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4 KOOTUY, TAIHTABY 16, 1929. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WZEZIY JOTtelTAL PAGE THPXE CIAL From Thursday's Ially Home Economics Club Wednesday evening the Home Eco nomics club held their first meeting of 1939. The meeting was called to order by the president. Roll was called by naming a hobby. Rose Brink gave a talk entitled "Hobbies." Plans were made for a csindy sale, and the meeting adjourned. Entertained at Dinner Mr. and Mrs. William A. Robert son of this city were at Omaha Wed nesday evening as dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Dinsmore. The occasion honored the retiring masters of the Omaha Masonic lodges and their ladies. The Dinsmore home was very beautifully arranged for the occasion and the table decorations lavish. Shower for Mrs. Sullivan The Neighborly Nine club were entertained on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Chester Wiles, the event being a stork shower honoring Mrs. Ralph Sullivan. The time was pleasantly spent in games that had been arranged by Mrs. Newton Suli van, in which prizes were won by Mrs. John Stones, Mrs. Ralph Sulli van and Mrs. Chester Wiles. The guest of honor received many attrac tive gifts as remembrances of the event. The hostess served a very de licious luncheon. Mrs. Arthur Sulli van was a guest. Shower for Miss Palmer Yesterday afternoon at the family home on Wintersteen Hill, Mrs. C. I. Chandler entertained at a miscel laneous shower in honor of her niece, Miss Viva Palmer, whose forthcom ing marriage to Mr. Earle Koeble will be solemnized on Sunday after noon. The afternoon was spent in play ing games in which prizes were won by Mrs. Alvin Smock and Mrs. Louis McConaha. The bride-to-be y received many lovely and useful gifts from the large number of friends present. After the gifts were opened, delicious refresh ments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. H. E. Chandler. Extend Birthday Greetings The members of the Neighborly Nine club of near this city, were en tertained last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Harris. The "event was In honor of the birth day anniversary of Mrs. Newton Sul livan. Pinochle was the diversion of the evening and In which Mrs. Harris and Ralph Sullivan proved the winners. The guest of honor was presented with a lovely birthday cake prepared by Mrs. Harris for the occasion. At a suitable hour dainty refreshments were served. Sophomore Class Party The sophomore class sponsored by Miss Florence Beighley entertained at the high school last evening. A large group were present. The evening was spent in games and dancing. Peggy Wiles was in charge of the games. The orchestra of the evening consisted of Miss Shir ley Seiver, Vincent Kelley, and Cary Marshall. Prizes were given for the best dancing couples. The awards were won by Blossom Burcham and Charles McClain who captured the first prize and Alice Zatopek and Thomas Gradoville who won second. At 9:30 refreshments of pie a la mode were served by the committee. D. A. E. Meeting Fontenelle chapter of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution met on Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Caroline Baird and a very interesting program was enjoyed by the membership. In the business ses sion the ladies made plans for their Valentine meeting on February 14. The chapter had a number of guests who came to enjoy the ex cellent talk given by L. O. Minor on "Corporations," a subject that was well presented and covered the or ganization and activities of corpor ations and holding companies, the latter of which has been discussed much in the past few years. Mr. Minor also conducted a round table discussion and answered questions of his auditors. Refreshments were served by the hcstess at an appropriate hour. Inklers Club Meets The Inklers Card club were enter tained Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Emil Ptak on West Pearl street. The time was spent in bridge and in which Mrs. Fred H. Sharpnack, a guest, was the winner of the high score and Mrs. Fred Bourck the second honors. During the afternoon dainty refreshments were served. From Friday Dany Delta Deck Club The Delta Deck card club met last evening at the home of Mrs. Mollie Gobelman. Two guests, Mrs. Janet Clement and Mrs. Emma Cappell, were present. Mrs. Emma Egenber ger won the first prize, Mrs. Emma Cappell, the second; and Mrs. 'Lil lian livingston won the consolation. Entertain at Dinner Mr. and Mrs. Warren Scharfen- berg had as a dinner guest last eve ning, Wayne Bennett. Two Square Bridge Clhb Mrs. Frank Rebal entertained the Two-Square Bridge club last evening at her home. Mrs. Fred Rea won first and Mrs. William Swatek second. Refreshments were served by the hostess to all present. Altar Society Meets The Altar society ladies of the Holy Rosary church held a quilting bee yesterday afternoon at the club rooms of the church. A large group of women were present and an enjoy able afternoon was spent in fun and laughter. Social Workers Flower Club The Social Workers Flower club met Wednesday for an all day quilt ing at the home of Mrs. Fred Spang ler with a covered dish luncheon at the noon hour. A short business JD IB St & !& SKiE v. s ' - - 1 - ; ii ST- "V 1 r rr? is 1 ,ffW" r if t f , 7 - y SCHOOLBOY AIR CADETS EnjjLndi first choolboy air cndet corps watches a demonstration f paracirate ad ins tin f. So far there are 25 of them, ranging ia ate from 10 to 15 years, but a squadron is expected in the near future. GARDENIA GIRL Shirley Ross, love ly blues singer, who portrays gardenia girl in a swank New York nighter, in one of her latest pictures 1 .7- Hl t i if'--" r York nighter, in one I . yni-. C'J of her latest picture. 11 W if ;ykmh 9 tt U. S. DESTROYERS RECONDITIONED FOR SERVICE San Diego, Calif. Gunners mate receive a 4-inch gun for mounting on board the destroyer U.S.S. Mead at tht Destroyer Base here, in preparation for immediate call to action. JERSEY MAYOR RIDES SLIDE Mayor John G. Mei. ster of Wechawken, N. J., joins the children in a ride down the new toboggan slide, built at a cost of $2,000, to avoid street traffic dangers. . r fn'f'ftfft fx P" -'" - unm ONE OF HOLLY WOOD'S CHOSEN Sheila Darcy, of York, Pa who was chosen by Hollywood as one of its test leading beauties. PUNCH AND GRUNT-LondonXf1r,WrW; England This was part of the ac tion when "Bombardier" Billy Wells (right), one-time British heavyweight boxing champion, and the all-in wrestler Chick Knight met in the ring recently. The 51-year-old boxer was permitted to punch, but the wrestler was not allowed to hit back. r RADIO VETERAN'S SUCCESS STORY Radio personalities come and go and are soon forgotten, but' the Voice of Experi ence's amazingly consistent growth in popu larity continues to astonish the radio fra ternity. It was over one station that the Voice took to the airways in 1922; now heard over 87 stations, be will soon be beard over out hundred stations in the U.S. and Canada, the larg est network to ever carry a program of this load. A tribute indeed to f radio's best known veterans of the crystal days ... remem- :Soc - v..... WORLD'S SMALLEST After 32 years of breediag dovn .from standard - Plymouth Barred Rock ben, weighing 8 pounds, Arnold B XKbbiey. of Van IMnvs, Calif, has pro duced tbk w-rld's smallest Plymouth Barred Reek ben, smiw two- year old. and weighing ocJy 10 otawies.l This American so ciety girl has for saken s.ocial activi ties and sailed for Europe "to lead her own male band at Monte Carlo's fa mods "Sporting Club." She is Miss Louise McNamara, of New York, daughter of James F. McNamara, in dustrial executive. Composer and sing er of note, she writes her own or chestrations and bas assumed the professional name of Louise Duke. v. ' Its ,1 - , . Af i 0 y' HOCKEY SENSATION Boston, Mass. Frank Brimsek, 23-year-old goal tender of the Boston Bruins, who, though playing bis tint season in major league hockey, bas already set an enviable record by scoring six shutouts in seven games. ! V i i. ... f I FASH FASHION NOTE (1) Colorful flowers and veils bedeck this formal eve ning hat, worn with Gre- : hiiik u&, wui wiui vjrc" ctan draped gown of turquoise blue ilk crepe. (2) A Scotch plaid hat and bag of pure silk in red, white and blue, enlivens the all black outfit. The hat ia banded With black grog grain. 33-feu. 4 g&itf ' s5 BEAUTY AND HER BEAST Judith Bar rett, die Venus from Venus, Tex. and her wire-haired terrier. Fat, are inseparable com panions. Even when she goes swimming, the dog takes a dip too. 81 meeting was held and plans made for the, 25th anniversary of .the club to be held in March. The club was or ganized in March 1914 at the home of the late Mrs. Wm. Taylor and has been active since. The next all day meeting will be held February 8th at the home of Mrs. Martin. Thursday Evening Club The Thursday Evening Pinochle club met at the home of Miss Helen Smetana last evening. Two tables of pinochle was played. Mrs. Ida Wa ters won first prize and Mrs. Lorine Urish got second. At an appropriate hour delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. Afternoon Bridge Club The Thursday Afternoon linage club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. C. H. Martin. Two guests, Mrs. Fred Sharpnack and Mrs. Dow Arm strong were present. The winners of the evening were Mrs. John Sattler, Jr., first and Mrs. William Schmidt- mann, Jr., second. Methodist Bible Class Meets The Methodist Women's Bible class met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Val Burkel. Twenty-two mem bers were present. Mrs. Rae McMaken was the guest and main speaker of the afternoon. Mrs. McMaken gave a splendid talk on "The Life History of Peter," this being the topic selected and discussed for the current month by the women. After the session, delightful and delicious refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Wil liam Rice and Mrs. Hillard Eppler. Episcopal Ladies Elect Thursday atternoon the St. Mary's Guild and the Woman's Auxiliary of the St. Luke's church met at the home of Mrs. J. A. Donelan in the Coronado apartments, a very large number attending the meeting. The occasion marked the election of of ficers of the two groups, the follow ing being chosen: St. Mary's Guild Mrs. Hilda Coff man. president; Miss Dora Fricke. vice-president; Mrs. Kenneth Schmitt, secretary; Mrs. J. A. Done lan, treasurer. Woman's Auxiliary Mrs. F. L. Cummins, president; Mrs. Rea F. Pat terson, vice-president; Mrs. John E. Schutz, secretary; Mrs. J. M. Roberts, treasurer. In the social hour that followed the hostess served very dainty refreshments. Jane Meisinger, Mrs. Thomas Kris key, Betty Bulin. Margaret Ann Val lery, Louise Fitzmeyer and Jacque line Grassman. Junior C. D. of A Elect The Junior C. D of A. met on Thursday evening for their regular meeting at the home of Miss Shirley Walling on Main street. A number of the young women were present. The main business of the evening was the election of officers for the year of 1939. Those elected were: Miss Shirley Walling, president; Miss Norma Bryant, vice-president; Miss Shirley Petersen, secretary; Miss Mary Alice Ault, treasurer; Miss Har riett Case, news reporter. Old and new business was dis cussed by the members and plana for a social gathering at the next meeting were completed. Reorganiz ation of the club also took place. Observe Founders Day Chapter F, P.E.O. held their fiftieth annual observance of founders dap of the organization on Friday at the home of Mrs. Searl S. Davis, a very charming three course buffet lunch eon being served at 1 o'clock. The decorations were In pine ones and needles with the yellow and white colors of the P. E. O. interspersed to lend a very attractive setting. Mrs. Ada Meade, of Omaha, a past state president, was the guest speak er and gave a very much appreciated talk on the society and on the his tory and characters of th founders of the P. E. O. This organization was formed in 18G9 by a group of the young women attending the Iowa Wesleyan college at Mt. Pleasant, in a few years growing into a national organization and now with a larpe membership and hundreds of chap ters over the United State. There were thirty-two of the ladies present at the luncheon and to en joy the fine program. The luncheon was arranged and carried out by a chapter committee of which Mrs. W. A. Robertson was the chairman. ORGANIZE NEW TEAMS From Saturday's Dally Luncheon Guests Mrs. J. A. Donelan and Miss Verna Leonard were guests of Miss Mable White at a noon luncheon Friday. Honor Mrs. Cramer Mrs. James Lowson entertained at a stork shower at her home yester day afternoon, honoring Mrs. Don Cramer of this city. About il guests were present at the event. The afternoon was spent in play ing games of various kind and were followed by the serving of refresh ments by the hostess, Mrs. Lowson, assisted by Mrs. Spreick, mother of Mrs. Cramer. Mrs Cramer was the recipient of a large number of handsome and use ful gifts. Jitterbug Club The Nu-Fue-Jitterbugs, a pinochle card club formed last evening, met at the home of Miss Jacqueline Grass man. Two tables of pinochle, con sisting of eight members were In stalled into the club. Miss Shirley Seiver was the win ner of the high score and Miss Jac queline Grassman, the winner of sec ond. Following the party, refreshments were served by Miss Grassman. The members present were: Shir ley Seiver, Marjory Fitch, Mrs. Mary A ATTENTION FABlCaEE. Drag Line or Rent by Day or Job Silo Pits - Ditches Filled or Dug - Also Dams Built at most reasonable prices. Picken's Quarries Phone 664 Plattsmouth - Nebraska 7 One of the most popular Innova tions of the public plea has been the introduction of basketball for boys who are not on the regular team. This basketball has been ar ranged for by the Plattsmouth high school In order to provide physical training and competitive sport for boys who are not on the regular basketball team. Thursday afternoon was the first practice and twenty-five boys turned out for the initial contest. It is the intention of Wie men of the faculty to divide the club into teams and form a regular league ia order to provide this physical attention for the boys who are not able to play drst team competition. 'Yfearribe for the Journal. LAND, FARM and RANCH BARGAINS FOR SALE FARM RADIOS. Cost less than 2 cents per day upkeep. No wind charger. No unsightly wires or exposed batteries. Bestor & Swatek Co., Plattsmouth, Nebr. Phone 151. FOB. SALE Extra nice yellow bloom sweet clover seed. $4.50 per bushel. Roy Gregg, Nehawka. jl2-3tw REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE MURRAY STATE BANK of Murray, Nebr. Charter No. .7tf In the State of Ne hraxka at the CIukc t,( Hu.iries iH'Ccmhrr 31, 1!X. Assets Loan anrl Discounts $168,737.11 Overdrafts . fiv.'.J Bonds ntid Ff-ouritie (exclu sive of cash renerve fti liankinir Jloji.se, furniture and fixtures z. 440.00 Caeh in Hank and Iue from Nat'onal and State :.iiik. ttubject to check C2.2'.Z.2t TOTAL, Liabilities Capital Stock Common $ 20.non.00 Surplus fund, " lo.umt.oi) I'ndlvlded Profits (Net) 1'.21I.." Individual I e posits subject to chck. .$123,17.'!. 7,2 Demand Certificates of l-enosit S.OOO.OO Time Certificates of Deposit 13fi.."!l.42 Cashier Checks.. 2,'os.cr. :C7.C 1 C.r. TOTAL. $:9.vrt2.si State of Nebraska 1 County of Cass J f!S. I, Charles If. HoMleker. Ind, Cashier of the above nam.-d hank lo solernnlv swear that the ubove statement Is ?i true and correct copy of the report made to the Department of IS.-inklnyr. CHAItL.ES H. UOKDKKKIt. 11. Cashier. Attest; W. 6. BORDEKEU, Director G. M. MINfOKD. Director Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of January. !:!!. I1ELKN K. fMKTAKA, (Seal) Notary I'ubllc. (My Commission expires Aug. 20. 1942).