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4 THE JOURNAL, PIATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1544 PAGE SIX South j ; I Special Jmrt CrTcpoTi-!nc I Subscription payments for The piattsmouth Journal may be paid locally to Mrs. THOS. MURTEY. Representative in charge of games. Awards and hon ors for the year will be announced and all members who have complet ed the 1944 projects, their parents and their leaders are to be present. j W. H. Waldo left Wednesday for the -sandhills to buy 4-H calves. He , was accompanied by his father, .H. O. Waldo, of DeWitt. : Mrs. William Homan is at St. Mrs. Nancy Streight, Mrs. Cora . Campbell, Mrs. V. D. Livers and Mrs. : Myrtle Campbell drove to Spring- ,.-..,. v,,a toi vv..c,jEold Sunset Dinner , ' The ladies of the Methodist church Elizabeth hosiptal in Lincoln, where bor convention. I meiauirow i . served another of tnose annual J?un;sne underwent an operation i"i 5" set dinners, in the dining room of the' stones, last Saturday. Her condition church, Thursday evening at 1 j is ssaid .to be improving. Her sister, o'clock, when the tables were dec- .Mrs! James Mead and Mr. "Homan, orated with autumn leaves, chry-( spent a great part of the time last santhemums, and orange colored J week at Tier bedside.' ' J i .... x j : v. ! . , tapers, and eacn laoy presenieu wnu.. , Danish" people of this com munity joined with the many friends Mr. and Mrs.'Wm. Blum and fam ily were Wednesday evening callers at the John Maack home. Chris Hoffmeister passed away Saturday at an Omaha hospital where he underwent an operation cn. Friday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Marcy Chapel in Ash land. Burial in Omaha. Survivors are a brother Carl of South Bend, two sisters, Mrs. Clara Doran and Mrs. Bertha Biglow. corsages of maroon, orange anu white chrysanthemums, with paper frill, and tied with pale green rib bon. The guests of seventy years of age, and over .were seated at long tables and the members of the church who were not guests, were served Mrs. Myrtle Campbell of Denver, buffet style and were se?.ted at sep Colorado is visiting at Campbell home. the Cora Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill drove to Omaha on Monday. The Benefit Card party held at the hall a week ago netted about $40 for the War Fund drive. Mrs. Vogel spent Tuesday after noon with Mrs. Luella Backemeiel and Mrs. Sawyer in Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Flamig and Lorettta were Sunday evening visit ors at the Geo. Vogel home. Mrs. J. L. Carnicle has been en joying visits from her daughters, Mrs. Joe Petersen and Mrs. Merril Schwartz. William Fletcher, a member of the extra crew working on the rail road died of a heart attack while at his work Wednesday morning. Clyde Haswell had the misfortune to crush the pointer finger on his left hand Thursday while at work at the sand pit. He was rushed to Ashland where he received first aid and then taken to Lincoln where it was operated on. He has suffered much pain. The Friendly Circle met on Wed nesday with Christine Blum. Red Cross work and Christmas plans for our boys in service were discussed. About S.000 yards of thread was wound to be placed in "Housewives"! arate tables. Mrs. John Xorns was. in charge of the program, and in troduced Mrs. Walter Wiseman, who welcomed the guests in a most charming manner. Mrs. Thomas Murtey gave the response for the guests. Mrs. T. Hugh Hanlan led in group singing of old songs, before the dinner and after the dinner. Special music was furnished by Miss Eileen Fitzpatrick, who sang, "Moon beams," and by Dorothy May Kunkel who played two piano accordion solos. Rev. McKeown gave the ad dress of the evening. He said that "The grace of God will once more prevail," and that "If we are going to benefit the world, we must bring the church through to victory." The program closed with the good old hymn, "Blest be the tie that binds" by request of Mrs. Mary Johnson, S9. Rev. and Mrs. Lenker started these sunset dinners when they first came to Weeping Water, and during the evening there was a pause, honoring Rev. Lenker, whose death occurred during the past year. These dinners are looked forward to by the older people of the commun ity. Each year there is a falling out of the ranks, and each year there are new recruits. Tuesday Mark Wiles went to Cedar Creek to attend a sale, and Mrs. Wiles accompanied him and visited her niece, Mrs. Wm. Weten kamp, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knaup had as of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor, near Alvo, in going to their home and helping them to celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Guests were present from Omaha, al so. All carried well filled baskets from which a fine dinner was serv ed, and a well filled purse was left with the bride and groom of twenty five years ago, so that they might buy a gift of their own choosing. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hanlan and Mrs. F. B. Cherry went to Lincoln, Tuesday and brought Dean Cherry home from the hospital, where he underwent an appendectomy last week. Mrs. Arthur Hoffman was hostess at the October meeting of the Better Best Extension club, when two new members were added to their list. They were Mrs. Henry Smith and Mrs. Cecil Davis. Mrs. Ray Norris, group leader, was a guest at this meeting. Miss Doris Marhall came from Omaha Saturday morning to spend the week end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall. Elmwood Byjoarnal Field RepresentatiT for the boys. their dinner guests Thursday even- jing, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dehning and Mrs. Geo. Vogel and Mrs. Cora two children, Roger and Leona, who Campbell drove to Manley Thurs-are moving to Lincoln. day to attend a pinochle party. Jay Russell Embury Jay Russell Embury, 65, a resi dent of Cass County since 1902, died Tuesday night at his home in Weep ing Water, after an illness lasting more than a year. Born February 7, 1879, near Fairbault, Minn. In 1902 he came to Murdock, Nebraska, and in 1903 he was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Mae Cole. They lived in Murdock for three years, then moved to a farm near Weeping Wa ter, farmed here and at Murray and Cedar Creek until twenty-three years years ago, when they moved into Weeping Water. For the past five years he haa been in failing health, and for the past year has been suf fering from cancer. Mr. Embury was a member of the Mennonite Church of Weeping Water, where the funer- Cass County Home Demonstration Clinton tot,p Av-a n t ;i Council met Saturday at the audi Thursdav to hrin, fh ear h. fr;torium with officers coming from all'al services were held Saturday after the hospital. Mrs. Alex Jones waS:rarts of the county' to attend. at the Clinton Jon?s home while iIrs- Henry Crozier spent Satur- Mrs. Jones was in Lincoln with him. day and Sunday at the Fontenelle Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hartman werelhotel- 0maha. attending a meeting week end visitors at the Wm. Blum of agents for Luzier's cosmetics and home. On Sunday they all drove to I Perfumes- President Thomas Luz- Alvo where they were dinner guests :ier' founder ot the company attend- at the P. Johnson home. ie- Aire Mn Toooi t. Tne Friendly Neighbor club, and Airs. John Maack went to Omaha i ... Thursday ineir iammes neia tneir annual pic nic, last sunaay m the Weeping Water Park. Mrs. H. C. Wilkinson was hostess at the regular meeting of the Bide- A-Wee club Thursday afternoon ,at the J and M party room. This is not a bridge club. The afternoon was spent in a social way .with a fine lunch served late in the afternoon Honoring Mrs. Charles Hutchins and her daughter, Mrs. Lee Nutt, of Hawthorne, Cal., Mr. and Mrs. Ray Norris entertained at a family din ner last Sunday at their home, and Tuesday evening, another family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Norris, when a pheas- Mrs. Stanley McFarland has been'ant dinner was served to the guests. enjoying a visit from her sister, Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Norris, and Tate from Missouri. She also visited j their two children, Jack and Joan the Corbin Cox family in Ashland i spent the week end with friends at and the Tyler Nunn and Wilby Cox i Walthill, Neb. Mrs. Oscar Dill and Mrs. Kenneth Knecht attended a meeting of the Jolly Fairlanders extension club at the Walter Farmer home on Tues day afternoon. Mrs. C. S. Wortman who former ly resided northwest of town passed away Wednesday at a Lincoln hos pital, after a long illness. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blum and Her bert called at the Oscar Dill home Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Kilburn and familj spent Friday evening at the Bernard Dill home. noon at 3 o'clock, with Hobson's Funeral Home in charge of all ar rangements. Surviving Mr. Embury are his wife; five sons, Earl, Charles ton, S. C; Harold, Van Nuys, Cal.; Pvt. Clarence, Camp Blanche. La- Paul, Weeping Water; Sgt. Roy, Oceanside, Cal.; three daughters, Mrs. Lee Grauf, Piattsmouth; Mrs. Ernest Bates, Weeping Water; Mrs. Virgil Bryant, Lincoln. One brother, Howard Embury, St. Paul, Minn., two sisters, Mrs. Cora Piepgo, Fair bault, Minn., Mrs. M. L. Chapman, Verndale, Minn., 21 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Stonecipher of Chappell, Nebr., and Mr. John Kell er of Fairmont visited at the Wm. Hottle home Monday and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pulec were business visitors in Lincoln Tuesday afternoon. The men from the Weeping Water prison camp, five of them, helped in the harvesting of the pop corn crop, for Guy L. Clements. Guests on last Sunday at the home of Clark, Rachel and Charles Gon zales were Mr. and Mrs. John Wiel age and family, and Mrs. Sadie Bak er, all of Crete, Miss Lillian Reed of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. John Gon zales, Mrs. Emily Conzales, Mrs. Ruth Monning and Miss Margradell Shreve, all of Elmwood. The Community Kensington will meet with Mrs. Sid James on Thurs day, Oct. 26. - Mrs. Maud N. Crozier was in Elm wood on Tuesday afternoon, coming from her Weeping Water home. The Elmwood school vacation will be from October 26 to Nov. 6. This will give the teachers opportunity to attend their convention, and the pupils a chance to help in the corn harvest. Lieutenant and Mrs. R. E. Whit ford, who were enroute to an air base in Alabama, and their little son, visited Saturday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Whittemore, and on Sun day Mrs. Whittemore's mother, Mrs. L. R. Upton of Union, and her sis ter, Mrs. C. E. Busby and four chil dren of Washington, D. C, visited Supt. and Mrs. Whittemore. Mrs. Bess Streeter Aldrich enter ed Bryan Memorial hospital on Tues day for treatment. The Christian church people had their annual meeting and dinner at the church October 15. The Sunday School officers elected were: Rev. Melvin Zichek, Supt.; Mrs. Chester Irons, Asst.; Miss Donna Vee Parish, Secretary, and Miss Beverly Hayes, assistant, and " Mr. George Hall, Treasurer. The choir at the Methodist church is now reorganized with a goodly number of young people. They are fortunate in having for a leader, Mrs. Anna Williams Nicklas, who is a former high school music instruc tor. The members enjoyed after prac tice on Monday night, a picnic wien er roast in the Chester Irons pasture. Mr. Frank Hoffman returned Tuesday evening from a hunting trip he had taken in the company of some friends from Walton. The October meeting of the WCTU was held at the home of Miss Amy Hoffman. Mrs Ed Turner was a guest of the afternoon. Dr. Bert Story of Lincoln was in town Wednesday evening, at which time he led the quarterly conference meeting at the Methodist parsonage. Miss Ramona Jones has had to be absent from high school some days on account of Illness. Sunday guests at the home of Mrs amU,es- Mrs. Ray Norris, Cass County Red Mrs. Jimmy Fidler and Mrs. Vyrl Cr0ss chairman, Mrs. Arthur Wolph Livers met with Mrs. Otto Peterson Nenawka Home Nursing chairman on Monday afternoon to plan enter-' Mrs- NeJson Berger, Nutrition chair- tainment for a Hallowe'en party for m an' and Mlss Phyllis Straub, Avoca, county secretary, attended ; the district conference for Red Cross I workers at Fremont, Monday. WilMam Bates William Bates, 84, retired farmer who has lived in this community for many years, died Wednesday night in cn Omaha hospital, where he bad been only a few days. Mr. Bates was born June 1, 1861, at Rockford, 111. Funeral services were held'Saturd dav afternoon at the Hobson Funer al Pome, with Rev. John H. Pryor i?i charge of the services. The body was laid to rest In Oakwood ceme tery. Surviving Mr. Bates are two cons, Robert Bates, Weeping Water and Albert Bates, Hampton Roads Va., and six daughters, Mrs. John Baier, Avoca; Mrs. Jess Newham Byeie, Colorado; Mrs. Julius Over ock, Louisville, and th Misses Nola, Minnie and Lena Bates, nil at Lome. the Sunday School. Donald Rau and Norman Yard ley are still hospitalized at Farragut, Idaho. Both boys had scarlet fever which resulted in Rheumatic fever. Both have been seriously ill for some time. Mr. and Mrs. William Knaup, of Murdock, parents of Henry Knaup, have bought the Harvey Rich home on the south side of town, and ex pect to move to Weeping Water as Pvt. K. D. Livers is now stationed soon as corn husking is done at Great Falls, Montana. j Mrs. John Mead spent most of the Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill have'paSt wesk ln 0maha. with her sister Mrs. Earl Oldham reports that the WCTU bad an. excellent program at their state meeting at Lincoln last week. Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, national Hulfish and Herbert were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hulfish and Mrs. Harold Hulfish of Lincoln. Mrs. Bessie Fellows of Lincoln visited at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Ebler, the first of the week. Mrs. Harmond Beck in the com pany of her cousin, Mrs. Young of Weeping Water, spent Friday in Lin coln. Sgt. and Mrs. Warren Pahl, now of Pueblo, Colorado, report the birth of a seven pound son. Mrs. Wm. M. Kear was buried in Elmwood on Friday. Those from here who attended the services at Lincoln that day were Mr. and Mrs. Watson Jones, Mrs. Andrew, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Herman, Mr .and Mrs. Fred Engleking, and Rev. C. II. Lind who preached the sermon at Um bergers Funeral Home. Janet and Janice Reeder of Piatts mouth celebrated their seventh birthday, with a dinner at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams. Besides the two families those present were Mr. and Mrs. Sid Moore of Omaha and L. F. Langhorst and daughter, Ethel. Cpl. and Mrs. James Green have returned to Camp Stewart in Georg ia, after a furlough here. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Cook and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Clements attend ed the Legion District meeting at Nebraska City Wednesday, Oct. 18, where Guy was elected Cass County commander. The Wm. Hottle family and the Bentzinger family of Cook, visited on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Willett at Lincoln. T. Sgt. Donald Patton of Mary is at home on furuogh with his mother, Mrs Nellie Patton. The Freshmen received formal in itiation into the high school on Fri- and in the evening were given a party at the school building. Mr. Merle Lind spent port of his furlough vacation in travel. He went to Washington, D. C, and spent some time with relatives at Burling ton, Iowa. Mrs. Nettie Mendenhall and Mrs Walter Plybon were in Lincoln on Friday. S. Sgt. Harry Krall of Camp Bow ie, Texas, arrived home Thursday morning. Harry had a shara on the battlefield in North Arrica. Friends have received word of the serious illness of Dr. Neely in Lin coln. Mrs. Eva Bailey received a large card chower on her birthday on Wed nesday. She is still with her daugh ter, Mrs. Hodges, of near Lincoln. Mrs. Bailey was not feeling as well as usual thi3 week. The Christian church parlor is being repapered this week. Mrs. Lois Francis and son, Nor man, moved to Lincoln this week. GreenwooTd Special Journal Correspond eno FUNERAL OF PIONEER Mrs. June Kyles attended Rebekah assembly in Lincoln last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elton Keller, Janice and Larry Lee, of Havelock called at the Joe Kyles home Friday even ing. Dortus met at the church Friday afternoon with Mrs. Ross Casey and Mrs. Roy Reighard. Pvt. Geo. and Mrs. Cribble of Sioux Falls, S. D., are visiting at the J. S. Gribble home Mrs Vedah Hall of Washington is spending a few days with relatives and friends. Mr .and Mrs. DeAlton Fulmer and Alta spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stradley in Omaha. Mrs Lula Hurlbut spent Sunday afternoon with Mis. Belle Stradley. Alice Osburn, Inez Mannbeck and Ferne Buckingham were in. Ashland Friday afternoon. Beverly Casey who is in a Omaha hospital is some better at this time. A group of ladies spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Fannie Grady. The afternoon was spent sewing car pet rags. The Jolly Jokers went to the home of Mrs. Myrtle Guild Friday even ing for a seven o'clock covered dish supper in honor of Mrs. t Guild's birthday. The evening was spent playing pinochle at three tables. Dorthy Cameron won high prize, Mil dred Comstock, low and Myrtle Cole man, traveling. Mrs Guild received a nice gift from the club. Vivian cope was a guest. Funeral services were held Fri day at the Baptist church at Union for Mrs. Mellisa Terrill, who had passed aWay at an Omaha hospital after an illness of some duration. The services at Union were large ly attended by the relatives and old friends of this pioneer resident of. southern Cass county. Elder Carl Self, of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, of, Omaha, conducted the service. Mrs. Terrill was a lifelong member of this faith. During the services Mrs. L. D. Mougey gave two of the old hymns, "Beautiful Garden" and "It Is Well With My Soul". Mrs. Earl Upton played the accompaniment. The burial was at the East Union cemetery and the pall bearers were nephews of the departed, Silas, John Leslie, Carl Everett, Harry Gabel man and John Erwin. Mrs. Terrill was the youngest child of John and Anna Everett, who settled in Cass county in the fifties and she was born June 22, 1861 in the vicinity of Union and in and near where she had passed her life time. There survives her passing three sons, Alva Stites of Mt. Pleas ant, Iowa, Samuel Stites of Des Moines and George Stites of Omaha. This ! a family war. Pat Ijjlsj! yourWarBondbuyingthroush t-i the payroll savings plan on a f family plan, which means ag- J tire ft out yourself. Those Boys Need president attended. The meetings were held at the 2nd Methodist church with a banquet Wednesday evening at the Epworth M. E. church. While there, from Tuesday until Friday, Mrs. Oldham stayed at the WCTU headquarters. Mrs. Frank Marshall entertained sixteen ladies at a dessert bridge, Saturday, honoring Mr. Marshall's sister, Mrs. E. F. Klein of Denver, who left for her home Sunday, after a two weeks visit here. Decorations for the party were in keeping with Hallowe'en. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Keckler were hosts at the meeting of the Friday Evening Dinner Bridge club. Din ned was served at the J and M cafe, with bridge played at the Keckler home. JUST ARRIVED: 1944 edition Boy Scout Handbook. 50c. Bates Book Store. heard from Sgt. V. J. Dill that he I was headed for the Philippines and expects to see active service soon. who is ' pital. Mrs. very ill at St. Joseph's hos- Samuel McKeown, wife of Mr. heard crans, jour uetnoaist minister, has been and Mrs. F. J. Knecht havej confined to her home by illness part iroin ineir son, Kin Kosan- that he is now located of the time during the past week. ini 4-H club members are all looking Hutchinson, Kansas. He was recently forward t0 Thursday evening of this returned to U. S. from the South. week when their annual achleve JPacific. -- - Jment program will be held, at the Mrs: Geo. Vogel and Loran and ' auditorium in Weeping Water, with Jesse Copsey were Tuesday evening Guy Davis, assistant state 4-H lead-' visitors at the Wm. Blum home. V coming to give a tain ana to De ALL OUT FOR VICTORY The government is asking yon . to store your winter supply of Coal HOW to save trans portation for war material later on. So see n now for yonr next Winter's Coal. E. J. RICHEY Lumber - Coal' Phone 128 By Journal Field Representative Paper carriers wanted at Journal Office. Time Will Tell As It So Qhen Does! WE HEAR FROM OUR CLIENTS SOMETIMES MANY MONTHS AFTER THEIR LOVED ONES ARE PUT TO REST. 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