marriage, Mrs. Prti
den was employed at the office of i
the Anchor Casualty Co. in Sioux
Falls. , l
Mr. Pruden is a graduate of
Ewing high school and served two
years in the armed forces, a part
of which was spent overseas. He
was discharged in June, 1955. He
is engaged in ranching.
New Bride Feted
at Reception—
The bride was feted Friday
evening at a shower held at the
parlors of the First Methodist
church. Baskets of gladioli and
garden flowers were used in the
decorations which carried out a
theme of the bride’s chosen colors
of yellow and aqua.
Mrs. Ralph Eacker was in
charge of the entertainment and
provided contest games, the prizes
going to Mrs. Pruden.
An umbrella, yellow and aqua
trimmed, served as the center
piece of the lace-covered table,
which was piled with gifts. The
honored guest received many ar
ticles for her new home.
Mrs. Robert Pruden had charge
of the giftbook and others assist
ing were Miss Fern Pruden and
Mrs. Gene Ruby. Refreshments
were served by Mrs. Ben Larsen,
aunt of the bridegroom.
Masons, Star Hosts
to Visiting Children
LYNCH—More than 160 per
sons attended the Masonic- Eas
tern Star children’s picnic at
Lynch park Sunday.
Food was contributed by Butte,
Spencer, Niobrara and Lynch
lodges with free watermelons
being furnished.
Thirty-nine children and their
sponsors came from the home.
After they were weclomed and
introduced, the children gave a
short program. One of the spon
sors explained the work of the
home.
The children went swimming
during the afternoon.
Spencer Man Appointed
New Farm Bureau Agent— i
SPENCER—Floyd McNair of
Spencer has ben appointed the
new Farm Bureau Insurance
agent, succeding Walter Sire,
who resigned recently.
The appointment was made at
a recent meeting of the farm
broad members when Kenneth
Schwartz of Norfolk was present.
A Boyd county bureau evalua
tion survey was also filled out.
New appoinments were made at
the meeting for chairman for
county, state and national affairs.
They will be announced later.
Their duties will be to draw up
resolutions to be sent to the state
on bills they wish to have pre
sented to the legislature.
Spencer Priest
Host to Children—
SPENCER — Sixty Catholic
grade school children were en
tertained at a theater party Mon
day evening with Rev. William
Foster, pastor of St. Mary’s
church here, as host.
Guests gathered at the O’Neill
park in O’Neill and got treats be
fore going to the drive-in theater
north of O’Neill for the show.
Tuesday evening, Father Fos
ter entertained all high school
age youth at a swimming party
at the O’Neill park. A picnic
supper was served.
Atkinson Women Judges
At Springview Show—
ATKINSON—Mrs. Hazel Fur
ther and Mrs. Fred R. Mack were
judges at the flower show at
Springview Saturday sponsored
by the Springview Garden club.
Title of the presentation was
“The Prairie Blooms Again.” Mrs. I
E. C. Logan of Springview was j
the show chairman. i
Stationed at San Diego— j
ATKINSON — Pvt. John S. 1
Mack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred j
Mack, who enislted in the Mar- \
ines this spring following his i
graduation from St. Joseph high \
schoolh ere. is now stationed at
San Diego,Calif.
Vacation in
Florida—
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Holly and
family left over the weekend for
Florida where they will visit re
latives.
Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Ray spent
the weekend in Schyler 'visiting
Supt. and Mrs. D. E. Nelson.
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, 500 Cattle Expected
• Approximately 500 head of cattle are expected at our
sale today (Thursday) for the regularly weekly sale.
These will include yearling steers and heifers, several con- ,
signments of fall calves and one consignment of grain-fed
cattle.
• There will also be a complete dispersal sale of a dairy
herd, and a Surge double-unit milking machine will be
sold.
• Plan to be with us today.
O’Neill Livestock Market
Phone 2, O’Neill
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