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THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1937. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE f Y V t V ( EAGLE WS ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Burns spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Burns. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sutton and Maria Mae SVove to Fremont last Sunday where they visited relatives. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Oberle were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Oberle and sons' at dinner last Sunday eve ning:. George and Emil Oberle motored to Missouri on Tuesday of this week. They brought home some nice paw paws. Mrs. Emma Judkins went to Lin coln Thursday and visited until Tuesday with Mr. an Mrs. Oscar An derson. Mr. and Mrs. John Reitter and son of Lincoln visited Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hursh Sunday afternoon and eve ning:. Miss Lillie Muenchau of Elmwood spent the past week end at the home of her brother. Bert Muenchau and Mrs. Muenchau. Mr. and Mrs. James McCartney and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Burns made a busi ness trip to Plattsmouth on Thurs day of last week. Mr. and Mrs. August Schwegman and Mrs. E. C. Oberle enjoyed a mo tor trip to Brownville and Peru on Friday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kennedy and children of Papillion spent sev eral days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Harley Smith and Laura. Coach Hawkins and Mrs. Hawkins moved into the house owned by Mrs. Carrie Stowers the latter part of last week. Mrs. Stowers plans to spend the winter in Missouri. Rev. and Mrs. D. E. Springer re turned Tuesday from Fremont where they attended the annual conference of the Methodist church. Rev. Spring er will ocntinue here for the coming year. Harvey Wall came from Arapahoe last Friday evening and spent the week end with relatives. Mrs. Wall who has been visiting here for the past three weeks returned home with Mr. Wall. Mrs. Isabel Jack and sons, Bill and Ernest motored to Kansas City last Friday where they visited until Sunday with Miss Olive Jack, who has just finished some special labor atory training in a hospital there. Mrs. L. H. Earl, who has been liv ing in the little cottage north of the Methodist church has given up her home on account of declining health and at the present tLm?,is-at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Root. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Piersol accom panied their daughter, Mrs. Milford Axe and children of Lincoln to Te cumseh last Sunday where they spent the day with Roy Piersol and family. Mrs. Axe and children spent Monday with relatives here and returned home Monday evening. Misses Esther Horsh. Edith Robert son, Gladys Winters, and Richard and Sumner West, and Donald Horsh are attending the University of Nebras ka this year. Rev. and Mrs. Springer are registered at Nebraska Wesleyan. Hubert Stewart will attend Nebras ka medical college at Omaha. Eagle School Remains ' Closed The Eagle school did not open this week as had been announced. The board of education postponed the opening of school at least for one week until the seriousness of the in fantile paralysis has eased. If condi tions continue as they have during the present week, school will prob ably open next Monday. Chicken Thieves Working Chicken thieves visited this com munity last Saturday night. George Weyers reports between thirty-five to fifty young chickens taken and also tome corn taken. Edward Franke lost fifty hens the same night. Both families consider thi3 a real loss for they had culled their flocks and had planned on feeding them over win ter. KITTEN3ALL FRIDAY The King Korn Klub eortball team have secured a game vim the Novak Market team or Omaha for Friday night at 8:00 here at Plattsmouth. This hard-hitting aggregation has been playing great ball all season and should prove plenty. hard for the locals to overcome. Tha game will undoubtedly be the best or the season bo far. Then on Sunday night the Korn Klubbers will play the snappy Ritz Nite club team of Omaha on the local lot at S:00. Two good fast ball games for the Plattsmouth fans this week. Let's turn out Bnd give the locals our support and let them know vc like good ball games the way t-ey play them. Daily Journal, 15 week. UNION HE LIS. Fleming W. Robb and the family were visiting at the home o Miss Augusta Robb for the day last Sun day. Samuel Pugh departed last Monday evening for Norfolk where he will visit with friends and relatives for a week or more. Joe Dare, Ira Clarke and Paul Pick ering were in Plattsmouth Friday of last week looking after some business matters for a time. A. L. Becker and wife, Otto Ehlers and wife and Ray Becker and wife made a merry party who visited the state fair last Wednesday. June Armstrong, June Frans and Clarke Finney are to attend the nor mal school at Peru. They departed the first of this week. Earl Hathaway and wife and Or ville Hathaway and wife were in Lin coln on Thursday of last week where they attended the state fair. In a game which was staged at the Union ball park on last Sunday be tween the local team and a team from Omaha, the home team won 14 to 8. George Comer and family were in Plattsmouth looking after some busi ness matters and as well were visit ing with friends on Friday of last week. Mrs. Joe Bauer who has been visits lng at the home of her mother, Mrs. Beil near Kenosha where she has been canning fruit for the past week returned to her home in Union last week. Mrs. James Sperl and daughter Mary of Gary. Indiana, has been visiting in Union and vicinity, being guests with Mrs. Clara James and Miss August Robb and other friends here for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Pitman were guests for the day last Sunday at tie home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wil lis, where all enjoyed the day very pleasantly, Mrs. Willis being niece of Mrs. Pittman which added to the pleasure of the visit. Mrs. John Lidgett was a visitor in Plattsmouth and was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Martha Lynn where they visited with friends and look ed after some business and where Mrs. Liggett secured the license to operate a motor vehicle. Paul Pickering and Howard Dukes departed last Sunday for St. Joseph where they expect to work on the river. They were met by Mrs. Pick ering who has been visiting at Kan sas City for a few days and will now make their home in St. Joseph. Joe Keober of Lincoln was a visi tor for the day last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lidgett Delbert Munn of Weeping Water was a visitor in Union last Monday and was looking after some matters of business at well as visiting his friend, Edward Midkiff. Frank Bauer and Elmer Withrow arrived from their trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma Wednesday of last week after a very enjoyable time. They took the three little Nickle girls home. The boys report heavy rains all the way down and back until just a little the other side of the Kansas- Nebraska line. While on 4heir way from their home in Illinois to Colorado where they are to spend some time visiting with friends. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Ben ford stopped at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Kendall, they being relatives of Mrs. Kendell where they enjoyed a very fine visit before con tinuing on to the west. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Harris were brief visitors in Union last Wednes day as they were on their way to a point in Kansas where Mr. Harris was looking after some business matters which required a couple of days, and also stopped on their way home to Hastings on Friday of last .week and visited with their relatives while! here at the home of C. F. Harris and family and that of Charles Land, Mes-i dames Harris and Land being sisters. Joseph Baur and Edward E. Leach were placing a shingle roof on the residence of Mrs. J. D. Cross this week. Visiting Here from Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Queen and daugh ter of Deep Water, Mo., have been visiting with friends and relatives in Union for a number of days, they be ing while here guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Crunk and A. J. Wilson and wife and enjoying a very fine visit as they formerly resided here. All Visit Brownville. Dr. G. H. Gilmore and wife came to Union on last Sunday morning Walter H. Smith LAWYER Plattsmouth State Bank; Building Platlsmcuth, Nebraska Laughing Around the World With IRVIN S. COBB A Six-Legged Camel At That! By IRVIN S. COBB "PHERE was a ship which had a captain who was by way of bein " somewhat of a wag1. It plied in tropical waters, this ship; and in time, acquired a good many small dwellers that were not on the pas- sender list or the crew--oster. Let us call them for convenience, fleas. Many of them undoubtedly were fleas. Or. one voyage of this populous steamer a young lady traveler approached the captain as they were nearing" the equator. "Oh, captain," she said, "I'm just dying to see the equator. I always thought it was an imaginary line; but my husband says it is plainly visible on a clear day. Is it?" "It is," said the captain; "in fact, it is now visible through a strong glass. Yon wait here a moment." He went to his stateroom and got his binoculars. As he was on his way back to her he plucked a sandy hair from his head and stretched it across the lens. He handed the instrument, thus decorated, to the lady. She put it up to her eyes and looked at the horizon ahead, accord ing to the skipper's instructions. "If you see a reddish wavy line that's the equator, said the captain. ... , . "Oh, goodness,"- gurgled the lady. "I can see it just as plain as anything! And oh, captain, there's a camol crossing it!' (American News Feature. Inc.) and with the D. Ray Frans family, in cluding Jimmie made a trip to Brown ville where the large peach orchards have attracted many this season and there made the purchase of some peaches as well as looking over the historic town. Dr. Gilmore is great ly interested in the history of Ne braska and there he was able to learn much of the early days of Ne braska even when it was a territory before statehood was given Nebraska. Missionary Society Meets. The missionary society of the Bap tist church were meeting last Friday at the Baptist church, where a large number of the members gathered. The hostesses for the occasion were Mrs. Vesta Clark of Murray, -Miss Anna Bauer and Mrs. John Guerra. There were much interest manifested In the meeting. Mesdames Wayne Garrett of Omaha. Ellis LaRue and Edgar Newton, both of Plattsmouth were guests. Will Make Telephones Metalic. The Union telephone company which has given ecellent service dur ing the years, is to be converted into a metalic circuit. The lines have been a ground circuit and with the chang ing of the same into a metalic cir cuit they are bettering the lines and will be able to give better service. Rumors say that besides this change there will be greater and better changes made. Enjoyed Family Reuinon. Some fifty-three of the Albin fam ily in and about Union and a number from elsewhere were gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carter Albin last Sunday where they enjoyed a family reunion and a social day, with a picnic dinner at noon. There were there for the occasion Mr. and Mrs. Carter Albin. host and hostesses, Mr. and Mrs. Parm Applegate and daugh ter, Betty. Lee Thacker and family, Herbert Thacker and family of Om aha, Leonard Thacker and family of Glenwood, Iowa, Lillian Foster and daughter, Eleanor, Ezra Albin and family, Pearl Albin and family, Harry Albin and family. Glen Albin and family, Tony Sudduth and family from Weeping Water, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Chilcott and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Yonker and Mrs. Roy Yonker and children of Union. Celebrated Birthdays. Lloyd Yonker had hi3 birthday on Monday of this week, while the wife is to have her birthday the coming Sunday with David E. Eaton on Wed nesday and Roy Yonker today (Thurs day) and three of the kiddies on September 25th. This has been com bined into a celebration for the com ing Sunday when all of the anni versaries will be celebrated. William Exline, 74, Passes. Wm. Exline who has lived in this county for over sixty years and who was past seventy-four years of age who has been in poor health for a number of years, passed away Mon day of this week at hi3 home on the farm liear Union. The funeral was held from the Straight funeral home Mother, most hospitals now protect their babies against germs and skin-infection by rubbing Mennen Antiseptic Oil all over the baby's body every day This keeps the baby's ckin healthier and MgHMgri in Plattsmouth Tuesday afternoon with interment at Oak Hill cemetery in Plattsmouth, with Rev. W. A. Tay lor officiating. Many of the life long friends living near Union were in attendance at the funeral. Will Attend Wesleyan. Miss Berdina Booher who has been assisting In the Union post office dur ing the time Miss Opal Griffin was enjoying a visit in, California, depart ed for Lincoln last Monday to enter Wesleyan university. Miss Opal has returned and is again at the post of fice. Discover Plant Which Repels Insect Pests Free Seeds To Be Available of the Unique Tropic Growth Com mon to Natives. GULFPORT. Miss. (UP) Here's something to mark on your calendar! Starting next month- October 1 the seeds of a plant which actually re pels common insects will be distri buted throughout the United States, free of charge, by the Pan American Society of Tropical Research, Gulf port, Miss. Captain J. Mortimer Sheppard, head of the society, first happened on this unusual plant "Yerba De La Pulga" is its name while traveling through the interior of the Republic of Colombia. Captain Sheppard, who has more than a half dozen journeys through the jungles of Central and South American countries to his credit, thought he had discovered something new. But he soon learned that it was a common sight to the natives, who placed these plants at advantageous spots about their huts for protection against flies and mos quitoes. The captain's original plan was to grow the plants, pot them and put them on the market in the United States. The financial possibilities were tremendous. But after consid ering the humanitarian aspect, he decided to distribute the seeds of the Yerba De La Pulga gratis. According to Captain Sheppard, one plant placed in each room of a house is sufficient to ward off insects. Each person requesting these seeds will be sent, on receipt of a stamped self-addressed envelope, four of them, with instructions about planting and soil treatment. Obviously, this plant will be a godsend to the many hospitals, cafes, hotels, not to mention private dwell ings. WISH NAMES OF TWINS The Karnival committee Is desir ous of getting the names of twins born in Cass county during the year 1932. Phone C. C. Wescott, No. 150. Club and Social news are being featured in the Journa!. PROTECT IABY your SAFER against germs So. mother, do as hospitals do, as doctors recommend Give your baby a safety-rub with Mennen Antiseptic Oil daily. Buy a bottle of the oil at your druggist's today. otniilefiiU. OIL Many Paying Up Back Taxes Now Cass County Residents Finding Big Saving by Taking Advantage of Legislative Bill No. 1 County Treasurer John E. Turner advises the Journal a large number of Cass county residents who have heretofore been unable to take care of taxes during the last few depres sion years, are now coming in and paying up their delinquencies and saving the interest on them from the date they became delinquent up to March 19 of this year, when the non-interest, non-pelanty tax law was passed. Some people have been under the impression that the law Legislative Bill No. 1 cancels all interest to date of payment, but that is not cor rect. The bill provides only for can cellation of interest due at the time the law was passed, March 19. It further provides that the cancella tion is only temporary and that if delinquent taxes are not paid by December 31, 193S, they revert to their original status quo, and the treasurer must then collect for all interest and penalties that the bill removes temporarily. The non-interest, non-penalty law was passed merely as a relief meas ure to enable those behind with their taxes to clear them up with as little interest as possible, so the legisla ture saw fit to make its provisions inoperative after December 31, 1938, when accumulated interest goes back as it was prior to the passing of the bill. Incidently, the sooner delinquen cies are paid, the less interest, for al ready approximately a half year's interest has piled up anew since the law canceled back interest. It is expected many more perhaps nearly all delinquent taxes will be collected by the time the law ex pires on December 31, 1938, for it affords a wonderful opportunity for those back in taxes to "get out from under" the interest. The rate of interest being charged on these accounts from March 19 to date of payment is 7 To per annum, the same as has been charged the past few years on all delinquent taxes. By paying now. one can avert having this new interest pile up on his tax obligation. The Journal publishes today ad No. 6 in the series explaining the new law, which is sponsored jointly by the County Commissioners and the City Council. READY FOR GAME FRIDAY The Plattsmouth high school foot ball team is practicing every day for the opening game of the season which will be featured at the Cass county fair at Weeping Water on Friday afternoon. The backfield has some real ma terial in Wooster, veteran of the past three year3. Miller star of last year's team and Warren Reed, who has developed a strong player. The line is being worked strong and will be in excellent chape for the game Friday. The line suffered the loss of many clever players by graduation and has been a real prob lem. SOAP BOX DERBY As one of the pre-Korn Karnival activities a Soap Box debry parade is to be staged Saturday evening. Boys who may wish to enter the derby parade are urged to contact Clement Woster or D. R. Ashbaugh at the Cass County Motor Co. Cass county Has rvo Dontfed In debtedness, as, like the state, we have paid cash for our hard sur faced roads and other Improve ments as went. Daily Journal, itC week. YOU CAN THROW CARDS 111 KIS FACE ONCE TOO OFTEN WHEN you have those awful cramps: when your nerves are all on edge don't take it out on the man you love. Your husband can't possibly know how you feel for the simple reason that he is a man. A three-quarter wife may be no wife at all if she nags her hus band seven days out of every month. For three generations one woman has told another how to go "smil ing through" with Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. It helps Nature tone up the system, t bus lessening the discomforts from the functional disorders whicli women must endure in the three ordeals of life: 1. Turning from girlhood to womanhood. 2. Pre paring for motherhood. 3. Ap proaching 'middle age." Don't be a three-quarter wife. tke LYDIA E. PINKHAM'3 VEGETABLE COMrOCJCD and Co "Smiling Through." Weeping Water David Ebersole of Plattsmouth was looking after some business matters in Weeping Water Tuesday of this week. Abstractor Thomas Walling of Plattsmouth was looking after some business matters in Weeping Water Tuesday of this week. Miss Lizzie Box of near Elmwood was a visitor in Weeping Water on Tuesday of this week and was meet ing her many friends. Wm. Dunn of Omaha and hi3 sis ter were in attendance at the Casa county fair this week and were pleased to meet their many friends. Harvey Bergman and a number of his pals, members of the Kids ball team of Manley and Murdock were down on Tuesday to see the Cass county fair. Ralph Binger who has been spend ing a few days at home from his work at Lincoln was over to riattsmouth last Monday where he secured his drivers' license. Harry Stutt of Avoca, was a busi ness visitor in Weeping Water last Tuesday and was meeting with his many clients and renewing acquain tance with his many friends. The family of E. Askew and also that of Ben Gibson were guests for the day last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Sudduth, Mrs. Sudduth being daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Askew. Delbert Munn was visiting in Union last Monday and was guest while there of his friend, Ed Metcalf. Mr. Munn was also visiting as he return ed home with hi:: brother. Warren Munn of Nehawka. Mrs. Rose Swindel who has been visiting at the home of her son, Les ter Swindel at New York City for the past several months, returned home last Saturday and reports having a very fine time while away. Ed Laurensen who recently return ed from a Lincoln hospital where he underwent an appendicitis operation, was compelled to keep to his bed for a time, is so far improved that he is back to the office and at work, altho he is taking it rather easy. Miss Alpha Peterson was a visitor in Weeping Water last Tuesday and was meeting with her many friends here. She had been on a tour of the country schools near Weeping Water and Elmwood and was returning to her office work at Plattsmouth. Chris Snell of Omaha was visit ing at the county fair Wednesday, enjoying seeing his many friends. He was guest' while here of his bro ther, Henry Snell and family. Mr. Snell was accompanied by his fam ily, all enjoying their stay here. Two men employed by the Island company who are operating a quarry have been constructing a trailer cabin at the Binger Lumber com pany which they will make their home and have it located at the quar ries so that there will be no long rides or walks to get to and from their work. WiU Attend Ag. College. Boyd Mayfield departed last Mon day for Lincoln where he will enter the agricultural college of the Btate university and prepare himself, by a four years course, as a meat inspec tor, which the government provides ber of questions coming before them houses. The father R. J. Mayfield took the son over to register for the term, and also Boyd was looking after quarters to room and board. Celebrated 26th Anniversary. On September 14, twenty-six years ago this last Tuesday. J. R. Mayfield was united in marriage with the wife, and on the twenty-sixth anni versary Mr. Mayfield was assisting DeForest Philpot thresh alfalfa, but said that they might celebrate the an niversary with their friends the com- KC ing Sunday, but they were too busy during the working days of the week. He was also looking after some ma terial for the decorating of a float for his daughter who is teacher of the Buck school, for the parade Fri day at the county fair. City Council Meets. The city council of Weeping Wa ter was meeting in regular session Monday of this week and had a num ber of juestions coming before them for solution and which were tackled by the solons in earnest and most of them solved. The mayor was out of town and the president of the coun cil presided. In Interest of the Fair. Messrs. O. C. Hinds and Charles Findley were in Plattsmouth last Monday where they were interview ing the merchants of the county seat regarding donation of prizes for the county fair. They found the mer chants of Plattsmouth very friendly to the county fair and the people rep resenting it and were very liberal in their donations. Enjoying Their Vacation. Early last Tuesday morning Troy Davis and wife departed for their vacation, planning on being away about ten days. They had counted on being home for the county fair but as the weather has held fine thus far and they desired to enjoy a trip before the fall rains set in. Becomes Announcer, arl Tefft is the announcer of the important events of the county fair and kindly accepted the position which heretofore has been perform ed by Troy L. Davis, but who this year was away and Mr. Tefft filled the place in a most admirable man ner. Weeping Water's New Business. Since the closing of the Kahn bakery the city has been in need of a baker which was supplied when James Haith, formerly of Table Rock was convinced that Weeping Water needed him and that he could find prosperity in the bakery here. Judge Rasmussen Holds Court. Police Judge Chris Rasmussen found it necessary to hold court on last Monday evening when a young man with his fighting clothes on and a bit of fighting whiskey under his belt got into an altercation in one of the taverns of Weeping Water with one of the citizens. At the hearing be fore Judge Rasmussen, he found it necessary to pay a fine of $5 and costs. The Grand Old Man. W. H. Frizzel was on the street on Tuesday of this week and was meet ing with his friends and was greatly enjoying the coming of the enter tainment of the county fair. When accosted by the writer he had to say that on August 19th he had passed his 93rd birthday anniversary and was feeling fine. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on August 19, 1844 and spent most of his boyhood in the east, coming west some thirty years ago, making his home in Kansas sev eral years before coming to Weeping Water about twenty years ago in a covered wagon. 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