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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL FAQS THRU LOCAL FIRMS THAT IKIAVE HELPED. BUILD CASS COUNTY - - - H.: Baxter MOIfDAY, UCTEMBER 6, 1939. HERB'S LI0.TJ0R STORE Plattsmouth With the repeal of prohibition, the sale of gins, wines and liquors have assumed an important role in the lives of many of our people. Now that their sale is legal, you can get the best at Herb's Liquor Store, es tablished here just eighteen months ago by Fred Herbster. LORENZ BROTHERS' MARKET Plattsmouth One of the pioneer grocery and meat stores of Plattsmouth is that of L. W. and E. A. Lorenz. Far back in 1899 it was started in a rather modest way and since that time the uprighteous principles employed have won their reward, the store of the Lorenz Brothers now being known as THE place in Plattsmouth to buy quality groceries and meats. CONOCO STATION Plattsmouth. One visit to the Conoco Station will prove more than a million words that there is a vast difference in gaso line, oil and service. You will get a combination of all three here when you fill up with their Conoco gas and oil and get the service that Joe Hendrix gives. This station gives twenty-four hour service and they do complete lubrication, washing, tire repairing and specialize in checking anti-freeze iu your car. GLEN VALIERY IMPLEMENT CO. Plattsmouth Firms engaged in agricultural pur suits apparently have a closer and more intimate appeal to residents of Cass county due, no doubt, to the fact that this is so essentially an agricultural community. They also have a greater opportunity to serve and by the same token a greater ob ligation to their community. The Glen Vallery Implement Com pany has, in eight years of activity In the John Deere farm implement business, always endeavored to serve the farmers of this community to their very best interests, thereby ful filling that obligation in a manner ibefltticg so reputable a 'firm:'1 In the recent king Korn Itarnival, Glen Vallery had a float displaying the first steel plow ever made. It was made by the John Deere Co. over 100 years ago. Mr. Vallery's daugh ter, Gertrude, was the crowned queen of the carnival. HARRIS RAND BOX CLEANERS Plattsmouth The Harris Band Box Cleaners, which has been located in Platts mouth for the past twenty-five years, has given women of this vicinity a newer conception of laundry and dry cleaning service. Startling improve ments in methods, materials and equipment now safeguard your clothes as never before You only have to try the Harris Band Box Cleaners to realize . the difference these changes have brought about. The business is equipped with all modern equipment to give you every service available in the laundry and dry cleaning work. The Harris Band Box Cleaners is as near to you as your telephone. Pick it up and ring 75. One of their trucks will soon be at your door to get your work and they will return it as soon as it is finished. You'll never again bend over the antiquated washer. You'll know what a real laundry and clean ing service is like. This is the only commercial laua dry and dry cleaners in the county. It has been owned by E. C. Harris Bince 1914, and he employs six local people. BAUER AUTO AND SUPPLY CO. & BAUER HEATING AND PLUMBING Plattsmouth Few businesses in Cass county have enjoyed the steady and consistent growth attained by the Bauer Auto and Supply Company and the Bauer Heating and Plumbing of Platts mouth. Since its inception in 1902, the firm has gene ahead in the most progressive manner, enlarging their stock and bettering their service from year to year until now they enjoy and occupy an important niche in the business chain of Cass county. The firm's affairs are not confined to local limits, but extend over a wide area and the large patronage they have is indeed a reflection of the high esteem in which they are held by the people of this entire section. This is one of the oldest auto deal ing concerns In the county. They sell the Nash automobiles, Dunlop and Seiberling tires," auto accessories and Valvoline and Penroil motor oils. In the service department they do all kinds of repair work on all makes and models of cars, acetylene weld ing and general machine shop work. Three expert mechanics are employ ed. In the plumbing and heating busi ness, this firm does both general and contract work and handles a full line of plumbing and heating supplies. 1UNDBERG SERVICE Nehawka The Lundberg Service Station of Nehawka builds for tomorrow by their SERVICE today. Day in and day out, you'll get the kind of ser vice that has built this business. Good Conoco gas and oil as well as fine accessories are, of course, to be expected. A. F. STURM Nehawka Build for tomorrow by building well today. Good lumber, building materials, paint and hardware mean a good home. One board or a car load you'll get service and quality at the lumber company of A. F. Sturm. Mr. Sturm is the oldest busi ness man in Nehawka. SHELDON'S STORE Nehawka The best is often right at your door; particularly if you live in Ne hawka where N. N. Tucker and Mrs. Izadore Sheldon Tucker conduct the general store of which I am writing. You don't have to go further away to look for better groceries, meats, or dry goods, better prices or better service. You'll only be wasting your time. You'll find as good values in Sheldon's Store as you will any where. NEHAWKA FARMERS GRAIN CO. Nehawka Having been located at Nehawka for thirty-one years, the Nehawka Farmers Grain Company has, in that time, always catered to the interests of the farmers of this vicinity, being Aery well equipped to do custom work and giving you prompt and efficient service. A complete line of Coal, Feed and Grain is kept in stock. The Nehawka Farmers Grain Com pany is maintained by all local stock holders and is managed by J. J. Pol lard. J. H. STEFFENS Nehawka Madam, your shopping troubles are over if you'll do your buying at the general store of J. H. Steffens, who for twenty-four years has cater ed to the household needs ofc Ne hawka people. Buying is a pleasant task here and an economical one too for prices are always low at the J. 11. Steffens store. And a nice feature of it is that you can fill most of your needs here without going elsewhere, selecting from a large stock of gro ceries, drygoods, shoes, notions, etc. A real one stop store. Mr. Steffens has been a resident of Cass county since 1913. He has always been active in the civic af fairs of the community, being a past chairman of the Nehawka school board, past mayor of Nehawka and was a member of the Boy Scout Council for over twenty years. He is row a member of the Board of Trustees of the Methodist church. HANSEN'S GARAGE Nehawka There are none to dispute the well known fact that the automobile is the essence of perfection in transpor tation and it is also a well known fact among the knowing that the Chrysler and Plymouth cars repre sent perfection in the automotive industry. An uninterrupted and smooth flow of power and pep you never believed existed has been built into the new lines of the new Chrysler and Fly mouth cars. Solid, massively rugged strength and beauty of line, always a dominant feature of these cars, have been enhanced by many new features that will immediately at tract your attention. The Hansen's Garage policy, ALWAYS RELIABLE 13 reflected in every model. It might also be said that no car is better than the service given to it by the man who sells it and in this Tespect C. H. Hansen measures up to every standard set by the manufac turer, briefly, to afford prompt and efficient service in every detail. THE GAMBLE STORE AGENCY Weeping Water You don't need to go out of town or send your money out either, in THE BACKBONE OF CASS COUNTY The merchants and other business people listed in this commer cial review of Cass county are local people, a part of this community. Their interests and yours are one. They pay taxes here, contribute to churches, schools, charities and other local institutions that are requi site to the welfare of any community not for any selfish gain or reasons," but because these local institutions are their own as well as yours and they are glad to do their share. Do mail order houses do that? Do peddlers or out of town business interests of any nature do it? No, they don't. They take but never put and you can't keep on taking from anything without eventually impoverishing it and have nothing left from which to take for either you or the merchant. Isn't it good logic and common sense then for you to patronize these local merchants who have helped anc will continue to help make this a finer community for you and your children and their children also? These local merchants do not ask charity. They offer a full meas ure of value for every dollar received. Their goods are priced fairly, all of them. You don't pay fifty cents for one dollar article and then turn around and pay a dollar and fifty cents for another dollar article. They don't resort to such subterfuge. You get sixteen ounces of every pound, thirty-six inches to every yard, a hundred cents of value and service for every dollar, with a smile wrapped in every bundle. LOCAL MERCHANTS ARE LOCAL ASSETS, HELP THEM THAT THEY MAY HELP YOU. order to effect a saving in your store bill. Stop in at the store of Art Meeske in Weeping Water and see what real economy is. Being a mem ber of the nation-wide Gamble stores, this firm is thereby enabled to buy at a saving and these savings are in turn passed on to you, the con sumer, in the form of better goods at lower prices. Mr. Meeske carries a complete line of auto accessories and supplies and hardware. FARMERS UNION CREAM STATION Weeping: Water By maintaining an uninterrupted policy of paying the highest cash j market prices for produce, poultry cream and eggs, the Farmers Union Cream Station has in three years of business activity built up a large trade with residents and farmers of Cass county. By continuing that prac tice they hope to continue building their business. KECKLER OIL COMPANY Weeping Water You'll find the Keckler Oil Com pany at Weeping Water the kind you come back to a service station where you get real service not just a fill ing station. By selling dependable Skelly gas and oils, fine accessories and giving such exceptional service, R. W. and R. L. Keckler have built up this enterprise to its present position from a humble beginning twenty years ago. JOHNSON'S CAFE Weeping Water Delicious coffee, fine food and pleasant surroundings for breakfast, lunch or dinner. That's Johnson's Cafe at Weeping Water, which has been operated since September by A. E. Johnson, an experienced restaur ant man. ROBINSON ELEVATOR Murray Murray, a thriving town in Cass county, boasts many fine business houses, and among them is the Rob inson Elevator, managed by Robert Weston. This firm, which buys and stores grain, succeeded the Farmers Elevator six years ago and since that time, their business has advanced very steadily. MURRAY STATE BANK Murray The banking interests of Murray are well taken care of by that sound banking house you all know so well, the Murray State Bank, established here in 1900. With W. G. Boedeker as President, and Charles Boedeker as its Cashier, it has a Capital of S20.000.00, Surplus and Undivided Profits of $15,000.00 and Deposits aggregating $$275,000.00. The Murray State Bank is a mem ber of the Nebraska Bankers Asso ciation and the Federal Deposit In surance Corporation. They also write all kinds of insurance and make farm loans. MURRAY HARDWARE Murray Years of reliable service, handling Quality Goods at Quality Prices, are the principal reasons to which the success of this firm might be attrib uted. It's a fine hardware and im plement store, owned by a home town man and handling things you'll like. This firm was established in 1929 by A. L. Carper and B. H. Nelson. At the death of Mr. Nelson in 1933, Mr. Carper became sole owner. Here, you will find a general line of hard ware, builders hardware, John Deere implements and tractors, implement parts and repairs, Monarch ranges and heaters, De Laval cream separa tors and the Kohler plumbing fix tures. They also contract for all kinds of plumbing and heating work. The John Deere implements may be purchased from Mr. Carper on the Easy Payment plan. CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO. Eagle The Continental Grain Company at Eagle has always had the confi dence of people of Cass county and has always valued that confideirce. They are prepared to serve you in the future as they have in the past twenty years V. TRUMBLE MARKET-GROCERY Eagle One of the most reputable stores in Cass county is the market and gro cery of V. Trumble, at Eagle. Mr Trumble has operated the business since 1919. He is a native of Cass county and employs one local person to assist him with the conduct of the business. At Trumble's you may purchase staple and fancy groceries, fresh and cured meats, fresh fruits and veget pbles. all at pricesyou can afford. This is truly a Jiouse of service and co-operation in the progress this county is making. They are deserv ing of your eo-operatiom. For free delivery service, telephone 3. FARMERS UNION CO-OP. ASS'N. Eagle Good times, bad times and so-so limes they all revert to Mother Earth and the farmer. So any busi ness that tends to aid the farmer, helps us all. The Farmers Union Co-Op. Association at Eagle since 19 1G, has long been known as the farmer's friend, co-operating with them in the agricultural progress Cass county is making. This concern is operated on a co operative basis, having eighty-five stockholders. It is under the man agement of Guy Jones and has Oto Boeswitter as President, R. C. Wen zel as Vice President and Clyde West as Secretary-Treasurer. THE BANK OF EAGLE The Bank of Eagle has reached its nresent position by giving its de positors a full measure of safety as well as prompt and courteous treat ment. Since its beginning, in 1S90, it has always extended the most lib eral treatment, consistent with pru dent banking. The Bank of Eagle wants your account and aims to make It.'i service of real value to you in order to secure and retain it. This bank was established in 1890 bj A. C. Adams and associates. Mr. Adams was president until 1905, when he was succeeded by George Ritter. In . 1930, A. J. Nelson be came president and still acts in that capacity. The bank has Mr. JsTelson a? President. John Peterson as Vice i resident ana uarry ko Demon as Cashier. It has a capital of $20,000.- 00, Surplus and Undivided Profits of $8,000.00 and Deposits of $C0,000.00 and is a member of the F. D. I. C., vhich insures each depositor up to $5,000.00. ' . FARMERS UNION CO-OP. ASS'N. Elmwood WTith just and ample cause to be proud of its role in the development of Cass county in an agricultural capacity, the Farmers Union Co-Op. Association of Elmwood enters Its twenty-fourth year of service to the farmers of Cass county. As in the past, the future will be marked by a continuance of the old reliable policy of handling only the best in grain, coal, feeds and farm implements. They feature the McCormick-Deering farm implements and Gooch's Feeds and Flour. The Farmers Union Co-Op. Associa tion has 120 stockholders and is man aged by Ed Earnst. It has Alton Miller as President, Albert Seiker as Vice President, Ed Bornemeier as Secretary and Ed Rosenow as Treas urer. All officers and directors of this concern are local people. ELMWOOD HARDWARE Elmwood In Elmwood, one of the leading implement stores is that of Harry Linder and Milo Frisbee, who start ed this venture here five years ago, handling a fine line of hardware, im plements and electrical appliances. They feature the John Deere imple ments, Monarch, stoves and Kohler plumbing fixtures. T. W. ENGLES LUMBER CO. Murdock Lumber, building materials and builders' hardware. It pays to be careful in buying such products that go into the construction of your home and other buildings. They must last and serve a long time. Buy them from the T. W. Engles Lumber Company at Murdock. This concern has a reputation of four years of reliable dealing to up hold and we know they'll never vio late the confidence buyers of Mur dock have vested in them. MURDOCK FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE ELEVATOR Murdock Another of the many firms inter ested in the agricultural progress of Cass county is the Murdock Farmers Co-Operative Elevator, dealers in grain, coal and all kinds of feeds since 1914. The farmer will always find this firm ready to aid in the agricultural development of the community in the future as they have in the past twenty-five years. MURDOCK C0-0PERATrVE CREDIT ASSOCIATION Murdock ThejMurdock Co-Operative Credit Association is a financial institution that was established in October, i 1934. It has 210 local members with Henry Meierjurgen as President, Henry Tool as Secretary-Treasurer and Herman C. Kupke, Daniel Sch laphof and William Stock completing the Board of Directors. RIHN & GREENE Union It is better to buy the best than to wish you had. You can't make that mistake at the grocery store of P. F. Rihn and Charles Greene, for they don't have anything but the best in the store. Never have, since they took over this store thirteen years ago. EDMONDS GARAGE Union One of the finest garages in this entire vicinity is the one at Union conducted by Gilbert Edmonds since March 29. 1939. Mr. Edmonds, him self, is an expert mechanic with many years of experience in this line of endeavor and he personally In spects every job. The firm also han dles the Continental petroleum prod ucts. Gates tires and batteries and Frost batteries. CHARLES ATTEBERY Union It is casting no reflection on any other garage to point out that the Charles Attebery garage at Union Is one of superior qualities, offering a service and grade of workmanship that we know will please and satisfy the most critical. No hap-hazard or slipshod methods of mechanical re pairs are tolerated here. WThether it is a small job, minor repairs or a complete overhauling, the Charles Attebery garage does it with the same painstaking care and thorough ness that is characteristic of the master workman in any field of en deavor;, work that makes you realize what a fine garage this is. The Charles Attebery Garage knows no other way to do a job. It must be done right or not at all. You'll come back again if Charles Attebery does your work next time you need ser vice in his line. Charles Attebery, owner of the business since 1926, has the sub agency for Chevrolet cars. He also sells Norge electrical appliances, a fine line of auto accessories, Frost and Willard batteries, Emerson and Crosley radios and the Standard Oil petroleum products. ROSENOW GROCERY Alvo When the prices are the same, why not buy from an independent store like the Rosenow Grocery at Alvo? Your money will stay right here in Cass county and help build it. J. W. BANNING LUMBER CO. Alvo The building interest of Alvo and adjacent territory have been well taken care of during the past eleven jears, due in large measure to that concern you all know so well, the J. W. Banning Lumber Company. Be fore locating here, Mr. Banning was with a large line yard lumber firm at Stuart, Nebr., for eleven years, where he was very successful. Everything to build anything is what Mr. Banning sells. That takes in a lot of territory, but it is so every word of it. And don't forget that it is a very carefully selected line of building material, too, from the lumber and nails to the hard ware, roofing and the paints to fin ish it. LOUISVILLE FARMERS ELEVATOR Louisville It is to the interests of the farm er to patronize the Louisville Farm ers Elevator, because in the firm's twenty-two years of activity in the grain, coal, feed, flour and hay busi ness, they have always labored for the farmers interests. , 0. P. SKAGG GROCERY Louisville Why don't you drop in at the O. P. Skagg grocery at Louisville and find out why so many of your neigh bors are trading there? They know that the O. P. Skagg grocery sells real quality products and at prices that are easy on their purse strings. You too, can make the same savings that your neighbors are making. This firm is owned by H. F. McCaff erty and is managed by Leslie and Merle Amelang. A. 0. AULT, Cedar Creek The name, A. O. Ault has for the past twenty-nine years been a name to conjure with in the general mer-; chandising business. Because of A. 0. Ault's reliability, it has become rn THE NEBRASKA CHIL DREN'S HOME SOCIETY G. M. Porter of Lincoln, field so licitor for the society in Cass county, will be working in this vicinity with in the next few days for the annual solicitation of donations. The little boys, whose picture is shown above, are but one example of the hundreds of cases that come to the society during the year. These little fellows were deserted by both parents and left to shift for them selves for food and shelter and were found sleeping in a stock yard pen on a pile of old straw. A kind judge sent them to the sheltering arms of the Nebraska Children's Home So ciety in Omaha, where they have come to realize what a REAL HOME means. Since the society was chartered in 1893, more than 22,000 children have had care and over 4,000 have been placed in good homes. In Cass county 101 children are included in this number. The society is non-sectarian, state wide in its service and licensed by the state for the care and placement of normal children of all ages. It is supported almost entirely by vol untary donations and does not re ceive tax funds. Members of the local advisory board are Dr. Ti. P. WTestover, Rex Young, Mrs. Ona Baird, Mrs. J. E. Wiles and Miss Alpha C. Peterson. NAME IS OMITTED Through oversight in the account of the Eastern Star Friendship night, appearing in the Journal Wed nesday, the name of Mrs. Frank A. Cloidt was omitted from the member ship of the committee in charge of the dining room. The ladies had a wonderful part in the success of the evening and it is' wished that all have full credit. SPONSOR'S COMMENT We wish to thank the many advertisers who have co-operated with us in the publication of this feature edition. We have endeav ored to bring out your stories in concise form and believe they rep resent actual facts. We have also personally written the article, "THE BACKBONE OF CASS COUNTY" and call your atten tion to the sentiment reflected therein. We welcome any comments, suggestions or criticisms from either readers or advertisers. Kindly address all correspond ence to H. BAXTER, P. O. Box 715, Ardmore, Oklahoma. almost instinctive to think of the name of AULT when in need of gro ceries, meats, patent drugs, hard ware, Minneapolis Moline implements or a Studebaker car. In your relations with this firm, ou will probably note as I did, the close personal way in which they transact their business. You are made to feel as though you are their friends, as though they take a real pleasure in seeing you and not because of their desire for your patronage either, but because it is you. It is a happy faculty for any person to have and the firm of A. O. Ault has this faculty in abundance. MANLEY GRAIN COMPANY Manley Work with, patronize and co-operate with the firms that do as much for you. In the concern's thirty-five years of business life, paying top market prices for your grain, it has always labored for the farmer's in terests, working and co-operating with them. THEO HARMS GENERAL STORE Manley For forty years now, Theo. Harms has conducted this general store at Manley. That these forty years have been well spent is substantiated by the large volume of business now being transacted there. You'll find that Mr. Harms is a well known business man, a good neighbor and a good citizen. Sixty Per Cent of Cora and Wheat Parity is Paid This Represents $137,902.12 Paid Out to Farmers of Cass County, Says County Chairman. Alfred Gansemer announced that approximately 60 per cent of the corn and wheat parity payments have been paid, this represents $137, 902.12 paid to farmers in Cass coun ty for staying with their 1939 corn and wheat allotments. Substantially all of the remaining 40 per cent have been submitted for payment and should be in the county within the next thirty days. It is anticipated that the 1939 applications for Agri cultural Conservation payment will be in the hands of farmers for sig nature in November. The check of performance on wheat planted for 1940 harvest will get under way in Cass county November 1st, on all farms requesting inspec tion. Again farmers will be asked to cooperate with their community committeemen in measuring the wheat acreage. The county commit tee gratefully appreciate the cooper ation with the community commit teemen In the past check of per formance. The 1939 check of performance proves there is more satisfaction and interest in the farm program when the farmers will go out with their community committeemen and v help to determine field boundaries and make measurements. About 85 per cent of the wheat farms in Cass county indicate par ticipation in the 1940 farm program. MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE Wednesday afternoon at the of fice of Judge A. H. Duxbury at the court house, John A. Conley and Miss Marguerite Lorraine Albers, both of Omaha, were married. The marriage lines were read by Judge Duxbury and the ceremony witnessed by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Rashit, friends of the young people. After the cere mony the party returned to Omaha where Mr. and Mrs. Conley are ex pecting: to reside. 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