MODEL CAR CONTEST winners are shown here with their ears and trophies. First place winners:
€■ alien Young, senior division, Jeff Hammond and Mike McCarvlile, intermediate division and Dick
Cullaglier, junior division. The contest was sponsored by Lee Stores.
Church N01
All minister* are invited t<
Hie Frontier, For guaranteed pub
are in our office by Saturday, one
St. Patrick’* Catholic Church
(Msgr. Timothy O’Sullivan and
Father Robert Duffy, assistant)
Sunday: Masses, 7:30, 8:45 a.m.
and 10 a.m.
Saturday: Confessions from 4
until 5:30 p.m. and from 7:30
p.m. until 9 p m.
Masses in the church every
day at 7:45 a.m.
Wesleyan Methodist Church
(Rev. Bemiece Hubby, Pastor)
Sunday: Sunday school, 10 am.;
morning worship 11 a.m. Eve
ning service, 8 p.m.
Monday: Wesleyan Youth; eve
ning worship, 8 p.m.
Church Of Christ
Robert Granger
Sunday morning Bible classes
10:00 a.m.; worship services, 11:00
a.m.
Wednesday: Evening services,
Bible study and prayer, 7:30 un
til 8: j0.
First Methoidst Church
The Rev. Glenn Kennicott)
Thursday — Prayer Circle,
10 a.m.; WSCS 2 p.m.
Friday: Dorcas, 2 p.m.
Sunday: Morning worship 11
a.m.; church schol, 9:45 a.m.
Tuesday: Young Adults supper
meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday: Junior choir, 4 p. '
m.; youth fellowship, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Prayer circle, 10
a.m.; Dorcas, 2 p.m.
Bethany Presbyterian Church
(The Rev. John Hart)
Sunday: Worship, 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.
Page Methodist Church
(The Rev. Robert Linder)
Sunday: Church school, 10 a.m.;
worship 11 a.m.
Wednesday: Choir and MYF, *
p.m.
Assembly of God Church
(The Rev. Ivan Christoffersen)
Thursday: Sectional youth ral
ly in Bassett, 8 p.m.
Sunday: Sunday School, 10 a.
m.; morning worship, jun. church
11 a.m., youth service, 7 p.m.
and Evangelistic service, 8 p.m.
Monday thru Friday: State
youth camp at Lexington, Nebr.
Wednesday: Prayer service 8
p.m.
Emmet Methodist Church
Sunday — Sunday school 9:00
a.m.; morning worship, 9:45.
Center Union Church
Sunday: Morning worship, 10
a.m.; Sunday school, 11 a.m.,
and Christian Endeavor, 7:30
pan.
Wednesday: Cottage prayer ser
vice, 8 P-m.
St. Joseph’s Church
Amelia
(Father Ralph O’Donnell)
Masses at 10:00 a.m. the first
third and fifth Sundays of each
month; 8:00 a an. on the second
and fourth Sundays.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
(Rev. D. L. Braunersreuther)
Sunday — Divine Service
9:00 A. M.; Sunday school
10:00 a.m.; Walther League 7:30
p.m.
Thursday — Ladies aid 1:30
p.m.
Friday — Catechism class 8:00
p.m.
Saturday — Suceeding classes
of all Catschism will be at St.
Paul's, Chambers, beginning Sat
urday 21 and Saturdays following.
Church of Epiphany
Emmet
(Father Ralph O'Donnell)
Masses at 8:00 a.m. the first
third and fifth Sunday of each
month; at 10:00 on the second
and fourth Sundays.
Inman Methodist Church
(The Rev. Robert Linder)
Thursday: WSCS, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday: Church school, 8:40
ajn.; worship, 9:40 a.m.
Wednesday: Choir and MYF, 8
p.m.
i send their church notes to
lication, we ask that the notes
week prior to the service.
Methodist Church
Chambers
(The Rev. Charles Cox)
Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.;
worship, 11 a.m.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
505 East Williams
Sunday: Bible school, 10 a.m.,
NFC 7 p.m.; worship services,
8 p.m.
Wednesday — Bible Study, 7
p.m. and 8 p.m.
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Page
(The Rev. Mina Smith)
Sunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m.;
worship, 11 a.m.; WY service, 7
p.m.; evening service, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday: Choir, 7 p.m.;
prayer meeting, 7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
(The Rev. John Hart)
Sunday: 9:45 Sunday School;
Worship, 11 a.m.
Monday: 2:30 Bible Study.
Wednesday: 7:00 Choir; 7:00
jr. Hi Youth; Sr. Hi Youth, 8 p.m.
Hospital Notes
ST. ANTHONY’S
ADMISSIONS: May 30 — C. E.
Walker of Page and Mrs. Den
nis Hansen of O'Neill. 31 — Mrs.
D. A. Ganter of Ewing; Hallie
Myer of Inman; Mrs. Henry Kin
ney, Mrs. Charley Thomson and
Mrs. Pearl Sanford of O'Neill.
June 1 — Mrs. Zane Rowse of
Chambers and Mrs. Leonard pri
bil of O’Neill. 2 — Delbert Carl
sr. of Ewing and Mrs. Robert
Prudcn of Page. 3 — Andrew'
Wettlaufer of O'Neill; Linda Do
ty of Spencer and Robert Wood
of Page. 4 — Mrs. Della Bow
den, Clint Harmon, Mrs. Ernest
Price and Mrs. Kenneth Peter
son of O’Neill. 5 — Mrs. John
Hynes, William Libby and Jean
ne McDonald of O’Neill, Mrs. Ce
cil Malcom of Spencer.
DISMISSED: May 30 — Tim
Sivesind, Mrs. Await Spangler,
John Grady, Mrs. Sammie Der
ickson and Henry D. Grady of
O'Neill. 31 — Hallie Myer of In
man. June 1 — Charles L Mahony
and Mrs. Dennis Hansen of O’
Neill. 2 — Mrs. John Wallen jr.
and baby of O’Neill and C. E.
Walker of Page. 3 — Mrs. Don
ald Franklin and Mrs. Charley
Thomson of O’Neill. 5 — Mrs.
Leonard L Pribil and baby of
O’Neill; Mrs. Zane Rowse and
baby of Chambers and Ms. Ro
bert Pruden and Robert Wood of
Page. 6 — Mrs. Wood Jarman of
Chambers.
ATKINSON MEMORIAL
ADMITTED: May 28 - Mrs.
Leo Brown of Ainsworth; Mrs.
Joe Laible of Stuart and Harold
Klinger of Atkinson. 29 — Phil
Davis of Atkinson and Mrs. Ber
nice McGuire of Bassett. 30 —
Mrs. Julius Kroger of Long Pine;
Mrs. Esther Darre of Ewing and
Leonard Ulrich of Atkinson. 31
— Mrs. Kenneth Asher and Mrs.
Vernon Slaymaker of Atkinson;
Mrs. Donald Elsbury of O'Neill
and Ethel Miller of Bassett. June
1 — Mrs. Bertha Foss of Gre
gory, S. D. and Joane Bonenber
ger of Atkinson. 4 — Bryan Stes
kal of Atkinson.
DISMISSED: May 29 — Mrs.
Leo Brown of Ainsworth; Mrs.
Raymond Grof and baby and
Mrs. Bryan Martens and daughter
of Atkinson and Mrs. Harold An
derson and baby of Halsey. 31—
Mrs. Allen Reynoldson and son
of O'Neill; Mrs. Dean Gokie and
son and Mrs. Dennis Edwards
and son of Atkinson and Mrs.
Joseph Laible of Stuart. June 1 —
Mrs. Frank Schneider of Stuart.
2 — Mrs. Edward Walnofer and
baby of Stuart; Mrs. Bernice Mc
Guire and Ethel Miller of Bas
sett and Mrs. Esther Durre of
Ewing. 3 — Mrs. Christina Koch
of Ainsworth. 4 — Mrs. Kenneth
Asher and baby of Atkinson.
ATKINSON MEMORIAL
ASHER — Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Asher of Atkinson, daugh
ter, Darlene Rae. 6 pounds 13
ounces. May 31.
SACRED HEART
PRESENT: June 4 — Mrs. Ca
therine Cranford, Mrs. Floyd
France, Mrs. George Thay«c.
Mrs. Margaret Zepf and Mrs.
Blanche Whetham of Lynch;
Charles Diehl of Atkinson; Mrs.
Clara Hahn, Mrs. Gesiena Tun
ink and John Tiefenthaler of
Butte; Fred Hauck of Naiper;
Mrs. Mary Heiser of Monowi;
Mrs. August Kalkowski of Ver
del and John Schommer of Spen
cer.
DISMISSED: May 29 — Mrs.
Albert Worley of Verdel; Mrs. Al
da Greeno of Butte and Douglas
Picotte of Verdel. 30 — Gerald
Muller of Lynch. June 3 — Mrs.
Joe Loock of Spencer and Oscar
Peterson of Butte. 4 — Mrs. Mary
Sieler of Butte.
EXPIRED: May 30 — Fred
Kryiss, 84, of Butte.
ST. ANTHONY’S
WALLEN — Mr. and Mrs. John
Wallen jr. of O'Neill, son, Mich
ael John, 6 pounds 14 ounces
May 29.
PRIBIL — Mr. and Mrs. Leo
nard Pribil of O’Neill, daughter,
Sandra Kay, 7 pounds 8 ounces,
June 1.
ROWSE — Mr. and Mrs. Zane
Rcwse of Chambers, son, Doug
las Dale, 7 pounds 3 ounces, June
1. This is the fourth son of the
Rowses. Mr. and Mrs. George
Rowse and Mr. and Mrs. William
David of Chambers are the
grandparents.
HYNES — Mr. and Mrs. John
Hynes of O’Neill, son, 5 pounds
12V4 ounces, June 5.
ATKINSON MEMORIAL
MCCONNELL — Mr. and Mrs.
Richard McConnell of Amelia,
son, Randall Eli, 7 pounds 13 oun
ces, May 22. The cQuple has a
son, Dickie and two daughters,
Jane and Janice. Mrs. O’Connell
is the former Karen Garwood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
Garw jod.
YOUNG — Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Young of Atkinson, daughter,
Cheryl Ann, 7 pounds, May 21.
The couple has two other child
ren. a son and a daughter.
BUOY — Mr. and Mrs. De
wayne Buoy of Bassett, son, Mer
vin Louis, 7 pounds 3 ounces,
May 23.
STRAKA — Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Straka of Atkinson, son, Gregory
Lee, 7 pounds 9 ounces, May 22.
ROOT — Mr. and Airs. Law
rence Root, of Atkinson, son,
Todd Allan, 8 pounds, Alay 22.
ANDERSON — Mr. and Airs.
Harold Anderson of Halsey, son,
Daniel Glen, 7 pounds 6 V2 ounces
Alay 25.
TITUS — Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Titus of Johnstown, son, Daniel
Todd, 6 pounds 7 ounces. May 24.
GROF — Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Grof of Atkinson, son,
James Raymond, 7 pounds 3
ounces, May 25.
MARTENS — Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan Martens of Atkinson,
daughter, Pamela Lynn, 6 pounds
14 ounces, May 25.
EDWARD9 — Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis Edwards of Atkinson, son,
9 pounds 6 ounces, May 27.
GOKIE — Mr. and Mrs. Dean
Gokie of Atkinson, son, 9 pounds
2 ounces, May 28. The couple
has two other sons.
REYNOLDSON — Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Reynoldson of O’Neill,
son, 11 pounds 6 ounces, May 28.
WALNOFER — Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Walnofer of Stuart, daughter!
6 pounds 3 .ounces. May 29.
SACRED HEART
WORLEY — Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Worley of Verdel, son, Ter
ry Joe, 7 pounds 11 ounces, Mav
24.
ELSEWHERE
CURTIS — Mr. and Mrs. Jan
Curtis of Royal, daughter, Mar
cia Mane, 8 pounds 3 ounces,
May 29. Mr. and Mrs. Ottie Mit
teis and Mr. and Mrs. Fremont
Curtis of Orchard are the grand
parents. This is the couple’s first
child.
THOMPSON — Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle Thompson of Omaha,
daughter, 8 pounds 3 ounces. May
22. Mrs. Violet Thompson of
Clearwater is the paternal grand
mother.
ALLEMANG — Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Allemang of Clearwater,
daughter, 6 pounds 8 ounces. Mav
19.
PATRAS — Mr. and Mrs Lon
nie Patras of Norfolk, son, Mich
ael Wayne. 5 pounds 14 ounces.
May 28. Mrs. Clarence Michael
and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Patras
of Clearwater are the grand
parents.
KILTZ — Mr. and Mrs. Ger
ald Kiltz of Bellevue, daughter,
Taige Marie, May 28. The cou
ple has another child, a son. Mr.
Kiltz is a nephew of Blake Ott
and Mrs. Floyd Adams of Ame
lia.
BREDENKEMP — Mr. and
Mrs. R Bredenkemp .York, daugh
ter, May 21. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Eacker of Ewing are the mater
nal grandparents.
KNIEVAL — Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Knieval of Ewing, son, 8 pounds
ouces, May 21.
TOMLINSON — Mr. and Mrs.
George Tomlinson of Lincoln,
son, Gay Alan, 6V2 pounds. Apr.
30. The couple has another son,
Shawn. Dick Tomlinson is the pa
ternal grandfather.
STEINBACH — Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis Steinbach of Niobrara,
daughter, 8 pounds 10 ounces.
May 21. The couple now has three
daughters. Mrs. Steinbach is the
former Janice Bourne, daughter
of Bud Bourne of Niobrara. Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Steinbach of Ver
del are the paternal grandpar
ents.
CHOCHOLOUSEK — Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Chocholousek of Wake
field, daughter, Julie Kay, 5
pounds 10 ounces. May 20. This
is the couple’s first child. Mrs.
Marie Chocholousek of Verdigre
is the paternal grandmother.
Mrs. Ida Taylor of Wakefield is
the maternal grandmother.
BASLER — Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Basler of Lincoln, son, June
1. Mrs. Basler is the former Na
omi Johnson. The couple has
another son and two daughters.
Monowi News
By Mrs. Mike Piklapp
LOcust 9 2520
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Eiler and
family visited in the Robert Zach
home Sunday and in the evening
they were all Neligh visitors.
Memorial Day visitors in the
Herman Heiser home included
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Heiser and
Donna, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cassidy
and daughters, Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Levi and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Jorgensen and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Heiser.
A large crowd attended the
Military Memorial Services at
the Alford cemetery Wednesday.
Memorial Day visitors in the
Elsie Piklapp home included, Mrs.
Joe Kolar, Tobias, Mr. and Mrs.
Charley Kolar and Mary, Spen
cer, Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Pik
lapp and children, Huron, S. D.
and Mr. and Mrs. Norman DeKay
and family, Plankinton, S. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Piklapp
and children, Mrs. Stewart String
fellow, Rene Eiler and Mrs. Pik
lapp were business callers in Nor
folk Friday.
Lucy Hrbek, Lynch, visited in
the Cathy Hrbek home Wednes
day and Thursday.
The 4-H meeting was held in
the Harold Hansen home Friday
afternoon.
James Chvala left Monday to
attend college in Wayne this sum
mer.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Dodson,
Schyler, were visitors in the Don
Flanders home Memorial Day.
Tillie Schlecta, Lynch, called on
Mrs. Joura Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Eiler and
family were Friday evening vis
itors in the Cathy Hrbek home.
Tillie Rihanek and A1 Stanek
were visitors in the Glen Rihanek
home Memorial Day. They were
all afternoon visitors at Verdigre.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Quick, Butte,
were visitors here Sunday after
noon.
Visitors in the Frank Lewis
home Memorial Day were Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Burger and Mr.
and Mrs. Charley Kolar and
Mary, Spencer, Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Lee and boys, Lynch, Mrs.
Joe Milacek and children, Bris
tow and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Pepka, Sturges, S. D.
Mrs. Robert Zach and Mrs. Ru
dy Eiler were business callers in
O’Neill Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Marshall,
Verdel, visited in the L. J. Miller
home Saturday.
Venus News
By Mrs. Ralph Brookhouscr
Memorial Day visitors at the
home of Mrs. Edna Boelter were
Mr. and Mrs. LaVem Warriner
and sons, Center and Mr. and
Ms. Willis Boelter and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Block, Ne
ligh, visited in Grimton Memor
ial Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Boelter at
tended the funeral of her uncle,
Frank Kurka at Verdigre Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brookhou
ser, Grand Island, came Tuesday
evening and spent Memorial Day
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
medical attention.
Many from the vicinity attend
ed the Danny Liska slides and
lecture at the Empress Theatre
in Verdigre Tuesday.
Saturday evening guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. LaVern
Held were Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Caskey and Mr. and Mrs. Ho
ward Tyler and Chuck.
Mrs. Wheeler, Bazil Mills, vis
ited in home of her daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Lavaine Hines and fam
ily last week.
Saturday evening visitors in die
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Caskey
were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brook
houser.
Mrs. Emil Bartos, Emily and
Billy and Mrs. Marie Sokol vis
ited in the Brookhouser home
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Jeffrey
and family spent Sunday with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs Robert
Hampson, Winner.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cihlar return
ed to their home in Lincoln Sat
urday after spending a week with
relatives. They were house guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Tlieo Kinmson. Friday the Kinni
sons and Cihlars visited Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Miller and Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kinnison
and family also visited m the
Kinmson home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, Til
den, were visiting in the Venus
community Memorial Day. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith were in the tor
nado area. Trees were uprooted
and their car badly damaged.
Mr. Gerald Waring has been
taking C. O. Evans to O'Neill for
Ralph Brookhouser.
Ewing Alumni
Banquet Honors
Class of 1937
EWING — The anual alumni
banquet of the Ewing high school
was held Thursday evening at
the auditorium with about 170
persons in attendance. The
theme was “How Bright The
Moon.” Walter Miller, gave the
invocation, Roger Bennett, Or
chard, the welcome, and Larry
Noffke, the response.
Dr Vernon Rockey, Crawford,
w'as toastmaster. Numbers on the
program were "Quiet Fran
grance”, Vivian Wright Bartos;
Duet, “Wondrous Night of Love"
by Ardis Parks and Patricia
Hobbs; Solo “Star Dust” by Bob
Koenig; “Whispering Breezes”
Garry Eacker, honoring the class
of 1937; “Meandering Moon
beams” by Charles Rotherham,
member of the Board of Educa
tion, honoring the class of 1962;
solo “I Saw A Star” by Sandra
Shrader; solo “Evensong" by
Supt. G. D. Ryan.
Irene Butler Rockey, 54 Tortu
ga RJ., Village of Palm Springs,
Lake Worth, Florida and Edith
Butler Hall, Royal, members of
the class of fifty years ago were
honored. Their first teacher, Mrs.
Gay McDougal. Neligh, the for
mer Ethel Burlew, Ewing, who
was present gave a few remarks.
In the class of 1937, graduates
of the EHS, twenty-five years
ago were Florence Kindler, Phyl
lis Benson, Marcella Krachie
Bendon, Hazel Conner Belmer.
Mary Charvat Finicle, Sylvester
Bauer, Vera Schacht Cleveland.
Daurice Latzel Thiele, Vivian
Pollock Gunter, Eulalia Bendon,
Helen Saiser Hoag, Dorothy Tom
jack Herley, Fred Daniels, Wini
fred Cloyd Bahm, Mary Brion
Huffman, Darrel Rutherboies,
Lyle Rutherboies, Mavis McKay
O’Connell, Lorraine Jefferies
Wright, Carol Briggs King, Jer
ome Spittler, Floyd Hartford.
New officers elected after the
banquet and a social hour were:
Ina Bennett, president; R. S.
Brion, vice-president; Mrs. Will
iam Lofquest, secretary-treasurer
with Mrs. Sam Regan, alternate.
Dr. Nickolas J. Sojka has been
appointed to the staff of Duke
University Medical Center, Dur
ham, N. C. as Assistant Director
of laboratory Animal Medicine.
Dr. Sojka graduated from Kan
sas State University in 1958.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Sojka, Page.
St. Boniface
Open House
Held May 12
Open house was held at the
new St. Boniface school Satur
day, May 12, for sisters from var
ious Nebraska missions, including
Snyder, Fremont, Olean, Elgin,
and Atkinson.
A dinner, prepared by officers
of the Christian Mothers Society
of St. Boniface parish was serv
ed to twenty-two sisters, includ
ing the local sisters of 9t. Boni
face school, in the recreation
room of the new school.
Ocher guests at the dinner were
Father Lane from Arizona, for
mer pastor of Epiphany church
at Emmet, Elizabeth Paschang,
Phyllis Kaup and Sharon Olber
ding. Atkinson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Kreikemeier, Snyder.
In spite of the short notification
and distances involved, the local
sisters were well pleased with
the number attending.
Following the dinner the visit
ing sisters enjoyed a tour through
the school.
Former Resident Dies
In Bellingham, Wash.
Word has been received of the
death of Jens S. Johnson, 79,
Bellingham, Wash. Jens was a
former resident of the O'Neill
area. He died Saturday. June 2.
Burial was in Bellingham Tues
day.
He is survived by his widow.
Sophia, and five sisters. Cora
Claussen, Christina Johnson, O’
Neill. Esther Harding. Sloan. Ia..
Emma Claussen. Artesia. Calif.,
and Anna Harding. New Mexico.
Children's Home Asks
For Trading Stamps
Mem tiers of the Simonson Post
83 of the O’Neill American Le
gion Auxiliary have tieen asked
by the head of the state home
for retarded children in Beatrice
to contribute Gold Bond stamps
for ti>e {Hirpose of securing a
merri-go-round for the home.
Their goal is 950 points.
Anyone wishing to contribute
stamps may contact Mrs. John
Dewitt.
Services Held
At Verdigre for
Frank J. Kurka
Funeral rites were held for
Frank J. Kurka. a Knox county
pioneer. May 31 at the ZCBJ hall
with the Rev. David T Gustaf
son officiating. Mrs. Eldiva Jed
licka Pavlik and Mrs. Joe Jacot
jr. sang, accompaniixl by Mrs.
Emil E. Sandoz. Palbearers were
Fred May, John Sukup, Walter
Sukup, Adolph Sukup and Ed
ward Tusha. Interment was at
Niobrara in the Le’Qui C'urt
cemetery, where his parents
were buried.
Frank J. Kurka. son of Joseph
and Theresa Kurka, was Ixirn
September 11, 1881, at Dukeville,
Nebr.. and died in the Creighton
hospital May 28 at the age of 80.
November 16, 1903, lie was mar
ried to Rose Marshall. They had
two children, a son Wenzel and
a daughter, Rose, Mrs. Earl Cros
ley, Niobrara.
In 1916 his wife died. He con
tinued to live on the farm and in
1927 married Julia Roubal. In
1928 they left the farm and mov
ed to Verdigre where they lived
until his death. Mr. Kurka had
been in failing health the past
year.
He is survived by his wife,
Julia, his two children, three
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren, one brother, Er
nest, Verdigre and three sisters,
Bertha Tusha, Rose (Mrs. Max
Randal, Verdigre and Julia iMrs.
John Sukup i. Creighton, a host
of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, one half brother and
four half sisters and two infant
brothers.
Rites Held for
Maude Stephens
At Orchard
Maude B. Stephens, 85, died
Sunday, May 27, in the Neligh
rest home after a lingering ill
ness. Funeral services were held
Tuesday, May 29 at Orchard in
the EUB church. The Rev. Lenz
officiated. Pallbearers were her
grandson, Dwaine Williamson,
Larry D. Williamson, Richard
Lee and Mike Williamson, neph
ews, Roy Bouermeister and Dave
Bouermeister.
Maude B. Spencer was bom
June 15, 1889,, in Shelby County
Iowa to Thomas and Josephine
Spencer, one of six children. Her
early life was spent in Gregory,
S. D., Sholes and Beemer. Nebr.
She was married to Orie H. Ste
phens March 23, 1910 at Beemer
and to this union 4 children were
born. She and Orie lived near
Creighton and Brunswick for sev
eral years and in Orchard for ten
years before moving to Vcrdel
where they spent most of their
life on the farm. They retired
and moved to Ewing about five
years ago.
Survivors include her husband,
a daughter, Mrs. Elmer William
son, Orchard, a son, Jim. Ogal
lala, one brother, Leslie, Norfolk,
three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Sim
mons, Kingston, HI., Mrs. Mabel
Rodgers, Tacoma, Wash., and
Mrs. Lulu Long, Sycamore, 111.,
four grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
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Loran M. Kruse, O’Neill, announces the engagement of his
daughter, Karen Ann Kruse, Omaha, to Hugh A. Mason, brand
Island. A June wedding is planned. -
Mbs Kruse is a graduate of Chambers high school, attended
business school in Omaha, and is now employed by Crawford and
Company, Omaha.
.Mr. Mason is the son of Mrs. Jewell Mason, Fayetteville, N. C.
He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and Is now
employed by Crawford and Company, Omaha.
Tin- couple plan to make their home in (.rand Island.
Rites Held for
Mrs. Fred Sfolle
At Atkinson
ATKINSON Funeral rites for
Mrs. Fred Stolte, 79, Atkinson,
who died May 27, were held May
30 at the Seger Funeral Home
and St. John's Lutheran Church.
Rev. Emil Kuehn, pastor, offici
ating.
Music was by Earl Collins, E.
Krumm, Rudolph Poessnecker
and Mrs. Minnie Shaw, vocalists,
and Werner Poessnecker, accom
panist.
Burial was in Woodlawn ceme
tery. Active pallbearers were
Thilo Poessnecker. Edward Dvor
ak, William McAllister. Leo Ad
ams, Lawrence Slaymaker and
Charles Prussa; honorary, D. R.
Mount.-,, George Frohardt, Uoyd
McDowell, Charles VV’. Peterson,
Ralph Ries and Albert Frost of
Wayne.
Mr . Stolte was I orn September
16, 1882, at Junction City, Kan.,
'17 daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Olday. She was married
April 15, 1902, to Fred Stolte.
They moved to Atkinson where
they spent the past 60 year.,.
She is survived by her hus
band; one son, Emer of Oak
land, Calif.; five daughters, Mrs.
Minnie Poessnecker of Atkinson,
Mr.,. Mary Simpkins of South
Sioux City, Mrs. Helen Grayum
of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Ethel
Hale of Atkinson, and Mrs. Hazel
Tegeler of Lincoln; 10 grandchil
dren; two brothers, Ernest Olday
of Bremerton, Wash., and Emil
Olday of Stuart, and two sisters,
Mrs. Emma Julius of Meridian,
la., and Mrs. Bertha Gordon of
Cherokee, la.
HONORS FOR SELLING MOST TICKETS to the recent Scout Cirrus went to dim Davidson and
Kelly Fuhrer. dim was top in his troop and in the area. His area prize was the tent shown behind him.
Both he and Kelly were awarded mess kit-, for troop prize . Making the presentation is Scout Com
mkteenan Joe Stutz.
