PAGE TWO PIATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1936. I Ihe PlattsmQUth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Postal Zone, $2.50 per year. Beyond COO miles, $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, $3.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. OBITUARY Marie Margaretta Lohnes, daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Lohnes, was born" on the farm near Cedar Creek, January 19, 1874, where she grew to womanhood and when six months old was baptized in the Lutheran faith by the Rev. Spriegel, one of the early ministers of that faith in Cass county. She was con firmed in the church April 14, 18SS. On February 22, 1900, she was mar ried to Henry II. Ragoss, the mar riage being performed by the Rev. G. Jung, pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran church of Louisville. She has been in poor health for the past year and on last Tuesday, July 7th suffered a stroke from which she failed to rally and passed away a short time later. Saven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ragoss, one son, Waldo, dying in infancy, while six children as well as the husband are surviving her passing, the children being Mrs. Leda Engelkemcier, Mrs. Herbert Rohrdanz, Merle, Elden, Orville, Ar ley and Allien, all of Cass county. Three grandchildren and five bro thers also survive, the brothers be ing John, George, Jacob, Edward and William Lohnes. The funeral services were held at the Immanuel Lutheran church at Louisville and very largely attended, the service being conducted by the Bible School Sunday, July 19th "Social Service in the Early Church" (Acts 5:32-35; 2 Cor. 8:1-9) The much debated and much used term or word today is "Social Jus tice," or "old age assistance." Both terms were used by the Christian church nearly 2,000 years ago. The politicians have adopted them, pos sibly unconsciously, from the liter ature of the church, without giving proper credit. It is a Christian vir tue. All our benevolent institutions are the outgrowth of Christianity. Since th3 politicians have adopted these terms, would that indicate that they are becoming more Christ-like, or are these terms merely used as slogans, to secure votes? Soon after pentecost it was found that there were dsstitute people among the new converts, and in the enthusiasm of their "first love," those that had could not see those suffer that had nothing. It has ever been so. When "the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit" (Rom. 5:5), people become God-like full of compassion, to give, that others may share their joy, and possessions, remembering the teachings of Jesus, that "it is more blessed to give than to receive." "Church Contributions" would be a proper title for this les son. The events touched upon in this study occurred (Acts 4:32-35) in the summer of 30 A. 1)., the raising of Dorcas five years later A. 1). 40; the places of some acts, Jerusalem and Joppa. Luke gives us a wonderful picture of the early church in the verses 4: 32-35. After the first miracle, and the first persecution, followed by a wonderful prayer service, w hich we studied last Sunday; Luke draws an other picture of the early church, somewhat similar to the one which he drew before, but elaborating parti cularly the matter of the distribu tion of property among the early be lievers. "The multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul." Aritotle ascribes to Diogenes Laer tiu3 the following definition of friendship: "One soul residing In two bodies." Unity: The apostles, gave "witness with great power of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus that was their fundamental theme of preaching, which implied that God publicly acknowledged his accepting Christ's work upon the cross as a full atonement for our sins. The power which these men had in their preach ing, was the power to make clear, what they had to say, the power to convince and convict men of sin; this power is available for every sincere Rev. T. Hartman, pastor of the church and an old friend of the fam ily. The pallbearers were nephews of Mrs. Ragoss, sons of her late sis ter, Mrs. James Terryberry, they be ing Earl, Fred. Jesse, Dan, John and Glen Terryberry. , 'a' RETURN FROM OUTING Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Egenberger, who have been spending a ten days vacation in the Colorado country, re turned home this morning. They were in the west with their son, Dr. Suart Egenberger and wife. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carter and Beverly of Om aha, Mrs. Carter a daughter of the Egenbergers, were here to greet them on their arrival. Henry A. Kaffen berger and family of Omaha, who have been here during the absence of the parents, departed Sunday for their vacation trip to Minnesota and the lake country. COW IS KILLED Sunday a cow belonging to A. W. Copenhaver, which was grazing along the highway on the Louisville road near the Searl residence, was killed when struck by a car driven by Albert Ulrich. The cow was instant ly killed as she ran into the main roadway and in the path of the car and the auto had both front ties blown out as they struck the cow. "i Lesson Study! By L. Neitzel, Mardock, Neb. minister of the word of God. The verb here translated "gave" implies a great deal more than our English word would Indicate. . "It is the word so constantly used for paying a debt (Matt. 18:25; Luke 7:42) or rendering an account (Matt. 12:36; Heb. 13:17), so that there is implied in it the sense of obligation under which the apostles felt them selves to lie of declaring the things which they saw and heard (v. 20)" J. Rav.son Lumby. The giving up of their possessions, was a volunteer act, prompted by love for the sufferers, which had its source in God. It was neither socialism nor com munism and was not practiced very long. Then came the first organiz ation in the church, to carry on the work of charity through seVen dea sons (See Acts 6:1-G), and the "lay ing on of hands," is here first men tioned. This was organized charity and all was volunteer giving and proper, orderly distribution. The "Ladies' Aid Society" finds its origin in the example of Tabitha (her Hebrew name), or by her Greek name Dorcas. This woman was a disciple. revealing that under the gospel, there was no distinction between male and female, (Gal. 3:28). Heaven came down to earth in Dorcas serving room. It was the most beloved home in the city of Joppa, and Christ made it so. The grace of giving in the early church is portrayed to us by St. Paul in his second Epistle to the church at Corinth 8:1-9. The churches of Macedonia were Philippi, Dorca and Thessalonica. It seems that in all ages the poor accepted the gospel more read'ly than the wealthy; in the cli'irches named pov erty and affliction had brought out the genuine Christian qualities. The grace of God constrained them that they would deny themselves, in order that they might have something to give for the cause of Christ. How different do people give today for the Kingdom. "When we look at the means em ployed today to raise money for the church, then the early church puts U3 to shame. They actually urged the apostle to take the gifts. Now we have to urge the people to give. The secret of this giving is easily ex plained, "they gave their own selves to the Lord"; then their possessions were not their own, but they regard ed themselves only "Stewards," who were accountable tp God. We have lost the joy of giving, as also the blessing that God has prom ised to the faithful giver. Please read Mai. 3:10 and 2 Crron. 31:10; that should prompt us to give gladly. Elmwood News Norvillo N. Bothwell was looking after some business matters in Lin coln Tuesday afternoon. George W. Blessing, publisher of the Elmwood Leader-Echo was a business visitor in Alvo last Tuesday, enjoying the trip in his new car. Grandfather Horace A. Reeves who has not been so well during this heated season, is reported as being much improved and is about now and again enjoying good health. George F. Wilson was over to Weeping Water last Tuesday looking after some business matters for a short time and while there was also visiting with his many friends. Frank Gillett was in Lincoln last Tuesday with a load of chickens and cream and was accompanied by his grandson, Richard Meyers who is spending the week with his grand parents. Mrs. George F. Wilson has been en joying a visit from her son and daughter, Miss Yuvanne and Donald of Elgar Lake, Mont., spending some time here and last week returned to their home in the west. Sheriff Homer Sylvester and his deputy Cass Sylvester were visiting in Elmwood last Tuesday and were looking after some official business while here. They also were meeting with their many friends here. Mrs. Emily Gonzales was hostess to the family of Fred Rudolph for the day last Sunday, where notwithstand- ing the warm weather they all en joyed a fine visit, Mesdames Gon zales and Rudolph being sisters. Miss Jean Maloney, a former in structor in the Elmwood schools and a very popular teacher, who makes her home at Chester, but who taught last year at Rock Springs, Wyo., and will teach there again the coming year, was a visitor in Elmwood with her many friends. Mrs. Emil Meyers of Fairbury and son, Richard have been visiting at the home of the parents of Mrs. Mey ers, Frank Gillett and wife during the week. Mr. Meyers who is look ing after business in Omaha, was to come this way for them the latter portion of the week. George Southerland who has been making his home in southern Mis souri for a number of years, has re turned to Nebraska and i3 at the present time staying at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edwin K. Hill west of Elmwood. He" left Missouri some two months ago and says that reports from thre are to the effect that it was very dry, but remarking that is nothing strange, for it always is. Visited Friends Here. Andrew Hcdrlck, formerly residing in Elmwood where he with Charles West learned tho barber business and worked here for some time, but now located at Blair where he i3 engaged in business, was a visitor here last week for a short time and renewing acquaintances, for he has many friends living here. Whilo here he was guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Par sell. SOCIAL SECURITY Governor Cochran has not been deaf to the need3 of the aged, the orphan and the under-privileged. He has been prompt and aggressive in his co-operation with the federal ad ministration to securs a program of social security. He has urged that this program be carried out by coun ty boards as far as federal regula tions permit. Nebraska wa3 one of the first states to put old age assistance into effect. The Kansas legislature was called in special session July 7, 1936 to pro vide the necessary legislation that the aged and unfortunate of that state might share in the benefits of the Federal Social Security Act. Ne braska was many months ahead of most of the states in security this relief for worthy but unfortunate citizens of our state. VERY HAPPY EVENT From Tuesday's Dally: This morning a fine eight pound daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Inman, of Louisville, hringing a great deal of happiness to all of the members of the family circle. Mrs. Inman was formerly Miss Rose Ka lasek of this city, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frauk Kalasek, Sr. The many friends here will join in their well wishes to the little one for a long and very happy future. DR. TODD'S ROOFLESS PLATES give lasting comfort. No sagging, no slipping, no sore gums. Kxlrc(ln, Crown ami ilrldse Wntk. M aim) X-Uuy Dp. Q. W. Todd Dental Office 403 St-urltirn Illd. JA lUth huU Karnani, Omaha Young People Joined in Wed lock at Mynard Miss Juanita Schwenneker and Mr. John E. Allen Married by Rev. H. E. McKelvey. Two of the popular and well known young people of the community were married on Sunday at Mynard at the home of Rev. and Mrs. H. E. McKelvey, where in a very quiet cere mony the lives of Miss Jaunita Schwenneker and Mr. John E. Allen were joined. The marriage lines were read most impressively by the Rev. McKelvey and the ceremony witnessed by Miss Mamie Schwenneker, cousin of the bride as bridesmaid and Mr. John Kaneer, as the best man. Following the wedding ceremony the bridal party motored to the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Welshimer, the latter an aunt of the bride and with wh.om she has made her home since a small child, where a delightful din ner was served in honor of the happy event. Later in the afternoon the bride and groom departed for Mullen, Ne braska, where they are to make their home in the future and where they will carry with them the best wishes of their many friends. Roth of the young people have grown up in this community where the bride has made her home with her aunt and the groom has made his home with the family of his uncle, Miles M. Allen. The groom "was grad uated from the local schools in the class of 1933 and the bride in the class of 1934. Mr. Allen is now as sociated with his brother in the con duct of a bakery at Mullen, where the young people will make their home in the future. NETSTERS BEAT FALLS CITY A group of visiting netsters from Falls City were turned back by the count of 4 matches to 3, with one doubles match left unplayed The feature match of the afternoon was the three set match between Ray Larson and Father Ralph Eagar. Larson finally won after more than two hours of play, 8-6, 5-7, -2. Sheldon Giles continued rns strin of singles victories, which now total five straight. The. local squad was strengthened by the addition of Jim Wills, now vacationing near here with his parents, T. J. Will. Other results: Ernie White (F. C.) beat Jim Corn stock (P.) 6-1, 6-3. Ralph Mason (P.) beat Jim Ram sey, (F. C), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. M. D. Glenn (F. C.) beat George Sayles (P.) 7-5, 6-4. Sheldon Giles (P.) beat John Fal ter (F. C.) 6-3. 6-1. Jim Wills (P.) beat Claude Ram sey (F. C.) 6-1, 6-4. White-Glenn (F. C.) beat Giles Shanholtz (P.) 6-2, 6-1. EUAVfflOOi FOOD CENTER 429 Main Street Telephone 210 SPECIAL Pork Loin Roast End Cuts, 3-5 lb. Average PORK CHOPS Center Cuts, per lb- 22c PURE LARD Home Rendered, per lb. 9c HAMBURGER Fresh Cut, per lb.. 10c PLATE BOIL Nice and Lean, per lb. BEEF ROAST Best Cuts. Per lb.. WATERMELONS Large Size, each TOMATOES Calif. Red Ripe, lb. LEMONS Large, Juicy, dozen. 37c MANY OTHER Fresh Meats, Fruits and Vegetables at Special Prices Murray Leonard J. Austin, who resides west of Mynard, was transacting business in Murray Monday fore noon. A. G. Cisney and wife enjoyed a visit in Plattsmouth last Saturday, having some business matters to look after there. visiting here at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. George E. Nickles, for some time, returned to her home in Om aha last week. Mrs. William Gorder, of Platts mouth, was visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Troop, on last Friday. Rev. Loyd Shubert and were were attending services in Plattsmouth on last Sunday, being there in time for the Bible school as well. Sherman Hathaway was assisting with the threshing at the home of Charles Dysart Monday of this week. The rain did not strike there. Fred Drucker and wife were in Plattsmouth last Saturday evening, where they transacted business, vis ited with friends and attended a pic ture show. John Christensen of near Union was looking after some business mat ters in Murray last Monday morning and was a caller at the lumber yard for a short time. Ivan Deles Dernier and family en joyed a visit in Omaha last Sunday. They report no rain there (Murray had a nice shower about the noon hour) and plenty hot. It is reported that it rained hard for fully half an hour at the home of Bert Lloyd last Sunday, while less than two miles away there was scarcely any rain at all. John M. Fitch, who makes his home near Nehawka was looking af ter some business matters in Murray last Monday morning and was greet ing his many friends while here. W. R. Young visited last Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs Guy White, where he enjoyed play ing with the kiddies who are nieces and great favorites of Col. Young. George E.. Nickles and wife were in Omaha last Sunday, where they were guests at the home of Stafford Wurdenian (nephew of Mr. Nickles) and wife. They returned home that evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott were visiting for the day last Sunday at the home of their friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Young, of Plattsmouth, enjoying their visit in spite of the oppressive heat that prevailed. After the nice rain that visited Murray Sunday (0.55 of an inch), Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Tutt went to Plattsmouth for a brief visit with friends and were greatly surprised to find that there had been no rain there. W. O. Troop and family visited at Syracuse Sunday, being guests at the home of his son. Robert A. Troop and wife. They enjoyed seeing a soaking rain fall there, but were disappoint ed on their arrival home to find that only a mere sprinkle had fallen. Don Stead and wife have been en joying a visit from relatives who re side in South Dakota. They report the drouth as very bad in that part of the country, which, coupled with damage done by the grasshoppers has Just about left the farms denuded. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill D. Leonard of Sharon. Pennsylvania, visited with Rev. and Mrs. E. Garrison Sloan this pust week. Mr. Leonard is chief electrical engineer of the Westing houso Electric and Manufacturing company at tha Sharon research laboratories. Ray Chriswisser, who was hauling wheat from near his home to Mur ray, reported a rain about two miles wide and extending quite a distance in length where the ground was very muddy and water still standing along the road Monday morning. Truly, the rain Sunday lived up to the weather man's prediction of "scattered thundcrshowers." Miss Lois Troop, who is spending her summer vacation from the Uni versity of Nebraska, at home, visited at Omaha Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith, Mrs. Beatrice Rawls and daughter, Jerry Lou, went to Tlattsmoutli to vi3it Attorney C. A. Rawls, who had the misfortune to fall while taking a bath, striking his head on the bath tub and bruising himself very badly. They found him showing some im provement, but still very sore. Rain Interfered with Threshing L. D. Grosser, who has been mak ing good progress threshing, was compelled to let his rig sit idle last Monday on account of the rain which came in spots Sunday afternoon, and one of the heavy spots happened to be where Mr. Crosser had been work ing and was not quite finished up, so the job had to be deferred until Tuesday to allow the grain to dry out. Other places not far away got no rain at all or only a very light sprinkle. Building New Porch Ralph Kennedy and Fred L. Hild have been busy the past few days with the construction of a porch at the rear of the house where Charles Boedeker II resides. The property belongs to Mrs. Mabel Cook who is showing confidence and public spirit in making improvements. Visited Friends Here John Rice, wife, two sons and two daughters of Chillicothe, Ohio, ar rived in Plattsmouth last week in search of J. W. Hobson, who had been their close neighbor when they resided in Iowa nearly a half cen tury ago. Learning that he was mak ing his home in Murray they came here to see him and the meeting of these old friends was very enjoyable, filled as it was with reminiscences of earlier days. The Rice family were en route to Denver for an outing and after a most enjoyable dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Young, they continued on their way to the west. v --..uX. Cool in Colorado Avis Troop, young daughter of Earl Troop, who is making her home with her grandparents during the time the father, Earl, is away, re ceived a letter from the father tell ing of the time they are having in the west, where he is engaged in government work at Grand Mesa, Colorado. There are nearly 400 dif ferent small lakes there and being in a high altitude is quite cool, in fact so cold mornings that one can see his breath steam. Much different from the weather that has been pre vailing here the past few weeks. Met with Serious Accident Mrs. S. W. Allen received the sad news that her mother, Mrs. A. B. Aulthouse, age 72, of Denver, slipped and fell and in doing so sustained a fractured hip. She was taken to a hospital. At her advanced age and with the extremely hot weather the effects of the accident fall very heav ily on Mrs. Althouse. Mrs. Allen was greatly grieved because she could no get away to go to her mother and care for her. Another sister resides at Sidney, Iowa, and she too was unable to get away. While the mother will have every care possible at the hospital it is regretted she can not have her daughters with her dur ing her convalescence. To Visit in Northwoods Messrs J. C. Stuart and Charles II Boedeker II are to depart today via auto for Leach Lake, Minn., where they will visit some ten days and put in the time hunting, bathing and fishing, although we rather sus pect their hunting activities will be confined to hunting for a cool place to fish, camp and bathe. They are looking forward to a splendid vaca tion and freedom from the oppres sive heat that has been experienced here the past two weeks. During their absence, Mrs. Stuart will look after business at the store. Knott 'Em Up Club The club met on July 7th at the home of. Dale Topliff. The meeting was called to order by the vice pres ident, as the president was absent The minutes were read and approved The roll was called and four mem bers were absent. We then learned to tie the half hitch and the timber hitch combined, the clove hitch, the black wall hitch and the scaffold hitch. The meeting was then ad journed to meet again on Tuesday of this week, July 14, at the Stastka home. Mrs. Dale Topliff served some very refreshing punch and most delicious cake. Theodore Baker, Jr., News Reporter. Come to Lewiston Community Cen ter July 17 at 8:30 o'clock. A pro gram and ice cream and cake. The public invited. Charley Read made a trip to Om aha for repairs for his threshing ma chine last Wednesday. Come to Lewiston Community Cen ter July 17. Home made ice cream and cake. Also a good program. Ev erybody invited. . Louis Sack made a trip to Weep ing Water in his truck and brought back a load of poison bran for the farmers to spread to kill grasshoppers which are plenty thick in this neigh borhood. Friday, July 17 at 8:30 o'clock, ice cream and cake an da program at Lewiston Community Center. Visited Mother in Murray Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bourne, of Lor raine, Ohio, arrived in Union and Murray last Friday and were guests at the home of the mother of Mrs. Bourne, Mrs. Vesta Clark. They were o. ...... :w v. .-7, 5j . .-: .. a -jm . i Jc- y: .-. .... a NEW idea in LINENS So close a copy of tlae real hand woven peasant linens from Bel gium that you can scarcely tell the difference. Even the rou;h ness is copied. Pumps, t-straps, oxfords and 6andals ... very specially priced! $1-85 Fetzer Shoe Co. Home of Quality Footwear accompanied by their children, who enjoyed the pleasures of a visit with their grandmother. The United Presbyterian Chucrh. Rev. E. Garrison Sloan, pastor "Determined to Find Christ" is the theme Rev. Sloan will use for his sermon at the 11 o'clock preach ing service, July 19th. At 10 o'clock the Sabbath school classes will con vene for the inspiring opening song service. The Young People's society will leave the church at 6:45 p. m. to drive to the home of John Faris, Jr. for their devotional vesper service. This popular worship service is of great interest to the young people, who discuss their beliefs in helping each other to a closer understanding of Him who is the great example 01 all young people. There was an at tendance of 20 at our last meeting. On Thursday evening at 7:30 the choir will meet for rehearsal and plans for the ensuing week. On Friday evening the Young Peo ple's Christian Union will leave the church at C o'clock sharp, to take their picnic supper to the "Ole Swim ming Hole" where they will enjoy an evening of swimming, games and sup per. All through His Holy Word both in the Old and New Testaments our Heavenly Father has answered pray er. He has promised us that Ho would. And it is interesting to note that during the last five minutes at the close of last Sabbath morning preaching service, a special time had been set aside for an all congregation prayer for rain. Near the close of the service, it thundered, and soon began a regular downpour. The con gregation and visitors really enjoyed the service and we are certainly thankful to God for His manifestation of love. It was a time for great re joicing! Would that the unjust re pent and become just, so that sin, and drought, and suffering would leave U3 forever. On Thursday evening, July 23rd there will be preaching service and sypecial ordination and installation into the eldership of Mr. Everett On Friday evening, July 24th, there will be preaching service and the reception of new members into the church. On Sabbath July 26th at 11 o'clock there will be observed in this church the mid-summer Holy Communion service. Visitors and friends are invited to attend the "Little white church with the bis community spirit" at all ser vices. Small factories wTTi find splen did opportunities to expand here. Amonq them, forthcoming river navigation with its resultant low shipping costs. Saul to ei OR BUY Cass County Farm SEE ME