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THUESDAY, SEPTEMEEE 7, 1944 THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, KEBEASKA PAGE THBEE ' . ' i ' i ' ' ' ! Subscription payment for The Plattsmouth Journal tniy be paid locally to Mr. THOS. MJRTEY. Representative Pfc. Charles Kimrey. is at home with his mother, Mrs. Charles Kim rey, widow of the late Charles Kim rey, Sr., and is enroute from Okla homa City to a camp at Grand Island, had. to discontinue, their threeday camporee, on account of the weather. They had - camped in "VVolcott's "Woodsand the hard fain storm com ing 6h th,atjDlghtt . friends and trucks' aunt. went to their rescue, and brought them into town. A few of the boys got pretty wet. Others were all right, j at, the. Stacey, home. during the, .com ing week. With Mrs. Nordlund came Charlotte Stacey, who has spent the summer at Three Harbors, With her Mrs. Aubry. Fisher and sons left i the first of the week after attending the Fair and spending a week at the While walking down the north home of Mrs- Fishers parents, Mr. (CpMhl Journal Comapop &fjj side of Main street last week we stopped to watch the razing of the old building, which Bert Philpot bought, and which will be replaced with a fine new building to be used where he is training in chemical war-j for his fast growing Feed and Seed fore and is also an instructor.- Sic Center. From what we can learn the Billy Kimrey, is also at home on building dates back to 1884 and is leave after having been on the Fa-jSaid to have been built by the late cific since last October. During that Dr. Thomas and Stephen Orton. The time he was in four major battles. Guam, Saipan, Bougainville and one. other of which we failed to get the name. While they were here their mother and two younger brothers, Richard and Kenneth, accompanied removal of the two buildings there, have taken away the last of the old buildings in that block. Dennis Pilpot, son of Charles Phil- pot, will make his home with and Mrs. Knud Jensen. Mrs. Henry Ruhge went to Eiw wood, Wednesday, to attend a lunch eon for members of the Home Dem onstration Council, at the home of Mrs. B. E. Summers. them to Hastings, where three of i aunt, Mrs. j. j-. urow, ana anenuea their sisters live. There they were!scho1 here this winter. joined by another brother, Bob. who had just returned from Glenwood, Ark., where he had been assisting a sister and her husband to move to Hastings. It was a real reunion with seven of Mrs. Kimrey's children and five of her grandchildren present at the reunion. Only one daughter who lives in Detroit, was absent. Mrs. W. D. Lenker moved from the Methodist church parsonage last week and stored the household goods, before leaving for University Place, Lincoln, where she has accepted a position as sorority house mother, at the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house. Joy Ann will accompany her his j mother, and make her home at the sorority house. Mrs. Lenker is the widow of the late Rev. W. D. Lenker, former pastor of Weeping Water Sheldon Tefft ami ,.,o. , ,..,.,, Mr. and Mrs i twin sons. Samuel and Frederick of ' Chicago, are alternating between (Weeping Water and Lincoln, during I their two weeks vacation. Ward Tefft is at home on a furlough from ;Camp Banning, Texas, and is being , transferred to Ft. Mead. Ralph Tef ft, who was here had to leave a week Cpl. and Mrs. George Miller and ago. but they all managed to have their two children are at home while , one day together before Ralph had Cpl. Miller is enjoying a furlough. Visiting at the home of her bro ther, Judge Paul Fauquet and Mrs. Fauquet. last week was a sister of Judge Fauquet, Miss Dorothy Fau- nuet. of San Jose, Cailf. She came! here from Albion where she had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emile Fauqeut. There was a meeting of Steckley Hyhred Corn dealers in Weeping Wa ter, Sunday, when the visitors in spected the home plant, three miles south of town. While here they also visited te company's test field. to leave for his home. Mrs. Carl Tefft and her three children, Robert, Ken neth and Margaret joined them for that day and have spent several days with the other relatives at the home of Mrs. C .E. Tefft, where they have spent a most enjoyable re union. Mrs. David Foltz and her niece. Miss Daisy Belle Dawson of Omaha, were in Weeping Water, Thusrday, when Mrs. Foltz was supervising some work on her lot at Oakwood ! cemetery. Leon Cherry returned home last week after a three weeks visit with relatives and friends in Colorado and California. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. tended the Horse Show Tuesday evening. Chilson school will open today, with Mrs. Julius Nielsen as their teacher. Weeping Water school ex pects to open although the reply as to whether the two vacancies had been filled has always been "No, not Hanlan at- yet." but they had hopes of filling in Syracuse , these vancancies before this, Mon day morning. The Boy Scouts were greatly dis appointed over the faet that they CHEK-R-TONE Mixed into the mash will knock roundworms out of your layers or growing pullets! QUICKLY SAFELY And without shock to the birds. No chasing, catching or handl ing of the birds is necessary when you use the Easy, Convenient Flcch Treatment It saves time, labor and worry! CHEK-R-TONE Is economical, too about 2 per bird is all it costs! PLATTSMOUTH CREAMERY Mr. and Mrs. LaMoyne Spohn and family of Elmwood brought their daughter Carolyn to Weeping Water to visit her grandmother, Mrs. Chas. H. Spobn. Miss Agnes Rough closed out her store, and left for Lincoln Friday, after thirty-nine years in business in Weeping Water. When we began to say how much we regretted that she leaving Weeping Water, 6he inter rupted us with "But I'm not leaving Weeping Water, for this is my home." She has sold all of her mill inery and ladies ready to wear, and is storing her beauty parlor equip ment until she has a complete rest. and her many friends are hoping that she will then return to Weeping Water. Sunday afternoon she will go from Lincoln to Omaha, to the fall markets to introduce Mrs. Henry Snell, her successor with the Ladies Ready to Wear goods, and assist Mrs. Snell in buying her fall stock of dresses. We called at Mrs. Snell's home last week and found that her living room is already made into a dress shop, which will be known as Mrs. Snell's Dress Shop. Thomas Stacey took his sister, Miss Lola B. Stacey to Omaha to take the train on her return to Saginaw, Michigan, Thursday even ing, and while there met another train which brought Mrs. Stacey'? sister, Mrs. Otto Nordlund. of Three Harbors, Michigan, who will visit Mrs. J. I. Corley is spending two weeks at the home of her brother, Frank Hubbard and Mrs. Hubbard at Taylor, Neb. Mrs. Fred Gorder entertained Mrs. Charles Myers of Grand Island, Miss Anna Hart. Miss Edith Clizbe and Mrs. L. P. Wolcott at a dinner, at her home, Wednesday. Jolly Home Makers surprised one of their members, Mrs. Al Nichols Wednesday taking with them welj filled baskets, and all enjoying aj fine picnic dinner together. The event was really honoring the month-old daughter of Mrs. Nichols, who was showered with beautiful gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Nichols return ed to Buffalo, New York, Saturday, after two weeks spent at the home of Mrs. Nichol's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Freeman, and Mr. Nichol's parents at Union. Mr. and Mrs. Seward Day of Lin coln and Mrs. Dan Switzer and dau ghter, Helen, of Fremont, spent Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Day. Mrs. Clarence Bornemeier and son, Ronald, of Compton, Cal., spent Thursday night and Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brock-man. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Luhring en tertained at a birthday dinner, Fri-! day evening, honoring Mrs. Ike Reed, whose birthday was Friday, and for S. L. Brandt, whose birthday was Saturday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ike Reed, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Brandt. Mrs. Ed White and son, Robert, of Omaha, and the Walter Luhring family. Miss Lula B. Stacey left for her home at Saginaw, Michigan, after a few days visit at the home of her brother, E. Thomas Stacey. Mrs. Robert Wolcott expects to leave Thursday for Chicago for an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Darrow, while Mr. Wolcott is in the army. Mrs. Russell Newham's drawings in the Fine Arts department at the Fair, attracted attention again this year, as usual. Mrs. Newham has had no art training but her work is un usual for an amateur. The drawing which drew special attention, this year, was a drawing of Frank Sinatra. Mrs. Hubert Stewart arrived tho. first of the week and is the guest of Mrs. Hallie Stewart and Miss Jean Marie Stewart. A daughter, Constance Joyce was born in a Lincoln hospital to Pvt. and Mrs. Jacob Loos, August 28. Mrs. Loos was formerly Dorothy Jean Umland. Charles McFadden of Avoca was in Eagle on Tuesday of this week visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Afternoon bridge club, at her home, Thursday, with one guest present, Mrs. Carl Day. The Clifford Cooper family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Taylor, Friday evening, when two freezers of home made ice cream prepared by Mrs. Taylor disappeared like magic. Mrs. John Norris was confined to her bed part of last week with sciatic rheumatism. Two weeks ago Mrs. Norris had a bad fall, from which she was recovering nicely, when this malady appeared, and has caused her great suffering. Fadden jnoved to Avoca .about a, year ago after having been residents of Eagle since 1930. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scattergood and son returned recently from the western part of the state where they visited relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Crandell moved to Palmyra last , Friday. Mr. Cran dell is employed at the gas plant lo cated north of Palmyra. The change of residence was made- so that he might ride with other employes, who live there. " Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rivett of Lincoln visited the former's sister,- Mrs. A. M. Trumble last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Huston Welton of Peru, announce the birth of a dau ghter, Mary Linda, hern August 14. Mrs. Welton was formerly Miss Thelma Price. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Lanning of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Ben Kline, and son, Ben, Jr., of Oklahoma City, are visiting Mr. Lanning's mother, Mrs. Mary Lanning and other rela tives. Mrs. Emma Heriksen, Mrs. Verna Habel and Marilyn of Lincoln spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jake Fro lich and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. William West of Lincoln spent Sunday with the form er's brother, Clyde West, and Mrs. West. . News of Service Men Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Muenchau of Eagle are serving their country. T. Sgt. and Mrs. Morris V. Muen chau and Sgt. Eugene F. Muenchau have just spent a 15-day furlough with their relatives and friends. Mor ris, enlisted in August of 1941, is in the General Mess Office at Amar illo Air Field, Amarillo, Texas. Mrs. Muenchau is working for the Post Administrative Inspector, within a few blocks of Morris. Eugene is with the Headquarters of the Eighth Service Command at DallaB, Texas. He enlisted in March of '42. An other brother, Sgt. Murl R. Muen chau is in Italy. Before going over seas he served in the Motor Pool as: a Truck Master. Murl will have eight j years of service this fall. He enlisted ! in October of 1936. j Staff Sgt. Keith Trumble arrived: In Eagle last Saturday morning and: will spend a fifteen . day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Val ley Trumble, and other relatives and friends. He has been stationed at Buckley Field, Colorado for several months. Charles Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Price of Havelock and formerly of Eagle is stationed at the air base near Sioux Falls, S. P., and is be ing trained for service in radio work. He spent some time at Oklahoma City before he was transferred to his prsecnt location. Card of Thanks I wish to thank neighbors and friends for the cards, letters and gifts sent me, and for kindnesses shown my family while I was in the hospital. LORIS LONG, Local Representative Equitable life Assurance Society of the UJSA. - PHONE 337-W or 250 Vi TIME SHOP North 5th Street Now doing business in our new quarters WATCH and CLOCK REPAIR Prompt Service Expert Workmanship John Bissing Cpl. and Mrs. George Miller are at their home in Weeping Water, while Cpl. Miller is enjoying a fur lough from Columbia, N. C. t Pfc. Verne Amick enjoyed a three days furlough over the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Amick. Pfc. Amick is eta- j tioned at Camp Crowder. W. F. Thornton has received word that his son, S. Sgt. William Thorn ton, has been wounded and has lost one eye, while on duty in Italy. He was awarded the Purple Cross, which was sent here to his father. Mrs. Rose Kimrey had two of her sons home last week, Pfc. Charles Kimrey, enroute from Oklahoma City to Grand Island, and Sic Billy Kim rey at home after being on the Pa cific since last Octdber,atid'has par ticipated in four major battles. Clifford Cooper We Have These 'Hard To Get Items! BIAS TAPE, white, 4 yards 10 SAFTEY PINS, per card 5 HEAVY ELASTIC, 3 '4 inch, dark color, yard . ... 18' DENIM, Sanforized, yard 39 TEA TOWEL SQUARES of Uubleached $-fl Muslin, torn size 30x39, 7 for JL GAUZE DIAPERS, 20x40, dozen $2.25 BIRDS EYE DIAPERS, 27x27, dozen ...... $2.50 OUTING FLANNEL DIAPERS, 27x27, dozen $1.95 27inch OUTING FLANNEL, White, Pink fl Q Blue, per yard , . . . . . , . Jl f ; 5oc n nic h sen's ALL OUT FOR VICTORY The government is asking you to store your winter supply of Coal NOW to save trans portation for waj. material later on. So see us now for your next Winter's Coal. E.J.RICKEY Lumber Coal Phone 128 Weeping Water Garden club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Day, Friday evening, when Mrs. Stephen J. Ambler had charge of the program with her subject "Bulbs." Mr. and Mrs. Day presented each members present with a picture of one of Florida's plants. As the Day's spend each winter in Florida, they always bring something of interest home to the Garden club, each year. Sixteen members were present at this meeting. Mrs. A. O. Specht was hostess at the regular meeting of the Thursday FARM LOANS with option to pay any amount any day from farm income. See me about your farm loan needs. DEPENDABLE INSURANCE This Agency has served this community for many years with dependable service and sound insur ance protection. Let us help with your insurance needs and problems. CALL or SEE Duxbury & Davis AGENCY Soennichsen Building The Style S "Famous for Fine Furs" Something To Talk About,. . hop MrAMACTURERr SAMPLE SALE! THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY ONLY ...... 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