MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1935.
PIATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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PREPARING TOR PRILLING
The Goldenrod Oil Co., which has
a large tract of land under lease in
the sections near Murray and Ne
hawka are preparing to start active
operation in drilling for oil. The
company has purchased a rig and to
day received a second consignment
of material that will be used in the
drilling.
The first tests will be made on the
farm formerly occupied by T. V. Val
lery, three miles northwest of Mur
ray and where the machinery is be
ing located.
The incorporators of the company
feel confident that a paying oil stream
can be located In the area that they
have under lease and will start the
work as soon as possible.
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
District Judge Daniel W. Living
ston, who suffered an illness Thurs
days that necessitated his treatment
at the St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska
City, has improved sufficiently that
ho has been removed to his home to
recuperate. Judge Livingston has not
been in the best of health and re
cently underwent a course of treat
ment at t,he hospital at Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
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ON GOVERNMENT ACREAGE
SWEET CORN AND GERMAN MILLET
WE FrainSII SEED AND PAY PREMIUM
OVER MARKET PRICE
500 ceres Sweet Corn ' ' !
500 acres German Millet
1GG0 acres Field Corn
We ie Going- tz Ecy All Grain end Handle Seed Ccm at Murray
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TO STAR IN OPERA
"The Mikado," the famous light
opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, will
be presented on the Peru campus
Friday evening. May 10. It is an oc
cidental satire on Oriental life and
customs, and is considered one of the
best of its type.
The title role of Mikado will be
sung by Ronald Clark of Lewiston.
The remaining cast of eight char
acters will be sung py Anna Mae San
din, Plattsmouth; Winifred Smith,
Liberty; Mildred Sprague, Papillion;
Professor Steck (director), Peru;
Harold Pritchard and Avery Hall,
Falls City; and James Perdue and
Alice Mae Finney, Auburn.
APPOINTS ZONE MANAGER
W. E. Holler, vice president and
general sales manager of the Chevro
let Motor company, Detroit, has noti
fied Fred Burke, of the Cas3 County
Motor Co., of the appointment of a
new manager for the Omaha zone.
Effective immediately, the Omaha
zone, which serves Chevrolet dealers
and owner in this city and its vi
cinity, is under the managership of
I. X. Sarvis, who comes to that city
from Fargo. North Dakota, where he
was zone manager.
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SEED CORN FOR SALE
FUNK BROS.
Yellcw Dent, $2.00 a Bushel.
Germination, 95f'c. 1S33 crcp.
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Enthusiasm
Marks Softball
Meet Friday
Same Board of Directors to Guide
Business of League Teams Get
ting Lined Up for Season.
Friday evening at 8 o'clock a large
number of the kittenball enthusiasts
of the city gathered at the library
auditorium to take the first steps to
ward getting the season of 1935 un
der way and from the general senti
ment the coming season should be
one of the best.
The members of the board of di
rectors who had proven so efficient
the past season were all unanimously
re-elected to the offices that they
have filled, they being A. II. Duxbury,
chairman; Merritt S. Kerr, secretary;
Carl J. Schneider, treasurer and
George Jaeger and Dr. R. P. Westovcr
as directors of the league for the
year.
The report of Treasurer Schneider
showed the following financial condi
tion: Balance, May 1, 1034 $ 22. G6
Receipts from various sources 310.33
Total 5341.99
Discursements, 1934 281.69
Balance, April 26, 1935 60.30
In regard to the number of teams
in the league it was decided to call
another meeting on Friday, May 3rd
at the library, at which time teams
expecting to enter the league must
have their entry on file and the num
ber of teams determined.
The entry fee was set at $7.50 for
each team and that the membership
of the teams be limited to fifteen
players each for the season. No play
er is to play on any other team un
til released.
It was voted to give the board of
directors power to decide how the
player3 are to be released if they are
not allowed to play.
The board of directors and the
managers of the teams were author-,
ized to select the umpires who will
serve during the season.
This year the players will be re-
quired to sign their name3 to thej The Ladies Aid society of the Mur
contracts with the teams with whom jock church met last Wednesday af-
they are to play and which will be
filed with the league officers':
Among the teams' that are in pros
pect for the season are "the Chevro
!ets. U. S. Engineers, Ford V-S's,
Donat's, American Legion, Mynard,
Norfolk Packers, BREX and Cham
pions, sponsored by B. C. Cohn.
WILL MAKE SSAS0IT
at Nehav7ka, Nebr.
Teddy "R" pure bred Fercheon
Stalion. Also 5-year-old mammouth
Jack. Both fcal getters.
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DOCK ITE1S
Marion Schewe has traded off the
car he has been driving for some time
and secured a new V-8 coupe, with
which he is more than pleased.
Henry A. Tool and wife were over
to the heme of their son, Kenneth
Tool, at Wchoo, last Sunday, enjoy
ing a pleasant visit and a fine Easter
dinner.
Kenneth Tool and wife, of Wahoo,
were visiting in Murdock one day last
week, remaining for over night at
the heme of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry A. Tool.
A. J. Bauer was looking after some
business matters in Plattsmouth last
Tuesday and Wednesday, attendivg
the trial of one of the Murdock ctoro
robbers in district court.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Cr3ig were at
Ashland last Tuesday afternoon, both
having dental work done there, a3
well as visiting with numerous friends
in the Saunders county town.
Jerry Stephenson, who was employ
ed at the Race garage and repair
shop here, has accepted a position at
Elm wood with Albert Race, as a
mechanic in his place of business
there.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Buck were visit
ing last Sunday at Eagle, spending
Easter at the home of their daughter,
Mrs. Bert Muenchau. Besides enjoy
ing a splendid visit, they aUo partook
of a very fine dinner.
Mrs. J. J. Martin, of Cedar Bluffs,
accompanied by her daughter, Clara,
were visiting in Murdock over the
week end, being guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. Neitzel. Mesdames
Martin and Neitzel are sisters.
R. C. Melvin of Liverpool, New
York, with the assistance of Ed Jame3
of east of Elmwood were loading out
a car of horses Which they had pur
chased here last week. Mr. Melvin
expects to return later for another
5Hr load of horses.
Stephen P. Lies, with the assistance
of Homer H. Lawton, the rainter and
decorator, is oaintine: and nuttiner in
the best of condition all of his thres
pieces of property in Murdock. This
:s adding greatly to the general ap-
pearance Cf tne town.
tcrncon at the heme of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Buell, where they were very
j-leasnntly 'entrained "by- Mrs." Buell,
and where they did much work for
the advancement of the work of the
church. i
Mrs. W. T. Weddell, who has been
confined to a Lincoln hospital everal
veeka following a recent operation,
va3 able to return home the fore part
of last week. The many friends are
pleased at her improvement and hope
it will continue now that she is back
home again.
Mrs. A. J. Tool wa3 called upon to
lock after some business at the hard
waro store last Wednesday, as Mr.
Tool and Laccy McDonald, rural mail
carrier, were over to the fishing
grounds on the Platte river, where
they were angling for the fish that
inhabit these waters.
Mrs. O. E. McDonald was spending
the greater portion of last week and
extending over the week end at the
home of her mother, Mrs. J. R. Kel
Icv, in Plattsmouth, as well as come
time at the home of Mrs. Myra Mc
Donald, of Murray, mother of Mr. Mc
Donald. She returned home Tuesday.
I. G. Hornbeck and Miss E!sa Bor
nemeir spent last Sunday in Lincoln,
.vhere thej' visited at the home of
L-oui3 Bornemeier and also enjoyed
:ccing the Easter egg hunt held at the
jhrir.er:? country club cast of Lincoln
Jcng the O rtrcct highway. A large
number of Lincoln children partici
pated in the hunt.
Superintendent L. M. Ilauptman of
f the Alro schools, with a part of
the cast for the Senior class play,
vhich was presented Friday night,
paid a visit to the Murdock schools
zr.d presented a short skit from the
plcy ccvcral days beforehand to a
7ert:ce the same. A number from
Murdock went over to Hee the play.
Frank Melvin, Henry Amgwert,
Horner II. Lavton and Paul Schewe
vere in Plr.ttsmcuth Iat Tuesday at
tending the trial cf one of the men
accused of breaking and entering the
"tore of Mr. Amgwert here some time
ago. The jury was out only a short
tin:o, returning a verdict of guilty on
thia charge" and also one of being a
hebitual criminal.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Corbin, of
Avcca, parent3 of Mrs. Frank Dean,
were in Murdock during the past
week looking after business at the
Dean ctorc, while Mr. Dean accompan
ied II. P. Dehnning of Elmwood to
Big Springs, where they visited for a
few days. On the return trip, they
brought Mrs. Dean home with them,
she having been ' spending a month
in tho west. '
Miss Man' Bcrnemeier, who ' has
been with the telephone company for
ioie time, spent the past week in and
about Murdock, working in conjunc
tion with her sister, Miss Helen Bor
nemeier on the securing of renewal
and new telephone subscriber con
tracts, at which they were very suc
cessful. Miss Mary returns to her
work at the Louisville exchange
switchboard this week.
Mrs. Charles Backemeyer, who has
been making her home in Lincoln
with her daughter during the past
winter, has moved back to Murdock
to reside during the summer. After
leaving the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Louis Hornbeck, of Lincoln, some
two weeks ago, she went to Green
wood for a brief visit with another
daughter, Mrs. C. D. Fulmer, before
returning to her home here.
A window in the building occupied
by the Murdock Co-operative Credit
association, and owned by the defunct
Bank of Murdock, was broken one day
last week by a stone thrown by one
of the young lads of the town. The
gravel recently spread on the street,
containing some good sized stone3, has
offered a great temptation to the boys
of the town to thrown them about,
and in this particular instance the
stone went wide of it3 mark and hit
the plate glas3 window.
Held Very Successful Meet
There was held at the Murdock
high school on last Tuesday after
noon and evening a meeting of the
group 4-H club3. There were many
bits of work in many lines on exhibi
tion a3 well as a very fine program
celebrating the achievement. The
meeting was under the direction of
Mrs. O. C. Zink, who is group presi
dent. Sells Property in SInrdock
The residence property of W. T.
Weddell, where ho ha3 resided dur
ing the past few years, w;s sold last
week to Mrs. Fred Nebcn, who will
as soon as arrangoments can bo made,
move to Murdock to make her home.
Mr. Weddell will move to the prop
erty where O. E. McDonald has made
his home heretofore, while Mr. Mc
Donald, who is now engaged in busi
ness in Manlcy, will move to that
town.
B. I. Clentcnts Funeral Parlors
Elmwood, Nebraska
Expert service. Your patronage solic
ited. Phones: Office, 91; Heme, 65.
Openirg Kittenball Season
The kittenball Eeason In Murdock
will be officially opened tomorrow
(Tuesday) evening, April 30th. The
flood lights, installed late last fall,
will be in operation and a good game
is assured for cpening night. All are
urged to come out for the opening
game.
Murdock is one of a limited few
towns in this part of the state having
flood lights for night playing, their
installation naving been mauo pos
sible by the cs-epcration of the sport
fans of the community.
Had Finger Kashcd in Door
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Jacobson had one of his fingers
very badly mashed la3t Wednesday
evening when the wind blew the door
shut, catching the little fellow's fin
ger and smashing and cutting it so
badly that it was feared at first a
portion of the finger would be lost
By careful handling by Dr. Lee it is
now thought the finger may be saved,
although it will take a long time for
it to heal and be restored to use. The
greatest of care is being taken to pre
vent Infection.
Junior-Senior Earsquet
The ladies of the Royal Neighbors
of America had the ta3k of feeding
the nearly fifty Junior3 and Seniors
and faculty members at the annual
Junior-Senior banquet banquet last
Thursday night. They tackled the job
with a determination and so applied
their knowledge of cooking and serv
ing that the banquet went off most
smoothly and high compliments were
heard on every hand for the effici
ency of thi3 froup of ladie3.
During the afternoon, the hall wa3
decorated with the colors of the two
classes, making a mct beautiful scene
a veritable bower of flowers, under
which the banqueters were to be
gathered for their annual get-together
before the close of the term, when
another class of young people will
complete their studies and move on,
leaving room for the advancing stu
dents cf lesser learning.
The members of the Senior clas3
are Martha Schweppo, Dorothy Bagg,
Vernon Rikli, Ruth Bornemeier, Ezra
Luethcns, Harold Tool, Jr., Dorothy
Gakemeier, Vail Erunkow, Reuben
Knaup, Otto KlenTme, Ruth Schlap
hoff, Lucile Backemeyer, Naomi Luet
chens, Wayne Bornemeier,- Milton
Weber, Ruth Neitzel, Wendell Joung
and Daniel Ruge.
The Juniors, who were sponsors of
the banquet for their upper classmen,
are Louise Bornemeier, Dorothy Gor
tkey, Frances Lawton, Norman Knosp,
Henry Klemcie, Robert Miller, Rich-
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Vollne Bourke, Gerald Kuehn, Robert
Zoz, James Gustin, Irene Panska, Nor
ri3 Reichart and Louise Bornemeier.
Among the others present at the ban
quet were the teachers of these two
classes. Superintendent and Mrs. P.
T. Johnson, Miss Van Burg, Miss Pool
and Mr. Miller.
Easter in Plattsmouth
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan McDonald and
their little son were over to Platts
mouth last Sunday, where they were
visiting for the day at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Thimgan, parents
of Mrs. McDonald, and were accom
panied by Mrs. Hannah McDonsld,
where all enjoyed a very fine visit for
the day and an excellent Easter din
ner. Sustained Fractured Ankle .
While Mrs. Glen Boswell, of Edgar,
was about her work, she turned sud
denly and in an effort to keep from
fa!lin;r, sustained a fracture of one
of her ankles. She ha3 been laid up
for some time on that account and i3
still unable to get about except with
the aid of crutches. Last Sunday her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schecl, of
Murdock, were out to spend Easter
with the daughter and family. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Harte and family, of
Omaha, were also guests for the day
at the Eothwell home. A very fine
visit wa3 had notwithstanding the ac
cident" incapacitating Mrs. Boswell
from getting about with her usual
alacrity.
Seed Cora for Sale.
Yellow Dent and large white Iowa
Silver Mine. Tested for fertility,
shows 96.. See me for your sup
pl5 Prices right.
FRANK F. ROSENOW,
Murdock,' Nebr.
Losers Fete Winners
Mrs. Gorthey's Sunday school class
or eleven ncys have been having a
contest, the losing side giving the
winners a party.
This party was enjoyed Saturday
afternoon at her home. Every mem
ber wa3 present. The boys played ball
and then a lovely lunch was served
by the losers, assisted by their teach
er. Rev. Johr. W. Peters Passes.
At hia home the Rev. John W.
Peters, 70, passed away after a year's
very severe illness from cancer. Rev.
Peters was born in Germany and
came to this country when a young
man, having been educated for the
ministry and was an ordained min
ister of the Lutheran church. He
ministered at Lexington for a num
ber of years before coming to the
Trinity Lutheran church, two miles
north of Murdock, where he minis
tered for some seventeen jears.
Leaving here he accepted a charge
at Wisner where he- ministered until
about a year ago when failing health
made his ministry no longer possible.
Following his retirement Rev. Peters
and wife moved to West Point where
they made their home until hi3 death
which camo a week ago this Monday.
The funeral waa held at West Point
on Wednesday of last week, the re
mains being taken to Lexingston for
interment.
Near an Octoeenarian.
Now that is not a bad name, it
only signifies that he is near eighty
years of age, and by the way nearly
eighty years of hard work and honest
living with the welfaro of hfs fellow
man his greatest concern. Otherwise
Henry Gakemeier, the grand old man
of Murdock, was passing his 78th
birthday anniversary on last Satur
day. The fact being known by the
family they prepared to give Uncle
Henry a surprise in the evening and
as he was at the farm the women
folks prepared and placed in the cup
board a fine supper for him and ether
members of the family who were to
be present. He happened to o to the
cupboard for something, and seeing
the heavily loaded shelves said: "Ah
ha, so you thought to slip one over
on me?" In the evening the remain
der of the family were there and a
very pleasant evening was had com
memorating the passing of the anni
iversary. He was born In German',
coming to America and settling near
Cedar Creek In 1871, living there two
years, then moving to the farm north
of Murdock, where he made his home
until he retired, coming to town to
reside.
There were there to celebrate the
occasion the good wife, Herman
Gakemeier and family, Gust Gake
meier and wife. Rex Peters and wife,
Miss Peadie Gakemeier, John Gake
meier and family. Two other daugh
ters did not get there, they living
so far away. Departing late in the
evening, all extended the wish for
many more such happy occasions.
PHILIP HEIL WINS A IRIZE
Philip Heil. of Eight Mile Grove
precinct, was agreeably surprised last
week when he wa3 notified that he
had won the second prize in a contest
sponsored by James Pearson, "News
Boy" cf KFNF radio station. The
prises were awarded for the best let
ters pertaining to business condi
tions, especially among the farmers.
Are times improving? Are we ex
periencing permanent recovery or are
times getting worse? If so what are
the reasons? These were some of
the pertinent questions answered by
the different contestants of whom
there were 209 taking part in the
contest. Out of this number, 22 ex
pressed the belief that we are on the
road to permanent recovery; 4 8 were
non-committal and 139 were com
pletely discouraged with the NRA
and AAA, money - spending, tax
boosting, etc. Louisville Courier.
J0YSIDEES DO DAMAGE
There has been a great deal of
complaint cf parties driving cars
visiting the golf course southwest of
this city at night and driving over
the turf and causing a great deal of
damage. Last night some auto party
proceeded to tear out a large section
of sod that has made the course one
of the best in this section of the state.
L. L. McCarty, manager of the club
house and grounds has no objection
to the people using the course for
thsir evening romps if they will re
frain from running the cars over the
grass, but if the practice is continued
there will be drastic action taken to
check the evening Joy riding.
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