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PAGE TWO PLATTSKOUTH SEMI - " JO'CJENAL MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1939. the Plattsmouth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSSXOTO, KIBIASXA Entered at PostotHcs, Plattsmouth, Neb., as econd-eW mall matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SITBSCBIPTION PBICE $2.00" A YEAfi" IN TTJ&F 6St AT ZOlHt Subscriber! living in Second Poetal Zone. 18.50 per year. Beyond 600 miles, $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada-and forebjn countries, 13.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. MURDOGK ITEMS: John Gakemeicr drove to Lincoln lust Monday to transact business in the capital city. Henry Oehlerking and Louis L. Newman were business callers in Ashland one day last week. Mrs. M. M. Boyd was taken sud denly ill last week and is still con iined to her bed, although somewhat improved. Robert Crawford, who has been under the weather much of the time during the past two months, is re ported as improving. Edward Ganaway, the shoemaker, spent the day Sunday in Lincoln vis iting at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Robson. Henry Brockmueller, who resides jiear Waverly, was a Murdock visi tor Monday, being a guest at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. H. Buck and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lyons were attending the funeral of an uncle of Mr. Lyons, who passed away at his home in Otoe county last week. He had been ill for some time. John Albert Bauer, now a resident of Lincoln, visited old friends here last Monday forenoon, going on to Louisville to look after business mat ters before returning home. David Simmons, an employe of the state highway department, and a good friends of John Eppings, local patrolman, accompanied by his wife, were guests at the Eppings home here Sunday. Clarence Emmans, of Lincoln, who has been visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. V. H. Zabel and assist ing at the store, has been placing a new roof on the home where Mr. and Mrs. Zabel reside. Henry E. Carson transacted, busi J ress in Omaha Monday, accompany ing Ray Gamlin, who trucked a load of cattle to the South Omaha stock yards and brought back some mer chandise for local stores. Mrs. Mata MacDiarmid and daugh ter, Dolly, surprised L. Neitzel Sun day afternoon, just after he had re turned from his visit to the Cedar Hill church, awakening him from taking a nap after a strenuous day's work. Mrs. Mary Carson, mother of Hen ry E. Carson, who has been seriously ill for some time, is reported consid erably better and able to sit up for short intervals each day. This will be pleasing news to the many friends of Grandma Carson, as she is affection ately known. Robert Emmens, father of Mrs. W. H. Zabel. who has been seriously ill in the Lincoln General hospital for some time, is reported making very pood improvement and it was thought he might be able to leave the hos pital by the latter part of the week, to continue his recuperation at home This will bo good news to the many friends of this estimable gentleman .Mr. and .Mrs. Bryan McDonald ana children went to Plattsmouth runaa, expecting to visit at the home of Mrs. McDonald's parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Thimgan. Arriv ing there, they found no one at home 3) went to the home of Lester Thim gan, brother of Mrs. McDonald, and there also found no one at home. So, pfter visiting around Plattsmouth for a short time, they returned home. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lyons spent three days in Lincoln last week, Mr. Lyons attending the state teachers' convention, as he is an instructor In the CCC camp at "Weeping Water and comes within the category of other public instructors who are re quired to attend the institute ses sions. Mrs. Lyons and the baby vis ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Merideth Weddell. Mr. Weddell is a brother of Mrs. Lyons. Miss Dorothy Gorthey, who is a teacher in the public schools at Palisade, Nebraska, enjoyed a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gorthey, over the week end, after attending one of the state teachers' conventions for which school was dismissed Thursday and Friday. Miss Dorothy is to have the Plattsmouth Journal visit her. twice a week in the future, as a gift from her father. Found: Pair of Glasses Henry A. Tool found a pair of glasses in a case, which are at the bank. Owner call and get glasses by paying for this ad, 40 cents. Sunday school that she might bring to them first-hand information from this district Red Cross meeting about taking roll call for member ship with the Red Cross. Mrs. Han nah McDonald, the chapter represen tative these many years, has always taken the roll call. This year she feels new material wkh new workers to help her will be necessary since we hope to offer the privilege of Joining the Red Cross to every man and woman of good will. The war in Europe increases the need. Well Deserved Eecoenition Lite it i ljiiuigaii, iui iuvi niuiuum young man, who has been making his home in Plattsmouth in recent years, received a well deserved recognition at the Cass county Sunday School convention held at Louisville a week ago, when he was elected president of the association. Les, as he is familiarly known, has been an active worker in the Christian church and Bible school at Plattsmouth for a number of years, the past two years as superintendent of the Junior department. He is em ployed by the Norfolk Packing com pany in Plattsmouth. would and have considered an un surmountable obstacle. This man, at the age of ten years, lost an arm and a leg. He was blest by a determined nature that he could do anything any other kid might do. He grew to manhood. World war came about and recruits were need ed. He applied for "enlistment, but could not qualify, of course. He was lecturing on a Chautauqua platform when a telegram was hand ed him asking him to report at once to the eastern coast. The telegram was from the director of the Ameri can Red Cross saying he was just the man they wanted to visit the de barkation camps, where mutilated soldiers, victims of the War, were shot almost to pieces, yet lived. Just another example of how the Red Cross finds the way in emergencies. Let us ponder these things and make Red Cross "ever ready," by giving a membership during roll call. AN ENJOYABLE DANCING PARTY Hunted Near Sioux City A group of hunters from here drove up near Sioux City Saturday night, arriving in time for the open ing of the hunting season Sunday morning. They found the birds very plentiful and were able to bag their limit. Those who went were A. J. Tool, Henry A. Tool, Henry Amgwert, Dr. Formanak, Gust Wilkins, and Will Wilkins. Return Visit to Cedar Hill A very pleasant and enjoyable day was had by L. Neitzel last Sunday, when he paid a return visit to the Cedar Hill church, where he substi tuted a month ago, preaching for the pastor who attended conference. This time he had expected to hear the new minister preach, but was prevailed upon to preach again af ter teaching a large class in Sunday school. ' (From Plattsmouth Journal July 30, 1890) The dancing party given last eve ning at Fitzgerald hall in honor of Miss Bertha Wise was most decidedly one of the social successes of the Season'. About twenty couples it tended and participated in the dancing, which lasted until midnight, after which refreshments were served. There were present Misses Georgia and Maggie Oliver, Janet Livingston, Bertha Wise, Annie Ami son, Dora Fricke, Mamie Carmack. Maud Vivian, Cad O'Neill, Emma Dabb, Mamie Stiles, Mattie Hutche son. Nettie Ballance, Lizzie Miller, Delia Tartsch, Rose McCauley, Lucy Simpson; May Beverage, May Dutton and Messrs. Will Reinhackel, Rob Miller, Frank Meyers, Frank Mc Coy, Chas. Murphy, Lou O'Neill, Ed Schuloff, Will Stadelmann. Tom Par rnele, John Parrish, Sam Patterson, D. C. McEntee, Will Streight, Frank II. Clark, Will Clement, Chas. Sher man, Elmer Cole, Chas. Morrison, John Donelan, Ed Barker, Van Burke, Will Coolidge, Logan Brown, Henry Tartsch and Thos. Mullin. INTERESTING BOWLING MATCH From Wednesday's DalTy A very interesting match was staged last evening in the Men's Bowling League, when the Conis Shining Parlor and the Norfolk Pack ing Co., teams clashed. The score of the teams was. as. follows: . , Conis Shining Parlor Taylor 96 120 108 Dasher 124-113 105 Cuthrell 95 128 149 Stoll 156 103 118 Porter . 119 130 110 POPULAR ORCHESTRA COMING Plattsmouth Junior Chamber of Commerce members have selected Lloyd Hanson and his ten-piece or chestra of Minneapolis, Minnesota to play for the Hallowe'en frolic on 590 594 590 Norfolk Packing Co. Nelson 91 90 120 lienTichsen 104 99 65 Turner 95 94 87 Sander 92 76 62 Thimgan 112 120 92 VISITING IN THE SOUTH FUNERAL OF MRS. PATTERSON Home on Furlough John McDonald, who is a member of the United States navy and is lo cated on the battleship Nevada on the west coast,, has been home for a number of days enjoying a visit with his parents and meeting his host of friends in Murdock and vicinity. He has a total of about ihree weeks off, part of which is consumed in travel ing back and forth between here and the west, and the balance will be spent here. He is well pleased with life in the navy and is progressing very nicely with bis workA ' . Overcame Great Handicap One of the men appearing on the program at the district Red Cross meeting held recently in Beatrice for leaders from fourteen counties in this part of the state, made a great im pression on those in attendance for having overcome great handicaps in his physical condition, that many Hunted at North Loup Lacy McDonald and wife were at North Loup, where they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gillespie and where they were join ed by Dr. Formanak, with the men spending a couple of days hunting pheasants, while Mrs. McDonald and Mrs. Gillespie had a fine visit as they recalled old times. Frank Rosenow, substitute carrier, looked after the mail delivery on Mr. McDonald's route while they were away. DEEP ROCK RANGE OIL FOR Furnaces, Circulators, Heating Stoves Deliveries made in territory of Murdock, Louisville, Manley . and Weeping Water. - For Deliveries, Call DEEP ROCK OIL CO. Phone 139, Ashland Free Phone Calls on all Orders J bulking 100 gallons or over! Seventy-Seventh Birthday Herman R. Schmidt was born In Germany on October 20, 1862. He attended school in his native land until he was 16 years old, when he came to America, and has made his home in this country 61 years. His 77th birthday occurred on Friday, October 20, and he was honor guest at a dinner Sunday which was at tended by the children and grand children. Those present besides Mr. Schmidt and wife were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schmidt and family of Wabash Wm. Winkler and family, Elmwood, Kcnert Stock and family. Gust Straicli and family and Hilda Eck- cry and family. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt celebrated tneir golden wedding anniversary last year. Ladies Aid Meets . Mrs. A. H. Ward, aided by Mrs. James Miller as assistant hostess, en tertained the Ladie3 Aid one day last week. At the business meeting plans were discussed for the raising of money to assist in carrying on me cnurcn program. A pleasant social hour followed, with delicious refreshments at the close of the af ternoon. . - district Red Cross Meetine Mrs. Floy BueM. local chairman for Red Cross Production-, for. War Re lief and Mrs. Bryan McDonald ac companied Mrs. Henry A. Tool to Beatrice. Wednesday,. October 23. mis. -icuouald represented the Young Married Folk, class of the I! C A KAEJIO TRAVELING SERVICE b Mai will be here once' each week' for Free Test and Check Service. 8 Leave name and address or briar radio here Service ion all makes! McDonald's Store, Murdoch, Neb. s -. , ......... ,,. , , Funeral services for the late Mrs. Samuel Patterson, who passed away Saturday at Norfolk, Nebraska, were held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in that city. Christian Sci ence services were held. Accompanied by the husband, son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson, the body was brought to Omaha Tuesday where it was cremated in the Forest Lawn crematory. , ' ft FfJ Jeupnal Job Printing Pleases. Mrs. A. W. Smith of this city, with her daughter, Mrs.' W. T. Rich ardson and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, of Ashland, arc spending a short time in the southland.-Mr. and Mrs. Smith motored hero' from ' Ashland and took the local ladies with them to Houston, Texas, where they will visit with relatives for a time. 494 479 426 Miss Margaret Ann Pitz was awarded the prize for the highest ladies score for the past week. OUTDOES BUEBANK Some time ago when Clayton Rosencrans, well known North 5th street barber decided to become a householder .and purchased a very pleasant home, on North 8th street. he figured ; that a home was not complete without a few fruit trees Accordingly having . heard of the afme of "the-value-of the stock of fruit trees from Shenandoah, Iowa, he hastened 'to Send in an order for i number of apple trees. That the trees are exceptional was clearly demonstrated today as the owner RUTH RICHTER INJURED Miss Ruth Richter, daughter of Mr. and, Mrs. William Richter who reside at 1015 Howell streei, suf fered the dislocation of her left elbow Saturday afternoon. Follow ing her injury the young lady was taken to the office of Dr. R. P. West- over where the injured member was treated. X t " J mat L' I Lloyd Hanson Tuesday evening, October 31 at the American Legion hall. President Vincent Kelley has been notified that Lloyd Hanson had re ceived the Plattsmouth organization's Invitation and the owner of the or chestra had stated that he is secur ing a number of Hallowe'en special ties for the occasion. An orchestra that has proven to be popular over the entire United States, it Is at present booked for a arrived home to find the tree had I number of college dances. They have bore fruit and the result was such that Luther Burbank, great horti culturist,' would have turned green with envy. The old apple tree from Shenandoah had brought forth two large and lovely apples, a large lemon and not the least a luscious prune. The tree attracted much at tention and a general regret is that it did not. bear fruit in time for the King Korri Karnival. i already played for a large number of such dances in the rast. Committee members for the occa sion: Concession committee Raymond Hild, John Urish, Thornton Baker. Publicity committee Cecil Hen nings, Marion Speck. Ticket committee Charles Wal- den, chairman; Lumir Gemer, Ran- jdall York. DRAMATIC STORY OF PETROLEUM IS TOLD AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR wtsr WTt : .jj. 4 w vva. : : .-..-. ..- -. .-,.": .......wrf Who gets the money? The division of a dollar spent for 2sdUne is depicted in this novel display at the Petroleum Industry Exhibition. Round and round go Mr. and Mrs. American motorist depicted here in this model of an auto mobile and every time they pay a dollar for gasoline vari ous groups and agencies step forward to claim their share. First and foremost Is the tax collector who receives thirty two cents of the total. Labor, service stations and field equipment all demand their share of the consumer's dol lar. At the tail end of the penny procession, one half cent is allotted to the administrative of ficers of the oil Industry. The exhibit is located in the "Economics" tank of the exhibition. 'niln'mni mill I ' eWZtom. A nation's wealth is symbolized by these metal coins flow ing from an oil derrick into the hands of thousands of petroleum employees and manufacturers. Payments made by the petroleum industry as shown in this animated wall panel at the Petroleum Industry Exhibition amount to more than $875,000,000 for the purchase of materials and equipment. Employees of oil companies receive $1,500, 000,000 while $375,000,000 is paid out to owners of oil land and investors. Only a fraction of the industries that bene fit by this vast outpouring of money are shown in here. jr -.- . v No blackout in the United States. At least not while pe troleum helps illuminate and move the thousands of ma chines dependent upon electricity. This wall, panel at the Petroleum Industry Exhibition tells the story of how pe troleum makes ppssible the use of electricity to move subways, buses, diesel electric generators and countless other devices upon which the American way of life Is based. Going up. Every day men ride up to tiny platforms atop thousands of oil derricks throughout the nation to help bring forth oil for the wheels of America's industry. This derrick operator, perched on the giant drill ing machinery of the oil derrick erected at the Petroleum Industry Exhibition at the World's Fair, shows how it's done. The der rick on which he operates Is one of the larg est In existence. Thousands of Fair visitors every day get a thrilling insight, into the process of drilling for oil exactly as it is conducted In the oil fields. ' Petroleum makes the world . g o round. And also, as this panel shows, makes planes, ships and trains go round the world. The close bond linking all forms of modern transportation and the oil industry are depicted in this petroleum preview of the streamlined air liner, super train and steamship of the future all propelled by oil. Oil jot the World of Today and Tomorrowa great American industry, petroleum, tells a story of Yankee courage, enterprise and ingenu . ousness at the New York World's Fair. These scenes ere from the Petroleum Industry Exhibition at the Fair. VISITORS to the New York World's Fair who want to find ut what makes America's wheels go. around head for the Petroleum Industry Exhibition, where the story of the nation's fifth largest industry is being told. Here, in a large triangular building which ap pears to be resting on' four oil tanks, a great, variety of exhibits, Including working machinery, a technicolor sound motion picture, an animated map of the . United States and huge mural - paintings, show the highlights of petroleum's contributions to. present-day civili sation and its promise for the "World "of Tomorrow." The metal exterior of the build ing, ""which measures 200 feet on a tide, Had is SO feet high forms four Carta tiers, giving the impression of a cooling tower. Painted in sev eral shades of blue, the gleaming metal catches the ray , of the sun by day and Is brilliantly Illumin ated at night by means of concealed luminous tubing. Outside the build ing, a 200 foot oil derrick; 'ft pump ing unit, a storage tank, and other equipment characteristic of the in dustry are relieved by trees , and other attractive foliage. ' ' In the four tanks which partially support the building-are exhibits showing the vital part" played by petroleum in industry, In transpor; tation. in the home and on the farm, and in . the , general economic -life of the nation.- - , ; :; - A series ;of displays in the "In dustry" tank brings ontin a strik ing manner, the 'dependence of mod ern Industry on petroleum products. Tee "Transportation" 'tank fea tures a cavalcade of. transportation, from the ox-cart to the airplane. A. realistic full-sized model, of an ox cart, with the wheels, creaking, the ox .lazily nodding his 'head and the driver moving his arm, seems to attract the greatest attention here. A group of engine" models from 1869 to the present'day is also shdwn, along r with ' the parallel- develop ments in , petroleum which :made them possible. Overhead 4s mount ed a globe with small model 'air: planes whizzing around it " . , ' Some of the nundreas of 'petrole um . products whicii people .use in every-day - lifej are- shown in' the "Home and Farm" tank.: The ch tial feature here Is a-cross section, of a model house.. enabling the vis itor, to' view its interior from gar ret to cellar. . ; '; t . : ' Concludics, the task exhibits Is the ."Poeketboek"' taak. rhre. by means of moving diagr,aais, models, and other device the visitor gets. what amounts to , a ten-minute course . in the. economics of the oil Industry: The highlight of this sec tion ; is a .miniature automobile in which Mr. a'nd ilrs'. Average Motorist- drive around . a platform while various animated exhibits describe Interesting facts about oil in rela tion Up -the: country's welfare. . . ?, In one corner "of. the triangular Structure ; is shown the " technicolor movie short,T possibly the most popular feature In" the Petroleum Building. The "actors are a new type o? puppet with flexible, faces -and limbst which ' gives them an extra ordinarily wide range of expression and action. The story acted out by the : puppet comeuianfe Is an amus ing and fast-moving recital of the way petroleum has '. traasformed o:oden life.. SUrting from the cov ered wagon , days, the story, mores through jthe era of the first "horse less carriage" down to the stream lined age of. today. Another striking exhibit In the Petroleum Budding Is an animated relief map of the United States, 59 feet la width on which luminous tubes, colored lights and hundreds of symbols trace the growth of th American petroleum industry. Oa this map,, miniature derricks show the various oil fields while a sys tem of staggered lights indicates the year when each field came lata production. - To complete the visitor's. educa tion, a model. re finery in one corner of the building, clears up some of the mysteries , connected with - the conversion of crude oil -Into hun dreds of refined products. Included in this refining center are models o storage tanks, a deepwater dock, and '.a Jarge number of distillation, crack i qg and other refining units.