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It THUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1943 THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA PAGE FIVE 'A t lit ' Mi V A? v if i ft ?! St HI In J? 6' X T I'' v a l f I I I 1 i j Weepingv Water Two delegates from that portion of town known as "Swedetown," at tended the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening, asking for an extension of water pipes to their part of town. The matter was not presented to the council, but answered by the Mayor, whose only reply was "Don't you have a well" : and when pressed further,' his only reply was, "Well, we'll have to talk about that later," and refused to .discuss the matter. This is the portion of the town where the River Bide Gardens are located, and other small gardeners take great interest iu their gardens. Fortunately this spring, there has been plenty of rain, so their gardens have not suf fered. Later reports from three other parts of town, where pipes are being laid, were given and bills were allowed. Jo Ann Rector reported that elev-jand en members of the Busy Bee Sewing Club met Tuesday afternoon, with their leader, Mrs. Murray Mutter, when she taught them how to fin ish seams on the dresses, which they j expect to make, this summer. Doris j Mrs. George B. Smith, was trans Lauritzen and Marvel Dennis were i fered to the Lincoln Air base, for a hostesses, and served refreshments, i weeks work as pilot, before being Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Rhodes and; again transferred to the coast. His daughter Wanda, were Omaha visit-! parents were able to visit him for ors, Friday. Miss Margaret Ranney visited with her friends, Mrs. S. L. Chalk, and daughters, at the Sigveld Jensen home, Sunday. " Idle-A-Wile Bridge Club met Thursday afternoon, at the home of , Mrs. Frank Marshall, with the fol lowing socially invited guests. Mrs. Paul Petersen. Mrs. James Struve, ! Saturday to see her. Taul had ex pected to leave early this week for Canada, where he will be employed in defense work but, owing to his ' - mother's illness, he will .postpone his departure fcr a fewr days. 2nd Class Seaman, Carl Sliemaker, who is attending school at Ames, Iowa, came to Omaha, Saturday night, where he was met by his parents, his sister, Evelyn, and Miss Mary Ramsey, and brought on to Weeping Water, to spend the day, leaving late in the afternoon to return to Ames. Carl expects to graduate at the Motor Machinist School, at Ames, July 17. Wcrd has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shornaker, that their son, James Shornaker, had ar rived safely across the ocean, port unknown, by the .relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Oldham, Mrs. W. R. Tuck, and Mrs. Sam Hughes were at Elmwocd. Sunday evening, where they attended the Union ser vice at church. the Elmwood Evangelical The services that evening were in charge of the W.C.T.U., and their state president, Mrs. Mary Lee Seibert. of Lincoln, was the speak er for the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene5 Colbert are making their heme on their farm, west of town, this summer, and have had the lightening strike very close to them twice- during the past week. Last Wednesday evening Mrs. Col bert started to the telephone to call up her daughter, to enquire as to whether her scn-in-law, Howard Colbert, had reached home safely in the hard rain. Mr. Colbert called to her to warn her about talking during a storm, the warning was timely, for just at that moment the lightening struck the telephone, shattering it, and also striking on the west porcli. Mr. and Mrs. Col- bert both felt the effect for some time. Monday evening of this week, during the storm, the lightening a gain struck. This time it struck a Dad's A Hero Mrs. Floyd Hite, Mrs. Harry Potts, ! week, leaving Saturday for Nebras Miss Doris Marshall and Miss Mary j ta City for a short visit before re Allen. 1 turning home. Mrs. R. J. Embury was taken to Mr. ad Mrs. Roy Earl, of Omaha, Bryan MemoiLiI Hospital. Saturday, j week end guests at the hjir.e She has been very ill for the past vf Mr. and Mrs. Glen Heneger. few days, and it was thought best j Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nelson were to take her where she could have j Thursday evening dinner guests at the best of medical care. Mrs. Em-j the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Boe bury had the Flu some time ago, and i deker. this illness seems to be a recurrence Mr. and Mrs. Leo Christensen. and cf that trouble. Her son, Paul Em-j family, and Mr. and Mrs. Miller burv and wife, of Hastings, came j Christensen went to Omaha, Sunday. Next Sunday, June 20th is his day A very complete showing Shirts, Ties, Belts, Sport awaits your selection. Yes. We have Gift Boxes J cedar tree, which stands close to' the house. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ruby, of Nebraska City, spent Sunday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ruby, going from there to Bellevue, for a visit with friends. Sunday evening guests at the Clif ford Cooper home were Mr. and Mrs. George Sickmann, Herman and Ka- tie; Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ruby; Mr. land Mrs. Bernard Ruby of Nebraska City, when home made ice cream was enjoyed after a good visit. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Berthold, and two children, Joan and Patty, motored to Omaha Sunday afternoon and had dinner at the home of Mrs. Berthold's brother, and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Brown. Mrs. S. L. Chalk and two children, Linda and Jinimie, ' of Newman Grove, tame last week for a visit at the home of Mrs. Chalk's twin sister, Mrs. Sigveld Jensen. Mr. Chalk arrived Tuesday and they re turned home, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hewett were j Sunday guests at the home of Mr. Mrs. Virgil Rhodes. Miss Janie Walsh, of York, spent the week end visiting at the Harold Domingo home, and with Miss Doro thy Domingo. Lieut. R. B. Smith, son of Mr. and ja short time on two evenings, and : be was able to get dow n here for a short visit one evening, : Mrs. B. M. HebardT of Council Blulfs, spent last week end at the ; home of her son, Francis Hebard, and wife Miss Olive Horning, of Nelson, was avisitor at the Arthur Rovgh, and the Rudolph Hart homes, last to attend a reunion of the Chiisten sen family, at the home of a daught er of the late H. P. Christensen, Mrs. J Hugh Sinclair. There were six brothers and three sisters attend ing. Two brothers were present from California, and one brother from Iowa. We have heard several growers express disappointment at the qual ity of this years crop of strawber ries.. Owing to the recent rains, they are soft, and not in good con dition for canning. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rough and daughter Pauline, were dinner guests Friday evening, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Groesser. Sunday's World-Herald quoted "some fun with a pencil" from the McCook Gazette bystander whi.'h may also be used with your tele phone number, or any other number. Here's some more fun with a pen cil. Ask your guests to write on a slip of paper any number they i choose, having three digits. Have 'them reverse the number, and sub- tract the smaller from the larger, then reverse the result, and r.dd it to the result. The answer will al ways be 1,0 89. Try it, and see. Leroy Sell, A.R.M.2c, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sell, arrived home Sunday morning for a weeks leave of absence. Accompanying LeRoy, is his wife, who has been in Ala meda, California, with him, for the past several months. They expect to return to Calfornia, Monday of next week. Saturday evenings sudden show ers caught a large number of late shoppers in the business part of town, without raincoat, or umbrella, and without cars. Getting home be fore showers has been a habit late ly, but the temptation of a longer visit with neighbors and friends, caused many to linger too long and to have to leave for home during the heavy down pour of rain. A meeting was held Saturday i On AH Fronts of exclusive new things in Jackets, Hats and Half-hose Wescott' evening, at the home of Mrs. Edna Shannon to plan for the Mother Daughter Luncheon to be held at the Congregational church, Friday, when Mrs. L. R. Snipes, of Lincoln, will review the book "White Cliffs." Mr. and Mrs. Orville Carnes, of Tecumseh, visited Sunday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Carnes. Miss Eula Harding, Pierre, Soith Dakota, and Miss Helen Gogola, of Dmaha, who are attending summer school at the University of Nebraska w ere week end guests at the home or Miss Doris Marshall. Mrs. Win. Homan, received word this week, that her nephew, John Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hall, is a prisoner of the Japs. Word was received some time ago, that he was missing in action. John Hall was born at Plattsmouth. The family left Plattsmouth about eighteen ' years ago, moving first to Council Bluffs. Later to Fellows, Calif. Two other members of the family have been called to the army. A son-in-law, is serving in New Mexico, and the youngest son, has just been inducted into the service this week. Mrs. Earle Greene is having a vacation from her work at the Mead plant as fifty were laid off for a few weeks. Thusday morning she took her young son. David, to Mur ray, where he underwent a tonsil ectomy, Dr. Tyson operating. Some more news about a tormer Plattsmouth boy is that John Nor ris, a graduate of the Plattsmouth high sthool in 1940, and later grad uated at a pre-law school, the North Texas Agricultural ollege, and while there a cadet colonel and head of the ROTC. is now at Camp Roberts, Calif. His parents are now living one mile west of Weeping Water, on the former E. E. Day farm. Dr. Richard Brendel, of Lincoln, received his Masters degree at a special meeting of Euclid Lodge No. 97, held Monday evening. Visit ors present from Lincoln, Spring field. Ashland and Plattsmouth. Af ter the meeting was closed the visit ors and the members of the lodge were taken to Mae's Cafe, where a lunch was served. Miss Eunice Morris went to Un ion Wednesday to visit her uncle, C. E. Norris. Here is some good news about one of our Weeping Water boys. Max Raines, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Raines, will graduate from the Ne braska University School of Medi cine, in" Omaha, in December, and will leave the first of January; for Cleveland. O., where he is to take his internship in the Cleveland City hospitaL Elmer Michelsen, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Michelsen, Sr., has been transferred temporarily to the State University, at Lincoln, until he enters training school for en- gineers. , , Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy that their son Thomas, has been in a hospital in North Africa, with second degree burns. The letter was written by "Tom" himself, and was dated in April but was not received here until a few days ago. Another letter followed which was written very recently, and said that he is getting along nicely. Tom's only worry seemed to be that his parents might worry. He told them not to worry in each letter. Miss Mayme Michelsen left last week for a visit at Los Angeles, Cal., and at Portland, Ore. Mrs. Dick Bensen, of Austin, Tex., visited Miss Agnes Rough this week, enroute to Lafayette, Ind., to visit her daughter. She will also visit relatives in Nehawka, her former home, while here. Mrs. Bensen is a daughter of the late Stuart Rough, of NeLawka. H. H. Bennett, of Washington, D. C,. national chief of the bureau of soil conservation, was in Weeping Water Tuesday on a tour of in spection. He was accompanied by A. E. McClymond, regional conserva tor, and A. E. Jones, Nebraska state conservator. Together with the staff of the Cass Soil Conservation office, the men made a tour of this district and spent some time at the farm home of Herman Schweppe, one of the directors of this district. Mr. Bennett visited this office in ' ,.. , . A ,;, August 1941. and he expressed him- self as well pleased wun tne woik done in the past two years. i Mrs. Ray Tankersley . was taken S" I to the Bryan Memorial hospital Mon !day as her condition fails to res I I pond to treatment, and it was j' thought best to take her where she S" will have better care. Shoppers Wreck Walk New York, June 16. (UP)The Jjlast day for No. 17 coupons was J the wrong one to replace a side walk in front of a Manhattan shoe J store. "Women shoppers, ignoring Jjthe pleas of workmen, trampled ov 5'er the wet concrete in their haste By Journal Field Representative Herbert Rohrdanz and wife ac companied Mr. and Mrs. John Rohr danz to Lincoln Monday where Mrs. John Rohrdanz had a check up of her condition, as she has just re cently left the institution. Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Thorvaldt Hansen of near Manley observed their fif teenth wedding anniversary on Mon day. There were some forty of the friends to enjoy the event with them. Guests at iiauth Home Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rauth en tertained Sunday a group of the friends from Omaha and Valley. The party enjoyed a very fine din ner. Hold Card Party A card party was held at the St. Patrick's hall the past week with Mrs. Russell Campbell of South Bend and Mrs. Linnius Basouth were the hostesses. Mrs. A. V. Stander was the winner of the first prize and Mrs. Frank Bergman, the second. Paul Stock, of Murdock, was in Manley Tuesday, stopping on his way from Plattsmouth to Lincoln. Father James Hennessey of the St. Patrick's church, was in Lin coln the past week to attend the re treat of the priests of the Lincoln diocese of the Catholic church. Miss Doris Stander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Stander was in Plattsmouth the past week where she visited her grandfather, John Palacek and her aunts, Misses Celia and Anna Palacek. Frank 11. Stander and daughter, Miss Lilly, of Omaha were visitors! in Manley looking after some busi-1 ness matters and visiting with rela-i tives. Mrs. Frances O'Brien was in Oma ha on Monday to look after some matters of business. John A. Stander was called to Lincoln on Monday to look after some matters of business. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Coon, of Lexington were visiting with rela tives and friends for a number of days the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Coon and little s.on, who are living at Web ster City, Iowa, were visiting here with friends for a few days. Rollin has enlisted in the army and during his absence the family will remain at Webster City. Miss Loretta Fleming has de parted for Omaha where she is en tering the Clarkson hospital of nursing training.- Taken to Hospital Miss Katie Wolpert, who has been in failing health, for several months is bein given hospitalizaton in the hopes of benefiting her health. Theodore Harm, Jr., who is em ployed at Lincoln was home for a short visit and was accompanied by a friend Elliott Wilson, they en joyed the week end at the Theo dore Harms home. Close Syrian Border Ankara, June 14, (UP) British authorities clased the Syrian side of the Turkey-Syrian frontier today, presumably to prevent leakage of allied information, into axis chan nels. The frontier was closed at 6 A. M. Gen. A. C. Arnold, British military attache, formally notified the Turk ish" government of the closing five hours later when he called on Riza Artunkal, Turkish Minister of Na-! tional Defense. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Emmett Landon, Administra- i tor of the Estate of Catherine M. Coleman, deceased, will offer for sale hjghest bidder for cash tne following described Stocks and Cer tificates: Lincoln Telephone & Tele graph Stock, 1500.00; Republic Na tional Life Insurance Corporation, Dallas, Texas. 29100- No. 2950; Fifty-Forty Kenmore Avenue Cor poration (ten shares) No. 325; Lin coln Farms Company, Lincoln Nebraska Farm No. 2458 Hogue, Certificate No. 11, $200.00, Liquidation and Participation Certi ficate NEi,4 of Sec. 35, Twp. 2 N., Rge. 9 E. of the 6th P. M., Pawnee County, Nebraska, undivided 200 8000 interest one of. 11 Certifi cates; said sale' will take place at the Elevator in Greenwood. Nebras ka, on the 30th day of June, 1943. at 2 o'clock P. M., and will be held open for one hour. Emmett Landon, Adminis tor of the Estate of Cath erine M. Coleman, dec. Heavy Rains Bring Thousands of Acres Under Water Small streams in the State Are Hp and Causing Much Crop Dam age in all Sections BY UNITED PRESS New thousands of Nebraska acres were under water today following torrential downpours, w hich sent J many small streams and rivers out of their banks over the state. Police at Lincoln predicted if x rise in Salt Lake continued, evacu ation of some families in the south west Lincoln area would be neces sary. Last night's rain sent the lake out of its banks at several points. At Hickman, south of Lincoln, tw o inches of rain fell in 20 minutes. Antelope creek in southeast Lincoln also threatened to inundate residen tial areas at several points. Electric power service in many parts of Omaha was disrupted when wind, accompanying the rain, blew down branches, causing line breaks, and blowing out transformer fuses. Power company repair crews were out most of the night. Overflow of many North Platte river tributaries caused a sharp rise in the river and prompted the Kansas City weather bureau to warn that the steady rise in the Mis souri will continue. Shell creek at Lindsay inundated several homes and two elevators and forced temporary stoppage of traf fic on Highway 91. Mayor Theodore Loseke said farmland near the town suffered much damage. Crest of the Shell creek flood was expected north of Columbus today or tonight. County highway commis sioner Edgar Asche warned farmers in low-lying areas and said the high water already had caused crop dam age. The Beaver river flooded roads and went over its banks in the St. Ed ward and Woodville area. Expected high water at Nebraska City, which weather bureau experts predict will bear the brunt of any new flood threat on the Mussouri, did not cause alarm because all lev ees broken in the April overflow have been repaired. The weather bureau predicted a 16-foot stage at Nebraska City within ten days. Stage there yesterday was 15.2 feet. Picket Plant Springfield, 111., June 16, U.P. Members of the United Mine Work ers District 50, picketed two plants of the Allis-Chalmers Company to day in an attempt to force a bar gaining election in a jurisdictional dispute with the C.I.O. Union. The demonstration started after a walkout and mass meeting of , 300 night shift workers. Other pick ets apeared today at the gates of the two plants which are about a mile part. Company officials said some workers failed to report at mid night and today but they said war production continued at regular ca pacity, despite the demonstration. Montreal, Quebec, world s great est wheat-exporting center, is sec ond in importance as an ocean port in North America, being surpassed only by New York. 0, For Businessmen The businessman who has merchandise or ser vice to sell will profit highly through FRE QUENT use of our printing service. A modern plant, skilled craftsmanship, economical charg-es-these mean printing that will help YOU sell more! L Buy the Plattsmouth Jap Victory Disaster Ottawa, Ontario, U.P. Mde. Chaing Kai Shek told the Canadian parliament today that recent Chin ese victories had not dispelled the danger to the United Nations, and warned, that a Japanese victory would be the "greatest cataclysmic diaster civilization has known." Has Pleasant Visit Staff Sergeant James R. Schafer has returned to Dalhart, Tex-, after spending a seven-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schafer of Nehawka. Sergeant Schaf er is a radio-gunner on a Flying Fortress. He returns to the Army Air Base at Dalhart as an instructor in Lieut. R. A. Berman's crews. Visits Grandparents Patricia Louise Slatinsky, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slatin sky, Jr., of Ralston, is here to en joy a visit at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slatinsky, Sr. Receives a Promotion Leonard Sikora, of this city, who was inducted into the army sev eral months ago, has been advanc ed to the grade of first class priv ate. He is located at Fort Omaha as a member of the military police company. Friday and Saturday, June 18 and 19 Double Feature, Blondie and the Bum steads in it's A Great Life' The funniest of the Blondies! and Charles Starrett in 'Pardon My Gun A gun-roaring roundup of bandits! Also 'Daredevils of the West' serial. Mat. Sun. 2:30, night 7 and 9:30 P.M. Admission 11c & 28c incl tax Sunday, Monday, June 20 and 21 Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant in 'Once Upon a Honeymoon' A tidal wave of Romantic Comedy! also cartoon and news. Mat. 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