Ewing News
Twain Curtiss, U. S. Air Force,
Salma, Kan., and Mr. and Mrs!
Joe Wittwer of Tilden were af
ternoon and evening guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Da
vis.
Mrs. Minnie Larsen returned
home Monday from Norfolk where
she had been a weeknd guest at
the home of her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pe
ters.
Mrs. Waldo Davis attended the
Orchard Garden club meeting on
Monday at the home of Mrs. Bet
ty Blackburn of Royal. "Helps on
Home Freezing and Canning" was
the lesson theme.
Mrs. J. H. Wunner was an hon
ored guest at a farewell party
held at the home of Mrs. Maud
Brion in Neligh with Mrs. Mary
Hales, co-hostess July 23. There
were three tables of pitch for the
afternoon entertainment. Mrs.
William Spence and Mrs. Grace
Briggs were prize winners. Mrs.
Wunner was presented a handker
chief shower. A lunch was ser
ved by the hostesses.
Present from Ewing were Mrs.
Wunner, Mrs. Earl Billings, Mrs.
Joim Archer, Mrs. Briggs. Mrs.
Everett Ruby, Mrs. Sis Ebtien
gaard. Mrs. Charles Good, Mrs.
Lyle Dierks, Mrs. May Sinclair,
Miss Lena Baker of Neligh, Mrs.
William Spence of O'Neill and
Mrs. Inez Burch of Chandler,
Ariz.
All fans V* off.—Scovies West
ern Auto, O’Neill. 14-15c
Mrs. Wunner moved her house
hold goods to Stanton on July 29
where she will make her future
home.
Mrs. Max Wanser accompanied
by Mrs. L. R. Suttcliffe of O’Neill
will go to Omaha on Thursday
taking Kitty Wanser and guests
of the Wansers, Katie and Bridget
O'Brien. The girls will leave by
plane for Chicago where Kitty will
be a guest at the O'Brien home
Mrs. Wanser anti Mrs Suttcliffe
will attend the graduation exer
cises at St. Joseph's School of
Nursing. Their niece, Mary Cath
erine Carr is one of the graduates.
Miss Vina Wood, who is a clerk
in Ralphs store, left Monday on
a vacation trip with her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Coe Butler of Lincoln. Mrs. Vera
Anson was also one of the par
ty Their first stop was at Ains
worth where they were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Butler, from
here their plans were to go to
Lingle, Wyo., to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Wood, then on through
the Black Hills.
Mr. and Mrs. James Binley and
daughter, Shiela, of Bronson, la.,
were guests on Wednesday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lavern 1- in
ley. The families visited in the
afternoon at the home of Mr and
Mrs. Jim Good and family at Ne
llglh>wayne Horde of Syracuse was
a weekend guest of his parents,
Mr and Mrs. Roland Horde.
A gathering of the Urban family
was held Saturday at Gavins Point.
• A picnic dinner was served and
the afternoon was spent informally
Present were Mr. and Mrs. E
Urban, Myra Pruden, Mr and
Mrs Victor Bollwitt, all of Ew
ing Mr. and Mrs. Donald Payder
SS SV^vr’Water a of
^Sunday* guests at the Ed Urban
home were Mr. and Mrs.
Bollwitt of Ewing.
Maytag washer, three years old
«g, •B£*BQS5 tKST Sean
and Karen and Vearl TuUle went
to Meriden, la., where they atten
ded the funeral services of bn
Weis, 87. He is the grandfather
of Dean and Karen TuUle, h
Mrs T. J. Sheehan and daugh
ter Patsy, returned to Omaha on
Tuesday after visiting at the home
of Mrs. Florence Sutter *toBeF -
ft«v Miss Patsy, also attended a
youth ^titute "held at Niobrara
on Sunday and Monday.
Mr and Mrs. Robert Dunaway
and children of Hastings are spend
ing their vacation with their par
ems Mr. and Mrs. Earl Billing.
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ana Mr. . Hi|-|
They also went to the Black Hu s
returning on Wednesday to the par
ental homes in Ewing. Lattle Bren
da Dunaway was a guest at the
Wtimer Mosel home while her
parents were in the Black Hills.
Mrs. Myrtle Kimes of Cleanvater
came Monday to spend a few days
with her daughter and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Billings.
Ray Magwire of Grand Island
was a weekend guest at the Vic
tor Cram home.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Cram re
turned Thursday from Chadron
where they had spent a few days
at the home of their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Cram and family.
Guests on Sunday at the Gail
Boies home were Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Boies of Plainview.
Dates Are Set for
'The Tender Trap'
The first community play for
several years will be presented in
O'Neill Saturday and Sunday,
August 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. at the
O'Neill high school gym.
"The Tender Trap," a three
act comedy by Max Schulman,
wilyl be presented by the O Neill
Players.
Tickets are now on sale at Mc
Donald clothing. First National
Rank. Peacock barber shop and
Dr. Rex Wilson’s office. They
may also be obtained from any
member of the cast.
The players were organized by
Sharlene Shoemaker and Jim
Johnson, two college students home
for vacation. The organization is
a non-profit group attempting to
revive a traditional interest in
community plays here in O'Neill, j
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Homsteader Dies
Rites Monday
ATKINSON — Funeral services
were held Monday morning at 10
a.m at the Seger Funeral Chapel
for Charles F. Prior. 82. who died
August 1 at the Atkinson Memorial i
hospital after being hospitalized I
about two weeks Rev. Emil i
Kuehn. pastor of St. Johns Luth-1
eran church officiated. Burial was \
in Woodlawn cemetery- under the
direction of Seger Funeral Home.
Charles F. Prior was torn Feb- >
ruary 2. 1877 at Sheffield. 111. Me |
came to Nebraska in 1917 and lived i
in the Amelia and Inez commun
ities and in 1939 moved onto an
island in the Niobrara river where
he homesteaded since that time.
He is survived by a son—Charles
H. Prior of Los Altos. Calif ; a
brother—Frank Prior of Shef
field, 111., sister Mrs. Minnie
Knolton of Sheffield, 111.
Pallbearers were neighbors of
Mr. Prior, Charles Mulford, El
mer McClurg, Henry Tinken,
Ward Alexander, sr. and Ward
Alexander, jr.
Todd Rites Held
In Neligh Church
Samuel Irl Todd, prominent An
telope county farmer, passed away
suddenly of a heart attack Satur
day noon, August 1, at his farm
home south of Clearwater. Mr.
Todd was the sixth in a family of
five boys and two girls torn to
B. F. and Euphemia Aikns Todd,
who homesteaded north of Neligh
in 1879. He was born on the home
stead and lived there until he was
50 years old.
On June 10, 1908. he was mar
ried to Ines O. Brittell at her
family home near Neligh They
celebrated their 50th wedding an
niversary in June of 1958. To them
were torn three daughters and
one son.
They lived on the homestead
until 1936 when they moved to
a farm one mile north. Later they
lived on the William Brittell farm
northwest of Neligh and for sev
eral years in Neligh. In 1954 they
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MR TODD
. . . died August 1
purchased a farm two miles west
of the Antelope Creek church
where they had gince' resided
Sam Todd was a member of
the Methodist church of Neligh
until moving to Antelope Creek
when he had his membership
transferred. While at Neligh he
was active in church affairs, serv
ing as a member of the board. He
was an active member and of
ficer of the Farmers’ Union, serv
ed many years on the school board
of District 44 and held many elec
tive offices in Custer Township
He is survived by his widow,
Ines; three daughters, Mrs C. H.
(Fern) Hopkins, Mrs. Carl (Fae)
Schrader, txvth of Neligh Mrs.
Luke (Lucille) White of Suther
land, and one son, W. Irl Tixld
of Page Also surviving is one
sister Mrs Berry (Calista) Phelps
of Grover City. Calif-, ten grand
children and four great-grandchil
dren. >
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist church in Neligh j
at 2:00 o’clock. Wednesday after
noon with the Rev. Thomas J
Scahill, pastor of the Antelope
Creek church, in charge assisted
by the Rev. Lysle Mewmaw of
the Neligh Methodist church. Duets
were sung by Mrs. Roy Beeson
and Mrs Oscar Wilson with Lois
Waddington accompanist. Burial
was in Laurel Hill cemetery. ,
Active pallbearers were Ernest
Hopkins, Earl Carnes. Roy Bee
son. Oscar Wilson, George Seims,
and Walter Westerhoff. Honorary
pallbearers w’ere Sam O. Templin,
Charles Melick, Clifford Johnson,
Harlan West, John Gadekm, Sr.,
William Rickert and Ralph Lewis.
George C. Finite
Rites August 1
Funeral services were held Aug
ust 1 at 2 p.m. at ^e Methodist
church in Atkinson for G. C Funk
prominent 82-year-old farm and
ranch operator, who died Thurs
day afternoon. July 30 at the At
kinson Memorial hospital, of a
heart attack The Rev. Robert Em
bree. Northeast District Superin
tendent of the Methodist church in
O’Neill, officiated Burial was in
Woodlawn Cemetery in Atkinson
with graveside rites conducted by
the Masonic Lodge. Pallbearers
were members of the lodge.
George Connie Funk was a na
tive Virginian. He was bom on
June 21, 1877 at Independence,
Va., to Louis Reese and Mahlay
Bourne Funk. When he was eight
years old he moved with his par
ents to a farm in northwestern
Missouri.
The familv moved to a farm near
Battle Creek. Nebr. in 1901 where
Mr Funk took a job as station
helper there for the Fremont &
Missouri Valley Railroad. For
about eight years he worked as
a helper, telegrapher and agent
for the railroad in Battle Creek,
Stanton, Atkinson and Ewing.
On September 26. 1906. he mar
ried Miss Mable A. Bokhof at the
home of the bride’s parents. WH1
liam and Rose Raymer Bokof in
Atkinson. They moved to a farm j
at the southwest edge of Atkinson i
in 1909. where their son, Raymer
and family now live. .
He is survived by his wife; four i
children — Mrs. A. J (Beulah!
Atkins and Mrs. Stanley (Bethene) |
Morris, both of Wayne, and Ray
mer and Dean of Atkinson; three j j
sisters, one brother, twelve grand-1
children' and two great-grandchil-; i
dren. 1 ’
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 I
FROM 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. W
Come on down to the Outlaw K
and have a treat on us 9
I/ean Monty
BOIL BEEF_lb. 19c
U. 8 .Good
CHUCK STEAK. ..lb. 69c
Armours — 81tood or ('hunk
Minced Ham __ 3 lbs. $|00
8mokod
HAM HOCKS - 2 lbs. 59c
lx* an
SLAB BACON ___ lb. 39c
llormoll All-Meat
Wieners 2 12 oz. pkgs. 89c
U. 8. No. 1 Red
POTATOES
10 l 39c
100 lb. Sack $3.75
Red Ripe
_TOMATOES
Lb. 17c
Home Grown
SWEET CORN
Doz. 39c
(•olden Kipe W ■
BANANAS | I
2 lbs. 25c j|
I Premium Brand |
Packed by Del Monte |
i Purity Brand Rod Dot L . . ^ [ Kraft-^Jet Puff Adl,.rs _ strawberry
CHEESE POTATO CHIPS I r, ^ MARSHMALLOWS PRESERVES
\\ |b. box 40c Giant 59c size 39c 38c |q oz p^g jgc 4 10 oz. jars 00
I Blue Ribbon
I WAX PAPER.... Roll 19c
■ Kraft—Chocolate or Vanilla
I CARMEL SAUCE __ Jar 25c
A Fresh Frozen
[ PERCH FILLETS . Lb. 35c
Dependable Brand
SPAGHETTI... 303 can
David Harum
FLOUR. - 10 lb. sack ft9c
Banquet — Beef-Turkey-Chicken
FROZEN PIES, 5 pkgs. $|00
Bulk—Bring your own Jng
VINEGAR .... Gallon 4$
Morrell
LARD2 lbs. 29«
Del Monte—Chunk or Tidbit
Pineapple _ J 211 cans 69c
DILL PICKLES-Kal. 59cj
