Atkinson Feature
Local Iris Authority Is Active
ln4Judging and Directing Others
By .Mrs. Merrill Anderson
Mrs Frank Skrdia, president of
the civic improvement garden club
of Atkinson, is well known in gard
en club circles.
Mrs. Skrdla, a native of this
city, is a lover of nature and after
becoming interested in flower
club work, she succeded in organ
izing the local iris society in the
early forties and served two years
as president.
She was appointed and served
four years us director of district
six, which included a nine county
area. Under her supervision, clubs
have lieen organized. During this
time, through the cooperation of
the civic improvement garden club
and district clubs, Mrs. Skrdla a
rranged for a federated flower
workshop training school in Atk
inson. This provided a course of
classes to members interested in
becoming judges for flower shows.
Mrs. Skrdla along with three
other students graduated. In con
nection with this training, all affil
iated clubs throughout the district
met with one club serving as host
ess each month.
The purpose of the project was to
study flower arrangements with the
student-judge trainees acting as
judges.
Mrs. Skrdla is a member of the
state judges council, a judge of the
Nebraska Federation of Garden
Clubs and official judge and area
chairman of the iris society.
She was invited to be judge of
the horticultural division at the
flower show held in 1957 at Fort
Worth, Texas. This show was at
If Mr*. Frank Hkrdla Isn’t caring for her flowers or judging
others’ efforts, she’s reading about them. She has become a local
authority on the judging of flowers.
tended by 80 garden clubs in the
state. Each state was invited to
send entries and delegate two
judges Mrs. Skrdla has helped
judge 38 flower shows.
She attended the international
iris convention in Los Angeles in
1956 and plans to attend kgain this
year at Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Skrdla served as state bird
chairman of the Federated Garden
club and provided informative dis
cussions at numerous 4-H club
meetings. ,v< .v
The Skrdlas operate a ranch in
the Phoenix community. It is there
that a riot of colors greet visitors
when the iris hurst into bloom.
The home in Atkinson, which the
Skrdlas purchased recently, is be
ginning to reflect the efforts of
Mrs. Skrdlas "green thumb".
She has long been an active me
mber in the Wesleyan Methodist
church and finds great pleasure in
working hand in hand with the
"Master Gardener”,
The Civic Improvement club has
been influential in land scaping
the grounds at the local hospital.
Ewing News
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Crowded Out I.ast Week
By Mrs. 11. R. Harris
The Facts and Fun home exten
sion club met Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Will
Conner. Eleven members answer
ed to roll call. Guests were Mrs.
Roland Horde, Mrs. L. A. Hobbs,
Mrs. Bertha McDonald and Mrs.
Eva Kaczor.
Mrs. J. L. Pruden, president con
ducted the business session. A
general discussion was held per
taining to future lessons and de
I monstrators. It was agreeu that
club funds be used for materials
used by demostrators at club meet
ings.
Mrs. Ella Zeims gave a report
on the one day recreation train
ing school, at Ainsworth. Febru
ary 25, this included a skit, a joke
and "Let’s Make a Hat’’.
Mrs. Pruden gave an interest
ing account of her week spent at
Nysted while attending a recrea
tion training school. A lesson in
cake decorating was presented by
Mrs. Pruden.
The hostess served a delicious
lunch.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hobbs ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Mick
Hobbs and Mr. and Mrs. Dorrenee
Hobbs attended the ice capades in
Omaha on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Hobbs
and son. Timothy Dewayne of Mil
ford were weekend guests of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hobbs.
They also attended services at the
Lutheran Church in Clearwater to
have thefr son baptized.
Mrs. Rose Harding was an over
night guest Saturday at the home
of her daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Hobbs.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sturbaum
spent Sunday visiting at the John
Bollwitt home.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pollock drove
to Atkinson on Sunday to call on
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Billings are
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spending the week at the farm
home of her sister am! husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lucas while
they made a trip to Denver, Colo.
Mi. and Mrs Dwight Jefferies of
Cozad called here due to the death
of his father, Everett Jefferies,
were guests at the home of his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
George Jefferies while in Ewing.
The senior class of the Ewing
high school went to O'Neill on
Thursday to attend career day.
They were accompanied by Supt.
G. D. Ryan. Representatives from
several colleges were present, gi
ving information in courses.
Students from Ewing were Lor
raine Bart os, Gloria Schroeder,
Karen Tuttle, Carolyn Tams, Shar
on Kropp, Waunetta Wragge, Ja
net Noffke, Sherry Tuttle, Roberta
McDaniels, Jerry Hahlbeck, Lyle
Larson, Ron Thoendel, Richard
Woslager, Donald Wright, Larry
Rotherham, Donald Hawk, and
Duane Saltz.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Boies of Plain
i view visited his mother, Mrs. Maud
Boies and other relatives in Ew
ing on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bishop of
Plainview were Sunday guests at
the home of her sister and hus
band. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Munn
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Munn en
| tertained their pitch club Thurs
day evening. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Bergstrom, Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Tuttle and Mrs. Rose
| Bauer. Winners of high score were
Mr. Bergstrom and Mrs. Richard
! Edwards and low went to R. H.
Shain and Mrs. Archie Tuttle
Lunch was served by the hosts.
Coach and Mrs. Thomas Hutton
and family drove to Chambers on
Sunday to visit her aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Platt.
Pvt. Bob Tuttle who has been
I Ivimo nn 1 \loft ,ni iv to rp
turn to California. He is the son of
Roy Tuttle.
Mrs. Vernon Cronin and two sons
of Pierre, S.D., wore weekend
guests of her mother, Mrs. Pauline
Noffke. They also attended the
wedding of her niece, Maxine Nof
fke and Eugene Koenig at St. Pe
ters Church on Saturday.
Cpl. Jack Sisson of Gimp Pen
dleton, Calif., who arrived home a
few' days ago, has received his se
paration from the marines. He
was accompanied by two buddies,
Clyde Smith, of Comerstown, O.,
and Garry Sinerson of Saginaw,
Mich. The three boys left Wednes
day for the East. Jack hopes to
find employment for the summer
here.
Pvt. Gene Sisson of the U.S. Ar
my is now stationed in Germany,
near Frankfort.
Installment of new members of
the Christian Mothers, of St. Pe
ter's Church will be held May 3rd,
in charge of the Rev. P. F. Burke.
A reception and tea wall follow in
honor of the new members. Plans
were made for this event at the
regular meeting held Tuesday ev
ening at St. Dominic's Hall.
Mrs. Lyle Mitteis president was
presiding official.
Plans were also made for the
Holt County Ath letic ban
quet which will l>e held April 21
at St. Dominic’s Hall.
Card games were played during
the period of recreation. Winners
of the score in pitch were Mrs.
James Rotherham, high, Mrs. War
ren Cronk, low; in pinochle Mrs.
Rose Bauer received high and Mrs.
Ralph Munn low.
Refreshments hostesses were,
Mesdames Allan Pollock, Joe Kac
zor, Max Wanser, and Wayne Pol
lock.
Everett Ruby has been called
for jury duty the U S. federal
court in Omaha and will report on
Monday morning.
Mrs. Iola Hill of Beatrice, Kans.,
Mrs Michael Hayes of Vermillion,
Kans., and Mrs. Boyd Dochow of
Concordia, Kans. are guests at the
home of their mother, Mrs. Frank
Wilson, having been called due to
the death of their stepfather, Mr.
Wilson. „ , ..
Mr. rnd Mrs. Theodore Schueth
returned home to Ewing after
spending the winter month's at
Humphrey with their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Schueth.
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OBITUARY
EVERETT JEFFERIES
Funeral services were held for
Everett Jefferies, Tuesday after
noon at the Church of Christ in
Clearwater with Dr. Wm. H. Ross,
pastor of the United Presbyterian
Church at Ewing oficiating. Bunal
was made in Clearwater Cemetery.
Mrs. Clyde Paine, pianist, ac
companied the singers, Lyle Smith
of Neligh and Mrs. Lyle Rice of
Clearwater._
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director of the company's test ki
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2 envelopes (2 tablespoons) un
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V4 cup skim milk
2 cuds skim milk, scalded
2 cups cottage cheese
Vi cup crumbled blue cheese
Vi cup mayonaise
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon grated onion
1-8 teaspoon paprika
3-4 cup sliced stuffed olives
Soften gelatin in one-half cup
skim milk. Dissolve in two cups
scalded skim milk. Chill until
slightly thickened. Beat until fro
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gredients except stuffed olives;
beat into gelatin mixture. Fold
in stuffed olives. Spoon into in
dividual molds. Chill until firm.
Unmold on crisp salad greens. Gar
nish with stuffed olives.
1'FV Hubert W. Ramold (left) of Atkinson, and Donald >1. Patter
son of Osage, Wyo., departed from Fort Sill, Okla., April 1 for
Germany with the ttttli Artillery Group under the Army's modern
ization program. The group equipped with the Army’s mighty Red
stone surface-to-surface missile and is being assigned to Germany to
provide additional tactical missile fire support for the NATO shield
forces. Ramold and Patterson study a world globe at Fort Sill, trac
ing the route their unit will follow- while enroute to Germany.
Mrs. Lorraine Wright and Mrs.'
Fred Maben of Clearwater were in
I charge of the flowers.
Pallbearers were Verne Finley
of Ewing, Fred Maben, Harold Van
VIeck, Elmer Maulding, Loren Jef
j feries, Lawrence Gosha all of
Clearwater.
Sherman Everett Jefferies, son ol
I John and Ella Jefferies, was horn j
j November 23, 1890 at Clearwater j
I and departed this life April 5, at j
his home in Ewing, at the age of j
68 years, 4 months, 13 days. He j
was united in marriage to Iva Mor- j
ris of Elgin June 17, 1917. To this i
union, one son, Dwight was bom.
Most of his life was spent in the
Clearwater community except for
the last ten years when he had
been employed on a ranch in Wyo
ming during the summer months,
returning to his home in Ewing
for the winter months.
He is survived by his son, Dwi
ght and three grand-children of Co
zad and one brother. George of
Ewing.
He was preceded in death by his
wife in 1945 and also one sister.
Relatives and friends attended
the funeral from Sioux City, Iowa
and Norfolk, Neligh, Elgin, O’
Neill and Ewing.
FRANK WII-SON
Funeral services were held
April 8 at the United Presbyterian
church in Ewing for Frank Wil
son, a long time resident of the
community, who died Monday at
St. Anthony’s Hospital, O'Neill,
where he had been a patient sev
eral weeks. Dr. Wm. H. Ross, pas
tor officiated assisted by Jim Caton
of Norfolk. Burial was In the Ew
ing Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilbur Spangler, played an
organ prelude and also accompan
ied Mr. and Mrs. Eben Grafft as
they sang "Rock of Ages’’, “What
A Friend We Have In Jesus" and
“Shall We Gather At the River”.
In charge of the flowers were:
Mrs. George Montgomery and Mrs
Lionel Gunter.
Pallbearers were, Lionel Gunter,
Z. H. Fry, Frank Noffke, Ralph
Clyde, Ernest Norwood all of Ew
ing and Durward Loughrey of Nor
folk.
William Franklin Wilson was
bom January 2, 1883, near Beards
town, 111. At the age of ten months
he moved with his parents, to Ris
ing City. He was married to Or
ra Roberts and moved to Cherry
County, later he moved to a farm
near Mountainview, Mo., where
he farmed for several years. He
later moved to Ewing, where Mrs.
Viison passed away in the spring
of 1928.
On March 28, 1934, ho was uni
ted in marriage to Daisy Hattie
Spicher of California, Mo., They
have made Ewing their home dur
ing all their wedded life.
On January 2, 1959, he was bap
tized and became a member of the
United Presbyterian church of
Ewing.
He leaves to mourn his passing:
his wife, Daisy; three sisters,
Mrs. Rose Zollers of Kearney, Mrs J
Tillie Harris of Stromberg and!
Mrs. Addie Hartford, of Bonesteel. 1
S. D., A brother, James of Hones
teel, S D.; five step-daughters.
Mrs. Frank Taylor of Prosser, 1
Wash., Mrs. Boyd Doehow, of Con-*
cordia. Kans., Mrs. Sena Richard, ,
of Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Iola Hill of |
of Vermillion, Kans.; nieces and!
nephows and more distant rela- I
fives and a host of friends.
Relatives attending the funeral :
from a distance were: Mr. and i
Mrs. Boyd Doehow. of Concordia !
Kans., Mrs. Iola Hill of Beatrice.
Mrs. Michael Hayes and daughter
Mary of Vermillion. Kans , Mr. and !
Mrs. Otto Hartford, of Bonesteel
S.D,, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Coil (
and Phyllis Coil, James, 'Cindy
Lou and Randy of Lincoln, Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Hartford of Mit
chell, S.D. and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Bister, of Marquette.
Dinner at twelve o'clock and
lunch after the funeral services
were served at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Norwood to mem
bers of the Wilson family and near
friends. They were assisted by se
veral friends and members of the
United Presbyterian Church.
MARY REYNOLDS
Mrs. Mary Reynolds of Walla
Walla, Wash., died March 27. Fun
eral services were held on Monday
from the Dewitt Funeral Home
jfficiating.
chapel with Rev. Harry R. Baird
Mary Shobe came to the Ewing
community in 1882 at the age of
four years and grew to womanhood
nere. She married Elmer K. Rey
nolds on February 23, 1895 at O’
Neill. Mr. Reynolds died in 1944.
Survivors include two sons and
hree daughters, two brothers, Er
nest of Norfolk and Edwin of Ew
ng and three sisters. Mrs. Maude
Boies of Ewing, Mrs. Bertha Gom
nert of Banks, Ore., and Mrs. Ed
th Black of Seattle, Wash., former
y of Ewing. Also 15 grandchildren
md 27 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Reynolds has lived in Wa
sh ington for the past 64 years.
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Guests at the Dick Tomlinson
homo Friday wore Mr. and Mrs.
i Roy Seery and Janet. Goring, and
Mr. and Mrs. Butch Dvorak, Atkin*
I son.
Attending the golden wedding an
niversary of their aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Ellery Vader in Man
kato Sunday were Mrs. Dick Tom
linson and Jerry Dexter and Mrs.
Daix)Id Couch and son, W oonsocket,
South Dakota. Also in Mankato
for the celebration from this area
were Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Roth
child and Vernon, Atkinson and Mr.
and Mrs. Laurence Dexter Mid son.
Burwell.
Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Van Voor
his were in Scottshluff Sunday
for the wedding of their niece,
Miss Sall> Sue West ami Marion
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe OUencttcK ir .>
.Elgin, spent Sunday at the tide. Ol
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Mr. and Mrs. C. \V. Porter were
guests at the home of their son in
j Columbus Thursday and Friday,
i Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ressel, Er
nest Harris and Mrs. Hamilton,
; Fremont were called to Neosho,
Mo, Saturday, March 28 because
of the illness of their mother. They
returned Wednesday.
Mickey and Janice Heiss, Page,
spent the weekend with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Waring.
At the l/)uis Wray home Satur- j
day were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith l
and family, Ogden, Utah, and M.
Sgt and Mrs. Herald Smith and |
family enroute from Fort Worth, !
Texas, to their new station at Ra
pui City, South Dakota.
Mr. and Mi's. Willard Solfermo
ser were among Uie guests Satur
day at the wedding of his sister,
Donna Lee Solfermoser and Will
iam Clinton, in Lincoln. The Sutler
mosers spent Sunday in West Point
with his fattier, William Solfermo
ser.
Mrs Martina Dishnei left Sun
day for Phoenix, Arizona, where
she will visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Frances Tighe
were in Tilden Sunday at the home
of her mother Mrs Donald Oxford
to visit with a sister who is here
from Missouri
Mrs Rosa Bdwers sp«nt several
days last week at tlie home of hei
daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs
Marion Wouinock, Midway thirsts
at the Woidneck home Easter
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iuul Mrs. Paul Woidneck, Midway
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith,
Caldwell, Idaho. and Mr. find Mis
dark Somtort, Qmaha, wetc Fri
day guests at thoH'niy Cole home
Betty Fetmw, student at Wayne
State Teachers College, spent the
weekend here at her parent’s
home.
Margaret McElvain, student
nurse at St. Elizabeth Hospital,
Lincoln, and a friend, Sonja Wil
bur, also a student nurse, sjm iiI the
weekend at the Ralph McElvain
home.
Mrs. Robert Waters ami Jenifer
returned Sunday front a trip to
San Antonio and other port* of
Texas where they visited with
friends and relatives.
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