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PAGE FOUS THE JOTJxlUAL. PLATTSMOTJTH, NEBRASKA MURDOCK IV Journal Field Repreeentarire "W. T. Weddell, who has been hav ing apartments made at the lumber depot, has them in fine condition and nice and cozy where the farmers can find him at any time. Visits Parents Mrs. Bryan McDonald and the boys, last Sunday took Mr. McDon ald and Chester Elseman to work at Fort Crook, then returned to Platts mouth to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Thimgan and her brother, Lester Thimgan and fam ily. On their return . home in the evening they took a collection of books for the Murdock library, donat ed by M. S. Briggs. Spend Holiday Here Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bornemeier and infant son of Omaha, were at Murdock on Thursday to visit the parents of Mrs. Bornemeier, Mr. ami Mrs. Leroy Gorthey. Henry E. Carson, better known as "Slatts," was out to the farm on Thanksgiving and enjoyed his dinner there. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rikli, resid ing at Beatrice, came to Murdock for Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Zabel and also visited at the home of W. E. Rikli and wife, and Albert Rikli. E. E. Ganaway turned the key in his shoe shop Thursday and de parted for Lincoln to spend the day with his daughter, Mrs. O. II. Rob inson, and family. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1943 Visits in Iowa Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Tool were in Iowa on Thursday to visit with Mrs. Lena Tool, mother of Henry, follow ing out a yearly custom. Mrs. Lena Tool passed her 9Sth birthday and despite her years is able to look after the household affairs. Mesdames M. Thurston and Mrs. Lena Anderson of Billings, Mont., were guests for a time at the home 5y JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE CHAPTER VIII Big-hearted Sarah Daffodil acts In ev ery capacity for the four-family house in Garset after her husband's death. The frugal, elderly Mr. and Mrs. Peppercorn and the newly-wed Andrew and Candace Thane occupy the two top-floor apart ments and below them middle-aged Bert Fitts and his wife who is too engrossed in war activities to care for her home and King Waters, veteran of World War I. and his wife Emma, a devotee of fine crocheting. The Thanes plan to invite six couples to their Thanksgiving feast and great preparations are afoot. His wife nodded. It didn't make sense, she soothed him, perhaps it was quite true that many of the tasks she had Zither perform, or helped her to perform, would pass unnoticed and in any case would not compensate if the dinner failed. "But I do think, Andy," maintained the clear voice, "that everyone is more at ease in a house that is clean and in order. Not stiff, mind you, but livably neat. It's more a feeling than a matter of actual vi sion, or perhaps it is only that the hostess is more relaxed if she knows her house is clean." The cash grocery store, Sarah Daffodil reflected, might lack the props of the old-time general store and might operate on a shorter day, but its atmosphere, clientele and social advantages,, with some allowance for general alterations, remained essentially unchanged. Tonight as she waited in the background of the late shoppers she saw most of her tenants in the group pressing purposefully up against the counters. King Waters was buying meat, Toni Fitts stood counting oranges into a bag. Be fore the dairy counter Mr. and Mrs. Peppercorn', Doggie tucked secure ly under the old man's arm, watched the scales as the; clerk cut a pound of tub butter for therh. - "Awful, trying to get waited on, isn't it?" Toni Fitts had spied Sar ah. "I'm having soup and orange salad tonight, nothing else. It's so hard to keep food from accumulat ing, but we're going away for Thanksgiving down to Atlantic City. Bert's taking me for a rest." She had been working day and night, she asserted, trying to be fair to every organization, anxious to do her best for each. "And fancy, they want us to ask some of the Service men for Thanksgiving dinner. Selectees from camp. I simply couldn't undertake another thing and Bert put his foot down." It's a good story, if one can imagine Bert Fitts putting his foot down. Sarah reflected. I can't. "Hello, Mr. Waters you're luckier than I am, for you're on your way out." , King Waters removed his hat, smiled mechanically. "Thanksgiv ing rush, I guess. I hope you're planning a pleasant day, Mrs. Daf fodil. My wife and I are dining with an old friend of mine a buddy who saw service abroad with rne." "Yes. I think of good old Bar rows, every time I see the war news," King Waters was saying briskly. "He's in the Reserve and likely to be called, if things get any more serious. I had lunch with Barrows last week and he said he didn't know how the Government could use him he has fallen arches, sinus trouble, his arteries are in bad shape and he has been out of active business for several years. But he said to me, 'King, if Uncle Sam needs me, if my country calls. I'll go." I suppose he'll get a desk job in Washington and release a younger man for field service. The salary," Waters added contempla tively, "would be a godsend to him." She couldn't help wondering, Sar ah murmured knowing that she had no business to wonder, if it wasn't a reserve officer's patriotic duty to keep himself in good physical shape. "He'd be more of an asset if he were halfway fit." No one could expect a veteran to be as resilient as a younger man, Waters reproved. Physical deteri oration wasn't serious, where the mind remained unimpaired. "Bar rows won't have to endure long marches or be under fire it's the youngsters' turn to undergo all that. We served our time at it." As she watched him make his way to the door, Sarah told herself that she understood how such com placency drove younger people to profane and rude retorts. Sarah Daffodil considered the question of waiting on herself to save the clerk's time, but the Pep percorns were coming toward her, all smiles. Doggie's tail wagged in friendly greeting, too. "The store looks so nice!" Old Mrs. Peppercorn beamed. Her black coat, cut full like a cape, seemed to weigh her down and its hem almost touched the floor. She went on to say that she loved to smell the freshly ground coffee and to see the bright colors of the or anges and lemons, the bunches of yellow bananas, the mountains of polished apples. "It makes you hungry for Thanksgiving dinner," the said. Their Thanksgiving? Oh, yes, wmvm t. 1 Sw I' rf k t1 (m M iSfef IP W Mi Murial Wright rang the door bell. She was alone and looked pinched and cold. they were invited out, she replied happily, answering Sarah's ques tion. Hen. the junkman, had prom ised to provide a complete dinner for the family he had befriended and who occupied the second floor of his house still. "They get along," chimed in old Mr. Peppercorn, "but they don't have many luxuries, that's to be expected. Hen has no family of his own and he got the idea that he'd like to get up a turkey dinner with all the fixings. Mother and me are going down to his house to cook it. He's got a right nice kitchen down there, gas stove and all. You'd be surprised to see how handy he is at housekeeping, though of course a real Thanksgiving dinner is a lit tle too much for him to tackle all alone." Zither, when she came at one o'clock Thanksgiving Day, reported that the wind was raw and felt like snow. She still disliked to answer bells or to speak to strangers, but now that she had accustomed her self to the Thanes, she sometimes tallied a good deal while - she worked. One had to listen atten tively to hear her, for she spoke faintly and unless she faced : her listener many of her words, as Andy complained, seemed to fall back into her throat. If she had something to say, she was likely to say it whether she had auditors or not, but this. Candace insisted, should not be regarded as talking to herself. "If no one's there and she starts a conversation, who's she talking to if she' isn't talking to herself?" Andy not unreasonably demanded. She couldn't explain it properly, Candace informed him, but it was not the same as talking to oneself. "It's different. You needn't hoot what I mean is that if Zither talks she's talking to me, whether I'm there or not. It's the way she talks at home, I think whenever she has something to say she says it and takes a chance that someone will hear her say it You get the impression that she isn't terribly important in her auntie's house hold, even if she does help finance it." To Candace there was something pathetic in the colored girl's ad miration of the pretty, convenient kitchen and the simple furnishings of the other rooms. Zither was as eager, too, today for the din ner to be a success as the young host and hostess whose anxiety she shared. I couldn't do all this for someone else, not unless I had something of my own to go home to, Candace thought watching Zither's absorbed face as she counted out the dessert plates. Leila Orton and Kurt Hermann arrived first because Kurt, Leila said, was still on daylight saving time. "He liked it last Summer and he sees no reason for ever chang ing anything he once liked." Thinner and more beautiful than ever, Leila in her almond-green sweater and matching skirt looked, Andy told her appreciatively, like an endorsement for a cold cream advertisement. She wore her thick hair parted in the center and knot ted low on her neck. Kurt, she re marked casually, hated a fussy hair-do. The arrival of Minnie Davis and Halsey Kenneth set Andy to mixing highballs and a few minutes later Muriel Wright rang the doorbell. She was alone and looked pinched and cold. "Isn't Hugh here?" She gazed nervously around the room after the introductions. "He was to meet me I gave him the address." Her husband, she murmured, had gone uptown to see an old friend. "Give him time, give him time," Andy's placid voice advised her. "Here's your warmer-upper. Muri el. It's all right to call you Muriel, Dace said, if you don't mind." Muriel Wright was rather large. pleasant-faced and looked older than the other women, perhaps be cause she wore glasses. Every thin 2 she had on. dress, shoes, even her too tisht permanent, appeared to be new Candace surmised that she had spent money, perhaps saved with difficulty, to make her self attractive for her husband's return. They had had one round of high balls and Zither was manifesting uneasiness about the dinner, when the house phone rang. Someone asked to speak to Mrs. Wright on the outside phone, Sarah Daffodil said. She had just locked her door, ready to start for her dinner en gagement, when the ringing bell had called her back. Andy took Muriel down to the first floor, waited- for her in the hall. When they returned, the girl's embarrassment was evident. "I don't know what you'll think. Dace Hugh isn't coming." She sounded close to tears. "These peo ple he went to see have asked him to stay for dinner and go to a show. I told him we'd already ac cepted your invitation and that we were waiting dinner for him, but he well, he wants to go to the show. I don't know what to say. Dace, there isn't anything I can say to excuse him." But after they were seated, with the silver at Hugh's place hastily removed and the colorful fruit cups before each guest, Muriel made one more attempt. It was because Hugn was a soldier, she declared, the Army did nothing to foster unself ishness in the man in service. "I suppose when they have to sacrifice so much, nothing should be asked of them. Hugh has forgotten how to be a husband he's so used now to haying a fuss made over him that he thinks he can get away with any thing he chooses to do." The yellow candles burned stead ily, their shining light reflected in Candace's great, soft eyes. "I think that thousands of ' men who see service will find it hard to settle down to "normal, ordinary living," she agreed. "Sure." Halsey Kenneth put down his fork. "You take the Air Corps. Aviators get a dozen thrills a day, every flight is a gorgeous, pulse racing adventure. Those fellows won't be able to settle down to a humdrum existence, once they're discharged. They'll be restless, 'al ways wanting to be on the. go, im patient of drudgery, eating their hearts out for the spectacular." "What are you trying to do scare Dace?" Leila Orton chal lenged belligerently. She didn't scare worth a cent. Dace smiled as Zither brought in the turkey. "The secret is to marry your man first ahead of camp, or ahead of war. If he's a husband before he's a soldier well, I think you both have a greater chance of being happy when he comes back." After dinner, when the living room had been restored to its sin gle function and the brightly blaz ing fire drew the group to sit in a semicircle around the hearth, Min nie said that her brother would soon be called for selective training. "It's all right to say for a year call it a year's training, if it makes you feel any better. He's lived through a depression and maybe 'we will live through a war." "I wonder if ours is the lost gen eration you hear about." Halsey Kenneth lighted a cigarette for her, avoiding her eyes. Muriel Wright, her face turned from the fire, laughed cynically. "Generations have been lost for the last thirty years, haven't they? It's an old story." "No Minnie's right," Andy said and for all his calmness he man aged to gain their attention. "We the ones who got out of high school between 1930 and 1935 have played out of luck. That's not a whine, just a statement of fact. We tramped our feet off looking for jobs, and those we got were poorly paid and led nowhere. We couldn't marry, because we had to help out at home, for no one had much work. Between our dependents and our small wages Dace and I had to stay engaged three years. Nobody's fault we just didn't get the raisins when our cake was sliced." -w (TO BE CONTINUED) of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Oehlerking of the Murdock" church, they being old time friends. Mrs. Roy Howard who is staying for the duration at the home of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Oehler king, in Murdock, states that the husband, Pfc. Roy Howard, is now at Hutchison, Kansas. Henry Heineman, the carpenter, has been doing some work at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kuehn, getting the home ready for winter. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lyons of Lin coln and Meredith Weddell and fam ily, also of Lincoln, were in Murdock Thanksgiving. They were visiting W. T. Weddell, father of Mrs. Lyon3 and Mr. Weddell. AVOCA Bjr Journal Field Representafchre Elmwood By Jonraal Field Representative Greenwood Special Journal Correspondence Kenneth West, who has been in and out of St. Louis for the past year or more has recently been trans ferred to Newark, New Jersey. He looks after plane loadings. Claude West, better known as "Shorty" is still in a camp in Texas where he is awaiting disposition of his case. Home Church Day The Congregational church held a "Home Day" at the church the past week beginning with a break fast served at 9 o'clock which was largely attended by the membership. Following this came the Bible School and preaching services. This fellow ship gathering was very successful and another is planned in the near future. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Brendel and Mrs. Henry Maseman, with June, Richard and Marilyn made up a party who visited at Nebraska City on last Friday. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Ford at St. Mary's hos pital in Nebraska City on last Fri day. All are reported as doing nice ly. Last Sunday night a car driven by Robert McCann collided with one driven by Herb Sudman, but fortun ately no out was injured. The acci dent was caused, aparently, by the drivers being blinded by bright lights. ;, Monte Lum, the lumberman, was visiting with relatives in Line u on last Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alwir.e wore guests of the parents of Mrs. Al wine, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gollner, over last week end. Mr. and 'Mrs. Wilford Greenrod announce the arrival of a daughter born last Sunday at St. Mary's hos pital in Nebraska City. "Bud" as he is better known, reports all are doing fine. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lenhardt and Johnnie of -Waverly visited with friends in Avoca over last Sunday and Monday. Edward Morley who returned about a week ago from undergoing an operation at St Mary's hospital at Nebraska City is improving nice ly and Is now able to be about and meet his friends, j Mrs. Christine Sailing and daugh ter Miss Anna Marie were in Omaha on last Tuesday visiting and attend ing to some shopping in the big city. Lee Brinton, who has been in ser vice for over a year, is spending a fifteen day furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Brinton of Elm wood, and with relatives at Avoca and Weeping- Wafer. He is a grand son of Mrs. Rachel Everett. Jesse Voyles held a very success ful closing out sale on Saturday of last week, reporting a large crowd in attendance' and good prices prevailing. Mrs. Henry Maseman and daugh ter Marilyn visited in Omaha last Tuesday attending to some matters of business. ; -, ' Elmer Corbin, formerly a citizen of Avoca, visited here last week meeting old friends. He reports they are well pleased with their location in Eliriwood and like their new home very much. ' Mrs. Ed Morley and Mrs. Earl Freeman were hostesses to the Ladies Aid of the Avoca church the past week the meeting being held in the basement of the church. Junior Class Play The Junior class of the Eimwood high school presented their class play, "So Help Me Hannah," a com edy in three acts, on Thursday, Nov. 23rd. The members of the cast com prised: Shirley Schlanker, Richard Pratt, Margradelle Shreve, Vincent Seiker, Roberta Kunz, Armin Vogt, Mary Hill, Opal Hunker, Wilia Wid ick, Dorothy Weiidt, Marjorie Mil ler, Eugene Kuehn, Roy Williams and William Pederson. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Greene, who conduct the Greene drug store, were enjoying their Thanksgiving dinner in Lincoln with their daughter, Mrs. Max Lamb and family. WHERE THE FUEL GOES A PURSUIT PLANE, at aTcruis., ing speed of 200 m.p.h. requires one gallon of gasoline qrr very four miles of flight Sells Corn Henry Schafer picked something like a thousand bushels of corn, be ing of an extra dry quality passed the commercial grade when shelled and delivered. This brought over a thousand dollars in cash and saved building cribs. Plays in Army Band Mrs. Tessie Kelly, cook at the cafe, tells of her son, Donald Kelly, pri vate first class, stationed in Hawaii, being engaged in in army band. He is in a consolidated band of some fifty-six pieces. George Hall, who is well over three score and ten years, has been picking corn and has now completed his job, and is now working on the locker system for his son's store. He endeavored to pick a hundred bushel a day and last day but one, he reached 99 bushels and in the last day 98 bushels when the corn have out. Cora Is Gathered Mr. and Mrs. George Blessing who have been working in getting the corn crop put at the home of, Mrs. Blessing, Sr., near Murdock, also printing the Leader-Echo, have completed their work. Mr. and Mrs. Elessing and family were Thanks giving visitors at Beatrice. Receives Promotion Rchard Blessing, stationed in the army base at Salt Lake City, has been advanced to the rank of ser geant and also given a furlough to visit with relatives and friends. Henry Miller 111 Henry J. Miller, former county commissioner from the third district, is quite ill at a hospital at Lincoln. His daughter, Mrs. Woods, is at Lin coln assisting in the care of the father, Mr. Miller is 86 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. James Hayes were entertaining at their home Thanks giving day, the father of Mrs. Hayes, Josiah Mears, also Miss Darlene Hayes who has been in Plattsmouth for some time. The occasion was a farewell to a son of Mr. and Hayes soon leaving for the army. KEEP ON i9 'A wmiUM BONDS .WWWWWWMWWMWW, Mrs. Glen Loder Johnson passed away at her home Sunday evening at the age of 75 years. Funeral ser vices were held at the Methodist church at 2 o'clock Wednesday af ternoon, conducted by Rev. Ray F. Magnuson. Mrs. Charlie Dyer sang, accompanied by Mrs. Vernon Greer. Pallbearers were: Evan Armstrong, 12. A. Landon, N. O. Coleman, Paul White, Ernest Leaver, Charlie Dyer, Interment was in Greenwood ceme tery. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Wallace, Marion and Leonard, of Friend, Mrs. H. Wal lace of Winton, Wyo., Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyifcrf and Faul were 6 o'clock dinner guests Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kin ney and family at Alvo. Mrs. Louise Erskine of Lincoln spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Landgreen and Edith. Mrs. Roy Comstock was shopping in Lincoln Monday. The Friendship Extension club me tat the home of Mrs. Charlie Bell Tuesday atteronon, Nov. 23, with 1G members present and one guest. An interesting lesson was given by Mrs. Roy Comstock, Mrs. Francis Berger and Mrs. Truly Wall leaders, on "Morale in . the Home." Our next meeting will be a Christmas party at the Legion hall, Dec. 13. A pro gram and an exchange of gifts will be held. A lovely lunch was served by Mrs. Lila Wall, Mrs. Margrett Leesley and Miss Bell. The Youth Fellowship circle met at the Methodist church last Friday evening. A large group of young people were present. After the les son games were played and a de licious lunch served. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Marvin spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Knolle and Mary at Sioux City. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Slater and Mrs. Lula Clymer of Lincoln sere in town Monday afternoon calling on friends. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wall left Tuesday evening for Crawford to spend Thanksgiving. Greenwood Woman's - club - met Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church. Hostesses were Mrs. Flor ence Armstrong and Mrs. Myrtle Coleman. Mr. Wallace Holder spent Satur day night and Sunday with Mrs. Holder and Mrs. Florence Arm strong. Mrs. Jo Brown suffered with an other heart attack and is very weak. Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Coleman and Lawrence spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Johnson in Lincoln. The Junior class play, "Two Weeks Vacation," will be held Thursday evening, Dec. 2, at the school audi torium. . Mr. Joe Kyles received word that his brother, Morris, of Waverly, suf fered with a heart attack Tuesday and was taken to the Veterans' hos pital in Lincoln. Doctors report he is in serious condition. Jesse C. Sturm, passed away Sa turday at the age of 77 years. The funeral services Avere held at the Methodist church at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Ray F. Magnuson. The pallbearers were E. A. Landon, E. M. Erickson, William Kelly, L. C. Marvin, Travis Cameron and J. S. Gribble. Mrs. S. R. Parks and Mrs. Warren Robinson sang, ac compenied Ly Mrs. Kenneth Marcy. 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