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PAGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUBNAL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1937 the Plattsmouth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth, 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, 13.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, $3.50 per vear. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. Elmwood News Dr. and Mrs. O. E. Liston spent the week end with a sister of the doctor and her family, in Kansas, re turning homo Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Rosenow were guests last Sunday at the home of a sister of Mrs. Rosenow, Mrs. J. F. Custin, who resides west of Mur dock. C. F. Harris, former county com missioner, who resides at Union, was a visitor in Elmwood Tuesday and enjoyed meeting many of his friends in this vicinity. Mesdames Soren Petersen and Edwin Durell of Alvo were visitors in Elmwood one day the past week, and while here had some work done by Henry Mollens, local shoemaker. John Wood, who has been taking a vacation since severing his con nection with the Ted Hall store, has accepted employment with the City Market, of Weeping Water, and is now working there. James Gamble, veteran Stove Creek precinct farmer, is confined to his bed! from illness. Despite his advanc ed age, he is reported making satis factory progress towards recovery, and friends hope he will soon be able to be up and around again. Herman Penterman was in Weep ing Water last Tuesday afternoon, where he passed the required eye test and secured his driving license, good for another two years. While he was away. Maurice was assisting his mother with the work at the store. Mrs. Emily Gonzales and son Don ald were guests last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Gon zales at their country home on the O street road west of the Elmwood corner. Other guests there hat day were Mrs. Sadie Baker; " John Welege and family and the fa miry' of Clark Gonzales, all of Crete. J. P. Cobb, president of the Amer ican Exchange Bank and wife en tertained H. A. Schneider and wife of Plattsmouth last Sunday. Mr. Schneider, who is president of the Plattsmouth State Bank and of the Nebraska State Bankers association, has just recently returned from a trip to the east, where he attended the National Bankers association con vention. Dies at Home in Lincoln Henry Roelofsz. age 92, a former resident of the vicinity of Elmwood and Alvo. passed away at his home in Lincoln, where he had resided for a number of years, last Sunday. The funeral was held at Alvo Thursday, with interment in the cemetery at that place. Had Enjoyable Trip The half dozen hunters, some of whom were from Elmwood. who went to Coleridge to hunt pheasants were rewarded by a very pleasant trip and some birds. Upon their arrival at Coleridge, they were joined by Chas. Melvin. brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Charles West. They had a very good day for hunting, but found the birds rather scarce and what there were had become very wild as a re sult of much hunting going on in Widening River of Taxation 1 z t y a. t ? i f t t I "ST ; " 1 ZP-L S It 1 t : 1 GETTING HIGHER EVERY YEAR! Th'hiU'. "" Lake learns from a tattT, Ji-"!? b,e river. .MIM Grace vales taxes now Increase the "cost f naBn .u" and 8tate .mor. than one-third. "lth tto M L? l!-t0 h consumer by show, how saso.ine priced have ? flcu' ?0 VELChmn ago. enabling families with mode. Ineome . to uS rZltVZJ'? 'fiOOfiSl -8 Mies taxes for. 1937 le close to $1,000; PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Neb., as second-class mall matter that vicinity for a week before. The seven hunters in the group bagged a total of nine birds, which they man aged to divide in a very agreeable manner. Those making up the party were Charles West and two sons, Kenneth and Shorty, Emmett Brockman, Eldro Patton and Art Remailey, the latter of Lincoln, and Charles Melvin of Coleridge. Met with Serious Accident Uncle James Christensen, who is well advanced past the four score age. while working about his home in Elmwood a few days ago, suffer ed a fall which caused the fracture of his hip. He has since been con fined to his bed and it will be some time before he recovers from his in jury. Making Repairs on Tank The supply and service pipe lead ing from the ground to the Elmwood water tank, which has been protect ed from freezing by an insulated wooden casing, has been recovered the past week, as the "umber com prising the old casing had become badly rotted. In extreme cold weather the best protection possible is needed to pre vent freezing and unless a sizeable volume of water is kept going into the tank to replace that withdrawn. the tank itself freezes over, causing damage and creating a situation that is hard to remedy. Secret of a Happy Marriage This was the subject of the dis course which was given last Sunday evening by the Rev. E. M. Hawkins pastor of the Elmwood Christian church as the third of the series of ten special sermons on successive Sunday nights. The church was crowded to capacity to hear this in teresting discourse. The service for the coming Lord's day will be an Armistice service. Applied the Brakes Too Fast Ted Hall and, Wallington Dennis, who were out for a ride in the Ply mouth coupe of Dr. O. E. Liston, discovered that momentum is some thing to reckon with, especially the momentum of a car traveling at up wards of 90 miles an hour. As they were returning home, coming down the long grade a half mile south of town the car rolled along so smooth ly that they did not realize the speed it had attained until Wallington glanced at the speedometer and found the needle hovering around the 92 mark. Ted immediately took steps to check the speed of the car, and ap plied the brakes, w hich are hydraulic and very sensative. The result was that the car threw itself around like l wild brenco, careened and listed to the opposite side of the road, strik nig a large electric light pole and snapping it off about five feet above the ground, and then wrapped itself around the broken butt of the pole. It wa3 most fortunate that both did not meet death. Ted escaped unhurt and Wallington suffered no greater injury than merely having his spine wrenched. Thcr auto was pretty well damaged and vas taken to Lincoln to be restored to its former use fulness. m ; i m mm iQ4 io ij oo t m 1 1 syt f Sretail gasoline prices, taxes COST TO COKSUMU DtCXUMIKl TAXES a . r Z CAS,:''fE TAXES I I I I I I I 1 J S fl AVOCA NEWS Oscar Zimmerer and his mother were visiting friends in Omaha over Sunday, driving up in Oscar's car. Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Thomas and family of Shenandoah spent Sunday with Mrs. Thomas' father, W. H. Bogaard. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Spencer, of Talmage, the latter a daughter of Mr. and1 Mrs. B. C. Marquardt, was visit ing here last Sunday. Roy Pomroy and wife who has been visiting in Avoca for the past week departed last Thursday for their home near Cozad, w here they are en gaged in farming. N. J. Everett and wife, of Omaha, were guests last Sunday with the mother of Mr. Everett, Mrs. Rachel Everett for the day, returning home early Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Anderson, the latter a daughter of Rev. J. M. Kok Jer, were visiting for a few days at the Kokjer home, returning to their home at Bertrand the first of last week. John Bucholz and wife are rejoic ing over the arrival of a fine baby boy which arrived at their home one day last week. All concerned are doing nicely and joy reigns in the home. Dr. J. W. Brendel and wife were called to Lincoln last Tuesday, Mrs. Brendel visiting with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Brendel while the doctor was looking after some busi ness matters calling him there. Elmer Hennings and wife were at Weeping Water last Tuesday, where they visited friends and both took ad vantage of the opportunity of being examined for their drivers' licenses without having to go to Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hile and the family, who are farming near Beaver Crossing were guests over the week end at the home of the mother of Mrs. Hile. Mrs. Caroline Marquardt, and returned to their home Monday. Last Sunday Verne Rawalt. who i3 a student at the University of Ne braska, visited at the home of his mother, Mrs. Emma Rawalt and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Marquardt, and was accompanied by two school pals, Keith Vogt and Larry Good. Carl Maseman and wife, of Lin coln were visiting with friends and relatives in Avoca last Sunday, be 1 ing guests at the homes' of both , Henry. Maseman and.. William -.Maseman. They also made a vist at Ne braska City, where they spent a short time with friends. Robert Michel and wife were call ed to Plattsmouth last week, where they had some business matters to look after. They had hoped to see Attorney W. A. Robertson, who with his family had been vacationing in the east, but did not find him in and were compelled to consult with an other one. Robert Michel, who has been hust ling to get his corn picked while the weather continues good, succeeded in finishing up the job last Tuesday. Having a load more than his cribs would hold, he delivered it to the elevator of Mr. Marquardt in the ear, thus getting the job wound up, his 2rib full and some revenue in his pocket. E. H. Norris Little Better E. H. Norris, who has been at the hospital in Lincoln for a number of weeks receiving treatment, is re ported slightly better at this time. His son, Ernest Norris. was over to see the father last Tuesday and found him some better but suffering greatly. The condition ha3 resulted in a. blood clot forming on one little toe which became congested and has gathered. The doctor concluded to allow the condition to remain, think ing this is the best way to proceed, as the breaking of the gathering would come naturally and not have the complications of an operation or the risk. However . the waiting is very severe on the patient. Fassing Their Silver Wedding On last Saturday night a number ol rrifMids of Mr. and Mrs. William Wolfe were at their home, where they celebrated the passing of the twenty filth wedding anniversary of this couple with a good time all around. A good suppor was included in the evening's festivities. A few days later another group of their friends arrived for a surprise, and the event was celebrated again. Improved the Telephone Office The Avoca telephone office build ing, which has been in poor condi tion as to the floor and foundation, was repaired and put in better con dition early last week, which in sures the building now being safer than before. Attended Funeral of Grandmother Mr, and Mrs. Ora Voyles departed P SOME ?OLV.& &ETA ARll 1 y se. ausricc caxsc pcftcc ANb NEVJESB HAS EVTHtftX I 3USUCJE. OR. "f& last Saturday for Nevada, Mo., where they went to attend the funeral of Mrs. Monroe Walker, who died sud denly near Weeping Water last week. Their four weeks old baby boy was left with Miss Mattie Voyles while they were away, and she proved a very competent nurse for the little man. Avoca Has New Minister The Rev. R. D. Hall, who has heretofore been engaged in the min istry in Minnesota, accepted a call to minister to the Avoca Congrega tional church and with the wife ar rived here in time to conduct his first services on Sunday, October 17. Their household goods arrived Tues day of last week, being brough by a South Dakota trucker. When the trucker was passing through Union, and had come almost to a standstill, but was still moving, seeing the rail road crossing clear he drove across, only to be picked up by a man from Lancaster county, who has on one side of his car the wording, "Cass County Constable." The officer al lowed the trucker to come on to Avoca. accompanying him. and filed charges against the trucker charging him with driving across a railroad track without stopping. The case was beard by Justice of the Peace J. M. Kokjer, who assessed a fine on the trucker which, including the costs. amounted to about $14.00. The fine and costs were paid, but the trucker feels like shunning the state of Ne braska in the future. However, the laws of safety should be enforced While the trucker from another state was ignorant nf the law in this case the old saying "Ignorance of the law excuses no one" was invoked and it cost him to learn of its provisions Incidentally, it would be well for all drivers of cars, trucks and busses to take note of this provision of the law governing traffic across railroad tracks, for soon the state highway patrol will be in operation and this will be checked not only at one grade crossing but throughout the state. CRANE SWINGS FATTEST MAN ABOARD LINER LONDON (UP) The world's fat test man, Barney Worth, 21, and his 23-year-old wife, Joy, who is striving for the title of the world's fattest woman, have arrived in London on their honeymoon. Barney, who was bom in Cooks- town, Queensland, weighs 686 pounds is 5 feet 9 inches tall and 6 feet inches around the middle. His bride at the moment weighs 364 pounds She used to weigh 524 when she was in a circus as the "Fattest Girl in the World," and before she went on slimming diet. Now that she wants to team with her husband she Is putting on 9 pounds a week in ar ef fort to regain her former weight. Worth's size makes it a little dif ficult for him to get through doors and into buses. When he sailed from Capetown to England, he had to be taken aboard the ship by a crane, and from Folkestone to London he had to ride in the baggage car. Despite these difficulties, however, he and his bride enjoy life. Eating is a real pleasure to them. Their joint breakfast Usually consists of a donen eggs, three pounds of steak, two loaves of bread, four pounds of butter, one jar of jam, two pounds of sausages and half a gallon of tea Other meals are in the same propor tion. FOUR ACES SCORED ON HOLE ASHTABULA,- O. (UP) Four holcs-in-ono have been scored on the No. 4 hole at the Ashtabula country club thi3 season."1 The hole is set high on a steep hill and calls for a high pitch shot to the green, which is in visible except for the flag marking the cup. i Walter H. Smith LAWYER Plattsmouth State Bank Building Plattsmouth, Nebraska 'Direction Finder' Useful in Treating Breaks American College of Surgeons Hears Eeport on Device to Aid Treat ing of Hip Fractures. CHICAGO, Oct. 29 (UP) A new "direction finder" may remove some of the dangers now encountered in treating hip fractures, Dr. G. D. En gel, Philadelphia, reported to the final meeting of the American Col lege of Surgeons today. Hip fractures in the aged fre quently heal imperfectly and some times even cause death. Broken bones have been nailed together to eliminate the old-time plaster casts, weights and pulleys. Extensive in cisions have been necessary to direct the nail properly, but physicians have disliked making large incisions In aged patients because of resultant shock and chance of injuring mus cles, Engel said. The new "finder," designed by himself and Dr. Hans May, elimin ates guesswork in guiding the nail, and at the same time makes extensive incisions unnecessary, Engel explain ed. "Four hours after the operation we encourage the patient to make slight movements with the injured joint," the physician said. "In 48 hours we allow them to sit In a wheel chair and in four weeks they may use crutches. First real weight is placed on the hip in from five to six weeks." The operation, he said, may be performed in about 20 minutes. A one and one-half inch incision is made in the thigh, paralleling the injured femur or hip bone. A steel "pin" leads from the bone to the fin-shaped aluminum guage or "find er," which allows the operator to sight along both the perpindicular and horizontal plane. The guage is made of two plates at right angles to each other at the incision. X-ray plates determine when the guage i3 in position and in what direction the nail is to be driven. "Blind'-' nailing in which the oper ator used his own judgment on the direction of the nail, thus is elim inated. Use of the nail provides greater opportunity for the broken -bones to heal properly and does away with the two to three months confinement usually necessary, when casts and weights are used, Engel said. Long confinement, he explained disturbed normal functions and some times caused muscle atrophy or death. Surgeons said cobalt alloy nail is being used more in preference to the stainless steel one which caused bone absorption. Dr. Howard C. Haqsiger, San Fran cisco, wa,s elected president for 1938 39, and Drs. Vernon C. David, Chi cago, and Fraser B. Gurd, Montreal, were named first and second vice pres idents. ,' Nominating committee members named were: Felix P. Miller, El Paso; Howard H. Hepburn, Edmon ton; Charles E. Kahlke, Chicago; Grant C. Madill, Ogdensburg, N. Y., and Grover C. Penberthy, Detroit. LAUNDRY MEN TALK ABOUT "PUFFER DUCKS'' CLEVELAND (UP) Members of the Laundry Owners National Asso ciation, meeting here for their 54th annual convention, chatted glibly about such things as "puffer ducks," "bleeders" and "fugitives." Puffer ducks, the laundrymen ex plained, are not birds. They are bulbous little gadgets, heated by steam, used for ironing out puffed or gathered sections of a garment. A fugitive, they explained, is not an escaped prisoner. It's only a color ed article in which the dye runs. When the color washes out and dis colors something else, they call it a bleeder. N ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRAISED BERKELEY, C a 1. (UP) Dr. Johannes Hoops, professor of Eng-1 lish language and literature at Hei- dleberg University, has become one of the outstanding - proponents for English as the universal language. Esperanto, as an artificial language, and French as the diplomatic " lan guage, he declared, can never equal English. - Want ads sell all kinds of odd household goods. luuiuai ii aiuug vuuijauj Abstracts of Title . Phone 324 - Plattsmouth I-H"H-I--1"I-I"1"M-H"H DOCK TEMS Walter Stroy was looking after business matters in Elmwood Jast Monday. J. Johansen and wife spent the day last Sunday with friends in Ashland. Frank Melvin has been placing a new roof on the residence of Mrs. John Scheel. John Gakemeier was called to Lin coln Wednesday of last week to look after some business matters for the day. A demonstration of feed grinding was held at the elevator last Wed nesday, attended by a large number of farmers. W. P. Sitzman and wife, of Platts mouth, were looking after business matters in Murdock one day during the past week. Walter Stroy, wife and children expect to leave in the near future for Oregon, where they will reside in the future. Robert Emmons of Lincoln was a visitor in Murdock last Monday and Tuesday, a guest at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. H. Zabel. Leo Rikli was confined to his bed a good portion of last week due to the flu. By the end of the week he was able to be about again, how ever. Mrs. Almy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schewe, came down from her home in Omaha to visit a few days with her parents during the past week. Mathew Thimgan and son Victor went to Kansas City last week aft?r a truck load of hard wood flooring vo be laid in a new house they arc building. , Frank Melvin, who with Bryan Mc Donald, have just completed the construction of a corn crib near Ash land was rainting the structure dur ing the latter part of last week. While Otto Miller was looking af ter business at the Murdock elevator, Henry Carsen, the manager, who Is better known as "Slats," was in Om aha attending a meeting of grain dealers. John Kupke of near South Bend was calling on friends in Murdock last Wednesday and also looked af ter business matters. He enjoyed a fine visit with his old friend, W. T. Weddell. T. A. Engle and wife of Auburn, owners of the Murdock lumber yard, were in Murdock last Wednesday, at which time Mr. Engle was con sulting with- their local manager, W. T. Weddell. Charles Schafer was called to Elm wood last Wednesday to look after some business in the oil line, as he is the representative of the Trunken bolz Oil company, which has stations in each town. Miss lone Weddell was at Wahoo a few days last week, where she en joyed visiting with her friend, Mrs. Wayne Edgar, formerly Miss Wilma Panska. The girls enjoyed a very fine visit together. County Sheriff Homer Sylvester and his deputy, Cass Sylvester, were called to Manley and Murdock to look after some infractions of the law. and visited a number of towns in this vicinity in search of sus pected parties. John Schlaphoff has been under the weather with a cold and an at tack of flu which has kept him from his work for a number of days and that just at a time when he is much interested in getting the fall work out of the way. Bryan McDonald was called to Lincoln Tuesday of last week, where he was looking after business mat ters for the afternoon. During the time he was away, business at the store was looked after by his mother. Mrs. Hannah McDonald. While Merle Gillespie, the mail messenger, was looking after the post office last Wednesday, the post master, Roy Gorthey, was home get ting in some wood during the fine weather so as not to be out of fuel when the winter sets in. Many of the people of Murdock and the surrounding territory were over to Oscar Domingo's near Weep ing Water, where he was holding an auction 6ale of calves which were being sold to members of the Boys Calf club. All the animals offered for sale were bought to be fed and shown A Thoroughbred HAMPSHIRE BOARS Fine Blood Lines Ready for Service Warren & Vernon Rikli Cnc Mile East of Murdock "7 at the fairs next year. James Miller and two sons were there and pur chased two very fine calves. Rev. and Mr3. C. Jannen, of Elm wood, where the Rev. Jannen is pas-' tor of the Evangelical church, were visiting in Murdock last Wednesday afternoon and were guests of their daughter, Mrs. Henry Amgwert. en joying a very fine visit with the folks here. Henry Brockmiller, cf Wavcrly, father of Mrs. J. H. Buck, was spend ing last Sunday here at the home of the daughter and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Muenchau of Eagle were also here for the day. Mrs. Muen chau is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buck and a granddaughter of Mr. Brockmiller. Al Bauer, who has been making his honje at Lincoln with a daugh ter, was in Murdock for a short timo Tuesday and was telling of a trip which he had just made through the tnorthwest in which he touched Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and Mon tana, seeing much of the great coun try in that section. Last Day of Exams Here At the examinations held for ap plicants for drivers' "licenses last Monday, John L. Stamp, the examin er, was kept busy, with a total of 191 taking their tests that day. Be fore that 390 had been examined at this point, bringing the total here to almost 600. Last Monday was the final day for the examiner to be here, and those who failed to contact him on these visits will now have to to Plattsmouth to be examined for a renewal of their drivers' licenses. Furchased Club Calves Warren. Donald and Vernon Itikli, 3ons of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Rikli. at tended the calf sale of Oscar Do mingo last Tuesday, being accom panide by their father Leo Rikli. Each of the sons purchased a fine calf, to be fed during the coining year and exhibited at the county and state fairs and the Ak-Sar-Bcn live stock show. Schools Have Vacation The students of the Murdock school were in high glee Thursday and Friday because the teachers' convention took the teachers out of town and with no teachers there was no school and they could play out of doors, enjoying the fine weather to the limit. .1 ' Put on Excellent Entertainment The grades of the Murdock schools presented their play, "Punch and Judy," on which they had been re-ht-arsing for some time, last Tuesday evening. There was a good attend ance and considerable money was raised to equip the rooms with var ious needed articles for which no provision is made through regular channels. The play was enjoyed and brought forth peals of uproarious laughter as funny incidents followed each other in rapid order. Sewing for Mission The ladies of the Murdock Evan gelical church met last Thursday at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Harvey A. Schwab, doing some sewing during the afternoon of goods which were to be sent to the Red Bird Mission in Kentucky. The ladies have been showing much interest in this mis sion which is situated in the moun tains of Kentucky, where there is a great need for garments of various kinds. Third Attempt is Successful With the dry weather of the last fe w years and a general drying up of subsoil moisture, Henry Shlueter found hie, water supply diminishing rapidly and was forced to do some- thing to provide water for his stock. Trying a new well, he found no wat er, and so another was sunk with like success or rather failure. The third attempt, however, brought an abundance of water, this well being sunk by Roy Stuart of Alvo. 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