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PAGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAt MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1936. Ihe IPlatfsmoiith jlQMrnal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living In Second Postal Zone, $2.50 per year. Beyond 600 miles, $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, $3.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. MANLEY NEWS Frank Bergman was looking after business matters in Council Bluffs Thursday of last week. Miss Teresa Rauth was a guest 3..st Wednesday at the home of Mr. ii nd Mrs. Frank Bergman. August Krecklow is making a frame and mounting a circular saw which Edmond Guilstorff will use for sawing wood. Joseph Sheehan moved to Manley Monday and is occupying the house were Joe Holbai formerly lived, as that gentleman has moved back to Louisville to reside. A. 13. Hill and wife of Chicago took advantage of their stop here at the Harry Haws home, to run into Omaha last Sunday for a brief visit with Mr. ;.nd Mrs. Elmer Salberg. A group f Sodality girls from riattsmouth were in Manley Friday night of-last week to attend the dunce. They were driven over by two riattsmouth high school lads. Mr. and Mrs. Theo Harm and son Teddy. Jr., departed last Thursday for Wichita, where they visiter for the remainder of the week at the hmie of their daughter, Mrs. Alio Alherding and husband. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Rhoden enter tained last Sunday, having as theii g;:ests, Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Kt ti ger end daughters, Thelma and Helen Jane, Miss Carrie Schafer and Mrs. Sadie Bourks, the latter of Lin coln. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dowler and ihe kiddies' were enjoying a visit at Elkhorn last Sunday, driving over to visit for the day at the home of 'y.r. and Mrs. Cayle Sturm, who re cently moved from Nehawka to x'ikhorn. Frank H. Stander, who was( in jured some weeks ago while engaged in painting, being confined to his home and bed for some time, is feel ing much improved and was able to be in Manley on Wednesday of last week, looking after business mat ter. Harold Krecklow, who is employ ed at Columbus, accompanied by the wife, will be in Manley today and tomorrow, coming for a brief visit and to vote. They will be returning to Manley to reside in the near fu ture, as the work on which Harold is employed cut there will soon be completed. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hill, who stop ped here a short time some weeks ago while en route to California, where they spent a fortnight, while en route back to their home in Chi cago again s;opped for a tew days isit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haws and with their many other friends. Clarence Bauer and sister, Lizzie and Mr. and Mrs. William Davis, Laughing Around the. eWorld With IRVIN S. COBB t The Tools Were Lacking By IRVIN S. COBB TWO traveling men sat at breakfast in the dining room of a South Carolina town. To them came a polite negro, soliciting their orders. Said the first: "Erinfc me grapefruit, coffee with hot milk, corn muffins, bacon and eggs." "Yassuh, I got you," confirmed the waiter. He addressed the second patron: "Whut's yourn goin' be, Cap'n?" "I'll take the same as my friend here, except that the eggs should be eliminated." At the sound of that last, mysterious word the darky stiffened. 1 "Yas suh," he said, and departed straightway for the kitchen. Al most immediately there floated in through the swinging doors which separated kitchen from dining room, a medley of sounds betokening a violent debate between two persons of African antecedents. And then on the heels of this the waiter reappeared. With him was a large, plump, coal black person in a greasy apron, and with a look of grave (concern upon his face. "Boss," he said, "I'se de cook yere an' I strives to please. But you'll please, suh, haf to 'scuse me reguardin' yore desires 'is mawnin' fur 'liminated aigs an' that's a fact." "Don't you know how to eliminate an egg?" demanded the joker. fThe cook favored him with a winning smile. i "Who me? w'y to be suttin'ly I does. Any other time dem limin ated aigs'd be settin' right dar in front of you now, smokin' hot. But to tell you de truth, boss, dey wuz a flighty nigger gai come foolin' round de kitchen yistiddy w'ich she rightly didn't have no business to be there neither; aa she drapped the liminator and bruk de handle off of it." (American News Features, lac). who reside west of Fargo, North Da kota, arrived in Manley last Wednes day morning for a visit with friends and relatives. They are staying at the home of the parents of Clarence and the two girls, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bauer. Mrs. Davis was formerly Miss Ilulda Bauer. Got Only Part of Quota. John A. Stander and Louis Moseeth of this vicinity and Frank Palacek and Miss Florene Tritsch of Platts mouth went to Wayne last Saturday, where they enjoyed a few hours of pheasant hunting the following day. and while 'they put in the entire morning in pursuit of birds, thei' number did not quite reach the al lotment allowed by law. They re turned home the following night. Had a Most Pleasant Evening Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dowler gathered at their home last Monday evening for a surprise birth day party on Mrs. Dowler. Covered dishes were brought by each family, and a fine luncheon was served. The members of the merry party includ ed Messrs. and Mesdames Ralph Keckler, Herman Rauth, Fred Allen. A. K. Kahm, Lawrence Wiseman, Harry Haws, Rudolph Bergman and A. B. Hill. In addition to the enjoy able luncheon, an equally pleasant session of pinochle was participated in by the friends. Roosevelt Pinochle Club The members of the Roosevelt Pinochle club met last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haws, where they enjoyed a most pleasant afternoon in spirited card games and social conversation. Those who were present included Messrs and Mesdames J. C. Rauth, Harry Haws, A. B. Hill, Frank Salberg and Frank Bergman. In the playing, Mrs. John Rauth was winner among the ladies, while the gentlemen's prize was claimed by Frank Bergman. The consolation prize went to Frank Sal berg. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Berman on November Sth after the votes have been counted and the re sult of the election determined. Gave Birthday Dance Miss Rosemary Earhardt, who at tained her eighteenth birthday last Sunday, celebrated the occasion by giving a dance to her friends at the Manley town hall, where all enjoyed a most pleasant time. FOR SALE Circulator used two months, used rang?. Will Minford, Tele. 1522, Murray. n2-2tw-2td Phone news Items to No. S. Elmwood News Mrs. Emily Gonzales was enjoying a day last Sunday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Fred Rudolph, in Lin coln. Donald Gonzales, who is a student in the state university, was home for a short visit on Thursday of last week. N. D. Bothwell was in Cleveland, Ohio, last week, where he attended the national convention of Clover Farm store owners. Ronald Schlichtemeier and Lee Coons have completed -the installa tion of the heating plant at the Schlichtemeier garage. Mrs. Emily Gonzales was a visitor last Friday at the home of James Mills north of Murdock. Mesdames Mills and Gonzales are sisters. Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Ryker were in Omaha last Thursday and Friday, attending the union Evangelical meetings which are being conducted there. Little Jacob Miller, who last week was not feeling so well and was kept to his home and in bed is reported as being some better at this time and is able to be about again. Mrs. Emily Rosenow was enjoying a very pleasant visit with her sister, Mrs. Joseph F. Gustin, who resides on a farm west of Murdock, driving over to the sister's home. Miss Maurine Hill, daughter o Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hill, who is serving as nurse in the St. Joseph hospital in Omaha was visiting at home over the week end. A large number of the citizens of Elmwood were in Weeping Water on Monday evening of last week, where! they went to enjoy a banquet given by the central committee of the re publican party. Mr. and Mrs. William Langhorst and family, who make their1 home at Sugar City, Colorado, were spending! seeral days in Elmwood last week visiting with friends and also looking after some business matters. Henry Schaeffer, who some time since had his arm broken when a team of horses ran away, being in the hospital for a time and then re turning home, had to return to the hospital last week for further treat ment. Postmistress Mrs. "arl Schneider visited during the past week with her husband at Lexington, where he is engaged in the jewelry business. While she was away, Mrs. Marion McCrorey was taking her place at the postoffice. B. I. 'Clements, Mr: and Mrs. V. G. Clements and J. P. Cobb made up a party that was in Omaha last Tues day on business. As Mr. Cobb form erly resided in Omaha years ago, he still has many friends there whom he found it a pleasure to meet. S. C. Boyles, the Alvo banker, was looking after some business matters in Elmwood Tuesday afternoon of last week and was having Ronald Schlichtemeier look over the car he recently purchased here, getting it in the best of condition to go into the coming winter. The Woman's society of the Cath olic church entertained at a card party last Wednesday at the Wood men hall in Elmwood and a large crowd was present to enjoy the fine evening which the ladies provided. As a result of their efforts, they were able to raise a neat sum of money to further the work of the church. Mrs. Penterman Returns Home Mrs. Herman Penterman, who has been at Osceola assisting in the care cf her aged mother, Mrs. T. II. Shad ley, arranged to have the mother cared for at the Bryan Memorial hos pital in Lincoln, and after seeing that she was comfortably located there, came on home Sunday. Enjoyed Family Reunion At the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Woods in Elmwood there was held a family gathering last Sunday, with the four children, John, who is en gaged in business in Lincoln, Mrs. Libby Curyea of Lincoln and Charle3 and Grace Woods of Elmwood gather ed around the dinner table for the sumptuous meal that was served. The birthdays of two of the children, John and Mrs. Curyea, falling near the date of the gathering, they were also duly celebrated at this time. The Wests Go West Charles West and son Kenneth when the work was all done last Sat urday in company with Elbro Pat ton and Everett Brockman of Elm wood and Art Remalia of Lincoln went to the northwest, where they arrived at break of day Sunday and enjoyed a very fine hunt for a few hours, for it did not take them long to get their quota of the pretty birds up where thdy were, near Coleridge. They also visited relatives a short time, but arrived back home Monday morning in time to show up for duty, having had a most strenuous, but withal a most pleasant week-end. Mrs. Copple Passes Away W. L. Copple of west of Alvo was a visitor in Elmwood last Tuesday afternoon, looking after some busi ness matters and meeting his friends here. Mr. Copple has just sustained the loss of his mother, who has been making her home in Lincoln, the funeral being held last week with in terment in the Wabash cemetery. Hunted 'Near Brewster Leonard McLaughlin and son How ard together with John A. Box, be ing curious to see how the sandhill hill country would look at sunrise, started out Saturday night for Brew ster, arriving there at an early hour in the morning. Although it was plenty chilly at daybreak, they were out on the firing line and soon had their quota of birds in the bag, being able to get back home by evening, a bit tired, but well pleased with their day's (and night's) experience. Sustains Fractured Foot While Jacob Sterner, nightwatch man in Elmwood was making his way about town, he stepped on a stone in the dark and turned hi3 ankle, causing the fracture of a bone in his foot. As a result, he has had to get about on crutches, although he did not let the injury deter him from continuing with his duties. Moving Shop Up Town George Eidemiller, who has con ducted a barber shop in the hotel building on lower Main street, is soon to move up town and will occupy a portion of the McFall building, east of the postoffice. where he will Jiave better accommodations and be near er the center of . town. Attended Bible School Meet A very enthusiastic delegation from the Elmwood Christian church were at Alvo last week, where they attended the annual meeting of the Cass County Bible School association. The Bible school here is very active and much interest is always shown in meetings of this kind. Among those from Alvo at the meeting were Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Baker, Mrs. George Hall, Mrs. John Woods, Miss Hazel Stege, Mrs. Ralph Creamer, Rio Jewell, E. James, superintendent of the Elmwood schools, H. V. Taylor and family and Mildred Nelson. Installed Gas Heat at Church Last week the new gas furnace that was recently ordered installed at the Christian church, arrived and has now been hooked up ready to heat the building. Benefit Play for Library A large group cf Elmwood citizens are taking part in the play, "Case Against Casey," which is to be pre- TSo Essininaiar DO YOU KNOW of tV.r Rnv Scout move- -1 Ul haw m-'j ment, started in the summer of 1S10, has grown rrom a mere handful to over 800,000 members. There w R27.000 scouts. 171,641 volunteers, 10S6 w, nnrl 24.217 SCOUt troops in the United States. Wct.lufr Newspaper SynKTlte sented Tuesday night for the benefit of the public library. In .addition to the play, election returns .will be announced. The play is said to be filltd with humor and will be largely attended. The high school quartette will sing and Jean Adair Bothwell will give an exhibition tap dance be tween the act3. Included in the cast are F. J. Fitch, Carl Ganz, G. L. Clements, William Atchison, Rev. E. Baker, Chris Backe meyer, Harry Arnold, Emmett Cook, Harry Linder, Orvil Gerbeling, Earl Hcrton, Dr. Totman, Ed Bornemeier, Ed Barkemeyer, Chas. Miller, Ken neth West, Arlo Pratt, Harry Arnold, Ed Earnst, Ralph Green, Prof. Tay lor, George Blessing, X. 1). Bothwell, Den Kelly and Billy Flick. ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION', AIR CONDITIONING Reliable men with fair education who arc mechanically inclined and would like to better themselves. Must bo willing to train spare time to learn installing and servicing work. No experience neces sary. Write giving age, present oc cupation, etc. Utilities Inst., Box "X" co paper. Commercial orlnting oT all kinds at the Journal office. For Sale 4-0 Acres Located 4 Miles South of Plattsmouth Crushed rock road on two sides. A real bargain at $85 per acre. $800 will swine: the deal. Bal ance, $2,C00, five years at 5rc. Possession March 1st SEE W. E. Rosencrans I Catholic Daugh ters to Answer Cal! of Regent All Courts of C. D. A. Prepare to Take Up "Today's Challenge to Catholic Womanhood." Headed by GranC Regent Mrs. Catherine Mullen, the local Court of Catholic Daughters of America is planning to answer the call sounded by Supreme R:gent Miss Mary C. Duffy of Newark, N. J., to the two thousand courts and 200,000 mem bers of the order, to respond to "To day's Challenge to Catholic Woman hood." Plans have been announced for a great international campaign through the North Amsrican juris diction of the order to enroll addi tional Catholic women and girls in the ranks of the society. Miss Duffy has just returned from an extensive tour of the middle west and southern states, where she made scores of of ficial visits, and was royally wel comed and elaborately feted by subor dinate courts of the order in a score of states. Preliminary arrangements for the great international campaign, known as "Today's Challenge to Catholic Womanhood." will be launched this week in the two thousand courts of the society in the United States, Can ada, Alaska, Cuba, Porto Rico .and the Panama Canal Zone.The inten sive movement will open Sunday, November 15, with a great simultan eous activity in which all of the courts of the organization will take part, and thousands of volunteer women and girls affiliated with the C. D. A. will begin their work of in terviewing, acceptable and eligible ladies and girls for enlistment in the ranks of the Catholic Daughters of America. ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION The Plattsmouth American Legion drum and bugle corps, which has been at Omaha for the parades Wednesday and today, have attracted much at tention and favorable comment. The boys were caught by U2 news photo-j graphers as they marched along the j streets and their snappy appearance and clever work won them much ap plause from the thousands along the line of march. PLATTSMOUTH CO-EDS HONORED AT PERU News comes from the Paru Pcdo- gogian that Miss Rosemary Cloidt has been elected president of the Personality club. Louise Rishel was elected vioe president. Both girls were graduated from the Plattsmouth high school last spring and are fresh, men in Peru State Teachers college. OCAILS From Thursday's Dariy A new roof is being placed on the Episcopalian rectory this week. Members of the library board m:t yesterday morning at Wescotfs. Rou tine business was taken up. Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Tisue drove to Clarence, Mo., the early part of tlm week where they attended the fun eral of Mr. Tisue's aunt. Mrs. V. V. Leonard is returning to day from a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Worlcy, in Lin coln. She went to Lincoln Sunday. J: V. llatt rturns to-day from Cleveland where he lias been attend ing the Clover Farm convention this week. Mr. llatt left Sunday for Cleve land. William L. Heinrich was a visitor Wednesday at Lincoln where lie visited 'with his neplnw, George Heinrich and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Fred Heinrich. Work has been completed on the roof of the library and the books are once more in tlv:ir places on the the shelves in the periodical and ref erence room. Mrs. F. It. Guthman and daugh ter, Minnie, returned from JJoiso, Idaho, last evening. They have been visiting at the home of Mrs. Guth man's daughter. Mrs. II. K. N'eiU'el, and f;ons, Henry A., and CharlCj F. From Friday's Dally Mrs. E. S. Tutt was a business visitor in Plattsmouth this morning Among those making plans to at tend the Nebrasku-Miv-iouri home coming game Saturday is Mrs. J. A. Doneian. Judge F. J. Fitch, of Elmv.ood, v as in the city for a few hours today attending to some matters of busi ness and calling on his friends. Misses Katherine Luke and Hazel Baier attended a dinner in Lincoln last evening for the alums of Epsilon chapter of Sigma Eta Chi. Dr. Harry Dorv.art of Lexington, who has been attending the Mid west Medical Association in Omaha, spent Tuesday evening at the lu;ne of his brother, Dr. Clement Borwart, and mother, Mrs. I). C. Dor.vart. Dr. Clement Dorwart lias been attending the morning sessions of the associa tion this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Yelick and son of Des Moines, la., and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Yelick and daughter of Burchard, Ncbr., are visiting at the home of Mr. -and Mrs. James Yelick this week. Mr. and Mrs. Honry Lea cock and family of Lincoln were also visitors here Thursday. From Saturday's Dally Ralph Olson drove to Omaha last evening to attend an alumni banquet for the students of Park College. Dr. and Mrs. O. C. Hudson have purchased the house belonging to Mrs. John Gordcr. They plan to move into their new home next week. Kathryn Barkus is working in the Plattsmouth library an hour eacli evening after school. She is a student in junior high school. She began her work Wednesday. Miss Etta Nickles plans to go to Omaha tomorrow to attend the Cos metoligist convention. She will re main in Omaha for the Monday ses sion. Mrs. Georgia Creamer who has betn confined to her bed with erysipelas recently, was able to make a -trip into Plattsmouth yesterday. Mrs. Homer Shrader, sister-in-law to Mrs. Cream er, cared for her during the fifteen days she was unable to be around. Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Schaeffer of Des Moines, Iowa are spending the week-end at the home of Mrs. Schaeffcr's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Bulin. Mrs. Schaeffer arrived by trai nearlier in the wrek and Mr. Schaeffer motored over today to join her. Miss Maxine Cloidt will spend to night and tomorrow with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A.' Cloidt. Miss Cloidt is teaching at North Plf.tte this year. She is staying at the Phi Beta Pi house, with which she is affiliated, to-day and will come to Plattsmouth after the Nebraska-Missouri homecoming game. COACH CONFINED TO HOME From Thursday's Dally Head Athletic Coach CIark Boggess of the city schools, was confined to his home today by Illness that has made necessary his remaining inac tive for the day at least. It is hoped that he can be cut and on the firing line Friday night when Blair hig'.i school is here to tackle the Platters.