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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1941. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOTJEJIAI PAGE ITY1 Bellevue News BELLEVUE St. Mary's Mass at 7:30 Saturday All Saints day. Sundav there will be a special Mass at fi a. m. for the workers at the chicken dinner Sunday after noon. Also Masses at S and 10 a. m. Cate chism class follows the 8 o'clock Mass. Rev. R. J. Ahern, pastor. Presbyterian Sunday school at 9:45. Services at 11:00 a. m. Rev. Paul Luce, acting pastor. Special music. Public is invited. Young Peoples' meeting at 6:30 p. m. Salvation Army Sundav school at 2 p. m. Services Tuesday at 8 p. m. Ladies Sewing Circle Tuesdays from 1 till 3. FORESEES LITTLE DIFFICULTY In a press bulletin. Holger Holm, Nebraska FIIA director, says con struction of new homes throughout the state and the remodeling of ex isting ones will be little affected by priority rulings, since in many of the communities outside the defense zone there is no shortage of building ma terials, while in defense areas the FHA has worked out a program with OPM to provide priority ratings so the builders of homes in these areas (of which Bellevue is a part) may encounter as little difficulty as pos sible in obtaining home building ma terials that are scarce. Mr. Holm says: "If at some time in the future building material rtocks art exhausted, it is possible that home building in certain com munities would be curtailed." but that time is not here and for all practical purposes home building in Nebraska may proceed without any interference for the present. "So long as applications for mort gage insurance involve well built, well designed, livable homes in good neighborhoods to mbe .purchased or built by families of steady income and good credit, FHA will continue to accept, and will welcome, such ap plications." HANDLING COZY HOMES W. J. Shallcross, licensed realtor, has an ad in this issue announcing availability of first of the new FHA epproved and inspected Bellevue homes built by Cozy Homes, Inc., on small down payment and easy terms. Mr. Shallcross will be pleased to fchow any of these properties to in terested parties. He also has other properties for sale, including build ing sites for homes and business structures. LOCATING IN BELLEVUE Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Huntley have moved to Bellevue from Lariatte and have taken the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Langheine. The Huntleys are the parents of Lee Huntley and Mrs. Charles Chadd. Mrs. Carl Fisher and daughter and Mrs. Kenneth Woodward of Overton are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Huntley in their new home. GISL RESERVES ACTIVE The (Jirl Reserves are meeting to day (Thursday) to make a complete study of their purpose and code. The girls who learn both will be awarded the blue triangle. The Bellevue Girl Reserves will sponsor the "World Fellowship" ban quet at the Omaha Y. W. C. A. on November 13. CHICKEN DINNERS Tonight will see a large crowd at the Presbyterian church for the an nual Harvest Home dinner. Sunday, St. Mary's Catholic church is arranging a dinner to be served at the German Home on 13th street, beginning at 12 noon and continu ing until 5 p. m. TO VISIT AT DES MOINES This morning Mrs. Minnie Clark and Mrs. John Palmer of Auburn arrived in the city to meet Mrs. Bes sie Bourne, taking Mrs. Bourne on with them to Des Moines, Iowa. The ladies are to visit with relatives Ed friends in the Iowa city for a few-days. All Arms Joined in a Common Cause The 1941 poster of the American Red Cross Roll Call for members illustrates the cooperation given to the Armed Forces by the Red Cross. Through Red Cross nurses, field directors and hospital recreation workers in the camps and stations and home service workers in 3,700 Chapters, the Red Cross always stands by as friend to the service man. The poster is an appeal for all men and women to join their local Red Cross Chapters during the Roll Call. The poster is by Robert C. Kauffmann, noted maaazine illustrator. Corn Huskers will Compete Before $150,000 National Contest Opens November 3 on Theodore Schaefer Farm Near Tonica, 111. TOXICA, 111. (UP) More than 150,000 persons will tramp over the Theodore Schaefer farm near here Nov. 3, expecting to see a new record set in the national corn husking contest top sporting event of the year for farmers from 11 midwestern states. Competition is expected to be the keenest in corn husking history as state winners and runners-up battle to smash an all-time record estab lished in 1940 at Davenport, la., when Irvin Bauman of Eureka, 111., husked 46.71 bushels of corn in 80 minutes. The national event jtvill follow by three days the Illinois state contest which also will be held on the Schaefer farm. Contest officials have added parades, farm equipment exhibitions and band concerts to the program in hope of making the two contests a four-day carnival. States which will be represented in the national event include Illi nois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Wis consin, Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio. Pennsylvania, and South Da kota. Each state will send its tvo top huskers. Defending champions are not entered automatically but must win their way through state con tests each year to enter the national. Central figure in pre-contest plan ning is the man on whose LaSalle county farm the contest will be staged. Schaefer says he is not worried about the grass his guests will trample, the thousrnds of hot dogs they will eat or where they will park their automobiles. Those problems have been handed over to responsible committees. Nevertheless, the rrospect of a visit by 150.000 persons intrigues Schpefer and his tv.o sons. Important as the actual contest plans are the food and housing prob lems with which Tonica citizens and householders are now wrestling. Officials say that 800 persons will be needed to serve food during the four-day event. Community lard ers are already being stocked with sufficient provisions. "Sufficient pro visions" for the event, judging from last year's contest, means 1,075 pounds of coffee, 3,478 dozen buns, 3,606 pounds of hot dogs and 3,413 pounds of hamburger. Many of the visitors will remain for the entire celebration. The in flux of guests is expected to tax Ia Salle county housing facilities and many of the visitors may be lodged in privpte homes. Illinois state husking competition will be held on Oct. 31, from 12:30 until 1:45 p. m. A motor caravan will tour LaSalle county the follow ing day. Outdoor religious devotions will be conducted Sunday afternoon on the Schaefer farm by Dr. John W. Hol land of Chicago, famed pastor of "The Little Brown Church of the Air." The national event on Nov. 3 will begin at noon. Subscribe to The Journal DCvl AMERICAN RED SCHOOL NOTES Kenosha, District 8 (Neil Lancaster, teacher) The past month of school has been one filled with many activities in our school. On October 13, we had a new pupil enter our school. She is Joan Supernaw who is in the second grade. he came from Plattsmouth's Co lumbian school and had Mrs. Zella Traudt for her teacher. Robert Snodgrass had his tonsils removed October 2 and Robert Nick les had his glasses changed October 18. We are planning a Thanksgiving program and plate supper in No vember at the Lewiston Community Center. John Garringer. a former pupil, was a recent visitor. Robert Snodgrass had Mr. Lancas ter as an overnight guest, Monday, October 20. Mr. Lancaster attended the N.S. JT.A. meetings in Omaha so we had two days vacation from our school studies. The following pupils were neither absent nor tardy during the second month of school: George Burlington, Margaret Ann Campbell, Walter Ex line, Robert Nickles, Norma Jean Boswell, David Gray, Luella Exline, Ronald Boswell, Harriet McVay. George, Margaret Ann, Writer, Norma Jean, David and Luella have not been absent or tardy all year. WEDDINGS AT COURT HOUSE Tuesday afternoon at the court i house Judge A. II. Duxbury was called upon to read the marriage lines for two couples. Eugene Hughes of Omaha and Lida Howard Eubanks, of Tulsa, Okla homa, colored, were married, with Cleo Mills and E. S. Mills of Omaha as the witnesses. Arthur Collins and Trilby Todd of Pacific Junction were also married at the court house with Miss Minnie Hild and Ray F. Becker as the wit nesses. OMAHA PARTIES WEDDED The Methodist parsonage was the scene Saturday evening of the mar riage of Max L. Baker and Lorraine Frances Bishop, of Omaha. Rev. L. W. Bratt performed the ceremony that joined the lives of the two young people. Anna Kathryn Nor din and Don Weber, also of Omaha accompanied the bride and groom and served as attendants. MARRIED AT CITY HALL From Monday's Daily This morning at 8:30 at the city hall, Judge C. L. Graves officiated at the marriage of Miss Maudie Ellen McCandless and Frank Emmett Ben son, both of Burlington, Iowa. Judge Grr.ves read the marriage lines and John McCandles of Burlington, father of the bride and John Kubicka served as the witnesses. GIRL SCOUT MEETING The patrol leader called the meet ing to order by calling the roll. Eight members were present. Mrs. Olson was there to accompany us for our singing. We also discussed pl?ns for our Hallo". e'en party. We closed our meeting by singing "Taps" and by giving our Scout sign. NORMA JEAN SIEMERS. Scribe. -Si? i CROSS ARMY AND NAVY DESIGN FABRIC EQUAL TO SILKS WASHINGTON (UP) Army and navy officials have announced that they are not concerned about the impending shortage of silk used in powder bags and parachutes because they have developed satisfactory sub stitutes. Navy informants say they have sufficient stocks of raw silk to fill their needs for the next two years, anyway, and that several years' ex periments with synthetic fibers have produced satisfactory results. The army discloses that its ord nance officers have developed a cot ton cloth suitable for powder bags, and tests with Nylon and similar materials have shown that these sub stitute fibers are adequate for para chutes. Everyone knows why parachutes are made of silk. Their cloth must be of light weight and strong resist ance. Powder bags, it is explained, must leave a minimum of residue when the charge is fred to prevent smoldering fragments from igniting the next charge inserted in the gun's breech and causing it to explode pre maturely. Eoth the army and navy, with a long-range eye toward the future, have conducted experiments toward discovering these suitable substitutes and they say now that their efforts have borne fruit and they are highly satisfied with their results. Production of the new materials is still in small quantities, but in formants disclose that when it will become necessary they expect to have adequate facilities established to pro duce enough to fill all requirements. ROOKIE EUSY ON K. P. DRINKS 18 PINTS OF MILK FORT CPSTER. Mich. (UP) A Michigan farm rookie, assigned to kitchen police duty in a mess hall here, wondered if it would be all right if he drank one of the half pint bottles of milk. The cook, who had been noticing him working pretty hard, said. "Sure. And if you want another one later, take it." When they caught up to him he had put away 36 half pints. He told his K.P. buddies he was accustomed to drinking more than that at home. HERE FROM FORT ROBINSON Wayne Clark, one of the first se lectees from Cass county, is here for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, as well as old friends and relatives. He is a member of Co. A 13 4th infantry at Fort Rob inson, the company being from Ne braska City. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH (On Plattsmouth-Louisville Road) Sunday school 9:30 a. m. German service 10:30 a. m. Luther League, 8 p. m. Sunday, November 9, Harvest Home festival in connection with English services. Mr. and Mrs. Henry DeGuerre and daughter, Jean, Omaha, visited the C. D. Austin family Sunday after noon. Mrs. J. F. Knecht of South Bend was here Sunday to spend a few nours and attending services at the St. Luke's church of which she is a member. ; LOCAL OFFICERS PKA1SE BEER PROGRAM Beer Retailers Show Continued Improvement. State Director Sandall Told LINCOLN, (Special) Local taw enforcement authorities re port continued improvement in the operation of retail beer places in Nebraska, Charles E. Sandall, Etate director of the Nebraska Brewers and Beer Distributors Com mittee, said today after making a 900 mile trip across the state. "County and city officials told me they receive few or no complaints re garding beer out lets," the director said. "Many less complaints are re ceived at my office now than three years ago when we commenced our program of coop eration with the public authorities, which is as it should be. "However.there will be no letup in ilniiT tT - Ttwrr I 13111100311133 our work of helping to eliminate such practices." During his trip, Mr. Sandall held meetings with nearly 200 beer retailers and distributors at O'Neill, Valentine, Scottsbluff, Sidney and North Platte. Dealers :ame also from surrounding towns one operator traveled 90 miles in the sandhills to hear first hand the progress of the beer industry's self-regulation program. Law en forcement officials spoke at each meeting. Typical of the statements made by local authorities was that of County Attorney ft. P. Kepler, longtime Cheyenne county official. HOLDS WEDDING CEREMONIES The week-end brought many wed ding ceremonies of this city with Judge A. H. Duxbury reading the marriage lines for two of the con tracting couples. Orvil Stiles.'Jr. of Council Bluffs and Edna Marie Bethers of Omaha were married Saturday evening at the Duxbury home with Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Zentz of Omaha as the wit nesses. Dean Kingrey and Mildred Gene vieve Cotter, both of Omaha also were married by Judge Duxbury. W. F. Lee and Mrs. Darline Soainhous of Omaha were the witnesses. OMAHA PARTIES MARRIED Monday evening at the home of Judge and Mrs. A. H. Duxbury on West Pearl street wa3 held the mar riage ceremony for Frank Cirian and Elizabeth Almaguer, both of Omaha. The impressive ceremony was per formed by Judge Duxbury with Rob ert Brisky and Gertrude Cirian, friends of the bridal couple as the witnesses. REJECTED FROM SERVICE Roy T. Wade, Weeping'Water and Kenneth L. Hostetter of Murray were rejected in their examination for entrance into the army at Omaha and returned home. Ellis Elden Phillips of this city, was granted a defer ment of thirty days before reporting for duty. Defense Garrkns Can Be Started Every where Now Whether ;ur defense garden is made in the south or north, there bts some vegetables which can be planted this fall. How long the list is determined by your loca tion. In the cold weather states, where the ground freezes deeply, there ere both perennial and annual veg etables which can be sown this fall to advantage. The perennial vegetables, includ ing asparagus and rhubarb, may be planted now. A crop too sel dom grown by amateurs is winter perennial onions grown from sets which if planted now will give green onions for the table before the ground can be spaded for spring planting. Two of the early spring vege tables can be conveniently planted in the fall. These are leaf lettuce and spinach, waiting until the last minute when the ground can be worked and then covering the rows with a mulch until frost is out of the ground in the spring. While leaf lettuce usually is held over until spring and comes quickly enough sown then, old-time garden ers used to sow it in the fall and reap early lettuce from these early seedings. The ground must be prepared carefully for fall sowing. It is a good thing to spade or plow the whole garden, turning under any compost or manure which is ob tainable, to replenish the supply of humus in the soil. This fall prepa ration will make spring planting easier and earlier, and will also improve the mechanical condition of the soil next spring. Rains will penetrate deeper, and frost action will help mellow the soil. Spinach should be sown late, but before the ground freezes. It is not Intended that the seed shall germi nate this fall; but that it shall lie in the ground through the winter and sprout in the first favorable weather cf spring. .. - who addressed the Sidn meet ing. "Mr. Sandall and the Commit tee are to be commended for the good work they are doing," he said. "I want to empna size the importance of strict law observ ance on the part of every licensee. It is your strongest ally." Director Sandall cited as evidence of improved retail operation the fact that the State Liquor Commission had to revoke only two licenses and suspended 79 among the 2,250 on-sale dealers in 1940. A sound film, pre pared by the United Brewers Indus trial Foundation which sponsors the program in Nebras ka and 13 other states, was shown to the dealers. It depicted the benefits of the self regulation plan. In addition to his meetings with members of the industry, Mr. San dall addressed the Scottsbluff Ro tary Club and was interviewed over Station KGKY, Scottsbluff, regarding the Committee's oper ation. The state director, accompanied by Joseph W. Miller, public rela tions director, go to New York City on October 15 and 16 for a roundtable conference sponsored by the Foundation. They will ex change views with officials of other states in the program. SCOUT TROOP MEETS Boy Scout Troop 367 had their regular meeting last night in the basement of the First Christian church. Irvan Myers, a committee man and nine Boy Scouts were pres ent. We gave away all of the merit badge blanks we had so we can each get three merit badges next month. We received a letter from Rev. J. W. Taenzler saying that he will be the Scoutmaster of a troop of twenty Boy Scouts over in Exira, Iowa. Our next meeting will be on Fri day, October 31 at 7:30 p. m. BERNARD DOW, Troop 367 Scribe. VISITS HOME FOLKS Robert Hayes, Jr., student at the Iova State college at Ames, was a visitor here over the week-end. Bob is enjoying his work and studies in the college of engineering very much. He is also expecting to be out for basketball and for baseball in the spring season. NEED READERS DIGEST High school library is greatly in need of 1941 Readers Digest. Any one having issues to discard phone the high school and we will gladly pick them up. Also any old maga zines of any kind would be appre ciated. Mrs. Rachel Stones, li brarian; L. S. Devoo, Supt. HEDGE OF R.HU5AR.& AND ASPAR.AGU5 AS A 5CR.EEN fOtO THE VEGETABLE. GARJDEN. Spinach is a cool weather crop, usually the first to be sown by market growers in the spring. It must be grown and harvested be fore hot weather arrives, and fall planting often gives it a start of several weeks. Select the modern heavy-leaved types to sow. The main requisite for an aspara gus bed is deep rich soil and ample root room for each hill, giving the plants 3 feet of space each way. Rhubarb roots should be set out now. A dozen plants will be suffi cient to provide an ample supply for the average family, an4 they will last a lifetime with little care. New varieties of rhubarb which are characterized by pronounced red coloring in the stalk, are now popu lar. They show improvement in tenderness and flavor over the older types. ; , . ; - When seed is sown, or plants set out in the fall in ground which has been newly spaded, a mulch put over the soil after it has frozen to keep the frost in. is usually ad visable. It helps prevent winter thaws which might heave the plants out cf the ground, or uncover the seel Ti Religious Meet ings Held at Eagle Thursday Ca&s County Council of Christian Education Meets at Eagle Methodist Church. The forty-first annual convention of the Cass County Council of Chris tian Education met Tuesday at the Methodist church in Eagle, represen tatives from many of the churihes of the county attending. August Rieke, president of the council, presided and Miss Bessie Murdoch, of Nehawka, was thescc retary. Participating in the very exten sive program were Rev. G. W. Gard ner, Elnnvood: Rev. J. T. Sawyer, Union; Rev. W. D. Lenker, Weeping Water; Rev. A. B. Small, Nehawka; Rev. II. L. Dickerson. Louisville. The main speaker of the session was Henry J. Ludcmann. of Lincoln, the general secretary of the state as sociation. Participating in the program were representatives of the Eagle Meth odist. Murdock and the Elmwood Christian church, these giving special musical offerings. MRS. MARY SULLIVAN Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Sullivan. 90, widow of Judge A. N. Sullivan of Nebraska, was held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Wee Kirk o the Heather in Forest Lawn Memorial park, Glen drle, California. Mrs. Sullivan had been a devout Methodist all her life and the Rev. E. Ezra Ellis, pastor of North Glen dale Methodist church, will officiate. Mrs. Sullivan was born in Indi ana and in 1852 moved to Platts mouth. Neb., with her family. She resided in Plattsmouth and Omaha for 80 years. Glendale had been her home for six years. Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. Elanche Snider. Mrs. Gladys St-.ndiford and Mrs. Alice Towl of Glendale, Mrs. Anna Elster of Los Angeles; a brother, Charles Jean of Plattsmouth; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. HOLY ROSARY PARISHIONERS EXTEND HEARTIEST THANKS It is with heartfelt appreciation that the pastor and the parishioners of Holy Rosary church wish to ex tend to the people of riattsmouth for their splendid co-operation in helping them to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the building and dedi cation of their church. Not only do they feel deeply grateful to the local people but to all who came from far and near to partake in all or any of the day's activities. Especially do they wish to thank all those mer chants and persons who extended their felicitations through the medium of the Golden Jubilee tab loid edition. MURRAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH AID The Ladies Aid society of the Murray Christian church will hold their monthly meeting at the church on Wednesday, November 5. Hos tesses are: Mrs. George Park, Mrs. Chester Sporer, Miss Bertha Nickles, Mrs. Frank Scott. Leader is Mrs. O. T. Leyda. Everyone is cordially invited. A two weeks revival meeting is now going on at the church each night. All are invited to attend. Come, you will be a help to the meet ings. HOME FROM HOSPITAL Dale Henton. who has been in the Anton Kani hospital in Omaha for the past three months has returned to Plattsmouth, and is spending a week at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Rex Young Dale was severely injured on Aug. 2 when he was thrown from a horse, and has been in the hospital since (hat time. He is able now to be up and around with the aid of crutches. UNION ITEMS Mrs. George Lindsey bad a great surprise last Saturday when her nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Glati came from St. Louis and they all harl a wonderful time. Thursday Mrs. Joseph Lidgett joined them. Mrs. Joseph Lidgett has not been feeling well for three weeks. She suffered a fall, hurling her side. MYNARD COMMUNITY CLUB The regular meeting of the My nard Community club will be held Friday evening, Oct. 31st. Charles Boedeker will show his moving pic tures. Everyone welcome.