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Volume 77.—Number 3<. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, 1 hursday, January 9, 1938. Seven Centa
Holt’s first-born In the new year , . . Cynthia Marie S.vfle ami
her mother, Mrs. George Syfle, jr. Cynthia was horn at 4:15 a.m.,
Friday, January 8.—The Frontier Photo.
Cynthia Marie Wins
Holt's '58 Baby Derby
Weighing a heathly 7 pounds
7 >4 ounces, Cynthia Marie Syfie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Syfie, jr., of O'Neill, became Holt
county's first-born of 1958.
And Cynthia will receive a host
of gifts in a shower arranged by
The Frontier in cooperation with
leading O'Neill merchants.
She was born at 4:15 a.m., Fri
day, January 3, in Atkinson hos
pital. Luckily she arrived when
she did, because two other bab
ies were lx>rn the same day in
the same hospital.
Dark llair
Contest rules provided the baby
had to be born within the con
fines of the county.
Cynthia, with an abundance of
dark hair and a pony tail, posed
for The Frontier photographer
when she was but a few hours old.
She was interviewed, too, for Sat
urday's "Voice of The Frontier"
tWJAG, 780 kc), giving with lusty
cries when her toes were tweak
ed.
There was speculation a-plenty
the parents had hoped their baby
would be a boy (there are two old
er girls, Judy, 10, and Gwenda,
4), But Cynthia scoffed indignant
ly and announced into the micro
phone she was hale and hearty.
Her eyes are blue.
Many Lift*
The first baby derby winner will
be recipient of these gifts.
McIntosh's Jewerly — 10-karat
gold baby ring, M & M Cafe
Fried chicken dinner tfor the par
ents). Harding Cream — Five
pounds of Harding's butter. Gamb
les Nursery training chair. Ben
Franklin -One dozen Curity dia
pers. McCarv tiles Pair of Red
Goose shoes.
Apparel Shop Fine night gown
(for mother). Dankerts— $25 dis
| count on any major appliance
purchase. Moore-Noble Lumber
jOO pounds of coal tor equivalent
value of other merchandise). O'
Neill Photo Co., One dozen 3x5
photos tmounted). Merri Dr. Pep
per Bottling One case of pop, any
flavor (for the proud pop). Mc
Donald's Imported baby shawl.
Beatrice Ftxxls -One case of Hi
Vita-Min milk. Shelhamer's Jack
& Jill Case of Heniz baby food
New Outlaw Case of Gerber's
baby food. Coast-to-Coast- High
Boy folding clothes rack. Gilli
igan's Rexall Rrug—Electric bot
te warmer and baby hot plM^
Seovie's Western Auto $5 worth
of Morris paint or wallpaper for
nursery. Biglin’s — Deluxe high
chair regular $14.95 value.
And, of course, a one-year gut
subscription to The Frontier.
Her mother is the formed Esth
er Frickel, who was born and
reared north of Atkinson. The
Syfie* live in the Phoenix neigh
borhood.
Roger Bennett New
Conoco Agent Here
Roger Bennett, formerly of
Ewing is the new Conoco agent at
O'Neill succeeding James Storms,
who has returned to his home
town of Winner, S.D.
Storms has been agent here
more than two years.
Bennett worked a number of
years with the Roekey firm at
Ewing, Conoco agent there, and
hasr a wide acquaintanceship in
the county. A .I
Storms will become agent at
Winner. j
Mrs. Block . . . retired.
Mrs. W. H. Block
Burial at Grimton
Resident of Boyd
Past 5 Years
SPENCER Mrs. W. H. Block,
who lived on a farm in the Walnut
locality of Knox county for many
years before retiring five years
ago, died Saturday. January 4. in
Sarced Heart hospital at Lynch.
She had been hospitalized only
a few hours.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 1 pm.. Tuesday, January 7,
at Immanuel Lutheran church In
Spencer with Rev. John Rath,
church pastor, officiating. Burial
was in the Grimton cemetery,
north of Orchard, under direction
of the Jones funeral home of Spen
cer.
Mrs Block and her husband re
tired from the Walnut farm in
1953 and went to Anoka to make
their home with a daughter, Mrs.
Oscar Boettcher.
Survivors include: Widower:
sons August F. of Veridgre; Wil
liam A. Maquokata, la., Her
man of Orchard: Fred C. of Du
buque, la., Berthold F. of Valen
tine; daughters — Mrs. Wayne
(Anna* Bonge of Cheyenne, Wyo.;
Mrs. John (Freda* Lux of Valen
tine, and Mrs. Oscar (Selma*
Boettcher of Anoka, numerous
grandchildren.
Hynes, Minton Appeal
to State Board—
The Nebraska state liquor con
trol commission Tuesday set a
hearing lor Wednesday, January
22. for Jeane Hynes and Lawrence
Minton, on their appeal from the
action of the O'Neill city council
recommending denial of applica
tion for a retail beer license.
Hynes and Minton have sought
to have a downtown license (Ral
ph McElvain* transferred to them
in a west O'Neill location.
EMMET Mrs G. Owen Cole
entertained at a luncheon last
Thursday in honor of her mother,
Mrs Milton Bock, of Burlington.
Ia.
Year-End Bank Totals
DECEMBER 81. 1951
Year-end comparisons of Holt county's six banks are shown in
the table below, listing assets, deposits and loans in that order:
Assets Deposits Loans
O'Neill Nat l. Bank ON. $3,959,244.33 $3,611,822.83 $521,231.37
First Nat l. Bank. ON 3.589.151.73 3.224,651.95 342.225.62
First Nat l. Bank Atk. 3.140.374.62 2.834.342 10 804.576.80
Tri-County Bank. Stuart 1.419.739 19 1.302.730 99 500.138 97
Farmers State Bank, Ewing 1,106,461.52 1,001,686.03 292.185 25
Chambers St. Bank. Cham. 922,475.31 849.0.1 25 207.817 03
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Resident
Succumbs
Mrs. Anna Thoendel
Pioneer in Cache
Creek Community
EWING Funeral services were |
conducted at 9:30 a.m. Saturday,
January 4. at St. Peter's Catholic |
church here for Mrs. Anna Thoen- j
del. 88, a resident of this commu
nity nearly 80 years and a gold
star mother.
She died Wednesday, January j
1, in Antelope Memorial hospital I
at Neligh after being hospitalized
almost three weeks. She had
been in failing health nearly two
years.
Rev. Peter Burke, church pas
tor, officiated at the requiem
high mass. Burial was in
St. Peter’s cemetery. Pallbearers
were grandsons Clarence Gab
lenz, Carroll Donaghue, Joe John
Thoendel. Jerome Thoendel, Ron
ald Thoendel and Frankie Thoen
del. In charge of flowers were
Mrs. Dave Burk and Mrs. Frank
Hawk.
Atar boys were Dwaine Boll
witt, LeRoy Bollwitt, Dan Rother
ham, Eddie Rotherham and Jer
ry Bauer.
Horn in Germany
Anna Cracker, oldest daughter
of Carl and Victoria Cracker, was
born January 30, 1870, in Ger
■y-W'w:
Mrs. Thoendel . . . mother of
13 children.
many. She came to this country
at the age of seven with her par
ents and two younger sisters,
making their home for about two
years at Columbus.
The family then moved onto a
homestead along Cache creek,
southwest of Ewing, where she
continued to make her home un
til her fatal illness.
She was married to Joseph
Thoendel October 27. 1891. They
became the parents of 13 chil
dren. The Thoendels celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
in 1946.
For several years she also
maintained a home in Ewing
while her children were attending
high school.
Active in Church
Mrs. Thoendel was an active
member of the Christian Mothers
society and she belonged to
Saunders unit of the American Le
gion auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Joseph, who died
January 28, 1946; by one son,
2/Lt. Victor Thoendel, a B-17 fly
ing officer with the Eighth air
force in England (missing in ac-I
tion two years and officially de
clared dead in August, 1945); by
three children, who died in in
fancy and by one sister, Mrs.
Bertha Bauer.
Survivors include; Sons — Jo
seph and Albert, both of Ewing;
Frank of Chadron; daughters—
Mrs. Rose Gablenz, Miss Jo Han
nah Thoendel and Mrs. Alfred
(Theresa* Koch, all of Columbus;
MrS. James (Edith) Donaghue of
Fremont; Mrs. Anna Klein and
Mrs. Wesley (Helen* Larson, both
of Ewing; sister- Mrs. Roe Wei-;
bel of Ewing; 17 grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
Among those attending the fun
neral were relatives and friends
from Columbus, Omaha, Peters-1
burg, Elgin, Hoskins, Chadron,
Clearwater and Neligh.
Held Files Motion
for New Trial
A motion for a new trail was
filed this week by William ("Bill'')
Held, who last week saw his 5<V
thousand-dollar damage suit a
gainst a neighbor, Herman Cook,
dismissed in Holt county district
court.
District Judge Lyle Jackson of
Neligh dismissed the case, while
being heard by a jury, when he
ruled no malice had been shown
by Cook when he (Cook* had Held
arrested in December, 1956, fol
lowing an allegel incident in a pas
ture.
The judge said the plaintiff
who alleged damage to credit
and reputation by virtue of Cook’s
complaint, failed to prove “lack
of probable cause”.
TV Towers
Com<y Up;
One Topples
The camera snapped this picture of television tower number two about to go up. Tower number
three tell Wednesday afternoon, cutting a gash in the head of the engineer, Kenneth Werner (hidden
at left). Robert Scott is shown securing a hook.— file Kroner Photo.
former Resident
of Inman Dies
To Holt County in
1897
INMAN -Funeral services for
Estolla Mu.' Goree Johnson were
conducted Tuesday, December 31.
Rites were held at Fremont
with Revf. Max O. McCamley of
ficiating, and at the Methodist
church at 2:30 p.m., here with Rev.
Lisle Mewmaw, church pastor,
officiating. Burial was in the In
man cemetery under direction of
Biglins.
Music was furnished by Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Tompkins ac
companied by Mrs. L. F. Kopecy
at the piano.
Estiella Mae Fraka, daughter
of Henry and Liza Fraka, was
boxn at Hooper May 12, 1879, and
died at a Fremont hospital, Sat
urday, December 28.
As a young woman she moved
with her parents, in a covered
wagon, to Cedar Rapids. In
about 1897 they came to Inman.
She was married to Charles D.
Goree November 29, 1900. Eight
children were horn to this union.
Mr. Goree died in 1924.
After the death of Mr. Goree,
she moved to Fremont where she
made her home for many years.
She married William Johnson of
Herman in 1945 and in 1949 they
moved to Missouri.
In October 1957 she came to
Nebraska to visit her children
and while here became ill. She
was hospitalized at Fremont al
most continously thereafter.
Pallbearers were six of her
grandsons, Warren Sherwood,
Duane Lincoln, Duane Summers,
Donald Summers, Gordon Goree
and Donald Goree.
Survivors include: Widower—
William Johnson of Buffalo, Mo.;
daughters Mrs. Della Runnels of
Compton, Calif., Mrs. Ethel Sum
mers of Page, Mrs. Blanche
Smock of Columbus; sons—D.
Henry Goree of Thorton, Wash.;
Charles W. Goree of Fremont;
Roy E. Goree of Buffalo, Mo.;
Ilotiert M. Goree of Fremont; two
stepsons Alfred Johnson of Oma
ha, and Elmer Johnson of Flem
ington, Mo.; 31 grandchildren and
28 great-grandchildren.
One daughter, Lena, preceded
her in death.
Mrs. D. W. Gemmill
Expires in Wyoming
EWING—Funeral services for
Mrs. D. W. Gemmill, 84, of Lan
der, Wyo., formerly of Ewing,
were held at 2 p. m., Saturday,
January 4, at the Methodist
church here.
Word of her death was receiv
ed by friends in Ewing, Tuesday,
December 31. Mrs. Gemmill suf
fered a broken hip in a fall Sat
urday, December 21.
She made her home with her
daughter, and son-in-law, Mr
and Mrs. Rex Minshali, at Lander
but Ewing was her home for
many years. While active and in
good health, she participated in
the work of the Methodist church
of which she was a member, and
in affairs of the community.
Mrs. Gemmill was preceded in
death by her husband and an in
fant son.
Survivors include: Daughter
Mrs Rex Minshali; son—Fay:
grandson David Minshali, all of
Lander.
Amelia Pair
Entering Service—
AMELIA Hale Kennedy and
Dale Doolittle will leave Tuesday.
January 14, to be inducted in the
armed services. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Peterson, jr.. gave a fare
well party in their honor Sunday
evening, December 29. Both boys
had heen formerly employed on
the Peterson ranch.
Channel 13 Might
Go Into Operation
Friday Evening
Despite a mishap Wednesday
afternoon in which one of four
television antennae towers crash
ed to the ground while being erect
ed, half of O'Neill's new commit
! nity television apparatus is expect
ed to be in operation by Friday
night.
Kenneth Werner of Chambers,
project engineer, said he is hope
id 1 of having KTIV’s signal ampli
fied and hi ing rebroadcast local
ly on channel 13. KTIV (Sioux
Ctyi is (he channel 4 station.
The other half of the tvvin-pick
up-booster relay apparatus was
' d maged in Wednesday's acci
dent. When repairs are complet
ed. it will pick up KOLN-TV (Lin
coln), channel 10. and rebroad
east the programs local y on
channel 2.
Two towers were erected Tues
day without a hitch. But when the
third was being elevated the next
day by Cecil Thornton's crew,
the 95-ft tower broke loose from
the boom and fell, striking Mr.
Werner on the forehead. Several
stitches were needed to close the
wound. Werner returned to the
seem after treatment and Wed
nesday night was directing work
at a blacksmith shop where por
tions of the damaged tower are
being mended.
Werner said if new segments
are needed they will be added in
a few days, but ho is confident
half of the system (KTIV’s por
tion) will be in operation in a mat
ter of hours.
Needing replacement are por
j lions o fthe KOLN receiving and
Ixxjster antennaes.
Wins Dakota County
Baby Hoonrs—
Dixie Lynn Weyhrich, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Holland Weyh
rich of Sioux City and grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Weyhrich of O'Neill was the first
baby born in Dakota county in
1958.
Little Dixie was born Friday,
January 3, and weighed 6 pounds
84 ounces.
O’Neill High toils
doing to Atkinson—
O’Neill high girls will journey to
Atkinson Friday for a volleyball
game.
Final semester ends Friday,
January 17. Final test will be giv
en Thursday and Friday, January
16-17.
This is the community TV
tower number two going Into
position.—The Frontier Photo.
Mrs. Anna Pecena s
Illness Is Fatal
Funeral Held Monday
at Spencer
SPENCER Funeral services
for Mrs. Anna Pecena, 63, were
held Monday afternoon, January
6, at the Methodist church. She
'led Friday, January 2, in Sa
cred Heart hospital at Lynch af
ter a month’s illness.
Rev. Harold
Jensen officiated.
Hurial was in
WHFA cemetery
here under the
direction of the
Jones f u n e r a 1
home.
Hymns were
sung by a quar
tet, Mrs. Arthur
Peters, Mrs Har
old Haun, P. O.
Erie drich, and
Ivan Hiatt a c -
comp a n i e d by
Mrs. Friedrich.
Anna S e d 1 a
cek, daughter of
M r . and Mrs.
Fran k Sedlacek,
was horn Octo
ber 26, 1894, at
Spencer.
She was married to Anton Pe
cena June 3, 1915, and they had
one son, Charles. Mr. Pecena was
a blacksmith in Spencer, and
died in 1917. Mrs. Pecena then re
turned to the home of her par
ents where she lived until 1927,
when she obtained employment
in Spencer.
For a few years she was em
ployed at Burke, S. D., Lynch
and Butte, and since then has
lived here with her son and his
family.
Mrs. Pecena is survived by
one son, Charles, of Spencer; two
grandchildren; sisters — Mrs. Jo
seph Machu, Mrs. Earl Conklin
and Mrs. Joseph Nemec, all of
Spencer; and Mr.s. Frank Fisher
of Lynch; brother—Charles Sed
lacek.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, one grandchild, two
sisters and one brother.
Ernie Weller Sells
Livestock Market
ATKINSON Ernie C. Weller,
owner-operator of the Atkinson
Livestock Market for the past 25
years, Tuesday announced he had
sold the firm to Roy Aten and
Associates.
Aten is a Brown county racnher
and for the past year has been
operating the Ainsworth Livestock
Market.
Mr. Weller will continue as one
of the auctioneers for the next
year and will look after extensive
ranching and farming interests in
the Atkinson vicinity.
The change of ownership be
comes effective February 1.
In making the announcement at
Tuesday’s sale, Mr. Weller did
not identify Mr. Aten’s associates.
In September Mr. Weller and
his wife were honored for having
owned and operated the success
ful mart for a quarter of a century.
The market has become known as
north-Nebraska’s foremost mar
ket.
McOONNELL HURT
Larry Gene McConnell was hurt
and hospitalized briefly after his
car struck a bridge on U.S. high
way 281 a half-mile south of O’
Neill The accident occurred at
1 a.m., Thursday while McCon
nell was southbound, headed for
home. The front end of the machine
was smashed. He was alone.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Shellhase
and family of Atkinson spent new
year’s day at the home of Keith’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Shell
hase.
66-Degree Spread
in Week s Weather
Holt countyans enjoyed a
spread of 66 degrees in the
weatherman's bill-of-fare dur
ing the past eight days.
tin new year's morning the
official reading was three de
grees below zero. Yesterday
afternoon the mercury climin'd
to Miami-like 63 degrees.
Weather has been excellent
for early January, and a touch
of green can be seen in some
of the fields and pastures.
Week’s summary:
hi lo i
January 1 . 30 -3
January 2 21 3
January 3 24 1
January 4 34 3
January 5 48 15
January 6 43 18
January 7 30 0 j
January 8 63 20
Mrs. Schollmeyer, 83,
III One Month, Dies
Native of Ukraine;
to U. S. at 18
Mrs. Catherine Schollmeyer, 83,
who was Imrn in Russia of Ger
man parentage and came to the
United States alone at the age of
IS, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan
uary 3, at St. Anthony’s hospital
where she had l>een a patient
about a month.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 9:30 a.m. Monday, January
6, at St. Peter’s Catholic church
at Ewing with Rev. Peter F. j
Burke, church pastor, officiating
Burial was in St. Peter’s ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Charles Rich
ter, Andy Clark, Lyle MoKim, j
Ignatius Heimeusser, Charles
Schollmeyer and Nick Bohn, all
of O’Neill.
Rosary was recited Sunday
evening at Biglin’s chapel.
Her maiden name was Cath
erine Zentner. She was boro
March 10, 1874 in a German set
tlement in Russia's Ukraine dis
trict.
Delay at Sea
During the Atlantic crossing
with a shipload of immigrants,
the vessel lost its propel lor and
floundered al sea for two weeks
before help came. Passengers
stowed in the steerage had
brought along their own food and
rations ran short. The voyage re
quired more than a month.
She went to Hanover, Kans.,
with a group of other Russian
born immigrants. In 1901 at
Hanover she married Dominick
Bohn. They moved to Knox
county where they leased school
land for a time and adopted a
daughter, Marie, A few years lat
er they moved to Ewing where
Mr. Bohn died in May, 1934.
Nick Bohn of O'Neill made his
home with the Bohns at Ewing
after he was in his teens. He
was a nephew of Dominick Bohn.
On October 28, 1945 at Lynch
she married Joseph Schollmeyer,
a widower who for many years
had been a Holt county supervis
or. The couple made their home
in O'Neill.
■ ■ . . f A 1-1 A
Mrs. Schollmeyer and her hus
band figured in an auto accident
at Danceland comer in 1949 and
Mrs. Schollmeyer was seriously
hurt.
Mr. Schollmeyer died June 26,
1954.
The late Mrs. Schollmeyer was
a member of St. Patrick's Catho
lic church here.
Survivors include: Daughter —
Mrs. Howard (Marie) Tucker of'
Central City, who was ill and un
able to attend the funeral; sister)
Mrs. Margaret Usselman of
Yankton, S. D.; several nephews
j and nieces, including Mrs. Clara
Schafer of O'Neill, a great-niece.
Among relatives from a dis
I tance attending the funeral were
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Greep of
Hays, Kans., and Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Beaumont of Clifton,
Tex. Mrs. Greep is a neice of the
deceased; Mr. Beaumont, a nep
j hew.
Eli McConnell Files
for Holt Supervisor
Eli McConell of Atkinson has
filed for Holt county supervisor
I in the Seventh district. He will be
a candidate in the 1958 republican
j primaries.
The Seventh district post is
held by Alex Frickel of Atkinson.
I a republican. Frickel was orgin
ally appointed to the board to suc
ceed the late Edward J. Matou
sek, GOP, who was forced to re
sign becase of ill health.
County Clerk Kenneth Waring
said McConnell’s filing is the first
for a county office. Only other fil
I ing made here thus far was that
of Frank Nelson, seeking reelec
i tion as state senator in the 28th
. legislative district (Holt, Boyd,
' Rock and Keya Paha counties).
! Nelson’s filing was made a month
: ago.
Gov Victor Anderson recently
polled state legislators with re
ference to a special session to
study teh tax structure. Senator
Nelson’s vote was “no”. Eleven
senators favored a special ses
sion; 29 were opposed.
Return from Meet—
Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom
jack and wife returned Wednes
day from a three-day meeting of
i the Nebraska Peace Officers as
I sociation held at North Platte.
Minister
Dies At
‘Y’ Pool
Kirschman, 34, May
Have B r o k en His
Neck at Milwaukee
1* uneral services for Rev. Kgon
Kirschman, :t4, former pastor of
the Assembly of God church at
O'Neill, will Ik* conducted at
2:30 p.m„ (MST) Friday. Jan
uary 10, at Scottshluff at the As
semhlj of God church there.
The body will lie in state at the
Benson funeral home in Scotts
bluff until the funeral hour.
Set vices were also conducted af
Milwaukee at 2 pm., Wednesday,
January 8.
Reverend Kirschman died Mon
day. January 6, in the Central
YMCA swimming pool at Milwau
kee', Wise, He hud moved from
O'Neill to Milwaukee in July. He
Reverend Kirsclunnn, SI.
father of three . . . signed up
for membership, plunged to Ida
death.—The Frontier Photo.
had joined the YMCA Monday.
He and Kev. Harvey L. Flaherty,
40, pastor of (he Milwaukee Gos
pel Tabernacle, went swimming.
Rev. Kirschman went into the
pool. His body was found floating
on the water. A rescue squad ad
ministered first aid and artificial
respiration for 45 minutes but to
no vail. It is theorized his neck
might have been broken in his
jump or dive.
Joseph Lamonte of Milwaukee,,
deputy county medical examiner,
said the young minister's body
was seen floating in the water
shortly after he jumped in to the
deep end of the pool.
Reverend Kirschman was a
swimmer and a diver. He was a
native of Elgin, N D.
He was pastor of the Bethal
tabernacle in Milwaukee at the
time of his death. Prior to coming
to O'Neill in the summer of 1955,
he served churches in Wood Lake
and Aurora.
11c was ordained in 1951 in the
Nebraska district of the Assembly
of God.
Survivors include: Willow Bet
ty; son Gary, 13; daughters—
Lynette, 8, and Vonita, 7; par—
ents Mr. and Mrs. Ixiuis Kirsch
man of Scottsbluff.
Several carloads of parishoners
from the O’Neill Assembly of God
church will bo going to Scotts
bluff for the funeral.
Jesse T. Harris
Discovered Dead
SPENCER Jessie T. Harris,
71, was found dead at his home on
new year’s eve.
Relatives and neighbors theor
ized Mr. Harris died sometime
Sunday, December 29.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Saturday, January
4, at the Methodist church in Spen
cer, Rev. Harold Jensen officiated.
Burial was in the Union cemetery
at Spencer under the direction of
the Jones funeral home.
Pallbearers were Frank Kiasna.
Roy Forbes, George Prokop Wil
liam Braithwait, Don Barr ami
Carl Nelson.
Jesse Thomas Harris was born
January 6, 1886, at Union Grove,
la., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Harris. He was married to Mary
Luolla lluckins at Bartlett March
5, 1906. They became the parents o 1
eight children.
Mr. Harris’s wife died in 19511
and one son, Thomas, was killed
during World War H.
Survivors include: daughters
Mrs. Nick Kerens of Spencer;.
Mrs. Ray Haney of Butte; Mrs,
John Stroh of Monowi and Mrs.
James Musselwhite of Tenaha.
Tex.; sons Howard of Spencer;
Joseph of Mills and Carl of Wor
land. Wyo.; 16 grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren; brother
David of South Sioux City; sis
ter Mrs. Belle Rockwood of Eur
eka, Calif.
Brownies Make Kites—
Brownie trrop 1 met Wednesday
at Patsy Davidson’s house. Va
Reane Gray was hostess. Joyce
Janzing will be the next hostess.
They made kites.—By Marlene
McManus.