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Volume 81—Number 18 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 24, 1961 Seven Cent*
Last of the"Creek Rats"
Remember Old Times
(Mrs. R. J. Hering)
ROYAL, NEBR. — The original
Royal Creek Rats baseball team
of the early ’90’s, and their win
ning streak for seven years, has
been told and retold throughout
the years. The story is not only
a saga in Antelope county but in
all of northeast Nebraska as well.
There are a number of teams
who were self-styled Creek Rats,
but the one and only team de
serving of the title was Ihe one
composed of three sets of broth
ers. the Forsbergs, Fred, Carl
and George, living three miles
east of Royal; the Couch broth
ers, Sam, John and Charlie,
three miles northeast of Royal
(near the present trOat-roaring
ponds), and the Petersons, Linn,
Elmer and Gus, living southeast
of Royal on the old Bob Thomp
son farm.
Of this group of players, only
two remain, and this story was
obtained in a recent interview
with Fred Forsberg, Winnetoon,
and a frequent Royal visitor, and
an interview by proxy with Sam
Couch, who is an arthritis victim,
but who posed (in bed) for the
photographer, and who was hap
py to reminisce of the days gone
by.
Mr. Couch said, “I was born in
a covered wagon, the first baby
in Verdigris township, July 14,
1882. It was twenty miles from
the present town of Royal, then
called Savage. A team of oxen
pulled the wagon.
Mr. Couch recalled an incident
when he and Carl Forsberg were
called by telegram to Wads a
where Fred Forsberg was to pitch
a game. He said, “We took the
shafts out of the buggy and put in
a tongue, and each of us furnish
ed a horse, and we drove to
Wausa, 50 miles, and it took all
night. WTe rested about two hours
and then played the game.
“Money was one thing wc were
short of most of the time”, Couch
continued, “George and I each
pat up 50 cents to make a dollar
bet that we would win. We won.
If we had lest, George and I
and the girls would have gone
hungry.” Mr. Couch told about a
game at Neligh when the Rats
played a professional team. He
said, “I was a star for one day!
When the score was 2-0 in the
last inning they had two men on
base, and the batter hit the bail
between right and left field. It
went way back to the fence. Fors
berg yelled, “Sam!” and I took
after it and caught it with one
hand. Allie Clark and Landus
Storm of Royal picked me up and
carried me to the grandstand,
and I was the star player of the
day!”
Mr. Couch stated that he mov
ed away from Royal in 1914.
“1 had farmed 120 acres of corn
and 60 acres of small grain with
horses.” He married Miss Mary
Ingram of Royal, a sister of the
late Judge Ingram. >His wife died
a number of years ago. He was
employed on the railroad for 39
years and is now retired. He has
three sons and two daughters
living in or near Chadron.
Fred Forsberg, the pitching ace
of the Creek Rats, now lives in
Winnetoon where he moved from
Brunswick after leaving the farm
near Royal in 1939 fallowing the
death of his wife, who was Miss
Anna Browning, Ewing, and a
sister of Alex Browning, Orchard.
He has two daughters, Mrs. Dale
Mitties, and Mrs. William Web
ster, who live in the vicinity.
Asked what positions the Rats
played, Forsberg said, “I was
pitcher; John Couch, first base;
Charlie Couch, short stop; Sam
Couch, center field; George Fors
berg, second base; Linn Peterson,
left field; Carl Forsberg, right
field; Gus Peterson, catcher; and
Elmer Peterson, third base.
"Among the teams defeated by
the Rats”, said Forsberg, “were
the Bonesteel Professionals, the
Sioux City Independents, Omaha
Colored Giants, Norfolk All-Stars
and the Kansas City Sluggers.”
Asked about the time he was
blacked up to play with the Oma
ha (colored) Giants, he said:.
“The Rats played the Giants at
Royal and won the game. The
following day, the Giants were to
play Creighton. The pitcher be
came ill, so the Giants asked me
to play. They took me to the
hotel and blacked me up, and put
an old black, dirty smelly suit
on me, and I pitched for them
and won the game. And no one
knew the difference. They called
me “Sam” during the game.”
Then what about that “grudge”
game between Brunswick and
Plainview, he was asked"? “That
day just my brother George and
I played with the Brunswick
team. George was one of the best
second basemen outside a major
league. When the score was 6-6,
George made a leap into the air
and caught the ball, giving Bruns
wick the victory. There were big
bets on that game, and it was
said that Dr. Conwell of Neligh
went home with a satchell full
of money. I didn’t see it, so I
can’t say how much it was.”
Mr. Forsberg lives alone and
keeps active. He raises flowers
as a hobby, and his beautiful
blooms attract a great deal of
attention.
He drives a 1930 Model A that
takes him on fishing trips to the
Niobrara, the Verdigris and the
Elkhom.
Mr. Forsberg is a cousin of
Andrew Spjut, Royal. He visits
in Royal frequently, and his fans
of days gone by always fall to
reminiscing.
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Youngster Injured Elbow
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Edward, the three-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moser,
suffered a cracked bone in the
elbow Tuesday while playing. He
was taken to Antelope Memorial
hospital in Neligh for x-rays.
A two-car accident occurred
here Monday about six p.m. when
cars driven by H. M. Wintz and
Ralph Switzer collided near the
flag pole in the north end of main
street. Both cars received con
siderable damage, but neither
driver was injured.
Jim Workman underwent sur
gery Tuesday in the Clarkson hos
pital in Omaha, where he was
transferred that morning from
the Tilden Community hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lander
and three of their four children
spent several days last week with
Mrs. Lander’s mother, Mrs. Edith
Nolze, and other relatives. The
Landers left Monday for their
home in Spokane, Wash.
Mrs. Jack Corder and daughter.
Lisa, are visiting at the Roy
Stevens home. Mrs. Corder is
the former Jeannine Prater. Their
home is in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Hoffman
and family left Saturday night
for a vacation trip to Yellow
stone.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Luben,
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Brandt and
Mrs. Don Luben went to O’Neill
Sunday to meet Sgt. Don Luben
who was returning from Camp
Ripley, Minn., after a two-week
training with the National Guard.
Celia News
Mrs. Merrill Anderson
Aunt, 86, Dies
At Creighton
The Sicheneder family attended
the funeral of Mrs. Sicheneder’s
aunt, Mrs. Mercedes Hubbard,
!«i, which was held Thursday at
Creighton.
Dinner guests Sunday at the
John Sicheneder home were Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sicheneder, Mrs.
Lorraine Zahradnicek and daugh
ters and James Sicheneder, At
kinson; Melvin Zahradnicek,
Stuart, and Mr. and Mrs. James
Nickols and sons, Stockton, Calif.
The Nickols family is spending a
few days at the Sicheneder home.
Terry Morsett, West Point, is also
a visitor there.
Beverly Meyer spent August 13
with Norma Jean Walters.
Dorothy Scott was a supper
guest Friday evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck.
Sunday afternoon visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Col
fack were Mr. Colfack’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Nets Colfack, At
kinson, and his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Donaldson, Spencer, la.
James Fullerton and his moth
er, Mrs. Bertha Fullerton, Atkin
son, were visitors at the Leonard
Chaffin home Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck and
family visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Heiser Thursday.
The Celia 4-H club had their
annual picnic Sunday at the
park in Atkinson. Most of the
members and their parents
were present. A business meet
ing was also conducted.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith,
Page, visited at the Leonard
Chaffin home Saturday afternoon.
Rollin and Verdon, who has been
spending the week at the Chaffin
home, returned home with their
parents.
Sharon Skandon, Gordon, was
an overnight guest Saturday of
Frances Chaffin. Miss Chaffin
and Miss Skandon were room
mates two years ago while at
tending college at Miltonvale,
Kan.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton McKath
nie, Darrel and Kay, accompa
nied by Mary Katherine and Pa
tricia Kilmurry, attended the fair
at Chambers Wednesday. Mr. and
Mrs. McKathnie and family were
dinner guests Saturday at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Gerald
Risor and family, north of O’
Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Frickel,
Lincoln, spent from Tuesday
until Thursday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel.
Donald left by train from Lin
coln Friday for basic army
training at Ft. Ord, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel
and Kurt accompanied Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Pacha to Lincoln
Sunday where they were guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronnie Frickel. Ronnie recently
underwent throat surgery at Lin
coln. Mr. and Mrs. Frickel also
visited their daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Donald Frickel, while in
Lincoln.
Mrs. Victor Frickel left Sunday
afternoon to attend Bible camp
at Central City. She plans to re
turn home about mid-week.
Mr. and Mrs. Milon McKath
nie and family attended the Sie
bert-Rothchild wedding Saturday
evening at St. John’s Lutheran
church in Atkinson.
Sherman Blow of the Plantation
Manor, Elgin, is spending a few
days at the Mark Hi-ndricks
home.
Mr. and Mrs. David Rahn call
ed Monday at the Robert Hend
ricks home.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hendricks
visited Mrs. Hendricks’ cousin,
Mrs. Tabor Kelly and her hus
band, Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Kelly's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd McDowell, Atkin
son.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ernst and
daughter, Linda, Manhattan,
Kan., came Thursday evening for
a visit at the home of John’s sis
ter, Mrs. Robert Hendricks and
family. They expect to leave for
home Monday. Mrs. Ernst’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bench,
and Rosemary Barrett, Turner,
Ore., arived at the Hendricks
home Sunday evening. They have
been visiting a daughter in Nor
folk.
Mrs. Bertha Koski, Duluth,
Minn., was an overnight guest
Friday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Sicheneder. Mrs. Koski
is a sister of Mrs. Stanley John
son, Atkinson.
A picnic supper in honor of
those having birthdays in August
was had at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Dobias August 13.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. John
Sicheneder and family, Mr. and
Mrs. James Dobias and Jerry,
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Dobias and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Clements and family.
Lynch News
By Mrs. Fred King
Alaskan Visits
Jim Svatos Home
Mrs. Margaret Taradash, An
chorage, Alaska, arrived at the
Jim Svatos home Sunday after
noon. She is a niece of Mr.
Svatos. She left Tuesday morning
after visiting her cousin, Mrs.
Frank Weeder. Monday afternoon
Mrs. Taradash, Jim Svatos, Mrs.
Mary Fusch and Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Svatos and boys visited
at the Andrew Sedivy home.
Monday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Svatos and Arlin and Mr.
and Mi’s. Marvin Svatos and
boys visited at the Jim Svatos
home. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Nor
wood called there Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rutledge
and Mike visited Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Barnes, Oakland, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Gerald Elsasser and
family, Cheyenne, Wyo., are vi
siting this week with Mr. and
Mrs. Leman Huber. Mr. Elsasser
returned to work August 13. He
came after the family the next
Saturday and they all returned
home Sunday.
The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Kimport, Fremont, have
been staying here with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Thompson and fami
ly*
Mr. and Mrs. Clemen Christen
sen drove to Jackson, Minn.,
where they met Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Gulick and family. The
children returned home with
their grandparents for a two
week visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Puc
kett, Russellville, O., have
moved here recently. Mr. Puc
kett is a brother of Mrs. Les
ter Derickson and is an
electrician and plumber.
Marjene Birmeier accompa
nied Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schom
mer to Chadron this weekend for
a vacation.
Mrs. Richard Ducker and
Garth have spent the last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kounov
sky and baby son, Brandon, O.,
born August 6 at the O'Neill hos
pital.
Larry Hiatt, 11-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Hiatt,
recently broke his arm when
he fell off the garage at his
home.
The Assumption BVM Altar
society held a special meeting at
the church basement August 16
to make plans for the bazaar to
be held September 10 in the park
just east of the hospital. Dinner
will be served from 12:30 p.m.
until 7:30 p.m. There will be
entertainment such as cake
walks, fish pond, country store,
rides, darts, duck hunting, etc.
The First Methodist Women’s
society met at the home of Mrs.
Fred King August 18 at 8 p.m.
There were four visitors present.
The meeting was conducted by
Mrs. Glen Stewart. Mrs. Everett
Rutledge acted as secretary.
Plans were made to finish the
kitchen at the parsonage as soon
as the men are able to leave
their farm work. Mrs. Robert
Conklin led the devotions. Mrs.
C. A. Moody was co-hostess.
The YWGO club met at the
home of Mrs. Earl Pritchett
August 14 at 8 p.m. Plans were
made for the fair booth at Spen
cer August 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Courtney
jr., and family spent the preced
ing week camping at the Lake of
the Ozarks in Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elsasser and
Jeanette, Sioux Fall, S. D., spent
the weekend here and were sup
per guests at the Leman Huber
home.
Mrs. Willa Sehollmeyer re
cently finished her schooling
at Wayne and will be at home
here a week before going to
Norfolk where she will teach
junior high English. Bruce
Sehollmeyer will attend college
there and Bardy will enter the
seventh grade.
Mrs. George Courtney sr., and
Carolyn will be staying in
Hartington with Mr. Courtney
until school starts September 5.
Mrs. Gladys Gallop and her
granddaughter, Linda Crooks, re
turned home Saturday from
California where they have spent
two months visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Soulek and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Gallop and Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Baker and family.
Mrs. Gladys Gallop spent the
weekend at the Ted Crooks
home before returning to her
nume in east Lyncn.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stewart
entertained Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Carlson at supper Tuesday eve
ning. Mrs. Carlson is an aunt
of Leslie.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stewart
and boys and Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Blair and family visited
at the Don Stewart home Friday
evening. Mi’s. Don Stewart re
turned home Friday with Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Carlson, Moline, 111.,
after visiting the past few days.
She accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Albert McDonald Monday to the
Carlson home and for a visit
with Mrs. Sarah Newmans.
Ricky Wheeler, Niobrara,
came Thursday to visit Dwight
Stewart until Sunday.
Mike Howard stayed a few
days last week at the Leslie
Stewart home.
Guy Barnes was a Monday
supper guest at the Leman Hu
ber home. Mr. and Mrs. Huber
spent Sunday evening ■ at Pat
Osioms. Mr. and Mrs. Buss
Greene were supper guests there.
Mrs. George Thayer spent
Sunday at the Jim Svatcs home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Selles and
sons, Pierre, S. D., spent the
weekend at the Ray Mulhair and
Jake Erlenbush homes. Mrs. Sel
les is a sister of Mrs. Erlenbush.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoffman and
Mrs. Gladys Spencer took Arden
Spencer Sunday morning to Oma
ha where he will board a plane
to Los Angeles, Calif., where he
is employed as a glass estim
ator. He has been visiting here
this past week while his brother,
Calvin an dfamily were here
from Texarqana, Tex. They re
turned to their home Thursday
after spending two weeks here
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sharon
and three grandchildren came
Sunday to visit Mrs. Craig for a
few days. They are from Hanlen
town, la.
Pat Stevens, Gregory, S. D.,
came Friday for a visit at the
Joe Halva home. He returned
home Saturday.
Larry, Junior, Danny and
Terry Jo, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Havranek, Spencer,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Halva.
Mrs. Jack Keller and John
left Thursday from Norfolk by
bus for their home in Washing
ton, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd France
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold France,
Bayard, called on Mr. and Mrs.
George Soukup last week.
Janis Merryman and Corrine ,
Rippe are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Johnson
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until Thursday. They were room
mates of Mrs. Johnson this past
year at Geneva. Miss Merry
man teaches second grade there
and Miss Rippe teaches fifth
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brown,
Brenda, suid their granddaugh
ter, Lisa Jo Lewis, Kandoiph.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mulhair
and I»ren and Mr. and Mrs.
Don Joluison were dinner
guests Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs'. Wallace Moffett
in honor of the birthdays of
Frank Mulhair and Mr. Wal
lace Moffett.
Mr. and Mis. Gordon Blue and
family arrived at the home of
Mrs. Julia Hasenpflug August 1M
for a week’s visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Barnes
were supper guests of Mrs.
Marion McColley, Verdel. Sun
day.
On Thursday night in honor of
Mrs. Gordon Blue a Hasenpflug
reunion was held near Niobrara.
A fish dinner was served. Those
present were Fred Hasenpflug,
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hasenpflug
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bern
ard Hasenpflug, all from Creigh
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Audrey Comp
tor. and Mrs. Julia Hasenpflug.
Janice Crawford arrived home
Friday after spending a week
at the St. Joseph hospital in
Sioux City w'here she received
physical therapy on her neck
and foot. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer
Crawdord and Steve and Janice
and Mrs. Fred Coleman, Spen
cer visited Sunday at the Roger
Breyfogle home in Sioux City.
Nellie Johnson and Mr. and Mrs.
John Larson of Laurel were also
guests there.
Mr. and Mrs. Lumir Cizek and
family and Mrs. Bertha Ross
meier drove to Norfolk and
Grand Island Thursday and Fri
day to visit relatives.
(Last week news)
Arden Spencer, Los Angels, Ca
lifornia., arrived in Omaha Sat
urday and returned home with
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Spencer who
drove to Omaha after him. He
is employed by the Downy Glass
Company, Los Angeles. A picnic
was held at the Lloyd S'pencer
home Sunday. Those attending
were Mrs. Gladys Spencer and
Arden, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Spen
cer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Weeder and Paula, Mr. and Mrs.
William Stauffer, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Davy and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Davy, Sidney and
Roger Woolf, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Spencer and family and the Vel
don Lee family. The afternoon
was spent boating and skiing on
the Missouri River.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rutledge
and Mike left Friday morning for
Sioux City on business. They
drove on to Oakland and spent
the weekend at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Barnes and Bob.
They returned home Monday
morning.
Janice Crawford left for
Sioux City Sunday where she
will undergo physical therapy
on her right foot which was in
jured in an automobile acci
cident several weeks ago. The
cast has been removed and she
is now able to walk on her foot.
Mrs. Jack Keller and John.
Washington, D. C., arrived here
last Monday for a visit at the
Guy Keller h ome. They all at
tended the Doris Hrbek wedding
in O’Neill Saturday.
Mrs. E. C. Thompson jr. and
sons, Shreveport, La., came Mon
day morning for a three-day visit
at the Art Retzlaff home. Mr.
and Mrs. Eric Retzlaff, Cham
bers, were dinner guests there
also.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Courtney en
tertained the following at a steak
fry Saturday evening: Mr. and
Mrs. George Courtney jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Richard courtney, all
of Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Frahm, O’Neill.
The Lynch postoffice is receiv
ing a new coat of paint this week.
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Former lynch Mm is
Mksmnmy in Africa
A former Lynch man, Daniel
Dale Edwards and his family, are
living in Africa where they serve
as missionaries at a station that
has twc missionary houses, two
guest houses, a church, school,
dispensary, isolation rooms and
many fruit trees.
It is located in N. Nigeria, West
Africa.
This is tlie second field term
the Edwards family has spent in
Africa, the first one being at
Dadiya, where living conditions
were not as luxurious as the pres
ent station.
When Daniel and his "wife,
Myrtle, first went to Africa in
1953 tney were responsible lor
15,000 Africans and at that lime
were warmly greeted by a large
crowd of Moslem Tribe Africans
who presented them with chick
ens, bananas and other gilts of
food.
Their house was made oi mud
and had a grass roof. Snakes,
lizzards, bats and mosquitos were
frequent visitors in the house.
They had no refrigerator and
were unable to keep meat al
though there was plenty oi game
available.
The rainy season there brought
many hardships to the couple as
they had to cross two rivers to
obtain groceries and mail from
Kuntungo, 25 miles from Dadiya.
They had no transportation for
two years and had to depend on
someone else to transport their
supplies, or else walk the 25
miles for groceries. As the rainy
season lasts in Africa for three
four months, they were many
times without staples. One month
in particular they were unable to
get food and flour and had to
live on rice and African food.
There were no Christians to
assist them in their religious
teaching. The natives worshiped
trees, snakes, stones and idols
so Daniel and Myrtle, had to
start from the beginning. They
took care of 100 or more patients
a day at the dispensary, most of
them for treatment of tropical
ulcers. Myrtle taught school in
the afternoon and at one time
had 58 girls enrolled in school.
On March 17, 1955, their daugh
ter, Rachel Grace, was born in
Jos Mission hospital. Their little
white baby caused a great deal
of excitement among the Africans
as she was the first one they had
ever seen. The new baby brought
a washing problem to the lamily
since they had no washing ma
chine. They hired a houseboy at
It! cents a week and he assisted
with the housework and washing.
Once the washing was put on the
clothes line it had to be watched
closely as the Africans would
“borrow” anything on the line.
About this time a missionary
gaive the couple a small refrig
orator which was a great luxury
for the family. Shortly afterwards
another missionary presented
them with a jeep.
A son, David Leo, was born
March 19, 1955 and that same
year they transferred to another
station at Bursali where they
stayed until April 1, 1951! when
they returned to the states for a
furlough.
Daniel enrolled for further
studies at Grace Bible Institute
and received his bachelors degree
there. He was ordained into the
ministry July 24, 1959. Once again
the couple began plans to r<4Jurn
to Africa, and U)Cy sailed No
vember 31, 1959 for their present
location.
Originally, Daniel had studied
for mechanical engineering. It
wasn’t until th< fall of 1948 that
he decided to study for the min
istry. He w;ts born near Spencer,
June 29, 1927, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Edwards, and tin grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ed
wards, also of Spencer. At the
age of four he moved with his
parents to a farm one mtie north
of Lynch and later they resided
on a farm south of Lynch. In
1934 they moved into Lynch,
where they lived until the family
moved to Omaha in 1942.
Daniel completed his high
school education at Omaha and
he received training in arc and
gas welding and lathe work. He
spent two years in the armed
service, part of which was in
Seoul, Korea. Following his dis
charge he enrolled at Omaha uni
versity college where he studied
engineering until his decision to
enter the ministry.
After graduation from Grace
Bible Institute in 1951 he iwas
married to Myrtle Wieting, Cleve
land, Ohio, who was also a grad
uate of Grace Bible Institute. His
wife was well trained in the mis
sionary field, along with Daniel,
and the couple have dedicated
their lives to the teaching of
Christianity.
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Take Advantage of The
BIG DISCOUNTS
Offered on New
DODGES.
We Have Both Seneca and
Pioneer Models to Choose From.
We also Have a Few Local Low Mileage
USED CARS
1960 Plymouth
4-Door
1958 Chrysler
New Yorker, 4-Door
1957 Dodge
Royal, 4-Door
1955 Chevrolet
Station Wagon
1956 Buick
4-Door
Thelander Auto Co.
217 S. 4th O'Neill, Nebraska
