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Volume 75.—Number 52. O'Neill. Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 26, 1956 _Seven Cents
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STATE HIST SOC
Mrs. Krotter . . . heart ailment.
Mrs. John R. Krotter
Dies Unexpectedly
Fred H. Tucker, 61,
Expires at Norfolk
Chambers Rancher 111
9 Days
CHAMBERS- —Funeral services
were conducted at 10:30 a.m..
Tuesday, April 24, from St.
Paul’s Lutheran church here for
Fred H. Tucker, 61, Chambers
rancher. Mr. Tucker died at 2:15
p.m, Saturday, April 21, in the
Lutheran hospital at Norfolk. He
had been ill nine days.
Rev. Howard Clayeombe, jr.,
church pastor, officiated. Biglin’s
were in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were William Ermer,
Roy Backhaus, H. Medealf, Eric
Retzlaff, Frank Nekolite, and
Leonard Peterson. ,
The remains were forwarded
to Wisner where interment rites
were conducted at 3 o’clock.
The late Fred Henry Tucker
was born December 4, 1894, at
Brooks. Ia., the son of Henry
and Christina Knutson Tucker.
On October 20, 1940, he mar
ried Erna Barelman at Wisner.
That- year the couple cjme to
Holt-county1 from Wakefield.
■ ■ * The late Mr. Tucker was in
service during World War " I.
Survivors include: Widow —
Erna; brother—Ffank of Lincoln;,
sister—Mrs. Lilly Davis of Web
ster City, Ia. * „
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$13,0000 Rural Fire
Truck Is Purchased
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TV. ^ O'Npill Rif
lal Fire Protection district’s of
ficers last Thursday evening pur
chased a new rural fire truck.
Chassis selected was Ford, to be
purchased through the Lohaus
Motor company, and the .fire
j (.fighting equipment is to be sup
plied by the American LaFrance
0 0 o company.
The truck will be fitted in New
° “ York state and delivered here in
several months. Total cost will
slightly exceed 13 - thousand -
« dollars.
- Andy Clark is president of the
district. P. V. Hickey and Homer
Muring are also officers. oo
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Bowlby Surrenders 5 °
Class C License
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LYNCH— Lois H. Bowlby of
<Lvnch0 holder of a class C lir,
quoro( license, has 0 0 voluntarily
surrendered her permit for the
balance of the license yeflir,. which
o ° ends April 30. , °
A hearing set Wednesday by
theo state liquor commission was |
'cancelled. ' n
o 0 The licensee was cited for al
leged gambling on the premises
and the commission charged that
o° 0 credit rules were violated.
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0 o MADE ‘ADMIRAL’ “ "
Sfc. James R. Lyons of the i
o army recruiting office at O’Neill
o ° has been made an "admiral” in
the Nebraska “navy” by Gov.
Do Victor Anderson. Lyons, who re
cruits in a 10-county area, has
again been given temporary
o possession of the lowa-Nebraska
per capita recruiting plaque.
SNEAK TO BLACK HILLS
EWING — The Ewing high
school senior class, accompanied
by their sponsor, Supt. Lewis
Carter, returned Monday from a
sneak day trip which' took them
o o to the Black Hills. The trip was
made in a chartered bus?
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Returning from Jersey—
Mrs. Donald McKamv and Miss
Dorothy Bennett are expected to
return Friday from a two-weeks'
visit with their sister, Mrs. Ken
neth Feree, at Haddenfield, NJ.
Mr Feree has been ill.
SPENCER—Mrs. John R. Xrot
tcr, 45. wife of a prominent
Spencer businessman, died about
5 p.m., Thursday, April 19, ir
Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch
She had entered* the hospital twc
days before. *
The late Mrs. Kfotter suffer
ed a heart ailment and had beer
ir. delicate health several years
A rosary service was herd ai
the Jones funeral home at 8 o’
clock Sunday evening.
’ Funeral services were con
ducted at 10 a.m., Monday,
April 23, from St. Mary’s Cath
olic church with Rev. William
Foster, church pastor, officiat
ing. Burial waa in St. Mary’s
cemetery. , °
Pallbearers were George Span
gler, R. B. Drickey, Edward
Zahm.° Gayle Cguch. T. E. Me
McGuire and Mandus Olin
St. Mary’s choir furnished mu
sic. “
1 An overflow crowd attended
the requiem high mass.
The late. Leona Catherine
Wedige Krotter was born August
14, 1910, at. Stuart, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs John Wedige.
Following her graduation from
St. “Joseph’s high school in At
kinson in 1929, 'she was married
to John R. Krotter of Stuart
They became the parents of twc
children—yOne of whom, ° Kath
erine Kay, died, in infancy.
The Krotters resided in Stuart
until 1935 when they moved tc
Spencer where §he made her
i home until the time of her death
The late Mrs. Krotter was a
member of' St.‘ Mary’s church
.was” active in church affairs, had
served as „ president of the Altar
society. She also had served as
secretary of the Spencer Women’s
| club.
She was noted for her neigh
borlincss and often befriend
ed older people of com
I munlty. %
°Survivors „include: Widower—
John R.„ ol Spencer; son—Robert
J. of O’fteiil; grandchildren—Pa
tricia Kav and- William John
Krotter, bcfth of O'Neill: parents
—Mr. and Mrs.„ John Wedige ol
Atkinson-; sisters—Mrs.. GussTer
lenfein of Bonesteel, S.D., and
Mrs. Mvron Collamer of Bates
! land, S. D.; brother — George
Wedige of Atkinson, Raymond
Wedige of Ncwburg, N.Y., and
LaVern Wedige , of Norfolk;
eight nieces and five nephews.
Other relatives attending the
services were: Mr and Mrs
Frank Steinjiauser. Mr and Mrs
Florian Scholz. Mr. and- Mrs.
Frank Wewel, Mr. and Mrs. John
Weichman. Mrs Karl Weichman,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weichman,
jr„ and Mr-." and Mrs?, Donald W
Krotter, ,alP of Stuart: Mr. and
Mrs. Anton Weichman, Mrs. ,£1
ouis Wewel. 'Mrs. Dora Wallin
ger, Mrs. Frank Weichman, sr„
and Mrs. Mary Henning, all ol
Atkinson; Mrs. C. T. McVay ol
Franklin; Mr and Mrs.rT. H,
Schiefen of Lincoln; Mr. and
Mrs Dean krotter of Palisade;
Mr- and, Mrs. Loyd West of Ew
! ing; Mr. and Mrs. Logan TJiodnc
| of Bonesteel, S.D., and Mr. and
| Mrs. Calvin Kersten ^f Omaha.
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Parkins Reelected
Concert President
F E. Parkins was reelected
president of the O’Neill Com
munity Concerts association or
Tuesday evening at a meeting o;
! the directors. Mr. Parkins, one o:
the founder of the O’Neill or
ganization, will begin his thin
term.
Other officers reelected were
John C. Watson, vice-president
Mrs. Maxine Mattern, secretary
and J. B. Grady, treasurer.
Membership chairmen for th<
1956-’57 season have not ye
been selected.
I O'Neill firemen were callec
Friday afternoon to the Rober
; Davidson residence to extinguisl
' a grass fire.
Neighbors
Give Aid to
3 Farmers
Disc, Plant 110 Acres
Oats and Barley
for Lowell Clouse
Lowell Clouse, who lives one
i mile west and 1 Vfc miles north of
1 the drive-in theater corner, re
turned to his home Monday to
i find his neighbors had disced and
planted 11© acres of oats and
I barley.
I He had entered the hospital
f last Thursday for observation
and was concerned about a heart
ailment. Twenty-one men assist
ed. They brought 14 tractors with
drills and discs. Ninety acres
were finished by noon.
Assisting were Eton Adamson,
j Earl Eppenbach, Leroy Holz,
| Orville Morrow, Gerry Sauser,
Don Clyde, Frank Soiikup, Mau
rice Harmon, Kenneth Ellingson,
Clinton Harmon, Bert Barnhardt,
Bob Hanley, Hugo Holz, Frank
Fleming, Erwin Murray, Bill
Cook, John Cook. Marvin Clouse,
Gene Bauman, Joe Schollmeycr.
Women who helped with the
noon meal were Mrs. Marvin
Clouse, Mrs. Jack Riley, Mrs.
Floyd Sanders, Mrs. Don Adam
son and Mrs. Orville Morrow,
Marvin Ricnt er
Is Aided
DORSEY—Ten neighbors gath
ered Thursday, April 19, at the
home of Marvin Richter, who
was ill in St. Anthony’s hospital.
They brought tractors, plows,
discs and drills, prepared the
1 ground and sowed 35 acres ol
I oats. . , .
Those assistlhg with work were
I ('harks Gifford, Qutch Nimitz,
1 George Calkins, Howard Oberle,
DeLayne Oberle, Lloyd Brady,
Clint Rueggo, Harvey, Krugman,
Fred Krugman and Frank Mc
Donalds ••
Mrs. Frank McDonald, Mrs.
1 George Calkins and Mrs. Lloyd
Brady furnished and helped witn
; riirmer at noon.
Elwyn Robertson
Given Assist
CHAMBERS— Elwyn Robert
son, who recently injured his
left arm, was befriended Tuesday
| by neighbors who gathered at his
place to assist with spring work.
Mr Robertson had been hos
pitalized in O’Neill until Monday
when he was dismissed.
5 Bands Will Play
in Massed Concert
1 CLEARWATER Five high
school bands, counting more than
two hundred members, will par
ticipate in a massed band con
I cert at 8 pan., Friday in the
’ Clearwater school auditorium.
Leonard Sawyer of Royal is
the director of each <>( the bands.
Tbe following schools will take
i pjjrt: Page, Royal, Inman. Mead
rpw Grove and Clearwater.
Decatur Plans bib
Celebration—
A „ centennial “celebration and
bridge dedication will be held
May 3-6 at Decatur. ° „
Festivities begin at 1 p m., on
Thursday with registration . for
old settlers’ day. Friday will be
parade day, Saturday the wild
i west program, and Sunday will
i be designated as youth and
J bridge dedication day.
Area .Athlptes „
Receive Numerals—
University of Nebraska Track
Coach Frank Sevigne has award
ed ,1956 track numerals to the
following high school athletes in
this area: o -
‘ O’NEILL' (St. Mary’s)— Ray
Donohoe, full blue.
, BURWELL — Wayne Conard,
Dwayne Ellison, full blue.
To Attend Ball—
Miss' Maryc Froelich, daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Froelich,' will leave Friday to at
[ tend the annual Barristers’ ball
at Georgetown university, Wash
ington, D.C. lA classmate, Miss
Angela Lamb, will accompany
her.
Sunday Guests —
Mr. and Mrs. John Blake ol
' Geddcs. S.D.. Mr. and Mrs James
Donohoe and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Grenier were Sunday dinner
guests of Hattie Kindlund.
Degree Work Staged—
CHAMBERS — Forty members
and visitors were present when
Chambers IOOF lodge. 239 pul
, on the initiatory degree work on
; Tuesday night.
Mrs. C. E. Yantzi returned tc
i California from Hawaii March 15
; She visited in California for twc
i weeks before returning to O’
I Nelli.
Celia School
Finishes Term
CELIA—Mrs. Emil Colfack i
and pupils of Suhnyside school
in this community closed the
j 1955-’56 term with ' a picnic
and basket dinner on Friday.
April 20. It was the first Holt |
county school to finish the
term.
The Clarence Focken, Leon
Chaffin, Joe Hendricks a|id
Emil Colfack families partici
pated in the picnic.
Teacher Isla Ruda and pupils
of the Lauridsen school visited
the Celia school Friday after
noon and a baseball flume was
played
Samuel Noring
Dies at Bassett
Recently Retired as
C&NW Agent
INMAN— Samuel Noring, 66,
who recently retired as Chicago
& North Western railroad agent
at Bassett, became ill Sunday
morning. April 22, ,.md was
taken to the Bassett hospital. He |
died later that day.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Wednesday, April
25, at Bassett from the Meth
odist church.
Military burial rites were con
ducted at the Inman cemetery.
The late Mr. Noring was a son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Noring. He began working for the
C&NW in 1910, and was em- j
ployed at the Inman station for
many years. He was agent at i
Bassett the past 12 years. He was
i in service during World War I.
Survivors include: Widow —
J Margaret; sons—Harold of Wag
I ncr, S.D., and Raymond of Cal
I ifornia; sisters — Mrs. Bertha
Craig, who lives east of Inman.
Mrs. Roy Grubbs of Page and
I Mrs. Ted Myers; brothers—Wil
I liam of Q'Neill and Gilbert of
1 Pocatello, Ida.
! McKenna to Address V
Nebraska Jaycees—
Hugh McKenna, a native of
! O’Neill and carrently national
' president of the Junior Chamber
I of Commerce, will speak at the
Nebraska Jayeee convention to
be held in Norfolk next week.
Twenty-two O’Neill Jaycees.
in monthly session Tuesday night,
discussed the forthcoming state
meeting and also the national con
, vention to be field in June at
Kansas- City, Mo. The O’Neill
chapter .will be represented at
both affairs. „ * * ■ |
The O’Neill unit is sponsoring
a “Miss O’Neill” beauty contest,
end a junior golf tournament 1
among its May activities.
Tells About Recent
Soil Tour—
EWING— Dr. William Ross, j
pastor of the United Presbyterian J
church, spoke briefly on the Holt ,
county soil conservation district i
at Monday evening’s meeting of*
tbe Men’s club of "the U JV
[ church.
! Doctor Ross told of the recent
organized visit of various con
| servation projects.
CHECK RECEIVED
ATKINSON—The Moth&rhouse
J of the Franciscan Sisters of
i Blessed Kunegunda at Chicago,
111., last Week forwarded a check
for 10-thousand-dollars to be ap
plied to the Atkinson Memorial
hospital building fund. The or
der staffs" and operates the At
kinson hospital. °
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
p ° John Beilin and Mjs. Bonnie
j Larsen, "both of Springvi&w, Ap
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William oLeland „Ans£th, 27, of
O’Neill andi Virgirfia L. Thiele,
21, of Elgin, April 24.
Mrs. R. J. Byers of Omaha is
visiting Mrs C. E. Yantzi for
two weeks.
The Cranfords . . - Troppers, chineh tmjrs, fire. —The Frontier Photo.
These good neighbors aided Lowell Clouse, O’Neill farmer, on Monday, discing and planting
110 acres of oats and barley.—The Frontier Photo.
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Orchard Couple
Wed Half-Century
(Photo on page 6)
ORCHARD — Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Holliday of Orchard to
day (Thursday) will have been
married 50 years. They plan no
special observance but will be at
home to their relatives and
friends on Sunday, April 29.
Mr. Holliday was born in Eng
land January 31, 1882, came to
the U S. when he was 10. Mrs.
Holliday, whose maiden name
was Cassie Eicher, was born at
Newark, Wise. Her mother died
when Cassie was 8-years-old.
The Hollidays have two sons,
Lloyd and Tom, who with their
father own 1,280 acres of land,
the John Deere agency and five
town properties, and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Harold (Eva) Billings.
Mr. HoUiday is „a member of
the Masonic lodge; Mrs. Holliday
is an Eastern Star,
Mr. Holliday has two brothers
aiki two sisters living) Robert of
Orchard, Hugh of Page, Mary
Holiday of 'O’Neill and Mrs. Han
nah Vollersten of .Sioux City.
His wife has one sister, Mrs.
fldna Kr^amup, who lives in
Wisconsin. • °
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„Sgt. IJonald BfJvle has returned
from Ctimp Hale, Colo., jvhe£e
he was engaged in mountain
training. His wife and son Of Ft.
Riley, Kans., accompanied him
to O'Neill. ? „ ^
‘The Big Show’
Scheduled by
Kindergarten
“The Big Show” will be pre
j sented by Mrs. Harry Petersen’s
kindergarten classes at 8 p.m., on
I Friday, May 4, at the O’NciU
public school auditorium. This
musical playlet was written by
Elinor Smith Gerber of Lexing
ton, formerly of O’Neill.
A' “finished product” will be
presented Thursday afternoon at
1:30 o’clock. Children who can
not sit quietly during the evening
performance are invited to come
for the afternoon showing.
The grade school children will
attend the afternoon performance
and will not be admitted Friday
night unless accompanied by par
ents. Mrs. Petersen says she is
“in hopes these measures will
eliminate the noise at the Friday
night performance ”
Kindergarten graduation,
whirh is usually held simulta
neously, will be hold at 4 p.m.,
Sunday, May 13, at the public
school/
Mrs. Gerber has written a
series of playlets for kindergarten
presentation here.
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WE BEG YOUR PARDON
Rating of Brenda Beelaert of
i Page, flutist, was erroneously
I r ofed as four instead of two in
| last week’s issue in connection
with the district music contest
! sponsored by the Nebraska High
1 School Activities Association.
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Boyd Homesteader Turns 90
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By a Staff Writer
SPENCER — Karl Frederick
Wilhelm Boettcher, better known
as “Uncle Willie” ^Boettcher,' Sun
day; April 22, was feted by, 83
relatives, friends and parishoners
who' gathered at the Immanuel
-Lutheran church parlors to help
him observe his 90th birthday
anniversary.
The actual anniversary date
was Tuesday, April 24, but the
affair was scheduled two days
early in order that more could
; attend.
Wearing his customary white
beard (the weather protector
comes off each June), “Uncle
Willie” received so many cards,
letters and well-wishes tears
came to his eyes. He presided at
the huge birthday cake arid he
posed with his sister, Mrs. Min
nie -Ehrlich, 88,, of Spencer, in
the center of a family group pic
| ture. . & e r o •- f
Mr. Boettcher was born in
Saxony, Germany, April 24,
1866, the only son in the fam
ily. He came to America with
his parents and several sisters
when he was 12-years-old. The
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Atlantic crossing reauired sev-'
en days.
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The Boettcher family settled
Mr. Boettcher . . . te^rs came
to his eyes. — The Frontier
Photo.
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in Lancaster county, near Lin
coln. Mr. Ilbettcher came to Boyd
county dn 1895 and established oa
homestead 7 >2 miles northwest of
Spencer. . „ 0 % °
At Butte he married. Miss ,isi-°
! sie Boettetiet (no ton), $lsp.-a na
tive of Germany. Her people were
homesteaders near Butte. ^Thjey
| became the parents of five chil
dren. Hfs \yffe died in 1924. n -'
00 “Uncle Willie”- remained active
pn the place until- 1932, when his
sofnf Robert," took1"" over a filean
1 while, uhe makes his home • rwi’th
! his° children- 'Currently he is at
the home of another son, Walter.
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In reminiscing, Mr. Boettcher
recalled the visits of Indians at
the homestead. “They-were, us
ually passing through.” he re- -
members. “We got along fine.
They stopped in once in awhile
! to get chickens.” ,'
The spry, short-statufed Ger
man is. fourth in a line to carry
the full name — Karl Frederick
Wilhelm Boettcher. He remem
bers the coming of the railroad
(Continued on page il)
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Fred M. Seery, 81,
Rites at Chambers
CHAMBERS—Funeral services
j for Fred M. Seery, 8], were held
! Thursday; April 19, at the Meth
| odist church. He died Sunday,
April 15, in the Bassett hospital.
Rev. Ralph Chamberlain of
j Grand Island officiated at the
funeral, assisted by Rev. J. M.
Hodgkin. A mixed quarter com
posed of Mrs. Eld Eisenhauer, Mrs.
Letha Cook, E. A. Farrier and
Stanley Lambert, sang “In the
Upper Garden There,’’ “Under
His Wings’’ and “Beautiful Isle
of Somewhere,” accompanied by
Mrs. Bernard Hoffman.
Pallbearers were Lester Miles,
Charles Schmidt, Glen Adams,
Hylas Farrfer, Gerald Itothehild
1 and Vernon Rothchild. Ushers
were Charles Grimes and Kieth
Sexton.
Burial was in Chambers cem
etery.
Fred Morris Seery, son of An
drew and Harriet Seery, was
i born March 1.4, 1875, at Fuller
ton, NY.
He moved to Nebraska with |
his parents when a small boy and,
grew to manhood on a farm near j
i Cairo. On December 26, 1906, he
was united In marriage to Edna
; Hodgson at Grand Island. Twoj
children were born to this un
iort.
He was engaged in larmipg. ■
Tn 1917 the family moved to Ral
lagh," atid, in 193? to the Cham-j
' hers community. He made his'
(Some with his son, Ray, •> arid 1
witte after „tfic death of his ‘Wife j
in „January^ 1955.
■0 Survivors indude: Son—Roy of1
C|>limb6rf; daughter— Mrs. Law- |
rencef °(Peary Westover of Llasr •
□sett; three "grandchildren—Wilma
■and0Janet geery^nd Con Wegt
over; siift^V—Airs. Blanche Pauft
man of Odell, Ore.; o bitotherg, —*
Eli0 and “Freem Seery, both of
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r, "police COURT."
Garry W. Waller, speeding, ;$10 j
and costs,.$4; April 21.
Charles Summers,' stbp sign j
violation, $1(J and c.osts $4;., Ap
ril 21. C ; n I
, LaVern Van Conett,.- drinking,
in car, $10 and costs $4;, Aprjl 21.;
c Carhett L. ..Alley, improper U5
turn, t2 and costs „$3; April.,19.
Eugene Colman of Elgin, reck- J
leSs driving, $25 and- costs,, $7j
April 22'. " - ■ „
Russel Miner, 0 speeding, $10
and costs '$4t April 21.
J L, McCarvillej' over parking,
$2 and costs $2; April 18.
RECITAL SCHEDULED
Miss Alvira Ramm’s voice
(students will.. present a recital
( Wednesday, May 2, at 8 p.m., at
1 St. Mary’s academy.
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Lynch Pair
Marks 50th
Wedding
Cranfords in Series
of Moves; Always
Return to Boyd
(Photo at left)
LYNCH Mr. and Mrs Frank
Cranford, 79- and 67-ycars-otfi.
i espcctivoly, on Sunday, April
22, looked back on 50 years of
married life spent in several dif
ferent communities in Nebraska
and South Dakota.
They count good health and
five grown sons among their
blessings. On the o^ypOsite shle of
the ledger were devastating hail,
grasshoppers and chinch bug
plagues in South Dakota, and a
fire that destroyed all of their
belongings except the ekithes
they were wearing, cattle in the
pasture, and an old iron pump.
Mr. Cranford ww reared in
Burt county near Tekamah. He
came to Boyd county with
members of his family be fare
the turn of the century. They
lived north of Mouowi.
Mrs. Cranford’s maiden name
was Katherine Denoma. Her fa
ther was French and she lived
from the lime she was 9-years
old until she was 17 on a place
east of Gross.
l<Y;ink nnH TCfitliopi
country dance on Sunshine Bot
tom. “He was a pood dancer in
those days," remembers Mrs.
Cranford.
They were married April 22,
1006, at Wagner, S.D.
“We were married on Sunday,
four of our boys were born on
Sunday, and we celebrated our
golden wedding on Sunday,'' ob
served Mrs. Cranford.
The couple moved to near Re
liance, S.D., in Lyman county,
making the trip in a coverts!
wagon First year they had good
crops there, succeeding two years
no crops at all and they returned
to Boyd. Later they went to
Charles Mix county and ranched
near Martin, S.D.
They lived south of Kinkaid
(near Ainsworth, in Brown coun
ty) on a homestead for several
years. While burning cow chips
(the handiest, most economics I
fuel) in the space heater, sparks
from the chimney touched off
tinder dry grass and buildings
The fire stripped the Cran
fords Of all their personal ef
fects, the buildings were con
sumed, and Mr. Cranford was
so badly burned he was laid
up for six weeks.
They sold their cattle and re
turned to Boyd county, spent
three years 12 miles north of
Lynch, sold out again and moved
to Wisconsin v/here they spent
several years farming and milk
ing cows.
They returned “home” once
again and have stayed put now
for 22 years. They have dwelt in
their present homo in East Lynch
more than 11 years.
“Cows, hogs and horses have
been our life, I guess,” declares
Mr. Cranford.
Fifty persons called Sunday
at the Cranford home.
Their children are Clarence of
Dallas, Ore., Lloyd of Omaha,
Roland of Valentine, Lewis of
Spencer and Alva of Dade City,
Fla. All of them were present
for the golden wedding observ
ance.
* ' unit- p.uiinnminii
and one great-grandchild.
Mrs. Cranford suffered a fall
on the porch late Monday and
was taken to Sacred Heart hos
pital and was to remain there
several days. The injury was
lanced to prevent blood clots.
Mrs. Cranford suffers diabetes.
Frontier Garb
By Niobrara Residents—
NIOBRARA—Residents of this
community ate blossoming out in
frontier garb ttf avoid being
picked up and tried before the
Kangaroo oo^rt. ° °
Womorf are wearing long dress
es iyid suftbonnets, men lire
growing whiskers for the cen
tennial celebration June 16-17
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ENLISTMENTS TOLD
Recent enlistments through o ,
the army recruiting office) here
includeh Arvid/D. Erb of Verdi- o
gre, for teletypewriter mainte
nance school; Dennis D. Be jot of
Ainsworth, - for quartermaster o
supply records school; iRobert E.
Allen of Ainsworth, for the re
serves.. ■ " * a 0
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') ;■ -FUN NIGHT - SET
° ATKINSON — The Parent?
Teachers’ association will spon
sor fun night tonight (Thursday)
at the school auditorium Games,
contests, prizes and food will be
■featured. ->. c„ °0
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DRAWS 10 DAYS
-CLEARWATER— William La
Monte Patras of Clearwater was
sentenced to 10 days in the Mad
ison county jail on charges of
issuing two insufficient fund
checks in Norfolk."
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