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Volume 81—Number 19 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 31, 1961 Seven Cents
Lichtys Feted
At Royal on
Golden Wedding
ROYAL Mr. and Mrs. AJex
Lichty, living six miles northeast
of Royal, were married 65 years
ago Wednesday, Aug. 30, ;uid in
observance of this occasion, wall
lie honored at a picnic dinner at
the city park in Plainview Sun
day.
The event is being planned by
their sons. Harmon, Elmer and
Perry and families. Relatives
and friends are invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Lichty were mar
ried at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. August
1 loiter. August 30, 1896 with the
Rev. S. W. Baer, Brunswick of
ficiating. Their attendants.
George Mitchell and Dadie
Weaver, were married also at a
later date.
The first two years of their
marriage they lived wdth her
paretnts and then went on a farm
by themselves. In 1904 they
moved to their present home
where they leave lived for 57
years. The couple has six grand
children and six great grand
children.
Mr. Lichty w'as 84 August 18
;ind Mis. Lichty celebrated her
85th birthday August 22. Mr.
Lichty has three brothers, Duall,
John and Robert, and one sister,
Mrs. Fred Anson, all living on
farms in the same vicinity. Mrs.
Lichty has one brother, Francis
Heiter, O'Neill, who with his
wife, celebrated the 62nd anni
versary of their marriage.
Royal News
By Mrs. R. J. Bering
Harry Smith has returned from
Lincoln where he had heen a
patient in the Veteran’s hospital
for several weeks. Mrs. Smith
had been in Lincoln with rela
tives during her husband's hos-'
pitalizalion and accompanied him
home.
Mrs. Edna Johnston, Mrs.
Clayton Meisner and daughter,
Mrs. W. J. Reefe, Jolene Pick
and Mrs. R. J. Hering were
Plainview visitors Thursday.
Mrs. Luettie Snyhde, Lincoln,
high school instructor in Royal,
arrived Saturday and will make
her home with Mrs. Mabel Meyer
during the school year.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Meisner
and family were dinner guests
Sunday at the Harold Piersol
home south of Royal.
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Montgo
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rncry were Sunday evening visi
tors of Clayton Meisners.
Merlin and Roxie DePeel,
Plainview, were guests during
the past week of their grand
mother, Mrs. Mabel Meyer.
The American Junior Region
baseball team, consisting of
players from Orchard, Page,
Royal, Elgin and Ewing, and
their families, held a picnic
at Grove Iaike Thursday eve
ning. This team won the dis
trict championship and was
second in the area.
Sandra Fryer, Norfolk, is visit
ing her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Burch, and the
Darrell Anson family this week.
She expects to enter Norfolk
Junior college.
Gailen Montgomery, youngest
son of .Mrs. Walter Montgo
mery, and a graduate of Wayne
State Teachers college, as
sumed his duties at Craig Mon
day morning. He will instruct a
a.i-piece band, voice, and also
industrial arts. Mr. Montgo
mery is a graduate of the
Royal high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mattison
and family were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Montgomery.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Burch,
Grand Island, came Sunday for
their son. Dean, who had spent
several days camping at Grove
I^ike with his aunt, Mrs. Glenn
Rundquist and Nolan.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Rundquist
returned Saturday from Apple
ton, Wis., where they had gone
to get their daughter, Priscilla.
She spent a week there with her
brother, Charles.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennei h Van
Ostrand and son retumea me
first of the week to Texas fol
lowing a visit with relatives in
the vicinity. Kenneth is employed
in contracting and building.
Mrs. Walter Montgomery was
a guest of her son. Donald and
family in Madison last week.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Blackburn are her sister and
husband from Chico, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Burch
were Norfolk visitors Friday and
Saturday.
Mr. and Mi's. Edward Bridg
land. Benson. Minn., visited Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Dodds during the
week.
The Royal WSCS has plan
ned a reception and "pound
social” for the Kev. and Mrs.
Duane Lenz Friday of this
week to which the members
and friends of the church are
invited.
Kenneth Kirby, Sheridan.
Wyo., who has been hospitalized at
Neligh since last week, was re
ported as much better Monday
and may be released this week
to return home. Mrs. Kirby, era
s' ■ ssvifci;..., -sa.5 '
ployed in the Sheridan schools
will wait here to retun home
with her husband.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Rundquist entertained at dinner
Sunday were: Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Thomsen and
three daughters, Dwight Morri
son and Frankie and Barbara,
who will leave during the week
to continue studies at college in
Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Rundquist and daughter, Priscil
la. Glenda Fae Thomsen will re
turn to college in Wayne. Frankie
Morrison is a student at the Agri
cultural college at the University
and Barbara is a senior at Wes
leyan.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Barton.
Orchard, and their daughter,
Mrs. Noel Lautenschlager and
family, Greg Wade and Roger
Alan, Colorado Springs, called
onon Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hering
Sunday evening.
Last Weeks News—
Mrs. Mabel Briggs, who left the
Royal vicinity 54 years ago, re
turned this week for a visit with
relatives and friends. Mrs. Briggs
came with Mr. and Mrs. Lute
Thurber, who were returning to
Royal following a trip to their
home in Iowa. Mrs. Briggs will
accompany Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Bauer to Boulder, Colo, to visit
a sister at Frederick, Colo, and
return to Iowa with Bauers when
they return home. Mrs. Briggs
will be remembered as Mabel
Howard. Mrs. Briggs stated that
she lives on an 80-acre farm
which she cares for herself. She
raised 11 children, six of her own
and five step-children.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Klabenes,
Chambers, called on Mrs. C. F.
Storm Saturday while returning
home from Wayne where Mrs.
Klabenes had been attending
Summer school. She will be em
ployed in the Chambers school
again this year.
Mrs. Stanley Johnston, Ree
Heights, S. D., and daughter, Mrs.
Jeannie Ullmer and little daugh
ter, Phoenix, Ariz., visited Mrs.
Edna Johnston, Mrs. Wayne Wal
mer and Mrs. Clayton Meisner
and families over the weekend
and then returned to Ree Heights.
Randy Johnston took part in the
rodeo at Chambers.
Mrs. Edna Johnston and Mrs.
Wayne Walmer attended the can
tata at the Community church in
Brunswick Sunday night.
Mrs. Blanche Lingenfelter, who
has been ill, is recuperating at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Merle Lichty.
The BTC club wall resume
meetings the second Thursday
in September with Mrs. Edna
Johnston as hostess.
The children of Mrs. Rose
Rundquist, Newman Grove, held
a family reunion Sunday at the
Elwin Rundquist home with din
ner at the new auditorium. Pres
ent were the families of Dr. Rus
sell Rundquist. Columbus; Gay
Rundquist, Sloan, la.; Del, Storm
Lake, la.; Dean, who came from
California and who is moving to
Ohio, and the Orin Mann family,
Farragut, la. There were 31 pres
ent.
Mrs. Floyd Foreman. Tekamah.
and her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Green, Columbus, called at the
R. J. Hering home Wednesday.
Mrs. Foreman lived for many
years in the Venlus neighborhood
following the death of her hus
band, and then moved to Creigh
ton where her sons operated a
lumber yard before selling out
and locating in Albion. It is Mrs.
Foreman’s granddaughter who re
cently was selected as “Miss
Nebraska”. From Royal, Mrs.
Foreman and her daughter were
going to the Venus community,
and then were to return to Al
bion where a banquet was to be
held for “Miss Nebraska” before
she left for Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bryan
and Billy Keetle, Bremerton,
Wash., are her on a visit to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Holm. Mrs. Bryan was employed
in the Royal schools for several
years. She is now employed in
the Bremerton schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Storm
and son, Gary, returned Saturday
fom a trip to San Bernardino,
Calif., where they visited the El
win Dikeman family, long-time
MEMBERS OF THE INMAN METHODIST CHURCH gathered last Saturday to take part in the
annual Methodist church haying bee. The church rents 114 acres of hayland south of Inman. Members
of the crew are shown here enjoying a noon meal furnished by the ladles of the church. Approximately
100 tons of hay were put np this year by the volunteer crew.
residents of the Royal vicinity.
Elwin is employed as a mail car
rier. The vacationers also visit
ed relatives and went sight-see
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kirby.
Sheridan, Wyo., came last week
to visit his father, Truman
Kirby, and his sister, Mrs. Wal
ter Beutler, and family. Ken
neth was taken ill shortly after
arriving and was admitted to
Antelope Memorial hospital Sat
urday. Mrs. Kirby is employed
in the school at Sheridan where
she has taught many years. En
route to Royal, Mr. and Mrs.
Kirby visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy
McLain at Lusk, former Royal
residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hofer, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Herb and Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Mitteis went to
Sioux City Saturday night to see
the dog races.
Word has been received that
Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Burch
safely reached their home in
Kent, Wash. Deanna Anson ac
companied her aunt to Washing
ton to make a brief visit before
the opening of school in Norfolk
Junior college.
Mrs. Ozro Dean and two sons,
Ontario, Calif., and Mrs. Dean’s
mother, Mrs. A1 Dierking, Cham
bers, were in Royal Saturday af
ternoon calling on friends while
on the way to Wayne to visit
Mrs. William Pfeil, remembered
here as Agnes Feyerherm. Mrs.
Dean, Mabel Feyerherm to her
friends here, grew to maturity in
Royal and was graduated with
the class of 1937. Mr. Dean was
employed in the school here dur
ing the late 1930’s. Mrs. Dean at
tended school in Wayne where
she completed a normal training
course before her marriage. She
is now employed in the schools
at Ontario. Mr. Dean accompa
nied his family as far as Broken
Bow where he is visiting rela
tives. The family will return
home early in September.
Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Curtis
and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Odom at
tended a dinner and meeting at
the Steak House in Laurel Tues
day sponsored by a seed com
pany.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Curtis and
family, Hopkins, Minn., were re
cent guests of relatives in the
vicinity, including his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Curtis, and
also Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Cur
tis.
Dorsey News
By Mrs. Harold Osborn
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Worth and
children, Massachusetts, and
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lindberg vi
sited at the home of Roger
Rosenkrans. Mrs. Worth and
Mrs. Rosenkrans are sisters.
Delores, Marion and Fred
Rosenkrans drove to Pender Sun
day evening to visit at the
Ernest Rosenkrans home. They
returned home Wednesday.
Mrs. Roger Rosenkrans, Jerry
and Lynn were business callers
at the Harold Osborn home Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady sr.,
visited their son and family in
Omaha from Wednesday until
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Wasmund,
Princeton, Kans., visited Max
ine’s father, Hurley Binkerd, who
was a patient at the Lynch hos
pital but now has been moved
to the rest home at Niobrara.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brady ar
rived home Monday after visit
ing relatives in Des Moines, la.,
and Omaha.
Albert Lee Brady was an over
night guest at his grandparents,
the Lee Brady sr., home Tues
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson
entertained a group of relatives
in honor of their daughter. Hazel
Marie, Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McEl
haney and son left the Johnson
home Wednesday to go to O’
Neill to spend a few days at the
McElhaney home before return
ing to Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Puckett, Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Derickson and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Scranton and family were visi
tors at the John Derickson home
Sunday. Terri and Dix Scranton
returned with their parents after
spending a few days with their
grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Butterfield
and David and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Hrbek and boys were Lynch vi
sitors Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Millard,
Zaida and Linda drove to
Spencer Sunday to attend a
family reunion held at the
Blair unctcey home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Derickson
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Don Puckett were callers at the
Marvin Drobny home on their
way home to Lynch.
Marlyn Graham, Helen Hals
tead and Mrs. Harold Halstead
attended the shower held at the
Lutheran church basement in
honor of Mrs. Vilas Braun Friday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Millard and
daughters arrived Saturday night
at the Harold Osborn home
where they are going to spend
their week’s vacation.
Ruth Osborn accompanied Vel
deen Pinkerman to the Knox
County Fair Sunday
Mrs. Edith Thayer, Lynch, vi
sited at the Carson sisters home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barta
called at the Graham home Sun
day before going to Lynch where
they were to spend the day.
Evelyn accompanied them home
after attending a baseball game
in Kansas City Saturday. Evelyn
went with Betty Classen and
other relatives including her
grandfather, George Barta.
Mr. and Mrs. VVilmer Craw
ford and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Svatos and Arlin and Doug
las were callers at the Osborn
home Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Osborn
and Ruth were Wednesday eve
ning supper guests at the Arthur
Greene home in Lynch.
Rodrick Hughes spent last
wei'k at Norfolk helping at the
Holland Hughes home. Don Staf
fer, who had been visiting at
the R. L. Hughes home returned
home with him.
Monowi News
By Mrs. Mike Piklapp
Mtrust 9-2520
Mrs. Virgil Sherman, Leslie,
Jeri and Kelly, Sioux City, la-,
were Thursday overnight guests
in the Piklapp home.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Mc
Manigal and Mark attended a
family picnic at the Niobrara
park Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zach
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Max
well took Lt. Col. Keitli Eiler
to Omaha Saturday where he
boarded a plane Sunday for
New York to begin a tour of
duty at the Pentagon, Washing
ton, D. C., September 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGeorge
and boys, M. F. McGeorge and
Orval Lewis were business cal
lers in Niobrara Monday morn
ing.
Herman Heiser was a business
caller at the Frank and Henry
Vlcan home Monday morning.
Sid Baker. Lynch, was a visi
tor here Monday.
Mrs. Charley Kolar and daugh
ter, Norfolk, is spending the
week here with relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis and
Orval and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kolar and Mary visited in the
Gerald Lee home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Maxwell
and Kay and Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert Zach and family visited in
the Piklapp home Sunday eve
ning.
Mrs. Lyle Nelson and son, Lee,
Verdigre, visited in the Genser
home Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heiser
were business callers in Norfolk
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Sieler j
and girls returned home Friday ]
after a two-week vacation.
Amelia News
By Miss Florence Lindsey
The public auction of household
goods of the late Arthur Waldman
was held Saturday afternoon in
Amelia. The house and lots were
purchased earlier by Sam Gilman.
Sam bought it for his niece, Mrs.
Ted Price, who in turn will make
it a home for her mother, Mrs.
Gertie Adair.
The school term began Monday
for many of the districts in the
vicinity. Jerald McClenahan,
Chambers, and Mrs. Orland Fry:
rear are teaching in the Amelia
school, Miss Arlis Edwards at
Swan Laken and Mrs. Harold Ful
lerton in the John Mohr jr. dis
trict.
Mr. and Mrs. Hale Kennedy,
Norfolk, spent their vacation with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernie
Kennedy, and Harold, and with
her relatives at Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Parkins,
Dale and Elwood, Taylor, Mrs,
Hazel Hartman, Ravenna and Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Collier and fam
ily, Arcadia, were Sunday dinner
guests at Tenus Madsens.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Waldo,
Cheyenne, Wyo., spent the week
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. W. Waldo. Their daughter,
Judy, who has been visiting here
the past month, returned home
with them Monday.
Glenn White and daughter,
Venita, went to Omaha Satur
day to take a load of household
goods for Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bai
ley. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey moved
to their new apartment in Om
aha Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Tileman, Bo
ise, Ida., and Chris Madsen, Bur
weli, visited at Tenus Madsens
Monday. Mr. Tileman lived in the
Amelia vicinity many years ago
and was well acquainted with the
late Rhody Adams.
Gale Fix and daughter, Sheila,
Soottsbluff, came Friday and vis
ited over the weekend with his
parents, the Elmer Fixs, and ot
her relatives. His sans, Gaylen
and Larry, who have spent the
summer here with their uncle,
Dean Prewitt and family, will re
turn home with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gilman went
to Denver last weekend and will
visit until after Labor Day with
their daughter, Mrs. Harold
Clausson. Mrs. Gilman’s sister,
Mrs. Craig Baker, also lives in
Denver.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rees are
visiting their son, Bob Rees and
family, in Denver this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Sammons
visited at Ernie Johnstons Tues
day morning. The Sammons left
early Wednesday morning for
their home at Kimberly, Ida.
Mrs. Frank Pierce called on
Mrs. Julia White Tuesday at her
home in Atkinson. Mrs. White’s
daughter, Mrs. Frank Brnddock,
Spearfish, S. I>., was also vis. mg
there. She planned Wednesday t:>
take her mother home with her
for a couple months visit. Mrs.
White had been hospitalized a few
days earlier.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Sladek n<l
family attended th? wedding ot
Miss Siadek's niece, Theresa
Pribil, in O'Neill Monday mar.;
ing.
Sam Gilman, T. S. DoolitU;.
Blake Ott and Ralph Rees were
fishing near Bonesteel, S. D. din
ing the week.
Mrs. Gertie Morcellus and Mrs.
Francis Curran, O’Neill, were
Amelia callers Thursday. They
visited a short time with the Lind
seys and Mrs. Bertha Sammons.
Mrs. Clyde Widman and Mar
cia visited at Link Sagesers Sat
urday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rees were
O’Neill callers Thursday.
A group of friends gathered at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lew
Backhaus Tuesday evening to
help Lew celebrate his birthday
Dr. and Mrs. Bower Sageser
and Sandra left Sunday afternoon
for their home in Manhattan,
Kan. They have been visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Link Sag
eser, and other relatives. His fa
ther, Link Sageser, has not oeen
feeling well.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Marcelles.
Mrs. Emmett Carr, Karen and
Charlie left Monday morning for
their homes in California. They
have been here to visit relativ ;
and to dispose of the property
of their father, the late Arthur
Waldman.
Eleven women gathered at
the home of Mrs. Doris Baker
Wednesday for a surprise parly
for her. Mrs. Baker was mar
ried Saturday to Ernest Lane.
Newport, and will make tier
home in Newport.
Mrs. Floyd Adams is back
again on the job as mail-carriei
after an absence of three or fi.'.ir
months due to illness. She made
the route for the first time F •
day.
Don Adams began his term
Wednesday as teacher in the Lone
Tree District northeast of Cham
bers.
Mrs. Maude Forbes helped in
her daughter’s, Mrs. Paul Briggs,
home during last week while the
Briggs were in the hayfield.
St. Joseph's Catholic church
held the annual smorgasbord at
Amelia Sunday evening. There
was a large crowd present.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Oetter, Lana
and Janeth attended the Mission
Festival at the Lutheran church
in Chambers Sunday.
Mrs. Bob Adair and infant
daughter, Jean Annette, returned
home Sunday from the Atkinson
hotfutal. Bob's mother, Mrs. G< r
tie Adair, assisted in the Adair
home for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Schmit and
family, McLean, visited her mo
ther, Mrs. Helen Pokorny, and
Don Sunday and attended the
smorgasbord in Amelia Sunday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Forbes,
Gerald and Leslie, Fori Collins,
Colo., were dinner guests Monday
at Guy Blakes. They have been
here since Thursday with their
parents in Atkinson. Their son,
Gerald, has been here daring the
summer working in the haylield.
Mrs. Merril Smith, Atkinson,
and the former Barbara Zalud,
California, visited Mrs. Bob Kalb,
Tyler, Tex., Sunday morning at
the B. W. Waldo home. The wo
men were all classmate- when
attending Atkinson high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Tenus Madsen
and their daughter, Mrs. Gerald
Collier, Arcadia, attended the fun
eral of Mr. Madsen’s utve'-\ Will
iam Madsen at Wolbach, August
19.
Mrs. Doris Baker was e guest
of the Lindseys for supper Wed
nesday evening
The Rev. and Mrs. Bob Kalb,
Kathy, Kurt and Karla, left Wed
nesday morning for their home
at Tyler, Tex., after a short visit
here with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. B. W. Waldo and other rela
tives.
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LARRY SKRDLA AND DON SKKDLA, Stuar , arc shown here with their champion :uui reserve
champion HoJsteins. Both boys belong to the Gree i Meadows t-H dub at Stuart.
SEAL LUEBCKE, PAGE, a member of the E'gle Hustlers 4-H club is shown here with her blue
ribbon Guernsey. Seal was also named champion showman. In the bar' kg round is Kandy Colman.
RANDY COLMAN AND LEONARD BUTTERFIELD are shown her© with their pair of Guernseys
which were selected as the best pair in the dairy division at the Sandhills Show at Newport.
