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I: PLATTSMODTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUBJUL PAGE FOUTl MONDAY, MAY 6, 1940. Navy Boys in Action "James Macintosh Robertson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Robertson, was born in Tlattsmouth and lived here continuously until his gradu ation from the high school In 1934. After one year in the Santa Rosa Junior College of Santa Rosa, Cali fornia, he entered the United States Naval Academy in June, 1935. Four years in the academy were the usual very full ones of steady study, regular military drills, in struction in the use of all kinds of defensive weapons from pistols to ships' cannon, and instruction in the . - - 4 ? 'VflSj.'i ! - V- James M. Robertson manipulation of all manner of craft, from the slender racing boat to the gigantic steam-driven sea fortresses. Even the practical operation of sub marines under the water and of gunnery from ship of the air was not overlooked by the officers and in structors of this most thorough school. Cruises to foreign lands gave these same students a taste of world conditions and problems. Extra curricula activities for Jim were Glee club, the Log staff, and battalion crew on which he served as stroke oar the last two years. Dur ing the senior year, he also served his company successively as second petty officer, midshipman lieutenant and midshipman ensign. During June Week, this First Company of the First Battalion proved to be 'Color Company," the best drilled of the regiment. Commissioned as Ensign and offi cer of the line in June, 1939, Jim now is serving with the Taciflc Fleet aboard the heavy cruiser, U. S. S. Louisville. Besides his regular duties as one of the junior officers, he is the coach for three rowing crews being trained aboard the Louisvilla for the annual Badenburg Cup Races. The most recent boy from Cas3 county to enlist in the United States navy is Louis Puis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Puis, Murray, Nebraska residents. At the present time he is at the training station in Great Lakes, Illinois and relatives and friends may now communicate with him at the following address: Mr. Louis A. Puis, U. S. Naval Station, Company 22, Great Lakes, Illinois. A recent letter received by hi3 parents indicated that he had been a patient in the hospital for two weeks, and he was released Friday, April 26. His recovery, seemingly, has been rapid as he has gained six pounds in weight and manages to keep a re markable appetite the letter stated. In his examinations and tests Louis has won the distinction of gaining 100 which, so far, makes his rating in the navy excellent. Among the activities in the line of Bports Louis has learned to swim ffty yards and for the first time he had the pleasure of taking a boat ride, Sunday, April 28. Louis has four brothers and one How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of FAT JjOst Her Prominent Hips Lost Her Double Chin Lost Her Sluggishness Gained a More Shapely Figure and the Increase in Physical Vigor and Vivaciousness Which So Often Comes With Excess Fat Reduction. Thousands of women are getting fat and losing their appeal just be cause they do not know what to do. Why not be smart do what thousands of women have Jme to pret off pounds of unwanted fat. Take a half teaspoonful of Kruschen in a glass of hot water first thing every morning to . gently activate liver, bowels and kidneys cut down your caloric intake eat wisely and eatisfyingly there need never be a hungry moment! Keep this plan up for 30 days. Then weigh yourself and see if you haven't lost pounds of ugly fat. Just see if this doesn't prove to be the surprise of your life and make you feel like shouting the good news to other fat people. And best of all a jar of Kruschen that will last you for 4 weeks costs but littler If not joyfully satisfied money back. m s ,w . i " " x r ll ii llii fjl I (i slf (iff i ill : Y&l W1M IIP ' v. W IPjVsw. hii . ,-'5 b W- tH -I I : . v if . iv '" V- ' "'-li'i it a j? i 1 f 1) nr Y r "il ,r ? sl - 5i I; il ii li v" H :H II - LINCOLN, Neb. The six co-eds pictured .bove were presented as 19 40 beauty queens of the Univer sity Aof Nebraska at the Student Union's second annual birthday party May 1. Misses Maxine Fuller, arts and sciences freshman from Kansas City, Mo.; Eleanor Crawford, home eco nomics freshman from Lincoln; Elea nore Berner, business administration junior from Omaha; Kathryn Park, arts and sciences freshman of. Lin sister. Aside from the immediate family he ha3 a number of uncles and aunts residing in Cass county Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Ilild, Mr. and Mrs. William II. Puis, Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lutz and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gansemer, Murray. Robert Vincent Slatinsky, AS. U. S. N., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Vin cent Slatii.sky of Sedalia, Missouri, enlisted in the U. S. Navy at the recruiting station in St. Loui3 No vember 8, 1937, after having been accepted for enlistment at the navy recruiting station, in Jefferson City, Missouri. Young Slatinsky was immediately transferred to the U. S. Naval Train ing Station at Hampton Roads, Vir ginia, for a period of about twelve weeks training before being sent to duty on board one of the ships of the United States fleet. Robert was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska on April 17, 1919 and last month he reached his twenty-first birthday. In 1923, when he was only four years old, the Slatinsky family moved to Sedalia, Missouri. In Missouri Robert attended the Smith-Cotton high school where he also took part in a number of sports as well as the school's glee club where he won his letters. Numerous Rfdalians remember him as a popu lar young tenor soloist. He chose the navy as a career wherein he in tends to learn one of the many trades taught. At the present time he has his mind set on becoming a ma chinist. In later months Robert was trans ferred to San Diego. California. The Help Your teeth shine like the stars . .use Calox Tooth Powder tooim rowoii coln; and Maisie Iniig, business ad ministration freshman from Seward, were declared to be the $ix most beau tiful girls on the Nebraska campus by editors of the other five yearbooks of the Big Six schools who acted as judges. Judges of the 194 0 beauty queens were Al Makins, Kansas State col lege; Charles Roberts, University of Oklahoma: Jack Williams, Iowa State college; Russel Harris) University of Missouri; Richard McCann, Univer cruise of 1940 took him to the Hawaiian Islands and previous for eign cruises included three months in Cuba, six weeks In the Caribbean sea, and he also spent some time in the Panama Canal. Mr. Slatinsky is a third-class tor pedoman, and he is stationed aboard the ship, U. S. S. Yorktown. This Plattsmouth-born young man was married in Seattle, Washington on October 26; 19S9 an afternoon wedding ceremony was performed at the Catholic church in Seattle. Mr. Slatinsky's wife was the former Mar tha Ellison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Ellison, of Smithton, Mis souri. The couple are now residing In an apartment in San Diego, Cali fornia. Mrs. Slatinsky is twenty years old. Robert has two brothers and one sister Ernest, Cyril John, and Rita, all living with their parents on the farm home near Sedalia. Relatives of this navy youth who reside in Plattsmouth include Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Janda, his grandparents; Frank Slatinsky and Mrs. Julius Pitz, his uncle and aunt: Marearet Ann. Pauline, Helen Pitz, John, Theresa, and Helen Slatinsky, his cousins. LOCAL GIRL AT CONVENTION Miss Edna Mae Petersen took time off from her busy Peru College routine to spend five days attending a Women's Atheletic Association con vention at Illinois State Normal Uni versity in Normal, Illinois during the middle of April. Delegates attended from Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Many of Hollywood's brightest stars use Calox to help bring out the natural lustre of their teeth and you can rely on Calox too. Pure, wholesome, pleasant-tasting, approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau. Five tested ingredients, blended accord ing to the formula of a foremost dental authority, make Calox an economical tooth powder that can't harm tooth enameL Get Calox today at your drug store. Five sizes, from 10 to $1.25. ( Cope U30 KcKaaon BobbtnK Isa. sity of Kansas. No information as to identity of measurements was given to the judges, and all personal his story was omitted. The six candi dates receiving the most Totes were selected as the Cornhusker queens. All the editors declared the selec tion was a difficult one. Upper row, left to right: Eleanor Crawford, Kathryn Park, Holly Shurtleff. Lower row, left .to right: Eleanore Berner," Maxine Fuller, and Maisie Imig. Missouri, and South Dakota colleges. Miss Petersen went by chartered bus from Omaha with girls from other Nebraska schools, South Dakota Uni versity and Ames., A busy program teas, luncheons, meetings, dinners, dancing, a formal dinner, and an orchesis program was" planned 1 for the delegates. In addition to being present at these. Miss Petersen served on the evalu ation committee' of the convention. The following week-end, Miss Petersen went on a field trip to Kansas City with members of Kappa Omlcron Phi, the honorary home eco nomics fraternity. The trip included points cf historic interest as Nelson Art Gallery, Liberty Memorial, and Union Station, and industrial Inter ests as the Nelly Don dress factory, Luziers cosmetic factory, Colgate Talmolive company and Mrs. Stov er's candy factory. BEILT VISITOR IN CITY From Friday's Daily- Charles A. Hacke, editor and man ager of The Sac Sun, published at Sac City, Iowa, was a brief visitor in this city this afternoon, while en route to Nebraska City on busi ness, and called at the Journal office. It was at Sac City that Elmer Webb of the Journal force started his news paper career some thirty odd years ago, and where A. E. Webb, an uncle, resides. Mr. Hacke confirmed reports received by mail this morning from there of the serious condition of the uncle, who suffered a stroke earlier in the week and is not expected to live. The latter has been a member of the council there for some ten years, following his retirement from the farm. He and his wife visited here in the fall of 1937 for a few days. WHEN Icidncys (unction badly and you suffer a nagging i backache,? with dirziness, burning, scanty or too frequent urination and getting up ati night; when you feel tired, nervous,) all upset ."".-fuse Doan'i Pilkr Doan'i ' are i especiell y ; f or poorlyl working kidneys. Minions of boxes are used every year.. They are recom mended the country -oyerAsk your netflhborli Local Young Man Wedded mAlabama Wedding of Harry Stodola and Miss Dorothy Lee Kenerly Takes Place at Birmingham. Harry Stodola, well known young man of this city was united in mar riage to Miss Dorothy Lee Kenerly of Birmingham, Ala., last Friday, April 2G. The marriage ceremony was performed in Birmingham by the same minister who united the bride's mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Kenerly back in 1916. The groom met the bride in Kan sas City, Mo., in the summer of 193S while she was visiting her aunt, who operates a large restaurant in that city. The bride is a gradu ate of the class of 1929 of Sandusky, a suburb of Birmingham. While in high school the bride took high honors in her dramatic work. The happy young couple eloped and spent their honeymoon in Pensa cola, Florida, and then spent two days at Missouri Valley, Iowa, where they were with Otto Stodola, a brother of the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Stodola intend mak ing their home v.ith the groom's father, Mr. Joseph Stodola of thi3 city. The many friend3 and relatives extend their best wishes for the young couple's happiness and success in their married career. BOWLING NEWS Monday night the Black and White keglers defeated the Chevrolet Garage team two out of three games. In the 9 o'clock series Conises were forfeited three from the Jr. Cham ber of Commerce team. Wednesday night was appropria tion night and the winner of the $2 prize was Elmer Haynie. Thursday night the Tastee Shop dropped two out of three to the Cloidt Service station and in the 9 o'clock games the Conoco Service sta tion team defeated the BREX keglers two out of three. Standings to date: G W 1 Pet. Conoco 78 63 15 .833 Conis 78 48 30 .611 BREX 81 41 40 .506 Black & White I 81 41 40 .506 Cloidts 78 38 40 .4S7 Tastee Shop 81 37 44 .457 Chevy Garage 78 32 46 .410 WEDDED AT COURT HOUSE From Saturday's Dally Last evening Judge A. II. Dux bury was called from the Masonic dinner to aid in making happy two young people from Omaha who sought the culmination of their hap piness in marriage. The parties were Walter Paroczai and Margaret L. Norman. The ceremony was witness ed by Lillian Hogkins and George E. Carey, friends of the bridal couple from Omaha. The bride and groom wero accompanied by a large-party of friends, some five carloads being here. The friends were provided with rice and bestrew the rice over the court house in their enthusiasm. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To all persons interested in the estate of Verna Baker, deceased. No. 3300: Take notice that the Administra tor of said estate has filed his final report and a petition for examina tion and allowance of his adminis tration accounts, determination of heirship, assignment of residue of said estate and for his discharge; that said petition and report will be heard before said Court on May 31, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated May 4, 1940. A. II. DITXBURY. (Seal) m63w County Judge. SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska j S3. County of Cass J By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by C. E. Ledg way, Clerk of the District Court within and for Cass County, Nebras ka, and to me directed. I will on the 1st day of June, A. D. 1940, at 10:00 o'clock a. m. of said day at the south front door of the court house in the City of Plattsmouth in said county, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate, to-wit: Lots 8 and; 9 in Block 1 in . South Union, Cass county, Ne braska; , Lot 17 and W of Lot IS in Block 2 in the Village of Union, Cass county, Nebraska The same being levied upon and taken as the property of Abraham L. Becker, et al, defendants, to satisfy a judgment of said Court recovered by Village of Union, a Municipal Corporation, plaintiff against said de fendants. , Plattsmouth, Nebraska, April 29, A. D. 1940. ' , JOE MRASEK, Sheriff Cass County, a29-5w Nebraska. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To all persons interested in the estate of Fred W. Guenther, deceas ed. No. 3447: Take notice that the Administra trix of said estate has filed her final report and a petition for examina tion and allowance of her adminis tration accounts, determination of heirship, assignment of residue of said estate and for her discharge; that said petition and report will be heard before said Court on May 31, 194 0, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated May 3, 1910. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) m6-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Cass Coun ty. Nehrcsln. To all r.orsons interested in the rotate of Mary Erickson, deceased. No. 34S7: Take notice that a petition has been iilcd praying for administration of said estate and appointment of William H. Dick as Administrator; that said petition has been set for hearing before said Court on the 31st day of May, 19 49, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated May C, 1940. A. II. DUXBURY. (Seal) mG-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT In the County Court of Casa Coun ty. Nebraska. To all persons interested in the estate of Florence Daisy Douglass, deceased. No. 3439: Take notice that the Administra tor of said estate has filed his final report and a petition for examina tion and allowance -of his adminis tration accounts, determination of heirship, assignment of residue of said estate and fcr his discharge; that said petition and report will be heard before said Court on May 31, 1940. at ten o'clock a. m. Dated May 6, 1940. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) mC-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Cass Coun ty. Nebraska. To all persons interested in the estate of John H. Nottelman, deceas ed. No. 34 86: Take notice that a petition has been filed praying for administration cf said estate and appointment of Don Seiver as Administrator; that said petition has been set for hear ing before said Court on the 31st day of May, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated April 30, 1940. A. II. DUXBURY, (Seal) m6-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT In the County Court of Cass Coun ty. Nebraska. To all persons interested in the estate of Jesse E. Kleiser, deceased. No. 3443: Take notice that the administrator of said estate has filed his final re port and a petition for examination and allowance of his administration accounts, determination of heirship, assignment of residue of said estate and for his discharge; that said peti tion and report will be heard before said Court on May 24, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated April 27, 1940. A. II. DUXBURY, (Seal) a29-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF PROBATE In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. . interested in the estate of Mary Straka, deceased. No. 34S3 : Take notice that a petition has been filed for the probate of an In strument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of said deceased, and for the appointment of Ignace Straka as Executor thereof; that said petition has been set for hearing be fore said Court on the 24th day of May, 1940, at 10 o'clock a. m. Dated this 27th day of April, 19 4 " A. II. DUXBURY, County Judge Cass County, (Seal) a29-3w Nebraska. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To the creditors of the estate of Sarah McCulloch, deceased. No. 3470: . . rr.i.- Atino ihat tTip time limited little uuiui. " - for the filing and presentation of claims against saia uc-v 26 1940; that a hearing will be had at the County Court room in Plattsmouth on August 30, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m., for the purpose of honrin-r. allowinjr and adjusting all claims or objections duly filed. Dated April 27. 1940. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) a29-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF PROBATE In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To all persons interested In tne estate of Reuben D. Stine, deceased. No. 3478: Take notice that a petition has iyoan fiiofi fur thf nrobate of an in strument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of said deceased, and for the appointment of Annie Stine as Executrix thereof; that said petition has been set for hearing be- fore said court on me iau uay May, 1940, at 10 a. m. Dated this 19th day of April, 1940. A. II. DUXBURY, County Judge Cass County, (Seal) a22-3y Nebraska. . SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska ' County of Cass es. By virtue of an order of sale issued by C. E. Ledgway, clerk of tha District Court within and for Cass County, Nebraska, and to me directed, I will on the 18th day of May A. D. 1940, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day at the South front door of the Court House in the City of Tlattsmouth in said County, sell at public auction to the highest Lid; der for cash the following real estate to-wit: East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23 and all that part of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter lying north of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Com pany's right-of-way in Section 36, all in Township 11, North Range 9, East of the Cth P. M. in Cass County, Nebraska, con taining 119.15 acres, more or f&s?, according to government survey; The rame being levied upon and taken as the property of Charles M. Jordan et al, Defendants to satisfy a judgement of said Court recovered by The Federal Land Bank of Omaha, a corporation Plaintiff against said Defendants. Plattsmo'Hh, Nebraska, April 13, A. D. 1940. JOE MRASEIv, Sheriff Cas3 County, al5-5w Nebraska NOTICE OF PROBATE In the County Court of Cass Coiin ty. Nebraska. To dl persons interested in the estate of Mary C. Robertson, de censed. No. 3 4 79: Tpke notice that a petition has been filed for the probate of an in strument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of paid deceased, and for the appointment of Jessie M. Robertson as Executrix thereof; that said petition has been set for hear ing before said Court on the 17th day of May, 19 40, at 10 a. m. Dated this 20th day of April, 1940. A. II. DUXBURY, County Judge Cass County, (Seal) a22-3w Nebraska. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Cas Coun ty, Nebraska. To the creditors of the estate of Hilma Charlott Bergquist, deceased. No. 3471: Take notice that the time limited for the filing and presentation of claims against said estate is August 19, 1940; that a hearing will be had at the County Court room in Platts mouth on August 23, 1940. at ten o'clock a. m. for the purpose of ex amining, hearing, allowing and ad justing all claims or objections duly filed. ' Dated April 18, 1940. A, H. DUXBURY, (Seal) a22-3w County Judge. SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska 1 j ss. By virtue of an County of Cass Order of Sale issued by C. E. Ledg way, clerk of the District Court within and for Cass County, Nebras ka, and to me directed, I will on the 4th day of May, A. D. 1940, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day at the South Front Door of the Court House in the City of Plattsmouth in said County, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the follow ing real estate to-wit: Southeast Quarter of Section 31 in Township 11, North Range 12, East of the 6th P. M. in Cass County, Nebraska; The same being levied upon and taken as the property of Lee Brown, single, a widower, et al, Defendants to satisfy a Judgment of said Court recovered by The Federal Land Bank of Omaha, a corporation, Plaintiff against said Defendants. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, March 27, A. D. 1940. JOE MRASEK, Sheriff Cass County, m28-5w Nebraska. SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebraska ss. Countu of Cass I By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by C. E. Ledg way. Clerk of the District Court, within and for Cass County, Nebras ka, and to me directed, I will on Sat urday, the 25th day of May, 1940, at 10:00 o'clock a. m. of said day, at the south front door of the court house in the City cf Plattsmouth in said county, sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real estate, to wit: Sub-Lot 2 in the SEU of. the SWU and the Wl of the SW'i of Section 13; also the N of the NW'i of Section 24, all in Township 12. Range 13, East of the 6th P. M., in Cass County, Nebraska the same being levied upon and taken as the property of Luke L. Wiles and Mattie 3. Wiles, et al. defendants, to satisfy a judgment of foreclosure of said Court, recovered by C. O. Schly tern, plaintiff, and assigned to H. A. Schneider, and also judgments of foreclosure in favor of Cross-Petitioners Searl S. Davis, Minnie Alwin, Pearl Mann. Vernon Francis Greer,' Dorothy Margaret Greer, Charles Henry Greer, and Anne Vasak, against said defendants. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, April 19 1940. ' JOE MRASEK, Sheriff Cass County, a22-5w Nebraska. Phone Printing orders to No. 6. IN i