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f THURSDAY. JULY 20, 1944 THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOTJTH, KEBBASXA Subtcriptiog payments for The Plattsmouth Journal may be paid locally to Mr. THOS. MURTEY, Representative 1 . home of Mrs. Henry Knaup, with Mrs. S. H. Harmon as assistant host ess. Plans were made for holding an ice cream social some time early in August. Invited guests present were Mrs. M. L. DeCreame, Mrs Walter Cole and Mrs. James Kivett. The grain -elevator of E. E. Loren- sen has been sold to Hart Bartlett Friday evening Weeping Water and Sturdevent, of Kansas City. Pos Odd; Fellows and Rebekah Lodges session was given last Saturday held' their installation of officers, morning. W. F. McConnell, formerly ; with Miss Fern Davis as installing of Fullerton, but more recently of officer, Harry Linder, Earl Elliott Omaha, will have charge of the and Morris Penterman, of Elmwood Weeping Water Elevator. The same ing at Peru. last week in Murdock visiting at rMr. and Mrs. Ray Parsell and her brother, Arthur Toole's home, their daughter Miss Lois, are getting while a niece was there from Detroit, nicely settled in their home on the Saturday she went again to Murdock the farm recently purchased from and remained until Tuesday of this Walter Little. They have been re- week. -modeling the kitchen, adding new Mrs. Hedvig Sorensen of Omaha is cupboards and other necessary equip- the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herman ment, wiring the house for electric Rauth this week. lights, and making it more modern Mr. and Mrs. John Rohrdanz went in every way. This .is, one of the to . Murdock, Sunday, to visit John best built farm homes in this com munity. They found, when wiring, Heil, who is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Herman West. They Lodge. ..-' Mrs. Arthur Jones was Grand Mar : shall of Rebekahs and Orville Mill firm bought the Marshall Elevator at ; Wabash several weeks ago. Mr. Mc-' Connell has been operating that and that the house was insulated with J found Mr. Heil improving slowly. brick. ,. ' Three Weeping , Water couples! I have wedding anniversaries a few I days apart. The Harold Elliotts were er, Grand Marshall of Odd Fellows. ! livinS in Weeping Water. A Mr.( The following officers were install-i Smitn wiU take charge of the Wa bash elevator. He has bought the former L. R. Stanley home at Wa- bash. For about fifty years the familiar face of Louie Lorensen has been seen on the streets of Weeping Water. He; ; Charles Gibson is the proud grand father to a ten nound grandson. born to his daughter, Mrs. Jack Hay, I married Julr 12 tne Victor Wallicks at St. Elizabeth hospital, Monday July 15th' &nd the Wen Welches ed: Noble Grand, Mrs. E. E. Moore Vice Noble Grand, Mrs. Ray Tank . ersley - Warden, Mrs. E. A. Michelsen Conductress, Mrs. George B. Smith evening. Mrs. Gibson was in Lincoln the 20th of July, so all three famil-i with her daughter, who was former- ies enjoyed a Picnic supPer together, ly Miss LaVern Gibson. The father! Saturday evening at the Owen Welch nome, on tneir lawn. Inside Guardian, Mrs. John Stern er Outside Guardian, Miss Spangler R.S.N. G., Mrs. Rasmus Lauritzen L.S.N.G., Mrs. Edna Dowler Chaplain, Mrs. Emmor Marshall Musician, Mrs. A. H. Jones R.S.V.G, Mrs Wilson Bickford L.S.V.G., Mrs. Wilbur Fitzpatrick Officers of Odd Fellows Lodge who were installed were Noble Grand, Edd Freeman Vice Noble Grand, Sterling Wiles Warden, Soren Skamris R.S.N.G., Mogens Johnson L.S.N.G., Richard Hollenback Chaplain, Herbert Ambler After the meeting closed all re mained for a social hour when the Rebekah Lodge served ice cream, cookies ad iced tea came to Weeping Water as a cigar maker, when cigars were hand roll ed. He played in the Weeping Water band. That was his greatest pride. As he grew older he did odd jobs around town, earning a small pitti ance, which left him with little food ond none of the necessities of life. For years he has lived over a carpen ter shop in the down town district, and people who had known him throughout the years occasionally gave him food for small services done. More recently he has been re ceiving old age pension. Last week it occurred to people on Main street that Louie had not been seen for a couple of days. An investigation was made and he was found dead in his room. He was last seen Thursday evening and he was found Saturday at noon. No one could be found who 1 1 AT. 1 1 Jt W rorot n rnrf that mvnnA "ew nis age, or wueiuer ne uau C. Gibberson, familiarly kown to!any livin& relatives or not. He never Weeping Water people as Al Gibber-1 talKea aDout ms past' nor nis Iara son, is very ill at his home in Lin coln.Although eighty-four years of age, Mr. Gibberson drove his car to Weeping Water on Decoration day. Mr. Gibberson has many friends in: this community which was his former home. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Marshall and son, Bobby, of Ft. Lupton, Colo., arrived here Monday and expect to spend a week with Mr. Marshall's mother, Mrs. Emmor Marshall and his brother, Frank Marshall and 4wife. ' William-4naup, fatber-of -our townsman, Henry Knaup, had a rather serious accident, last Wed nesday, while in the field cultivat ing corn. About six. o'clock in the evening, while cultivating with horses, in a field at the other side of the farm his cultivator struck a rut and turned over. This frighten ed the horses causing them to run away, dragging Mr. Knaup about one hundred feet before he was free from the machine. The daughter, Anna Louise, saw the team running across the field and she and her mother hurried to his rescue. They found Mr. Knaup seriously injured. Dr." Liston was called and came im mediately. He was found to have a broken neck. He is in Bryan Memor ial hospital, where his wife has been with him during the past week. Reports are that he is getting along as well as possible. Talk about work! Troy Wiles and two sons, James and Malvin, are farming nine hundred acres of land, They manage to keep three tractors going most of the time, in the field during corn cultivating time. They have been able to secure very little help. The Dorcas society of the Christ ian church met Thursday at the ily. He was laid to rest in Oakwood cemetery, with funeral services at the grave Saturday evening at eight o'clock. Mrs. M. L. DeCreame and daugh ter, Mary Ann, left Tuesday for (Brookfield, Mo., for a two weeks visit with Mrs. DeCreame's parents. Mr. DeCreame will join them Satur day for a few days visit. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Norton have bought the George Spohn home, one block north of the Congregational church. They will have possession by the first of September. Miss Nina Freeman was taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital Tuesday af ter having been taken quite ill the day before. A telegram arrived Saturday which caused the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Renner to feel happier than they had felt for several months. Some time ago they receiv ed word that their son, Robert, was missing in action, in Italy. Satur day's message said that he is a pris oner of war in Bulgaria Miss Ella Bates has been holding a private sale of her household goods this past week, after which she ex pects to make her home with a niece at Alvo. Billy Mutter spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Mutter. Billy is taking naval train- is with the army in France, and at present he is in an English hospital, recuperating from injuries received during the invasion. Mrs. S. H. Harmon entertained the Cheer-A-Bit club at her home Satur day evening, with Mrs. William Jamesen, Mrs. Henry Knaup as in vited guests. The evening was spent in a social way, with conservation and games. . Mrs. Ralph Keckler and Mrs. Geo- Towle arrived here Saturday from California. Mrs. Keckler - has spent several weeks on the western coast, and Mrs. Towle came to attend to business as he own several pieces of real estate in and near Weeping Water. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parsell and daughter, Miss Lois, visited at the Erwin Albert home in Louisville.l discussion about the Blue Cross Hos Miss Helen Gorder is expected to come Sunday to spend a two weeks vacation at the home of her mother, Mrs Fred Gorder. Miss Gorder is city librarian at Grand Island. Fifteen German prisoners arrived in Weeping Water Tuesday after noon. They and their guards came by bus from Atlanta, Nebraska. Two officers are with them. These men will prepare the camp for the ar rival of 135 more prisoners who will arrive Friday. They will be housed at the buildings formerly used by the CCC camp, and later a a Conchie camp. The Cass Soil Conservation of fice is located on the grounds also. Weeping Water Business Men's Luncheon club held their regular meeting Wednesday noon at the J and M Cafe. There was a general traces every rivor county. , Jt would seem wise at this time to confer with the engineers and obtain thnir approval in placiag the dikes arid levies in accordance: with the specifications on the blue prints for the overall plan. In this way, the levies wlil be located where tho engineers would place them, a3d thus insure the engineers' help in upkeep ai d rebuilding, besides giv ing us something concrete to take to congress to obtain emergency funds. Across the river, tn nuod-strick-en Iowa counties an meeting with Lt. Col. Delbert Freeman of the engineers to get bis approval be fore beginning the reconstruction work along the river. Such a method hoks like a Yast saving of federal and county money which, after all, comes out of yo:ir pockets and Mine." Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Albert is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Par- sell. Mrs. Ann White and her son, Bob by, same Saturday afternoon for a few days visit at the home of Mrs. White's mother, Mrs. Ike Reed. They remained until Tuesday when they returned to their home in Omaha. pitalization plan, and Willard Yates was named as chairman of the com mittee in charge of this locality. Two hundred members are wanted in this community. Sgt. and Mrs. Ralph Lane arrived here Tuesday morning from Home stead, Fla. Sgt. Lane is enroute to Hamilton Field, Califorina and this is a delay enroute. Mrs. Lane is Mrs. f!larfnrp Rornempier anrl son. , , . . r, ... . ... i opening up their home and will re Roland, of Compton, Calif., spent the; . b week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grockman. Mrs. Borne meier was enroute to Mayo Brothers clinic at Rochester. Larger sewer pipes are being laid on east Eldora avenue, in front of main here. Sgt. Lane is a member of the ground force of the Air Corps. Urges Pick Plan Mabel Gille.spio, democratic can- Paint and Wall Paper News With wall paper and paint on the short list, this would be the ripe time to pick your paper and paint for your fall house cleaning. If it is to be had in paper and paint, we have it. Replace those broken win dow panes now! Across from Court House '". F.R.G0BELMAN Wall Paper and Paint Store Miss Edith Clizbe's home, to carry j djdale f0r oongrvss and rioueer off the water which comes in tor-j flood control legislator in Nerbaka, rents down-over the hill during our Friday urged fuUcoir.pliance with heavy 'rains. Ttie' small 'pipes which t the lick plan -'in M)vitldng dikes were put in when the paving was 'and levies ravagod by the reoent done were inadequate. The new pipes i floods. In a letter to all the county which connect with the storm sewer 'commissioners in her district and to are twenty-four inches across. 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