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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1955)
Don Larson Signed to Teach in Knox DELOIT — Don Larson began his school duties at Creighton on Monday, September 5. He has been signed to teach in the com mercial department. He taught in that department the second semester last year. Other Deloit News Dana Sisson returned recently from a trip 10 Oregon where he visited his brother, Robley, and family. His mother and graud jnother accompanied him. Mrs. Myrtle Jewell of Dallas, S.D., is visiting at the Tom jack v and. Bauer homes. A number from here attended a reception given at the Joe Thra mer home on Sunday afternoon in honor of Mr. and Mrs Galen Maben. Jack Kingston of Wayne spent Sunday at the Henry Reimer » home. Bob Bartak, who is in service, spent the labor day weekend v.'ith 0 home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Temple will attend the county agents’ convention in Michigan following the Nebraska state fair. Regional Deaths Mrs. Bessie Smith AINSWORTH — Funeral ser vices for Mrs. Bessie Smith, 78. were held Saturday, August 27, from the Methodist church at Ainsworth. She died at the Ains worth hospital Thursday, August 25. Survivors include four daugh ters, four sons, 29 grandchildren, 43 great - grandchildren, one brother and one sister. Rudolph Salak, Sr. SCHUYLER — Rudolph Salak, sr., 72, lifelong Schuyler resident. Survivors include widow; sons— Rudolph, Francis, John and Louis, all of Schuyler; Fred of O’Neill; George of Ankeny, la.; daughters —Mrs. Ralph Alloway of Hyannis and Mrs. Virginia Hoffmeister of Columbas. Orvil Granderson Hay ford 1 VALENTINE —O. G. Hayford, 78, died Friday, August 26, at a hospital in Omaha. He was a resi dent of Valentine. Survivors in clude his wife, six sons, four daughters, 56 grandchildren, 72 great - grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Anton Hegberg BRISTOW — Anton H. Heg berg, 63, of Bristow, died Monday, August 29, at the Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. Funeral ser vices were held Thursday, Sep tember 1, at the Augustana Luth eran church at Bristow. Surviv ors include the widow and one brother. Elmer Johnson N E LI G H — Funeral services were conducted Monday, August 29, for Elmer Johnson, 66, who died Saturday, August 27, at his farm home northeast of Neligh. Survivors include the widow, two sons four grandchildren and three sisters. Mrs. H. W. Lloyd CREIGHTON — Funeral ser vices were conducted Tuesday, August 30, for Mrs. W. H. Uoyd, 81, who died Sunday, August 28, at the nursing home in Coleridge. Survivors include seven children, two sisters and one brother. O. D. Brokaw CREIGHTON—O. D. Brokaw, 74, died Wednesday, August 24, at the Lutheran hospital at Creighton. Survivors include three daughters, two sons, two sisters and one brother. 96 Enrolled in Butte High BUTTE — Ninety-six students are registered in Butte high school—18 seniors, 23 juniors, 30 sophomores and 25 freshmen. The faculty: Supt. Maurice E. Wolf, algebra and world history; Prin. Ken neth Northup, typing, bookkeep ing, world georgraphy and shop; James Waltz, coach, biology, gen eral science, geometry and phy sics; Mrs. Robert Weber, music, English I, II. Ill; Mrs. M. Mclr win, English IV, normal training and professional training. Grade school teachers are: Gene Seger, sixth, seventh and eighth; Mrs. W. G. Sire, fourth and fifth; Miss Mabelle Borral, second and third; Mrs. R. Furge son, first and kindergarten. WSTC Off-Campus Classes to Form Fourteen organizational meet ings for Wayne State extension courses to be offered during the fall semester have been announc ed. The meetings in this area in clude: 0 o Saturday, September 10 — O' Neill, 8:30 a.m., high school build ing; Center, 11 a.m., courthouse. Monday, September 12—Neligh, 7 p.m., high school building. The . courses at O’Neill, Center and Neligh have not been deter mined. The extension centers are taught by Wayne college faculty members and carry full credit toward degrees. Social Security Rep Fixes Visit Dates— Harold F. Benjamin, field rep resentative of the Omaha office of the social security administration, will be at O’Neill in the assembly room, Holt county courthouse basement, on Wednesdays, Sep tember 14 and 28, between the hours of 9 a.m., and 12 noon. He will assist retired individuals who wish to file claims for old age insurance benefits, as well as those who wish to file claims fcr survivors insurance benefits. Arrive from Denver— Mr. and Mrs. James Harty and family of Denver, folo., were weekend guests in the homes of Mr. Harty’s mother, Mrs. W. H. Harty, and Mrs. Harty’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bosn. Mr. Bosn was released from St. An thony’s hospital for several hours during the weekend. Spend Weekend Here— Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Doerning and family of Emmetsburg, la., were weekend visticrs here. They were honored Sunday' evening at a group dinner at the Town House. Visit Iowa, Minnesota— Mr. and Mrs. George Calkins returned Wednesday, August 31, from a week’s trip visiting Mrs. Calkins’ mother, Mrs. Emma Waage, at Villisca, la., also with other relatives there and at north ern Iowa and Minnesota. WD—Sylvia Coleman, et al to Elmer Olberding 6-30-55- $24,000 No 14-29-14. Have You Visited Library Recently? “How long has it been since you visited your public library?” asks Miss Bernadette Brennan, Grat tan township librarian. “If you haven’t been there re cently, you owe it to yourself and your community to pay it a visit, for your library offers you the world’s greatest bargain in enter tainment and education. “Your library is built around books, of course—books for plea sure reading, for self-improve ment, for hobbies, for do-it-your self projects, reference books, great books and little books. “We have books for every age group. “If your eyesight restricts your reading, Grattan librarians can tell you how to go about getting books and magazines on records. The Readers’ Guide at the library will locate that magazine article you wanted to read and have lost track of. The new magazines are available at your library, as well as a file for three years previous. The more you patronize your li brary the more it will grow. “Only patronage can do this,” Miss Brennan declares. “Your public library is supported by tax funds from Grattan town ship. It is open on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. On Wednes day and Thursday evenings, from 7 to 9 o’clock. “Why not drop in? Maybe you don’t want a book just now. Be curious! Come in, anyway!” Tune in “Voice of The Fron tier”, thrice weekly! Inman News Mrs. L. R. Tompkins was hos tess to the Inman Coffee club at her home on Thursday. A covered dish luncheon was enjoyed at noon by the group and the after noon was spent socially. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Wrede en tertained Friday evening at their country home in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gannon of Seat tle, Wash. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Tom Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Max Mossman of O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hueton of Bassett and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Smith of Neligh. Lunch was ser ved by the hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kelley of Fairbury came Sunday to visit Sam’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kelley and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Funk and son returned to their home in San Antonio, Tex., on Wednesday, August 31, after visiting a few days in the Maden Funk home. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gannon and son of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Wayne Gannon and son of Kent, Wash., arrived here on Sunday and spent a week visiting in the home'®f Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gannon and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Earl DeLong and children of Chicago, 111., arrived here Thursday evening and spent the labor day weekend visiting in the Roy DeLong home and with other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jackson and son, Billy, of Buhl, Ida., ar rived here on Friday and spent the day calling on old friends. The Jacksons formerly lived here. Mrs. Grace Gannon took her two grandchildren to Omaha on Tuesday where they boarded a plane for their home in Los Angeles, Calif. They had spent the summer here in the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gannon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hutton and family of Omaha spent the labor day weekend here visiting Bob’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Hutton and Vicki. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Coven try and son, Dick, returned on Friday evening from Minn., where they spent a few days fishing. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ticknor Mrs. Helen Colman and son, Jimmy, of Denver, Colo., arrived here Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday in the George Laney, G. P. Colman and Ken neth Coventry homes. Bob Coven try, who spent the past week in Denver, accompanied by Mrs. Elizabeth Ticnor, who spent the past couple of weeks in the George Laney home. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Berg strom of Omaha spent the labor day weekend here visiting rela tives. Mrs. Elizabeth Morsbach is spending several days visiting two sons, William and family at Clearwater and Levi and family at Neligh. Ewing News Mr. and Mrs. Kent Miller of North Platte visited at the homes of Mrs. Jessie Angus and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoag on Wednesday, August 31. Mrs. Gail Boies accompanied by Catherine, Mary Ann and Jer ry Bauer shopped in O’Neill on Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Sis Ebbengaard went to Sioux City on Saturday where they attended the races. Mr. and Mrs. Gail Boies and Mrs. Rose Bauer and family at tended the Bohn-Rosno family reunion held Sunday at Riverside park in Neligh. Honored guests were Richard Bohn of Camp Pendleton, Ore., who has just been seperated from the armed forces, and Bob Fritton of O’Neill, who will leave on September 22, for the armed forces. A picnic dinner was served at 1 o’clock. Jim Clinch of Verdel was a weekend guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Larsen. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Larsen went to Winner, S.D., to spend labor day visiting with friends. Mrs. Leland Welke and chil dren have moved to their home in Ewing making it possible for Milan, Bob and Bonnie to attend the Ewing public school. Mr. Welke will continue to work on a ranch near Page. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hobbs left Tuesday, August 30, for a vaca tion trip into Colorado. On their return they will be accompanied by their son, Pvt. Mick Hobbs, who has completed his basic training at Camp Carson, Colo. He will be home on furlough. Miss Shirley Leahy of O'Neill was a caller on Monday at the home of Anna and Theresa Bauer in Ewing. PUBLIC DANCE In conjunction with District Legion-Auxiliary Convention Legion Ballroom O’NEILL Monday, Sept. 12 —* Music by — NOSMO COMBO © * Furnishings by BIGLIN’S MAYTAG Appliances by WM. KROTTER CO. INTERNATIONAL Refrigerator by SHELHAMER EQUIPMENT CO. . w LOW FHA TERMS • MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR NON-VETERANS: l AS LOW AS $850.00 ; $72.00 DOWN • . . . 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