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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1932)
BTOSDAY, DEC. 19, 1932. PLATTSHOUTH SEM-WEEELY JOTTSNAL PAGE FIVE and while he Is thus kept from the store the business is being looked after by Charles Kupke, who is a very careful and obliging gentleman, and one who will well care for the business until such a time as Mr. Xeitzel can get back to his work. 3M t Cass County Farm 1 t Bureau Notes t j Copy furnished from Office ! of County Agent Wainscott 4- t y John Zoz has been kept to hla T Ti tm A n a -J S . . . . V w b""u ijuj emu ui ine lime lor X - BURDOCK ITEMS Sine rast few davs in bpH wMth attack of the flu. j August Stander of Elmwood wa3 a I business visitor in.Murdoek on last Friday where he was looking after some business matters for a short time. ... Henry Heinemann and Mathew Thimgan hare for some time bsen building a stage in the Murdock church that entertainments may be more easily given and in a better way. Misses Helen and Mary Borneniier were over to Ashland on Friday of last week where they were looking after some pre-Christmas shopping and also meeting a number of their friends. The weather being cold did not stop A. H. Ward from making his accustomed trip3 to Elmwood, Wa bash and South Bend on last Friday with his distribution of cils, greases and gas. G. Bauer, who has been chopping wood for some time past has been ad versely effected with the cold and dampness and has been having some Theumatism which has given thf3 gentleman some trouble. Someone spilled about a half pound cf roofing nails at the "entrance of the garage of I. G. Hornbeck. but which did no damage and were pick ed up and the owner may have them by calling at the Rock Island stat ion. Mrs. O. E. Bradford, formerly Miss Mary Tool, arrived home last week and is visiting for a time with the parents. She was assisting in the bank while her father, Henry A. Tool, was called to look after come business matters out of town on last Friday. Martin Blum and Wm. Blum, Ivan Sutton and M. Christensen made a very fine team of wood choppers who were making wood for the fire out of the big trees in the pasture of W. E. Palmeter over on the Callahan creek north of Murdock and west of South Bend. J. H. Buck, who has been growing a good pig during the past summer j muugui. ia vu.u tyen 1 guuu 10 ureta me same ior lucai ouu ai- cordingly has done so, and found that the porker wS In' "dressed welghetf near six hundred pound3 and besides the meat it provided an abundant amount cf lard for the coming year. A Cold Day Est Good Tine. The Ladies' Aid of the Murdock church which are a very enthusiastic bunch of workers for the church and the good of the home town, were meeting on last Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Roeber north west of Murdock where they enjoyed the afternoon and as well looked af ter much work for the church and its charities. The ladies pronounced Mrs. Roeber a genial hostess and a most capable entertainer, and are looking for the time when they can meet at her hospitable home again. Has Been Very Sick. Wm. Meyer who has oil and on worked for Conrad Baumgartner and elsewhere in thi3 neighborhood, has been afflicted with the rheumatism to the extent that he has not been able to work and has been suffering a good deal and the church of which he is a member has been considering the matter of sending him to some homo for treatment, and were meet ing for that purpose last week. While the matter is still undecided he is being cared for here. L. Ueitzsl Very Poorly. L. Neitzel, who has been kept to his bed and home for the past ten days, is not feeling; so much better but ctill is feeling that his condition is improving, is kept to the home 'She Ideal Christinas A KEAT, CLEAN FIRE-SAFE immn Saves Dirt, Work and Worry! For orders received In 10 days the price is reduced to $6.95 -delivered to your station! KAIL YOUR ORDER TODAY TO H. W. Tool lAsmh&p Murdock, Nebr. Kob Kabinet Ksep Kitchens Clean! GIFT Tells of Cold Weather. Wayne Swartz, who is buying horses In North Dakota, while the folks visit in Murdock with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gakemcier, write that the weather is very cold up there he having experienced a tem peraturs of 28 below zero and with no noticeable intention of getting warmer. Celebrates Birthday. Russell Lee Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ward, is a very cios.; stu dent at the age of five years and is a lumber of the class which is taught by Mrs. Charles I. Long, and on last Sunday, December 11th, which was his birthday, the occasion was appropriately celebrated when his parents entertained at a dinner and had as guests the teacher, Mrs. Long, who had baked a birthday cake with five candles thereon, and whh the family and grandfather and Messrs. and Mesdames W. O. Gilles pie and Merle Gillespie, ate dinner with young Russell and also extend ed to him the wish for many more such happy birthday anniversary celebrations. Will Celebrate Christmas. The Murdock church, tho Louis ville church and the Callahan church of the Evangelical denomination, and the Trinity Lutheran church, all four have just now in hand the perfecting of a very nice program and the fin ishing of the appointment for their programs will furnish a very nice evening's entertainment at each of! these churches on Saturday of this week. Bible Class Holds Good Heeting. The Bible class of the Murdock Bible school, held a very fine meet ing at the Murdock schools last Wed nedsay and enjoyed a very fine get together meeting with much sociabil ity and soms good eats a3 well and having concluded their program, they iheld the election of officers for the ensuing year, electing the entire list of ofl;;Ccrs who have served so faith - . , ,,,,;. oc. r,n oV-i Elmer Miller president Charles JL Long, vice-president; and Lerdy Gor- they, secretary-treasurer. Very Pretty Custom. The Lincoln Telephone and Tele graph Co. over the entire territory have a Christmas organization which permits all employes to participate j in providing a Christmas for little tcts who would otherwise get no Christmas cheer. The girls at the Murdock office have provided ten dolls while the gentlemen who work for the company provide an equal amount of toys which they have to purchase and on Christmas morning the presents are distributed as per a list w hich, they liave been prepar- ing for many months, Thi3 looks like it is a very fine practice and which 3 bound to scatter happiness in many an otherwise unhappy home. Feeding Cheap Corn Robert Stock vas in Fremont last Saturday and purchased 75 head of hogs, which he will feed on some of the cheap corn. Rudolph Kuehn also purchased 75 head of hogs to be fat tened in his feedlot. Got Their Cyster Sapper Rcbert Stock gave an oj-ster supper last Saturday night for Jess, Harry and Paul, his brothers, who had help ed him pick corn. He had promised thorn this treat and made good on his offer and a good time was had, the beys also bringing their lady friends, Edna Zoz, Ruth Kuehn and Eernice Boys. II r. and Mrs. Wm. Zable and daughter, Arlene, were also present. Martin Kickles Home Bums. With the very disagreeable day on last Friday, December ICth, the farm heme or Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. N!ckle3 caught fire and was entirely consumed. Whila neighbors endeav ored to render what assistance pos sible, in many Instances the cars, on account of the cold weather, would not start and so could not cei there until the home was consumed. This is a terrible time for one to have their home burn, any time is bad, but with the extremely cold weather and having to get out and go else where, is doubly bad. We aren't able to report how the fire started or whether there was insurance on the structure or not. Had a Hguc Warmiiis. And a dandy time for such work, at that, was enjoyed by a number of the friends of Fred Dieckmann, jr. when they on Tuesday night went in a body to his home where they were prepared for a good time and -V"" -V .i T A"" rt f ptl S KOBE DSYS 5 Follow Santa's example! Give her Rollin's Hosiery for Christmas. She'll ap preciate it. A beautiful, inexpensive gift 7SC - 1 in Xmas Boxes Fetzer Shoe Co. Eome of Quality Footwear had one and also gave Fred a time which he will long cherish. Going on last Tuesday night they remained un til the following day was three hours old and sure they did warm the house and home. They had a very fine time and each looked at in a different man ner, which makes it difficult to tell just how it suited them. Better ask one of them. They are Paul and Jesse Stock, Wm. Straich, Floyd and Jesse Erakhage and OIJ.O and Donald Reichmann. Mauley News Items John Crane wa3 a visitor with friends in Omaha on last Saturday and was also looking after some busi- rpess jEaUersas well. The twin babies of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Stander are reported as being very poorly at this time with a severe attack of cold and croup. Herman Dall and Earnie Pankonin were visiting in Omaha on Friday of last week, going that Mr. Dall might bring the daughter home who is at tending school there. Adolph Steinkamp has been quite poorly for some time past and has been kept to his home and bed for a number of days but late last week was able to get down town and see his friends. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rauth and Miss Rena Christensen were over to Omaha on last Tuesday where they were both visiting with friends as well as looking after some pre Christmas shopping. Joseph Macena, who makes his home with a daughter at Weeping Water, was a visitor in Man ley for a short time early last week, but the weather being so cold that he could not get to visit as much a3 he de- jsired. Miss Anna Rauth who is attend ing school in Omaha, was a visitor at home for. over the week end last Thursday and where she enjoyed the day very much. Mr. and Mrs. Rauth took her back to her school on Sun day evening in their car. A number of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Murphy gathered at their beautiful country home one day last week where they surprised this estimable couple and where all en joyed cards until it was time to go home. Refreshments were served which added much to the enjoyment of the occasion. Takes Hotter to Hospital. Th9 mother of Mrs. John Bergman, jr., has been very sick at her home near Murray and the daughter has been there assisting in the care of the mother for seme time and as she has not been showing the improvement desired, it was deemed best to take the patient to the hospital, eo accord ingly Mr. and Mrs. Bergman took her to Omaha late last week where it is hoped she will show good im provement and that she may soon be well again. , Kakingf Good Iaprovements. Misa Teresa Rauth has been hav ing ccme improvements made at her country home a short distance from Manley. Karcld Krecklow has been doing some carpenter work while Georgs Rau is doing some decorating on the interior of the hone. Journal Want-Ads get results! Farmers Enter Old-Time Contests Middle aged and old folks as well as young people will cor.ipete tor the cash prizes in the Fun Frolic contents at the College of Agriculture, Janu ary 4, according to Ivan D. Wood, who is in charge cf the events. The Fun Frolic contests, featuring old time fiddling, ciphering, square danc ing, overall patching ard singing are a part of the annual Farmers Fun Feed held in connection with the Organized Agriculture meetings tak ing place the first week in January. A complete sc'hedul3 or the rules for the eleven contests has been drawn up by those in charge of the events. Entries will bs accepted in all of the events up to the time they arc scheduled to take plac escc-pt in the carpet heating, the group song ccntesc, and the souaro dar.ee. Any person may enter more than one con test if the schedule cf evcnt-i permits him to participate in th:m. No entry fees are charged for any of the events. The old fiddlers' contest is limited to Nebraska farmers more than years of age. Each contota:.t will be allowed an accompa list. The county song group contest is limited to gray- j haired farm men i.nd women with! net lens than five and net more than j ten people in the group. Many entries j for all contests are already being re- j ceived by county agent1; in tho state i and Ivan D. Wood of t Agriculture at Lincoln. ie College of Cars County Sirg at Mrs. Eugene Nutzn .11, ct isenaw - . ikn will lo? -! Iho Cass countv cinK 'at Organized Agriculture, Wednesday j morning, January 4th at 10:15. The sing will include,' "Little Brown j Church in ths Vale." -Love's Old j Nebraska," j Sweet Song, ami My three of the favorite on gs of I.'e - traska club v mien. All project and study club women are urged to memorize these songs, atterd the morning session Wednes day and join in the Mhg. Sedlir Trees Available. One year old nursery grown seed ling trees, in sixtfeea varieties, will be available to 'farmers in Nebraska ibis spring throi'gh the Extension Service. The farm bureau ofi'ice has application blanks ready for those who wish to place orders for these trees, at $1.00 per hundred tre3s. The varieties available are: Broad leaf, American Elia, Chinese Elm, Cot tonwood, green ah, catalpa. honey locust, soft maple, bor-elder, Rus sian mulberry, Russian olive, and caragana (Siberian, pea tree), ever green, Austrian pine, yellow (Eu!!) pine, Scotch pine, eastern white pine, jack pine. The red cedars are avail able only to counties west of a line through the eastern edge cf Holt and Webster counties. The eastern white pine is a new variety made available this j-ear and is a very good tree for eastern Ne braska. Applications for trees shculd be sent to the farm bureau office with in the next few weeks as it i3 expect ed the demand will be heavy. WHDDE2) ELI COLORADO Word has been received here erf the marriage of Dorothy Cross of Arriba, Cclo., to Mr. Oscar Smith of Bovina, Colo. The marriage was solemnized Saturday, October 29, 1932 at 12 o'clock noon. Mrs. Smith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Cross cf Arriba, Colorado, former residents of Cass county. She i3 a senior at Colorado Agricultural College at Fort Collins, a very popular and accomplished oung lady having recently been elect ed to the national honorary sorority, Omicron Nu, for home economics stu dents. Mrs. Smith will receive her degree in May. Mr. Smith is a young man of star ling character and a former student cf Colorado Aggies where he was very active in school activities and a mem ber of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. At present he i3 engaged in teach ing in the schools of Lincoln count.y LEGION AUXILIARY KELTS The American Legion Auxiliary met on Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Robert M. Walling on North Third etreet and who was assisted by Mrs. A. H. Duxbury and Mrs. Otto Keck. The afternoon was given over to the discussion of the business of the society and the discussion of the recent district convention held here and v Ii'ch had been such a splendid success in every way. At a suitable hour dainty refreshments were served to add to the pleasures of the occa sion. !: o y Cur stock of GiFT GOODS is not only the largest, but the most reasonably priced we hs-ve ever shown in the manj' years wa have been in business. Articles that ence seemed prohibitive have been reduced unlil they are selling today at a mere fraction of their former cost. You can rzzp the benefit by coming now and pick ing cut your gifts. Don't wait until tlia last minute rush when the cream of the Holiday shocks" have been picked up. Piaiismcuth stores are now all open evenings, and can sorvs you efficiently and economically. Spend your dollars here at home! Jim 4- v 0: & v A. Everything that's new in Eox Stat:cr.c:y, vri:h estpisite i: rer lireil envelopes. At small additicn cost we can imprint G-letter monograms thereon. 1 . A ; v 1 V .V Old Carta's never happier than when carrying gifts cf Eoxed Confections fcr "her." And if yen really want to rzzkz here happy too, drop in and see onr stock. Eases from 1 lb. at moderate prices. V Free - Free - Free V7EAPPCTS SERVICE W2 will wrap any gift items prrchased here, enclosing an appropriate gift card for yon. iililll Nov ycu can give 'her' the bag she lias so long desired for prices arc dovn from 25 to 40 per cent from last year, and half charged in former years. We are showing the largest stock in Cass county. Space forbids listing but a small part of the many Gift Ideas that will present themselves to you upon a visit to our ctcre. V e will have extra help to wait on you promptly and invite you to 'lcok around." Christmas Tree Lighting Sets Electric Lighted Door Wreaths We also have a line of Wreaths for Graves : f t t-t 4 t For the Home! i Radio Scarfs Electric Clocks Radio Lamps Table Lamps Desk Lamps Framed Pictures and Mottoes Christmas Tree Light Sets Center Piece Table Decorations y y t r 1 f y Bates A Most Complete Line CHRISTMAS CARDS Some as low as 10c doz. &so Xmas Pest Cards at tho same price. Others at lc, 2 fcr 5c and 5c up to 25c A Fine Boxed Assortment 21 Beautiful Gree .59 u.g taris m ox Fop small additional cum ycu can have your name imprinted cn these cards. Edgar Guest Cards 12 Cards in Eox for 51 Seth Parker Cards 12 Cards in Eox for $1 Gifts for Him! Ash Trays - Cigarette Cases Cigarette Boxes Cigar Lighters Fey. 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