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i ! PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL FAQE TWO MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 1939. i ' i I f f ! i the Plattsmouth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTS2I0UTH, NEBEASKA Entered at Pottofflce, Plattamouth. Neb,, u aecond-clas mail matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscriber Wring in Second Postal Zone, 12.50 per year. Beyond COO miles, J 3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, J3.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly In advance. Former Cass County Young People Wedded Miss Olive Lorraine Fierce and Mr. J. Van Allen of Omaha Mar ried at Havelock. On Wednesday. Augrust 30, 1939, at 8 p. m. at the church of Chris tian Missionary Alliance in Have lock, Nebraska, occurred the mar riage of two young people very well known in Cass county. Miss Olive Lorraine Pierce, daughter of Walter K. Pierce of Havelock and J. Van Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Custer Allen of Omaha, until a year ago residents of Murray. The bride re Bided in Plattsmouth during the sum mer two years ago and it was while ehe was employed here that she and Van met. Rev. Paul E. Herg performed the marriage ceremony in the presence of 75 guests. Mrs. John L.oder play ed the piano music. Miss Ruth Shankland played the violin and Wil liam Dick sang. Bouquets of garden flowers and fernery decorated the Husker Backs in Doubt, but Line's Better Nebraska Chances Rest on Develop ing New Ball Carriers Third Year for Jones. LINCOLN. Neb. (UP) The men behind the line on Nebraska's foot ball team hold the key to chances for a Cornhusker comeback this fall after the most disastrous season in 40 years. When last minute eligibility prob lems are settled. Coach Biff Jones' principal worries will center about development of. backfield strength on both offense and defense. An inexperienced line handicapped the Huskers in early-season play last year and they toppled from their place among the nation's high rank ing grid teams. The 193S record showed three victories,, five defeats and one tie for the worst season since 1899. Pre-season prospects for 1933 point to an improved forward wall, although a big gap was left by the altar. Miss Ruth Pierce, sister of (graduation of Charley Brock, All-Big the bride, was maid of honor and James Bishop served as best man. The bride's three brothers, Charles, Gerald and Norman, were ushers. The bride, who was given in mar riage by her father, wore a gown of white wedding ring satin made on princess lines with Chantilly lace yoke and Queen Anne collar. The bridal veil was held in place with a cap of lace in the halo 3tyle. Lilies of the valley formed the trim. Her bouquet was of yellow rosr3 and Bwansonia. The maid of honor wore pastel pink chiffon over taffeta. Her gown was embroidered . in blue and hud a blue grosgrain sash. It-waa in the redingote mode. She carried pink roses and swansonia. The im pressive ring ceremony was used, following which there was a recep tion at the Blackstone cafe in Lin coln where 18 were present. Bou quets of gladioli formed the center piece for the table. The bride chose for travel a wine colored tailored coat and dress, with accessories of wine and gray. After a wedding trip to San Francisco via Denver the young couple will be at home in Oakland, California. Out of town guests at the wed ding included: L. H. Tierce of Wheatland. Wyoming, uncle of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Custer Allen and daughter Mildred of Omaha, parents and sister of the groom, Theron Cole of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Fpidell and Mr. and Mrs. John Ixfdor of Wavrrly and Elsie Loder of Cali fornia. These young people have many friends in Cass county, where Van hss lived fur the past 12 years until Just recently, and all will wish for them -long lives of happiness together. F00ST GROUND BEAUTIFICATION The Plattsmouth Garden club project of rural school ground bcau tification made considerable progress when Mrs. W. H. Schinidtmann. local chairman, distributed Iris and flower seeds contributed by members and friends of the Plattsmouth Garden club, to the teachers here Saturday for their meeting. Mrs. Josie' Davis donated twelve bushels of iris roots, Pauline Pitz, Miss Dora Frlcke, Miss Anna Har ris. Frank Karvanek. Mrs. L. W. Egenberger, Frank A. Cloidt, Mrs. Clem Woster, Mrs. P. T. Heineman, contributed the flower .seeds and fruit pits for distribution. Several of the teachers are senct Ins exhibits to be shown in connec tion with the flower show during the riattsmouth King Korn Karnival. The Plattsmouth Seml-Wekly Journal (Monday and Thursday) cost no more than the smallest partial home-print weekly pub lished In this territory $Z for an entlro year. Six conference center for the past three years and a defensive giant be hind the line. ' Two Backs Graduated Graduation also cost the services of Fullback Bill Callihan, another star in the secondary defense, and i Jack Dodd, a fast-breaking halfback. Jones will have 14 returning let termen, however, for the nucleus of the squad which will take the field nt Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 30 for the opening game against Bo Mc Millan's Hoosiers. Harry Hopp and Herman Rohrig, both, junior triple-threat halfbacks. ire the leading candidates for tne halfback post, and Vike Francis, brother of Sam Francis, onetime all America fullback from Nebraska, is plated for the fullback job. Francis must hurdle some eligi bility barriers and if he fails to pass the examination, Rohrig may be shifted to fullback George Seeman, tar end. and Royal Kahler, tackle, expected to draw a starting assign ment, also have eligibility worries. Francis is the only sophomore slated for a position on the first eleven. After spring practice, Jones indicated the probable starting line up would include eight juniors, two seniors and one sophomore. Players who appear ticketed for first string duty include Seeman and Ray Prochaska or Jack Ashburn, ends; Kahler and Forrest Behm, tackles; Warren Alfson and Bill Her mann or Adna Dobson, guards; Bob Burruss or Bob Ramey, center; Roy Perch or George Knight, quarter back: IIopp or Rohrig. left half; Bob De Fruiter or Walter Luther, right half; and Francis, fullback. Jones came to Nebraska in 1937 and produced a conference champion in his first year after the Huskers had upset Minnesota in the season opener. Last year his team tied for third place in the conference after a slow r.tart, but the record showed losses to Minnesota. Iowa State, Missouri, Pittsburgh and Oklahoma. The 1939 season offers the Husk ers no relief from their perennially tough schedules. Minnesota's de fending Big Ten champions and Pittsburgh will be back on the list with most of the other teams which supplied the opposition last year. Baylor replaced Iowa in the only change for the 1939 season. Nebraska's schedule: Sept. 30 Nebraska at Indiana. Oct. 7 Minnesota at Nebraska. Oct. 14 Nebraska at Iowa State. Oct. 21 Baylor at Nebraska. Oct.' 28 Nebraska at Kansas State. Nov. 4 Nebraska at Missouri. Nov. 11 Kansas at Nebraska. Nov. 18 Nebraska at Pittsburgh. Nov. 25 Oklahoma at Nebraska. Thomas Wallinj Company -I -J. Abstracti of Title J. Poena 334 - Plattscioutn .1H I I I I1 1 I I 2 M-M-H- HELP STOMACH DIGEST FOOD Without Laiative and You'll Eat Everything from Soup to NuU Ttia (tnniicb hould. dicut wo pounds of food iljr. WtMn you sitt burr, onur. coins or rirh foods or lus you ar nerrous. huirict or rhw poor Ij1 -your stomich cfttn pour out too mucti fluid. Your f-xxi doin't digMt and you h tat. heartburn. nauiM, pin or tour :omeh. Tim fwl tour, tick arid uptst all or. Doctor ty nw Ukm a Unlit, lor atomKh Eiru It Is dangerous and fooltkh. It takes thosa I'.ls bUk tablets called. Se'.l.t:a for Indisettloa to raki trie oxceit ttorsacb fiuidl htrc'.ett. Ttheta d:stre4 in do first and Dut you baefc ca jroer feet. Belief la to quirk It It inotltr.r aud on 25o PecUft prova U. Ailt tot Bell-aiil tot; Indltnailoo. Second Place Award to Local Drum Corps Score 88io of Possible 100 Points as Result of Finely Executed Drill at State Fair Last Night Scoring 884 out of a possible 100 points in last flight's Drum Corps competition at the Nebraska state fair, the American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle Corps was easily second place winner in the. contest and was awarded $30 prize money in addition to its pro rated share of alloted expense money to participat ing corps. First place went to Auburn, but on a smaller spread of points than at last Tuesday night's competition at the University Stadium in con nection with the state Legion con vention. Auburn dropped several" points to score 93 just 4 Vz above the Plattsmouth boys. Plattsmouth, on the other hand, paid heed to those deficiencies to which attention was called in the judges' reports on the convention contest and pulled itself up several points in the percentage column. All who saw last night's contest were agreed that the Plattsmouth performance was top-notch, except for one little bobble as they were preparing to leave the field within the time limits. Their lines were far less "ragged" than the Auburn corps. and their drill was executed with a finesse that demonstrated the value of long and painstaking rehearsals. This is the second straight year that Plattsmouth corps has won sec Qnd place award at the Nebraska state fair. Veterans' Day Besides being opening day of the fair, Sunday was Veterans' day and brought service men. who enjoyed the early afternoou program in front of the grandstand. The ampitheatre was packed to capacity for the afternoon program, and well filled at the evening drum corps competition. Vast crowds also thronged the midway and exhibit buildings throughout the afternoon and evening. The carnival attraction this year is the Fairly and Little Shows, with Noble C. Fairly (who played Platts mouth two years in the late twen ties) one of the proprietors. The shows have grown greatly in size since here, but still travel by truck train, and Mr. Fairly stated they use 68 large trucks to transport their equipment from town to town. They filled a four day engagement at Clarinda. Iowa, last week en route from the Missouri state fair to the Nebraska fair. Next week they will play a similar short engagement at Geneva en route from the Nebras ka to the Kansas state fair. riattsmouth folks enjoyed a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claud Smith and daughter Wave, former residents of this city, who are now located at Sutton, in connection with Mr. Smith's employment with the State Highway Department. Many Interesting- Exhibits This year's fair has a large num ber of interesting exhibits and in dications point to a record attend ance before the gates swing shut late Friday afternoon. ARMSTRONG TO NEWARK Kenneth Armstrong, Plattsmouth's offering to the world of professional football, is to be a member of the Newark, New Jersey professional team, Owner George Halas of the Chicago Bears, transferring the Plattsmouth man to the new team. The Chicago Bears recently pur chased the Newark team and are sending some of their material there to strengthen the eastern connection. .Mr. Armstrong reported to Newark after the All-Star game in Chicago and his selection as a member of this team of the American Professional League, is a fine recognition of his ability and good work on the grid iron. There were sixty men on the Bears squad and that he was selected is a showing of his excellent work. Plattsmouth Merchants Win from Union History of PEO Society is Related Society Originated at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa in 1869 Chapter F. Es tablished Here in 1889. Sedlak Leads Team in Hitting Phil lips Pitches a Fine Game for the Locals in Contest. The Plattsmouth Merchants notch ed another victory in their win column as they won a wild baseball battle from Union 16-8. Sedlak. Smith and Hayes led the stickers, together getting 11 of the 17 Platter hits. Stub alone got five safeties. Hayes and Phillips scored four runs apiece. The victors got to the southpaw hurling of B. Morris early in the .same and scored four times in the first inning and their lead was never headed. M. Hoback was the leading Union player, getting four hits and pitch ing fairly well against the heavy Platter batsmen. Joe Phillips pitched the greater nnrt rf thfv pan ift for the Merchants a large attendance of the, . ... onrtahi tnb of ctlltl u i Li a 11 1 j v - stopping Union. The aforementioned work of "Stub" Sedlak at the plate was about equaled in the field. He got a double a triple and six times at The P. E. O. Sisterhood originated in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa where a group of young ladies in Iowa Wesleyan college formed a society in 1869. The sixth chapter in Nebraska was formed at Plattsmouth on Sept. 7, 1889 and is celebrating its 50th 'an niversary this month. The objects cf this organization are cultural, comprising advancement in kindly association with others, advancement in knowledge and wis dom and development of character. The works by which P. E. O. is known are the educational fund, the welfare and trust fund, Cottey col lege, the memorial library at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and the P. E. O. homes in several states. These sub jects will be treated in articles to appear later. There are some unique features in regard to relationships among the members. Mrs. Ellen Patterson and her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Wind ham were charter members of Chap ter F, daughters Mrs. Lida Pollock and Mrs. Edith King became mem bers and three daughters-in-law, three daughters of the third generation became members and now there is a fourth generation member in another chapter. Mrs. Bertha Shopp and her five daughters were all members. The highest honor in the organ ization, that of supreme president. was given to Hall ie Atwood Newell, who became a member here. The meetings are held in the homes of members and this necessi tates a moderate sized membership roll. Nebraska was the first state to form a state chapter and in 1890 a meeting was held in Omaha to which Mrs. Mary Houseworth and Mrs. three singles out of M-iaa i'oiiock vein as aeiesaics Uum hat Haves got two i the Plattsmouth chapter. In 1893 singles and a homer out of trips, while B. Smith, had singles out of four time at bat. The box score: Plattsmouth (16) ' ab n h ro Sedlak, ss r 6.25 & . Haves, 2b 4 4 3 1 Phillips, p-3b 5 4 1 1 O'Donnell. If 4 '2 2 3 B. Smith, c 6 0 3 3 Thierolf. p 2 0 0 0 Ault. lb , 3 0 0 10 E. Smith. rf-3b 5 2 10 Parriott. cf 4 2 0 2 Svoboda, If 2 0 11 Thimgan, rf 4 0 11 four three 46 16 17 27 Union (8) AB 12 FINE NEW LAUNCH On the banks of the Missouri river there is a beautiful launch. The boat is owned by three young "river rats" of Plattsmouth. The boat is named B. B. It. (Bennett, Bowman, and Richter.) The launch is about 38 feet long and runs up and down the river like "nobody's business." This motor boat has towed more than one boat to safety. The boat has caused much excite ment among the younger set of Plattsmouth. If you would care for ride in this launch, Just get In touch with "Chuck" Bennett, Dale Bowman or Ernie Richter and I'm sure they will fix it up for you. BANDIT PASSES UP NICKELS M. Hoback, p-c 5 differ, 2b-c 4 Easter, lb 5 Eaton. If 5 K. Hoback, 3b 5 B. Morris, p-cf 5 Clark, cf 3 Erwin, ss 4 Upton, rf 3 rt 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 o 0 II 4 1 1 1 0 o 0 ro o 7 6 2 3 2 1 3 1 39 8 13 24 8 PIONEER RESIDENT IN CITY from Tuesday's Daily Frank II. Standcr or Omaha, with his daughter, Miss Lillian, were in the city for a short time today to at tend to some matters at the court house. Mr. Standcr who is 81, is now the dean of this prominent family and has been a resident of Cass county since a year old moving to Omaha. Mr. Standcr was brought, west by his parents and crossed the Missouri riv er at this point. In the intervening years Mr. Standcr has had a larpre part in helping to build Cass county and is one of the leading land owners of the county and was for many years a leader in the life of the county. the chapters in Nebraska were en tertained here. At the present time there are 142 chapters in Nebraska having an ac tive membership of 5,061. Chapter F records 158 having been members of this chapter through the past 50 years. The active membership of Chapter F at this time is 43 with 18 non-resident members. MUCH DEMAND FOR PLAYING TIME AT CITY TENNIS COURTS ADDITIONAL NAMES PHILADELPHIA (UP) A gun man saw only nickels and dimes in Is. S. Davis Following are the names which have been added since the last re port, to the King Korn Karnival donations: Chamber of Commerce 5 ja.uu V. F. Nolle 1 .T V. Knnflirek Insurance 2.50 Petersen Recreation Parlor s Recreational Director Elmer Sund ftrom advises there has been no more popular amusement provided in Plattsmouth than that available to young and old at the city tennis and volley ball courts, equipment for which was provided by the American Legion Community Building club af ter the grounds had been laid out (.nd fenced through co-operation of the NYA and the city government. For some time the courts lay idle, due to lack of equipment. Then the Legion expended about $40 for the needed equipment and both courts have been occupied almost steadily throughout the day and early even ing hours ever since. For the most part, tennis is in favor, but a few have Fiarted playing volley ball, as equipment for this is also included in the paraphernalia purchased. Mr. Sundstrom reports that in a single afternoon last week, eighty persons called at the courts to play, mini that the response to requests of the players not to "hog time" has been very gratifying. In that way, r large number can be accommodat ed, each getting the benefit of exer cise provided by one or two sets. The Legion trustees have been pleased, through the co-operation ot members of the club, to help pro vide this popular amusement for the people of the community and hope that Calvert Courts will continue to be popular not only this year, but in years to come. 5.00 the cash register of a bakery he was robbing. "If that's all you've got, skip it," he said, and walked out. 2.50 Peter Pan Bread 10.00 Butternut Bread 10.00 K. P. Pence ' 1 INSION $1.21 POCKET AND WRIST WATCHES tl.OO to 3.95 ALARM CLOCKS H.00 to 2.95 LOOK FOR figMft5 ON THE DIAl Help Them Cleanse the Blood . of Harmful Body Waate Tour kidneys an constantly filtarfng wast raattar from the blood stream. 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