PAGE 6B
I the weekend of Mrs. Emma
I Joerg.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fetrow of
......... t Portland Oregon were calling
wawalta welt / . ' .....
i on xrtenas m Eormoso Satur-
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Simmons/day afternoon. They were
and family of Belleville, Mr. [enroute to Cedar and Norton,
and Mrs, D:m Simmons and
family of Courtland and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Nitcher and
daughter of Concordia were
dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Simmons. Even-
tng visitors were Mr. and Mrs.
Orville James and Mrs, Vernie
Emigh.
Mrs. Iterbert Ross is a sur-
gical patient in tim Belleville
hospital• Mrs, M. J. t:'eters
was dismissed Thursday from
the hospital and is convales
ring at her home. Kenneth
Huber, Sr.. remains in the
hospital and is making a satis-
factory recovery from a re
cent heart attack.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Hughes, Sarah and Frances
McCune attended the funeral
of Mrs. Jessie Abel on Satur-
day afternoon at the Methodist
church in Burr Oak. Later
they drove to Superior, Nebr.
and called on Mrs. Mary
Hughes at the Good Samaritan
Nursing Home.
Callers the past week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Keeler were: Mrs. Katherine
Grimes and grand daughter.
D/anna Eaton of Mankato, Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson Keeler, Jul/e
and Jeff, Mrs. Agnes Balch
and Mrs. Dessie Stansbury.
• Mrs. Bessie Tipton of Re-
public and Mr. Raymond~
JOhnson of Belleville were
supper guests Sunday evening
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tobias.
Mrs. Violet Howland was
hostess to the Mystic Circle
Club at her home Thursday
afternoon with 15 members
pt'esent. Mis Elaine Patrick
W~S the honor guest and was
pl'esented with a pair of beau
ttftfl table lamps¢ for her new
home. Other gue.¢ts were Mrs
Gladys Clark of Courtland,
Mrs Nelson Stainbrook Mm
aeapolis, Mrs, Ray Howland,
Leonardville, Kansas. Mrs.
Wayne Berneking, Milford,
Kansas, Mrs. Howard Patrick
Mrs. Carl Florell and Mrs.
$tella Patrick. Nice refresh-
ments were served by the hos-
teSS.
Mr. and Mrs. David Peter-
son, Sherry and Mike of Hays
wer guests Sunday of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cbas.
Doxon.
Krohler Nelson of Natoma.
Kansas, a former Jewell
COl~ty resident and well
known in thl~,, community, was
the victim ot:a fatal heart at-
tack, Memorial services were
held in Natoma Saturday af-
terneon. Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Morris from here were in at-
tendance.
Mrs. Stella Detrexhe of Con
cordla was a house guest over
Kansas to visit relatives.
Mrs. Robert McFarlane and
lass of Santa Barbara, Calif.,
Mrs. Keneth ttuber, Sr., and
Mrs. R. C. Stafford were din-
ner guests Tuesday of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Weir of Belleville.
When Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Tobias entered their home on
Sunday morning, January 15
after being away most of the
day, they were held at gun
point by two escapees from
the Nebraska Boys Training
School at Kearney, Nebr. The
boys had entered the Tobias
t~ome earlier, ransacked the
house, and helped themselves
1o some food. Mr. and Mrs.
Tobias were unharmed, and
the boys made their get away
in tim Tobias 1962 model ear.
The escapees, ages 17 and 18,
were captured later in the
evening at Btaden, Nebr.
Mrs. Clayton Hughes, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Johnson and
Miss Florence Nelson drove to
Kansas City on Wednesday, on
a combined business and plea-
sure trip for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dun-
stan left here early Friday
morning for Phoenix, Ariz.
where they will spend the re-
mainder of the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Apple-
by were supper guests Satur-
day evening of Mr. and Mrs.
Ehner Chadd at Courtland.
On Friday evening they were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Erickson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Stransky
of Munden spent Sunday af-
ternon and .evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs, John
Magnusson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob I)oxon &
sons of Jewell were Sunday
evening supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Lyall Doxon. ,
The Ladies Aid held an all
day meeting Wednesday, with
a corned dish luncheon. Mrs.
Paul Temple and daughter,
Lorel, were guests.
Mrs. Louella Snyder enter-
tained the Tuesday Ten club
at her home Tuesday after-
noon. Invited guests were:
Mrs. Avis Crawford, Mrs,
Elizabeth Sheahan and Joan.
Following the business session.
"Bingo" was the afternoon
entertainment. Mrs. Sheahan
won tim hostess package. Nice
refreshments were served by
the hostess.
The Community bridal
shower, held Saturday after-
noon, honoring Miss Elaine
Patrick, bride-elect of Mr.
Eugene Clark, was attended
by about 65 relatives and
friends. Hostesses were
Elaine's classmates in the
1965 graduating class from
the Montrose High School, and
their mothers. They were
assisted by Mrs. Vera Demp-
sey and Miss Ruth Jones. Fol-
lowing a nice program and
contests, Elaine opened her
many pretty packages.
The American Legion Aux
iliary met Friday afternoon at
the legion hall, with Mrs.
Helen ttigbee and Mrs. I)ean
Dewey an hostesses. Tim re
gular business session was
conducted by Mrs, Dewey, the
acting president, and Mrs.
Ethel Hyde, secretary and
treasurer, The ladies are
planning a chicken and hot
biscuit supper in the near
future. 10 members were pre
sent.
Mr. and Mrs. Chn'k llow
land and son, Terry, have
moved to their new home, tit(,
former home of his brother,
Mr, and Mrs. Ruy Iiowhmd
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Anderson
and son, Paul, of Saline and
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn ,lones o[
Esbon were guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hughes.
The Andersons later called on
Sarah and Frances McCune.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Studer were
Junior Studer and Mrs. Alice
Clark and daughter of Con
cordia.
Mrs. Roy Weir of Belleville
and Mrs. Robert McFarlane
and daughter, Lisa, of Santa
Barbara, Calif. were Tuesday
evening supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Stafford and
family•
Jim Weir made a trip to
Kansas City last week for a
medical check-up at the Kan-
sas Medical Center.
Mrs. Georgia Stafford was
hostess to tile Happy tlour
Club at her home Thursday
afternoon. Guests were Mrs.
Lynn Volker and Mrs. Theresa
Howell. The afternoon was
spent socially.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Clark
drove to Burr Oak Sunday af
ternoon and visisted her
grandmother. Mrs. Edythe
Clark.
Mr. Iterbert Ross and
daughters, Barbara and Laura
and Mrs. Kenneth ttuher, Sr.
were dinner guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoard L)f
Courtland. In the afternoon
they all visited Mrs. tterbert
Ross and Mr. Kenneth thd)er,
Sr. at the Belleville hospital.
Mrs. Nelson Stainbrook of
Minneapolis spent Thursday
through Friday with her mo
ther, Mrs. Maude Howland.
Mrs. Roy Baskins, a patient
in the Beloil hospital, is re
)orted as being some better.
Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Rom
ue and daughters of Kearney,
Nebr.~ were house guests over
the weekend of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs Percy Jepson.
The Community bridal
shower held Saturday after-
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noon, honoring Miss Elaine
Patrick, bride-elect of Mr.
Eugene Chtrk, was attended
by ahout 65 relatives and
friends. The serving table was
decorated in yellow and white,
the chosen colors for the wed-
drag, which ',',rill take I)laee on
Sunday afternoon, Feb. 5, at
the Formuso C(mununity
Church. A large yellow and
while parasol was suspended
above the gift table, with yel-
low and white slreanlers. Re-
f,'eshments in keeping with
the (,olor sc'hc,me were served
by the l'ollox~ing hostesses:
Mrs. Ada Mohler, Mrs. Becky
ttuher, Mrs. Beuhlh ttowland
and (hmghtcr, Clelia, Mrs.
Ruth tloldren and Betty, Mrs.
th,lh Tyler, Mrs. Clarice Pe-
teete, Mrs. Ruth Jones and
Mary Ruth, Mrs. Elizabeth
Sheahan and Joan, Mrs. Ethel
l)unigan and Rosalea, and
Mrs. VeLa Dempsey and Kay.
Jessie Almeda Abel-Obituary
C0UmV R CORD,s
she was forced to give up
Jessie Ahn(,da Abel, daugh-
ter of Nancy Jane Teeter Bell
and Ge(trge Washington Bell,
was born I)ec. 15, 1888, at
l)eep River, Iowa. She passed
away Jan. 19, 1967, at St.
.htsel)h's lh)spital in Coneord-
in, Kansas at the age of 78
years, 1 month and 4 days.
She came to Kansas with
her parents in 1905; here they
established a home in the
east part of Burr Oak and
Jessie attended school for a
time. Following her motlaer's
sudden death, she quit school
to assume tile care of the fam-
ily left at Imme.
When she was a young lady.
she began working as a clerk
for the local Convis and Mod-
lin Mercantile Company, which
over tile ensuing years be-
came Convis and Abel and
then the Thompson and Abel
Mercantile Company.
l)uring the time she was em-
ployed by the Convis and Abel
firm she was married to John
Henry Abel on Feb. 17, 1927.
They established their home
in Burr Oak. To tiffs union
~ere born Iwo sons, George
Frederick and John Henry.
Jessie and ttenry's home was
also the home of her father,
George Bell, until his death
in 1941).
The Mercantile firm of
Thompson and Abel was dis-
soh'ed in 1936; and the Abels,
who desired to rear their sons
in the country, moved to the
farm northeast of Burr Oak.
Following the death of her
husband on May 17, 1944, Jes-
sie and her sons moved back
to Burr Oak. She worked at
"fartous business places on
main street, and in 1946 when
the trot Lunch Program was
started in the schools, she
was employed as a cook. She
served this program in var-
ious capacities until 1956 when
she retired.
Jessie was an active mem-
ber of the Church of the
Brethren until it disbanded.
Following this she worshipped
at the Methodist Church. She
was a member of the Ameri-
can l,egion Auxiliary No. 263.
the Harrison Helping Hand
Club. the Country Club and of
aousekeeping in 1960; her re-
maining years were spent at
the Sunset Infirmary in Con-
cordia, Kans.
Jessie enjoyed life to its
fullest extent; her smile, her
laughter, her jolly disposition,
and her rich voice will be re-
membered by those who knew
her. She made friends easily,
and her entire life was a test-
imony of her loyalty, her kind-
ness, her concern for others,
and her sincere Christian
faith. She remained uncom-
plaining during her lingering
illness and took great joy in
her family, especially her two
granddaughters.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, her husband.
one brother, John Franklin
Bell, and her three sis-
ters, Mary Garrett, Louella
Sheppard and Bessie Thaeker.
Surviving are her two sons,
George Frederick Abel of Col
oracle Springs, Colo. and John
Henry Abel of Burr Oak, KmL :
two daughters-in-law, Caryl
:and Susan; and two grand
~daughters, JoSean and Eliza-
beth Dianne.
She also leaves a number of
nieces, nephews, one sister-in
law, Anna Abel Vaughan of
Gloucester, Va., one brother-
in-law, A. T. Thompson of
were: Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Abel and doSean of Colora-
do Springs, Colo.; A. T.
Thompson, Junction City; Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Franco, Ken-
sington; Mr. and Mrs. ttarry
Simons, Valley Falls; Miss
Peggy Simons and Mrs. Ro
bert Carter of Topeka; SM-
Sgt. and Mrs. M. G. Simons
and family of Scott AFB, I11
inois: Mr. and Mrs. Ghqm
I Howie and Gayle of Gypsun.;
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley tlmvi
Salina; Mr. and Mrs. E. M,
Longsine. Hendley, Neh~'. :
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Newlin,
Mr. and Mrs. E, E. l'enner,
Mrs. Etta Foster, Mrs, Law-
rence Roe, Mr. and Mrs. liar
ry L. Wilbeck, Mr. and Mrs.
Halsey Pangborn, Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Frye and Mary,
L. E. Weltmer, F. R. Fair,
Mrs. Boyd Silshy, Mrs. Jack
Bradrick,and Richard I,.
Diamond, all of Mankato;
Mrs. Ida F. I,ivingood, For
rest Livingood and Mrs. Min
hie Ladwig of Belleville; Miss
Edna Masters, Beloit: Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Jones, Tillie Pab
node, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Black
of Esbon; Mr. and Mrs. Mi
ehael Dillon of Enaporia: Mr
and Mrs. Jerome McCole/.
Smith Center; Mr. anti Mrs
Gall C. Hudiburgh, Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Davis of Superior.
Nebr.; Mrs. Keith McKeown
of Webber; Mr. and Mrs.
Quinton Brown of Saline; Miss-
es Sarah and Frances Mc
Cune and Mr. and Mrs. Clay-
ton ttughes of Formosu.
CARD OF THANKS
Junction City, Kans. and
many friends.
Though parting brings us
sorrow, if we but under-
stand
We'll know our dear departed
dwell in a fairer land;
This home fulfills God's
promise, "Lo, you are not
alone." We wish to take this means
Here there is life eternal with to express out" sincere appre-
pain and grief unknown, elation for all the tlunlghtful
Lord. give us faith unfaltering ness shown to us during the
to place our hands in Thine illness and passing of ou,'
And know Thy love which Mother. The flowers, Memor-
changes the mortal to ial contributions, cards and
divine• kind words meant so much.
--Obituary and poem pre- Nc especially thank the
pared by a friend of the fam-lW.S.C.S, for the lunch at the
ily, Edna Masters. ehurch and the Anlerican Le
Memorial services were held gion Auxiliary for helping at
at the Burr Oak Methodist
Church, Burr Oak, Kans. on
Jan. 21, 1967, at 2:90 o'clock
with the Rev. G. R. i
p.m.,
Alsobrooks officiating. Music
was furnished by Curtis Jeff-
cry, Kermit Jeffery, Ardean;
Jeffery, Johnny Dillon and
Mrs. Don Diehl as organist.
Casket bearers were Law-
rence Davis, Roy E. Brandon,
Judd Gillett, James S. Mc-
Cormick, Art Aspegren and
Dew Stansbury. Interment
was made in the Burr Oak
Cemetery• Kramer Funeral
Home was in charge of the ar-
rangements.
the house. These many kind
nesses will surely never be
forgotten.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Ahel
and JoSean
Mr. and Mrs. John If. Abel
and Elizabeth
Salina -- The dean's list for
the first semester at Mary
mount College includes 78 stw
dents.
The senior class led with 41
members making the selec'
list. There were 17 juniors, 1:~
sophomores alld seven fresh
men.
To make the dean's list. a
Out of town relatives and student must have a grade
friends attending the service,point average of at least 2.4.
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The average is computed on a
basis of 3 points per A, 2
points per B, and 1 point per
The list includes: Judy Ahl-
vers, Mankato.
Mrs. E. E. Ransom
The Benefit Card Party held
at the Legion Hall in Esbon
,Saturday night was well at-
tended and we hope the pro-
ceeds will do some good for
the i)ay Care Center for re-
tarded children at Smith Cen-
ter.
The high school youngsters
out this way attended a party
I'or Stmron Voboril Sunday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Ball went
to Manhattan Saturday to see
their son, Eddy, who is going
to college there. Eddy is
~rie~ing over tile death of one
of his roommates from Abi-
lene. These twu boys have
been together for all of their
s~ aool years and ,now the third
year of college and this one
n;Id emergelley surgery a
short time ago and just after
the finish, his heart stopped
beating, but skillful massage
had revived him, only to lose
him later. Services and burial
were at Abilene today (Mon-
day).
Mrs. Rose Sheard Johns of
Esbon had word that a sister
of hers in Missouri had pass
ed away. She has our sym-
pathy.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bossen
went t,t Jamestown Sunday to
see their daughter and family,
Mrs. I'hyllis tlake. They re-
port Ll~e aflieted son, Richard,
very h)w, and a phone call
this Monday morning tells
them he ib not expected to
live through the day,
Judy Hillman will ~
grandmother, Mrs.
back down to Jamest
also Jimmy Hake, ~1~
come home with them
to help Mr. Bossen ~il~
work.
We are sorry to
Mrs. Lily Vestal of
be buried today at
was the mother of
burn Henningsen, who
live here in our
We sympathize with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike ~n~
net and Mr. and MrS. ~.
Henningsen were gues~l~
Ed Loomis home in
Sunday evening. :i
Mrs. Lorena Pate
dren, Mrs. Ollie Ra
Joe Moore went down ~["
coln Co. to visit with t~l__
Pate family. Mr. andA~
Calvin Hawkins and.~
were there also. TheifIF~It
was almost all gon~
there by evening.
Coffee For Cathy K
Mrs. Helen Hul'fm4
Alcie Stedman and M.rI
thy Parsons entertain!
a coffee for Mrs. Cathy~
who is moving to W.ia~
the Huff man home
4 Wednesday
18. The guests were
Mrs. Walter Basel,
moved to the
was welcomed and
with a corsage.
ed a going away gift
best wishes of all
happiness in her new
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UNDER FEDERAL SUPERVISION
Due to the stormy weather Wednesday of last
we had a much smaller run of livestock ThursdSY
19. The market on all classes of cattle sold higl~
the exception of butcher cows. We sold one se~
black angus stock cows at $224.00 per head. TheSe
calves and light yearling steers were selling fron~
to $30.00. We will have a much larger run this '
Thursday with several large consignments already
Listed below are some of our sales from Thursday
ti°n:Bill Smies, Courtland, 6 whitefaced steers, avgl y
504, at $27.90; Andrew Stafford, Formoso, 4 W
steers, avg. weight 532, at $28.05; Art Brenfoeder A'
2 shorthorn steers, avg. weight 720, at $24.90; ;~
Hoops, Byron, 1 black whitefaced steer, weight ~.'~
$25.30; Roy Elliott, Republic, 4 whitefaced steer~.~
weight 635, at $25.85; Vaden Kramer, Superior, 44
faced heifers, avg. weight 786, at $23.25; TonY@;1
Mankato, I whitefaced steer, weight 390, at $29.~,' |
Smies, Courtland, 3 whitefaced heifers- av~ wei~l
at $25.40; Andrew Stafford, Formoso, 3" whi~tefac~.j~
avg. weight 737, at $25.30; Lawrence Olsen, Sc~
whitefaced, cow, weight 1370, at $14.90; Don ~'l
Nelson, 1 holstein cow, weight 1380, at $14.70; ,w~t~
sen, Nelson, 1 whitefaced cow, weight 1260, at~.~i
Lawrence Olsen, Scandia, 1 corn fed young coW,
1190, at $21.90; Merlin Pohlmeier, Deshler, 1 r~,J
weight 1250, at $14.40; Don Geibers, Nora, 1 Wl~.'YM~'~
cow, weight 1320, at $14.50; Richard Jensen, Oak,~
cow, weight 895, at $15.80; Leslie Erickson, |
black bull, weight 1430, at $20.10; Richard I~'i
public, 2 corn fed heifers, avg weight 920, at $22J,
Farrell, Courtland, 15 'whitefaced heifers, av~ wei~i~
at $22.00; Paul Koester, Deshler, 2 whitefa~'ed co¢~
weight 1025, at $15.40; Herman Pohlman, HebrO~ !
cow, weight 1225, at $14.50. .J
HOGS" Carl Abram, Jewell, 38 white njgs at ~$1
per head; "Roger Genzmer, Deshler, 27 sinai(pigs at []
per head; Ralph Mellott, Superior, 8 hemp pigs
per head; Hale Bros., Hardy, 22 white hogs, avg2,w~
129, at $21.40; Clarence Simmons, Burr Oak, -|
pigs at $15.50 per head. J
Many more sales of both cattle and hogs. !
est prices for your livestock, consign your next
to the McKee Sales Co. at Superior where you wffd
less shrink on your cattle and you will find a f~
ing auction and plenty of buying power on ban , ,J
classes of stock. For more information about prJ,~
in touch with us and we will come look at the~.. !
free to call collect when consigning your livestO |
SUPERIOR, NEBR.
Gordon McKee, Owner, Superior, Nebr., phone
H. M. Jensen, Manager mui auctioneer ="J
Tune in to KRFS at 7:10 or to KMMJ at 7:30 on
morning for cons/gnment information for our sale': ii
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