THTJBSDAY, APP.IL C, 1939.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI WIXTTT.Y JOTOIWLL
PAGE THREE
Mrs. C E.With
row Dies Mon
day at Palmyra
Was a Resident of Plattsmouth
While Husband Conducted the
Plattsmonth Tribune.
Mary Roddy was born at Nebraska
City sixty-seven years ao and has
made her home in Oto and Cass
rounties during her entire life. In
1890 she was united In marriage
with C. Elmer Withrow. To this
union was born, Elmer Withrow of
Union; two daughters, Mrs. Dr.
Xauveaux of Omaha and Mrs. Cecil
Conklin.
Mrs. Withrow was taken ill some
years ago and has been taking treat
ment, being in the hospital a num
ber of times. She was afflicted with
cancer, and was at an Omaha hos
pital, also at the Mayo Brothers at
Rochester, Minn., and for a long
time at the St. Mary's hospital at Ne
braska City. The family have re
cently been making their home at
Palmyra where Mr. Withrow con
ducts the Palmyra Items. Mrs. With
row returned home from the hospital
some weeks ago and has been gradu
ally sinking until death came to her
relief Monday noon of this week.
Her brother. Jack Roddy was over
to visit the sister Friday of last week
when she knew him, but on Sunday
when her son, Elmer Withrow of
L'nion visited the mother she was not
able to recognize him.
Later a further account of this
excellent woman will be published in
this paper.
FHNEEAL OF A. W. SMITH
From Monday's Daily
Funeral services for the late Al
bert William Smith were held this
lfternoon at 1 o'clock from the First
Christian church, a large, group of
the old friends and neighbors being
present to pay their last tributes of
respect to this fine gentleman and
leighbor.
Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pastor of the
church, had charge of the services
and brought comfort to the bereaved
family in the promise of the award
that had come to their loved one.
During the services Mrs. J. R.
Reeder and Frank A. Cloidt gave
From Monday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leslie of Om
aha were Sunday guests of Miss Etta
Nickles.
Mrs. Dan Terryberry of near Cedar
Creek was in the city today visiting
with friends as well as attending to
business.
Mrs, Frank Lippold and daughter
are in Plattsmouth today visiting
with their mother and grandmother,
Mrs. Fannie Crosser.
Mrs. Anna Zitka anud Mrs. James
Jelinek were Sunday guests at Om-
CARL A BALFOUR STRICKEN
three of the old hymns, "Jesus Lover laha where they visited at the home
of My Soul," "Sometime We'll Un-Jof Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zitka.
derstand" and "Rock of Ages." Mrs.
H. F. Goos being the accompanist
for the numbers.
The funeral was under the direc
tion of the Horton funeral home and
the body taken to Emerson, Iowa, for
interment in the family lot at the
Emerson cemetery. The pall bearers
were grandsons of the departed. Glen
Phillips. Ceroid Smith, Willard and
Marion Boroff, Volney and Ivan Simp
son.
TIMM HEADS KITTENBALL MOVE
METHODIST CHURCH
Good Friday evening the choir will
present a liturgy cantata entitled
"The Message of the Cross.' Text by
Rev. Louis Greene. Music by J. Shel
don ScOtt. This service will lad us
into the significance of the death of
Jesus and there is no more impressive
way to tell the story of Calvary than
in music. The autiphonal reading
of the scripture will be given by
Mrs. J, A. Capwell and Mrs. Wm.
Heinrich. Solo parts by Wilbur Hall,
Mrs. Earl Carr, Miss Shirley Seiver,
Miss Mildred Hall and L. S. Devoe.
Sunday evening at? 7:30 a group
ct the younc peopl wKl present the
drama entitled "The Challenge of
the Cross." This is a most impres
sive presentation of the statement of
Jesus, '"'if I be lifted up from the
earth I will draw all men unto me."
The characters of the play are: Mrs.
Howard Davis, Evangel; Disciples,
Joe York, Shirley Seiver, Ruth Ann
Hatt, Allan White, Shirley Mason
and Fern Jahrig. Mrs. Earl Carr i3
the soloist. We invite the people of
the community to join with us in
these fine Easter services. Wilbur
Hall will sing and the pastor will
give a short presentation of the
theme of the play.
from Tuesday's Patty
Last evening a large group ot
kittenball players and fans gathered
at the Recreation Center to discuss
the matter of the organization of a
league for the coming Beason and
getting the playing started earlier
than last year.
In order to get the movement
ctarted the meeting selected Ralph
Timm as the chairman for the sea
son and Henry Krejci as the secretary-treasurer.
Another meeting will be held on
Wednesday evening, April 5th when
the newly elected officials will take
up their duties and start the ball
rolling for a very successful season.
The organization is very anxious
to get a fence built around the
ithletic park in order that they may
!e able to successfully handle the
crowds and give some measure of
financial support to carry on the
"eague through the season. The dates
of the team entrances will also be
discussed at the next meeting.
Robert Hall and Richard Spangler
motored to Lincoln Sunday where
they spent the afternoon visiting at
the Kappa Sigma fraternity house.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Panzer and
daughter, Ruth and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Churchill of Ashland were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Knorr.
Robert Woest, University of Ne
braska engineering student, was a
week-end visitor at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Woest..
Raymond Wooster, pharmacy stu
dent in the University of Nebraska,
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Wooster over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fulton and
Mrs. Jessie Smith were in Omaha on
Sunday afternoon where they visited
Harold Gregg who is at the Clarkson
hospital recovering from an oper
ation. From Tuesday's Darty
Mayor Troy L. Davis, of Weep
ing Water, was here today for a few
hours, looking after some matters of
business and visiting with friends.
Attorney A. P. Moran of Nebraska
City, was here Monday afternoon to
attend court and look after some mat
ters of business as well as meeting
Did time friends.
IN MEMORY OF PHILIP T. BECKER
Carl A. Balfour, prominent resi
dent of the Nehawka community, was
stricken Saturday evening after he
had returned" from a business trip
down into the business section of
town. Mr. Balfour has not been in
the best of health and Saturday while
down town had complained of short
ness of breath and which mads neces
sary his resting. When returning
with a hemorrhage of the brain, 'The good Lord knows best.
which resulted in the rupture of the
veins and arteries leading to the
eyes, that resulted in total blindness.
It is hoped that with careful treat
ment that he may however be able
to rally from the- attack to some
extent at least.
Mr. Balfour has been active in
the public life of the county and has
at different times been candidate for
the nomination for county commis
sioner, legislature and the public
power district board of directors.
CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. William Woolcott received
the sad message of the death of her
lunt, Mrs. C. R. Northup at York,
Nebraska. Mrs. Northup had taken
ill very suddenly and had passed
waay a short time later. Her hus
band. C. R. Northup had preceded
her in death Just three weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. William Woolcott
and son, William, Jr., left this eve
ning for York where they will attend
the funeral Wednesday afternoon.
The interment will be made at York.
He has gone from our midst,
Through a pathway of gold.
And entered the Haven
Vhere nothing grows old.
The good Lord has called him
From this earth of ours
And taken him from us
Into his wonderful powers.
Though we may mourn
For our loved one at rest
No one knows why
The Bible has told us these few words
"Thf vnunr mav die the old must.
His Spirit to heaven is resting in
peace,
His body is mouldering to ashes and
dust.
lis cares are free,
His trials are o'er,
A.nd we shall all meet him
On that beautiful shore.
A.nd live with him there
As we did here on earth,
nd ever be happy
With the Lord and his myrth.
By Mrs. Earl II. Berglund,
(Marie Speck) niece of the
departed.
LOTTIE WILEY DAILY
VISITS WITH OLD FRIENDS
PARITY PAYMENTS AVAILABLE
Parity payments for 1939 are
available to farmers participating in
the program. The appropriation of
212 million dollars was made June
21, 1938, to cover parity payments
for 1939. The house bill recently
defeated, carried an appropriation for
1940.
The house passed an appropriation
Tuesday, March 28th carrying an ap
priation of 500 million dollars in
conservation payments for 1939, as
authorized in the Agricultural Ad
justment Act.
Farmers are making numerous in
quiries at the Agricultural Conser
vation office, at Weeping Water re
garding the status of payments for
this year. The action taken by con-
William Sherlock and Mr. and Mrs.
Joe N:gro, of Omaha, were in the
city for a short time Monday, Mr.
Sherlock, a former resident, looking
up a number of the old time friends
and acquaintances of the past years.
Mr. Sherlock was engaged here in
several large painting contracts some
thirty years ago and later was em
ployed at the Plattsmouth Hotel or
the Goos House as it was better
known. While here Mr. Sherlock
made many warm friends who were
jreatly pleased to have the oppor
tunity of a visit with many. After
leaving this city some twenty-four
years ago, Mr. Sherlock served two
years in the U. S. army in the WorlJl
war and saw service in France. Since
that time he has traveled quite ex
tensively over the -country.
FINED FOR INTOXICATION
Born November 23, 1855 at North
Baltimore, Ohio. Came to Nebraska
when 2 years old and ha3 lived in
the state ever sinoe, has lived in
Omaha for over thirty years. She
died March 31 1939 at 4 a. m. She
leaves to mourn her loss her hus
band, LeRoy Daily, one daughter,
Mrs. Edith Purviance, Los Angeles,
California, and one sister, Mrs. A.
Dove Asch;" Murray', Nebraska, a
number of nieces" and nephews and
a host of friends.
Interment was at Lewiston ceme
tery Saturday afternoon in charge of
the Horton funeral home of this
city.
ROYAL TRIBUTE
Nebraska creamery products have
long been well known, say research
workers of the Federal Writers' Proj
ect, WPA, and once were reported to
have received praise from English
royalty. When Dixon Creamery but
ter was competing with Danish but
ter on the London market in 1897,
it was said that Queen Victoria, af
ter testing some Dixon butter, de
clared that she had reigned six de
cades and had never known what
good butter was until then.
TO LOCATE AT SPRINGFIELD
Miss Edna Carlburg, ' daughter or
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Carlburg, de
parted for Springfield, Nebraska,
Sunday evening where she will make
her home in the near future. Miss
Carlburg has received a position in
Springfield and, therefore, hopes to
make her home there for the greater
part of the summer and fall.
VISIT AT COURT HOUSE
From Monday's Dally
Mrs. John Scheel, of Murdock, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Jochim of Louis
ville and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reister,
of near Manley. were visitors in the
city today for a short time. They
were called here to look after some
natters at the court house regard
ing the Scheel estate.
HERE FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS
From Tuesday's Daily
This morning in the police court
of Judge C. L. Graves, Fred L. Ram
sey and B. L. Warren, giving their
home address as Tabor, Iowa, were
arraigned on a charge of being In
toxicated, contrary to the peace and
dignity of the state of Nebraska.
The two men had been arrested
Monday night near Sixth and Main
street by Officers Johnson and Pick
rel and held for trial this morn
ing. Both defendants made a plea of
guilty to. the charge as preferred
gress does not change the conserva- Jand were given a fine of $5 and costs
tion or parity payments available to .each which they settled and were
cooperators in the program. isoon on their way.
attention mai school
(boimstots
DOUBLE VOTES will be given Friday and
Saturday of this week on all purchases
made at stores participating in contest.
FIVE FOR ONE VOTES will be given on
all payments made on account these
two days.
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Here is your opportunity to bring up your vote
standing and win one of those four grand prizes all
it takes is votes. Remember, the contest ends Saturday
night. Schools, get your votes in by then to count!
You are not only winning a prize for your school,
but helping the community in which you live, if you buy
from your local merchant '
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smith and
daughter. Margie Lee, of Council
Bluffs were here Sunday for a visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J.
Donat, the latter a sister of Mrs.
Smith. Margie Lee will remain here
for a more extended visit with her
uncle and aunt before returning'
home.
SUFFERS SPRAINED ANKLE
Mrs. William O'Donnell, Jr., suf
fered an injury Sunday while walk
ing around the yard at home. She
had her right ankle turned and
sprained in a very painful manner
and which will be very inconvenient
for several days at least.
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
From Monday's Daily
Marylin Kieck, daughter of Mrs.
Lora Lloyd Kieck, county superin
tendent, was taken quite. ill Satur
day evening, but was reported today
as being improved and her general
reaction much better, which is very
gratifying to the family and the
many friends.
TRANSFERRED TO BRUSSELS
Theodore Hadraba, formerly of
Plattsmouth, who has been United
States commercial attache at Prague,
Czechoslovakia several years, tele
phoned last evening his father, Jo
seph Hadraba, well known druggist
of this city. It was the first com
munication received from him since
Ihe recent Hitler grab.
All that he attempted to say was
that he and his Czechoslovak bride
were well and would come here for
a visit this summer; and that he
was being transferred to Brussels,
Belgium.
His wife comes from a wealthy
family in Prague. The message was
one that was very encouraging and
served as a comforting hope to the
father, especially when he was in
formed of his son's welfare after the
long struggle and bitter battle in
that part of the country.
SURPRISE FOR CHILDREN
This morning at their regular ses
sion Perry Harvey Murdick III of
Benton Harbor, Mich., paid a sur
prise visit to the kiddies of the Cen
tral building kindergarten and pre
sented each child with a candy Easter
egg. They in turn .drew and colored
paper Easter eggs and gave them to
him to take home as a remembrance
of the party.
LAND, FARM and
RANCH BARGAINS
FOR SALE Sorrel prelding, 4 yrs.
old, weight 1400. Mike Vetesnik,
Tel. 3112. " a6-2tw
The Plattsmouth Creamery is local
dealer for Roscoe Hill Hatchery Egg
Bred chicks, Lincoln. Hybrids, Sexed
RETURN FROM MISSOURI
i Chicks. 3c up.
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colors in the modern wall
papers give you interiors that
will be a joyous surprise.
Come in and consult our
style and pattern books for
the' latest ideas in interior
planning.
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past five weeks in southern Mis
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were at West Plains, Missouri, where fine.
they were called by the death of
the mother of Mrs. Shanholtz and
have since remained there. Th.-y re
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Phone 95 and 83. We have Four Deliveries Daily
8:30 a. m. 10:30 a. m. 2:00 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
BEEF ROAST, extra fancy quality, lb HVzt
PLATE BOIL, lean, meaty, lb 12t
BEEF STEW, Cut, no Bone, Lb 17Vz
HAMBURGER
FRESH CUT
2 lbs. 25c
Veal Brownies
HBP. 53S
LEG OF LAMB, per lb 23
LAMB CHOPS, per lb . . . .23c
LAMB ROAST, lb 10
AMERICAN or DRICII
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We also Carry a Full Line of Cold Meats
and Freshly Dressed Chickens
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