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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1956)
Riverside News Mrs. Maude Lawrence anc Mrs Web Napier were dinnei guests of Dave Pollocks or Tuesday, June 19. Leo Millet visited Ralph Pollock there Fri day evening. Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs Bert Fink, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller, Ray Turner, Mr. and Mrs Grant Mott and family, Mrs. James Pollock and Mr. and Mrs Walter Napier and three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ro bert McDaniels all attended church services at Page. On Thursday evening Bill Fr> entertained a group in honor ol Mr and Mrs. Otto Retke s daughter and family from Seat tle, Wash Beside Mr. and ftps Retke guests were Kitty Fry Mr and Mrs. Lynn Fry and fam ily . Mr. and Mrs. Richard Na pur and family, Mr- and j^Jrs Dale Napier, Mr. and Mrs Wavne Frv and girls. Joame Emsic and Mr and Mrs Vic Vandersnick and family. A lunch of ice cream and cake was serv ed Jerry Switzer of Omaha is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Switzer and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Miller were honored at a supper Saturday evening in the Leo Miller home in observance of their wedding anniversary. Other guests were Mr and Mrs. Waiter Miller. Their daughters, Mrs. Je*n®tlL Hadduck and Mary Lou Miller, called by telephone Sunday eve ning from Denver, Colo. Ralph Pollock left Saturday for Omaha where he and the Kenneth Pollock family visited over the weekend at the Rodney Pollock and Dale Raasch homes. Kenneth Pollocks returned to their home in Neligh Sunday and Ralph left for Detroit, Mich., for a couple of days be fore returning to his family in c..3tl1p Wash. Should the neighbors near gun shots at l o’clock in the morning, its Walter Miller bag trine a badger. Norman Bomer of Oklahoma City, Okla., is visiting Gordon Shrader this week. Monday evening, June 18, Rev Grahams were guests of the Bill Frys. Richard Napiers and Wayne Frys called in the eve IUMi and Mrs. Emery Cary of Sidney and Blanche Hemenway of Clearwater called at the Lionel Gunter home Wednesday evening, June 20. They had visited at the Wayne Lee home in Fairfax, S.D., during the day. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mont gomery attended a picnic Sun day held at Midway, north of O' Neill given to the veterans and families by their instructor. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Napier ,nd family, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Napier, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Napier and daughter, Mr. and Mrs Lee Skalberg and family of Orchard had a picnic dinner Sunday at the Lee Fink home near Page celebrating their June wedding anniversaries. Mrs. Ruth Waples and Judy and Mrs. and Mrs. Ivan Waples and daughters of Lincoln visited the Ina Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Shrader homes from Saturday until Tuesday when they returned to their homes in Lincoln. A picnic din ner was held in their honor Sun day at the Wayne Shrader home. Cheryl Cronin of Denver, Colo., was an overnight guest at the Lionel Gunter home Fri day. Evening callers were Mr. and Mrs. Will Conner. The Women’s Missionary So ciety of the United Presbyterian church met at the Lee 1? ink home near Page Thursday. Star News Mr. and Mrs. Charles Russel and daughter of Lincoln spent the weekend with relatives near Page and Star. Miss Diane Sny der accompanied them and spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Snyder. Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Lieb, Mr. and Mrs. William Derickson and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tharnish spon sored the dance at the Ash Grove hall Friday evening. There will be a dance Saturday, June 30. with the Jokers of Rhy thm orchestra. The Asn urove auxiliary meeting will be held at the hall July 3. Get your ice at the O'Neill Lockers. ®c Mr. and Mrs. Archie Kreycik and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Ewalt Miller and Barbara and Miss Diane Snyder were Satur day evening visitors at the Lysle Johnson home. Friends and relatives gathered at the Bill Derickson home Sun day, June 17, for a dinner to honor Mr. and Mrs. Albert Throckmorton, former Holt county residents of Inglewood,. Calif., who were visiting here for two weeks. Those present for the occasion were: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Throckmorton; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Buxton of Page; Mr. and Mrs. Dale Smith and sons of Verdigre; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boyd and family of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Heese and fam ily of Randolph; Mr. and Mrs. Arden Laursen of Orchard; Les lie Smith of Ainsworth; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Derickson and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Spang ler and Gayle, Mr. and Mrs. William Derickson and family and Bill Berickson, all of Star; Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Lieb and family, Mr. and Mrs. Amott Buxton and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Sammie Derickson and family all of O’Neill. Ground-Breaking Ceremony Sunday PAGE—Ground-breaking cere monies will be held at the Page Methodist church at 3 p.m., Sun day and will follow a basket din ner at the church basement.. Ev eryone is invited. TESTS TO START Weather permitting, the second wind test conducted by air force and college scientific groups will get underway Sunday or Monday. BOVS HI RT ROYAL— A car -pickup acci at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 27, 6^4 miles west of Plain view on j U.S. highway 20 resulted in in juries to four Brunswick boys: Larry Lictaty, 18, driver of the pickup; Donald, Gordon and Ken neth Masat, all passengers who i suffered cuts and bruises. Four others in the passenger car were injured: Mr. and Mrs. Everett Pippin and two daughters of Normal, 111. — On Tuesday, Joe Casey of Om : aha drove Mrs. J. A. Frenking here to visit Mrs. John Melvin | and Mr. and Mrs. John R. Galla | gher for a few days. Leonard Lorenz Fund Reaches $1,233.50 (Continued from page 1) Mr. and Mrs. H. M. (Merle) ' | McClure of Sioux City contribut i ed $25. A note attached to their I check said: “We consider it a I privilege to add our bit.” Why don’t you exercise your “privilege” right away? Let your heart speak for the hardluck fel low, undaunted though armless, who can still smile. Contributions: $100 First National Bank, O'Neill; O’Neill National Bank; Clarence Ernst, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward M Gallagher, O’Neill; Joe Gallagher,. Inman. $50 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parker, O’ Neill; H. A and Robert Van Horn, Page. $25 The Frontier, O’Neill; Holt County Independent, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. H M. McClure, Sioux City; James Davidson & Sons, n'MniH- Mr nnH Mr? T.nnic Roi mer, jr., O’Neill; Mr and Mrs. | Edward T. Campbell, O'Neill;! Mr and Mrs. John Davidson, O’ ; Neill; L. D. Putnam, O’Neill; D. R. Mounts, O’Neill; Dale and Mae Fetrow, OINeill; O'Neill Grain Co., O’Neill. $10 E. C. Wertz, Star; Harold Burge, O’Neill; Fred Appleby, O’Neill; Mrs. Chet (Hazel) Calk ins, O’Neill; Fred Walker, 11540 Del Mar Parkway, Denver, Colo.; John D. Walker, 112 South 16th, Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Brockman, Emmet; H. V. Rosen krans, Redbird; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kopecky, jr., Inman; Ar thur L. Roberts, Albuquerque, N.M.; J. M. Gallagher, Inman; Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Baker, O’ Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Vic Halva, O'Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rouse, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Watson, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Harte, O’Neill, Mr. and , Mrs. I. L. Watson, Inman; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rouse, O’Neill; : Phil Sherman, O’Neill. $7 Mr. and Mrs. George Pongratz, Emmet. $5 H. F. Mullen, Scribner; Clyde I Bowden, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Kemper, Page; Leona Serck, Emmet; Andy Clark, O’Neill; Ed ward Hanley, O’Neill; Lloyd | Hoerle, Chambers; Mr. and Mrs. j William D. Langan, O'Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ritts, O’Neill; Mr. and MrS. William P. Dailey, O’- , Neill; C. M. Daly, Omaha; L. G. Gillespie, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Watson, Inman; Vern Whit aker, Chambers; Leonard Lar son, Clearwater; Mrs. Phyllis N. Hinkle, 316 King st., Chadron; Mr. and Mrs. Loon Beckwith, Emmet; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mc Clanahan, O’Neill; H. S. Harper, Page; Ira Summers, O’Neill; Bernard Pongratz, O’Neill; R. V. Fletcher, O’Neill! James Donlin, O’Neill; Leonard and Dorothy Miller. O’Neill; Willard Naprstek, Plainview; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bates, O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bates. Emmet; J. H. Davis, O’Neill; Grattan Flats 4-H club, c/o Bernard Pongratz, O’Neill; J. B. Grady, O’Neill. $3 M. L. Harkins family, Inman. $2.50 Mrs. Anna M. Smith, Inman. $2 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith, In man; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin P. Clouse, O’Neill. $1 Harry Snyder, Inman; John Lowin, Rt. 2, Bloomfield. Total todate (12 o’clock noon, June 27) . $1,233.50 MARRIAGE LICENSES Carroll D. Marcellus, 23, of Stuart and Doris E. Henderson, 23, of Orchard, Wednesday, June 27. LaVern Frederick Engler, 25, of Atkinson and Arlene Ruth Ru rcede, 22, of O’Neill, Wednesday, June 27. Clifford F. Burival, 31, and Mary Virginia Belzer, 19, both of O'Neill, Tuesday, June 26. Gene Ivan Libby, 19, of Oma ha and Arlene Marie Walters, 19, of O’Neill, Saturday, June 23. Roy G. Stamp, 22, and Joanne M. Thoendel, 22, both of Ewing, Thursday, June 21. Richard Dean Loock, 23, of Spencer and Barbara Kay Cleary, 19, of O’Neill, Thursday, June 21. CHAMBERS NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Elkins of Norfolk visited over the weekend with his son and daughter-in law, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Elk ins, and boys and her sister, Mrs. Pauline Masterson, and family. Mrs. Corel Calhoun, who has visited several weeks with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Ermer, and family departed Saturday for her home *ht North Bend, Ore., Mrs. Ermer took her to Lexing ton where they visited a sister. Mrs. Calhoun planned to stop in Kansas to visit another sister on her way home. The Walther League of St. St. Paul’s Lutheran church en joyed a picnic supper and swim ming party at Ford’s park in O’Neill Sunday evening. About 30 were present. The following furnished cars and had a picnic supper at the park also: Mr. and Mrs. Eric Dankert, Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Hoge. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Walter, Mrs. Paul Harley and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown. | l .. ... * . .... ..;.,.... ..... . «** Only debris remains where a brooder house, 90 feet in length, was levelled Saturday night by fire at the Tri-State farm.—The Frontier Photo. Charles W. Sloan Dies Unexpectedly Dies While Finishing Job at Ranch ATKINSON— Funeral services for Charles W. Sloan, 55, who died unexpectedly about 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 22, at the James I*uckett ranch were con ducted at 10 a m., Monday, June 25, from the Methodist church in Atkinson. Burial was at Spring view. Rev. A. Hindman of Burwell, assisted by Rev. E. G. Hughes of Atkinson, officiated. The late Mr. Sloan was born February 17, 1901, at Stevens, Frontier county, a son of Scott Lewis and Emily Sloan. He farmed and ranched at Springview before moving to At kinson, where Vie worked as a plumber and carpenter. He had just finished his work at the Puckett place and was prepaiing to return to Atkinson when he was fatally stricken. He was married on Novemuer 24, 1927, to Doris Carr at Win ner, S.D. Survivors include: Widow —• Doris; daughter — Mrs. V. J, (Both) Tielke of Atkinson; broth-j ers—Frank J. of Springview and Rev. Walter G. of Caldwell, Ida.; sisters—Mrs. Lee (Eleanor) Smith of Silverton, Ore.; Mrs. August (Edna) Schoettger of Spring view, Mrs. Doris Hennie of Den ver, Colo.; three grandchildren. O’Neill Rancher Fined on Indian Land Deal (Continued from page 1) United States District Attorney Clinton G. Richards pointed out the jury’s verdict will be of wide spread interest to the reser vation area where government attorneys found Putnam and Ward have secured at least 85 deeds in the same manner. Ward is being questioned in an other trial. Federal Judge George T. Mick elson of Sioux Falls, S.D., fined Putnam and Ward $150 on each of two counts. In sentencing the two men, the Associated Press said, Mickelson asked for their assurance that in ! fKn fnViirn thov urnnlH rtr\ Ihrnnirh the regular procedure in purchas ing Indian trust land. Ward is one-eighth Indian and a member of Pine Ridge coun cil. The Omaha World-Herald said Ward is a severe critic of the U.S. bureau of Indian affairs. Condemning the bureau in an interview with the World-Herald, Ward said, “The bureau is con stantly assuming authority i t doesn’t have.” Amelia News Mr. and Mrs. Max Dixson of Scottsbluff visited her mother, Mrs. Alice Prewitt, and family this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lew Backhaus visited her brother, Chris Vroo man, and family near Orchard Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Claussen and daughter, Debbie, of Burling ton, la., were called home by the death of Mr. Claussen's father, Ed Claussen of Atkinson. The Harold Claussens spent Saturday and Sunday at the Lee Gilman home. Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Slaymak er and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Miles of O’Neill spent Sun day at the M. B. Kennedy home. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Edwards and family attended a family dinner at the O’Neill park Sunday honoring Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Primus, w’ho are home from An chorage, Alaska, where Mr. Pri mus was stationed with the army. Harold Fullerton’s moved Sat urday to the Forest Sammons i farm. Miss Donna Rae Peterson of Lexington spent the weekend at I home. Marilyn and Ruby Rees of ; Burwell spent Wednesday night, , June 20, with their grandpar 1 ente, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rees. Julie Roes came Saturday and visited until Sunday when Mr. and Mrs. Rees took her to her home. They were present at the dinner honoring little Ruby’s birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Skula of Howells visited their son-in-law, and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mar- | vin Doolittle, over the weekend. Their son, Gene, came earlier to stay with the Doolittles for the summer. Mrs. Emma Lindsey and Flor ence and Mrs. Edith Anderson called on Mrs. Fred Watson at Stuart Sunday afternoon. Miss Phyllis Fullerton left Sunday to attend Methodist youth camp at Ponca. JoAnn Pucelik Weds Dakotan SPENCER—Linna JoAnn Puce lik, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Pucelik of Spencer, became the bride of LeRoy Donald Mo dine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Modine of Colome, S.D., at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 23, in the United Lutheran church in Spencer. Rev. Wilfred H. Henning of Spencer performed the double-ring cere mony. Mrs. H. J. Storjohann of Scrib ner sang “Because” and “The Lord’s Prayer,” with organ ac companiment by Nola Klasna. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of imported embroidered tulle over Skinner’s satin. The fitted bodice, buttoned at the back, featured a portrait neckline of shallow scal lops and self-tucking that con tinued as trimming on the short sleeves. Matching embroidered tulle gauntlets were pointed at the wrists. The embroidered tulle was repeated in a wide scalloped center panel in a pleated tulle bouffant skirt. The pleating form ed twin fan-shaped inserts in the gathered skirt which extended into a cotillion sweep train. Her fingertip illusion veil of double nylon tulle was held by a white orange blossom tiara decorated with seed pearls. She carried a white Bible and a bouquet of pink sweetheart roses. Miss Shirley Modine of Colome, sister of the bridegroom, was maid-of-honor. She wore a sky blue strapless gown. The elongat ed torso bodice, made of crystl ette, was cut to star points at the waist. A blue butterfly stole of tulle covered the shoulders. The bouffant skirt of tulle over taf feta, decorated with two tailored bows at the back, was worn over hoop petticoats. The bridesmaid, Miss Delores Hamik of O’Neill, wore a dress fashioned like that of the maid of-honor and each carried a bou quet of pink rosebuds and tiny white carnations. Harold Modine, nroiher of the bridegroom, was bestman. Robert Pucelik, brother of the bride, served as groomsman. Ushers were Kenneth Rosengren and Donald Cizek, both of Spencer, and Scott Johnson and Rodney Pearson served as candle-lighters. Following the ceremony, a re ception was given by the bride’s parents in the Spencer Commun ity hall for 250 guests. The bride attended the Spen cer public school and the Midland college in r remoni. e>ne nas Been employed by the Northwestern Bell Telephone company in O’ Neill. The bridegroom attended the Colome public school and is presently employed by Gene’s Produce in Colome. For traveling, the bride chose a light print sheath dress and a blue linen duster ensemble. After a wedding trip to Yel lpwstone national park, they will be at home in Colome. Mrs. Frank Clements Installed President Installation of officers of the Altar society of St. Patrick’s Catholic church took place last Thursday evening at St. Mary’s gymnasium. They are Mrs. Frank Clements, president: Mrs. L. A. Becker, vice-president: Mrs. Marvin Mil ler, secretary, and Miss Helen Vitt, treasurer. Guild chairmen are the Mes dames Robert Yantzie, John Turner, Charles Fox, Duane Gray, William Conway, William Mur phy, jr., Robert Shoemaker, James Murphy, Bill Kelly and the Misses Carlyn Neiers, Mary Frances Vitt and Patricia Mullen. Defective Wiring Cause of Blaze— STUART— Smoke damage re sulted from defective wiring in the trailer home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nichols here Saturday after noon. The couple recently moved here from Bloomington, Ind., and Mr. Nichols is the new band and in strumental music instructor in Stuart high school. Leaves for Great Lakes— Richard Morgan left Sunday for Great Lakes, 111., where he is stationed with the navy. He had been in San Diego, Calif., for a training course and had spent a week with his mother, Mrs. Ruth Morgan. Enroute to Illinois, he planned to visit a navy friend in Marshaltown, la. II Families Picnic— The MNO extension club had a picnic supper in the park on Tuesday night at 6:30 o’clock. Eleven families were represent ed. Rev. Olen J. Kennell left Mon day for Hastings to attend a meeting of the Nebraska Presby terian synod Mrs. Christine Wil liams attended synodical, the women’s meeting. They plan to return today (Thursday). 4,000 Turkey Poults Perish in Blaze Wiring or Heater Is Blamed Four thousand turkey poults perished as the result of a spec tacular fire early Saturday night at the Tri-State turkey farm lo cated three miles southwest of O’Neill. A brooder house about 90 feet long was levelled by the blaze, which is believed to have start ed from defective wiring or from a faulty brooder stove. Burned to the ground was the west end of a brooder house which measured 180 feet in length. Firemen prevented the blaze from spreading beyond the feed sec tion at the center of the building. Originally it was estimated two thousand poults died, but many have perished since, at tributed to smoke illness. Phil Sherman, owner, said 80 thousand turkey poults and 100 thousand broiler chickens are be irrj; raised this season at the farm —the largest of its type in the country. Two O’Neill fire trucks re sponded to the alarm and firemen battled the flames in intense heat. Firemen were called at 11:45 Monday to the Robert J. Jenkins residence, one block north of the water tower, where a grass fire had started. Thursday O’Neill firemen were called to the Charles Fox farm east of Midway for a grass fire and ton Friday to the John Tim merman residence in the north east section of the city, also for a grass fire. Page News Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat and their guest, Herman Mats chullat, Mrs. Mernon Chase of Portersville, Calif., and Dale Matschullat and family of Page were supper guests in the A1 Anthony home at Inman on Tuesday evening. Early Wednes day Mr. and Mrs. Matschullat took the Californians to Colum bus for their trip home after spending 10 days here. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Trow bridge’s infant daughter, Lori wac hantisori Rundav at the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Zeller and granddaughters, Nelta and Ellon - na King and Elbert Chichester were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Ickes, sr., at the Grace Merryman home. Mrs. Arnold Stewart was hos tess to a group of friends for a Friday morning breakfast. Mrs. Frank Beelaert and Rev. Lisle Mewmaw joined the staff at Ponca park Sunday for a week’s study and recreation at Bible camp. Richard and Carol Harris, Linda Fisher and Lyle Heiss accompanied them. Mrs. Kenneth Van Every led the lesson, “The Jones Fam ily”, and reported on the gov ernment meeting at O’Neill when the members of the East Side Kountry KJub were guests of Mrs. Norman Trowbridge on Wednesday afternoon, June 20. Mrs. Raymond Heiss gave the “Goals for the Quadrennium” Thursday afternoon when WSCS members met at the church par lors. Mrs. R. F. Park gave a talk on the early hymn writer, Isaac Watts. The society desig nated a day for sending a card to Mrs. Henderson, who is quite ill. Plans were discussed for the memorial day tea to be held in July. Mrs. Hester Edmisten as sisted Mrs. Alton Braddock with the serving. Auction Calendar Friday, June 29: E. W. Sanders, 3 blocks north of Town House and second house east, haying equipment and miscellaneous ma chinery. Saturday, June 30: Frances E. Rotherham, building in Ewing, northwest corner of main inter section, houses the postoffice. Miss French Returns from College Clinic— Miss Alice French, county superintendent, returned Satur-: day from Concordia college,1 Moorhead, Minn., where she had attended a week’s session of a reading clinic. About 250 educa tors representing all levels of the educational field attended w-ith delegates from all over the1 United States. i JVIiss French attended lectures by famous reading specialists including Dr. Emmett A. Betts,1 whose spelling books are used in our rural schools. Holt Oats Crop ‘Pretty Sick’ Barley, Corn, Wheat Better O’Neill received .44 of an inch of rain Monday evening in a timely shower, bringing relief from heat and providing moisture for parched lawns, gardens and vegetation. But the rain was spotted. Har ry Caskey, living tltree miles northeast of Venus, reported .70. Northeast of his place, however, up to 1.50 fell. Mrs. Joe Thoendel, living south of Ewing, estimated .30 fell there. O’Neill’s Mayor D. C. Schaffer, returning late Monday from Chadron, said he drove in rain of varying amounts the entire dis tance. Other precipitation readings Monday evening: Battle Creek, 3.50; Neligh, .35; Clearwater, .44; Ewing. .40; Inman, .50; Lynch received .25; Spencer, ,10; Win ner, S.D., trace. Norfolk received a flashflood | which damaged some basements and washed out over 200 feet of nailroad track. George Gaskill. 60. of Port land. Ore., a visitor at Meadow Grove, was killed while stand ing in the doorway of his trail er house and a tree crashed the door. Deloit received a half-inch rain Monday about 11 p.m. The REA power was knocked out for a time near Chambers and Amelia. Lines were mended Tuesday morning. Assistant Holt County Agent Warren Peden said the oats "look pretty sick around the county.” He said the crop would be very short. Barley and wheat look better and corn will be "shovin’ right up” following the recent showers , r_LI..4 I_.. Uotr (tlUl lavuiuuiv »» crop is fair, retains good color, but is thin. Bluegrass appears to be short and spotted. Stripping and dry ing is underway. Prices quoted on bluegrass range from five to eight cents, depending upon the quality. Weather summary: Hi Lo Prec. June 21 . 97 67 .04 June 22 87 59 .03 June 23 90 59 June 24 92 59 June 25 .94 66 June 26 86 63 .44 June 27 86 61 O’Neill Teacher Crawls from Wreck James Luft Unhurt Near Norfolk NORFOLK— A car-truck col lision at 10:45 a.m., Wednesday, June 27, 1 Vz miles west of Nor folk on U.S. highway 275, re sulted in hospitalization of a 67 year-old Norfolk farmer, Darias Raasch. Raasch was driver of a truck which was forced off the road and into a ditch when James D. Luft, 21, of Platte Center at tempted to pass. Raasch made a left turn. Both vehicles were west bound and both drivers were alone in their vehicles. Luft was enroute to O’Neill where he teaches in the O’Neill junior high school. An eyewitness to the accident, was A/lc Paul E. Stoltenberg, currenty assigned at O’Neill in an air force wind test project. Miraculously, Luft was unhurt, Stoltenberg said. The Luft car was turned on its side and the front bumper of the car was caught by the left rear wheel of the truck. The grille, radiator and entire front of the automo bile were smashed. The Luft car is almost a total loss. Luft crawled out through the windshield. Raasch was not seri ously hurt. O’Neill News Mrs. George Butterfield enter tained seven little friends for Wally Jean Lundeen Wednesday, June 20. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smithson and Dickie were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houser. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lundeen ana wauy reiurnea u> i_incom on Sunday after visiting friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hubbard were callers in the Marvin Anderson home Monday. A family picnic was held at Ford’s park Monday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Ellicott. Those present were the families of Harry Larson, A. A. Hiatt and C. C. Hiatt. Mr. and Mrs. George Van Ev ery visited the Carl Miller and Marvin Van Every families Sun day in Norfolk. Dean Higgins of Chadron and Lorenz Bredemeier tof North Platte were Monday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Weston Whit wer. The Misses Leona and Rosean na Underwood of Norfolk visit ed their parents, the John Under woods for the weekend. Another guest Sunday was Gene McDer mott of Osmond, who came to visit his wife and children, who have been staying with her par ents, the Underwoods. Regional Deaths H. F. Benjamin NORFOLK—Harold F. Benja min, 45, a representative of the social security administration, died at 8 p.m., Sunday, June 24, in a Norfolk hospital. Funeral ser vices were held Tuesday. Mr. Benjamin regularly made busi ness trips to Holt and adjoining counties. Survivors include: Wid ow, two sons, one sister, one brother. Mrs. Rosetta Breece CREIGHTON — Mrs. Rosetta Breece, 83, died Tuesday, June 20, in Lundberg Memorial hospital. She had been hospitalized 10 days. She had made her home with her son, Earl, at Creighton. New Secretary John Harrington (above) will be the new secretary of the Chambers of Commerce, suc ceeding William Mattern, re signed. Harrington is in the insurance field here. — The Frontier Photo. Inga Marie Jensen Burial at Winner Mrs. Inga Marie Jensen, 87, died at 7:30 am., Thursday, June 21, at O'Neill. Death was attributed to a heart ailment. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 23, at Biglin’s chapel and burial was at Win ner, S.D. The late Mrs. Jensen, whose maiden name was Inga Marie Christian, was born September 12, 1868, at Aalborg, "Denmark, a daughter of Soren Christian and Marian Christina Larson. She was married September 13, 1893, to Martinus Jensen at Clinton, Wise. They became the parents of 11 chillren. The family came to Holt county 28 years ago from Tripp county, South Dakota. Mr. Jen sen died in November, 1937. Survivors include: Sons—Sor i n ui opcutt'i, uiidut'a ui u - Neill; Warren of Witten, S.D.; daughters—Mrs. Christine Bar nett of Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. J. A. Renstrom of Mora, Minn.; Mrs. Leslie Knepper of O’Neill; and Mrs. Willard Arnold of Rockford, 111.; sister — Mrs. Mari e Sorensen of Denmark; brother— Lauritz Sorensen. Three sons, James, Wallace and an infant boy are deceased, also one daughter, Edna. Oregonians Feted at Dinner— DORSEY—Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Pilger and family of Sherwood, Ore., were honored at a no-host picnic dinner Sunday, June 24, at the Marvin Richter home, at Dorsey. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Francis Reynolds and fami ly of Brunswick; Charles Scholl meycr, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc Donald and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Oberlc and grandson, all of Dor sey; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hart and family and Mr. and Mrs. Art Tomlinson, all of Inman; Dale Neely of Seattle, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. Phil Allendorfer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allendorfer and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rich ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fritton and family and Mrs. Mary Tomlinson and Larry, all of O’Neill. Amelia News Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stoecker and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stoecker and daughter called at the Lee Gilman home Sunday, June 17. The Stoeckers live at Valentine. A “chicken picken” bee was held at the Alvin Forbes home Wednesday evening, June 20. Mr. and Mrs. George Fullerton and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Doo little helped the Forbes get chickens ready for the locker. The group helped with the same process at the George Fullerton’s Thursday evening and at Clyde Doolittle’s Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs Clilman nlcn holn_ ed at the Doolittle home. Mrs. Oscar Peterson returned home Sunday from Ontario, Ore., where she had attended the funeral of her brother-in law. She accompanied her brother from Sargent on the trip and Mr. Peterson met her there Sunday. O’NEILL LOCALS Mrs. Richard Hovey and Bobby spent the first part of the week at Tilden visiting her brother-in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Pittack. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lofflin and Jo Lee and Mary Jo Walker went to Ord Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. L. DeHart. Saturday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Watson were their daughter, Mrs. Dave Burk, Mr. Burk and two daughters of Ewing. Jack and Billy White are spending the week with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hansen. Guests Monday at the Joe Sive sind home were Mrs. Kenneth Bruce and Mrs. Vern Cleveland, both of Orchard. Get your ice at the O’Neill Lockers. 9e Kenneth Van Every was a Monday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. George Hansen were Ft. Randall visitors Saturday. Lois and Francis Anderson spent from Friday until Sunday at Laurel visiting their grand mother, Mrs. Tillie Anderson. Charles Hayne, who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson, returned Sunday to his home in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. John Tideswell of Omaha spent Monday and Tuesday, June 18 and 19, visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beilin. MAN INJURED ORCHARD—Charles Thelander was injured Friday when his gas oline transport jackknifed on wet pavoment here. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE: Whiteface registered Hereford bull, 3-yr.-old—Ger ald Risor, O’Neill. 9-10p60 Ed Ciaussen Rites Held in Atkinson (Continued from page 1) a member of an army combat unit. He married Margaret Dierks. daughter of Daniel and Christina Dierks of Neligh January 7, 1921. His wife and children lived in Atkinson but Mr. Ciaussen con tinued to farm and raise livestock on the old homeplnce He was noted for his love 01 fine horses—especially saddle horses—and bird dogs. Survivors include: Widow I Margaret; daughters - Mrs A! (Lorraine) Oliver of Sacramento Calif., and Mrs. Donald (Regina) Williamsen of Logon a Beach Calif.; sons—Laverne of Atkinson Harold G. of Burlington, la., and Kenneth, 11, at home; throe grandchildren; sister - Mrs. Mary Lewis of Atkinson, brothers Henry and William, both of O' Neill, John of Lawndale, Calif, formerly of O’Neill, Rudolph W of Atkinson and Otto of Ingle wood, Calif. Among those from a distance attending the rites were: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peterman and grandson, John Hayes, of Waterloo, la.; Mrs. Fred Ciaussen of Atlantic, la ; Mr. and Mrs. Ru dolph Ciaussen of Omaha; Mr and Mrs. William Ciaussen of At lantic, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Egger of Roca; Mrs. Russell King and daughter, Carol June, and Mrs. William Fulk, all of Bennett; Mr. and Mrs. John Ciaussen of Lawndale, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs Otto Ciaussen and daughter. Berdetta, of Inglewood, Calif Mr n H M »*c A I Mlif.ir -1.1,1 ily of Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs Donald Williamson and Cheryl of Leguna Beach, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Claussen and daughter, Debbie, of Burlington, la. Four Enlistments in Army Announced The following recent enlist ments have been announced by the army recruiting office here: Richard E. Bridge of Clear water, for ordinance corps; Fay E. Blair of Amelia, for specialist school; Lyle G. Schwarting of Oakdale, for Tenth division for assignment in Europe; Dickie R Adams of Ainsworth, for re serves. These men have gone to Camp Chaffee, Ark., for processing and training. O'NEILL LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Glandt and daughters left Tuesday, June 19, for a vacation trip to Th<' Dells in Wisconsin. Rev. Eugene F Gallagher, S./ arrived Friday from St. Louis, Mo., to visit the John R. Galla gher family. Dickie Clyde is visiting Donna and Edward Ennen of Verdigre this week. Get your ice at the O'Neill Lockers. 9r A Hovey family reunion was held at Stuart Sunday. Those at etnding were Mr. and Mrs. How ard Hovey of Herrick, S.D., Har rison Hovey, jr., of Ord, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bright, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Hovey, all of O’ Neill and Dudley Hovey of San Diego, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houser and family spent Wednesday, June 20, in Omaha. Mrs. George Butterfield is spending the week at Dorsey. Breaks Hip— Mrs. Tom Harding fell at her home and broke her hip. She is a patient in St. Anthony’s. SPECIAL! COSTUME JEWELRY SALE! 88t (tax included) McIntosh Jewelry ’ — O’NEILL —