The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, December 17, 1959, Image 8
Rock Falls News By Mr*. Floyd Johnooa I almost didn't get back be fore Christmas, did I? 1 thought I had succeeded in dodging that flu bug, but no such luck Per haps I zigged when I should have ragged or something. And how is everyone at your house? It seems everyone has ta-en caught up in the usual whirl of excitement that is pievalant at this time of year. Hasn't this been a lovely month up to now, which Lsn t more than right after the rough weather last month A nice time for folks who have teenagers m high school to go out and watch the basketball games, also to attend the Christ mas programs put on by child* ren in rural districts. They work hard at these so show your ap preciation by attending and giving them a hand. Mr and Mrs. Lyle Vequist and Mr and Mrs. Sam Derickson motored to Norfolk last Tuesday. Little Mark Derickson spent the day with Mrs Don Hynes and Shelley and Russell Derickson came home from school with Linda Hynes Janice and Tommy Ve quist were after school and su[> I»er guests of their grandparents, Mr and Mrs. Henry Vequist. Mr. and Mrs. Milford Juracek and girls were evening guests at the Lion Hynes home on Decem ber 1L. Mrs. Ethel Brown of Atkinson visited the Lou Brown family from December 6 to 9 Francis Stems and Floyd John son were evening visitors at the I,«Kn hnmn iin T 7. They passed the time with a few games of cards. Mrs. Ethel Brown spent the eve ning of December 8 with the John Schultz family. Mrs. Inu Brown, Terry and Cindy called for her later. Mr. and Mrs. Blake Benson vi sited at the James Curran home »in the evening of December 10. December 6 supper and even ing guests of the Floyd Johnson family wen' Gwenda, Trudy, Deb bie and Scott Schultz, Mr. and Mrs Gale Taylor and Lester Water man, Mr. and Mrs. John Schultd at tended the annual turkey supper and dance of the O'Neill Rodeo As sociation at the I-egion hall in O'Neill on December 6 evening. Mrs Kathryn Yantzi accom panied by Mrs Louis Goekie spent the weekend in Chadron with their son anti daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Yantzi and children They all planned on going to Omaha for a day or two, also. Mr. and Mrs James Curran and Ardell visited Mrs Delia Ernst and called at the Waldman and Peterson homes in Amelia on Sun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Derickson and Ixrys visited at the John Schultz home on Friday evening. John Richardson was an even ing guest of the James Curran family on December 8. They had a lively game of two of cards. Mr and Mrs. George Calkins spent Sunday at the home of their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hynes. Floyd and Linda Johnson, John Schultz and Dan Rakes attended the trial of Mrs. Sadie Dickerson in Butte on Monday, who with &K~ her son is held in connection with the murder of another son last summer as you have seen else where in your paper Mr and Mrs Floyd Johnson spent an afternoon and evening at the James Curran home recently. I luring the time while chatting. Floyd worked on their telephone which hadn't been ringing in very well. It is feported that It can lie heard as far as town now At least we don’t have any trouble I calling there anymore. Other afternoon callers that day were Mrs. Lela Ernst of Wichita, Kan., anti her sister, Mrs Ruth Alstadt of Salina, Kan., also Mrs. Delia Ernst of Amelia where they had been overnight guests, T>eeember 5 weekend guests at , the Albeit Stems home were Mr. and Mrs. Neil Davis and Mr. and Mrs Floyd Barnes Mrs. Davis and Mr. Bamesarc sister and brother of Mrs. Stems. Naper News By .Mrs. John Schonebaum Sunday dinner guests in the John Camin home to help Mr Camin observe his 74th birthday were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sehocke maier ami family of Bone steel and Mrs. John Bohnet and Wilmer. Afternoon guests were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Camin and son of Butte and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Camin of Anoka. Mrs. Edward Peppel accom panied her parents, Mr. and Mrs J. E. Dvorak of Bones tee 1 to Sioux Falls, S. D., on Friday where they spent until Sunday at the home of her grandmother and uncle, Mrs. W J Steimer and Leo. They were Friday dinner guests at the C. C. Stepanek home at Talior. S D. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stahlecker „ Me 'Owl M PC I !1 111. rente Ahlers on Thursday morning to Denver, Colo., where they spent till Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Seih and family. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. i Mary Nicalous and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Lund were Mr. and Mrs. Jake Zimbelman, Mr and Mrs. Roy McCoski and family and Mrs. Raul, Mr and Mrs. John Nicalous and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nicalous and son of Butte, Henry Zimbelman, all of St. Metha Beck of Winner, S. D., Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nicalous and son, Mr and Mrs. Everett Green and sons and Mr. and Mrs Lester Nuemiller and family. Afternoon visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Harley Nicalous and family. Julius Serr ami grandson, Stevie Sparks went to Ewing on Friday and visited in the home ! of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mlnarik and were overnight guests. Saturday morning they left for Norfolk where Steve took a navy test. They came as far as Clearwater and spent Saturday night with his brother, Fred. Mr. and Mrs. William Maertin and Jacob Blum were Sunday din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Ludemann and daughter of St. Charles, S. D. Mr. and Mrs. Gene King and Mrs. Katie Berg of Norfolk and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Brockemaier anil family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent ! Small and family. Albert Faatz was admitted to Burke hospital on Thursday, where he is still a patient. Mr and Mrs Albert Stahlecker of Yakima, Wash , came Satur day afternoon from Burwell where they had been visiting with their children and will spend several days visiting with relatives and fnends here, before going back to Burwell. Mr. and Mrs Marlin Green and Dennis and Dale Schonefeld were Tuesday evening, Dec. 8 guests in the Everett Green home to help Dennis Green celebrate his 17th birthday. Mr and Mrs Con Sattler were Sunday evening visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Fuhrer. Mrs. Marlin Green was taken to the Lynch hospital on Thursday morning for medical care. She was brought home on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. I ton Vogt and son were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boem and family. Mr and Mrs Albert Nicalous and family of Fairfax were Wednesday evening visitors in the Reinhold Fuhrer home. Chambers News By .Mr*. E. R. Carpenter Keller club met Wednesday, Dec. h in the home of Mrs. Louis Neilson , with Mrs. G. H. Grimes co-host ess. Roll call was answered by telling of the gift most difficult to choose. The president reminded all to take their Butter-Nut coffee key strips to the store before De cember 15. It was voted to give i the usual $5.00 to the Nebraska Childrens’ home. When the matter of election of officers came up it was unani mously decided that all present officers would serve another year. Mrs George Cameron, a guest ac cepted an invitation to join the club. A brief program and social tim<» wn<: pn ioved followed bv lunch. Mr. and Mrs. James Butts and children of Ijexington came Fri day. Dec. 11. Saturday they drove to Sioux City, la. to visit her fa ther, Robert Gartner, patient at St. Joseph's hospital. Mrs. Gart ner, who had been writh her hus band since has injury, accompa nied them back to Chambers for a few days. She reports that the doctors still are hopeful of sav ing the injured leg, though it is still too soon to be sure. Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Gillette, Mary Ellen and Darrel Lee drove to Grand Island Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Gail Shoemaker of Lincoln were weekend guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Shoemaker. Mrs. Paul Roth and daughter, Mrs. Elwyn Robertson and chil dren spent the weekend with rela tives at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Jack McAllister, sr. and daughter, Jo Anne of Te kamah, and Mr. and Mrs. Dale McAllister and sons of Creighton were Friday and Saturday guests of Mrs. Jack McAllister’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schmidt, Wayne Hoffman, Glen Taylor and Erwin Carpenter called on Ed Coday at the Veterans hospital in Grand Island recently. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kiltz are the owners of a new car. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Gilbert and daughters of Stuart were supper guests Friday of his parents, Mr. and Mrs Andrew Gilbert. Mr and Mrs Edgar DeHart at tended a dinner given for the Pio neer Seed Co dealers and their wives at Norfolk Thursday, Dec 10. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Barnett and daughter, Cbnnie. of Greeley, Colo, arrived Saturday for a few days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs T E. Alderson and other relatives and friends. They left Tuesday for home accompanied by his parents, Mr and Mirs S. B Barnett of Amelia, who will visit until after Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter were in Grand Island Thursday. Dec. 10 on business. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Cox took their daughter, Mrs Dale Finney and Cheryl Ann to Sioux City, la Friday where they took the train to their home at Prairie du Oiien, Wis. The Cox' returned home Sat urday. Art Walter came home Satur day from St. Anthony's hospital after having surgery Sunday, Dec. 6. Mrs. Ed Codav and son, Danny, drove to Grand Island Saturday and spent until Sunday afternoon with her husband at the Veterans hospital Mrs Fred Tucker went to Wayne Sunday to visit relatives. She re turned Monday. Mrs. Charlotte Honeywell visited in the Clarence Knox home Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. John Honeywell were Sunday afternoon guests in the Elwin Rubeck home. The Chambers township is erect ing a hollow tile building in the west part of town to house the maintainor and other township machinery. Sunday evening guests in the Seymore Harkins home were Mr and Mrs. George Cameron, Mr and Mrs. Elmer Lenz. Mr. and Mrs. John Honeywell, and Mrs Elsie Otter. The Chambers post office has recently undergone a complete re modeling with all new boxes and other fixtures, paint, venitian blinds, etc., making it a very at tractive place and much more convenient for the postal workers. Mr. and Mrs. Don Dankert and family were Sunday dinner guests in the Wayne Peterson home. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blair at tended the funeral of his brother at Spencer Monday. Ruth Ann Damme, student nurse spent the weekend with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs Clarence Damme and family. Miss Damme has spent the past three months in Denver, Colo, where she took ped iatric training. She will be in the hospital for further training. Ruben Miller of Lincoln was also a weekend guest of the Dammes. Mr. and Mrs. William Turner drove to Battle Creek Sunday to visit his brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Nolte and his mother, Mrs. Ina Turner. Deloit News By Mrs. II. Rcimcr The H. E. O. club met Thurs day at the Glenn Harpster home for a covered dish dinner and Christmas party. All members but one were present. Candy recipes were exchanged and also samples of the candy. A donation was made to the Opportunity Center in Nor folk;_ Mr and Mrs Maynard Steam* spent W ednesday in Sioux City . j. They spent the evening visiting friends there. Mr. and Mrs. Will Conner of Ewing visited Mrs. Mary Steams on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Ralph Toni jack went to Omaha Wednesday by bus to j visit her daughter, Mis. Gene Ray and family. The bridge at Deloit has been out this week and is being re-j built Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Tomjack! visited her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Jewell in Dallas, S. D., on Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer spent Sunday at the Mike Bom home in Plainview. Mr. and Mrs. Dana Sisson will leave Washington where he is in service on December 22. They 1 will spend his 10 day leave w ith i relatives here. Irvan Chrision is believ ed suf-. feruig with lukemia and is in the Veterans hospital in Omaha. Mr. and Mi's. Carl Christon of Denver, Colo., are expected to ar rive December 17. Mr. and Mrs. H. Reimer called on Mrs. Mary Steams Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Larson | are leav ing Anchorage, Alaska by plane December 18 and will arrive in Lrnfoln December 19 for Christ mas. They will spend the winter in the South. The Deloit Pinochle club had a party at the Lambert Bartak home Wednesday evening. Mrs. H. Werkmeister and Bud Bartak won ViIitR Vlr nil Mrc JtVlinlf Miller low and Carl Thiele travel ing award. Mrs. Ijouis IMfahl and Mrs. Charles McDonald were as sisting hostesses. The Christian Mothers of the St. John's church held their an nual Christmas party on Sunday. A large crowd attended. Mr. and Mrs. W. Saltonstall and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Saltonstall of Norfolk were Sunday dinner guests at the Bill Gibbs home. Mr. and Mrs. Richard McDon ald and family were Sunday din ner guests at the Watson McDon ald home. Their two month old daughter, Christina Rae was christened at the Lutheran church in Clearwater on Sunday. Virginia McDonald spent the wt“ekend at home. Venus News i By Mrs. Ralph Brookhouser VENUS Rev. Dale Homback, pastor of the Venus Wesleyan Methodist church is in the Neligh hospital with a broken pelvis bone resulting from a fall. —-j j| - — : * Dr. Donald E. David OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted Phon© 2101 Spencer £ ■■■■■■ ■ ■' v ] Santa is coming to|0'NeiII | Saturday, Pec. 19th THE JOLLY OL' FELLOW, busy as he is, wants to greet all the I* small fry in the O'Neill area at the O'Neill Public School at 2 p.m. ' f" j‘ HE'LL BE LADEN with treats for the kiddies . . . he'll want to ’ \ J' spend a few moments with all the youngsters — learning their J J. wants. J ^; ATTENTION KIDS: Better be able to report to Santa that you've ' * * ‘ been good boys and girls and can qualify for gifts you're going : j*. *i to ask for. . 'f jjj Santa's Visit Is Under the Auspices of the — ^ | O'Neill Chamber of Commerce | . ELECTRIC DRYERS 5 A AUTOMATIC * • Economical Operation 1 1 • Dries All Fabrics • Drying Temperature Control • Installed Anywhere • Safe ... No Flame AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC RANGES > r • Easy Food Preparation • Vitamins Stay in Cooked Foods • Safe . . . Clean . . . Automatic • Healthful . . . Leaves oxygen in air • Modern Styles . . . 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