Meek News
By Mrs. Fred IJndberg
Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Anson
have purchased the farm and
ranch home from Mr. and Mrs.
Orald Hansen, Littleton, Colo.
The Ansons have been renting
this farm for the past three and
one-half years.
Alton Perron, American
Sunday School Missionary,
plans to he present for services
at I*add<»ck I’nion church
September 10.
Mrs. Carl Krogh accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Rosenkrans
Marion. Jerry and Lynn to
Springfield, Mo., Friday. They
plan to leave Marion there. She
has enrolled at Evangel college.
Mrs. Krogh will visit with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Peterson, after
which they will spent! a couple
of days sightseeing in the Ozark
mountains.
Frank Nelson attended the
celebration at Butte Saturday
and the one at Page Monday.
Sunday visitors at “Grandma”
Hulls were Levi Hull, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Kaczor and Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Devall. The relatives
are looking forward to another
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l« is with great interest that
we reprint herein excerpts from
a pamphlet copyrighted and
published in l».j9 by the Metro
politan Life Insurance Co. The
message of tills article on a
serious national health problem
Is directed to the attention of our
entire nation and we think is
noteworthy because of its ln
iormative and educational value
for all.
Wc now quote:
WHAT IS ALCOHOLISM? Al
coholism, a serious health pro
blem, is a condition that is
characterized by uncontrollable
or compulsive drinking. Its vic
tims are known as alcoholics.
Until very recently it was com
mon to think of alcoholics as
people to be shunned, re
proached or ridiculed. They
were considered by many to be
immoral, weak-willed or obsti
nate. But nowadays physicians
and others who have made a
study of alcholism approach the
problem differently. They
realize there is no point in scold
ing, shaming or urging the use
of will power alone because they
know that once an alcoholic has
taken a drink, he is literally un
able to control his drinking. He
drinks because he feels com
pelled to, and keeps on drinking
even though he may realize that
lie is harming his health, en
dangering his job and hurting
the people closest to him, his
family and friends.
WHAT CAUSES IT? Medical
science is not yet able to say
precisely why some people
develop alcoholism while others,
who may perhaps lie heavier
drinkers, do not. A great deal
of study and research still needs
to he done and is being done—
on the causes of alcoholism. Ob
viously no one can become an
alcoholic without the use of
alchol, but other factors are also
involved. There may be some
thing in the alcoholic's physical
make-up or body chemistry
which produces an unusual re
action to alcohol, allhough such
differences have not yet been
conclusively determined. Emo
tional difficulties are certainly
connected with alcoholism, and
it may well stem from a com
bination of physical and emo
tional factors. Many alcoholics
feel unwanted, unloved, frust
rated, unsuccessful, angry, fear
ful, and they attempt to escape
from these feelings by excessive
drinking. But alcohol magnifies
and intensifies the problem.
Finally, the causes and effects
of chronic alcoholism become so
enmeshed that a vicious cycle
is set in motion: the alcoholic
drinks to live and lives to drink.
CAN AN AI.OOHOI JC BE
HELPED? Thousands of alcolo
lics can and do recover, but
rarely, if ever, without some
sort of help. The biggest hurdle
is for the individual to recognize
that the problem exists and that
help is needed. Once he is con
vinced of this, he can be helped,
if he wants to be. Usually, of
course, family or friends are the
first ones to be aware of the pro
blem. It is within the closeness
of the family that alcoholism
creates the greatest difficuties
anti the most intense turmoil
for everyone concerned. Hus
if To Know?
bands and wives of alcoholics
are often at a loss to understand
what alcoholism really is. Feel
ing certain that the drinking is
either deliberate or controllable,
they may become ashamed, con
fused, angry, and frequently
helpless. But alcoholism cannot
generally be successfully handed
by family members alone with
out guidance from outside. While
it is natural for a worried fami
ly to try to reason, coax, and
oven threaten, this so-called
home treatment alone cannot be
effective. Drinking alone and in •
secret, drinking in the morning,
loss of memory after drinking
are some of the serious warning
signals that indicate that help
should be sought. Fortunately
there are places to turn for help
and taking this first constructive
step is the most important thing
a person can do to help not only
the alcoholic but the whole fami
ly as well.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
This group, Ix'tter known as AA,
is an informal fellowship of men
and women who have “learned
the hard way” by personal ex
perience with alcoholism. Their
purpose is to get sober and
through a program of mutual
aid, to stay sober and to help
other alcoholics stop drinking
and lead normal and useful
lives. The only requirement for
joining is a serious desire to stop
drinking. Their program for
recovery is based on 12 steps,
the first of which is the admis
sion that they are powerless over
alcohol and that their lives have
become unmanageable. Whether
or not the alcoholic member of
the family belongs to AA, his
relatives and friends are wel
come to attend open meetings
where they can get useful in
formation and helpful sugges- |
tions. Since its formation in 1935, j
AA has had remarkable success
with thousand of alcoholics.
They claim that about 75 percent
of those who have cooperated
have recovered. While there is
no formal tie-up between AA and
the physicians and treatment
centers, they frequently all work
together, accomplishing more
this way than if they worked
separately. However, physicians
and AA members generally
agree that most alcoholics must
first have the kind of medical
care that only physicians can
provide. Certainly every al
coholic should be carefully
evaluated medically to deter
mine if there is some underlying
disease that needs attention.
WHAT KINDS OF TREAT
MENT ARE THERE? There is
no specific remedy which makes
it possible for an alcoholic to
become a moderate, controlled
drinker. No alcoholic can safely
drink alcohol in any form.—End
of quote.
We'recommend the reading of
this entire pamphlet ‘Al
coholism" which may be secured
from a Metropolitan Life Insur
ance Company office in your
community. Opinion and fact as
expressed above (outside AA)
may help convince some who
are skeptical about both the pro
blem and the value of AA.
rahl for by
O'Neill Croup of
Alcohol Anonymous
celebration Wednesday marking
her 106th birthday.
Carol Lee Hansen returned
from Denver, Colo., where she
had been visiting at the home
of Mrs. Roseboon. She plans to
attend school at Lynch.
Mr and Mrs. Allen Walters
and boys were visitors at
Mitchell Thursday. Friday they
spent at Norfolk and Monday was
spent at Yankton, S. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Anderson
and girls visited at the Merrill
Anderson home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hoban,
North Platte, were weekend
guests at the Elmer Devall home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Devall, Twila
Hicks, Bristow, and Mr and
Mrs. Orville Peterson and Janet
were Sunday visitors.
Twila Hicks is the teacher at
Meek school for the new school
year. She plans to live in a
trailer house on the school
ground. Meek school and Dis
trict 1 opened September 4.
Mrs. Vilas liraun is teacher in
District 1. Mrs. Roman Fillip
teaches Scottville, and Mrs.
Walter Devall the Agee school.
These schools both opened
August 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Libby spent
the weekend and Labor day
vacation with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Johring
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Walters and boys, Mr. and Mrs.
Merlin Anderson and girls and
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Libby were
visitors Saturday at the Henry
Walters home.
Sunday visitors at the William
Hansen home were Mr. and Mrs.
Beryl Bessart and Debbie, Bris
tow, and Mrs. Gerald Harding
and boys. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Bourgard, Niobrara. Thursday
evening visitors were Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Grass and Jennie,
Orchard.
Mrs. Roy Worth, Carter Lake,
joined her family who have been
visiting relatives here the past
week Friday night. They re
turned home Monday.
Sunday evening supper guests
at the Oswald Drueke home
were Mr. and Mrs. Don Hynes 1
and daughter. Mrs. Art O’Neill
was a Saturday visitor and Mrs. '
Mart ScheLkopf, a Monday eve
ning visitor.
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Tom Drueke joined the cara
van that left Norfolk Sunday for
the state fair at Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hubby
made a business trip to Norfolk
Friday.
Pamela Crawford, Johnny,
Kathy and Peggy Prouty and
Janet Woldneck helped Debra
Mellor celebrate her birthday
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schmitz
spent the weekend in Omaha
with their son and daughter-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Schmitz.
They also plan to take in the
state fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Merlyn Anderson
and girls spent from Monday to
Thursday sightseeing in the
Black Hills. They also visited at
the Ralph Anderson home at
Martin, S. D.
Mrs. Martha Johring and
Henry Storjohann took in the
Boyd County Fair and were din
ner guests at the Charles Fox
home Wednesday.
The young married class had
a party at the Russell Woeppel
home, Ewing, Friday night.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Delbert Rouse and family,
Mr. <uid Mrs. Herman Meyers,
jr., Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs.
Merlyn Anderson, Mr. and
Mrs. Ivan Christofferson fund
«y
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ro
bertson and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Dewayne Anson and girls
were supper guests Monday eve
ning at the George Nelson home.
The Raymond Robertson fami
ly left Wednesday for their home
in California.
Quite a number from this
community attended the Boyd
County Fair last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Anson
and girls and Mrs. George Nel
son and Sue were Norfolk visitors
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Long and Mrs.
Collins and Pat, Wayne, were
dinner guests Sunday at the
home of Martha Johring.
Atkinson News
Mr. and Mrs. Romanus Kaup,
Windsor, Colo., came last Satur
day morning and were guests of
honor at a picnic at the city park
in Atkinson. Those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kaup, Mr. and
Mrs. Anton Kaup and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weichman
and family, all of Stuart, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Gilg and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Kaup and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Dv
orak and family, Mr. and Mrs.
William Morgan jr. and family,
Mrs. Mary Mullen, Mrs. Mary
Gilg, and Johnny Mullen. Later
in the afternoon the group enjoy
ed ice cream and birthday cake,
honoring the birthdays of the fol
lowing who were present for the
special occasion, Mrs. A. J.
Kaup, Anita Kaup and Janeen
Kaup and also Peter Morgan. Mr.
and Mrs. Romanus Kaup left
Monday to their home.
August 27 a picnic dinner at the
Park House in Atkinson was at
tended by the families of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Forbes and Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Smith. Others pre
sent were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Forbes and family, Ft. Collins,
Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Forbes,
Amelia, Mr. and Mrs. William
Morgan jr. and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert LeMunyan and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Pacha, Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Shane and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Smith jr. and fam
ily, Alda. The Alvin Forbes fam
ily left Monday for Ft. Collins.
Mrs. Carl Smith will be hostess
to the Modern Farmettes club
Thursday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl 9chenzel
went to Sioux City Saturday to
visit relatives. They returned
home Monday evening
Mrs. Frank Skrdla went to
Butte last Tuesday where she
judged the Flower Show and
Horticultural specimens of fruit
and vegetable*, which is staged
in connectiou with the annual
Boyd County Fair, each year.
Again we boast the capabilities
of another of our local resi
dents.
Bonnie Gokie, Delores Johnson,
Lee and Lynn Moeller and Ruth
Humpal, all of Atkinson, went to
Omaha Monday where they are
enrolled for classes at the School
of Commercial Education.
John Mack, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Mack, left Tuesday for
Wayne where he will attend
Wayne college.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Andrus,
Phillip and Ri>ger, left Friday
morning for their home in Seat
tle, Wash., after visiting the past
week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Anton Tasler, and other re
latives and friends.
Capt. and Mrs. Robert Mack,
Jerry, Tim and Andrea, left Tues
day for their home in Sacramen
to, Calif., after spending the past
two weeks in Atkinson visiting
relatives and friends. Enroute to
Sacramento, they will visit rela
tives in Casper, Wyo.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Osborn and
family drove to Ord Sunday and
were dinner guests of Dick’s
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Osborn and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. Elvon Hamilton,
Gatzke, Minn., were Wednesday
evening dinner guests of Mr, and
Mrs. Dick Osborn in Atkinson.
Mrs. Dick Osborn was a last
Friday visitor at the home of her
uncle, Frank Osborn in O’Neill
where she also visited Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Carey, Portland, Ore.,
who have been visiting here.
Mr. and Mrs. Labern Cadwalla
der went to Omaha and Linholn
last Monday on business. They
also visited relatives in Council
Bluffs, la. They returned home
Friday.
Mrs. Wayne Cadwallader, Riv
erton, Wyo., and her parents and
Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Dale, Char
iton, la., were overnight guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Labern Cadwal
!nder and boys in Atkinson last
S rday night. Mrs. Wayne Cad-,
wallader had driven to Chariton
to get her parents as they will
spend the winter months in Riv-,
erton, to be near their daughter.
Opal Keating left Monday af
ternoon for Denver where she
will visit her daughter, Mrs.
Phyllis Devall, Cindy and Tim
for a few days. Mrs. Keating I
will also attend the National
Jewish Hospital Day September
6 in Denver. Mrs. Keating is the
new state welfare chairman and
delegate for the Eight and For
ty and their project is, “The
Prevention and Cure of Tubercu
losis in Children.” She will also
attend the national convention
of the American Lagion auxili
ary which is being held in Den
ver September 9-14 at the. Den
ver City auditorium. The ban
quet will be held at the Cos
monolitan hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hayes,
Denver came Saturday morning
to spend Labor Day weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louie
Goeke, and other relatives and
friends.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Johnson in At
kinson were a son, Claude jr.,!
Lexington and daughters, Mrs.
Robert Barnes, Cheyenne, Wyo.,
and Mrs. Harvey Steinhauser and
family, Stuart. Mrs. Barnes and
Claude Johnson jr. returned to
their homes Monday .
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack vis
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Adrian Mitchell near Butte Sun
day.
Mrs. Frank Skrdla spent sev
eral days last week at her ranch
home. She spent much of her
time getting her many flower 1
beds in readiness for the coming
fall and winter weeks which are
approaching too rapidly.
Lodema Wefso, Denver, came
Friday night to spend the week
end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Wefso. She returned
to Denver Monday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bonenber
ger and family left Saturday
morning to visit various points in
western Nebraska and Wyoming.
They returned to Atkinson Mon
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Frickel,
Lincoln, spent the Labor day
weekend in Atkinson with their
parents and other relatives and
friends. Sunday they were guests
of honor at a picnic dinner at
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the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Smith, Atkinson. Others present
were: Mr. anti Mrs. Connie Frick
el and Kurt, Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Pacha and Cliff, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Shane and family.
Mrs. Mary Pacha and Kay Roe
ther.
Mrs. l’eie Kamnld underwent
emergency surgery Sunday
morning at the Atkinson honpit
ul. She is reported to be making
a satisfactory recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin McChirg
and Marcia, Broken Bow, .spent
the Labor Day weekend with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. El
mer McClurg in Atkinson, Mr.
and Mrs. James Allyn, north of
Stuart
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