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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1942 PIATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAI PAGE SEVEH Return from Oklahoma R. B. Keller returned home Thurs day from a visit at Ft. Gibson, Okla., and at Independence and LeRoy, Kas. Motor" to Omaha . Alice Jayne Grosshans. Hazel Kelley and Shirley Jacobs motored to Omaha Sunday evening where, after spending a very pleasant time, they attended a show. Takes New Job Myrna Gochenour began work on her new job at the Tas-Tee shop this morning. Miss Gochenour replaces Minnie Grauf. Return from Kansas Mrs. Ira Johnson and daughter, Doris, recently returned from a trip to Colby, Kansas, where they visited Mrs. Johnson's father, Jesse Miller. Here from Sedalia, Mo. Mrs. Anton Peterson and daugh ters, Mildred and Alice, arrived Sat urday evening for a visit here with relatives and the many old time friends. To Nebraska City Sunday Miss Hilda Wallgreen and Art Jolianns motored to Nebraska City yesterday where they visited Mr. Johauns brother, Walter Johanns. Visitor from York Before settling down to her duties as an instructor in languages at York college. Miss Zelda Wakelin is enjoy ing a short visit with Miss Helen Farley. Takes Naval Examination Dick Marsh is in Omaha today to take the examination for the naval reserve. Mr. Marsh is a carpenter witli the Burlington and may put in for a similar type of work in the navy. To Visit Father and Mother Mrs. Wesley Barngrover plan to visit her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William Goolsby in Falls City, early this week. The Barngrovers are new residents in Plattsmouth, hav- ling moved here several weeks ago from Falls City. Mr. Barngrover is a butcher at the Hinky-Dinky store. Attending School at Lincoln Miss LaVern Cottingham enrolled at the Lincoln School of Commerce on Aug. 10, where she will take a complete business course. Miss Cot tingham graduated in the class of 19 42 and her many friends will be pleased to know of the continuance of her school work. New Family Arrives Here Merchants Whip Makeshift Lincoln Crew Five to Two Old Residents Here Residents of Plattsmouth some 15 years ago were here Saturday night and Sunday, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Wynn. The vis itors were Mr. and Mrs. John Mauer, who are now farming near Summer ville, Kansas. From Plattsmouth they went to Omaha for a short visit with friends and relatives. Lasts Only Six Racks Up No. 2 Innings Fox ! By ROBERT COOK After a slight delay of about two hours the Plattsmouth Merchants the football team at oncej a makeshift Lincoln outfit by a , A SIG! of GOOD TASTE Visits in David City Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bull and (laughter, Jo Ann, motored to David City over the weekend to visit Mrs. Bull's parents, Mr. and Mrs. ; Frank Curry. Returning with them to Plattsmouth was James Black stone of David City, who will remain at the Bull home until he beards the outcome of an army examination which he took at Ft. Crook. The Betty Rose girl, who s.niie:, from behind her armload of American Beauties, is ytfur sign of good value good style! Visits with Sister Mr. and Mrs. Dewey M. Jensen and children of St. Louis, are visiting relatives in Plattsmouth and vicin ity. Mrs. Jensen has been visiting with her brother and sister, Mr. and j Mrs. Guy Long and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leesley. Now she is in South Bend i visiting with another sister, Mrs. I Cora Campbell. Mrs. Je nsen was Pauline Long ot Plattsmouth be- fore her marriage several years ago. Starting Saturday Lay-a-vay Coat Sale of Betty Rose Coats and Suits . . . New 1942 and 43 styles ... A small deposit will hold. Take our tip and select now. Ladles9 Togsiy ' In Omaha Yesterday j Mrs. George Troop went to Omaha yesterday afternoon to take care of a few business matters. From Wednesday'-.! Daily Mr. and Mrs. Merle Stewart ar rived in the city today and expect to soon be able to locate for the school year, Mr. St,ewart being the athletic coach of the Plattsmouth high school for the coming season. The new coach and his wife are lo cated at the Hotel Plattsmouth at present but are hopeful of being able to secure an apartment soon and start housekeeping. The coach is to start the work outs for and a meeting with the squad will be!8core ot ' lhe game was ongm hcld tomorrow afternoon at ?, o'clock j ally scheduled with Lincoln's Corn at the high school gym. The first ""sker Hotel Legion Team, but only workouts will be light to get the boys lwo knoWn members of that bunch in shape for the heavier practices arrived. The game was slated for ., . ... , . , , j 2 ; 30 but didn't quite make it. What that will be necessary for the season s j . . , . .. !! , , , i crowd was there was maintained start. This year the local schedule i ..... , ... ,,, until 3:30 by a broadcast of the will start on Sept. IS, with Glen- . ... 4i i . game between the Brooklyn Dodgers wmiil rn t prt:i m in" the Platfprs in; auu ine iew oik uiants. inis vent on indefinitely until Dolph Camilli smacked a home run with the bases loaded in the tenth and dispersed the listeners in. At 4:00 Bud Vroman left, and Joe Noble dis appeared with the only two decent baseballs in the lot. Then at approximately 4:30 when everyone was about to make sad ! departure, a dilapidated highway hazard bearing Lancaster county Ad Club Meeting at the 'Plattsmouth Hotel Today From Wednesday's Daily Members of the Ad Club enjoyed luncheon at the Plattsmouth Hotel today noon. President Clem Woster opened the Game Starts Two Hours Late ; after-dinner discussion of business the Mills county city. Old Resident Here From Wednesday's Daily Samuel Patterson, who has been making his heme in the south for several months, was in the city for a short tune today, coming down from Omaha with Dr. Bctz, of Belle vue, an old friend. TU . - ..... .mi. ndueibon is now on ins wayplates wheezed on to the field ond to the west toast and expects be disgorged five players (all 16 or younger), one manager, and a possi ble batboy. Well, the Lincoln gang located at Los Angeles, his daughter having left her home in the south. Mr. Patterson, a son of one of the territorial families, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Patterson, still retains a finally got a bedraggled nine assem bled. The manager player center field, the batboy took over second fond regard for this city and the base, and ewo innocent bystand surruunding territory so rich in thejers, Russ Xielson, and Eob Gall, went history of his family. Death of Old Resident The death of Floyd Kerns, a native to left and right fields respectively. Bill Fox hurled for Plattsmouth and didn't have to strain himself as he gave four hits, struck out four, and walked one for his second win of of Plattsmouth. occured at Falls City the season. Morrie Gaiter, all-state legion center fielder, did mound chores for Lincoln. His south-paw ! Visiting in Omaha ! Janis Schmidtman is in Omaha to spend a short visit with her uncle land aunt, Dr. and Mrs. C. F. S( hiiidtman. juuring tne past week ana the m ! ferment was made in, that city. Mr. Kerns was 78 years of age and has j been engaged in the many years j of his residence in Richardson coun- ty in farming and well digging. Tne deceased is survived by two sons and two daughters. .Mike Kerns of this city is a brother. hits Return To Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. Poilock Parmele re turned to their home in Lincoln after visiting with friends in Mr. Parmele's former home town. Mr. Pollock is claim agent for the Bur lington Railroad. slants were nicked for seven while he fanned eleven and walked three. Gene Ault and Ralph Puis led Plattsmouth at bat with a brace of hits apiece. Peterson, D. Hayes, G. Hayes and Nielsen got Lincoln's hits. Plattsmouth opened fire in the ; first. R. Hayes walked and Pilfered 1 B. Hassock. Smith poked a double TO Home For Vacation Gertrude Cloidt and Alice Zatopek are spending a two week vacation! to left center scoring Bob easily, from their studies at the homes of ! The Merchants kept on in the sec their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. jond. Davis beat out a slow roller to Cloidt and Mr. and Mrs. John Zato- ! short and reached third on two wild pek. Both girls are enrolled in the j pitches. Puis Texas leaguer fell secretarial course at ' Van' Sant's I between Carr and Nielsen in short business college in Omaha. We are showing a complete line of school supplies. In most cases at last years prices. See our line before you buy your wants. 'History Covers Ass't Patterns at ....10c Others at . . . .25c and 50c . History Paper 40 Sheets 5c 80 Sheets 10c (with blotter and ruler) 500 sheets, best grade, ,50c Compasses 10c - 15c - 25c PAPER DRAWING JOURNAL LEDGER GRAPH PRACTICE Pencil Clips Pencil Sharpeners Note Book Rings Dictionaries Colored Pencils Drawing Pencils Paints Paint Brushes TABLETS 5V2x9 5c 8x10 5c 8x12 10c PENCILS Cedar 8 for 5c ERASERS 2 for 5c Beginners Pencils 5c Grade Lead Pencils l-2-2V2 3- or 4 5c each - 6 for 25c School Book Bags 15c - 35c - 50c Map Pencils 8 in box 10c Erasers . ..lc, 5c and 10c i Rulers 5c and 10c Typing Tablets 40 sheet Tablet 10c 60 sheet Tablet 15c 100 sheet Tablet ... ..25c White or Colored CHALK Per box Gc Pencil Boxes with Pencils, Pen and Holder, and Crayola . .10c Pencil Lead Short or lonar in box . .5c Crayola 8 Colors . . . 8c 16 Colors 15c Composition Books Spiral 5c and 10c Close Out of Composition Books 3 for IOC Short Hand Tablets Special 10c Typing Erasers Plain 5c - with brush 10c Typing Paper 25 Sheets 5c 100 chest packet 20c 500 sheets 70c Fountain Pens 25c - SOc - $1.00 and up to $7.Cd INK Carters and Shaeffcrs Sanfcrd Pocket Note Books Each 5c Spelling Tablets Each . 5c Pen Holders 5c Pen Points lc Back from Shenandoah- Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cook re sumed their duties at the Otis Hatch ery after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ray Arp in Shenandoah. . Donald and Bonnie Cook also accompanied their father and mother on the trip, which included a picnic supper on the lake north of Shenandoah. Enjoy War Show Madge Garnet, Helen Farley, Edith Farley and Zelda, Wakelin, a guest of Miss Helen Farley, were j left for a hit scoring Davis. Lincoln rallied to tie it up in their half of the second. Peterson beat out a bounder to Auu tor a single, v. Hayes was safe when Chovanec muffed his wobbly pop down the third base line. G. Hayes singled to center scoring Peterson, and Niel sen's smash went for a hit to the same spot when umpire Hobbs collid ed with It. Hayes and knocked him off balance. This filled the sacks. Duncan's high bounder fell behind Fox for an infield hit scoring D. Hayes. Plattsmouth recaptured the lead affairs by having secretary and treasurer, W. H. Puis read the min utes of the last meeting. Follow ing this the regular business dis cussion centered about the equip ment of the club. New purchases and repairs to loud speaking appa ratus were mentioned. Members spoke of ways and means of securing records to be played for public oc casions in these times when they are difficult to purchase. Randall Bigsby, who with Warren Scharfenberg, represented the Ad club committee to round up business men for the recent scrap drive, re ported the results of their efforts. "Everyone cooperated splendidly," said Bigsby, "But why say more, the results of Plattsmouth's effort speaks for itself, as evidenced by Cass county's final position in the contest. To Extend Activities Elated by the success of the dance which they gave for the Ft. Crook soldiers at the hotel last Friday night, the Victorettes will take up business matters at their meeting at Shirley Jacobs home 7:30 Thurs day -evening. Although the girls have managed to entertain the soldiers upon two occasions, they have not yet had an election of officers. This will be one of the matters taken up at the Thursday meeting. Also there has been some talk of obtaining a head quarters which can be used for the entertainment as well as the meet ings. Ways and means of obtaining and maintaining such a headquarters will also be discussed. All girls in terested in aiding the club to en tertain soldiers are invited to at tend the meeting and join the club. 'Now in Coast Guard Picnic in the Rain From Wednesday's Daily The much needed rainfall in this section of the county that started falling near the noon hour, failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the large crowd that attended the an nual picnic dinner of the Mynard Community club. The event was held at the C. A. Wetenkamp grove west of Mynard and here the ladies had arranged the long table filled with all of the good things from fried chicken on. The ladies stayed on the job despite the rain and served 124 persons in the dinner hour. A very large number from this city drove out for the dinner, the Rotary dub as usual being on hand and with their ladies to enjoy the treat. The dinner of the Mynard club has become an institution in this part of the state and many from the different towns in this lo cality are glad to have the oppor tunity of enjoying the picnic dinner. Owing to the rain the club mem bers did not have any after dinner program or games that they some times feature for the home folks. "BUI" Knorr, the sou of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr, is now a full fledged member of the United States coast guard and is undergoing train ing on the west coast. He is at the Island training station at Alemeda, Calif., and undergoing the prelimin ary training to fit him for this ex acting branch of the service. His address is Roy W. Korr, jr., A Fit Co. 2-A, battallion 4, barracks 6, U. S. C. G., Government Island Training Station. Alemeda, Calif. See War Show From Wednesday's Daily After attending the American Le gion convention yesterday in Omaha, Judge A. II. Duxbury and County Treasurer John Turner took in the war show. With them were the judge's young son, Dickie, and Em erson Wiles. The Elmer Webb family and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Marsh were also in attendance. Enjoy the Army Show greatly impressed by the military I n ine in,ra wun oul' AUil rillcu exhibition put on at the war show a single back over Gaiter's head in- in Creighton Stadium in Omaha last night. Miss Wakelin later left for her home in York where she is an instructor of languages in York College. The rivers and streams of the Province of Quebec abound in j black bass, speckled trout, grey trout, ouananicbe, dore, and north ern pike. Probably the most prized fish of ail is the Atlantic Salmon. jto center field, Smith walked ana jboth advanced on a wild pitch. Cho jvanec was safe when H. Hayes dropped a third strike, and Ault stole home when the catcher made a futile peg to first. Smith came in on a wild pitch. Plattsmouth got one more tally iin the fifth. It. Hayes doubled to Group Enjoys Show From Tuesday's Daily "Here's Your Army," showing in Omaha this week, is drawing a great many from all parts of the central west and Plattsmouth people were largely represented last evening at the show. One group comprised Mr. and Mrs. Ordell Hennings, Dick Hess, Donald Skalak, Joe Highfield, Phyllis and Shirley Speck. Mr. and Mrs. Jess F. Warga were guests of Miss Anna Warga, of Oma ha, at the show last night. Another of the groups to enjoy the great demonstration of the modern war machine was H. A. Schneider, E. H. Bernhardt, C. E. Ledgway and James Mauzy, they find ing a wonderful demonstration of the national war machine. From Wednesday's PaiJy Despite the bad weather conditions the Army Show at Omaha last night drew out a great crowd to watch the thrilling exhibition of the might of J the modern armed forces. There were a number from this city to take in the show and among these were: Wallace Warner, Fred Lugsch and W. A. Swatek. I c enter, and Ault beat out a bouncer Raf r-( T it W Ft.' BACK TO WORK WITH GOOD VISION Have your vision checked before the long months of winter work begins. Good eyesight means work more easily performed more work ac complished better work. It means more energy left for pleasure in the leisure hours affer work. It means better looks, better dispositions, bet ter income, better living. Have your vision checked nov before the long months of winter work begins. Dr. Leonard Fitch OPTOMETRIST 112 IT. 5th " ... phone 41 to second. Hayes got entangled with the shortstop and second baseman, and couldn't liberate himself in time to go to third. Smith tapped in front of the nlate and was : thrown out at first, but Hayes scored all the way from second. R. Hayes shined afield with his -graceful movements despite numer ous accidents. Box score i Lincoln (2) i , AB Duncan, 3b 3 II. Hayes, c 2 Gaiter, p . 3 Carr, ss 3 Peterson, lb 3 D. Hayes, 2b 3 G. Hayes, cf 3 i Nielsen, If 3 iGali, rf 2 R H PO A E 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 110 11 0 1110 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15 7 2 Locates in City D. L. Grew, of Lincoln, who has been here for the past few months engaged in work at the Martin plant at Fort Crook, Sunday moved his family here from Lincoln. They are located at the Taylor apartment on high school hill, where the David Fowler family have been living. Enrolls for Journal W. A. Umland and Bert Muenchau, well known residents of the Eagle community were visitors in the city Tuesday to look after some business matters and while here were callers at the Journal. Both of . the men enrolled as new readers of the semi-weekly edition of the paper to come to their homes twice each week. CARD OF THANKS To the kind friends and neighbors I wish to take this opportunity of thanking each and everyone for their j kindness during the illness of my; dear wife and for the sympathy, flowers and especially to those taking part in the funeral services. MIKE LUTZ. Grocery Specials Gooch's Best FLOUR 48-lb. bag Long Shred COCOANUT 12-oz. can Brimful Brand PEACHES Heavy syrup, 2y2 can A. B. C. Brand Fruit COCKTAIL ' 1-lb. cans 2 for $170 2c 2c Mother's Brand COCOA 9ftc Vt-lb. -10c 2-lbs.AUv 1-lb. can 15p Puffed WHEAT f AC 8-oz. pkg. & V Oil SARDINES 2 cans Carl's Market Phone 255 Free Delivery Plattsmouth (5) AB li H Woster, If 2 0 0 R. Hayes, 2b'2 2 1 Ault, lb 3 1 2 Smith, c 2 1 1 Chovanec, 3b 3 0 0 Davis, ss 3 1 1 Diggs, rf 2 0 0 Puis, cf 2 0 2 Fox, p 2 0 0 PO 0 3 7 4 0 2 1 0 1 A 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 5 7 18 7 2 Score by Innings Lincoln 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 I will sell the Southeast quarter (SE4) cf Section Seven (7), Township Ten (10). Range Nine (9), Cass County, Ne braska, located one mile west and two' miles north of Eagle, to the highest bidder, at 2 oe'lock on September 5, 1942. Sale to be held at the front door of the Bank of Eagle. For further informa tion or examination of abstract, see Guy L. Clements, Attorney, for said Estate at Elm wood, Nebraska. HENRY TRUNKENEOLZ, Executor, Estate of George Mauerer, Deceased GUY L. CLEMENTS, Attorney. J. Plattsmouth 1 1 2 0 1 X 5