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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1941)
f MONDAY. JULY 21, 1941. Metal Drive in Plattsmouth to Start Monday Don Seiver. General Chairman. En lists Aid cf Representatives of All Civic Groups ior Woman's club (who will act as publicity chairman) and Rev. Taenz ler. as representative of all Boy Scout troops in the city. Each town in the county is to conduct its own campaign along any lines it wishes. County Commissioner Ray Norris is the county chairman unier the plan set up for this state by Governor Griswold. In charge of rural collection is County Agent Willard H. Waldo cf Weeping Water, From Saturday' rny - j and in this he will have the unified A meeting wr.s held last evening , ai(1 of 4ji project clubs. Such orga at tlit- council chambers to discuss : njZations may take the aluminum the aluminum drive in Plattsmouth ! tIley conect to the nearest town and to be held this coming week. j dlmp it on the community pile. Don Seiver. general Plattsmouth j -Keep 'Em Flying" by turning in rbairman. named at last Monday : au the aluminum you can spare r.Uht's council meeting, opened the Without having to resort to replace mccting 1-y reading a letter from iGent, during the approximate ten Governor Dwight Griswold. request- s (1ays this "week's" drive will be car ing that all civic bodies co-operate '. rje(j on in the drive. Associated with Mr. I Seiver as Plattsmouth chairman are John Svoboda and Oliver Finnefrock, and they will have the assistance of every civic group in making the drive a most successful one. Those named, who have accepted co-operative responsibilities and will ; star Kensington met last Wednes work with Mr. Seiver s City of Flatts- j uav with Mrs. Ersv McNurlin. Alvo News Special Journal Correspondence AVOCA By Journal Field Representative Greenwood Special Journal Correspondence Mrs. Frisbee of Elmwood has been visiting at the Stout home this week. Mrs. Frisbee, Mrs. Winn and Rob ert Stout were Lincoln visitors Thurs day. Jerry Whitley of Savage, Minne sota, has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Davis, at the depot. Merna Jean, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mason Dimmitt of Ashland spent part of the week visiting at the Glenn Dimmitt home. Robert Stout of Oregon, who is here visiting relatives, spent a couple of days visiting his cousin, Mrs. El mer Klyver and Mr. Klyver. Mrs. Alfred Wulff and two small children of Cottage Grove, Oregon, have been spending the past two weeks visiting Mrs. J. H. Davis and Miss Marie Stroemer, also her cousn, A. C. Stroemer and family. They left for their home Thursday. They had spent a very pleasant two weeks here. mouth committee, are: Mr. and Mrs. Elton Keller spent George Dobson. Plattsmouth Cham-j Thursday night in Lincoln shop ber of Commerce. ping. Clem Woster, Business Men's Ad ; Mrs. Marion Garcia and son of Club. Don Cramer. Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. R. C. Shellenbarger. riatts mouih Woman's Club. Miss Anne Knieke. Junior Wom an's Club. Frank Rebal. American Legion. Mrs. Robert Cappell. American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Elmer Webb. Junior Amer ican Lesrion Auxiliary. Mrs. E. II. Bernhardt, Campfire Girls. Mrs. Frank Gobelman, Daughters of American Revolution. Rev. J. W. Taenzler. representing four Plattsmouth Roy Scout troops, aided and assisted by all Piatts montli Scoutmasters. The committee has arranged to Alvo visited Mrs. Mae Bauers last week. Randall Shiffer left Sunday for Detroit, Michigan, where he has em ployment. Neil Adair left last Thursday for San Francisco, where he expects to be employed. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brokhaga spent Sunday with Mr. and Mr3. Gus Brokhaga. Misses Margaret. Mamie and Thel ma ITolka of Ci-resco visited their parents Saturday night. Mrs. Lulu Hurlbut was again called to Fremont for the serious ill ness of her son. Clarence. Mrs. Ross Casey and Beverly went to Omaha Tuesday evening and re mained until Wednesday evening. Donald Shiffer of Texas has been Have Musical Social Mrs. John Schiaphoff's young lad ies Sunday school class sponsored a musical social Sunday evening on the Schlaphoff lawn. The boys were guests and all present enjoyed a most pleasant evening. The young folks are planning to continue these social events. erect a bin of cribbing material at i hired bv the town to be the newr the .th and Main street intersection, I electrician. which is to remain there for the j Dewey Headl?y has given tip his duration of the drive. In this bin ! position as manager of the Searle there will be placed all aluminum ! chapin lumber company. Ben How- Beauty Spot Simon Rehmeier who owns the local elevator has planted an addi tional beauty spot to the town. From the west entrance and all around the north side to the east entrance, Mr. Rehmeier has planted cofiuos and and petunias which are now coming into full bloom. This makes a beau tiful sight, especially for the folks who come into town from the north. articles collected and the public may view- with satisfaction the mounting pile of discarded utensils and other materials, by day or night, as there will be a large flood light focused on it throughout the night, as well as flares and flags to warn motorists of its presence. Program plans were also made for next Wednesday night, midway in the drive, of giving the public a treat with the band and twirlers out, and asrain on Saturday night with a pro gram by the drum corps and twirl ers. Loud speaker announcements win tell of progress made. Local citizens will be called upon during this coming week to give all crd has taken this position. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Cole man of Lincoln was held Thursday at the Christian church. Burial was !n the Greenwood cemetery. The Colemans were former Greenwood residents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bastron, Bon nie and Billy of Hawthorne, Calif.. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rung. Miss Tressia Rung and Mrs. Bybee of Lin coln were visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Burks Monday. Heturns from Little Rock Miss Evelyn Drewel returned home the first of the week from Little Rock. Arkansas, where she had been spending ten days visiting friends. Improving Home For some time during A. B. Stroe mer's spare time, he has been busy redecorating the interior of the Stroemer home, lie has also done some remodeling such as taking off The Avoca Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Mary Harmon last Monday afternoon. John Mohr, who has been in a Lincoln hospital for some time, re turned home Monday and is feeling much improved. Chester Welshimer of Plattsmouth was a business visitor in Avoca last Tuesday, coming to consult with Bob bie McDonald, local gas station oper ator. The country kensington group met at the home of Mrs. William Mase man on Friday of last week, enjoy ing an excellent program and some good eats as well. George Peters, who has been poor ly for some time, was taken to a Lincoln hospital for treatment one day last week. Friends hope for his early recovery and return home. Phillip Maseman and Henry Sud man, who were in Kansas working in the harvest fields, arrived home last Saturday and say the work there in that line is about concluded. Robert Marquardt. the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mar quardt. was honor guest at a birth day celebration last wvek. Among the delicacies served was plenty of ice cream. The threshing firm of Zaiser and Maseman have their machine out that the combining Season is over, and are findins a considerable amount of shock threshing to occupy their attention. John E. Johnson and wife are in receipt of a letter from their son. Walter Johnson, who is on the U. S. S. Ballard, plying west coast waters, stating that he has been promoted to the position of gun sighter. Elmer Corbin. who was a patient at the Veterans hospital in Lincoln for several weeks, has now returned home and is showing good improve ment, which will be pleasing news to his many friends. Frank Dean and family of Elm wood were in Avoca last Sunday, be ing guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Corbin. where they wel comed Mr. Corbin back home after his stay at the Veterans" hospital. The pipeline company that is en gaged in laying a line across Cass county and on to Council Bluffs, Iowa, has leased a truck from Henry Mlssouri Pacific railroad, and his , supervision of Matthew Thimgan, employment is being provided for a considerable number of Murdock workmen. Those working there at the present time from here in ad dition to the Thimgans are W. J. Mc Donald. Frank A. Melvin and Carl Buck. The homes are all located in wife have returned home from a va cation trip to the south. They visited a good portion of the time at El Paso, Texas, where they visited their son Lester and family. During the time Mr. Carr was away, Hugh Norton served as relief agent at the local station. Wheat began coming into the ele vator July 2 and since that time the place has been kept open day and night in order to accommodate the grain sellers. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marquardt, not accustomed to having her father ab sent from home every day in the week, inquired of him last week. "Daddy, isn't this Sunday school day?" Former Pastor Observed 40th Anniversary a new addition which is being plat- . Solemn Mass Is Sung by Monsijrnor ted with winding driveways instead of the conventional streets running at right angles to each other. Will Make Home in Omaha Adolph M. Mosler at Sacred Heart Church. Crete. Monsignor Adolph M. Mosler, vicar general of the Diocese of Lincoln. Spent Sunday at Bertrand Mesdames Carl A. Balfour. W. A. Ost. Henry Ross, J. M. Kokjer and E. J. Nutzman. together with the daughter of the latter, drove out to Bertrand. Nebraska, last Friday to visit over the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Ehlers and visit other relatives and friends in that vicinity. They arrived home during the wee small hours of Mon day morning and say they enjoyed a most pleasant visit. Charles Schaeffer. who has made i observed the 40th anniversary ot his home in Murdock for more than J his ordination to the priesthood in twenty-five years and was with oneSacred Heart church at Crete, Mon firm for nineteen years, as Telated j day, July 14. He celebrated a last w eek, has severed his connection j solemn mass at 8 o'clock, assisted with the Trunkenbolz Oil company . by Fathers J. E. Pokorny and Frank to accept employment at Bellevue. i Flicek. A banquet ws.s served in St. and within a few weeks will move to ' James' hall at 12 o'clock for Mon- Omaha to reside, getting located there before the opening of the school term this fall. All but one of the children have already graduated from high school, but Mr. Schaeffer feels there is an opportunity for higher educa tion there and so will vacate their home here and move to the city to live. Three-Point Landing ? Roy Ruhge and Harold Hausehild made a trip to our neighboring town of Otoe one day last week on their motorcycle. Desiring to get back as quickly as possible, they stepped on the gas and fairly sailed through the air. They did touch the ground at times, and on one of these occasions j husband, were here while en route to found they had lost a patch of skin and suffered severe bruises. Roy ad vised the writer to leave motorcycles alone, and we are going to do just that. sisnor Mosler. Bishop Louis B. Ku cera. DD..LL.D.. and 16 priests. Born in Germany Monsignor Mosler was born in Ger many on April 21. 1S73. He made his classical studies in his native land. His philosophy course was taken at the Gregorian university in Rome, and he studied theology at the Catholic university of Louvain. Belgium, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Lincoln. July 14. 1901. In 1937. as an Easter gift from the Holy See. he was appointed a domestic prelate at the request of Bishop Kucera; he was invested on April 23. In addition to the pastorate at Crete. Monsignor Mosler has held charge's in Abie, Wilber. Odell. Milli gan. David City. St. Teresa's in Lin- Oklahoma to visit relatives. During coin. Beatrice. Holy Rosary in Platts- Cld Residents Visit Here Older residents of Murdock will re call the Henry Kohlrush family that lived here when Mr. Kohlrush was employed in the drug store, later moving elsewhere to live. They had a daughter Violet. This past week. Mrs., Kohlrush who is now Mrs. Charles (Lena) Vockrodt and the daughter, Violet, now Mrs. T. N. Venema, with her their brief stop here they met a number of old friends, among them Mrs. Henry A. Tool. Returning to their home in Watertown, South Dakota, they plan to cross southern Missouri, go north through Illinois and Wisconsin and then turn west toward home. Their address in Wat- j the old front porch and making a more modern entrance to the front. ; Smith, together with a driver, prom He has also repainted the home, ; ising steady employment for the next Mrs. Everett Still Poorly Mrs. Rachel Everett, who has been seriouslv ill at her home in Avoca, shows little if any improvement since j ertown is 313 4th Ave.. S. W. our last report on her condition. Her daughter. Miss L-eona. and son. Silas, are.uniting in caring for her and see ing that she receives the best of med ical attention. Friends are hopeful of hearing more cheerful news from her bedside during the coming week. 0',d friends were pleased to greet them if even only for a short time. Shingle Tea a Good One The 'Shingle' tea which was spon sored by Mrs. Henry A. Tool was a good one and produced a neat amount of money to help pay the balance of the cost of placing the roof on the mouth, and St. Patrick's in Lincoln. Hp was appointed vicar general by Bishop Kucera November 9, 1932. opportunities as we find them. What a blessing we all could be, in spend ing the Lord's day going about do ing good, like the Master. "A visit to Wyuka at mothers grave ended the pilgrimage. Happy and contented, we reached home safely." GAB DEN CLUB MEETING- WEDNESDAY EVENING LEWISTON STITCHEBS The Lewiston Stitchers met at the communitv center Thursday, July possible aluminum utensils and ar-j10th. We have our lunch cloth and tides to assist in the making of air- : napkins nearly finished. Margaret planes for national defense. How-1 Ann Campbell, and Frances Sack ever, it is requested that no one give j served lemonade and cookies. The artichs that will have to be replaced next meeting will be July 24th. i as that would retard rather than ... i 1 . .1 e - All who can. should bring their j article?! to 5th and Main and toss i them over the cribbing into the pile, which is expected to grow daily. In addition. Rev. Taenzler as chair man of the collection committee and head of the Scoutmasters and Scout troops, is arranging a house-to-house campaign for the gathering of such articles. The north side of town will be contacted Tuesday and Wednes- j day and the south side will be con-! tactcd Thursday and Friday. In the event anyone is missed and they are tiTiabl" to bring their aluminum ar ticles to the central location, they may tall Rev. Taenzler, who will ar range to have them picked up. In order to expedite the collection, if you are going to be away from home during the time designated for your locality, the committee asks that you place articles cn your front porch in order that they may be picked up on the regular rounds. The aluminum collection drive is nation wide and will extend to every city and village as well as rural pre cincts. While the drive here is pri marily for Plattsmouth residents, people living beyond the corporate limits may participate if they desire, by bringing their aluminum articles to town and placing them in the bin at 5h and Main streets, the idea being mainly to get the material col lected promptly and turned over to governmental agencies. Besides the City of Plattsmouth committee composed of Councilmen Stiver. Svoboda and Finnefrock, those attending last night's meeting were Mrs. Robert Cappell. president of the American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. E. O. Vroman. vice president of the Legion Auxiliary; Frank Rebal. com mander of the American Legion; Miss Anne Knieke, president of the Jun- IPA MAE HOSCHAR. News Reporter. which is an added improvement. Mewing Bight-of-Way Wilson Howe has been busy mow ing the right-of-way for the Rock Island railroad company. This is in deed an improvement to the right-of-way because due to more rain than usual the weeds have been very plen tiful throughout the entire countryside. six weeks. Mr. and Mrs. A. Z." Thomas came over from their home at Shenandoah to spend Sunday with Mrs. Thomas' father. Their daughters, Ailene and Nadine. are visiting relatives in the state of Kansas and will not return home until shortly before time for school to open. John E. Johnson, veteran Weep ing Water blacksmith, arrived in Avoca Tuesday of last week and has opened the blacksmith shop of Fred The Plattsmouth Garden club will meet at Hotel Plattsmouth July 23 at 8 p. m. Emil Weyrich and Dr. ledge hall. Gradually the amount isjraul T Heineman will show flower Loading Out Grain The influx of small grain at the 1 McGrady, which has been closed dur t levator while not comparable to the! ing the prolonged illness of Mr. Mc rush of many years, has been very Grady. Mr. Johnson comes here well steady, and up to the time of writing i lecommended as a good workman Mrs. Davis, local agent, has billed out j and will undoubtedly be well patron twenty car loads for Mr. Rehmeier, ized. Phone printing ordeits to No. C. the local grain dealer. j Albert Carr, local agent for the F:x,&o - t - vif; orv- - MURDOCK By Journal Field Representative Wayland Ware is a victim of the measles and is far from enjoying the experience. Mrs. H. R. Schmide departed last week for Lincoln, where she is to spend some two weeks at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hulda Eckery and family. The Murdock elevator shipped its first car of new wheat last Wednes day. The test showed 13 per cent moisture. The grain was in prime condition, but the yield rather low. Mr. and Mrs. Lois Schmidt and family and the Robert Stock family visited relatives and friends in Ith aca last Sunday. They report a fine yield of wheat and other crops look ing good out that way. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Robson, who being raised and the ladies are very appreciative of the fine patronage that is being given them in their ef forts to clean up this indebtedness. Visited Friend Here Jesse Hill, who in the days when he lived at South Bend was a fre quent visitor in Murdock and well known here, back on a visit from his present home in the west, came to Murdock to see Mrs. Una Mc Hugh. formerly Miss Una Towle. but found she had gone to North Platte for a visit at the home of her daugh ter, and so was unable to see her. Mr. Hill and Edwin McHugh went to the home of Fred Towle near Wabash and visited for a time with Mr. Towle. x and travel pictures and Mrs. Heine man will tock on rock gardens. Any one having unusual or interesting flowers now in bloom please bring them to the meeting for other mem bers to see and enjoy. Remember the hotel is air condi tioned so you will be sure to be com fortable there. A large attendance is desired. w&d HETMS HAVE SON Visited Friends Here Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mueller and their daughter. Miss Gladys, of Chicago, visited in Murdock last Wednesday. reside at Belfast, a small town near! coming to call on their old time Lincoln, returned home last Satur-, friends here and spending some time A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ford Helm at the Methodist hos pital in Omaha, Thursday. The in fant is the Heims first child, and is a grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farkening of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Heim was the former Estella Park ening. Mother and son are doing fino. HERE FROM ST. PAUL day night from a visit in North and South Dakota. Mrs. Robson is a at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosenow before departing for the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gan- south, where they will visit as well away, of this vicinity. as look after business matters before Ralph II. Anderson, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was here for a short time Thursday evening to visit with the old friends. Mr. Anderson was called to Wahoo by the death of a relative and on the way home stopped Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Tool were ' returning to their home in the east, (here for a short time. He reports guests at the home of their son. Ken-1 They would have liked to remain neth Tool and family at Wahoo last Sunday. While the ladies visited to gether, father and son took a couple of turv.s at golf on the greens there, enjoying the experience and making a very credible score. G. R7 Eveland and son, who live west of Elmwood. were visitors in longer, but time did not permit. Louis Schmidt and wife, bearing of their being here, drove to town to see them. Visiting at Seward Mrs. Emma Johnson, mother of Mrs. George Kruse. who has been vis- Mrs. Anderson and the new baby as doing very well and enjoying life. CARD OF THANKS THE whole dut y of proper appetizers, as the name implies, is to v. hot the taste for the larger- feats of dining to come. They are designed to tempt, to tease, to please and as is proper for these insubstantial tid-bits, they muit be small, light, and delicious. CHEESE WAFERS -TEMPTING TID-BITS! and flavor accent to many otha foods. to-eat rice cereal, rolled into fine crumbs and used as the basis for a wafer rr.ix ure has a most delicate and pleasing flivor a lightness of texture so desir able in before-dinner appetkers. Cheese wafsrs made with rice cerea.1 crumbs as the basis are simple to make KRISPIES CHEESE WAFERS 4 cup butter 3 drops Tobasco $auc 2 c-jps soft American 3 cups oven-poppei - cheese, grated rice cereal Yi teaspoon Worces- ctro fiour tershire sauce Paorika Eiend butter and cheese thorouchly; add War- Such an apoctizer. specially designed j too and nay be prepared well in ad-1 awersfaire and Tobam sauce. Roil cereal into to r.irx mildly v.itn appcvius,. i .e , ,anL Ci uc.p.nr prij. 1 i.tot bau m,xture mlo one to two lnchei, m cheese wafer mere wisp cf a flavoriu! , ir.erseiS ci goecness are perfect served damtta: chia in refrieeratcr for two hours. cracker- vxinz its snecial dehcacv to -Itii glasses ct chiusd tcznata yaice or . or un-.a firm. into wafer '-s-meii thw. tnii'dp fUvnr- ktr vH i,cp Bake on ungreasad baktnj he in a mntetatf cheese, spicy seasonings, and even -; They're an e:;celler.t choice, too.vath & an acpetuer or with saUd. popped ri:e cereal cnabs. Tbs zzzi3 -, soups end salads lendizj charactsr ; r&d: 0 iitrs a) nsbss ia aiameter). Murdock during the past week, hav- j it ing here for some time, went to ing some matters of business to look:?eward last Sunday for a visit with after at the Murdock elevator. Mr. j relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Kruse took- Eveland recently suffered a fractured leg as the result of a fall from a corn crib, but is now well nigh re covered from the injury and is able of crutches. Books in the library here, which are supplied out of Lincoln, were re turned there recently and a new sup ply has been received, so now new books, can be secured by borrowers. Tiie library is maintained at the George Kruse hardware store. 1 wis-h to express my appreciation to those who helped and remembered me in any way during my illness and stay in the hospital. Your kindness will be long remembered. Clarence Engelkemeier. Murdock Shoppers Mr. and Mrs. Emil Meisinger and the children, who live near the west end of the county, but who have for many years been making their home in Saunders county, were shopping in Murdock and visiting friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Meisinger formerly lived in the east part of the county. Murdock Boys Work at Bellevue "With the construction of a group of new homes at Bellevue for Mr. Rushhan of Fort Crock, under the her over in their car and also visited there for a short time before return ing home. Speaking of crops out that way, Mr. Kruse said the smal grain yield has not been anything to brag about, but prospects are very good for a fine torn crop. The story is pretty much the same everywhere and present indications are that Nebraska is coming back into its own this year, after a series cf lean drouth years. NDirLE FINGERS DELIGHT CLUB Pilgrim's Progress L. Neitzel writes: "A happy and very profitable day was spent by the Pilgrim last Sunday at First church in Lincoln (the Evangelical church). A fine Sunday school session, follow ed by preaching and communion in which we participated, were greatly enjoyed. Then the afternoon service at the city mission, conducted by the writer, was a high spot of the day. "How much good we may do if we will only seek and make use of the We held our third meeting July 10. All were present. Our leader showed us how to make our needle cases. Our next meeting will be at Marilyn Scbafer's July 24. Follow ing the meeting we had a weiner roast. NEWS REPORTER. VISITS IN THE CITY George Eoff. of Norfolk, one of the well known residents of that city, has been here looking after some matters of business and visit ing with acquaintances. Mr. Eoff was very much pleased with the city and its group of fine citizens whom he had an opportunity of meeting. Merchants! We can supply yon sales slips at a lower price than you have been paying. Prompt service di rect from one of the largest ccacems in the business. . . . . , A 1 1