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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1959)
Dorsey News By Mrv Hamid Osborn Schools in this community have all closed Some teachers are ma king preparations to go to sum mer school, others are going to work, while still others are taking the venturous matrimonial step. The baccalaureate serv ices lor the Lynch graduating class was held Sunday. May 17 Several from tins community attended. Reverend Lloyd gave the address. Mr. and Mrs, Howard Marston left on May 16 for the Yellowstone park where they will be* employed for the summer. Mrs. 1-eta Miles and Linda vis ited over the weekend with friends and returned to Lincoln Sunday. On Monday. May 18 Mrs. Gor don Bart a. Mrs. Joe Cihlar and Mrs Rudy Ohlar spent the atter noon at the Wilbur Mitchell home attending a party. Miss June Carson was a guest at the Junior Wilson home in Ver del the first of the week. When she returned home little Chad Wilson came with her for a visit at the Albert Carson home. Mrs. Vernon Oleson and son re turned home Monday, May 17 from Geddes, S. D., where they had at tended the baccalaureate services of her brother-in-law. Ray Noble was a business caller at tiie Otto Ruzicka and Harold Os 1 Kirn homes Tuesday evening, May 19.__ Mr and Mrs. Hay Wilson, Mrs Faye Ptnkerman, Mrs Anna Car son and Mrs. Guy Hull attended the funeral of Dick Wilson at Ra pid City, S. D., on May 18. The Lucky Clover 4-li club held their meeting May 8 at the How ard Graham home. Their next meeting in planned June 5 at the Harvey Krugman home. On May 7 the mothers and pu- i pils of district 3 surprised their teacher, Miss Claranna Cai son by giving her a pantry shower. Miss Carson plans to be married soon Miss June Carson entertained twelve girls at her home on May 7 with a supper and slumber par ty. A swell time was reported by the guests Miss Beverly Carson spent the weekend of May 17 with her pat ents returning to Lincoln on Sun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Buss Greene of Lynch were Sunday, .May 17 din ner guests at the Edw ard Carson home. Mrs. Rex Carson and Miss Clar . anna Carson gave their pupils a I wiener and marshmallow roast on May 7. : Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barta and 'Evelyn and Mr. and Mrs. Rudy ICihlar were O'Neill shoppers i Thursday, May 21. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Alder and Jay B. were callers at the Harold Osborn home Friday, May 22. David Oleson of Geddes, S. D., was a dinner guest at the Osborn home Friday. Mrs. Vernon Oleson and Neil and Ruth Osborn returned to Geddes with him to attend grad uation exercises on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Spangler and family stopped at the Osborn home on Wednesday on their way home from Lynch. S Mr. Harry Johnson visited at the Lee Brady sr. home Friday af ternoon. Janice Derickson spent a few days with her grandparents before going to her home, the Lester Der icksons. They are now living in the i old Marston house and Mr. Derick son is employed at the Drobny. I farm._ Naper Mother Tells Of long Fight To Save Boy's Life From Polio The following article has been written exclusively for Ur* r'rontier by Mrs. Arthur Martin of Naper. whose boy, Douglas, has recent ly undergone the rigors of polio. Because ihe story and the fight a gainst the Ixiy’s disease at the Lynch hospital is inspiring, it is being printed here. By >lrs. Arthur Martin Our story begins on our farm nine miles southwest of Naper where we lived. Our only child, Douglas, was a healthy, happy, chubby five-year old who weighed 44 pounds and was 44 inches tall on August 29, 1952, when he became ill. We took Douglas to the hospital at Lynch where I remained with him over night and by 7 a m , the next morning, he could not stand on his legs. He was later taken to Children’s Memorial hospital in Omaha. Douglas's father came at once, prepared to fly with us to Omaha. In Omaha the physician told us that Ixmglas had all three types of polio and that his diaphram had collapsed. The doctor advised us that he might need to put him in and iron lung and had one ready for him. Douglas asked us to remain close by. The next morning we called our doctor, at which time he informed us that Douglas was put in the lung that night. We were unable to see Douglas for seven days be cause he was then put in isolation. After the seven days, he was moved into a room with other lung patients and we could see him through a window but he couldn’t see us. It was anotlu-r three weeks be fore we were able to see Douglas and visit with him when he was in the iron lung. Please believe me when I say you can’t ima gine the horror of seeing your loved-one encased all but his lit tle head, so completely parali zed from head to feet. He could not move a finger or turn his head. His voice was so weak we had to listen closely to hear a bove the bellows of the four iron lungs that were going in the same room. From this time on, I was allow ed to visit Douglas two nights a j week, an hour each of these nights. Douglas suffered the pains of spasms which caused him much discomfort in the next few weeks. By this time our doctor and the social worker had been trying to prepare me for a long seige. On October 9, I went to work as a nurse aide on the second floor of the hospital. I was grateful because I have benefited with my experiences in helping to care for ! my son. Later Douglas was able to brea i th a little with the lung turned off. j Tn December he developeu a cold and the doctors discovered that he had pneumonia. His condition was considered critical again. One of his lungs had collapsed. Douglas had his heart set on an electric train for Christmas and t>anta brought the train. This is Douglas in the lung at Childrens Memorial Hospital in Omaha in 10.52. the start of a long road to rehabilitation. The Frontier Fngra\ ing. By this lime his arms and hands ! had returned with some control, although this Christmas day was not a happy one for us. 1 read | books to him. Four months had j now passed since Douglas came to | the hospital. [ One day in January our doctor t was waiting for me and said lx>u- f glas was not doing too well and [ was cal ing on a throat specialist. An oper. .on on his throat follow ed. Finally he was getting better and the doctor advised kindergart-1 en classes for him. Vacation time brought slow but steady recovery in different ways. When I was released from the hospital, the doctors advised me to take a complete rest. It was hard to leave Douglas, knowing he wasn’t too well and that his little heart would break when he heard 1 was going home for a while, for he had always said, “When 1 get well, Mother, we will all go home together.’’ 1 realized how much 1 was needed but the sensible thing to do was to take care of myself be cause I needed the rest. In September the halls were fil led with joy and laughter. Dou glas was now a first grader with the same teacher coming to his room each day. There was talk among the doc tors of Douglas not getting out of the lung permanently now. We then made arrangements to leave our farm an! move to Omaha. Douglas then turned for the bet ter and the next Christmas lie could be up in a wheel chair. Soon it was vacation time again; Douglas was making good pro gress and was using a rocking lied j and was in a wheel chair much of ; the time. And then he was ready ! for therapy. The month of May was special because the doctor was thinking in terms of getting Douglas home. On May 23rd, he was transferred to the rehabilitation center at St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha. During the stay at the center, doctors were concerned again with a spinal disease that had troubled him before. Again our morale dropped. And then again a turn for the better. On December 7th, we were al lowed to move ir. <ri apartment with Douglas. We have no steps, all wheel chair doors, an open area in the cen'er of the house which makes it easy for Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin and Douglas, 13, in their home. The photo was taken at Christ inas 11158 in th Martins' home i.. Naper. The Frontier Engru ing. to get to and from any I'oom in the house. Soon he was d ing better in every way. August 15 came and with it hay fever for Douglas. The allergy kept Douglas from going to school and he was now 11 years old. Douglas is now a ray of sun shine in our home. He has such a happy, cheerful disposition that it lias been a pleasure to work with and care for him. He now goes to bed each night smil ing and awakens each morning smiling ready to start the day. Although we have a lot of sur gery ahead of us to help correct some of his uisability, we will carry on as we have done, deter mined to one day lead a normal life. We wish to add a special thanks to the National Foundation for without their services, we could never have fought such a battle against polio. I would like to close with a fa vorite verse of ours: Oh, find, forgive me when 1 whine, I have two ears, the world is mine, Two legs to take me where 1 go, Two eyes to see the sunset’s glow, Two ears to hear all I should know, Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I’m blessed indeed, the world is mine. Former Butte Resident In Strategic Army Corps YAKIMA FIRING CE NTE R, WASH. Army Sergeant First Class Edward L. Kimball, 35, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kimball, Butte, is participating with the 4th Infan try Division, a major Strategic Ar my Corps (STRAC) unit, in Exer cise Dry Hillls at the Yakima Fir ing Center in Washington. The ex ercise will end Maj 23. Regularly assigned to the divi sion’s 4th Aviation Company at Fort Lewis, Sergeant Kimball en tered the Army in January 1943. The sergeant is a helicopter me chanic in the company. His wife, Mary, lives in Tacoma, Wash. O'Neill Locals Guests at the Neil Dawes home Thursday evening honoring Perry Dawes who graduated from high I school and Kenny Peacock who graduated from eighth grade were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tompkins of Inman, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mors bach and Mary of Inman and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Peacock. Mrs. Lon Adams and Sharon and Bryce Jacobson of Minden were guests at the Verne Reynoldson home Thursday to Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick spent Sunday afternoon at the home of her mother,' Mrs: Lottie Lofquest of Stuart. Mr. and Mrs Laurence Lofquest of Stuart were also there. Mr. and Mrs. Deveme Christen sen of Nickerson were weekend guests at the Vigo Christenser home at Monowi. Sunday dinner guests besides the Dev erne Christ ensens were Mr. and Mrs. Calvir Christensen of Monowi, Mrs. Gu> Pinkerman and boys of Redbirc and Mrs. Reginald Pinkerman anr boys. Dinner guests Friday at tht Andy Ramold home following com mencement at St. Mary’s were Mr and Mrs. Leo Si hneider, Mrs. Al bert Anderson of Neligh and Mrs Kenny Johnson artd daughter ol Clearwater. Mrs. Edwin Paulsen and children left Tuesday to spend two days in Tilden with her parents. Mr. and Mrs Grant Peacock and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Dawes enter tained Mrs. V. R. Bell, who ts liere from Blair. Friday evening at the Dawes home. Guests Sunday at the William Sehmohr home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Krug man and Mr. and Mrs. George Hartford, Dr. and Mrs. .1. L. Sherbahn re turned Sunday evening from a week's business and pleasure trip to Big Pine Lake. Minn. Mis> ■ Frances Keynwldson of Albion was here last week at the Brook, l.eigti and Verne Reynold son homes. At the Eugene Sehmeiehel home Thursday evening after graduation exercises were Air- Millie Clark of Springview, Mr. and Mrs. Larry McCormick of Valentine, • Ml’s Glen Sehmeiehel of Johnstown and Mr. and Mrs Chet See • worth. Mr and Mrs. Bernard Rohde and Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. Jack -Pas sieu.X and Ruby, Mrs Marvin Green and children and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zakrzewski and family were Sunday guests at the Cletus Weinberger home in Columbus. Guests at the Grant Peacock home for a hack yard barbecue were Mr. and Mrs. Claude Harder and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Walker of Wayne and Rev. and Mrs. Glenn Kennicott. Mr. and Mrs. Calv in Christensen of Monovvi .were guests Wednesday at the Reginald Pinkerman home. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Wilson en tertained Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cowles of Stuart Saturday evening in their home. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Peterson of Broken Bow are staying at the Harry Petersen home this week while attending the Sandhills Cat tle Association meetings. Miss Betty Schultz, daughter of Mrs. John Keraenbrock, will leave Saturday from Hustings for the home of her sister, Mrs. Clarence Todd, in Lewisburg, Penn., where she will spend the summer. Mrs. Verne Reynoldson was in Cedar Rapids (Nebraska) Satur day to attend a bridal shower for i_ •Mrs. Richard McLain and Mrs. Orville Sintlclar were in Norfolk Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sullivan and Timmy, Beth Ann and Mary Kay, Norfolk, were Sunday callers at the home of his parenls, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Sullivan. Weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Switzer were their daughter-in-law' and her fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Boh Ford from California. Sunday callers in the C. H. Switz er home were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Asher and family, Page, and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mullen. Dean Mosher, Creighton, was a Thursday morning guest in the home of his aunt, Mrs. Gordon Wat | son. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Mosher, and Mrs. Dale Burk ; and daughters, Ewing, were guests i of the Watsons on Thursday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Watson and children were Sunday morning call ers in the Gordon Watson home. Gordon Watson went to Plain view Monday on business. Miss Lorene Wetzler and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wells visited Sun day in the Burr Hauft home in Lucas, S.D. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Byers, Oma ha, were guests for the weekend at the C. E. Yantzi home. Mrs. Byers and Mrs. Yantzi are sisters. Friday lunch guests in the home of Mrs. Rodney Tomlinson and son, Larry, were Mr. and Mrs. George Calkins, Mr. and Mrs. Vel don Pinkerman and Mrs. Faye Pinkerman, all of Lynch, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Hynes, O'Neill. Dinner guests Sunday in the Dick Tomlinson home were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dexter and son, Roger Dexter, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Collins, all of Bur well; Sgt. and Mrs. Harold Dexter and daughter, Herman and Ralph Pokomy, Ericson, Vernon Roth child, Atkinson and Pvt. 1-c Jim Tomlinson. Mr. and Mrs. Garold Rothehild and family, Atkinson, were Sunday afternoon guests. Jerry Dexter left Sunday night for Bartlett where he will work this summer for Warren Olson Home on a 10-day leave is Sgt Harold Dexter, I’SMC, son of Mrs. Dick Tomlinson. His wife and baby will go with him when he returns to Camp Lejeune, N. C., at the end of his leave. Home on a 30-day leave from Germany is Pvt. 1-c James Tom linson, son of Mr. and Mi's. Dick Tomlinson. At the end of his leave he will return to Germany. Most Custer Co. Land Is Hilly and Rough BROKEN BOW Most Custer county land is hilly and rough, | and the average si/e farm or ran . t h is 700 acres, Pete Parr, Bro ' ken Bow seed dealer told the Neb raska Irrigation Distributor's As ; soeiation. In spite of this, irrigation has been making gixxl progress in the county , Parr added. ! "Much more could be done if ranch anti large farm owners .would only realize that there are spots of 10 to SO acres in each farm that could lie profitably ir rigated," Parr said. “We have a gixxl underground water supply," Parr said. "Some times we have to drill only 90 to 100 feet to his 50 feet of gravel In other places a depth of 200 to 250 feet is necessary, and the a verage depth of Custer county wells is about 200 feet." In proof of the fertility of Cus ter county land. Parr proudly o\ hibited a certificate of achieve k 11 ment given by the state agriml hire department in 1957 showing lie had harvested com yielding 139 Imshels to the acre Cheese Spoon Bread Will Make Big Hit lake to try different recipes in your kitchen oecastonally ' Then pul y our culinary efforts toward making this Cheese S|xxm Bread given to us by Joe Slvesmd. whole sale salesman of the local Meadow Gold plant It s unusually ixhJ served with, grilled ham, an or Canadian bacon for a simple, wholesome meal, he says Beatrice Cooke, who developed the recipe in the company - Chi cago lest kitchens compares it to dumplings or'souffle, in case you have never attempted tins old fashioned treat Uuttermi in ve il lightness and Cheddar cheese lends- flavor Cheese Spoon Itread (Six Servings) 2 cups boiling wate'r 3 cups y ellow cornmeal Ids cups buttermilk 3 tablespoons melted butter 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 Vi» teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 cup grated natural Cheddar ' Cheese Add cornmeal to boiling water and stir until smooth. 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