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PAGE EIGHT ISLE JOtrSUAL. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA TJflJBSDAY, HARCH 9. 1944 MUERAYli I Dy )irTii Field Rcprwmtatir i I in Platts- ! Thursday I i La Platte School Notes Mrs. Xeliie Long was mouth Wednesday and visiting; with friends at the JIasonic Heme. Hud Nickels drove to the vicinity of Union on.: day recently, where he purchased a load of seed oats which he will fow on the farm which iif operates r.orih of town. Mary K. STporer is able to be in school again r.ft?r being absent with a broken ar.l;Ie v.hich was caused by a fall on the ice on High School li ill in Plattsmouth seine weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis were Plattrjor.th visitors Monday after noon, where they looked after seme business matters and visited with friends. Dr. J. II. Gil mere made a profes sional call in Nehr.wka Sunday. Mrs. George Park is spending" fow days 'vith htr daughters and families in Omaha. Her daughter. Mrs. YYilla Kidvell, recently under- i January drive. Dora Trively and Neil Lancaster, faehers. Few students had perfect attend ance during the sixth school month -.vhkh ended February IS. Those who did were: Junior Cwiertina, Beverly, John, and Albert Taylor. Shirley Frangley, Joan Iske, Alma Maichand, Fred Hyda, and JohnnyJ Liddick. School was closed Febr. 11 be cause of the snow and severe cold n'oathrr. We received a Citation for our work in the Salvage of Waste Paper campaign from Ak-Sar-Ben. A great deal of credit goes to Mr. Roberta who collected and baled the largest pmount of the paper collected. February 28 was the last day the Hansen children spent with lis. They have moved to their new home near E!khorn. The preceding Friday, the pupils of the upper room gave a farewell party honoring Alice. Mary, and Edna Hansen. Mrs. Hyda j brought cane and jello to serve in I the Primary room honoring Jimmy and Sally Hansen. For Infantile Paralysis work, our school contributed $5.71 in the Reflectionsof a Woman Jurist Since Cass county has joined the ranks of selecting women jurists, a pedestal heretofore reached and oc cupied only by the male taxpayers, it is surely opportune and proper that the public should be enlighten p about i.lie recent proceeuure in District Coint, from a woman jur ist's' viewpoint, namely, one of the I'ioneers in jury making history of Cass county Nebraska.- In ' the first place r",Why not?' Why not liave the womeu as well as the, men serve as jurors? In our already overcrowded busy lives it opened another door into a fuller understanding and wise solving of life's legal problems. The session was truly a novel, educational ex perience and we enjoyed every phase cf it. It gives one quite a thrill now tc be greeted on the street with, 'Hello. Jurist." We value our experience beyond price and we feel it was a privilege as well as a duty, to do our bit. in any way possible, in these strenu- ".vent ai operation at an Omaha hos pital and at last reports was re covering nkcly. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mraek are the happy parents of a fine little daughter which arrived at the Clark son hospital in O.r.aha on Wednes day of lat week Mother and baby are reported doing well and Earl is counting the days until he can bring his family home. Mrs Rice who makes her home vith Mrs. Carroll, was enjoyini a visit last week from her daughter, Mrs. Lowther, who resides in th-:-njrthern part of the state. Recent visitors were: Keith Egle, Lcleta Jacks, Mildred Uhe, County Supt. C. W. Dudley, Mrs. Fred Hyda, and Sydney Arndt. UNION ITEMS Bjr Journal Field Representative ous days of manpower shortage. Truly, woman is coming into her own. Laying all humor aside Ave are confident each one of us gave our most serious considerations, in our deliberations, to every angle of all the testimony presented. You taxpayers need have no qualms about .questioning our effi ciency because we realized there was much at stake in the rendition of our verdicts,, We conscientiously strived to confirm the belief that it was truly a Court of Justice. As individuals and as a whole we did our labor to fulfill our duties as jurists in a serious, fair, level-headed manner. Long live the woman jurist. Oratorical Contest Winner BACK UP your oy mmm. Increase your mM lit J -J vi iu.-jffjy if it jir jy TitTmr -rri r. Miss Petty Sedlak, junior in the Sacred Heart high school, won the annual American Legion Seventh District oratorical contest at the Sacred Heart school auditorium at, Sedalia. Mo., Friday night. As Pettis comity winner, she com peted with the winners from How ard, Lafayette, Saline, Penton and Hickory counties. Hefore the district contest Itcgan, S. J. Timbovious, district .Viee-com-mander of the American Legion and district oratorical chairman. pre sented Mi?s Sedlak with a bronze medal of honor of her .achievement in the county contest held at the Fox theater several weeks ago. .Later she will receive a silver medal for having also won the district contest. Fach contestant delivered a pre pared oration and was later askod to give an extemporaneous talk on a subject presented by the judges. The winner spoke on the subject, ''Our Patriotic Rights and ' Duties' Her extemporaneous subject was mestic Problems in the United States". : ' Serving as judges Friday night were Miss Anna Sawfonl, instructor in speech and dramatics at Smith Cotton high school, and Frank Hayes and Henry Salveter, Sedalia attorneys. The next contest will be that of the zone at St. Joseph on the evening of March I. The winners from the four zones will compete in the state ! contest under the - supervision of the State Superintendent of Schools ot Jefferson , City in April. Miss Sedlak, popular in all scho-. lastic activities. is the daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Sedlak, 2001 East Sixth street. The young lady is a foimer resi dent of Plattsmouth and a niece of the Schkssl and Joe Sedlak, Sr., families. Club Has Meeting Returns From Hospital Lois June Smith, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, has been brought home from Omaha where she has been undergoing hos- 'Some of Our Most Important Do- ! pitalization. The Stitch and Chatter club met last evening, at the home cf Mrs. Hilda Johannes on Wintersteen hill for a very pleasant time. The ladies voted to givj a donation to the Red Cross War fund. One of the enter tainment features was a white ele phant gift exchange and much pleas ure was derived from this feature of the evening. At the close of the evening delici ous refreshments were served by the hostess and sister, Mrs. Freda Rhy lander. . : WHERE THE FUEL GOES A HEAVY BOMBER cruising at a speed of 250 m.p.h. may use 200 gallr ns of gasoline in one hour. pH!r!!HSI!!!!Slllil!!lilll GRAPEFRUIT JUICE George Mead of the U. S. Navy is heme on liberty. Jack Roddy is critically ill at his home in Nebraska Citv. Murray went way over the top in the le.'ent I'cuith War Lean drive. Now, let's Co the same with the Red i ' : a I t ross srivo. bee Dr. Uilmore,. chair man. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Karnopp have ben visiting his folks in Lincoln, prior to his being called to service. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Harris looked er the drug store while , elma Erown took care of the post office. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker went to Omaha Tuesday to market a load of hogs for Milo Jay. Supt. Franz and wife of Nehawka entertained the U. II. S. athletic team and the Union faculty at their home Friday evening. We under stand there was a blackout, due to the storm. Miss Margaret Applegate, who teaches a s: hool near Nehaw ka, was operated on for Mary's hospital appendicitis at St. at Nebraska City. Th? Murray Study club will meet with Mrs. Fred ITild on Thurs day afternoon. March 16th at two o'clock. An interesting pioerani and also ether entertainment is being prepared for the meeting. McGimiis Churchill v no suffered a broken an.';le last summer is.ijaiii hospitalized, having the injured Member cared for as it does not seem to hea! properly. Billy Wort hen 13 having an en forced vacation from school for a few days, as he is at present a vic tim of tIi-3 mumps. Earl Merritt is one of the busiest iv.cn of tho town. Ti;is week he is tloing some interior decorating at the Mel via Todd home, near Union. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hild were in PlattmouUi on Tuesday, doing some chopping, as we-.! as transacting some business and visiting friends. Mrs. Chas. Boedel er is in rcceint of a letter from her brother, Morgan Mrs J!aitha Pickering, Mrs. J. C. Stewart, who is a member of our NWay,. Mrs. Chas. McCarthy, Mrs. nrmed forces in North Africa. that!Jas- Roddy and Mrs. Jessie Fitch be has received a serious leg wound inirt at the baptist church last Wed- from which he has been hospitalised Dale Karnopp and Mrs. Nina Up ton are receiving donations and nemership pledges for the Red Cross. Don't wait to be asked. The Baptist Aid society donated 50.00 and feel ) they could not have contributed to a more worthy cause. There is a face that we shall mi?s And a voice we'd like to hear: But we're so glad to know for sure That M. S. Eriggs is near. for several weeks. H. S. Tutt v. as a Plattsmouth visi ter on Thursday of last week, and while there filed for county coru inisioner on the democratic ticket. Ed has had years of business experi ence and should be a good man for this office. Mrs. Lois Comstock spent a part of the past week in Plattsmouth as girting in Ihe care of her father-in-law. J. r. Ccmstock, v. ho has beer, ll for some time and upon the ad vice of his physician was placed in an Omaha hospital for further tieat ments, being accompanied to the hospital by his wife, son, Cecil, and Lois. He is reported to be gaining in sireiigwi which is pleasing new to all. John Davis has returned home after a visit of a few weeks with lelatives in Kansas and in Colora do, in Denver and Ft. Collins. Mrs. C. D. Spangler is in receipt of a very nice gift this week, a crate of oranges from her brother, Walter Terry, of Orange. California. Tha fruit is cf very fine Quality and was grown on the orange ranch of Mr. Perry. The Boy Scouts, with Scoutmaster, Olin Morris, have secured the vacant store-buildii'g. now the, property of Miss Bertha Nickles, for their meet ings -and basket ball games. This a. takes an excellent place for the boys . to ip.ud -their l evenings. , and they are very grateful to Miss Nick les for "granting thenV'the use of the tuilding. On Monday evening two very interesting games of basketball were enjoyed by a large and enthu- nesuay and gave thorough cleaning the basement a The junior class of Union High school gave a party at the school Wednesday night. Each junior in vited a guest. The teachers wer; J also present. Refreshments were i served. The Women's Auxiliary have an attractive honor roll on display in the drug store window. Some fine wartime hints are also suggested Mrs. Nina Upton Fpent the week 'L-J end at Elmwood with Mr. and Mrs. Kcdney Whittemore. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gobelmau and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Comer, Miss Margaret Balfour and Alyce Christensen were entertained !5s Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I.ee Faris 1 Norman Rhoades and John Arm strong, who enlisted in the Navy recently, are home 'till the 15th of March. siastic group of friends of these young lads ,when Union with two teams of players met with them and in very clo&e contests, successfully won in both games, one team of the younger boys playing against Mur ray's younger team, while the older lads from Union won over our Boy Scout team. Come again, boys. We like a good clean game. . In a recent letter from Sgt. Dale Wohlfarth who is in the service of Uncle Sam, his parents, Mr. and Sirs. Herman Wohlfarth; Jearn that b? has been ill with diphtheria and in a hospital in india buthad so far recovered as to be able to resume his duties in the hospital where he has worked since being located there. 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