The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, December 22, 1960, Section One, Image 8
Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Wilson announce the engagement of their daughter, Cathryn Joan, to Raymond Joseph Hoffmann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reynhold M. Hoffmann of Detroit, Mich. Miss Wilson is a graduate of St. Mary’s academy in O’Neill and the College of St. Teresa at Winona, Minn., where she was affiliated with St. Mary’s hospital, Rochester, Minn. She is presently employed as a public school nurse in Denver. Mr. Hoffmann is a graduate of the University of Detroit high school and the University of Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind. No definite date has been set for the wedding. Club Notes Jeudi Cluin Meets A Christmas dinner was held Tuesday evening at the Town House by members of the Jeudi club. A gift exchange and social hour followed. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from MARIE'S Beauty Salon To extend greetings we offer to you a special on $10 waves, or give a gift certificate to that special someone. | Meta Marie Society Has Party Members of St. Patrick’s Altar society met Thursday evening in St. Mary's gymnasium for a Christmas party. Gifts were pre sented to Monsignor O'Sullivan, Father Kucera, Father Duffy and the Sisters. Terry Gallagher en tertained with two accordian solos and following this a talk was presented by Monsignor O’ Sullivan. The meeting was under the direction of St. Theresa’s guild with Mrs. George Winkler as chairman. Dr. H. D. GILDER5LEEVE OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Phone 1G7 — O’Neill, Nebr. Hours 9-.")—Mon. thru Saturday Closed Wednesday DR. D. E. DAVID OPTOMETRIST Complete Visual Care Contact Lenses By Appointment Phone 2101 Spencer, Nebraska _— Hear HANDEL'S 'MESSIAH' 1:30 p.m. — December 25 Sung by the 250-voice Messiah Choir, Independence, Mo. STATION KBRX 1350 K€. SPONSORED BY The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Inman, Nebraska Pre-Christmas DANCE FRI., DEC. 23 American Legion BALLROOM O'Neill, Nebraska Music by The broughams Admission: 75c No-host Dinner Held A group of friends which regularly meets for card parties, held a no-host dinner at the Town House Sunday evening, followed by a gift exchange. Present were Dr. and Mrs. Bob Waters, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kyster, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gakle, Mr. and Mrs. Don Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. iXin Becker and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Petsche. Entertain at Coffee Mrs. Ben Grady, Mrs. Max Golden and Mrs. Marvin Miller were hostesses at a “coffee” party at the Max Golden home Thursday afternoon. Refresh ments and decorations were in keeping with the holiday season. Mrs. C. J. Gatz, Mrs. A. P. Jaszkowiak and Mrs. W. C. Artus presided at the coffee service dur ing the afternoon. Waist Whittlers Members of the Waist Whit tier’s club ended a weight losing contest last Friday and began a new one. Mrs. Joe Menish was declared the winner of the $5 offered to the one who lost the most weight over a six week period. Her loss was 7 3/4 lbs. The current contest will be under a new rule, requiring each member to lose at least a pound a week to be eligible. The con test will be concluded only when every member has failed to meet that requirement. Mrs. Mike Langan joined the club at Friday’s meeting. New members are welcome. Members meet each Friday after noon at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Durl Anderson at 301 W. Hancock St. Dinner Party Held Members of the Wesleyan Ser vice guild met at the M and M cafe for dinner 7 o’clock Monday evening. The business meeting and program followed at the home of Mrs. J. L. Sherbahn. A cash gift was sent to the Omaha City Mission in lieu of a gift ex change. HAPPY HOMEMAKERS Holt Happy Homemaker Exten sion club met at the home of Mrs. Harold Van Vleck for a Christmas dinner December 8. All members but one were pre sent. After the dinner a short meet ing was held, read the Creed in unison, Sec.-Treas. report was read, singing by the group and roll call was answered by what each wanted for Christmas. Of ficers will appoint committees for showers, weddings, etc. We open ed gifts from our grab bag. The next meeting will be held in Jan uary. News Reporter Mrs. II. J. Kurpgeweit Nellie Okpik to Wed Shane O'Neill, Friday Miss Nellie Okpik of Pt. Bar row, Alaska, will be married Fri day at 5 p.m. to Shane O’Neill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. O’Neill of O’Neill. Miss Okpik is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Okpik at Pt. Barrow. The wedding will take place at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Fairbanks. Alaska. Miss Okpik attended school at St. Mary’s at Ft. Yukon and at Mt. Edgecumbe. Mr. O’Neill attended Creighton university at Omaha and is pre sently city editor at the Fair banks Daily News-Miner. Home from Hospital Steve, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Forwood was released from St. Anthony’s hos pital Wednesday following medi cal care for an injured spleen. The lad received the injury while playing with friends December 20. He will have to remain on his back for two more weeks to allow time for healing. Legion Auxiliary Holds Joint Session Members of the American Le gion auxiliary, Simonson Unit No. 93, and the Junior auxiliary held a joint meeting December 7 with Junior President Gayle Mur phy presiding. Thirty-eight senior members, 35 juniors and one guest were pre sent. It was reported that $43 were realized on the food sale Novem ber 19 held by the Junior auxili ary. Jean Holz, rehabilitation chairman, reported that she had made six tarlatan dolls which were sent to the Veterans hos pital. The American Legion and Auxiliary each contributed $20 to be used for gifts for “The Yanks Who Gave”. Three dollars were donated to the “Little Red School house” fund. Following the meeting a gift exchange and Christmas program were held. Hostesses were Laura Miller, Mary Reynoldson, Doro thy Reynoldson, Rose Minton, Mary Ann Schmidt, Gertrude Streeter, Marjorie Stuifbergen. Berniece Harrington and Neil Harding. Annual Party Held A Christmas dinner and eve ning of cards marked the annual holiday observance by members of the Catholic Daughters Tues day evening in the Knights of Columbus hall. Cards furnished the entertainment and the prizes were won by Dorothy Janzing and Berniece Harrington. Claire Hickey and Kathleen Wameke w-ere co-chairmen. World War I Vets Christmas Party Approximately 75 Holt County World War I Veterans and Auxili ary members met at the Legion hall Monday evening for a Christ mas party. Following a no-host dinner at 6:30 p.m., the evening was spent playing pinochle and pitch. Personnel Parties Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Patton en tertained their Ben Franklin store personnel at a dinner party Wed nesday evening at the Town House. Mrs. Winnie Barger, proprietor of The Apparel shop, entertained her store personnel and friends at a Christmas dinner and party Sunday evening. Others celebrating the Christmas season with dinners at the Town House for employees included the Northwestern Bell Telephone com pany, O’Neill Auto Supply and Sidles Auto company, Saturday evening; Harding Creamery, Sun day evening; Gambles store, Tuesday, and McDonalds com pany, Wednesday. Dobrovolny's Plan Celebration Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Do brovolny will observe their 25th w-edding anniversary December 27. A family dinner will be served at noon and an open house obser vance held from 2:30 until 5 in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dobrovolny invite their friends to call. The couple has requested that no gifts be given. Mr. and Mrs. Dobrovolny were married on Christmas, December 25, 1935. They have two children, a son and a daughter. Handel's "Messiah" To Be Broadcast Inman's RLDS church will join with approximately 1,000 con gregations to present a radio broadcast of Handel’s “Messiah” by the Messiah Choir of Indepen dence, Mo., Christmas Day. Station KBRX will carry the broadcast in this area at 1:30 p.m. Tpe above announcement was made by Donald L. Keyes of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at In man. The RLDS church sponsors the choir. Accompanying the choir are 32 instrumentalists! selected from the Kansas City? Philharmonic orchestra. -• | 9 Cleveland Bible Camp Plans 1961 Session Plans were made Sunday af-! ternoon to open the Cleveland* Bible camp, located north of§ Stuart, for the 1961 camp pro-* gram through the month of June.|; The Camp board of dir- | ectors met at the Cleveland | Presbyterian church to discuss 5. summer plans and appoint- i ments. The directors are the | Rev. Herbert Young of Stuart, the Rev. John Hart of O’Neill, f Clarence Focken of Atkinson, Stanley Cobb of Stuart, Charles g Mulford and Mrs. James Al- y lyn of Cleveland. As a result of an expansions program begun last summer the| number of directors was in-g creased from eight to eleven! members. It will include a mem-| her from each of the O'Neill and§ Bethany Presbyterian churches.! The pastor of these churches is| automatically a member. The Rev. Hart attended a state*? camp conference at Lincoln andg reported that the Cleveland campi met state camp qualifications, g Next year there will be a weekg of camping for each age group! with activities similar to those ofg the 1960 season. The Rev. Harts was appointed senior high campy dean, and directors for the juniorg high and junior camps are thes Rev. Roy Bird of Valentine and| the Rev. Ray Kersting of Atkin-$ son. - i g* Spencer Clips St. Joe's 82-43 For Fourth Win Spencer romped over Atkinsoni St. Joe’s 82-43 to hand them their! fourth defeat of the season. Thelj Kopecky brothers were the top*j scorers for Spencer as they tossed^ in 58 points. Mark and Mike Mc-8 Kay did the scoring honors for St* Joe’s as they tallied 31 points. S In a game played Friday night* at Spencer the 9pencer Piratesj downed Burke 61-52. Ronny Ko-S pecky tossed in 34 points and Leo-| nard Kopecky was second with 11.| D. Wilson was tops for Burke withj 17. Spencer has a 4-0 season thusj far. ___1 . —————— g § INCOME TAX ! SERVICE j i For assistance in making out your 1960 Income Tax Return, see— FLORENCE PONTON Golden Hotel Corner Phone 106 — O'Neill Please Make Appointments i . Santa Claus, who could well qualify for the title of “most popu lar man in town” Saturday, listened to a good many requests from the younger set as he made his annual visit to O’Neill. Mild weather made his trip perfect and his arrival was greeted hy a host of child ren, anxious to get in a good word for themselves before Christina*. Verdigre - Center The Verdigre Hawks defeated the Center Panthers 69-50 in a game played at Verdigre Friday night. Verdigre trailed 33-26 at the half but rallied in the final periods to cinch the win. Allen Boelter was high point man for Verdigre with 17 points followed by W. A. Nelson with 15. L. Sealer was tops for Center with 23 and G. Allen was second with O'Neill Locals Ronald Holly arrived home from the fleet sonar school at Key West, Fla., Saturday to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Holly. Larry Boyle, who also attends school there, accompanied h;m to O’Neill to visit relatives during the Christmas season. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Wanser will go to Ainsworth Christmas day to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don McAndrew. Mr. and Mrs. Wanser entertained Mr. and Mrs. Den nis Hansen at dinner Saturday evening at the Town House. Mr. and Mrs. Max Golden left Sunday for Smyrna, Tenn., where they will be holiday guests of their son-in-law and daughter Capt. and Mrs. James Butcher and family. Enroute to Tennes see, they stopped at Kansas City for a visit with another son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. It. L. Owens. Mrs. Henry Mangan and daugh ter, Rosamond, of Omaha aid Mrs. Mangan’s sister, Mrs. Grace Gillham and son, Bill of Greeley will be Christmas guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Moore. G. L. Burney of McCook ar rived here Thursday to spend the holidays with his son, Mike Bur ney and family. Clear Golden of Cheshire, Conn., is in O'Neill this holiday season, visiting relatives and friends. Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Sutcliffe will spend the weekend at Vermil lion, S. D., as Christmas guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sutcliffe. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spittler and children of Valentine will ar rive here Friday to spend the holidays. Leaving Tuesday for Cedar Rapids, la., were Mr. and Mrs. Harden Anspach, who will spend the holidays with their daughter, Mrs. Charles Marsten and family. Peggy Sullivan spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan, returning Sunday to her work in Omaha. She will return to O’Neill for the Christmas holiday. Omaha where tney will spend Christmas with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ben nie Oetter and Larry. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kamphaus and family of Lynch and Mr. and Mrs. Wiiliam Shaw and daughters were Thursday dinner guests in the home of Mrs. Juliana Kamp haus. Mrs. Tess Murray went to Om aha Sunday to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fritz Welsh. She had a Monday apointment for a clinical check->ap. Mr. and Mrs. George Wettlau fer and children will -be Christ mas Day guests in the Andrew Wettlaufer home and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Strong jr. and child ren and Mrs. Harold Strong sr. will be afternoon visitors. Carl Kamphaus of Bartlett and Mr. and Mrs. William Shaw and daughters were Monday guests in the home of Mrs. Juliana Kamp haus. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spall will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hutchinson at Valentine the first of next week. Expected guests Chrismas day in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Winkler will be Mrs. Em ma Kemper and son, Orville of Page, Mr. and Mrs. Casper Wink ler of Emmett, Mrs. Mary Eth erton and family of O’Neill, Mrs. Frances May and family and Mr and Mrs. John Gallagher, all of Inman. Members of the Kansas-Nebras ka office force and their wives or husbands met at the Town House Wednesday night for din ner, then went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Curren for an evening at cards. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Don Schommer, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Gray, Mr and Mrs. Dean Clyde, Lavern Stevens and Wayne Reynoldson. Vilia and VaReane Gray enter tained a dozen girls SaDjrday evening at a Christmas party Games were played and the girls went caroling around the neigh borhtxxl before refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Curren attended the annual Christmas party at Valley Sunday at the Legion Hall. About 50 guests were in attendance. AND BEST WISHES FOR 1961! 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