THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1937. II WO INTERS. A. L. Becker was in Lincoln last Monday delivering wood and on Tues day was delivering wood to Platts mouth. Emery Hathaway was in Platts mouth and reports there were men frcm all over the county there for Olivers licenses. Raymond Bramblet has been hav ing some expert workmen recover his snooker table which is expected to make it as good as new. David Stuart of Nebraska who has heen picking corn near Union has completed his work in that line and returned to his home at Nehawka. Mrs. M. G. McCarroll is visiting at the home of her parents at Lawrence, Kansas, going down Thanksgiving -tw1 viuitnv -i-rT until ihia WPpk - Matthew Metcalfe and family of, Avoca were guests over Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Met calf where they enjoyed a very fine visit. B. B. Everett was in Plattsmouth for bills for an administrator's sale for the estate of his brother, the late J. A. Everett, and was distributing the bills at the nearby towns. Mrs. Melvin Fresner who has been at an Omaha hospital where she un derwent an operation, was able to return to her home here last Sunday and is showing good improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rathe and.; children of Adams were visiting in j Union from Thanksgiving until over r, i i oi Mrs. Rather, L. G. Todd and wife and other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. David E. Eaton were enjoying a visit in Kansas City for a few days last week where they were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Osborne for Thanksgiving day and the remainder of the week. Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Andersen and John Fitzpatrick and wife were en joying attending the Nebraska-Kansas State football game last Saturday at Manhattan, Kansas, and they say the game was well worth the trip to see. Ion i i Mr. and Mrs. Henrv II. Decker and i family and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hobackj were down to Nebraska City last Sun- j cay where t'uey were visiting at the Lome of Mrs. Anna Mullis, a cousin ef Mrs. Becker who has been sick at her home for many months. Mr. and Mrs. Moley Ruse, just re eer.tly married, were visiting in Union and vicinity, guests for a few days at the home" of' John Hcbscheidt cf near Murray and L. M. McVey near Nehawka. They were enjoying a Thanksgiving trip as well as a wed ding trip. Their home is at Coleridge, Nebraska. Wm. Wright who was here last week and visited his mother, Mrs. Laura Wright and his two sisters and who got a Buick auto at Detroit, driv ing it home writes he arrived home Monday but had much bad weather and a severe blizzard near Salt Lake City as he went home. Attended Birthday Surprise. C. E. Morri3 and family were in Nebraska City last Sunday where they were in attendance at the gath ering at the home of Mrs. Lena Sand where they surprised this ve'ry Lmiable woman on the passing of her birthday. A large number of her friends were gathered to celebrate the event and who were joined by the Morris iamily of Union who are very close friends of the guest cf honor. Phillip Rihn Better. Phillip F. Rihn. senior partner of the Quality store who was so seriously ill for a time who has been home for s'?me three weeks, is reported as be ing much improved and was able to j it up some last Monday. He however i taking every precaution to insure hij improvement as permanent. He expects to return to the hospital in WE ARE THE Authorized Plymouth (and DeSoto) Dealers in Plattsmouth Make Your Next Cap a 'PLYMOUTH1 tiik (Aii that STAMtS I I IIL2ST R. U. Bryant &?ctor Go. Sales and Service mSMNSri cmiiiu POUJbER Omaha the coming week to see the specialists as to further treatment. At Plattsmouth Last Monday. Henry H. Becker was called to Plattsmouth last Monday where he had some business matters to look after and was accompanied by a Bis ter, Mary Becker, who went to secure her driver's license, they both being accompanied by the father of A. L. Becker who has been troubled of late late by some aching molars and was getting a few of them extracted in order to secure some rest and sleep. Will Expect to Build. King David Clark who with his mother, Mrs. C. W. Clark operate the Union hotel also have a small house in Union, and have been con sidering the advisability of using the house to make an addition to the hotel as it does not have sufficient loaritvfnrthP hllsinPM which fOfflOS , i to the hostlery at times. '" ' Will Visit in California. Mrs. Flora Murray will depart on Friday of this week for the Pacific coast where she will visit for the winter and will be guest of her daugh ter, Mrs. Mary Alexander of Los An geles and also will visit a sister at Stockton. Enjoyed Meeting Here. Judge C. L. Graves, municipal judge of Plattsmouth was a visitor in Union and was accompanied by Walter Byers, also of riattsmouth. thf.v rnm in f to viit ivitVl HflrrV ""-- V " , V J Graves and wife, the former a son of Judsre Graves and also Mr. and Mrs Harry Royal, the latter a daughter of the judge. They all enjoyed a dinner at the church, where they were serving dinner and supper Thanks giving day. Thanksgiving at Davenport. Charles Land and wife and the parents of Mrs. Land. Mr. and Mrs. Con Watkins, were enjoying a visit last Wednesday and Thursday at Davenport. Iowa, driving over to visit at tne nome or Mr. ana .Mrs. l-uiton Harris of that place and enjoying Thanksgiving day there. Mrs. Harris is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Watkins and sister of Mrs. Land which made a very nice family gathering. Speak ing of the gathering of the Iowa corn Mr. Land said that the corn would not be gathered before next harvest. Sang at Funeral. A quartet composed of D. Ray Frans. C. H. Whitworth, Mrs. L. B. Maugay and Miss Augusta Robb ren dered two favorite numbers while a little niece of Mr. Herman C. Ross sang a solo at the funeral of Mr. Ross. Candle Light Service. The members of the Epworth League of the Methodist church of Union conducted a very impressive service and one which was greatly enjoyed by the large gathering at the church last Sunday evening when they observed their candle lighting service which consisted of a number of the members forming a semi-circle over half around the auditorium of the church building. Obituary. After a long period of illness, death came to Herman Christian Ross in the Clarkson hospital at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, November 22. 1937 at the age of 53 years, 1 month, and 13 days. He was the son of Christian and Sophia Ross, born October 9, 1884 in the Wyoming precinct of Otoe coun ty. He resided there until 1913 when he moved to his farm near Union. In early life he became a member of the German Lutheran church near Otoe of which he still retains membership. Surviving are his son, Ralph of Rapid City, S. D. ; and four brothers, Henry. Adolph, Louie and Martin. His father, mother and one brother, j Frederick preceded him in death. j Rev. W. A. Taylor had charge of ; the services which were held at the Baptist church in Union at 1:00 p. m. and also at the Union Lutheran ceme i tery near Otoe. ! Pall bearers were the four broth ers, Henry. Adolph, Louis and Mar : tin Ross, and two nephews. Sterling land Victor Ross. i Cars county has no bonded in debtedness, as. like the state, we ; have naid cash for our hard sur faced reads and other improve j rr.ents as we went. Now. you can get a baby powder that will keep your baby SAFER against germs and skin 'infec tions. It's Mennen Antiseptic Powder Your doctor will tell you that whenever you buy a baby powder it surely ought to be Mennen. Because Menpen is more than just a dusting powder it's antisepticl And it costs no more' So. mother, buy a tin from your druggist, today. e Weeping Water Marvin Rector of Union spent the week end with his relatives in Weep ing Water. Mrs. Wm. Van Every who has been so ill with a serious attack of quin sey and which continued for over two weeks is reported as getting some better at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Sudduth of near Murray were visiting in Weep ing Water last Sunday, guests as the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Askew. G. R. Binger was called to Platts mouth Tuesday of this week where he .had some business matters to attend to. Bert Fisher was called to Louisville on Tuesday morning of this week to look after some business affairs, re turning during the morning. Mrs. Bert Fisher who has been visiting for the past two weeks at n . .u u , 'lu,uul ttl l"c u-b" "ames, eu.ge wyyru tamiiy ana tuancne u. uesman, ana where a son. James Fisher, has been ill for the past two weeks. He is now much improved. Earl Wallace who lias made his home in Weeping Water for many years and who has many friends here, found an opportunity to engage in busines for himself by leasing a standard Oil service station in Ne braska City and moved there on Thanksgiving day. The Farm Bureau which has been busy with their work and especially as to the terms of the corn loans, con- .i . i . i . 1 , " 1 Hie particulars reEardinc: that they will have the corn loans by the beginning of the coming week, so they can explain it to all prospective borrowers. Enjoyed Fine Thanksgiving. Mrs. Gertrude Wolph and daugh- ter Evelvn were hostesses at tneirjand family in tneir new nome in home over near Nehaw ka last Thurs-j Murray, for a few days last w eek, day w hen they entertained a large I Ray Creamer and wife w ere in number of the relatives. Among the j Plattsmouth and Mynard last Satur guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Olive 'day where they were attending the and family, w ho also had as their j funeral of the late Henry Johnson, guests George Olive and family. They j John Gilmore w ho is in his last report an excellent time. Among, year of medical college in Omaha was those besides the above were Vilas , enjoying Thanksgiving day, w hich Sheldon and wife. Richard Lane and was also his birthday, with his par- wife, Paul and Conant Wolph andjents. families, Ernest C. Giles and wife and Mrs. W. G. Kieck of Plattsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Tucker and Mrs. Frank P. Sheldon. Hears Father Had Died. On last Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keckler and wife were to have entertained at their home for friends at a Thanksgiving dinner but at about Z o'clock in the morn ing a ring came on the telephone, a long distance call from the home of the parents of Mrs. Keckler at Min neapolis, announcing the death of the father of Mrs. Keckler, Ralph C. Duerele, 54. He died from a heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Keckler ar - ranged to cancel the dinner and im mediately departed for Minneapolis to attend the funeral, arriving there at 5 in the evening, notwithstanding the northern part of Iowa was cover ed with snow from Marshalltown on north, the snow being from four to six inches deep. Mr. Keckler arrived home Monday evening, the wife and little son staying for some three w eeks. Celebrated 40th Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Taylor, the for mer rural carrier of the mail from the Weeping Water postoffice, were married forty years ago last Thurs day and their friends congregated and properly celebrated the occasion. There were forty-five of their friends present who had brought along an abundance of good things to eat and it the proper time in the evening a very delightful repast was served Among the families represented were Postmaster Sterling Amick, Walter Bickford, A. C. Johnson of Avoca. Sam Caker, Jr., Chas. Flaischmann, How ard Taylor and Glen Taylor and their families, and J. W. Wiseman and .amily. Well Again and at Work. Eugene Schumacher, son of Mr and Mrs. Louis Schumacher was very sick with an attack of pneumonia but which was well taken in hand and the attack was thwarted and after a num ber of days the young man was able to be out again and is now back to work picking corn. Knickerbockers Meet. The Knickerbocker club, not that one in New York City but the one in Weeping Water, were meeting Wed nesday of this week at the home of Mrs. A. C. Fry, where they were n- ' joying a sociable time and at the RICHARD Architect B!dg. Modernizins Store Fronts Latest Farm BIdg. Eesign Brick Work - Concrete Work - PJastcrin Telephone 200 Brick Porches - Fire Places Plattsmouth PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL M urray You will enjoy the old fashioned school program and spelling bee Fri day evening. ltw Mr. and Mrs. Chas. HoeGexer were enjoying a show in Omaha the after noon of Thanksgiving day. Miss Loa Davis took advantage of the school vacation Friday and spent the day shopping in Omaha. Wallace Nelson was home rrom his college work at Wesleyan university, enjoying his Thanksgiving vacation. Mrs. P. Ray Frans of Union was spending the day Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. G. H. Gilmore. Henry Vest was a visitor in Ne braska City on last Saturday and re mained until the following day. Bring your friends to the supper and entertainment at the Presby terian church Friday evening. . ltw Earl Merritt has completed the decorating and painting of the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Minford. Last week Ben Noell overhauled and repained a tractor for Tom Mc Quinn, puting the machine in fine shape. Mrs. Anna Rhoden was in Platts mouth last Saturday, guest at the home of Mrs. Wm. Gorder for the aft ernoon. W. O. Troop was looking arter some business matters in Plattsmouth last Saturday, accompanied by his son Thomas Troop. Misses Marian and Mina Young of Lincoln were at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Parr Young for Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Frank W. Elliott who has been a nurse at the home of Mrs. 'mow at the heme of his son. is get Sarah Young was taking a few days' ting along nicely and is able to be vacation during the past week. j about some, but cannot do hard w ork W. M. Coble of Omaha was visit- j as yet. His daughter, Mrs. Earl Mer ing his daughter, Mrs. Will Minford J ritt and husband were over 'Suiiday The supper and entertainment at Kenosha school house where Miss ! Mildred Wilson is teacher, was a huge success, and was attended by many of the Murray people. John M. Fitch of near Nehawka was a guest in Murray last Thursday for Thanksgiving day of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Merritt. they -all enjoying din ner at the Christian church. Be sure to attend the entertain ment and supper which the mission- ary society is preparing for r naay evening. ltw Ray Frederick of Nebraska City was visiting friends west of Murray and looking after some business mat- 1 ters as well as visiting the oil well being sunk northwest of town. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis were host and hostess last Sunday and had as their guests for the day and a very fine dinner Mr. and Mrs. Earl Merritt and Mrs. J. D. Pittman, mother of Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan De Les Dernier and family and Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Topliff were spending Sunday at the J. H. Browne home in Omaha and report a very enjoyable day spent together. Van Allen who is employed in Plattsmouth was home over the week end and was visiting with a friend in Lincoln Sunday, but got home in time for the work at Plattsmouth on Monday morning. Renew your youthful days and at tend the old time spelling school at the U. P. church Friday evening Also enjoy the modern cafeteria lunch which the ladies are serving. ltw Dick Todd who is Wcrld-Herald distributor to the people of Murray was happily surprised when he re ceived, as a Thanksgiving gift, a six pound dressed duck from World-Herald headquarters in Omaha. conclusion of the bridge games were served a very delightful luncheon. Eetter Best Club. The Better Best club met at the heme of Mrs. Walter Bickford No vember 19 for the lesson on planning the leisure hours. Mrs. H. M. Smith of Nehawka visited the club at this time. A Christmas party was planned to be held on December 9th at the home of Mrs. E. E. Moore to ex change gifts. The next meeting will be held on January 14, 193S, at the home of Mrs. 'Fred Wildrick. L. KING Builder AND The name of the wonderful cooks J of the aid society of the Christian , church, having spread abroad, many, I out of town people, some of them from a great distance, drove in and and making good progress in putting enjoyed the Thanksgiving dinner at the well down. There has been no the church. I hard rock encountered and the men Mrs. Addie Perry and daughter ! putting down the well feel encour Miss Helene, were guests of Mr. and aged at the progress being made. Mrs. O. A. Davis at the dinner at the I Christian church Thanksgiving day.j and spent the afternoon visiting with j Mrs. Pitman, mother of Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bauer of U.iion w hen the tables at the dinner served by the ladles at Union on Thanks- giving day were crowded so that it was difficult to get aseat. they drove to Murray and enjoyed their dinner ' at the Christian church, and visiied.be in better health. with their many friends here. Richard Brendel who is a student at the University of Nebraska was, with his mother, spending the Thanksgiving vacation with friends! time and Charles Nickles of Wall.1 in Murray, and enjoying the Thanks-J South Dakota, were visiting for aj giving dinner at the church. On Fri- few- days last w eek in Plattsmouth1 day, Richard and his friend. Gomerland Murray where they vistied at the. Warthen, were seeing the sights in former place with Lee Nickles and: Omaha and also attended a show. .Miss Etta Nickles. brother and sister j of James and Charles and visiting in. iiad iuxcellent Dinner and Eupper Murray at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. The ladies of the Christian church ' George E. Nickles. Elmo Nickles, so:i who served a dinner at the church :f Charles, cf Wall. South Dakota, parlors as well as supper, were welUalBO accompanied the father. (pleased with the very excellent patronage which the public gave them' as it afforded an opportunity for them I to earn a very neat sum for the use ' of the church. Jeff D. Lewis Eetter. Uncle Jeff Lewis who- was so badly shaken up when he fell from the hay . evening to visit him. Home From Hospital. Harry Noell who was at the Ck rk - son hospital for a time where he un- derwent an operation for appendi- citis. was able to return home last Sunday and ia getting along nicely. inanksgiving at Syracuse. W. O. Troop and Tommy and Miss i Katherine Gorder. Victor Wehrbein a graiuidaughter. and family, were guesu; lor inuniwus uaj ui - james Ccmstock of Plattsmouth who (home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Troop ; arp algo staudt.nts at lllo llniveisity, I at Syracuse, where all enjoyed a veryjwho vere lrought to Murrav bv their tne pieasaut anu an waatui uu - ner. Trtertoin fr.-r Ttian Vconrilio" Jill Muu 'H' On last Thursday. Thanksgiving dav. Mr. and Mrs. A D. Rhoden en- tertained and had as their guests fcr the day Don Rhoden and wife, Harry Albin and family. Glen Kaffenber ger and family. Cedar Creek with Shrader who stays at home, made a fine family gathering. Held Thanksgiving Party. The Pleasant Hill Neighbors club met last Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meisinger, where they enjoyed doing some work for the club as well as making plans for future meetings. After looking after the other business they decided to hold a Christmas party with Mrs. Parr Young a few days before Christ mas. They Did See the Show. Three Murray lasses desiring tc see the show in Plattsmouth last Sun day hiked to the county seat Sun day afternoon and enjoyed the j matinee, getting home before dark, j The narty was composed of Dolliej McCulloch. EfTie Poynter and Mil dred Allen. Work to Be Hastened. The matter of changing over Murrav telephone exchange to the the automatic, or dial system is expected to be completed soon. The exchanges at Nehawka and Murdock have al ready been changed to this system. Progressing on Oil Well, The driller who has charge of the work at the Golden Rod oil well CLUES The sure clue to good shaves is a Star Single-edge Blade. Made since 1880 by the inventors of .1 i r locungiuiusiici; m ' w razor. Keen, long- lasting, uniform. r-i northwest of Murray while talking to the writer said that the well had reached the depth of 252 feet and ' that they w ere working in shale rock Harrison Wade Very Poorly, Harrison Wade of Weeping Water, j well known over the county, has been . j rather poorly. He was a visitor in j j Murray the first of the week to see j Dr. Tyson about his health. He was i driven over by his son, Rex Wade, j as he has declined in health so he is not able to driveh is car. The many friends are hoping that he will soon Visited Brothed Eere. James Nickles of O'Neill, w here he i has been making his home for some' To Spend Winter in California. Next Sunday morning Thomas Nel son will depart via bus for California where he expects to spend the win ter. He has a sister. Mr.;. Bessie But ler living at Vallejo whvre he will spend a good portion cl' his time and will enjoy the milder .limale of the southwest. He expects to return to Murray next spring. Visited Here Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Brendel of i Avoca were guests for the day last 'W. L. Seybolt, who also had Mrs.! Margaret Brendel and son Richard as1 j their guests, w ho had been visiting'. j here the latter part of the week. With J the departing of Dr. and Mrs. Bren- j del for their home in Avoca, Mrs.) Margaret Brendel and son, Richard also departed fpr Lincoln, where; , Richard id attenJing. (he university In the compallv also was Cecil and , pareiUs, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Comstock and after the departure of the party for Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. Comstock 1., . . , . . . : visited for a time at the Seybolt home. Providing Wood for Church. Tuesday of this week the men of the Christian church were cutting wood on the farm operated by C. M. Read and were fed by the Ladies' Aid of the church at the Read home, and following the dinner hour the ladies engaged in ciuilting. Surprised on Birthday. Mrs. Everett Spangler teaches the young married women's class of the U. P. Sunday school. Some of the members remembered that she would be celebrating her birthday on last Friday, so accordingly spread the news to the others in the class and most pleasantly gave their teacher a complete surprise when they entered her home in the afternoon with a most delicious lunch and gifts for Mrs. Spangler. A delightful after- tiioon was spent. All wished for the happy event to be repeated each year. Those present were Mrs. Sorensen, Mrs. Bud Nickles, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Erubacher, Mrs. Delbert Todd. Mrs. Herman Richter, Mrs. R. W. Tyson. Mrs. Ivan De Les Deruier and Mrs. Wohlfarth. The remaining two mem bers of the class were unable to be present. Mrs. F. W. Nolting of Plattsmouth wa3 also a guest of her daughter for the day. RUB soothing, wanning Musterola well into your chest and throat. Musterole is NOT just a salve. It's a "counter-irritant" containing pood old-fashioned cold remedies oil of mustard, menthol, camphor and other valuable ingredients. That's why it gets such fine results better than the old-fashioned mus tard plaster. It penetrates, stimu lates, warms and soothes, drawing out local congestion and pain. Used by millions for 25 years. Ilecommended by many doctors and nurses. All dru g irists. In three strengths: Regular Strength, Children's (mild), and Ex tra Strong. Tested and approved by GoodHou3ekeepingI3ureau.No.4857. PAGE FIVE Nehawka B. B. Everett of Union who is the administrator for the estate of the late Joseph A. Everett, was in Ne hawka posting bills for an adminis trator's sale on Monday of this week. Otto Straub from southeast of Avoca was a visitor in Nehawka on Monday of this week and was visit ing with his friend, Albert Ander son as well as looking after some business matters. Charles Hall, the oil man, accom- Ipanied by the wife were enjoying a trip and a visit at Harvard last Thurs ! day when they spent Thanksgiving at ithe home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert jMcConaha. Mr. and Mrs. Hall enjoy j cd their visit in the west as well as the very fine dinner. Busy Workers Active. The Busy Workers of tne Nehaw ka Methodit church were meeting on Tuesday ofthisweek with Mrs. Ger trude Wolph. an d was assisted by her daughter, Miss Evelyn Wolph, when the members were right royally entertained and when they did a lot of good work for the church. At Old Folks Home. Albert Anderson, wife and their son, Mr. and Mrs. .J H. Steffens and son and daughter of Nehawka and Frank Horstman and family of Tal ma ge were gathered last Thursday. Thanksgiving day at the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Steffens of Lorton where a family gathering was held and a most enjoyable dinner served. Woman's Club Hold Meet. The Nehawka Woman's club was meeting Wednesday at then ome of i Mrs. Nelson Berger when a very fine j program was had and as well reports the work which has been done. i which was followed y a social hour and a very fine luncheon. Entertained for Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Sturm were host and hostess last Thursday and had as lut'li suesis iur me occasion ine rela tives of Mrs. Sturm, Charles McCarthy i and family of Union. F. H. McCarthy and family of Wyoming, Miss Bessie McCarthy of Nebraska City, Mr. and Mrs. John O. Yeiser and family of Omaha. Victor Sturm at home, which was a very happy family gath ering and sure enjoyed. Doubly Thankful. All should be thankful on Thanks giving day, and thus was Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Edmunds, and besides the very fine dinner which was provided they had another matter to be thank ful for and that was the arrival of Ian eleven and a quarter pound young man who came to make his home with the Edmunds family permanently. All are doing very nicely. Janice Sutton Makes Home Happy. A six-and a half pound daughter has arived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Sutton. The little one has been christened, Janice. All are get ting along nicely. Had Family Gathering:. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam H. Kruger was gathered on Thanksgiving day Mrs. Laura Mur dock. mother of Mrs. Kruger, Earl Murdock and family of Weeping Wa lter, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Murdock and their kiddies from the country, where all enjoyed a very fine visit and an excellent dinner. We will be having snowy, slippery roads and frosty windshields for the next few months. INSURE FOR PROTECTION If you own or drive a car, you need good insurance. Call or See Phone- 16 Plattsmoutm INSURANCE- ""Z-ti