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PIATTSMOTITH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1937. PAGE TWO I1 32 fhe Platfssnoufh Journa PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-clas? 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. Eeyond COO miles. $3.00 rer year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, ?3.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. , From Thursday's Daily Wednesday Afternoon Club Mrs. W. V. Ryan entertained the Wednesday afternoon club at her home yesterday. Prizes went to Mrs. Herbert Schutz, Mrs. Theodore Ptak. and Mrs. Ryan. green candles were used on the table. SAINT JOSEPH OF MOUNT ROYAL A treasure chest filled with candy favors wrapped in silver formed the! Following a tradition that dates centerpiece. Betty Mae opened herjback to 192S, there will be again this' I .f '' i,,, ' ? - ;ifts following the lunch. rj- Elmwood News Miss Haze! Oisen, assistant post : .it-iroi's, was visiting friends in and Sunday, family were the home of Mrs. Lucy t.-maha last Saturday t'hurhs Dwell and quests last Sunday at Mrs. Biu-ll's mother I.tle. Mr. and Mrs. Charles U. Wood drove to Lincoln last Sunday to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Scheme-k-r. Walter Plybon was called to I'lattsmouth Friday of last week to look after the transaction of some 1 usiness matters. Henry Crozier and Knude Jensen, t f Weeping Water were in Elmwood last Tuesday, looking after the bank property which they recently pur i based. Charles Wood was over neai Cedar Creek last Tuesday, where he j v. sited at the home of his son. Wal- j tor Wood and family. He was ae umpanied by his son Stanley. Mr. and Mrs. Fox. of Scotia, were visiting with friends and relatives i.i i:i;.r.voi d the fore part of last week, being guests at the home -of the parents o: Mrs. Fox, Dr. and in Omaha and Council Bluffs last Monday, where he attended a meet ing of the board of directors of the Clover Farm organization. Follow ing the business session of the board, a splendid banquet was enjoyed. Found Father Improving V.'. W. Coatman. of Elmwood, and his brother, R. M. Coatman. of Alvo, went to Grand Island last week, at which place they spent a few days at the home of their sister, Mrs. M. L. Golliher and husband. William Coatman, of Weeping Water, father of the trio, has been spending the winter at the Golliher home there, and has been ill for some time, but is now somewhat improved. He was greatly cheered by the visit of his sons and with the coming of spring expects to be able to be about again, after several weeks confinement indoors. Honor Berniece Am Mis. Elmer Sundstrom and Miss Wilma, Pickard were hostesses at a shower at the home of Mrs. J. Howard Davis last evening honoring Miss ! Berniece Arn. Members of the A. and O. Sunday school class were guests. The girls made a scrap book for the bride-to-be. Later hearts were played. Miss Kathryn Armstrong held high score and Miss Dorothy Clock, consolation. Decorations carried out the St. Patrick's theme. Green candles in crystal holders sat upon green sham rocks) to form the centerpiece on the tables. Favors were small green candy candles. Following the lunch. Berniece went on a treasure hunt for her gifts. Methodist Federation Mrs. L. S. Devoe was chairman of I the program at the meeting of the ; Methodist federation yesterday after I noon. A musical program was pre sented by high school students. Lee Knolle introduced the students. Rob ert Vallery sang the "Kashmiri Song" and Rachel Robertson played a viola solo '"The Swan." A piano solo was given by Jean Knorr. "Com ing Home" was the title of the song by Beatrice Arn. Plans w ere made for a church sup per to be given election night, April t. Members of the Naomi circle were hostesses. Mr?. Totnir.il. Moved to Elrrrwccd to Reside Mr. ana Mrs. Clarence Ohms and lamny. w no nave oeen maKing meir for -jss Arn She home on a farm near South Bend, i iyY ylv wcott. Guests hid their Shower for Eride-to-Be Mrs. Frank Barkus, T.rrs. Albert Funk, Mrs. T. B. Farmer, and Mrs. R. B. Hayes were hostesses at a shower honoring Miss Berniece Arn yesterday afternoon at the Hayes home. Thirty guests attended. A model home was planned for the bride-to-be during the afternoon each guest preparing' a page. Mrs. IE. H. uescott sang three love songs was From Saturday's Iaily Good Will Club Mrs. Delia Roddy entertained the Good Will club last week. Follow ing the business meeting the mem bers presented tea towels to the hostess. year a solemn world-wide novena at St. Joseph's Oratory, Montreal, ex-j tending from the 10th to the 10th ofi March. This year the novena has a special significance. 1937 marks the 300th anniversary of the solemnity of the consecration of Canada to St. Joseph, by the civil and religious author-! ities o cur country. Furthermore, we love to believe that clear Brother Andre will this year intercede all the stronger, from his heavenly home, for the friends of Saint Joseph. To participate in this novena, it is necessary only to send one's inten tions to St. Joseph's Shrine, Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal, where they will be placed before the statue of Saint Jo seph during the novena. A medal and a novena leaflet are sent on re-' quest. , Hundreds of thousands reap many blessings from this fifdd of devotion. The Frank Edwards family moved to the liar.ey Rasp property south of Alvo, Monday. r P. J. Limb is still at the Bryan Memorial hospital taking treatments, lie is feeling some better. Mr. and Mrs. Charles God boy vis ited their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dickenson and child ren, of Lincoln. Monday afternoon. The work on Philip Coalman's I new house has progressed very well I in spite of seasonal handicaps and is now ui to a point where the ex Iterior is being painted, j On Thursday Etta Mao Rlodgett I treated the school children in Miss j Arn"s room to delicious birthday cup i cakes which she had baked herself. iKlta Mae was celebrating her birth- Thursday, March 11 Horses and Machinery At this time I will offer for sale 35 head of choice horses and :i large assortment of machinery! Watch for Sale Bills Jr. The John Deere Dealer . Phone No. 27 Alvo, Nebraska nr. mtavi day. Mr. and Mrs. Volde of David City spent Sunday with their son, George Lnd wife. Mrs. George Volde re- Beginning March ICth. there will j turned borne w ith them Sunday even- Family Dinner Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Reed are en tertaining at their home tomorrow at a family dinner. Guests are to be Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Reed, parents of Melvin; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancas ter, parents of Mrs. Reed; and Mr. and Mrs. Verle Smith, Mrs. Smith a sister to Mr. Reed, all of Murray. Ronald Schlie htemeicr. who oper ates the garase. was called to Om aha last Tuesday to look alter busi-rs'-i matters. While ho was away, ibe business was being looked after by J. L. Hayes. Misses Betty Clements and Phyl lis Greene, who are students at the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln, vk-ited over the week end at the homes of their respective parents in Llm wood, returning to the capital city Sunday evening. Ted Hall and wife were in Omaha Tuesday of last week, attending the rpring market week festivities be ing put on for visiting merchants I y the Omaha Wholesalers' associa tion, and also mad 2 the purchase of K-jnie goods for the store here. Mr. and Mrs. N. I). Both well were in Lincoln last Sunday, going for a visit at the home of Mr. Boswell's 1 mother, who lias been ill for sev- era I weeks. While they tound her s. 'new-hat better, she is still very :-) I y and is being cared for by a graduate nurse. Joe Johnson, who has the cafe in Kim wood, was a visitor in Murdoch last Tuesday, going to look after lh" ea'.e there which has been 0011 o i; t(d by his son Paul, who has necepted a position near Greenwood i::d had to leave to take over the t:r. ties of his new job. Fiank W. Lorcn;: and wife and Iheir son Arthur Lorenz and wife vvre in Gleii'.vood. Iowa, last Fri day, where they attended the fun eral of a cousin. W litre there wa mi pavi meat, they found the roads being unable to rent a farm for the coming season, have moved to Elm wood to reside and are occupying the residence property of Grandma Turner. They moved their house hold goods to the new home on last Tuesday. Death Claims Old Resident I'nole Thomas Stout, age ST. and a long time resident 'of the vicinity a few miles northwest of Elmwood, passed away last Tuesday evening. niece, poured following an illness of some dura f'on. He is survived by his wife and four children, three daughter:; and a son, also five grandchildren and t h r ce g r ea t -g ra n d ( h i 1 d r e 11 . The children are Mrs. Mabel Winn. Mrs. Elmer Klyver and Mrs. Arthur Klyver, of Lincoln, and Charles Stout, the son, who resides in Can ada. Funeral services were held at the Alvo church with Rev. Ben Wallace officiating, on Friday afternoon. Bur ial was in the Alvo cemetcrv. ill.; then wrote verses on pink hearts directing the guest of honor to the hiding place. After the gifts were located. Miss Arn opened them at the table. Two baskets of snapdragons helped to carry out the color scheme of pink, white and lavendar in the de corations. The bridal cake was cut by Miss Am and served with the brick ice-cream with pink heart-center. Mrs. V. T. Arn. mother of Ber- Bridge Club Mrs. James Mauzy entertained her bridge club at a dessert luncheon yes- accompanied ' terday. The party was given as a farewell for Mrs. Herman Thomas of Nebraska City who is leaving today for California where she will visit her daughter, Mrs. William K. Mrasek. Mrs. Thomas also plans to spend some time in Oregon. Mrs. Philip llirz won high score for the afternoon. Mrs. M. D. Brown was second and Mrs. W. C. Soennich scn, third. IN THE CITY be broadcast from St. Joseph's Shrine a trifluum in honor of Saint Joseph. The broadcast will start at 8 p. m. (Eastern Standard Time) and will be on the air for four nights. All C.B.C. stations from Sydney to ing to spend the week visiting rela tn es at David City. Mrs. L. M. Hauptman, who ha3 been quite ill because of complica tions following scarlet fever is now able to sit up a.vhile each day. Mrs. Winnipeg will be included in the' flauptman is getting along as well hook-up. There will be a ten-minute sermon in French, a five-minute program of singing in Latin, then a ten-minute sermon in English.. Pray ers and announcement will complete the half hour. gave her dang sixth grade. h- a Special speakers for each, evening will feature the program.- F;-m Fri. lay's Faily Stitch and Nibble Miss Eleanor F.watck entertained the Stitch and Nibble club at her home last evening. Eight members were present. From Saturday's laily Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hermann of 1 Omaha were here hist evening for a short viit with o'.d friends. Mrs. ! Hermann was formerly Miss Vyrl 1 1 I Fossler, teacher in the Plattsmouth ! Attorney t chools for several ycavu. and enjoyed two and DRAWS SHALL FINE From Thursday's Daily The time of the counly couit was taken up today in the hearing of the case of the State of Nebraska vs. John Nolting. charging the defend ant in a complaint of four counts of assault and battery and threatening Judge C. S. Wort man, of South Bond. The testimony took up the greater part of the morning and the case was sulimittcd to the court after the noon hour. as can lie expected. Mrs. Roy Stewart ter, Marlene, of the birthday party Thursday afternoon at school. Marlene and the children of Miss Arn's room enjoyed delic ious refreshments. Idr. and Mrs. Earl Dreamer and j.:r. and Mrs. Ray Parsed l havo he en j helping with the redecorating of the ! new home of their father, Joe Par J sell. Mr. and Mrs. Parsell expect to ! move in just as soon as possible. indeed a very fine crowd and from al! evidence every lady felt well paid because or their presence and loyal co-operation. Delicious refreshments, consisting of chicken sandwiches, olives, potato chips and coffee were served. Entertained Club Mrs. Charles Godbey entertained the Alvo Woman's Reading club on Thursday afternoon. Twenty ladies were present. Mrs. Stroemer. Mrs. "Wallace and Mrs. Copple had charge of a very entertaining program. The afternoon events were climax ed with the hostess serving very de licious refreshments. Improving; Property 1 Weichel is doing some Harry pair work at the farm wh purchased last fall and wh just recently been vacated Jcrrel Rueber family. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Howe plan to move in as soon as the houae is eh U-h by re he has the Society the Visited at Elair Tuesday j The Rev. Fa 11 tell, pastor of Methodist church at Elmwood (ailed to Blair last Tuesday to alter some business matters and .....a. 1. 1 I V . V. ' C .J I J VIO.IIII , 1,1111 a number of friends there. He mado the trip in his car. in Pr from being g';od, especially the vhiaity of Pacific Junction, ai which point a low section of the load was flooded. Xade J. P. Cooh. ican E::han; laving r-ome look a. Iter at a F.arid Tri president of the Amer e Bank of Elmwood, busini'ss matters to Drs Moines, Iowa, de- ..ned i l-.oon Sun c en in..;, day wa ; : his business and the return trip was made that atternoon, arriving here in the early evening. He was a'com panied by J. E. Shiccvc, who acted as driver. They found good roads all the way, with Ike exception of a bad spot n-'ar Pacific Junction, Iowa, where the road was flded with sev eral inches of water from the melt ing snow. y t lie Iowa capital city at 'lay and arrived there that. The entire forenoon Mou--pciit in the transaction of Enjoyed Double Bitthday Miss Alma Clements and her Iji other, Vernon Clements, who is l.est known as "Bud." were celebrat ing the passing of their birthday on last Sunday and in honor of the oc casion, their brother San ford and wife, who reside at Peru, and L." D. Clements, another brother, making iis home at Lincoln, and his wife drove over for the day. An fine birthday dinner was enjoyed by all. Attended Meeting in Omaha X. D. Bothwell, who operates the Clover Farm store iu Elmwood, was K. and E. Club Mrs. L. W. Egenberger entertained the K. and B. club at her home last evening. Mrs. E. A. Wurl was a guest. Both high score and travel ing prize went to Mrs. Fred Lugsch. Miss Laura Meisinger wasj second and Mrs. Emmons Ptak. third. Three tables played. Decorations ""'list out the St. Patrick's motif, look I ! redecorated. The court found the defendant j . guilty on count one of the indict- Entertains Aid ment and assessed the fine of ?10j Mis. Ben Wallace, assisted by and costs which was paid. County, Mrs. Earl Dreamer, Mrs. Minnie CapwtH dismissed counts Peterson and Mrs. S. '. Boylcs very three and the county dis-, delightfully entertaineel Death Corn: 3 to Gid Resident Death rnmo to t: as Stout, S7, long tin.:- rc:d-.-:it r- the Alvo com munity, Tuesday evening at ::0 o'clock at 1 '-. l.o-vo. Mr. Stout is sur.;--d by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Mabel Winn, Mrs. Elmer Klyver and Mrs. Arthur Klyver of Lincoln; one son, Charles, r.f Saskatchewan. Canada; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Alvo church with Rev. Ben Wallace of. iciating, on Friday afternoon. Bur ial was in the Alvo cemetery. The family have the sympathy of their many friends. HAVE A FINE SON the opportunity of meeting a iv of the old friends anel pupils. imber missed count iprovike an a: Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Spidell are the happy parents of a fine ten pound son, horn to them lhui'cclay at tne j University hospital at Omaha. All I are doing r.ic.Iy and the event will i thirty-two j bri,ng the best wishes from the friends lou;-, that of trying to ladies at the regular March meeting j for the future welfare and success uli i i of the Ladies Aid society. This was i of the young man. carrie el o Business Changes Hands Mr. and Mrs. David Enterline, who have been e-onducting the north cream staticm for many months, have given up the work, which is taken over by Elihu Lyon. There is plenty of competition in the cream and produce business here as well as elsewhere. ! ilHirsaav Altemoon tJlub Mrs. Richard Beverage entertain ed the Thursday afternoon bridge club at her home yesterday. Mrs. Warren Seharfenberg, Mrs. John Palacck, Jr., and Mrs. Theodore Ptak were guests. Mrs. Ptak won high I score and Miss Marie Horn, second. I r. Socn to Have Picture Shew The workmen in charge of trans forming the empty room which is owned by Lee Coons, into a modern v I'd up-to-date moving picture show loom are making very good progress, al'hough. it will be some little time yet before the job is completed. As soon as the work is finished, a show will be operated in the building. Guild and Auxiliary Mrs. Perry Cofinanii wa:i hostess to the St. Luke's guild and auxiliary yesterday afternoon. The missionary lesson was presented by Mrs. John Schutz, Mrs. Henry Ilerold and Mrs. Julian. Plans were made for a card party to be given March ol. The ladies worked upon tray cloths and dresser scarfs for the hospital. of! Returned to Home Mrs. C. H. Shadley. mother Mrs. Herman Penterman. who has born visiting here with her daugh ter Tor some time past, while re cuperating from a serious illness in a hospital in Lincoln, departed for her home at McCook last Sunday. Mrs. Sliadlcy, who was very ill when she first came, proved and ha portion of h: she would have longer visit now is now greatly im : enjoyed the latter stay here. Although liked to enjoy a that her health is Eirthday Celebration Miss Patty Ann Htil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Heil, celebrated her second birthday Tuesday. She was fjuest of honor at a dinner at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Will Rummcl. The take which was the great attraction to Patty, was sent l're;m Holdrcge by Mrs. II. B. Hall, an aunt. Tuesday evening Patty and her parents were guests at an othvr aunt's home, Mra. Clyde Graves. so much improved, she felt that she should go home to look after af lairs there. RETURN TO PLATTSMOUTH From Saturday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. Rae McMaken and daughters moved into the Harris apartments yesterday. The family lived here until a year ago when they changed their residence to Omaha. Their friends are happy to see them return to this community. Mr. Mc Maken is employed in the McMaken Transfer Co. Treacure Hunt Sixteen schoolmates met at the homo of Betty Mae Barktis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barkus yes terday afternoon to help celebrate her ninth birthday. The party took the form of a treasure hunt. Invitations were small pirate hats and when the guest. arrived each was given a pirate cap with skull and trews bones to prepare them for the afternoon adventures. Mysterious notes led the young pirates to the treasure, which was chocolate gold coins. Another game of the afternoon consisted of a race in carying a gold nuggett on a spoon. Hubert Babbit was the young pirate who guessed most nearly the number of pieces of candy in the bag of" treas ure. 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