Amelia News
Surprise
Party for
Birthday
By Florence IJndsry
Miss Janette Clemens, daugnter
of Mr. ami Mrs. Milton Clemens
was surprised with a party honor
ing her 16th birthday anniversary
Friday evening at the home of her
parents.
Mr*. Glenn White baked and an
gel fmxi cage and decorated it like
a doll. Janette did not let them cut
the cake at the party, but took it
to show to her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Jungman the next
day. Other refreshments of sand
wiches, cake, ice cream bars, cof
fee and koolaid were served.
Glenn White and Glen Ilallagh
showed films during the evening.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Clemens, Mr. and Mrs. Clif
ford Clemens and family. Mrs
Edgar Jungman, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn White and Venita, H. S.
White, Mr. and Mrs Paul Fisher,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nielsen of
Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Dary Carr
and Debra, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Svatos and David. Mrs. Ltzzie
, I tester, Edward Coolidge, Clayton
I Burge. Mr. and Mrs Clyde Burge.
Robert, Joyce and Bruce, Mrs M.
H. Madsen and Neal, Mr and Mrs.
Anton Svatos, Mr. and Mrs. lztuis
Burgett and Wayne. Mr and Mrs
(jerry Dickerson and Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Ballagh and Barham
Joyce Burge was presented the
door prize.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierce
called on Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Coo
lidge Sunday afternoon. On their
return home Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Leber of Atkinson came to visit
them.
Tommie Doolittles visited at Jim
lii 1st tens Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. liamp Smith and
Ruth and Rosanne Blake were din
; ner guests Sunday at Joe Stoeck
i ers.
Will Dierks visited at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Gene Thomp
son over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Doolittle
land family visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom I toolittle Friday
i evening and watched the fight on
|1V' .
Mrs. Stella Sparks and Mrs. Ger
tie Adair spent Sunday evening at
! Frank Pierces. They had a card
game with Gertie and Frank iteing
the victors.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dickerson
were tendered a farewell party
April 29 at the home of Mrs. Dick
erson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Burge. The following fami
lies were present Darrel Carr, lz>vv
Burgett, IzHvnard Svatos. Art Kai
ser, Paul Fisher, Bud Clemen, and
GU iui White also Clayton Burge.
Mrs. Bessie Burge, Harold, Clay
ton and June of O'Neill were din
ner guests Sunday at Clyde Bur
! getts.
Mr. arid Mrs. Wdiiam Fry rear
and Mr and Mrs. Orland Fryrear
were guests Sunday at a Turkey
dinner at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Gruenberg and girls
near Stuart.
Mr. and Mrs Jerry Dickerson
went to Edmonds, Okla., the early
part of the week. Mr, Dickerson
nao been employed at the Glenn
[ Whites, but was not able to con
tinue his work because of ill health
He was discharged from the ser
vice last fall because of the same
tilment.
Mrs. Rosa Snelson of Atkinson
came Saturday to \ isit her daugh
ter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.
Ijolbert Edwards and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Blake and
Mr. and Mrs Milton Clemens at
tended the 4-H banquet in Atkin
son Monday evening. Both couples
; are club leaders.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Fryrear re
ceived word from her daughter,
Mrs. John i Arlene i Cearns that
I she had returned home Saturday
! from the Scottsbluff hospital.
Mr. and Mrs, Glenn White and
IVenita and Harry White were
i quests Sunday at a fish dinner at
j the S. C. Barnetts. Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Lichty of Brunswick, old
! neighbors of the Barnette, also vis
ited there in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Waldo and
family accompanied by Cathy and
Joyce Doolittle went to U>ng Pine
Sunday to visit the Alvin Alberts
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rees were
Norfolk callers Friday.
Mrs. Tommie Doolittle and Mrs.
Gertie Adair helped Mrs. Eldon
Ballagh wall paper Saturday.
Mrs. Effie Withers and her
daughter, Mrs. Blossom Butler
were in Atkinson Friday where
Mrs. Withers went for a medical
Checkup. She is feeling quite im
proved for her recent illness. They
were supped guests that evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. De
Dance Withers.
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Backhaus
went to Orchard Sunday to visit
Mrs. Backhaus’ brother, Bill Vroo
man and family.
Joe Stoecker received word of
the death of his sister at Ashland.
He atended her funeral there on
Sunday. , ,
Cvnthia Dierking celebrated her
birthday on Tuesday, April 28 with
a party at school in the afternoon.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ilarlan Dierking.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nielsen of
Omaha visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Burge and family
over the weekend.
Mrs. Edgar Peterson drove to
Spencer Monday to consult the
eye doctor.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Durre have
named their baby boy, Mark.
Janies. He was born April 27. Mrs.
Durre is the farmer Patty Carson
and tiiey now have 3 sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Vem Sageser,
Mrs. Link Sageser and Mrs. Lew
Backhaus were in O'Neill Friday
to attend the rural electrification
meeting.
The eighth graders went to
Chambers Friday to take the ex- I
ams, Cathy Doolittle, Roger Wal
do, Robert Burge ami Donnie
Sparks from the Amelia school
and Mention Lierman, Sharon
Watson and Shelia Kaiser from the
school taught by Mrs. Harold Ful
lerton.
Richard Pospichal, Neal Madsen
and Donald Clemens are other 8th
graders from this vicinity.
The Methodist youth fellowship j
members had a ear w ash at Aniel- j
1a Saturday. It was such a windy,
dusty day, they did not work in
the afternoon.
Mrs. Hienie Frahm and family |
spent Thursday with Mrs. Gene ;
Thompson and children.
Mrs. Lindsey and Florence were j
business callers in O'Neill Tues
day. April 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gartner, Sha- j
rol and Charles Dean of South j
Sioux City visited from Wednesday
evening unlit Friday with Mrs.
Gaitner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. |
Art Doolittle. I
Mrs. Ralph Rees and Mrs. Link ;
Sageser went to Atkinson Tuesday
to get the club lesson for the I
Amelia Progressive club. The club
will meet with Mrs. Sageser on ;
Mav 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Briggs and ;
family visited Wednesday evening ;
at the Hienie Frahm home. Mr. |
Briggs was observing his birthday
anniversary and the families were
celebrating the occasion.
Mrs. Frank Pierce and her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Bligh and |
granddaughter, Mrs. Dick Brau, :
I Kith of Omaha went to Grand Is
land Tuesday of last week to at
tend the races.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Robertson of
Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gart
ner and family of South Souix City,
Mr. and Mrs. Art Doolittle and
Mr and Mrs. Bob Adair and fam
ily spent April 29 evening at Edgar
Petersons.
Mr. and Mrs. Cody Medlin of
Hastings have recently adopted a
one year old baby boy. Cody is
well known here and is a grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Doolittle.
Mrs. Margie Sammons spent the
day on Friday with Mrs. Blake
Ott.
Deloit News
By Mrs. Henry Beiiner
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Larson
visited Mrs. Larson's father in the
hospital on Wednesday. He lives
near StantoiV
Don Larson of O'Neill spent
Thursday night at the home of his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Spahn were
in Omaha on Wednesday.
Little Steve and Mike Bartak,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Bar
tak are both hospitalized in Ne
ligh suffering with the flu. Their
mother is staying n Neligh with
them.
Mrs. Bill Gibbs and family were
Norfolk visitors on Friday.
Several from here attended the
wedding in O'Neill at the Catholic
Church on Saturday morning for
Ellen Donohoe of O’Neill and Gro
ver Shaw of Ewing. Grover is the
son of Mrs. Leonard Knapp.
The temperature climbed to 93
degrees on Friday, May -1st. A
number of farmers and ranchers
are sowing grass seed.
Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Tomjack
and two sons of Hastings spent
April 25 -26 at the Ralph Tomjack
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Spahn
called Friday evening at the-L. L.
Bartak home.
Mrs. Mary Stearns spent from
Wednesday until Saturday at the
Homer Stearns home in Norfolk.
She called at the Rudy Bartak
home while in Norfolk. Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Stearns and Mrs.
Mary Steams called at the Sam
my Stearns home on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Horn of
Plainview spent Sunday at the
Henry Keimer home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Hillings and
son of Orchard were Sunday dot
tier guests at the Fred Harpster
home.
Mr and Mrs. Kenneth 1 ee and
and two children of Sioux City, la.,
spent the weekend at the home of
his mother, Anita Lee and Virtus.
Mrs. Sidney Anderson has been
a guest at the Howard Manaon
home in O’Neill for about two
weeks. She has I'em ill with the
flu.
Several from this community at
tended the taint sale at the
Galen Maben farm on Thursday.
The Fred and Glenn Harpster,
Mike Born and Henry Keimer
and families did some work at the
family cemetery last weekend.
We had a light shower of rain
Saturday afternoon and again on
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Larson of
Anchorage, Alaska, write that the
temperature was 60 degrees there
on Sunday, April 26.
O'Neill Locals
Mrs. Clay Johnson jr. and Mrs.
Julia Blackmore, Amelia, attended
the JJth session of Rebekah Dis
trict JO at Ainsworth Monday.
Dr. and Mrs. Merlin Sucha, for
merly of O'Neill ami now living
in Schuyler, were weekend guests
at the D. F. Templemeyer home.
Mrs. Leo Dowd of Schuyler was
here Sunday to attend the St.
Mary's Alumni banquet.
Mrs. Laurence O’Malley, Cham
bers, spent Sunday evening with
Mrs. Edna Coyne.
Lee Crosby, Ottumwa, Iowa,
spent Sunday’ with his sister and
family, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Davis.
Mr anti Mrs. Raymond Stowell
were in Omaha for the weekend
at the home of their daughter
and family. Mr and Mrs. Jim
Schindler and N icky.
Spending the weekend in Colum
bus with their son, Dan DeBacker
and family, were Mr. and Mrs. G.
C. DeBacker.
Mrs Etta Brittell left Sunday for
a week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Manuel Crosser. Tekamah.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Larson,
Clearwater, were guests at the
Harold Mlinar home Saturday.
Arnie Mace sr. of Chambers is
spending a few days this week al
the Arnie Mace jr. home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Lower were
in Platte Center Sunday when
they visited with Mrs. Julia Groe
ger.
Miss Bernadette Hynes returned
to New York Sunday after spend
ing several weeks with her moth
er, Mrs. Leona Hynes, at St. Jo
I
seph s hospital in Sioux City. Mrs.
Hynes is reportedly improving.
>lr. and .Mrs. Robert ttltnn
sunt daughter of Norfolk s|>ent
the weekend with his sister, Mrs.
John Stutfbergen. Mr. unci Mrs.
Frank Wilson, Stuart, were
guest* Sunday.
Steven Svatka, Ralston, brother
in-law of the John Laska's spent
Monday afternoon at their home
enroute to South Dakota.
Mr. and Mrs. Elroy lieb and
family were in Omaha Tuesday
and Wednesday last week where
Mr. lieb attended a parts manag
er's meeting. While in Omaha, the
Liebs visited at the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Boyd, Mr. ami Mrs.
Lvie Lieb and Mr. and Mrs. Lou
White.
Larry Lieb spent the weekend at
the Arden Laursen home
Mr. and Mrs. John Laska were
guests Saturday evening at the Ed
Paulsen home.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mlinar were
Sunday guests at the John Schultz,
ranch.
Mrs. John L. McCarville sr. and
Mrs. John H. McCarv ille and Mary
! Kay plan to go to Norfolk today
i (Thursday)
Guests at the Duane McKay
home Sunday were his sister and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cav
anaugh and son of Atlantc, Iowa.
Rev. and Mrs. Glenn Kenneott
attend a sub-district ministers
meeting at the Page Methodist
ehnreh Monday.
. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Cuba, Geona,
spent Sunday at the Jim Rother
ham home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Eymann re
turned his mother, Mrs. Hattie
Eymann, to her home in Oakdale
Sunday. Mrs. Eymann had been
visiting here for a week,
Mrs. D. J. Erington and children
were in Burwell Sunday visiting
relatives.
Guests Wednesday evening at the
Jim Rotherham home were Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Smith and Mrs. Agnes
Altig. North Platte
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sivesind and1
family were Sunday afternoon;
guests at the Herbert Gydesenj
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Hurley ami
children visited friends in Ravenna
Monday. The Hurley children vis
ited the Ravenna school where!
they were once students.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Froelich
plan to spend this weekend with
their daughter and family. Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Wanser, Holly Springs '
Mrs. Ivod Janousek left Sunday i
for North Platte where she will!
v isit her daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Beckwith.
Mr. nd Mrs. Wilbert Wld
helm amt Susan »l t erdtgre spent |
Tuesday at the Bruce Johnson
home.
Mrs. Marvin Johnson spent the
weekend in Lincoln with her daugh
i ter. Carol.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Pollock. Ne- j
ligh, and Mrs. Anna Pollock, Ew
ing were guests Sunday at the i
Don Kellner home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Krugman were
in Atkinson Sunday where they
called at the Art Hurnpal and Hob
Gaylor homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Flora Knight plan j
to go to Norfolk Thursday to care
for their grandson while his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Knight
take their younger son to Lincoln
for an operation.
Mr ami Mrs. Arnie Mare jr.
were supper guests Sunday evening
at the F. F. Brittell home, Atkin
son,
Mr. and Mrs Keith SchWt igart,
Pallas. S !>.. were here Sunday at
the Billie Marcellus home.
Mr. aixt Mrs, Don Maw w ere
Sunday dinner guests at the Arth
ur Aim home where they ho ped
Mrs. Aim celebrate her birthday.
Mrs. George McCarthy and Mrs.
Francis Gilg are in Omaha this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. MeCarville
sr. were guests Sunday of the P. J.
Kelley family. Albion
Mr and Mrs. M. B. Marcellus
were in Lincoln for the weekend
where they visited her sisfrt and
family, Mr and Mrs Harlan Mc
Coy, and their daughter, Lorna
Marcellus.
Friday guests at the Harold
Mllnar home were Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Mlinar, Atkinson.
Mrs. John Freaking came Friday
from Omaha to spend the week
with her sister, Mrs. John Melvin.
Mrs. Emma Ijiwrence jent
the weekend with her sister, Mrs.
Fannie Ernst.
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