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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1937)
TEuESUAY. SEPT. 23, 1??7. PLATTSirOUTH SEWI-WXXELY JQTOTii PAGE THREE Flower Show Beauty Spot in Korn Karnival Show Held in Elks Building This Year and Attracts Much Atten tion From Visitors. Thanks are due to the Garden club for their hard work that has made the flower show so very effective this year. They have added new classi fication cards and holders, individual display backgrounds, and shadow boxes that help to make it more in teresting and attractive. A special feature is the rock gar den. "With a background of scarlet page and oleander, the rocks and cacti are arranged very attractively. Pans of water are placed so that they give the effect of a real stream. A live looking frog is Bitting beside one seeming to be almost ready to leap into the water. Colored lights are placed among the rocks, adding to the attractiveness. There are at least thirty different cacti. Each person visiting the flower show will be given the opportunity of casting a ballot for what they like best in the flower Bhow. There will be plants for sale at the flower show. There is a fine display of fruit and flowers and wall baskets, 100 classes divided into 12 sections being shown. Other features are the rooms in which the tables are set and the shadow boxes are shown. The work of Anna Harris' school children is also shown. There are pressed Cowers, transferred leaves and seeds. The whole thing is decorated with overhanging ferns of asparagus, and is a very attractive and Interesting feature of the Kass Kounty Korn Karnival. OLD RESIDENTS HEBE From Monday's Daily M. A. Hartigan, Jr., of Norfolk. Virginia, with his sister, Mrs. Ann Hartigan Murray, of East St. Louis, Illinois, were here today for a few hours. They are returning home from Hastings where they attended a re union of their family and met their brother, John C . Hartigan, well known Fairbury attorney. They are children of Michael A. Hartigan, Sr., who resided here in the eighties, they leaving here in 1888. Mr. M. A. Hartigan, Jr.. is now the general claim agent of the Vir ginia railroad and this is the first time he has been here In many years. They had thought to be here for the old settlers day but found they were too early. BANDS AND MORE BANDS The Korn Karnival this year Is to have the finest array of bands we have ever had. All together there will be six bands besides the drum corps and a 10-piece orchestra for the coronation. The towns sending bands are Louisville, Weeping Water, Nebraska City and Syracuse. Then we have the Farmers Union from Case county and our own band which is a combination of recreation band and the high school band. EIGHT MILE GROVE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday school at 9:30. English services at 10:30. On Wednesday, September 29 th the ladies aid society will meet at the church. Hostesses, Mrs. Julius Engelkemeier and Mrs. Otto Schafer. Sunday, October 3rd Sunday school at 9:30 and no church ser vices. ESTATE Property of the Late Mrs. Amelia Wynn to he Held at Her Apartments South of the Courthouse Saturday, Sept. 25 Sale Starts at 3:00 P. M. SHARP Anything you want in the line of Furniture or Small Tools, it will be found at this sale. Terms: CASH Hettie Aclterman Administratrix Rex Young W. E. Reynolds Auctioneer Clerk ; to it mwj I. mt -4 ' 1 i Ml l; 1 t; f .:.: r f'. -' THREE GENERATIONS OF MUSICIANS Above is a photo of the three generations of the Musical Nichols Family of Louisville, who will play here Friday night at the King Korn Karnival. The elder Nichols, shown at left, was recently honored by his home town band for his long service in musical organizations of Louisville. At that time the above trio played a special number. The son, Ross Nichols, is a noted saxophonist and has played with leading orchestras of the nation. He will play a saxophone number, immediately following the appearance of the three generation trio. All three father, son and grandson are members of the Louisville band, which will appear in the Bohemian parade that same night. Glenwood to Play Here at 3:30 Friday First Home Game of the Plattsmouth High School Team Large Crowd Expected. The Plattsmouth high school foot ball team will show their wares for the benefit of the home folks on Fri day afternoon, September 24, when the Glenwood team will journey across the Big Muddy to mix it up with the locals. The Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad club at a recent meeting joined in asking that all who could do so, get out and attend the game and also the platform activities will be stopped down town and everybody head for Athletic park. This is a fine recog nition of the hard work that the school players put out in training and playing for the blue and white of Plattsmouth. The Platters tied with "Weeping Water last week at the county fair, but with their first game over and out of the way, they are planning on really going places for the rest of the season. With a new line, only one of whom was a veteran, the team Bhowed well and should make plenty of trouble for the Mills county boys. RETURNS FROM EAST Ray Bryant, local Oldsmobile and Plymouth dealer, returned Sunday from a visit back at the Olds factory at Lansing, Michigan. Mr. Bryant drove back a brand new Olds of the latest type for display at the garage S oik tut tfie, Aotie qwes. wk ImstiAe too Mother hasn't been well and we got the telephone for emergency calls to the doctor. But more than anything, it's a source of PLEASURE. We call our friends. They call W. And nearly every day we talk with our daughter in town. It's a fine feeling also to know that we could telephone the neighbors if there was a fire or we needed help for any other reason. And it coeta so little that it's a real bargain. Well never be without a tele phose again. Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co Iowa Woman Killed in Auto Crash at Eagle Car Driven by George McFadden Collides with Car of Elm wood Sunday. Mrs. Emma Studor, C4, of Rock Valley, Iowa, was killed almost in stantly Sunday in an automobile ac cident four miles east and one mile north of Eagle. She was riding in a car driven by George McFadden of Avoca. Two daughters of the McFadden family were cut and bruised in the accident. The oldest daughter, Dorothy, 12, was taken to the St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City where physicians found she was cut severely but they did not believe that her condition was serious. McFadden and wife escaped with minor injuries. Riding in the other car were Mrs. Fred Schick of Elmwood and her two children. They escaped with only minor injuries. The dead woman was a cousin of Mrs. McFadden and was visiting at their home at Avoca. DRAWS DOWN FINE Howard Swenneker was arraigned in county court Monday on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with only one light, having only one li cense plate on the car and also hav ing a whistle attached to the muffler of the car. A fine of $10 was given him by Judge Duxbury and In fail ure to supply the amount he was remanded to jail. Korn Karnival Opens for Four Days of Frolic Children's Parade Climaxes the Aft ernoon Program of First Day of Fall Festival. The sixth annual King Korn Kar nival sponsored by the people of Plattsmouth and Cass county, opened Wednesday in a very brilliant start and with a good sized crowd out to witness the lirst offerings of a very fine four day program. It was a real pleasure to the Tlatts Plattsmouth people to see on the plat form at the opening offering. R. Fos ter Patterson, of Tarkio, Missouri, who had generously taken the time off from his duties at Tarkio college to come up and assist in the present ation of the many fine attractions that will fill the next few days. "Pat", has been the announcer at each of the karnivals and has given a very fine accounting of his part of the job. Band Opens Program It was at 1 o'clock that the con cert by the riattsmouth band marked the opening of the program with a short concert at the platform. The concert was exceptionally fine and the program was remarkably well presented by the band under the di rection of Peter Gradoville. The con cert was one of the best that has been offered in the city and was a most fitting start of the festival. To the music lover it was a real treat. Mayor George Lushinsky, on be half of the city of Plattsmouth, ex tended the official welcome on this most auspicious occasion. Carl J. Schneider, president of the Chamber of Commerce, also gave greetings from the people of Plattsmouth. The Jolly Six from Mynard, com posed of Robert, Donald. Shirley, and Whipple Leonard. Beulah Riser and Robert Kiser gave a very fine musical presentation that was much appre ciated. Miss Venettia Adkins was present ed in a song that was well given and showed the talent of this young lady. The Fontenelle chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion presented a very fine and in structive program as a part of the 150th celebration of the adoption of the United States constitution, by a You expect your government to give you service and protection. You expect it to make laws and to enforce them. You expect your government to do hundreds of other things. And why shouldn't you? After all, that is what a government is for. I series of questions and answers cov ering the great fundamental law of the land. Milo Price, head of the history department of the city schools gave the answers to the questions asked by Miss Harriett Case, member of the high school class. These ques tions covered many phases of the con stitution and were followed with great interest. Mrs. E. II. Wescott as sisted in the program with two vocal numbers. Miss Caroline Baird and Mrs. L. O. Minor of the D. A. R. were also on the platform. Hector Balthazor and Ray Herold helped make the afternoon program very interesting with their mandolin and guitar selections that comprised old fashioned and popular selections. Children's Parade The children's parade was the cli max of the afternoon when at 4 o'clock the parade moved from the high school on east to the Burling ton station. There were five divisions of the parade, the great array of pets of all kinds which were led or carried by their happy mistresses or masters and embracing dogs of large and small degree. The doll buggy section, as usual afforded one of the bright spots with the cleverly arranged buggies and these all showed great care on the part of the children and their par ents in arranging the various fea tures. The bicycles, scooters and other ve hicles proved another very attractive feature with the decorated wheels that added colorful features to the long line of the parade. The comics and other characters showed some very original offerings from the youngsters that comprised some of the well known characters in the daily newspaper comics down to original offerings. The Burlington railroad had con tributed a great deal to the parade in stfnding their miniature passenger Friday and Saturday Nights BEKIN BUILDING PUBLIC INVITED Ladies, 25 Gents, 35 Your Government Is Your Responsibility Do Your Part To Help Perhaps the little that you owe to the government in the form of taxes seems too small to matter. Maybe it is small, but it still takes only one hundred pennies to make a dollar. Now is the time for you to put your penny in with the rest and see for yourself how much more the dollar will give you. and freight trains here and which was one of the centers of attraction. Manned by veteran Burlington work ers who numbered Edward Thrall, re tired engineer, Everett Gooding of the Omaha yard force and Ralph Bar- thold of Sioux City, a veteran of many years, the two trains moved up from the Burlington station and joined the parade at Sixth and Main streets. These trains will be here for the en tire corn show and will provide rides for the little folks. The awards for the children's day parade closed the afternoon program and the following were awarded: List of Awards Doll Buggies Marilyn Lutz, 1st; Eva Nell Mendenhall, 2nd; Janet Har ris, 3rd; Donna Fae Mason, 4th; Georgia Lester, 5th; Donna Cotner, 6th. Pets Raymond Johnson, 1st; Mar Jorie Devoe, 2nd; Donald Gray, 3rd; Jack Hadraba, 4th; Jack Winters, 5th; Wynn Babbitt, Cth. Bicycles D. Ruse, 1st; Joseph Mc Maken, 2nd; Kenneth White, 3rd; Donald Steppat, 5th; Ruth Soloreno, 5th. Other vehicles Harlan Conn, 1st; Leonard Sheard, 2nd; Robert and John Kelley, 3rd; Richard Kline, 4th; Sharon Smith, 5th; Geraldine Wiles, 6th; Carl Ofe, Jr., 7th. World-Herald Comics Catherine Kaffenberger and Kenneth Bothards, 1st; Mary Rishel-Bobby Hall, 2nd; Jimmie and George Moreland, 3rd; Betty Jean Shyrock and Jeanette Shyrock, 4th. Bee-News Comics Elmo Gouchen our, 1st; Charles Waleeber, 2nd; Peggy Highfield, 3rd; Billy Gouchen- our, 4th; Marjorie Phillips, 5th; Don Famous Explorer Finds Breakfast to Brace -Op Nerves! QUAKER OATS, WIHS PRAISE But even a government can't serve you if it isn't paid. You don't expect your doctor to hurry to see one of the children in the middle of the night for nothing. You don't expect your grocer to hand out groceries and never collect a hill for them., i i ald Aylor. 5th; Dolly Eledge and Emil Woods, 6th; Ruth Ann Favors and Doris Bayley. 7th; Billy Hirz and Billy Rhoden, 8th; LeRoy Covert, 9th. Other vehicles Millie Caldwell and Buddy McMaken, 1st; Barbara Lamphere, 2nd; Elva Jane Smock, 3rd; Clementine Woster. 4th; Dor othy Roberta Willis. 5th; Dorothy Stradley, Cth; Marian and Margaret Fricke, 7th. Korn Klub Parades All parades of the King Korn Kar nival will form on high school hill and will start promptly as set in pro gram. nuest Uisely for Protection against Future Needs Federal Insured Shares Provide secure and profitable in vestments of Savings to compound earnings, or of capital sums for cash income. Ilebr. City Federal Sayings & Loan Association Chartered and Supervised by TJ. S. Government (The Place for Home Loans) BREAKFAST OF GREAT AMERICANS, OF RVTH HARKHESS, GREAT AMERICAN EXPLORER, WHO CAPTURED SU.UN, GIANT PANDA, ALIVE. 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