The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, March 29, 1956, SECTION TWO, Page 16, Image 16

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    Page News
Mrs. Ivan Turner of Ewing
was in charge of the Sunday
morning and evening services at
Wesleyan Methodist church in
the aDsence of the pastor, Rev.
Harry Johnson, who is on va
cation at Ossian, la.,
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Terrill
and family of Laurens, la., were
weekend guests in the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Terrill. 3
Mrs. Oswald Goldfuss went to
Atkinson Monday to the home of
her mother, Mrs. Pauline Poess
necker, to care for her this week.
Roll call was answered with
“My Favorite Pie” when mem
bers of the East Side Kountry
Klub were Wednesday after
noon, March 21, with Mrs.
o Frank Cronk Mesdames Melvin
Carson, Harold Kelly and Elmer
Wiseman were guests. The lead
ers, Mrs. Dale Stauffer and Nor
ma n Saltz, demonstrated the
making of lemon fluff pie. The
April lesson on new fabrics will
be given by Mrs. Roger Bowen
and Mrs. Harold Kelly at the
home of Mrs. Alfred Conner.
The hostess served lunch. The
year books were completed at
this meeting.
Wanted to Buy: Horses of all
kinds.—Buv Wanser, Page. 48-51C
. Mrs. Harold Asher and Mrs.
Edd Stewart earned low scores
Thursday evening when the
members of the auxiliary en
tertained the American Legion
at the hall in honor of the 37th
■ birthday anniversary of the Le
gion. High scores were held by
Mrs. Otto Matschullat and Don
Nissen. Lunch was served to 43
guests.
o Members of the EMC club
were Friday evening guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stevens.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen will
c be the April 6 hosts.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Pruess
and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Trease
were Sunday supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Powell of
Alliance were overnight guests
Sunday in the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Troshyn
ski. They were enroute from at
tending a state bowling tourna
ment at Fremont to their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beelaert
and family were Sunday guests
of his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohn at De
loit.
Mrs. Nell Stevens, sister of J.
I. Gray, went to Omaha last
week with her son, Dale, to visit
another son, Ivan Stevens. She
has accepted a position there.
Elmei Reed accompanied
Leonard Sawyer to Page Wed
nesday, March 21, where he vis
ited with his brothers-in-law
and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Haper.
Mrs. Charles Cronk was hos
tess to the Get-Together club
Friday* for fancywork and visit
ing. Mrs. C. J. Dobbins was a
guest. The hostess served lunch.
Mrs. Roy Grubbs will be the
April 6 hostess.
Jepthah chapter of the Eesterii
Star Kensington met Friday af
ternoon with Mrs. Dora Town
send. Those in attendance were
Mesdames R. G. Rockey, Harriet
Welke, Grace Briggs, Elmer
Bergstrom, William Spence, Ma
tilda Conner, Aubrey and Lee
Wood, Wilbur Bennett and Hen-’
ry Fleming, and the Misses Ina1
Bennett and Fern Pruden, all of
Ewing, and Mesdames Ray Snell,1
Anton Nissen, Merwyn French,
jr., and Stephanie, and Frank
Belmar, all of Page. A resolu
tion was passed to send a purse
of money to the destitute Ma
sons behind the iron curtain in
Germany. Group singing was
enjoyed with Mrs. French at the
piano. Mrs. Ray Snell will be
the April 27 hostess.
Outdoor games were played
Thursday evening when Frank
Beelaert’s Sunday-school class
met at the Robert Nissen home
for a weiner roast. Songs were
sung around the camp fire.
Raymond Heiss, lay leader,
was in charge of the Sunday
morning services at the Metho
dist church in the absence of the
pastor, Rev. Lisle Mewmaw.
Merwyn French, jr., read the
sermon “Concerning the Collec
tion”, given by Dr. Gerald Ken
nedy when he was pastor of St.
Paul’s Methodist church at Lin
coln. Special music in keeping
with Palm Sunday was render
ed.
The lesson topic “Practice the
Presence of God” by Brother
Lawrence was reviewed by Mrs.
Merwyn French, sr., for the
study class of the WSCS Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Raymond Heiss. On Friday,
March 30, the WSCS will con
clude the lesson study and the
study topic will be “A Serious
Call to a Devout and Holy Life.”
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Holt Corn Growing Champs
Otto F. Lorenz of O’Neill (left) recently was proclaimed coun
ty corn growing champion at a banquet held at Grand Island in
honor of Nebraska corn growing champions. His yield of 83.37
bushels per acre was the top yield in Holt county in the 1955 na
tional selected five-acre DeKalb corn growing contest. Unable to
attend the banquet was runnerup winner Clarence Gokie of O’
Neill with a yield of 74.11 bushels per acre. Harlow Schwisow of
O’Neill (right) took third place with a yield of 51.69 bushels per
acre.
O’Neill News
Clyde McKenzie, jr., and Doug
las spent Saturday and Sunday
visiting at the Clyde McKenzie,
sr., home in Lynch.
George Janousek took his moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Earl Hile, to her
home in Columbus Sunday. Mrs.
Hile helped with the Janousek
children while Mrs. Janousek was
in the hospital with their new
son.
Mr. and Mrs. James Storms en
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Storms and son of Keya Paha,
S.D., on Sunday. Accompanying
them were Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ly
ons and family, also of Keya
Paha, who visited Sgt. and Mrs.
James R. Lyons and family.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brewster
and family were weekend guests
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Nelson, and family of Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Switzer vis
ited Sunday south of Clearwater
at the home of Mrs. Leona John
son. They are old neighbors.
Mrs. William A. Strong attend
ed the 50th wedding anniversary
of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Hauser, in Elgin.
Wanted to Buy: Horses of all
kinds.—Buv Wanser, Page. 48-51c
Dale McKenzie of Oakland,
Zalif., Victor McKenzie of Spen
jrd, Alaska, and Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond R. Revell spent last
rhursday at the Clyde McKen
rie, jr., home. The two McKen
'ies departed for their respective
iomes after spending two weeks
iere.
Mr. and Mrs. Orvill Dye and
’arnily of Neligh visited Saturday
it the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Stowell and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Hiatt of
Sock Springs, Wyo., spent the
?ast week with the latter’s sister,
Wrs. Otto Sprague.
Mrs. C. C. Golden returned
Sunday from Omaha where she
lad visited four days.
Carnival skating party Easter
Sunday at Neligh Rink. 48p
Charles and James Froelich
oined their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Villiam J. Froelich, in Chicago,
11., over the weekend. All re
urned home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Parker
>f north of O’Neill visited Mr. and
drs. Carl Lorenz Monday.
Jack Gatz plans to leave for j
J.s post in Hawaii Monday after |
pending his leave with his par- I
nts, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gatz.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith and
amily of Brunswick spent Satur
iay at the Clyde McKenzie, jr.,
iome. The Smiths will soon move
o Ogallala.
Hub Will Aid
Jiabetic Child—
Beacon Neighbors Extension
dub met Sunday, March 18,
vith Mrs. Ed Wayman. Business
meeting opened with roll call,
answering with a favorite pork
iishes. The club plans to help
finance a diebetic child at sum
mer camp this year. John Hic
Itey displayed the scrap book
af last year’s achievements and
was given the job for the com
ing year.
The lesson on pastry was de
monstrated by Mrs. Delbert Ro
bertson and lunch, with St. Pat
rick’s theme, was served by the
hostess. __
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Mrs. Karl Keyes
Shower Honoree—
INMAN—Mrs. Karl L. Keyes
was honored at a post-nuptial
shower Tuesday evening, March
20, at the Methodist church.
The ladies chorus sang and a
skit was given by Mrs. E. E.
Clark, Mrs. T. D. Hutton, Mrs.
James E. Kelley with Miss Mil
dred Keyes as narrator.
Mrs. Keyes received many
gifts to use in her new home.
Refreshments were served.
Inman News
The Inman Worker’s Project
club met Wednesday afternoon,
March 21, at the home of Mrs.
Linelle Butterfield. Mrs. Vernon
Lorenz was in charge. Mrs.
Karl Keyes and Mrs. James M.
McMahan presented the lesson
“Easy as Pie”. They made.a le
mon fluff pie using pastry made
by the paste method, also tart
shells and other pastries using
pie pastry. The April meeting
will be in the home of Mrs.
Kenneth Coventry. Mrs. Butter
field served refreshments. There
were 11 members present.
Postmaster and Mrs. B. H.
Stevens of Page were Monday
evening guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. James McMahan.
Mrs. Harvey Tompkins, Lin
elle and Roger and Mrs. Anna
Smith spent Wednesday, March
21, in Grand Island.
Paul and Joe, Bittner drove
to Lincoln on Saturday and
spent the weekend visiting in the
home of their sister, Mrs. Hazel |
McGrail, and daughter, Virginia, i
Mrs. James M. McMahan spent |
Thursday in O’Neill where she j
attended a school of instruction!
m <he afternoon coelucted by
Mrs. Ruby Larson of Wolbach,
district supervisor for the Order
of Eastern Star. Dinner was
r ved st th Presbyterian
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Coven
try and sons, Mr. and xVIrs. Leo
Harte, Joe Donna and Tommy,
were Sunday dinner guests in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Coventry and family.
Horace Keil of Plattsmouth
spent the weekend here with his
ilv
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tomp
kins and Mrs. Cora Caldwell
drove to Ainsworth on Sunday
where they attended the concert
by the Wesleyan university band
at the new auditorium.
The Inman band motored to
Atkinson Monday afternoon
where they heard the Nebraska
Wesleyan band, which appeared
at the Atkinson publ\: school, j
Drivers taking the band mem- |
bers were Supt. Gerald Nelson, ,
Melvin Michaelis, Leonard Saw- ,
yer, Mrs. Ira Watson and Mrs.
Harvey Tompkins.
Mr. and Mrs. David Morsbach
and girls attended church ser
vices Sunday morning at Clear
water.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Morsbach
of Neligh and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Morsbach of Clearwater spent
Wednesday, March 21, in the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Mors
bach.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Siders at
tended the Angus sale in Colum
bus Tuesday and Wednesday,
March 20-21.
College Group
Arrives for Easter
Among college students arriving
home for the Easter holidays, are:
University of Nebraska at Lin
coln: Mrs. Henry F. Schleuter,
Richard Bohn, John Bohn (grad
uate school), Ted Lindberg, Eliz- :
abeth Schaffer, Charlotte McVay,
Bob Holsclaw, Jeanne Cole, Du
ane Booth.
Nebraska Wesleyan university,
Lincoln: Marilyn Lindberg.
School of Commerce, Omaha:
Carolyn Moseman.
Wavne State Teachers, Wayne:
Patricia DeBolt.
University of South Dakota,
Vermillion: Don Lanman, Joe So
botka.
Creighton university, Omaha:
John Joe Uhl, Don Becker, Don
jraham, Gerald Wills of Emmet.
Duchesne college, Omaha: Mary
Ellen Froelich.
St. Mary’s college, Omaha: Ma
~y Lou Uhl.
St. Mary’s college, Xavier,
•Cans.: Rosemary and Ellen
rorkle.
Mt. St. Scholastica college,
\tchison, Kans.: Shirley Leahy.
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Amelia News
Mrs. Alice Prewitt and sons,
Dean and Lynn, have been look
ing over some of the new homes
built in Chambers recently.
They expect to start construc
tion on a new home on their
ranch northwest of town. Their
other house had been destroyed
by fire several years ago, and
since that time they have lived
in Amelia.
Keith Greenstreet of Lincoln
was an overnight visitor Friday
wth his grandmother, Mrs. F. C.
Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith of
Maxwell visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. B. \f. Waldo Fri
day. Mrs. Waldo and Mrs. Smith
are sisters.
Miss Radee Wickman and her
friend, Dick Brau, of Omaha
came Friday and spent the
weekend visiting her grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierce.
They returned home Monday.
Julius Belew and son, Marian,
were up from Stanton to attend
tne ramer Coolidge sale.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Widman
and Marcia visited Mrs. Wid
man’s mother, Mrs. D. L. Fan
cher, Eunice and Virgil, near
Ainsworth Saturday.
Pvt. Don Peterson called his
parents from New Jersey Mon
day evening, March 19, telling
them he was leaving sometime
Tuesday, March 20, for Frank
fort, Germany. They had expect
ed to leave by plane Monday,
but the flight was grounded on
account of the snowstorm there.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Forbes
and boys were Norfolk callers
Saturday.
Miss Connie Gilman was a
dinner guest at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. Stella Sparks, Friday
and visited school in Amelia
that afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed White, Mrs.
Julia White, Harry White and
son, Glen, attended the funeral
of Mrs. Charlie Barnum in
Chambers Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Paul Fisher accompanied
her sister, Mrs. Clarence Dam
me, of Chambers to Tilden last
Thursday.
Lawrence Thompson has been
visiting his brother, Leon, and
sisters, Mrs. Raymond Kenny
and Mrs. Tenus Madsen. He was
an Amelia caller Friday.
Dale Fullerton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Fullerton, was able
to return home the early part of
last week. He had been staying
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Fullerton, since his
release from the hospital.
Mrs—Stella Sparks and Mrs.
B. W. Waldo were O’Neill call-j
ers Tuesday, March 20.
Cpl. Harold Dexter, home on!
leave from Japan, was a supper |
guest at the home of his aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Bly, Sunday evening. His moth
er, Mrs. Olive Dexter, of O’Neill
was also a guest. Harold expects
to return to Japan next week.
Mrs. Amy Slaymaker of At
kinson, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie
Hart and Lora Lee of O’Neill
visited at the Dick Doolittle
home Sunday.
Amelia’s assessor, R. E. Bly,
was at work here Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Withers
bad Wick Wyant repair their
flowing well Saturday.
Several from the surrounding
school districts attended the rur
al school meeting in O’Neill last
week. Among those attending
were: Mrs. Glenn White, Mrs.
Ed White from the south dis
trict, Ralph Adair and Pete
Frahm from the Gilman district
and Mrs. John Moore, jr., and
Mrs. Harvey Hansen from the
Charlie Peterson district.
Pvt. Robert J. Fritton, son of
vlr. and Mrs. Fred Fritton, has
leen transferred from Camp
Chaffee, Ark., to Ft. Polk, La. He
vas graduated from a radio school
March 9.
Mrs. Claude Elliott’s
Mother Expires
DELOIT—Mrs. Claude Elliott’s
mother died in California last
week. Her body was returned to
Nebraska for burial.
Other Deloit News
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Belling and
son of Orchard were Sunday
guests at the Fred Harpster
home.
The following were dinner
guests on Sunday, March 18, at
the Glenn Harpster home: Mr. and
Mrs. W. Napier and Russell, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Napier and
sons, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Napier
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Larson and Mr.
and Mrs. H. Reimer were Sunday
visitors at the Don Larson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fink and sons
I of Page were also guests,
j Mr. and Mrs. R. M.' Tomjack
made a trip to Dallas, S.D., on
Wednesday, March 21. They vis
ited at the Harry Jewell home
while there.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christon ar
rived from Denver, Colo., on Sun
day. They plan to be present at
a family dinner on Easter at the
j Henry Reimer home.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reimer of
I Lincoln plan to be guests on Eas
ter Sunday at the Melvin Rexin
i home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tomjack
were visitors at the Ewald Spahn
home Monday evening.
Elayne Reimer called on Mrs.
E. L. Sisson Friday afternoon.
The past week was a typical
March week with much wind and
chilly weather.
Abandoned Fire
Flares Up—
AMELIA—A serious fire was
prevented at the S. C. Barnett
home Tuesday, March 20. They
had been burning weeds near a
water outlet. Thinking the fire
was out, they had left it, and it
spread to some hay that had
been packed around the water-!
works. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Berry, who were working in
their own yard discovered the
fire, and quickly got it under
control without damage to pro
perty.
Guests at Bly Home—
AMELIA — Sunday evening
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bly
were Mrs. Olive Dexter and Har
old and Jerry, and Dick Tomlin
son, all of O’Neill; Miss Kathryn
Hoffman of Ewing; Mr. and Mrs.
Herman and Dorothy Porkorny of
Ed Dexter, Laurence Dexter,
Elyria and Mrs. Richard Harley
and family of Chambers.
Wanted to Buy: Horses of all
kinds.—Buv Wanser, Page. 48-51c
F.lkhom Club Meets—
Elkhom extension club met last
Thursday at Mrs. Tess Protivin
sky’s home. It was a special ses
sion in parliamentary procedure
given by Mrs. Clay Johnson, sr.
Mrs. William Kraft and Mrs. D.
N. Loy served refreshments.—By
Mrs. Vem Grenier, reporter.
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