Legion, Aux Plan
County Convention
Prize for ‘Loudest’
Sport Shirt
ATKINSON—The annual Holt I
county convention of the Amer- ]
uan Legion and auxiliary will
be held at the American Legion |
hall in Atkinson on Sunday, July ;
15.
Registration will start at 2
p.m, and the convention will get
underway at 3 p.m. Department
Commander Stan Huffman of,
Ewing will be present for the
main address. Past District Com
mander Edward German ot Pierce
will speak on "The Legion's Duty
in the Community.” District;
Commander Charles E. Chace of
Atkinson, District Vice - Com
mander Neal Hasselbalch of St.
Edward, District Service Officer
A1 Sommer of Norfolk and Dis
trict Adjutant Lawrence Hamik of
Stuart will all be present.
The Legion sessions will be
presided over by County Com
mander George Wettlaufer of
Page. Auxiliary sessions will be
in charge of the county president,
Mrs. Milo Landreth of Page.
The Atkinson auxiliary will
serve a covered dish supper fol
lowing the convention sessions
and the Atkinson post is planning
special entertainment in the club
rooms for the remainder of the
evening.
Posts and units at Stuart. O’
Neill, Atkinson. Page, Chambers
. nd Ewing form the Holt county
group.
All meetings will be open to the
public.
The Atkinson post will award
a special prize to the man wear
ing the “loudest” sport shirt and
to the auxiliary member wearing
the "most glamorous” sun dress.
Regional Deaths
Pete P. Nelson
BUTTE — Pete P. Nelson, 72,
died Thursday, June 28. in the
Lynch hospital. Funeral services
were conducted Saturday, June
30, at the Community church in
Butte. Mr. Nelson was a long
time resident of Boyd county.
He had been in poor health
about a year. Survivors include:
Widow—Christina; daughters —
Mrs. Frank Wittmus of Bone
steel, S.D.; Mrs Rudy Hoffman
of Fairfax. S.D.; Mrs Lloyd
Ohlson of Petersburg; Mrs. Wil
liam Holsclaw of Lincoln; son—
Raymond, at home.
Ash Grove Plans
Benefit Dance
There will be a benefit dance
for Leonard Lorenz on Friday.
July 27, at the Ash Grove com
munity hall sponsored by the
auxiliary. There will be no ad
mission charge. Each family is
asked to bring a cake or sand
wiches; also bring your own cup
as coffee will be furnished by
the auxiliary.
A freewill offering will be ta
ken in behalf of Mr. Lorenz.
Bowkers Entertained
at Ranch—
Saturday evening Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Bowker and
family were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Greene at their
ranch home near Spencer.
Lost Thursday, Mrs. Bowker
was honored at a party jointly
arranged by Mrs. John H. Me
Carville and Mrs. George Ham
mond at the latters’ home.
REPRESENTATIVE COMING
A representative of the Omaha
office of the social security ad
ministration will be at the as
sembly room in the Holt county
courthouse, at O’Neill, on Thurs
day, July 12, and again on
Thursday, July 26. Visits will
start at 9 a.nv, each day.
Guests from Omaha—
L. B. Parkinson of Omaha at -1
rived Monday evenig to spend a I
week with his son, Owen Park
inson Mrs. Parkinson and fam
ily- _j
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Public Invited to Inspect Hlter Centers
Kilter Centers ol the United states Air force
important links in the air defense of the nation
—will play host to visitors this summer during the
fourth anniversary of "Operation Skywatch’’ of
the ground observer corps. Black dots on map in
dicate filter centers in area of the 31st air di
vision, commanded by Brig.-Gen. William A. Ma
thcnv pictured in insert on map. Civilian volun
teers staff the filter centers and speedily com
mumcate to usAt air acinisv aimuuii tcnicii
data concerning the movement of aircraft reported
by other GOC volunteers manning a network of
observation posts. The 31st air division, head
quarters of which is shown by star on the map,
is part of the central air defense force of the air
defense command Segment map of area by USAF
Sioux Falls (S.D.) filter center open-house will
Sick & Injured
VENUS — Mrs. Agnes Hamil
ton who had underwent a major
operation at a hospital at Savan
nah. Mo., recently, came as far
as Omaha Tuesday, July 3,
where she will spend some time
at the home of her brother be
fore she returns home. . . Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Davis and son of
Omaha brought his mother. Ma
bel Davis, to the Lyle Davis
home Saturday, June 30. Mrs.
Davis had gone to the Roy Davis
home the previous week after
her release from a Norfolk hos
pital, following a major opera
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis
returned to their home Sunday
while their son, Francis, and
Mrs. Mabel Davis . remained at
the Lyle Davis home. . . Mrs.
Elmer Grim of Ewing, a former
resident of the vicinity, under
went a major operation at a
Norfolk hospital Monday, July 2.
Her condition is listed as •‘satis
factory”.
INMAN—Mrs. John M. Galla
gher, who has been a patient in
St. Anthony’s hospital for the
past month, was released on
Sunday. She is being cared for
in the home of her sister-in-law,
Beatrice Gallagher. . . Nyla Rey
nolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Reynolds, entered St. An
thony’s hospital in O'Neill Satur
day morning for an emergency
appendectomy. She is recovering
“satisfactorily.” . Thomas R.
Watson, son ol Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Watson, has entered Clarkson
hospital, Omaha, for X-rays, tests
and treatment of a lung condi
tion.
AMELIA—Joyce Doolittle re
ceived a quite severly burned
finger while lighting a fire
cracker. She was taken to the
doctor to have the burn treated.
. . . Mrs. Charlie Edwards re
ceived word that her father,
Spud Martin, of Park Rapids,
Minn., had been quite seriously
injured in a power take-off. Mr.
Edwards took Mrs. Edwards and
son, Loy, to the home of her
parents, where she will assist
with the work Mr. Martin lived
in this community several years
ago.
O’NEILL— Mrs. G. E. Miles
submitted to surgery Tuesday at
St. Vincent’s hospital in Sioux
City. . . Harry Lansworth was
operated on Monday at St. Vin
cent’s hospital in Sioux City. . .
Mrs. George Kilcoin received
word that her mother, Mrs. El
sie Seawrit of Rushville, is in
“critical” condition. Mrs. Kil
coin and daughter, Shirley, left
Thursday, July 5, to be with
Mrs. Seawrit. . . Lloyd Rubeck,
who was dismissed from St. An
thony’s, must remain in bed an
other two weeks at his home.
CHAMBERS — Mrs. Weldon
Wood received word that Elvin
Martin of Park Rapids, Minn.,
was a patient in a hospital there.
Mrs. Wood returned recently
from a visit with the Walter
Martins at Rock Rapids. During
her visit there, Elvin received a
serious injury to his arm in the
power take-off on a tractor but
was apparently recovering. The
family are former Chambers res
idents.
LYNCH—Judd Allen, 6, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Allen, in a fall
while at play last Thursday in
the front yard of their home, suf
fered a broken wrist Doctors set
the fracture. He is “getting along
nicely." . . Ed Whetham, who suf
fered a stroke recently, is re
ported in “fair conditon.”
ATKINSON—Mrs. P. M. Ment
zer, who is in the Methodist hos
pital in Omaha, is expected home
this weekend. She is the mother
of Mrs. Theodore Strong of O’
Neill.
CLEARWATER—M. H. Snider,
retired editor - publisher of the
Clearwater Record, is in St. Jo
seph’s hospital at Sioux City be
ing treated for a knee ailment.
DELOIT—Mae Trennepohl un
derwent major surgery last week
in Antelope Memorial hospital,
Neligh.
Farewell Picnic—
On Monday members of the
Bridge chib honored Mr. and
Mrs. Charles B. Houser at a fare
well picnic at Ford’s park.
MM Club Meets
Winners at MM club at Mrs.
Harold Lindberg*s home last
Thursday were Mrs. L. A. Burgess
and Mrs. C. W. Porter, a guest.
' Wisconsin Campers
Laud City Park
•'Most hospitable and best
cared for city park we’ve en
countered during three weeks
of touring the West.”
Those were the words of Mr.
and Mrs. William Becker and
daughter, Joyce, 9, of Milwau- j
kee, Wise., who pitched their I
green canvas tent late Friday
at Ford’s park in West O’Neill
and thus* became the first tent
dwellers to sojourn at the park
during the past three seasons j
(since the pool has been built !
and the park rehabilitated).
Mr. Becker, an employee of
the city of Milwaukee’s street
and sanitation department, said !
they had stayed in quite a num- ,
ber of parks—city, state and ;
national — during recent years ,
ot traveling.
O’Neill News
Gordon Watson was in Sioux
City on business Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Parkinson
and family visited her brother
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
William Dawes, at Ravenna on
Tuesday and Wednesday, July
3 and 4
Mrs. Pearl Nutter and Wanda
and Russ Nutter, all of Thedford,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
F .Inlv 4
Lt. Allen Porter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Porter, arrived home
July 4 from Scott Field, 111., to j
spend until Saturday. July 21,
with his parents. He expects to i
leave soon for duty in Iceland.
Linda Parkinson celebrated
lur fiftn birthday anniversary
Monday at a party for 20 little
guests at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Parkin
son. Her birthday anniversary
was Sunday but was celebrated
the next day.
Little Mickey and Janet Heiss
of Page are visiting their grand
parents, the Kenneth Wnrings,
(his week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Vorce and |
daughter went to Sidney Satur-t
day and returned Sunday. They
visited his brother and sister-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Don Harmon.
Guests over July 4 at the
Lloyd Rubeck home were their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Ivan Johnson, and fam
ily of Concord. They also visited
the Elwyn Rubecks in Chambers.
Mrs Clara Schaffer and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Seymour,
Mrs. Ben Lohmiller of Phoenix,
Axiz., and Mrs. A1 Kujat and
Tommy of Chicago, 111., spent
July 4 in Grand Island with Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Seymour and Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Seymour.
Mrs. Dennis Hunt and son,
George, both of Lincoln, spent
two days last week with Mr. and
Mrs. H. D. Grady.
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Hurt in One-Car
Accident After
All-Night Drive
LYNCH — Bernard Norwood,
34, who had been to Lynch to
attend the funeral of Theodore
Norwood, was injured critically
in a one-car accident near Clar
ion, la.
He and his wife, Marcella, 29,
wrere returning to Independence
from Lynch, having driven all
night. Their car struck a Rock
Island railroad signal pole at the
Rock Island tracks at Clarion.
It was originally reported Mr.
Norwood was injured fatally.
Orchard, Venus
Churches Get Pastor
VENUS—Rev. Walter H. See
feldt of Norton, Kans., is the new
resident pastor for St. Peter’s
Lutheran church at Orchard and
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran
church at Venus.
He will reside in Orchard and
serve both parishes.
Rev. Howard Claycombe, jr.,
until recently the pastor at St.
Paul’s Lutheran church in Cham
bers, has been serving the rural
Venus church as a vacancy pas
tor. He has moved his family to
Pontiac, Mich.
O’Neill News
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McKenzie,
jr„ and children were Sunday
dinner guests of Mrs. Clyde Mc
Kenzie sr., at Lynch. Other
guests present were Mrs. Gleason
Landberg and Gary of Randolph,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bowlby of
Norfolk and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond R. Revel.
Miss Mary Ann Bauer of
Spalding returned Sunday after
a week’s stay with Mr. and Mrs.
Carrol H. McKay.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nelson
spent last weekend in Schuyler
with Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Nelson
and family. Guests this weekend
at the Richard Nelson home were
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Simon and
family of Omaha arrived Monday
for a several days’ visit with his
brother, John Simon, Mrs. Simon
and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lindmeyer
of Peoria, 111., arrived Monday
for a several days’ visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Charles F. Nutter and
family.
Atending a picnic at the park
at Pickstown, S.D., were Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Tomlinson, Mrs. Mary
Tomlinson and Larry and Mr. and
Mrs. William Turner of Cham
bers, Mrs. James Coventry of In
man, Mrs. Ernie Rapley of San
Francisco, Calif., and Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Tomlinson of Spencer.
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200 - 250 Head of Cattle
• There will be around 250 head of cattle on hand for
the sale to be held today (Thursday). The ran will
include catle of all kinds. There will be consignments of
20 Angus stock cows. 18 white face yearlings, 15 Angus
cows with calves at side, one registered Angus bull. 2
years-old, and lots of other consignments.
• There will be the usual run of fat bogs and from
100 to 200 feeder pigs. The managers of the O'Neill
Market urge you to get those hogs in early.
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Charles J. Tomek
Funeral at Butte
Veteran Boyd Official
Die* at Lincoln
BUTTE— Funeral services for
Charles J Tomek, 63. county
clerk of Boyd county, were
conducted at 2 pm.. Sunday, Ju
ly 8, from the Community church
here. Rev. George Muzzey offi
ciated.
Hymns were sung by Mrs.
Richard Johnson, Mrs Ray Ras
mussen and Miss Beverly Dix.
Burial was in the Butte ceme
tery.
Bovd county officials were
pallbearers: Owen Johnson,
Claude Collins. Loris H. Ander
son, R \V Dickerson. Lyman T.
Wills and Ronald Rousch (former
deputy clerk).
Mr. Tomek was found dead j
Thursday noon, July 5, at the:
home of his son. C. R„ at Lincoln ;
where the elder Mr. Tomek and
his wife had been visiting over
the Fourth of July.
William Johnson, Lancaster
county deputy sheriff, said mem
bers of the family told him Mr.
Tomek, who suffered a stroke
about three years ago, was found
inside a bedroom, with a belt
around his neck and thrown over
a doorknob.
Efforts of the Lincoln fire
department’s resuscitator crew
to revive him were futile.
The late Mr. Tomek began
working at the Boyd county
courthouse in 1910. He was dep
uty county treasurer from 1910
until 1918: county treasurer from
1918 until 1926; became county
clerk in 1927 and continued to
hold that position until his
death.
The late Mr. Tomek was born
July 6, 1893, in Knox county, a
son of Vac B. and Jennie A. Bar
tak Tomek. He was educated at
Lynch high school, graduating in
1989.
On February 7, 1915. he mar- i
ried Vera McLaughlin at Butte.
They became the parent* of
one son and one daughter.
He was a member of AF&AM
and lOOF lodges, had been a vil- j
lage clerk at Butte and had been
chairman of the Commercial club..
He was a charter member of
the Community church.
He was preceded in death by j
one brother.
Survivors include: Widow —
Vera: son—C. Robert of Lincoln;
daughter—Mrs. Catherine Mavis
Hammerlun of Norfolk; five
grandchildren; sister—Mrs. He
lene Elm of Butte.
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Among those from O’Neill at
tending the funeral services were
District Judge D. R Mounts,
Julius D. Cronin, Ted McElhan
ey, Ira H. Moss, John R. Galla
gher, James W. Rooney, L. G.
Gillespie and A. Neil Daw'es.
Page News
Mr. and Mrs. Adams and Mrs.
Laura Asher accompanied the lat
ter’s son. Lawrence Asher, from
Hardwick, Minn.. Wednesday,
July 4, to Page where they ali
spent the day at the Kenneth
Asher home for a family picnic.
Mrs. Asher remained here, the
guests of her sisters-in-law, Mrs
Frieda Asher and Mrs. Ethei
Park. The rest returned to Min
nesota that evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sullivan and
Timmy and Beth Ann of Norfolk
were weekend guests of his moth
er, Mrs. Pat Sullivan.
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O’Neill News
Mr and Mrs William Mattern
and children visited Sunday in
Wisner at the home of her broth- J
er-in-,la\v and sister. Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Morin.
Mr and Mrs. George Padmosl
of Lake Andes. S.D., visited their;
son-in-law and daughter. Mr and
Mrs. Don C. Petersen, and fam
ily Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Roy Parker took,
little Judy and Jane Parker
home to their parents, the Har
lan Parkers, in Butte Sunday. The
little girls had visited their i
: rand parents foi .1 week. Little I
Jerry Oettcr, who had spent the |
week with the Hadlan Parkers,;
returned home with his grand-1
parents, the Roy Parkers
Little Miss Elizabeth DeWitt is j
spending two weeks at Colum
bus visiting in the home of Mr.
and Mrs Joe Langan and also at
her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
M. M. Langan
Mr and Mrs Richard Hovey
and Bobby visited Mrs Hovey's
brother-in-law and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Hovey, recent- j
ly.
i .v utuin v- nmiD «*iivi
D. C. Schaffer went to Sioux City
June 30-Julv 1. The former vis
ited Mr and Mrs. H. M McClure,
formerly of O’Neill, and the lat
ter visited her cousin. Miss Ger
trude Gribble.
Mrs. Mary Dusatko went to
Grand Island to spend a week
with her son and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. John Allen.
Sunday, July 1, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Philbrick were
Mr. and Mrs. Ebbv Stout of Rose,
Mrs. Helena Hulat of Norfolk
and Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Phil
briek and family
Mr and Mrs. C. W. Porter
held a picnic supper July 4 Their
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ned
Porter and family of Columbus,
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Porter and
family, Lt. Allen Porter, who is
home' on leave from the air force,
and Mr and Mrs. Harold Lind
berg.
Ewing News
Mr. and Mrs. R. Tomjack took
Mrs. Myrtle Jewell to her home
in Dallas, S.D., Monday evening,
June 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Tuttle, ac
companied by William Ware, all
of Cherokee, Ia„ spent the June
23-24 weekend with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tuttle, and
family and Mr. Ware at the home
of Mrs. Hannah Tuttle. Glen and
his wife left for a two-weeks’
vacation at Denver, Colo., and in
Oregon.
A United Presbyterian youth
conference was held at Milford
during the week of June 18. At
tending from the Ewing United
Presbyterian church were Dr.
and Mrs. W. H. Ross and Miss
Linda Tuttle. Doctor Ross con
ducted the Bible study each day
and Mrs. Koss was a counselor
The United Presbyterian men's
group met on June 25 at the
annex of the church Wilbur
Bennett is president of the or
ganization.
Merle lav spent .1 week's
vacation at the home of tus par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd lav
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MARKET REPORT
“The Old Reliable”
Tuesday, July 10th
AUCTION
CATTLE RECEIPTS: 432
head Badly needed moisture
which generally covered this
area well the past week tend
ed to keep receipts low and
pushed prices of stockers and
feeders up 50 to 75 cents per
hundred weight higher. The
best buyer interest todate to
gether with a few package* of
choice cattle were responsible
for the higher prices. Yearling
steers genrally from $17.00 to
$18.25 with choice kinds eli
gible up to $19.00 cwt., plainer
kinds from $16.00 to $17.06.
only a few yearling heifers
offered with most prices rang
ing from $14 00 to $15.50 cwt;
just good kinds $12.50 to $13.75
cwt.
Butcher cows were plentiful
blit most sales reflected loss
es of 25c cwt. Best beef row
$10 50 to $12 00 Good cow*
$9.50 to $10.25; canners and
low cutters $9 00 to $9.25;
beef bulls were fully steady
with all bulls offered selling
from $13.00 to $14.00 rwt.
NEXT AUCTION TUES
DAY. JULY 17th. Demand for
these catte has improved. It’s
not too early to list your cat
tle now for near future sales.
Phone 5141 where thoy sell
Cattle Exclusively and book
yours.
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