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"The Voice of the Beef Empire"
■ Volume 79—Number 8 O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, June 18, 1959 Seven Cents
Miss (.race Merryman is, at present, till' oldest resident of Page.
A story teller of no small accomplishment, she is possessed with a
keen sense of dry, American humor.
The Frontier Photo and Engraving.
Venus News
Disc Passes Over Boy
Receives Cuts on face
By Mrs. Ralph Brookhmwer
Mis. George Jeffrey and Paul Lee
motored to Osmond June 8 where
they visited her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Ras
mussen and family. The previous
day their 4 year old son, Billie was
badly cut ulx>ut the face when a
disc passed over him. lie was tak
en to Plainview for medical atten
tion He was able to return home
after the wound was treated. Sev
eral stiches were taken.
The work and fun club met with
Mrs. Reed Risinger on Wednesday,
June 10. Eleven members and three
visitors, Mrs. Leonard Risinger,
Mrs. Marlin Tusha and Mrs. Fred
Vanleek of Washington state were
present. Quilting and crochet work
was done for the hostess.
The annual cluh picnic was plan
ned. It will be held at the Archie
Cleveland farm on Sunday, June
28. Mrs. Risinger served lunch.
Mrs. George Heggemeyer will
have the July meeting.
The infant son, Loren Eugene,
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hegge
meyer of Wayne was baptized Sun
day, June 7. at the Wayne Luther
an ihurch. Mr. and Mrs. George
Heggemeyer, the grandparents,
went to Wayne Sunday morning.
They were sponsors.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Cleveland
and sons were Sunday , June 7, din
ner guests at the James Podany
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pospeshil
visited with the former's brother,
Rudolph, at an Omaha hospital.
Reports are that he is some better.
Frank E. Pierce underwent maj
or surgery at the Creighton hos
pital Wednesday, June 10.
Mr. and Mrs Donald Volquard
sen of Omaha were Memorial
weekend guests of his mother,
Mrs. Mary Volquardsen and John
nie.
Rudolph Pospeshil was admitted
to an Omaha hospital recently.
Henry Pospisil of Worthington.
Minn., is spending two weeks with
his brothers. Bill and George Jef
frey and family.
Mrs. George Jeffrey met her
son, Paul Lee, at O'Neill June 8
He arrived by bus from Winner,
S.D., where he had been visiting
relatives
June 8 visitor at the Ralph
Brookhouser home were Henry
Pospisil of Worthington, Minn.,
and Bill and Mr and Mrs. George
Jeffrey and son, Paul 1 -ce Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Boelter
and grandchildren, the Alvin Ham
ilton children, spent June 9 at the
home of Mr. Boeder's mother, Mrs.
' Edna Boelter. Mr. Boelter took his
mother to O'Neill and Mrs. Boel
ter operated the telephone switch
board.
Mrs. Delbert Boelter is caring
for the Alvia Hamilton children of
Ewing, while Mr. and Mrs. Hamil
ton and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ham
ilton of Creighton are visiting in
California.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dorr and
daughters weYe Wednesday, June
10 evening visitors at the Archie
Cleveland home neur Ewing.
Lyle Strope graduated from the
Wesleyan Methodist high school at
Miitonvale, Kans., last week. At
tending the baccalaureate 'and
graduation exercises were his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Strope
of Venus, and Leonard Barton of
Orchard. Also ‘attending graduation
exercises were his grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Stope and
his bother, Jerry, all of Venus
and Mr. and Mrs. Qiarles Strope
and son, Roger of Orchard
Mrs. Marlin Tusha and sons and
Mrs. Ralph Brookhouser -called at
the home of Mrs. Edna Boelter
June 9.
Mrs. Sidney Faulhauber called at
the Ralph Brookhouser home
June 9.
Atkinson News
Bp Mrs. E. R. Brinkman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Chace
and family of North Platte spent
'the weekend in Atkinson with his
mother. Mrs. R. E. Chace, and
with other relatives. They also
visited in O’Neill with Mrs. Chace’s
mother, Mrs. H. J. Hammond. The
Chares are former Atkinson resi
dents.
Ottmar Poessnecker was flown to
Rochester, Minn., on Friday to
receive medical attention He is
now a patient in St. Mary’s hospi
tal there. Mrs. Poessnecker is in
Rochester with him.
Mrs. Ernest Grunberg of Stu
art returned to her home on Mon
day after being hospitalized in Nor
folk for the past week following
surgery. _
Paul Shierk
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SAUNTO’S
O’NEILL 322 E- DOl'GLAS
Oldest Page! [Resident Recalls
Famed Little Red School House
PAGE She has a twinkle in her
| eye. this P.ige lady of 90 years,
i is the oldest resident in the com
: munity and claims fame as being
I a student of the little red school
house of song farr~
Miss Grace Merryman celebrated I
S her 90th birthday last week andi
53 friends attended.
Miss Merryman enjoys visitsj
from her friends and is possessed |
with a keen memory of people and
past events.
The daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. James Ira Merryman, she
was liorn at Brunswick, Maine,
1869. Ten years later her family
moved to Scranton, la., to try their
luck at farming.
Life in the Midwest differed i
greatly from life In Maine where
Miss Merryman’s father hud
found It necessary to work in
the shipyards in the summer
months and in the woods during
the winter to supplement his in
come.
It was in Maine that the Merry
man children attended the little
red schoolhouse. Miss Merryman
says that it differed from the little
white school house of Iowa only in
that the red one had two windows
on a side, the white one had three.
Miss Merryman returned to
Brunswick in 1909 for a visit and
found herself comparing the Maine
way of living with her own Mid-1
western way.
In Maine, the typical comshel
ler, she recalls, was a homemade
affair, made from a block of wood
with the blade from an old butcher
knife attached securely. This tool
was uset. to remove the com from
the cob.
The Iowa way -at that time, said
Miss Merryman, was by means of
a manufactured steam powered
sheller outfit that made it possible ■
to shell a year's crop in a half a ]
day.
She lacked the nerve to tell her
friends that only the day before she
left Iowa, her brother, Frank, had
shelled com, pulling a 50-bushel
load away from the sheller every
five minutes.
She had already earned the repu
tation of " being as fast as a horse
could trot,” Miss Merryman re
called, for unthinkingly telling her
Maine friends of the size of the Io
wa farms and the unbelievable size
of their fields of grain.
Following the death of her par
ents and sister, Annie, Miss
Merryman accompanied her bro
ther, Frank, to Page where they
lived on a farm 1 Vi miles east
and one-half mile south of town.
In 1825 they retired to Page.
Miss Merryman was active in
church work as long as her health
permitted.
Her brother died in 1946, and
since then Miss Merryman has
been seriously ill several times.
Her failing eyesight and hearing
proves a handicap to her, bat she
has worked at story-telling as a
hobby and is known as a clever en
tertainer.
She suffered a leg fracture 11 ■_>
years ago and was hospitalized
through October. Since then her
activities have lieen limited.
Miss Merry man and Mrs. Bertha
Harsh. 84, of Los Angeles, Calif.,
are the only living members of the
Merryman family. Mrs. Harsh was
unable to lie present for her sister's
birthday anniversary.
STATION IN GERMANY
Army Pvt. Frank D. Fetrow, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fetrow, O'
Neill. recently arrived in Germany
and is now a member of the 8th
Infantry Division.
Fetrow, a meterological crew
man in the division artillery's
Headquarters Battery in Baum
holder. Germany, entered the army
last November and received basic
training at Fort Carson, Colo.
The 21-year-old soldier is a 1956
graduate of O'Neill high school and
attended the University of Nebras
ka in Lincoln.
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What’s this, a Idrd dog and coon getting along together? Rusty, the little pup used to get ail Uw
attention around tin* Eby service station, but now that Fred, left, and Kill, the sous of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Fhy oi O'Neill found the coon, things have chunged. The boys are feeding the coon with a baby bottt*
but Rusty’s in there trying too. Photo and Engraving by The Krsntter
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Friday, Saturday & Sunday
June 19, 20, 21
THREE BIG DAYS THIS YEAR
At Carney Park Arena -- O’Neill, Nebr.
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JUNE 19
6:00 p.m.—Parade through City; Sponsored by Lions
Club; $200 in Prizes by Chamber of Com
merce. The Antelope and Wheeler County
Saddle Clubs will Participate!
8:00 p.m.—Rodeo Performance.
SATURDAY, JUNE 20
8:00 p.m.—Rodeo Performance.
10:00 p.m.—Western Dance at Legion Club.
SUNDAY, JUNE 21
2:00 p.m.—Rodeo Performance.
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PROGRAM
Event Entry Fee Purse
SADDLE BRONC RIDING .$10.$125
BAREBACK BRONC RIDING .$10. $125
CALF ROPING .$20. $125
STEER WRESTLING .$15. $125
BRAHMA BULL RIDING .$10. $125
LADIES BARREL RACE .$10.. $ 75
Cowboy Registration Deadb'ne: Noon Friday, June 19
MAIL or PHONE ENTRIES to VIRGIL LAURSEN, O'NEILL, NEBR.
%
1100 Head of Top Rodeo Stock j
NSRA Approved — Fred Wolf, Contractor and Producer LUNCH STAND ON GROUNDS!
BUCKLES WILL BE GIVEN FOR EACH EVENT ALL AROUND COWBOY WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL BUCKLE 1
O'NEILL RODEO ASS’N.
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