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THURSDAY, .JUNE 15, 1939. PAGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUBNAL the Plattsmouth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, 27EB&ASKA Entered at Pcwtoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as acond-elaB mail matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publiiher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAB IN TIBST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Toetal Zone, 12.60 per year. Beyond COO miles, $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, 13.60 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly In advance.' Nehawka James J. Pollard and wife were in Plattsmouth last Sunday evening at tending the show at the Cass the atre. John Todd and wife of Dix. Ne braska were visiting with friends in Nehawka for a few days during the past week. Mrs. Jarre Brooks of riattsmouth, accompanied by her son, Sam Brooks were guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Troop. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. lams of Iowa and Roy Malcolm of Holyoke, Ne braska were visiting at the home of Charles Hall and wife last Sunday. John Todd, formerly of this place, and wife, who now reside in Canada were visiting in Omaha, riattsmouth, Nehawka and Union during the past week. Mrs. Grace and Lou Vallery of near Mynard were visiting at the home of their sister, Mrs. F. R. Cun ningham last week when they all en joyed a very fine visit. Mrs. John Yeiser and theree chil dren were visiting with Grandfather A. F. Sturm and wife last Sunday. Suzanne remained to visit with the grandparents for the week. Mrs. John L. Young was guest at the home of Mrs. W. O. Troop last Friday afternoon when the ladies t enjoyed a very fine visit, they being school day chums when they were girls. Under the direction of the county agent and a crew of workmen, the process of mixing hopper bait, has j been in progress at the Sheldon plant, with Chris Rasmussen in charge as director of the mixing of the poison. Randall Hoback has proven he is an artist when it comes to painting a service station which he has just concluded on the station which hi3 father and brother with him operate ... f when the station was given a coat of white, making it look very nifty and neat. C. K. Stimbert, superintendent of the Nehawka schools and the other members of the family were in Omaha last Sunday where they were guests at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mar ion Mumm and family, they enjoying the day and a picnic dinner at Elm wood Fark. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy. Watson and little babe were visiting over the week end at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Cisney as they were on their way from Spring field, Mo., where they have been ap pearing cn a broadcasting program and are going to Grand Island where they will appear on the radio pro grains in the future. Last Saturday while a friendly game of cards was in progress at the amusement parlor, a man came in and said, "Docs anyone know whether George Hanson is alive rr not?" when Mr. Hanson, who was FRIDAY AND SATURDAY I I n Mniir, Mlrkry lloonrv anil Octlin Parkrr !u 'The Hardy's Ride High Funnier anl more Iiuman tlian over, Mi' key Floonoy lias Mm f 1 i tier at wooipty. Also Comi'ily, Floyd (;itlon Adventure Story ami Serial. The best hIiuw ever offered for a week end. Matinee Sat urday at 2:30. Two shows each night! Adults 25c Children. . .10 SUNDAY - MONDAY Irene Dunne and C'lmrlr Iloer In 'Love Aair' The year s great drama. A picture that every woman will want some man to nee. Also Itay "Whitley (Tomedv, Donald Duck and News. A grand Sunday show. Sf.M)y MATIEE AT 2:30 Alsht Show. 7 and O Matinee, 10-25o Nights, 10-30c b TUESDAY ONLY Bargain la Itlehnrd tJreen and Hn.il Itathbona In The Hound of the.Baskervilles Fir Arthur Conan Doyle's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Also' Comedy, Car toon and Novelty Keels. Matinee, 2:30. i All Shows, 10 and 15o ' WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY Leslie Howard In Hfrnnrd Slnw'n 'Pygmalion' JTowlins story of a jfirl who dilnt want to le a lady. And Ianl Kelly and Lorna Gray in a mighty tale of mutiny ' 'Adventure in Sahara The-savase deseit. taking- its cruel lif toll yeariy. Two of the season's best pictures for a single admission price: Adults, 25c Cnildren, 10c 33 there answered, "Yes, he is here." The stranger' proved to be James Jamison who had left Nehawka some ewenty years ago. Mr. Jamison was a carpenter and built or assisted in building many of the houses in Ne hawka. With his old time friend Mr. Jamison enjoyed a very fine visit. Wampum Sale June 17th. The Wampum sale will be held In Nehawka June, 17th. The paper is sued by the Nehawka Commercial club through the various merchants and distributed when the customers made a purchase will be good at this sale. The Commercial club has pur chased a large amount of goods and with the donations will make a large sale. A great deal of the wampum is out and all you need to purchase the articles offered for sale will be wampum. Better be there and enjoy this novel manner of advertising the town. Postmistress Reappointed. Miss Lanna McReynolds, who has served as postmistress for some time, witli the change of classification, took civil service examination and was re appointed postmistress. The office had fallen from third to fourth class and again with better business re stored to third class, and a new ex amination was required, which was won by the present incumbent. Enjoyed Picnic Sunday. The family of Albert Anderson. Herbert Kuntz and Frank Lemon went to Riverview park, Nebr. City, iast Sunday where they enjoyed the day in the open with a real picnic dinner at the noon hour. They were to have been accompanied by Mr and Mrs. Nrson Berger, but just at the time a message came saying that a sister of Mrs. Berger was passing through Beatrice from New York go ing to Los Angeles and desiring Mr and Mrs. Berger to meet them there for a visit, they going there instead as was planned. Mrs. George Troop Very Poorly. Responding to a message from Kearney where Mrs. George Troop is receiving treatment, saying that her condition was extremely serious, Mr. Troop and Mrs. Lester Gaylord, a sister of Mrs. Troop hastened to Kearney where they found the pa tient seiously ill! Everything is be ing done for her but she still re mains very low. Visited Mr. and Mrs. John Dale. A party made up of John Chrls- wisser and hi3 children together with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Chris- wisser and v-ertrude Carper made a merry party who drove to Stromsburg last Sunday and visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dale, where all enjoyed a very pleasant visit. They found Mr. and Mrs. Dale feel ing very well and with good bus! ness. Visited at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Pollard were visiting for the day last Sun day at the home of their daughter, Polly, now Mrs. R. C. Benson, cn joy ins the trip and a very fine .visit there. While there they visited the dam and artificial lake of the Loup River power district. The lake was only partly filled, not eapabie of holding a full lake cf water as the soil is open and porous, with an abundance of sand in it that it will not retain water for a depth of six feet below full. When more water is placed in the lake the pressure brings up springs over the adjacent territory. Experts say that with the years as silt from the soil settles to the bottom it will retain the water. Mr. Pollard says the work is wonder ful and that the machinery is as good as possibly ran be obtained. OVERLAND Theatre . Nebraska City Sat., Sun., Mon., Tuea. JOHNNY WOSMULLER and Maureen O'SuIlivan in ' "TARZAN FlHDS A SON" Matinee - Sat and Sunday, 2:80 Balcony, 20 Murray Wm. Sporer was called to Ne braska City last Monday to look after some business matters for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Holmes of Plattsmouth were guests for the day last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith. Reports from the home of Rev. Hutsman is that he is very poorly, having been ill for some weeks. Rev. Hutsman will be remembered as hav ing resided in Murray some years ago. Ed Lewis of near Union was a visitor at the home of his brother, Lloyd Lewis last Sunday, coming es pecially to visit his father, J. D. Lewis, who has been sick for some time. Earl Merritt who has been work ing in Omaha, painting and decor ating the home of W. W. Cobel where he was assisted by Mrs. Merritt, have concluded their work and are home again. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard were in Lincoln last Sunday visiting at the home of the parents of Mrs. How ard, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Luke. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Tutt. The parsonage of the Tresbyter ian church is being redecorated and as well the furniture reconditioned and put in the very best condition. The work is being done by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Merritt. Alvin A. McReynolds was con durtor for a party of members of the Omaha Nature Study club who were looking over various points and studying the' phenomonon of nature in Cass and adjoining counties. Mrs. Leslie Potts who was at the state institute at Kearney taking treatment for lung trouble was re leased and home for a time, but re turned as she was not feeling well and is again receiving treatment. J. D. Iewis, who has been so ser iously ill at the home of bis son, Lloyd Lewis for the past several weeks is reported as being much bet ter at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Merritt were visiting with him Sun day evening. Wm. Gorder was a visitor at the home fo Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wehr bein last Friday evening for supper. Mrs. Gorder and Mrs. C. S. Sherman of Lincoln are in the east where they are visiting the New York World's Fair. A car from Weeping Water going to Plattsmouth failed to make the turn at the corner near the home of Frank Scott and crossing the high way went into the ditch and had to be pulled out by a truck. However no one was injured. Robert H. Bestor and wife with their little son were visiting last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wehrbein and while there 'Butch" the little son, was taken with the measles and is not enjoy ing his visit so much. . Wayne Lewis and wife of Tacilc Grove, California, write they are lik ing their stay there very nicely. Mr. Lewis writes his sister, Mrs. Earl Merritt he is employed painting there with plenty of work at a dollar per hour, and expects to remain dur ing the summer and return here the coming winter. Mrs. W. O. Troop received a num ber of cards from her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Gorder and Mrs. C. S. Sherman who are driving to the New York World Fair and showed some scenes in Canada, as they were driving a portion of the way through the Do minion. They will spend about a month in the east and at the fair. Attended Fremont Convention. The Murray portion of the county Margaret Todd. Ellen Spangler, Jen Margaret odd. Ellen Spangler. Jen nie Klimm and W. L. Seybolt with Mrs. J. R. Reeder, director and Mrs. Roy Cole, pianist, were iu Fre mont for the club convention, and with others making. a chorus of 32 voices, singing four club songs which delighted the entire gathering. Ladies Aid Meet. The ladies' aid of the Christian church of Murray were meeting at the parlors of the church last Wed nesday when they had a very fine program and mad arrangements for the observance of Children's day the following Lord's day. The hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Georgia Creamer, Mrs. Arthur Hansen and Miss Margaret Moore. In Throes of Improvement. With the extensive work going on on Highway No. 1, in the grading and erecting of the overpass with its Thomas Walling Company Abstracts of Title -h Phone 324 Plattsmouth piers and steel construction and the placing of the water mains which requires the digging of trenches for the mains,' the little city is all torn up, with high ridges along the streets so one can scarcely pass over them. However with the completion of the work which will require a Jong time yet the city will b in much better condition. Just wait a little while longer and you will see a better condition come to Murray. Sister Died in Omaha. An acount of the passing of Mrs. Ella Cozack in Omaha came to the notice of some friends of A. G. Mast, who immediately hastened to Omaha as she was his sister, where he at tended the funeral which was held in Omaha last Thursday. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Mast, was so poorly she was not able to attend the funeral. However A. G. Mast and Julian Peterson and wife were able to at tend the services. Enjoyed Birthday Party. Mrs. Chester Sporer was passing her birthday anniversary last Sun day and with the husband was en tertaining her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brandt and as well Mr. Wm. Sporer to a bountiful birthday din ner at their home. Visiting With Grandparents. Little Avis Troop, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Troop who has been making her home at Fort Worth made the trip to Nebraska City alone, although only nine years af age, and was met there Wednesday by the grandparents and will visit here for the present. Her father, Earl Troop, is working at Falls City. Making Extensive Trip. Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Gil more with their auto departed Wednesday of this week for Srottsbluff. taking Dr. John Gilmore to that place where he will be joined by Dr. E. W. Black who graduated from the university along with Dr. John Gilmore and who with him will go to Vivtoria. Vancouver where they will be in ernes in a hospital there. Following the departure of Dr. John Gilmore for the far west. Dr. and Mrs. G. II. Gilmore will spend some ten days at various points in western Ne braska, Wyoming and Colorado be fore returning to their home in Murray. Return From Visit in West. Mrs. Rachel Farris who with her 3on were visiting relatives for two weeks on the west coast, returned home last Saturday evening. Leaving Murray they drove to Yel lowstone Park where they spent a day looking over the wonders of na ture and then continued on to Spo kane, Wash., where they visited her sister. Mrs. John Fox and husband. Mr. Fox farms 600 acres of wheat which a conservative estimate places at 35 bushels the acre, while Elbert Wassum. sister-in-law of Mr. Lee Far ris of near Union farms 3.200 acres of land. They found times good and everyone doing well. They also visit ed the family of Ralph Kennedy. From Spokane they visited the Coulee dam which is to be used for irriga tion as well as electric power. The dam i3 the largest in the world and will furnish power over a wide ter ritory. They then went to Primeville, Ore., where they visited the home of Mr. and Mat. Tom Fraser and on their way home stopped at Twin Falls, Idaho where they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Churchill, brother of M. G. Churchill of Murray, whom they found doing very fine and in good health. Hold Family Gathering. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schlictemeier last Sunday wss held a very enjoyable family gathering and dinner when they entertained the other members of the .':imlly as well as a number of tloso friends. Uonald Schlictemeier and family of Elmwood were present as well as Mr. and Mrs. Frank Koch of West Bend. Iowa, Mrs. Kock being daugh ter of . Mr. and Mrs. Schlictemeier, formerly Miss May Sch;lictemeier, and children, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. GEM I The World's Xs 1 biggest-selling r C C"T llflll HA II 8 and Maugey and children of near Union and Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Lenker, of the Methodist churches of Weep ing Water and Nehawka, Miss Iva Mougey of Omaha, Paul Swan and family and Mrs. Myrtle Swan, all of Union. Give Children's Day ProgTam. The Ladies' Aid of the Christian church Bible school sponsored a very pretty presentation of a fine program at the church parlors last Sunday, Children's day with a pro gram in which the children of the Bible school took the active part. There were S7 in attendance and a neat sum was realized for foreign missions. Receives High Honor at Military School Graduat'n Stephen M. Davis of This City Sec ond in the Class of Eighty nine at Kemper School. Stephen Meek Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Searl S. Davis of this city, was one of the highest ranking stu dents in the graduating class of the Kemper Military school, one of the largest and best known schools of its type in the central west, stu dents of the school coming from all sections of the United States. Mr. Davis was the second ranking student in the class of eighty-nine members to graduate at the school. He was selected as the salutatorian of the class and gave a very fine address for the class that was taking their departure from the school. The young man was a graduate of the class of 193G of the Plattsmouth high school and his fine showing at Kemper will be most pleasing to the school frlendy and associates here of Mr. Davis. HOLD FLOWER MISSION The Women's Christian Temper ance Union met on Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. A. Wiles in the country and was an occasion of the greatest interest and pleasure to all of the members of the party. The theme of the meeting was that of the ilower mission and under the leadership of Miss Elizabeth Spangler and who was assisted by Mrs. R. B. Hayes in the program. Mrs. S. A. Wiles had charge of the devotions of the afternoon. The business session was held and the ladies in charge reported that the W.C.T.U. signs at the approach to the city on highway No. 75, had been redecorated and made most at tractive. Plans were also made for the July meeting and at which time the new members will be honored by the ladies. Carrying out the Ilower mission theme, a playlet, "Say It With Flow ers" was given with Mrs. George L. Farley, Jean Hayes, Jean Hudson, Joan and Bobby Hall taking part. Phyllis Bourck gave a very lovely vocal number, "I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old." Mrs. W. L. Propst gave a most in teresting sketch of the life of Jennie Cassidy, founder of the flower mis sion of the W. C. T. U. Miss Spangler conducted the scripture responses to the program Miss Jean Hayes was heard in a vocal number, "From Day to Day," by Hamblen, very beautifully given. Mrs. Wiles had some fifteen bou quets of flowers and which were dis tributed later by the members to the sick and shut-ins over the city. After the W. C. T. U. benediction the hostess served very dainty and delicious refreshments. SHOWS FAVORITE HOBBY The Community Jeweler, trade magazine, in their current issue has a very excellent picture of John W. Crabill, veteran jeweler, together with one of his model locomotives that he has made in the recent years. This picture is one taken by Paul Vandervoort for the magazine. Methodist Church Has a Fine Program Children of Sunday School Present Program and Unification Ser vice Also Observed. The congregation oZ the First Methodist church had a very impres sive program Sunday at the morning worship hour, embodying the chil dren's day program and also the uni fication service to mark the unity of the three great bodies of the church into one. The children's day portion was opened by the prayer by Superin tendent J. A. Capwell and followed by a most interesting program by all of the grades of the school, the cradle roll and beginners department under the direction of Mrs. Lora Lloyd Kieck; the primary department under Mrs. Don Seiver and the junior department under Mrs. V. T. Arn, superintendent; while the inter mediate department program featured Kenneth White and Joe Highfield in "The Flag Maker." In the unification service Rev. J. C. Lowson, the pastor, gave the message of the bishops of the church that had just recently met and com pleted the unity of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the Meth odist Protestant church and the Methodist Episcopal church into one Methodist church, the message being as follows: The Methodists of America have entered into a new sense of brother hood. They have consumated the largest union of Protestant Christians ever achieved, of greater significance than the action of union is the re sult of union. The spiritual oneness so conspicuous at the Uniting Con ference must be made to permeate the whole body of Methodism. In the providence of God our churches have come together at the moment of a world crisis. In every land there is perplexity and fear. At the very in stance of its birth the Methodist church is faced with the challenge to summon all men to behold the re demptive power which has always been resident in the eternal Christ. The burden of our duty at this hour must rest upon our hearts. It must promote Christian Stewardship. It must lay bare the social and personal sins of our time and call men to're pentance and reformation. It must place the emphasis upon personal re ligious experiense and seek to revive the hearts of our people the seek ing spirit; of a compassionate Christ. We resolve to evade no peril, to seek no discharge from the tasks, but take our appointed way with Him until the gospl has been given it 8 uniqueness and redeeming power to all men. J. A. Capwell, A. H. Duxbury and Mrs. W. L. Heinrich gave the pledge of loyalty from the three branches of the church as follows: "We, the former members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the Methodist Protestant church and the Methodist Episcopal church, ao not forego any love or interest in the beloved church, which through the years, has nurtured our fathers and has nurtured and become dear to us. We now bring its talents, its, powers, its genius, as symbolized by this little book of its discipline and practice, and lay it upon the altar of this larger fellowship, to make it, by our contribution, more complete. I am now a member of and declare my al legiance to the Methodist church." The pledge of loyalty was then riven by the congregation or me church: "To the Methodist church thus es tablished, we do solemnly declare our allegiance and upon it's life and ser vice we do reverently invoke the blessings ef Almighty God." HERE FROM YORK Mrs. D. R. Gould of York, Nebras ka arrived In Plattsmouth Saturday evening and is a guest here of her daughter, Mrs. William Woolcott and family. Mrs. Gould expects to visit her with the daughter during the major portion of the summer season. SOGGOCCOOPSC 0' Next Sunday . . Father's Day Pear Pad I DESERVES A DAY DON'T YOU SAY? and he doesn't care for Do-Dads. Give him some thing to wear. Many use ful items, 25r to $Z. 8 Wescott's Where Quality Counts Merchants Win One of Best Games Here Spore of 2 to 1 for Locals Brilliant Catch by O'Donnell Saves Game ; Thierolf Hurls Great Game. The Plattsmouth Merchants and the A. C. Nelson's of Omaha, Sunday engaged in as thrilling a ball game as has been witnessed by local fans for a long while, with the Merchants emerging winners by a close score of 2 to 1. The game produced three out standing Platter performers, Floyd Thierolf, Jack O'Donnell, and "Stub" Scdlak. "Terry" pitched a one run. six hit game, and secured an amazing total of 17 strikeouts. Jack O'Don nell made a circus catch of a hard hit ball in' deep left field that was ticketed for three bases or possibly a home run, which would have meant the game for Omaha. "Kid" also got three hits. "Stub" Setllak clout ed a home run irt the first inning and drove in the winning run in the third. H. Ludwig, Omaha hurler, is well known by Plattsmouth fans, and lia.s beaten Plattsmouth teams consistent ly in the past. This was "his first de feat by a Plattsmouth team, and likewise the first defeat for A. C. Nel son Auto Parts in Plattsmouth. Luu tvig had a very deceptive out curve that several Merchant players will not soon forget. Next Sunday, Ray Schafer's vic torious Merchants meet a strong ag gregation from Nebraska City. Box score: Omaha (1) AD K II PO A R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Baker, lb 5 0 0 11 0 Smeckyl, 3b 4 4 0 1 0 Greager, ss 3 0 0 1 0 P. Baker, c 4 12 8 1 F. Ludwig, 2b 4 0 1 2 2 Stering, rf 4 0 0 0 0 H. Baker, cf 4 0 3 0 0 Shestak, If 3 0 0 0 0 II. Ludwig, p 3 0 0 1 3 34 1 Plattsmouth (2) All It It TO A K K. Smith, cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 Sedlak, ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 Ault, lb 4 0 4 4 0 0 Thimgan, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 Thierolf, p 4 0 1 0 2 0 B. Smith, c 4 0 1 17 0 0 Hayes, 2b 3 0 0 1 1 1 O'Donnell, If 3 1 3 3 0 0 Phillips, 3b 3 0 0 2 1 0 31 7 27 KLASSY KANNERS The "Klassy Kanuers" canning club met at the home of Dorothy Dee Garrison Monday afternoon, June 5. We discussed Problem 2 on the "Scoring of Fruit and Vegetables." Wo judged strawberries, peas and spinach. We had songs and yells. Three girls, Dorothy Clarence, Dor othy Dee Garrison and Kathleen Bal four, who visited Club Week told of the most important things they wit nessed. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess and her mother. The next meeting will be held at the home of Fern Neil on Wednesday, June 21. Each girl is to bring one pint of fruit or vegetables to can at the meeting and they are to bring one pint canned. KATHLEEN BALFOJJR, News Reporter. The Experts Answer the Questions ... MAYBE IN ANSWER PLEASE A Question-Answer, Program that's Different! 7:00 P. M. Every Sunday u Do you have a good question! KCIL pays One Dollar for ev ery one used on the progTam; Five Dollars more if it stumps the experts. Send in your's! J -Ready RAZORS i