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PIATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE THREE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1937. From Thursdays Tatly J. B. Hutchison, son and daughter cf Louisville, were here Wednesday to look after some business matters and visiting with friends. Ladies of the Christian church re ceived a fine response on the dough nut sale yesterday afternoon. Eighty dozen were made and sold. L. F. Langhorst of Elmwood was in the city Wednesday afternoon for a short time attending to some mat ters of business and visiting with friends. From Friday's Daily Walter Wunderlith of Nehawka was a Plattsmouth visitor yesfrday. C. E. Tefft, Weeping Water attor ney, was in Plattsmouth on legal business yesterday. J. J. Lohnes of Grant, Nebr., is visiting at the home of his daughter, 31 rs. Luther Womick. Miss Lois Brandhorst fell on the ice Tuesday evening and sprained two fingers on her right hand. John Sander is now employed as shipping clerk at the canning fac tory. lie began work there this week. Mrs. Fred Kaffenberger entertain ed the Neighborhood club at her home Wednesday afternoon. Miss Anna Burian of Crete, is here to enjoy a visit with Miss Ida C. Mos ler. She is expecting to spend some time here. A telephone message from Miss Ann Sanders in Long Beach last eve ning, announced that they are enjoy ing the south and plan to go to San Diego today. Marian Fricke, daughter of Mrs. Maude Fricke, has recently received the returns on her civil service exam ination in junior stenography. Her grade was S3 '4 per cent. Mrs. Everett Newton and Mrs. Kirt Hobbs left by train yesterday for California, where they will attend the funeral services for their brother, Clifford Day, who died Wednesday Mrs. Arnold Lillie has as guests to day her mother, Mrs. Len Oltjen bruns, and sister, Mrs. Wm. Wells, both of Lincoln. The guests arrived yesterday afternoon and plan to re turn to Lincoln this evening. A. R. Ortley is working at the Norfolk Packing Co. temporarily. He Is taking the place of W. II. Vander Kaar. Mr. Ortley comes from Sioux City, la., where he has been employ ed in the auditing department. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Nickles of Murray, are spending a short vaca tion at Hot Springs, Arkansas, one of the most popular resorts of the south. They will enjoy a short stay and the benefits of the medicinal waters and treatments. From Saturday's Daily Mrs. Silas Judson of Omaha visit ed yesterday with her daughter, Mrs. O. C. Hudson. Attorney C. E. Tefft of Weeping Water was here today to look after some matters in the district court. Miss Rosemary Cloidt, student at the Peru State Teachers college, came home Saturday to spend the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cloidt. WOMAN GUILTY OF ARSON Auburn, Neb. Mrs. Martha Runk les, 31, pleaded guilty to first degree arson charges here and was bound over to district court. Co. Atty. John P. McKnight said she probably will be sentenced Friday. Mrs. Runkles, mother of four chil dren, the eldest 10, admitted she set fire to a two story frame house where she and three other families lived in Peru. McKnight said she hoped to force her husband, William, a WPA worker, to take her to Auburn. Mrs. Runkles told him her husband want ed her to move into a cave on the Missouri river. The house burned Jan. 17, while Runkle3 was down town and three of the children were at Sunday school. There was no insurance. WALL Get Ready for Spring See Our Line of Wall Paper If more convenient, we will be glad to show the paper in your home. We also carry a Complete Stock of Pittsburgh Paints and Varnishes. URUGER'S Wall Paper & Paint Store North 6th Street Plattsmouth, Nebr. COUNTY CLUB NEWS Executive Board Meets Members of the executive board of the federated clubs of Cass county met at the home of Mrs. Elmer Sund strom, president, Saturday afternoon. Plans were made for the coming year in the club work. The group adopt ed the state motto "Education for Better Living" for the county. No tices were sent to clubs reminding them of the annual dues. Compli ments were extended to Miss Evelyn Wolph of Nehawka who has done such outstanding work in 4-11 lead ership during the past year. Those attending the meeting were Miss Evelyn Wolph of Nehawka, vice president; Miss Marjorie Zink of Mur- dock, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Law rence Meisinger of Union, past presi dent; Mrs. Everett Spangler, past secretary-treasurer. Camp Creek Club Party Camp Creek club members enter tained their "husbands and families at a valentine party February 13 at the home of Mrs. Turley Wall. Mrs. Henry Towle, social leader, began the evening of fun by asking each man to introduce himself to each lady. Games and contests were led by Mrs. Bert Muenchau and Miss Gladys Muenchau. Musical Valentine Tea The Weeping Water Woman's club held a musical valentine tea at the home of Mr3. Fred Gorder on Tues day, February 16. The following program was pre sented by Mrs. Harold Harmon, chair man of the music committee: Piano solos: "Rustle of Spring" by Sinding. Mrs. L. N. Kunkel; "The Desert Song" by Romberg, Mrs. L. N. Kunkel. ' Violin solos: "Spanish Dance" by Rehfeld; "From the Canebrake" by Gardner, Mrs. Wm. Joyce. Piano solos: "Seguidla" by Bohm; "Humoresque" by Dvorak, Mrs. Har old Harmon. "The Wedding Day of John and Priscilla Alden," taken from Long fellow's "Courtship of Miles Stand ish" was read by Mrs. Ben Olive. Vocal solo: "Through the Years," Mrs. Francis Baldwin. Reading: "That Old Sweetheart of Mine" by James Whitcomb Riley, Mrs. W. D. Lenker. "Sweethearts Through the Years" was portrayed by songs and living pictures. Two pages. Mrs. Waldo Eaton and Mrs. H. T. Heigele. dress ed in valentine costumes held a large valentine. As they opened it, scenes were revaled representings the songs sung by the Mesdames H. A. Millen, Paul Fowler, Francis Bald win, Herman Wahl, Loyd Behrends. and Eugene Rarick. "Can't We Be the Same Schoolday Sweethearts." Eileen Fitzpatrick and Bobby Keckler. "Back in the Old Sunday School," Marjorie Allen and George Olive. "Down by the Old Mill Stream," Mrs. Melvin Johnson and Mrs. Her bert Ambler. "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Ambler. "When You Wore a Tulip," Mrs. L. N. Kunkel and Mrs. Wm. Joyce. "The Sweetest Story Ever Told," Mrs. Kunkel and Mrs. Joyce. "Old Fashioned Garden," Miss Anna Hubbard and Mrs. Joyce. "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet," Miss Hubbard and Mrs. Joyce. "Love's Old Sweet Song," sung by the vocal group. Mrs. Olive Murtey and Mrs. Fred Gorder presided at the tea table. The decorations and refreshments carried out the color scheme of Saint Valen tine's day. Cedar Crsek Club Mrs. Fred Muenchau was hostess to the Camp Creek club at the meet ing February 16. Miss Gladys Muen chau assisted. The lesson, "Satisfy- iing Meals" was given by Mrs. Robert Kunz and Mrs. Harry Fischer. Mrs. Elmer Frohlich acted as president for Mrs. Harry Fischer. The January meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Clarence Frohlich with Mrs. Charles Frohlich assisting. Cottage Home Makers Mrs. Wm. Huffman entertained the Cottage Home Makers at the Feb ruary meeting. Illness cut the attend- j ance so that no business was trans I ac ted during the afternoon. 5c and tap AVOCA NEWS Mrs. Joseph Roberts was a guest Tuesday afternoon of her friend. Mrs. Robert McCann. J. W. Kunz, who was down for n number of weeks with influenza, is up and about again and was down town last Tuesday visiting with his many friends. Miss Dorothy Gollner, who is em ployed in Lincoln as stenographer, was taking a lew days' vacation last week and was spending the time at the home of her parents, William Oollner and wife. Senator Fred L. Carsten was ar home over the week end, the legis lature taking a brief holiday over Saturday and Sunday when many of the members and their wives were guests in Omaha. Henry Maseman was busy Tues day of last week unloading a car of coal for the lumber yard, a portion of which he was delivering to cus tomer and depositing the remainder in the bins at the lumber yard. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCann on last Sunday was gathered the members of the fam ily. Those present were Harvey Abkur and family of Dunbar, Elmer Bassett of Unadilla, Miss Dora Kemp and brother. Wm. Kempt. Harvey Abkur and wife who have been making their home at Dunbar, are soon to move to Syracuse, where he will be employed as manager of the Sinclair Oil company's interests. Newlyweds Visit Each Other Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Carsten were ft Nebraska City last Sunday, where they were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moiiey. The men are cousins and were married the same day a few weeks ago. Attended Golden Glove Meet A number of the young men and 3ome of those more advanced in life went to Omaha on Tuesday evening of last week, where they attended the Golden Glove boxing tourna ment and saw some of the cham pionship matches. Among those whe, wc-rt from here were Edward and William Wolfe, Elmer J. Hallstrom, Oscar Zimmerer, Carl O. Zaiser, Wil liam Gollner and Henry Harteman. Spent Enjoyable Day Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Francis (Bud) Mar quardt were guests over the week end at the home" of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Marquardt. On Sun day they were joined by John Mar Cti:ardt and his lady friend, Miss Lucille Plummer, of Nebraska City. 11 enjoyed the day splendidly and in the evening John and Lucille took Bud and wife back to their home in Lincoln, where all enjoyed a picture show before the couple re turned to their homes in Nebraska City late that night. Fred D. Buckmann Very 111 Fred Buckmann, who has attain :-d the age of nearly 74 years and has been a resident of Avoca more than half a century, having been engaged in a number of enterprises, is very sick at his home here. He was manager of an elevator in Avoca nearly a half hundred years ago and has a host of friends here and over the county He is receiv ing the best of care, but the nature of his sickness and his age makes it hard for him to throw off his sickness. His many friends are hop ing that he will soon recover from his illness. Attended Birthday Party Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marquardt were in Louisville last Sunday, go ing over to attend a surprise birth day party for an uncle of Mrs. Mar quardt, James Stander, who is an old 3rd highly esteemed resident of that locality and was passing his 75th birthday surrounded by a large number of his relatives living there and elsewhere, for an appropriate celebration of the event. Mr. and Mrs. Marquardt enjoyed the gather ing very much. Wedding Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Baier cele brated their twenty-fifth wedding an niversary yesterday. Mr. and Mrs Baler have lived in the Avoca com munity since their marriage Febru ary 21, 1912 in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Baier and their three children epent the day in Omaha. SUES FOR INJURIES McCook, Neb. Edmund D. Ship ley, McCook attorney, filed a claim against the city for $1,625 for In juries he claims he received when he fell on an icy street intersection here Jan. 21. Shipley asks $1,500 for personal injuries and the balance for doctor's fees. He said he received a broken arm and a sprained wrist as a result of the fall. Greenwood Mrs. Mabel Hamilton, of Deuver, visited Mrs. William Willis on last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Peters spent last Saturday in Omaha with Mrs. Peters' mother, Mrs. (Jumble. The household goods of Paul Buckingham were sold nt public .axle last Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Shepler and son Bob of Springfield spent Sat urday and Sunday at the Dyer home here. Mr. and Mrs. John Vant received he news that their son, J. O. Vant of Alliance was promoted to Mc Cook as royal chief. Mayor P. D. Peterson and R. M. YV.blernoe of Fairbury visited Mr. . nd Mrs. IJ. M. Hanson on Sunday while en route to Omaha and Chi -.ago on business. The Guild met at the Christian church last Friday with Mrs. L. C. Marvin and Mrs. P. E. Clymer serv ;jf. A very busy and withal pleas ant meeting was held. Ervin Bazil of California and Miss Thelma Leesley were guests at a six o'clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mr3. Lee Knolle of Platts mouth last Monday evening. A world-wide meeting was held at the Methodist church last Wed nesday evening. They listened to a missionary talk over the radio by Mr. E. Stanley Jones, of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Sandy and laughter Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Homes and children and Miss Anna Oleson, all of Ashland, were Sunday dinner guests at the John Vant home. The ladies of the Auxiliary met it the home of Mrs. Jack Gribble, who was assisted in entertaining by Mrs. Ray McNurlin, last Wed nesday afternoon. There were twelve present. Mrs. Ruth Dyer received the news of the arrival of her first great grandchild last week. Jim Dyer's aldest daughter, Mrs. Donald Bride well, has a new baby boy born on January 27th. Mr. and Mrs. Richards received word that Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fis cher of Ashland have a new baby girl, born February S, at a hospital in Omaha. Mrs. Fischer was Miss Ruth Richards. The basketball boys of the Green wood high school played Pleasant Tale at Greenwood last Friday night. The first team was defeated by a score of 20 to 22. The second team won their game. Missionary Society Meets Mrs. B. M. Hansen entertained the Missionary society at her home on last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Shoupe led the meeting and Mrs. Walter Woitzel gave a book review that was most interesting. Shower for Bride to Be Misses Thelma and Lucille Lees ley and Miss Ross attended a mis cellaneous shower at Louisville last Saturday, given in honor of Miss Thelma Leesley by Mrs. Margaret Fleischman and Mrs. Helen Knolle at the former's home. The bride-to-be received many beautiful gifts. Preliminary Music Contest A vialin recital and contest pre liminary was presented by the stu dents of the Greenwood school at the school auditorium on Thursday evening, February 11, at S o'clock. A good crowd attended and every one enjoyed the music which was well rendered by all who took part in the program. Birthday Party for Friends Mrs. Evan Armstrong had a birth day party at her home last Tuesday evening. The evening was spent playing pinochle. There were six tables of players. Mrs. Alvin Holmes received first prize for the ladies and Mrs. Steinberg second. Mrs. Edna Miller was low. Mr. Steinberg received first prize for the men and P. E. Clymer second. Earl Miller was low. SILENCE OVER HER GRAVE Franklin, Neb. Mrs. Adelina Quintin of Campbell, 84, wanted si lence over her grave, and specified in ler will any person criticizing his inheritance would lose It'. The will, penned in French a month before Mrs. Quintin'a death in January, was filed in county court here. It dis posed of her extensive property hold ings to almost 50 friends and rela tives. "If I have forgotten anyone I am sorry," the will read. "But I am so anxious that there will be silence over my grave that, if anyone criti cizes his or her Inheritance, that per son will lose It, both for themselves and members of the family." Hollywood Celebrities at Ball m KAl S V ' . -y-.it A Bette Davis sect : jtf -s k K-ir m a , , w 4. a I Harmon Ne Among those present at the annual Screen Actors' Guild ball in Los Angeles were Bette Davis, blond screen star; her husband. Harmon Nelson, band leader, center, and Paul Muni, right, who sported a beard in preparation for his next picture. Miss Davis won the Academy award last year and Muni is a candidate for the honor thi3 year. FINDING JOBS HARD FOR WPA Stating the job of finding work for relief people suited to their skills was one of tremendous magnitude, State WPA Administrator Felton said the workers nationally are classified according to 160 occupational differ ences. Trouble with providing the work said Felton i3 that it must not only be a job, but work which will preserve and increase their work ability in their chosen field and allow them to step in when private indus try employment rolls expand. In Nebraska there are 49,107 job less eligible to work under the WPA. Nationally the load is 6.402,000. The 49,107 figure doesn't mean that WPA contemplates employment of that many, or would employ them were the money available, said Fel ton. It means only the number of persons eligible to work on WPA, which is sometimes as many as eight to a family. Rules of WPA provide that only one member of a given family may work on WPA, however. More than a third of these workers on jobs are women, 13,500 of them and 35,792 were heads of families. Pointing out the high ratio of the re lief type which was unfitted for' any type of work w hen WPA started, Fel ton said 7,500 of this group were found eligible. About half of these were between ages of IS and 24. Cass county nas no bonded In debtedness, as, like the state, we have paid cash for our hard sur faced roads and other improve ments as wo went. A Big Type, Lay More and Bigger Eggs, High Livability! At the North Platte State Experimental Station our entry cf 24 pullets in the Nebraska Flock Testing Project have layed an average of 61.5 eggs in the trap nests. Monthly records as follows: Oct., 11.2 eggs; Nov., 15.8; Dec, 17.1; Jan., 17.4. These pullets were hatched at College of Agriculture, Lincoln, on April 7, 1936, from eggs selected from our regular flocks, same as our customers got! Number of Chicks Purchased from Evergreen Leghorn Farm I I Years19231924 BUYER J. W. Osborn Hemingford, Neb. H. C. Young Nehawka, Nebr. S. W. Cole Plattsmouth 100 400 Otoe, Nebr., May 3 1936. Mr. W, F. Nolte: Dear Sir Just a few lines to tell you how much pleased we are with our 400 baby chicks we got from you a week ago. We have not iost a single one yet. Now I wish to ask you if there would be any chance of getting 200 or 250 more baby chicks any time between now and the 23rd of May? ERNEST L. GANZEL. We believe the above records speak for themselves. Space will not permit print ing more of a similar nature. The proof of our service is in the chicks we furnish. Place Orders Now Write or Phone V i l K ? is n U i 7 THE WEATHER MEN The United States Weather Bureau consistently achieves over 85 per cent accuracy in its twenty-four to forty-eight hour forecasts, according to The Literary Digest, despite the scoffers who disbelieve this high bat ting average. The government experts, it also re ports, have pretty well demolished "systems" which pretend to tell whether it will rain or blow a gale on a given date six months away. The Weather Bureau headquarters has 1.200 employees. 200 of which are skilled specialists. There are 1, 027 other observers of the bureau in the field besides 5,000 "cooperative observers" constantly acquiring cli matological data. Besides the thousands of land meteorological instruments, the bu reau employes meteorographs which are balloons carrying a robot weather man to ascend ten miles and radio down data on pressure, temper ature and humidity in the stratos phere. Altho weather forecasting con stantly saves millions of dollars in property damage as well as human lives the cost of the bureau is only $3,801,000 a year. NEW-RAY DEMONSTRATED From Saturday's Daily Miss Etta Nickles gave a demon stration permanent wave with the New-Ray yesterday afternoon. This machineless wave is becoming quite popular. TANCRED STRAIN Tf ib. . . :.'.? Harmon Nelson i! " - Vk? - J i ! I Paul Muni OySJ! yi Sillily i i i i I I l I i 1 i 1925119261 19271 1928!1929 19 3019311932!19331934!1 935,1936 ,1937 30o' 400 5001 SOo'jlOOO1, i I I ! i I 600i 500 750jl600j 700j I i ! I ! I 1 I ! ! j I AB F. NOLTE Young Couple of Greenwood Wieds Thursday Miss Thelma Mae Leesley Married to Irvin Boesel at Eeautiful Home Wedding. Miss Thelma Mae Leesley, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Leesley, became the wife of Irvin Bo-s-l f Wahoo at the home of the bride near Greenwood Thursdays evening, Feb ruary 18, at eight p. m. Tall baskets of snapdraons and roses and candelabra decorated th' altar. The candles were lighted by Miss Dorothy Leesley, sister of th: bride, and Miss Lorraine Trader. Lee Knolle of Plattsmouth san'-j "Into the Dawn with You" and "I Love You Truly" preceding the cere mony. He was accompanied by hi wife who also played Wedding Mihio by Pearl G. Curran. The bride wore a dress of garnet velvet. It was cut on the princess line aud had a slight train. Tiny buttons leached to the waist in the back. The sleeves were lull with a tight cuff. The only ornaments worn by the bride were a tiny gold pin worn by her mother at her wedding and a go)d bracelet, a gift of tin groom. She carried an arm bouquet of yellow roses aud white sweet peas. Miss Lucille Leesley, sister to the bride, was maid of honor. She won' turquoise blue taffeta of floor length trimmed in bands of velvet in shades of blue. Her arm bouquet was of pink rose3 and sweet peas. Melvin Boesel, brother of the groom, attended as best man. The double ring ceremony was used. Misses Elsie Basel and Isabel Ross had charge of the gift room. Twin sisters of the bride, Beula and Beuna. took care of the guest hook. Mrs. Joe Vickers, Mrs. John Vickers, Mrs. Roy Vickers. Mrs. Kften Cope, Mrs. Laura Lanning, Mrs. Jacob Meier and Misses Merele Vickers and Thelma Waldradt served. The couple left for their honey moon immediately after the cere mony. They will make their home at San Francisco, Calif., where Mr. Boesel is employed. Mrs. Boesel at tended the Wesleyan University and has been a teacher in the Greenwood schools. DELINQUENT TAXES COMING IN Cass county citizens have, paid $10, 545.53 since the first of the year on the 1935 and prior delinquent taxes. John E. Turner, county treasurer, believes the people ot' this county are showing a greater trend toward tax-consciousness at the opening of 1937 than for some time. They are facing the tax situation as a due obligation. Exclusively! SOOj 600 j 500 500 ! 5C0, I I l" I I 001 500; 500J 700j SOOj I I I I I 400 500; 80011200, 800,1200 Hemingford, Nebr., March 20, 1933. AV. F. Nolte, Mynard, Nebr. Dear Sir I would like to place an order for 200 White Leghorn Baby Chicks on the hth of April. I was a 4-H Club member last year and got 100 chicks from you and took prizes at the fair last fall. I would like to ga the same strain I did last year. MISS LELA BOWSER. Call Phone 3614 Plattsmouth