THIS LOVELY, YOUNG WOMAN Is Nancy Foreman, Albion, who
Is representing Nebraska at the Miss America contest in Atlantic
City, N. .L, this week. Watching the finals on television Saturday
evening with special interest will be Dean Jeffrey, O’Neill, the uncle
of Miss Foreman. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey attended a banquet for Miss
Nebraska at Albion Thursday evening. They are unable to attend
the Miss America contest Saturday but another sister suid brother
of Dean’s will be present along with Miss Foreman’s family.
A former resilient of Holt
county, James Seger, 22, Cedar
Rapids, la., recently was pre
sented a new automobile for
placing first in the nation in
writing insurance for his com
pany, the American Republic In
surance company, Des Moines,
la. He and his wife, the former
Elaine Haynes, Atkinson, also
received an all-expense paid
trip to Ills Moines. Seger also
holds the company record for
writing 43 policies in one day
and 154 in one week. Seger
graduated in 1057 from Atkinson
high school. He is the son of Mr.
Mrs. Frank E. Seger, At
kinson. The Segers have four
children.
Winners Named at
Page Celebration
PAGE — A large crowd at
tended Page's annual Free Day
celebration Labor Day.
Tommy Sojka, Susan Free
meyer and Nancy Nissen, and
Nadine Ruther won first, second
and third places in the parade
in the children with vehicles or
pets division. In the children’s
costume division, Joan and Lee
Cronk took first place, Linda and
Chuck Asher, second, and Jenine
Straka and Debbie Sorensen,
third.
MYF won first in the float di
vision, with second going to the
East Side Kountry Klub, and
third place to RNA.
Services Held for
Mrs. P. J. Wirth
ORCHARD — Funeral services
were held in Chicago Monday
for Mrs. P. J. Wirth, who died
Friday.
The Wirths resided in Orchard
for several years when her hus
band, the Rev. P. J. Wirth,
served the St. Peter English
Lutheran church.
Survivors include her husband;
two sons, Philip and Ronald, and
one daughter, Mrs. William S.
Buck.
Robertson Clan
Holds Reunion;
Fifty-two Attend
O'NEILL, — Fifty-two decend
ents of the late John A. Robert
son family attended a dinner
August 28 at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Robertson.
Present were Mr. and Mrs.
George Robertson and Mr. and
Mrs. Sum Robertson, O’Neill;
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Robertson,
Sioux City, la.; Mr. and Mrs.
James Robertson and daughter,
Linda, Scottsbluff; Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Ernst, Manhattan, Kan.;
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sundall,
Wakefield; Mrs. Harriet McEl
hany, Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Overton, Alliance; Mr.
and Mrs. John Robertson, War
ren, Gary, Bruce, Carol Ann and
Karen Sue, San Jose, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sundol,
Suellen and Marilyn, Wakefield;
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Robert
son, Donald and Sandra, Anne
heim, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Don
Clemens. Jackie, Cathie and
William, Pierce; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert W. Hendrcks and family,
Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Hendricks and sons, Manhattan.
Kan.; Mrs. Reba Menusey.
Steven and Melaine, South Sioux
City; Jenelle Sposita and Ken
neth Biggs, San Jose, Calif. Af
ternoon visitors were Paul Nel
son, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ott, Mrs.
Francis Curran and Mary Jo,
Mrs. Christina Johnson and Mrs.
Cora Claussen, O’Neill.
The late John A. Robertson
served a number of years as
state senator.
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Leased at Chambers
CHAMBERS Gillette & Son,
Chevrolet dealers in Chambers
for the past several years, have
now leased their garage building
to George C. Smith, who will
take possession about September
11).
Darrell Gillette plans to con
tinue his truck deliveries of gaso
line, fuels, oils and bottled gas.
Enrollment Increase
Shown at Ewing School
EWING — Public school enroll
ment this year shows a gain of
28 pupils over last year’s regi
stration figures in both the ele
mentary and the high school.
The freshmen class is the
largest with 32 pupils enrolled.
The total school enrolment now
stands at 218. Several more late
registrations are expected ac
cording to Supt. G. D. Ryan.
Lynch Church Plans
Annual Bazaar Sept. 10
LYNCH Meml>ers ol the
Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary
church, Lynch, are busy these
days preparing for its annual
bazaar which will be presented
Sunday, Sept. 10.
Dinner will be served from
noon until 7 p.m., and there will
he added attractions such as
cake walks, fishing pond, country
store, dart games, kiddie rides
and duck rodeos.
John Harder Leaves
For Hastings College
John Harder, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight I. Harder, left over
the weekend for his first term
at Hastings college.
New Student Days were held
Tuesday and Wednesday, and his
classes began Thursday. Upper
classmen reported for Thursday
opening of classes.
Krugman to Serve
As Drive Chairman
Bud Krugman, O’Neill, has
been selected as district cam
paign chairman to assist in the
Covered Wagon Council cam
paign, Boy Scouts of America,
which will be conducted for the
raising of funds throughout north
east Nebraska.
General kick off of the cam
paign will be on October 17. A
goal of $28,0000 has been es
tablished for this campaign.
Verdigre Theatre
Opens for Business
VERDIGRE — Saturday was
opening day for the Empress
theatre here after having been
closed for eight months of this
year.
The owners and operators, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Marshall, will
present movies Wednesdays, Sat
urday and Sundays of each week.
Cigarette Causes
Blaze in Auto
A carelessly tossed lighted
cigarette caused damage to the
front seat of the auto belonging
to Senator Frank Nelson about
4:35 p.m. Friday.
Bob Miles used a hose from the
fire truck to extinguish the
smoldering seat padding.
Ludemann Reunion
Held at Naper
NAPER — The Ludemann re
union was held Sunday at the
Rod and Gun club with a basket
dinner at noon and an afternoon
of visiting and cards.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Stoltenberg and grandson, Stu
art; the Reo Ludemann family,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Herrmann and
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Ludemann,
Mills; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rit
terbush, Ong; Mr. and Mrs. Wil
bur Arp and Judy, Atkinson.
Mrs. Lena Arp, and the Curtiss
Ellwanger family, Butte; Mr.
and Mrs. Orley Ludemann,
Springview; Mr. and Mrs. Clif
ford Heyden, Newport; Henry
P.eem and Mrs. Hazel Ajiderson,
Gregory, S. D.; Terry Anderson,
Omaha; The Carl Anderson fami
ly, Anoka; the Carl Ludemann
family, Bonesteel, S. D., and
Ernest E. Ritterbush Mills.
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EVERYONE WELCOME!
Sick and Injured
VENUS — Leonard Davey is a
patient at St. Joseph’s hospital,
Omaha. The Daveys are former
Venus residents.
CHAMBERS — Raymond Walt
er was a patient in St. Anthony’s
hospital in O’Neill several days
last week, having had a siege of
pneumonia. Floyd Whitaker suf
freed a stroke Wednesday and
was taken to the Atkinson Mem
orial hospital. . .Mrs. A1 Liedtke
was a patient in the Atkinson
Memorial hospital a few days
last week. . .Mrs. Cordia Smith
was a patient in St. Anthony’s
hospital in O’Neill a few days
last week. . .John Honeywell en
tered the Veterans hospital in
Grand Island last Thursday.
ATKINSON MEMORIAL
GUSTAFSON — Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Gustafson of Chambers,
son, Douglas Craig, 9 pounds 11
ounces, Sept. 1.
MCCONNELL — Mr. and Mrs.
Jay McConnell of O’Neill, son,
Larry DeWayne, 8 pounds, Sept.
WILSON — Mr. and Mrs. Her
shal Wilson of Bassett, daughter,
Tami Sue, 7 pounds 6 ounces,
Sept. 3.
ANDERSON — Mr. and Mrs.
Loris Anderson of Butte, son, 9
pounds 15 ounces, Sept. 4.
SACRED HEART
GRAZIER — Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Glazier of Spencer, son,
Kenneth LeRoy, 7 pounds 1 ounce,
August 30.
HUMPAL — Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin Humpal of Bonesteel, 3. D.,
daughter, Lori Faye, 8 pounds,
August 31.
ELSEWHERE
VAN ERT — Mr. and Mrs.
James Van Ert of Clearwater,
daughter, August 21.
BEIERLE — Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Bierle of Columbus, daugh
ter, 7 pounds, September 1. Mrs.
Paul Roth of Chambers is the
maternal grandmother.
VONDRACEK — Mr. and Mrs.
George Vondracek jr. of Elba,
daughter, Loraine Marie, July 27.
The couple now has 2 daughters
and 3 sons. Mr. and Mrs. George
Vondracek sr. of Verdigre are the
grandparents.
COOK — Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Cook of Walnut, daughter, Mar
tha Rose, 8 pounds 7 ounces, Au
gust 30. The couple are the par
ents of a son and 5 daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Pierce and
Mrs. O. A. Cook of the Venus
community are the grandparents.
RUZICKA— Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Ruzicka of Verdel, son, Sept. 1.
Ewing News
By Mrs. Harold Hams
Miss Sharon Schmidt was hon
ored Friday evening at a miscel
laneous bridal shower at St. Dom
inic's Hall. Contest games wore
the entertainment of the evening,
in charge of Mrs. Gene Koenig
and the Misses Catherine Bauer
and Mona Mosel. Miss Mosel had
charge of the gift book and Miss
Bauer assisted the honored guest
in opening gifts. Refreshments
were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Cloyd went
to Osmond Monday afternoon to
visit her mother, Mrs. George
Timmerman.
Overnight guests at the H. R.
Harris home Sunday were his
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Harris and family,
Nebraska City.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Walter re
turned home Wednesday from a
few days visit at the home of
their son, Alfred Walter and fam
ily, Clearwater.
Mrs. Lester Spragg entertained
a number of women at a party
at her home Tuesday.
Eleanor Pollock, Omaha, spent
the Labor Day weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Anna Pollock.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sanders and
family, Laurel, spent the holiday
111 XiWiilg VlSlllIlg nis
mother, Mrs. Caroline Sanders,
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lee and the
Lester Bergstrom home.
Merle Lee, Omaha, spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Lee.
Leo Bittner, Kansas City, was
a guest Labor Day at the home
of his uncle, Lester Bergstrom
and family.
A recent weekend guest at the
home of Mrs. Caroline Sanders
was her daughter, Mrs. Bernice
Harlan, Tilden.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas King and
family left Sunday to return to
their home in Bloomington, HI.,
after spending a week with her
mother, Mrs. Grace Briggs.
Mrs. J. L. Pruden was a Satur
day guest at the S. M. Burtwist
le home.
Wednesday evening guests at
the Gail Boies home were Mr
and Mrs. Ray Boies and Mr. and
Mrs. Don White, Plainview.
Jeraldine and Mary Ann Bauer.
Lincoln, spent the weekend with
their mother, Mrs. Rose Bauer
and family. Mrs. Bauer had as
her guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Nick Bohn, O’Neill, and Mr. and
Mrs. Gail Boies, Ewing.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard William
son and children, Norfolk, are
spending their vacation at the
parental homes of Elmer William
son and Delbert Clark sr. On
Monday they attended the state
fair at Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Dierks went
to Omaha Saturday where they
remained overnight and met their
daughter, Mrs. Paul Waters and
son, Douglas, who arrived in Om
aha by jet plane Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sis Ebbengaard
and their guests, Mr. and Mrs.
William Ladwig and Mrs. Miller
Ladwig. Sumner, went to Osmond
Sunday to visit relatives.
Joe Weber, Neligh, and daugh
ter. Mrs. Shirley Mone and
daughter were callers at the Sam
uel M. Burtwistle ranch home
Friday. Mrs. Mone is a former
student of Mrs. Burtwistle. Vance
Butler, Ainsworth, called Friday
at the Burtwistle ranch to meet
their infant son, Jim.
Mrs. R. M. and Mrs. S. M.
Burtwistle entertained the Rebe
kah lodge Friday evening at Co
lumbus. Refreshments were serv
ed at the Thompson cafe after
lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hines
and daughters, Margo and Joan,
Benedict, were Sunday visitors at
the Samuel Burtwistle home.
Mrs. Hines is the former Dona
Rudisil who taught homemaking
in the Ewing high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Knapp
were entertained at a dinner at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Tomjack Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunaway,
who have spent a two-week vaca
tion in the Ewing vicinity and the
Black Hills, returned to their
home in Hastings Sunday. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dun
away, accompanied them on the
trip to the Black Hills.
Holiday weekend guests at the
Roy Dunaway home were their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Dunaway and fam
ily, Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. McDonald
and family went to Vermillion,
S. D., Friday to spend the holi
day weekend with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meinke,
Norfolk, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Rudy Juracek Monday.
Ben Bollwitt, who is attending
school in Kansas City, spent the
holiday weekend with his mother.
Mrs. Marcella Bollwitt.
John Juracek, Norfolk and Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Cernousek, Page,
were guests at the Rudy Juracek
home Thursday. Mr. Juracek re
mained overnight.
rasior ana Mrs. rtorman wai
ter and family were guests last
week at the home of his sister
and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Brion and sons. Pastor Wal
ter has completed five years of
missionary service in Formosa
and recently returned to the
states.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tom jack
and family spent Sunday at the
Everett Taylor home Oakdale.
Other guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Shoff and Mr. and Mrs.
William Bolt, Woodbine, la.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hall.
Royal, were Monday guests at
the Ray Butler home.
Lucile Rotherham was a guest
for a few days at the Charles
Rotherham home. Miss Rother
ham plans to leave in the near
future for Gallup, N. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Vandersnick,
companied by their daughter,
Mrs. Richard Cunningham, Page,
and Mrs. Angela Bauer, Ewing,
went to Montana last week, call
ed there by the death of Mr.
Vandersnick’s sister.
Mrs. Edna Lofquest had as her
dinner guests Sunday the Rev.
and Mrs. Ernest Chambers and
two daughters, Amelia, Mrs.
Fern Pollock and Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Fink, Ewing.
Cathy, Patty and Mary Jo Lo
quest were Friday afternoon
guests at the home of their grand
mother, Mrs. Edna Lofquest.
•Saturday evening guests at the
Alex Thramer home were Mrs.
Mark Thramer and Mike and
Mrs. Jerry Tomjack, Cathy and
Steven. The occasion was a cele
bration of the birthday anniver
sary of LaVonne Thramer.
Mrs. Martin Van Conet began
her fourth year and Miss Cather
ine Bauer her second in District
46 Monday morning. They have
an enrollment of 34 pupils. Other
rural schools beginning this week
are the Deloit with Mrs. Dana
Sisson, teacher; District 6, Mr.
and Mrs. Merle 9ehi, and Shar
on Kropp, at a rural school near
Royal.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hansen,
Harlan, la., spent the holiday
weekend at the homes of Mrs.
Louise Van Conet and Martin
Van Conet.
Judy Waples returned to Lin
coln Monday after spending the
holiday with her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Shrader and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Jefferies
took their son, Jerry, to Omaha
Sunday where he will enroU this
week at the Automation institute
for study. The Jefferies also vis
ited their daughter, Mrs. John
Blumel and family.
Several young people of the Ew
ing community are planning on
attending college this fall. Clif- j
ford Juracek, Fred Wright, Rich
ard Mlnarik and Jerry Black
have chosen Norfolk Junior col
lege at Norfolk; Leonora Tuttle,
Judy Tinsley and Douglas Shra
der will begin their first year at
Wayne State Teachers college,
Miss Sandra Shrader, fourth year,
and Lois Jean Kaczor, second;
Sharon Johnston has enrolled at
Buena Vista college. Storm Lake.
Ia; Jerry Jefferies will attend
the Automation institute, Omaha;
Mary Ann Bauer has begun her
year at the Lincoln School of
Commerce for a business course.
Ron Brion plans to attend the
University of Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. George Jefferies
has as their guests Tuesday, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Norwood, Atchi
son, Kan., and Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert Van Vleck, Neligh.
Mrs. Arthur Ha'uf and her fa
ther, Earl Summers, were call
ers at the home of Mr. and and
Mrs. C. C. Hahlbeck last week.
Mr. Summers is now making his
home with his daughter at Grand
Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hahlbeck
visited Sunday and Monday at
the home of his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Hahlbeck.
Arthur Hauf, enroute to his
home at Grand Island from South
Dakota, was a Monday caller at
the C. C. Hahlbeck home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Larsen en
tertained the following guests at
their home Sunday, his aunt, Mrs.
Ann Lemk e and her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Lemke, all of Wisner.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Secrist,
Kansas, called at the homes of
Charles Good, Ben Larsen, Ella
Ziems and other friends in Ewing
over the weekend.
Weekend guests at the Max
Wanser home were their son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Coufal, Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Victor Bollwitt was the
honored guest at a surprise fam
ily gathering Sunday at the Fred
Bollwitt home to celebrate her
birthday. Others present were
Victor Bollwitt and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Urban, Mrs. Robert
Pruden and family, Mr. and Mrs.
John Kaczor and family, all of
Ewing, and Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Bollwitt and family, Neligh.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Schilous
ky sr. and family went to Til den
Thursday to spend the day with
his mother, Mrs. Orval Loo, who
was celebrating a birthday anni
versary.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ro
therham returned to Lincoln Sun
day after being guests at the
home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Rotherham, since
Friday.
Mrs. Amelia Larsen had as her
visitors Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Michael, Clearwater, Ralph
Larson and daughter and Mr. and
Mrs. Lynn Larsen.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hutton
and family were dinner guests
at the C. C. Hahlbeck home Au
m 1 of *V7
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Harris and
family, Nebraska City, were Mon
day morning callers at the J.
Aubrey Wood home.
Mrs. Anna Savidge and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Minton were Friday
evening guests at the Ewald
Spahn home for a watermelon
feed.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Minton
left Monday to spend a few
days at thoir home at Lyons.
Mr. Minton has spent several
months on the new house on the
John Sisson raneh which is now
nearing completion. The Min
tons have made their home at
the Anna Savidge apartment
wliile in the Ewing community.
Mrs. Maxine Marisen left Au- j
gust 27 by plane from Grand Is- j
land to return to her' home at
Jerome, Mont., after spending a ;
week with her mother, Mrs. An
na Savidge.
Legal Notices
(First pub. Sept. 7, 1961)
NOTICE OF INHERITANCE
TAX DETERMINATION
COUNTY COURT OF HOLT
COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
E9TATE OF LILLIAN B. DU
GAN, DECEASED.
THE STATE OF NEBRASKA:
TO ALL CONCERNED:
Notice is hereby given that an
application for the determination
of inheritance tax without the pro
bate of the estate has been filed
in the above entitled matter, and
that a hearing for the determina
tion of inheritance tax due from
said estate has been set for the
22 day of September, 1961, at the
hour of one thirty o’clock p.m. in
this Court.
(COUNTY Frank Cronk
COURT County
SEAL) Judge
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MKS. L. A. lU’KtiKSS, swrelury of flu- O'Neill Woman’s club,
demonstrates the new depository tor books installed Saturday In
front of the Grattan Township library. The depository. to be used
when the library is closed, was m:ule j»ossible by the donation of
$100 from the Woman’s club and the remainder of the cost from
(■ rattan Township board. The Woman’s club turned over flic proceeds
of the Hobby show which was held last year when Mrs. Marlin Wielt
mait was president. Besides the depository the library has a new
sidewalk, the first since 1913, refinislied floors and new window
shades.
Fleming
FARM AND LAND
SALE
Friday, Sept. 8
Sale starts at 1 p.m.
Selling 60 head of cattle, a line of farm ma
chinery and milking equipment plus hay and an
8x12 granary, along with 240 acres of land plus
240 acres of school lease land.
LOCATION: 8 miles southwest of Ewing on the Ewing-Chambers
road.
Ed Thorm auctioneer and liee-used real estate broker