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Show A Rollicking Time Carl Feelhaver and sister, Miss Grace, paid this desert dob of clay a visit, ostensibly on business busi-ness connected with the farm of their father, Chas. Feelhaver. of Hampton, Nebraska, but I, myself, my-self, have doubts that business entered into it at all. At least a half score of young people quite fully agree with me, and the conclusion is that their visit was for pleasure, and to that end every ev-ery one assisted. As soon as the Feelhavers got aicely rested up after arriving, the plan began to be hatched, and pates were scratched and chins wagged as the merry work proceeded. First there came a little dance at Delta to initiate the feet, and then came the invitation in-vitation from Miss Cora Heise to meet her guests at the Heise farm Sunday "bring your bathing bath-ing suit" was added to the invitation. invi-tation. Miss Pearl Tozer and Athena Beckwith went home with Miss Cora- after the dance Friday night and stayed until forcibly yanked home; I use this expression ex-pression purposely, for but then, who'd squeal! Not I, surely. Papa and Mamma Beckwith, with little Snookieookums hiked out to Mrs. Jettie Cavanaugh's Saturday afternoon, scheduled to be at. Heise's in due season the next day. And Mrs. Cavan-augh Cavan-augh (dear little lady; sadly sur-. veyed the wreck and sighing said, "Now I know how Belgium looked when the Germans got through with it." The devastation devasta-tion was just the same. And I promised Mrs. Cavanaugh full recognizattion in these columns col-umns as the best maker of angel cake on this whole flat. My but she made a break! She mentioned lemon pie right in j front of my wife. Joiner Casady 1 laughed at my discomfiture and ' made matters as much worse of course as possible by yanking it into the conversation again later. When we arrived at Heise's the last rites over Old Man Seri-osity Seri-osity were being held, and Young Glee soon took the floor. He's a go getter for fun alright and led that party like the old fashioned game of "Banty Banty the leader," lead-er," and staid papas gasped, while decorous mammas clutch-, ed smelling salts as youngsters (and some that weren't young) cut up. . Of course such romping got the guests hungry, and when it was over Mrs. Heise owned up to it that it was just as bad as having the thrashers. Why with Herman -Munster and Frank Beckwith as wheel horses, to set the pace on eating chicken, and hungry too, soon all the others made up a team that as a unit can outdo anything less than the Whitesox. Listen to the names of the heroes: Mr. and Mrs. Herman Munster, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beckwith, Joiner Casady, Carl and Miss Grace Feelhaver, Misses Pearl Tozer and Athena Beckwith, dark brown eyed Willie Wil-lie Ingram, and Mr. and Mrs. Heise and family. Somebody had vaunted that no one mere man could put one of the girls into in-to the stock water tank; somebody some-body grabbed $20. of that bet and the trouble commenced. When the fracas was over and the smoke cleared away a tally of the souses was had and five bedraggled, drowned and drenched drench-ed disputants had to do it over again because so and so wasn't as wet as he or she. Two young ladies had to go to bed while middies were dried; Mrs. Munster Muns-ter says she now has her suspicions suspic-ions of what that Stag party held while she was away last winter was like; and I just showed Mrs. Beckwith how I normally act when she's away. . The whole gang then took to a hay rack and went over to the flume for a swim, Donning suits the whole performance was gone over again and a heavy reward, re-ward, is offered for the person who wasn't ducked. Wee teen-tie teen-tie -Clyde Mulvaney organized the-South Tract Bunch against the Sandhill Rabbits and a pitched pitch-ed battle ensued. When the fun broke up the crowds parted, some back to Delta, Del-ta, some to Sutherland, and we back to Heise's to complete the demolition begun. We welcome our eastern visitors, vis-itors, Mr. Carl and Miss Grace Feelhaver, and hope this visit will lead to others. Myself and family are deeply indebted to the married folks who so kindly made it so pleasant for us, and to the youug folks too for bringing bring-ing me back some three score years and ten to when I, myself, was also young. If the kodak pictures are good I wiJl Write this sport up for the Arrowhead Magazine. Frank Beckwith. |