Stewart Book Review
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such a prolonged report or dra
matic moments. Youth of today
should read this narrative of their
fathers’ and brothers’ and uncles’
valor. How could there be a
teen age problem if the young
could understand the discipline,
self-sacrifice and devotion which
their kinsmen offer in the air
over Ploesti?”
WASHINGTON STAR: ...”
A thoroughly remarkable book. .
. the account of detail is simply
stupendous, organized with skill,
one never losses a threud.”
KANSAS CITY STAR: . . .
“Here is history told in sweeping
narrative power seldom found in
publislied sagas of World War
II.”
BROOKLYN RECORD: . . .
“A historic document with the
punch and thrill of an exciting
novel.”
CHARLESTON NEWS & COUR
IER: . . . “Interest-holding and
power packed.”
PASADENA: . . . “There can’t
have been more heroes at one
time in one place in our history.
• -PLOESTI is a work of incredi
ble research.”
WILMINGTON MORNING
NEWS: ... “A wonderful story,
well organized and complete.”
MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR:
. "If some Hollywood pro
ducer doesn’t grab film rights on
this book soon, I’ll be disappoint
ed.” — Bill Burk, aviation writ
er.
GREENVILLE PIEDMONT: “A
remarkable work. . .tremendous
immediacy for the reader.”
MIAMI NEWS: ... “A tre
mendous book. . .an excellent
reconstruction of the mission.”
LONG ISLAND NEWSDiAY: .
“In all its terrible detail. . . .a
tribute to the men who died and
lived through it.”
LINCOLN JOURNAL & STAR:
. . . “recreated masterfully.”
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD: . . .
“This is certainly one of the most
vivid and -minutely documented
accounts of a single military ac
tion on record. . .”
HOUSTON POST: “An impres
sive account of the mission, so
detailed that you can tell which
gunner shot at wihch German
fighter plane.”
NEW YORK TIMES: . , .
“The detailed and prodigiously
n-searched account of that raid
from its inception to its bloody
aftermath. Technique used is
the extremely difficult one of
reconstructing the story from
both sides, allied and enemy.”
MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY TRI
BUNE: ... “A remarkable vivid
account. . .amazingly detailed . .
a splendid addition to World War
II history works and a fine trib
ute to the heroes.”
Dugan, a freelance writer, is
now in Europe on a National Geo
graphic assignment. Stewart, who
was editor-publisher of The O’
Neill Frontier 12Mi years, now
heads a group of suburban SUN
weekly newspapers in Lincoln.
Amelia News
By Miss Florence Lindsey
The beginning of National Fam
ily week May 6-13 will be observ
ed at the Amelia Methodist
church Sunday, May 6. All fam
ilies are invited to the worship
service at 9:30 a.m. followed by
Sunday school at 10:30. Bring
food for a covered dish dinner at
12:45. Two colored film strips
and colored slides will be shown
in the afternoon with the churches
new projector and screen recent
ly purchased with Memorial of
ferings.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Waldo vis
ited his sister, Mrs. Esther Dai
ley, Omaha, the first pan of the
week. She had been in the hos
pital. The Waldos had been at
Eagle Sunday to attend the fun
eral of Mrs. Waldo’s aant, Mrs.
Opal (Burdick.
Mr. and Mrs. Len Sperilng and
family were Sunday guests at
Lloyd Waldo’s. Cora Sperling
stayed to visit the Waldos a few
days. Mrs. Waldo’s mother, Mrs.
Frank Searles, Arvada, Colo., who
was called here by the serious
illness of her brother, Custer
Johnson, O’Neill will return to
the Sperling home enroute to her
home and will take Cora with
her. Mrs. Waldo expects to take
them home.
A Fellowship dinner at the Paul
Fisher home Sunday honored Mr,
and Mrs. Clayton Burge, Esther
and Ruth, who moved Monday
to their home, north of O’Neill.
Present were the Rev. and Mrs,
Ernest Chambers, Wilma and
Darlene, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Burge, Joyce and Bruce, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Nielsen, Rodney and
Bradley, and the Fisher and Clay
ton Burge families. The Burges
moved to the former Lee Blake I
place.
Merry Matrons club met at
the home of Mrs. Jack Winings!
Thursday. Mrs. Blake Ott and
Mrs. Ralph Adair were on the
entertainment committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Gale Fix and
Mr. and Mrs. Max Dixson and
Kent, and Sharon Prewitt, Scotts
bluff, visited over the weekend
with their sister, Mrs. Larry Ken
nedy at the home of their mo
ther, Mrs. Alice Prewitt, and
their brother, Dean Prewitt and
family. The other brother, Lynn
Prewitt, now lives in California
and was not present.
Mrs. Lovina Thompson return
ed to her home at McPherson,
Kan., Thursday.
The Senior class play in
Chambers Friday evening wits
well attended by Amelia, folks.
Students in the play from Am
elia community were Beth Ful
lerton, Venita White and Wayne
Burgett.
Mrs. August Pospichal, Mrs.
Vern Sageser and Mrs. May Sag
eser attended the Garden club
Tuesday afternoon at the Cham
bers park. The club set out
shrubs and flowers.
The Lad Sladek family were
surprised Sunday when their son,
Don, who has been with the U.S.
armed forces in England arrived
home. They did not know he was
coming.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Maple and
two sons, Neligh, Mr. and Mrs
Gene Skala and Kelly, Fremont,
and Don Fullerton, were Sunday
dinner guests at George Fuller
ton’s. Don, who has been visiting
his parents here the past two
weeks, left Monday for his home
at Hawthorne, Calif., going by
way of Rapid City, S. D. to visit
his aunt, Mrs. Paul (Mary Lou)
Moore and family.
Mrs. Bertha Sammons received
word from her son and daughter
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Sam
mons that they will spend the
summer working at a hunting
and fishing resort at Red Fish
Lake, Ida. Forest will begin work
May 1 as a maintenance man and
Mrs. Sammons will start work
when her school term closes May
27.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Nelson are
attending the World Fair. They
visited Mrs. Nelson’s cousins, the
Forest Sammons, at Kimberly,
Ida., enroute.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fuller
ton and Don attended the Leo
O’Malley’s wedding dance at Ew
ing Saturday night.
Mrs. B. W. Waldo received
word of the death of her a'unt at
Eagle, Nebr.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wehland,
Richard and Leland, Holdrege,
and Leo Rasmussen were week
end visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Earnie Johnston. Mr. Rasmus
sen is an exchange student from
Denmark and attends school in
Holdrege.
Roger Waldo has been suffer
ing with infection in a wound he
received while pole vaulting at
the O’Neill track meet. He struck
his leg with the spikes on his
own shoe while jumping. It re
quired 16 stitches to close the
wound.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nielsen,
Rodney and Bradley, Omaha, vis
ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Burge, Joyce and Bruce
last weekend. They all went to
O'Neill Saturday evening to visit
Grandma Burge and June, and
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Burge.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bailey, Om
aha, visited her parents and sis
ter. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn White
and Venita the past weekend.
They attended the senior class
play at Chambers in which Veni
ta was a member of the cast.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hansen
and family were Sunday dinner
guests with her »jnt, Mrs. Beu
lah Muss.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Brown,
Mrs. Christine Seeberg. Nebras
ka City, and Mrs. Robert Me Lach
lan, Atkinson, were Sunday din
ner guests with the Lloyd Waldo
family.
Mr. anti Mrs. Herman Medlin,
Plainview, visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Doolittle, Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs Harold Fuller
ton and Mr. and Mrs. M. B Ken
nedy also visited at the Doolittle
home in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Keefe
and family, Sargent, were din
ner guests Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Harlan Dierking and Cyn
tria.
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Backhaus,
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Sageser, and
Mrs. May Sageser were dinner
guests Sunday at Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Blackmores.
The Helping Hand dub will
meet on Wednesday, May 9
with Mrs. Frank Pierce. The
change in date is due to the
school picnic which will be
Thursday, May 10.
Mrs. Blanche O'Malley has an
apartment in O’Neill and will
move there in the near future.
Mr. Clayton Burge and family
are moving to the Lee Blake
farm north of Q'Neili which he
recently purchased.
Diane Adair, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Adair, celebrated
her fourth birthday Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Doolittle, Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Peterson, Mr.
and Mrs. Bernie Kennedy and
Harold and Mrs Larry Kennedy,
Tammy and Shauna were invited
there for the evening, and to
share her birthday cake and ice
cream.
Mrs. Hienie Frahin and her
mother, Mrs. Maude Forbes went
to O’Neill Friday to get baby
chicks for the Frahms.
Ken Werner and Drnnir are
bosy installing the equipment
for the dial phone line which
will noon replace the old sys
tem.
Ewing Presents
Spring Concert
The music department of the
Ewing public school presented its
annual spring concert Tuesday
evening. Apr 24, in the school
auditorium. Supt. G. D. Ryan
was the director and Mrs. Wilbur
Spangler was pianist.
Royalty Crowned at
Sports Banquet Tuesday
CLEARWATER ShirWy t>am.
me. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Leslie l'ammi' and Jack Kail
huff son of Mr. and Mrs Otto
Kallhoff. were crowned queen
and king at the annual sports
banquet held Tuesday night in
the Catholic parish hall.
Sharon Kallhoff and l-arry
Schrage were attendants from the
freshman class. From the soph
omore class. Chellie Noire and
Ron Kallhoff ami from the junior
class. Cheryl Rice and Larry
Hoffman.
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Atkinson Dramatics
Club Plans Program
The Atkinson dramatics club
will hold n program Monday,
May T. to end the 1961-62 school
term Money realized from the
program will go to herp send
someon* to nil-state this summer.
Two on*' act plays will tie pre
sented along with individual «ct»
and musical numlem.
Speakers will be Oithy Doolit
tle Dennis Orippen, Bonnie CHS*
lord ami Kilen Frost.
The program will tx*gm at 8
p.m. _
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