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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUBNAL
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1937
the Plattsmouth Journal
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. Henry
now s v.-cars by Roy as a marvel in
getting water.
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