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MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1946 PLATTSMOUTH PERSONALS Sedlak-Keller Wedding Feb. 11 Miss Josephine Sedlak and Jesse Dale Keller were married February 11 at St. Mathew's church in Long: Beach, California, with Father James P. Lynch of ficiating in the single ring service. Their attendants were Mrs. Mary Keller, matron of honor, and Francis Keller, brother of the bridegroom. , The bride was attired in a powder blue costume suit with brown accessories and wore a cor sage of red rosebuds. Her attend ant wore a biege suit with green accessories and a corsage of pink rosebuds. Mrs. Harvey Leach was hostess at a wedding breakfast follow ing the ceremony. After a trip to Palm Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Keller will be at home at 2611 E. Fourth Street, Long Beach. Mrs. Keller is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Sedlak of Plattsmouth and Mr. Keller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Keller of Covington, Indiana. He was re cently discharged from the navy after having served twenty-nine months overseas. Local Girls Meet British Koyaity Miss Evelyn Siemoneit and Miss Alyce Roberts, seniors in high school, had an opportunity re cently to interview Governor Dwight Griswold and Chief Just ice Robert Simmons. During their visit in Lincoln, they also met Lord and Lady Halifax who were making a tour of the state capitol building at the time the girls were there. ' As members of an American government class taught by Milo Price, the two girls were assigned, with the other members of the class, to interview outside offic ials. Following the interviews, re ports are to be made to the class at school. Evelyn Siemoweit chose to in terview Governor Griswold, and both girls were taken to Lincoln by' Mr. and Mrs. August biemon eit, her parents, for the appoint-; ment. tier interview proven w, ohood and Mrs Herman Howe, interesting and Ken Keller, pn-j Mrs c c Wescott had charge vate secretary to the governor,. of the devotional lesson followed gave them some facts concerning ;by a busineES meeting which in the office of the governor. ! eluded secretary and treasurers Alyce Roberts interviewed; Charle Janacek and Chief Justice-Roberts last week;"po"s- Charles Janacek and , , pufj "'s- Fred Howland were appoint- when her father, Carev Roberts j , , , ... rr , i V -ni n. . i .v. ;i, ed on the bazaar committee and Lincoln for the interview. They were shown through the rooms of the judicial section of the state capitol, the private library and,1" J Z T- study, the conference room, the to be conducted the first week in robes worn by the judges and the Le"t' . . ' court room ' Following the close of the bus- While they were in the court! iness meeting, Clementine Woster room Lord and Lady Halifax came entertained the group with piano through with their party and the two girls were introduced to the English royalty. The girls said, "Meeting Gover nor Griswold and Chief Justice Simmons was in itself a real thrill nnH -ivp1esrp. hut tr meet Lord!Sunday when members of their and privilege, but to meet Lord i ' -- ((-asuains b 9jmb sbaL 'pulsus IUOJJ Av.Vi. 3V$ is ? Hayes-Sedlak Wedding Feb. 6 Miss Mary Anne Sedlak and BMl-c Edward Hayes were mar-1 ried February C at St. Mathew's! church in Lon? Beach, Cal. The Rev. Francis O'Brien read the sinele rine service. Their attend- ants were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth V.. Griffin of Long Beach. She is the daughter of Mr. and 'rMra James Sedlak of Plattsmouth ,and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs irvington-on- ing his dis- : ' William H. Hayes of I -r T . . ,1 X V TT11.; :- charge from the navy in March, r "tT ""1CU -v -ur?" ' Af j TTan rQvD!Glen Terryberry with accompam- v", their home in New York. Moving to Iowa Mr. and Mrs. John Albert and their family are moving this week from their farm home west of Plattsmouth to another farm they have rented at Lake View, Iowa. This farm is located 135 miles from .here and Sac City will be their county seat. '-' Mr. and Mrs. Albert were hosts : last week to the members of their community when they held open house as a farewell gesture before their leaving. Thirty-seven fri ends and neighbors called during the evening Mr. and Mrs. James Newburn "are moving to the Albert farm, . the first of March. Three genera tions of ' the Albeit family have made this farm their home and ' this is the first time that another -. family lias lived there. Birthday Dinner Mr. and Mrs. Claud Pickering were hosts Sunday at a dinner celebrating the birthday of Mrs. Pickering- and , other , members of her? 'family. "Guests for ; the oc .casioq were -Mrs. Pickering's 'brother and -their families, Mr. Bnd Mrs. Howard Stoner and; son ' tf v Leavenworth, : Kansas, w h o were' here f Saturday and Sunday, i Mr. and; Mrs. Holly Stoncr and ": Betty June, and her' sister'; and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Feemai: of Palmyra, and her. niece, MiEi ' Wauneta Stcuer of Lincoln. ' Moving to Cook Mr. and Mrs. Carl Meisinger and their family are moving to a farm near Cook; Nebraska. They have lived for a number of years on a farm west of town near Oak Hill cemetery and expect to be settled in their new ho.ne by Fri day . Banquet in Omaha Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Smith Sunday attended a banquet in HrYiO ho Vi rkrn"T-i n o PriQrloc T TTn- ' nnn tatP Hnntv nf thp i Knights of Columbus of Nebraska. Father McCabe, president of Creighton University, gave the main address. Smith is state ad vocate of the Knights of Colum bus. Hold Family Reunion Mr. .and Mrs. Wallace Warner entertained at their country home Sunday at a family reunion hon oring the young men of the fam ily who have returned from ser vice. All of the families repre sented brought baskets of food. Guests of honor for the occa sion were Wallace Terryberry, Lloyd McKenna, Stuart Meisinger, a guest of Betty Hutchinson, John Soennichsen, a guest of Charles Warner Norman Moyer and Charles Warner. Guests of the Warners for the ! occasion were Mrs. Barbara Warn er, Miss Helen Warner, Charles Ledgway, Mr. and Mrs. Roy How ard, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Terry berry, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Wetenkamp Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hutchinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Meisinger and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Alvadore Tilson and family, Mr. and Mrs. William W. Wetenkamp and family, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Carneal and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Terry berry and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McKenna, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Moyer of Omaha and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace War ner and Marilou. Naomi Circle The Naomi Circle of the Metho dist church met at the home of Mrs. ClpmPTit. Woster who had as her assistants, Mrs. Anna Near- plans were made for a bake sale. Two new members were intro- !duc; and volunteers were asked selections ana reiresnments were C1eu uy uiw nosiesses. , Attends Dilnner Mrs. Maggie Mason was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bridgewater .if .-? . , . , . Aaimiy were at nome 10 ceieorate the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Bridgewater at a family dinner. Arrives from Overseas Sgt. Wayne L. Comstock of Greenwood is scheduled to arrive in New York Tuesday from over- j Eeas aboard the Tuft Victory. Live Wire Unit Howard Davis was guest speak- i er at the meeting of the Live Wire Unit of the farm bureau held Fri , uay B,1"if " in n?me01 lT- ",1U iUrs- oeri Jaco,DS- twenty- ! four members and five visitors i r'1- Following the talk on "Income Ta.x.' general discussio'n onhe ubj? was,.held- Group singing Iments played by Mrs. Howard twj a the hosts served refreshments. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aug ust Keil, March 15. Return from South Dakota Mrs. Ruth Buffington and sons, Harold and George, and her daughter, Mrs. Douglas Tilson, re turned several days a?o from Winner, South Dakota, where they had been visiting with their daughter and sister, Mrs. Delmar Farris, and family for two weeks. Netab Campfire The Netab campfire girls group met at the library Monday even ing after school for "their regular session. They had a general dis cussion under the direction of their leader, Mrs. Henry Donat, on the requisites for the different ranks. The girls are working on the firemakers, torchbearers and social leadership ranks. Plans for the grand" council fire will be made at the next meeting and Mrs. Donat asked that all girls be present. Celebrate Birthar .' Vance - Viergutz -was .a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lester King Tuesday evening when the two men celebrated their birthdays to gether. Leaves . for California Mrs. Gertrude (Jamblen is leav ing Tuesday evening for her home mrr- in Santa Monica, Cal., after an extended visit in Plattsmouth. with her mother, Mrs. Edith Hitt, and at the Hillard Grassman home dur ing the illness of her sister, Mrs. Grassman. She will stop in Hous ton, Tex., to yisit at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Howard McGrath, before going to California where she s employed with the Douglas AJr? craft Company in Santa Monica. Goes to Hopitl Patty Huebert, the six year-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Lee Huebert of Mynard, was taken by parents to the Brown hospital in Nebraska City Wednesday morning where she will undergo observation and a series of treat ments. She did not iully recover from an attack of scarlet fever several months ago, and hospitali zation was decided upon as a means of finding the source of her ailment. Completes School Work Vera Lewis has completed a special course of study in comp tometry at a commercial school in Omaha. Having graduated from the Union high school with the class of 1935, she worked at the Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska com pany for three years and took up her commercial training upon the completion of her work at the plant. She left by plane last week f.r Orient and Huron, S. D., vhere she will visit with friends for a few weeks and plans to go io Columbus, O., to visit with rela tives before taking employment in her new field of work. Stowing Improvement C. L. Knieke is reported as showing improvement from in juries received when he fell from the top of a refrigerator car on which he was working in the BREX shops six weeks ago. He can sit up and is able to walk a little. Anne Knieke, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Knieke, has "been at home during his illness and will return to Washington, D. C.,. o take over her duties the end of the week. The Kniekes expect their son, Fred, to arrive from overseas soon. Extend Farm. Bureau Drir The drive for new members for the Cass county farm bureau has resulting in 51 new family mem bers of the bureau in two days in tensive canvassing, according to information received today from Donald Born, one of the district captains for the drive. Because of the success during the past two days, the assistants from Lincoln who are helping in the campaign are staying until tha end of the week to make a more thorough canvass of the county. New units of the Farm Bureau will be organized to take care pf the new members as soon as the drive' has been completed. Visitors at Ferrie Horn Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Otto visited at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ferrie. Mr. Otto received his discharge as a major from the army air corps three weeks ago. Formerly with the U. S. engineers in Plattsmouth, they now make their home in Kansas City. Mrs. Otto is reported to be slowly recovering from a long il ness. Lillie Funeral Services Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Lillie will be held Saturday at 1 p. m. at St. Paul's Evangelical and reformed church. Aid Society Meeting Mrs. Jess Hodge was chairman of the program committee for the meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church held Wed nesday afternoon in the church parlors. This was an open meeting and a large crowd of members and guests attended the function. The theme for .the program was "Hearts," chosen because of the occurance in February of Valen tine Day and the Washington and iLncoln birthdays. It was devel oped through the songs and musi cal numbers on the program and with various readings. Mrs. Ed Ofe played a piano so lo, "Monastry Bells" and Mrs. Clovis Day. gave a reading en titled, "A Thought for the Day." Mrs. Hodse ' used "Zippered Hearts' as the title of her talk and Mrs. Reuel Sack and Mrs. Ed Thimgan ocmphited the program with a duet,. "Williang Am"!.'1 They were accompanied by Mrs. C. J. White. A contest consisting of naming the titles of various songs played by Mrs. White in which the word jieart was part of the title "was won by Mrs. Reuell Sack, Mrs. Ed Thimgan and Mrs. Ballinger.. .Refreshments were served to the large number of members and guest3 by Mrs. J. R. Stine,' chair man of the committee,' Mrs. D? C. Reed,, Mrs.. John 'w 'Alwiriv-. Mrs. Frank Cheyal, Mrs. Clarence Akcr son, ; Miss Dcfores CKeval ! and Porothy Ilardiaon. - V?, - ' ? In pacific Duty l S 1-c Elmer Hofmeister, the son o'f.plr, and Mfs. C. Hofmeister of South Berid"haV heen! serving aboard he USS Savp Jslandone of tho:few members of the origin al crew of the ship gtill assigned 1 11 i" a o thaintyr - Tbe ao Island ' is, ag escorj i arries aid paf tad; in this apture ol the southern Patau IbI . nds, Leyte landings, the battle ; or tevte'Gulf, MindoTQ landtags, .ingyaen Gulf - landing and, the Capture of Qkinawa, 4s well as &e initial occupation of' northern Honshu, Japan. n 1 ' The ship has a fine record in having downed 65 Jap planes, 15 Jaj surfaced planes destroyed and an enemy1 cruiser,' destroyer and 4 submarine sent to the bottom. It has returned 5,000 veterans to the pnited States as a member of the. Magic Carpet" Fleet. . Hofmeis$er will be sent to the Atlantic where the Savo Island yrill serve in the future; Undergoes Operaio Mrs. John Hatt underwent an operation Recently at the Securi ty Benefit Association hospital at Topeka,- Kansas, where she has been fpr several weeks with Mr. Hatt who is also hospitalized there. She is reported to be get ting along as well as can be ex pected. Carrier Boys Meeting The carrier boys of The Daily Journal held a business meeting Thursday evening under the di rection, of Rex Henry, cirpulation manager for the paper. Following the meeting they .were guests of the Journal for malted, milks at the Tastee shop. Present for the meeting were John Glaze, John Bergmann, Don Baker, Bob Rich ter, Marvin Hjld, Allen fJohlfs, Jerry Sudduth, Jerry" Sharphack, Dick Glaze, Bob 'Beins and, Larry fortensen. ' Located in California Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chriswisser pre attending school in Los An geles where they went following his discharge "frdm the army air corps. They are expected to come home in June. Birthday Celebration Father Edward Tuchek was hon ored Thursday evening by mem bers of the parish of the Holy Ros ary church in celebration of ' his birthday. The women of the,' Al tar Society arranged a. covered dish dinner as ' a surprise and a large number of . the parishoners attended the event. held in the parish hall of the church. Follow ing the dinner the evening; was spent informally. Celebrate Anniversary " Mr. and Mrs. John Sheard, ob served their "silver wedding anni versary February 27. Kansas Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Ixgan Covert vis ited Wednesday and Thursday at Hiawatha, Kan., with her brother who is quite ill. ' ' '9 Plattsmouth Visitor Ned C. Abbott, superintendent of the Nebraska School for the Blind at Nebraska City, ; visited friends and took care of matters of business in Plattsmouth Friday. He is a former superintendant of the Plattsmouth schools. j , ! Move from Omaha Mr. and Mrs. Marvin peetz moved Friday from lOmaha to their new home on-the Chris Metz ger farm east of Cedar Creek. He was discharged in October! from the army at Fort Leavenworth, a veteran of the 82nd airborne di vision of the infantry. Mr- Rose Peetz, his mother, is visiting them from her home in Omaha for a few days. Will Arrive Sunday FC t-c and Mrs. Frank Aschen brenne'r will arrive Sunday to spend a twenty-day leave with his mother, Mrs. Elmer Yardley. It will also be a reunion for him and his brother, Johrt,-who was recent ly discharged 'froih the" service, since 'they have not seen - each other for five years. Frank is sta tioned " at Norfolk, Virginia, and his wife works in Brooklyn, N. Y. Move to New Horn Mr. and Mrs. H. C. MKinney and their amlly moved ,TFiidr.y from the Albert farm to their new home on the Guthman, farm west of Plattsmouth. 1 Mynard Community Minstrel Show Raymond Cook acted at inter locutor in a Minstrel Show given Friday evening by members of the irynaVd Community club' at the community center." The " program was ' intei'spersed' with musical numbers and comedy sketches be fitting" to . any old-time rninstfel show.1 George Jacobs was "Shiftless," EddiVWehrbein was ''Mobile" and Edward Howard and Herman Mei singer were the ' tirins, 'Astoria and Castoria,"' who presented a Wick-face comedy act" of jokes and stories'., n 1 :r??;-W '!) V Mariarne';Wet'ekanip;was, pre senjed n aVp1 eaVjsblr "Swing Low kwect ChariSf.? Several spirituals iinoj folksongs wcrc'suhjg by " the atynara quariei comppscq 01 rs. David Jahtz,1 Raympftd Cbok; Rev. ajfd Mrs. Lee IlucbcrC Mrs. Roy Cote served "as accompanist. Members of the 'stage chorus were dressed in costumes and nans several folk "songs and "populaf songs. Preedi$ff the' show, the audience was led in group singing btf "Mrs. flawy ""Nielsen with Mrs. Elbvrt ' wftca 'servinff as 'the aa cqmpaaist, ' Mrs. Guy Wiles V'as ehajrma.n of the committee who planned the shew witlj Miss Betty Hutchison and Richard Spangler assisting. Visitf from Imperial pan Terryberry was honored guest at astag party at the coun try home of E?nes Hild Thursday evening. He moved from his h':ne near Cedar Creek o lupenal six weeks ago and is here visiting for a few days. Cards served as. the entertainment feature for the party and lunch was served at the close pf the evening, Here for Funeral Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schlegel of La Crosse, Wisconsin, are in Plattsmouth for two days to at tend the funeral services for Mrs. Anna Lillie held Saturday after noon. Mot from gpek Bluff Mr. and Mrs. James Newburn and their family moved Wednes day from the Antonio Pitz farm on the Rock Bluff road to the Henry Albert farm near Cedar Creek, Pre-Lenten Dance Members of ' the Keen-Time club held a pre-Lenten dance at the Eagles hall Friday evening with Fritz Grow's orchestra fur nishing the music. About eighty young" people participated in the party. Sponsors for the affair were Mf, and Mrs. William Schm4itman, jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Villiam Woolcott. j ' Church Family Night Members of the United Breth ren church of Mynard will have another family nightt in the form of a covered dish supper and a program Wednesday evening in the church parlors. The Roy Cole family will have charge of the de votional lesson and religious slide pictures will be shown later as the entertainment feature for the evening. Ladies Aid Meeting Mrs. Delia Wooders will be hos tess for the Mynard United Breth ren Ladies Aid Society on Tues day at 2:30. Mrs. C. L. Wiles will be the leader for the lesion. Services Planned For World Day of Prayer March 8 A candlelight service will high light the Youth World Day of Prayer service to be held March 8 at the United Brethren church in Mynard, according to Mrs. Lee Huebert, chairman fpr the pro gram. Fifteen members of the committee representing the var ious churches met at her home on Friday "evening to complete plans for the service. Betty Hutchinson will preside at the meeting which has as its theme, "Things that Make for Peace." Young people from each church wilj have part in the pro gram. Carol Lou Bernhardt will represent the Presbyterian church, Claudeen Keller from the Metho dist church, Jean Collins from the Christian church, Marilyn Lutz fron St. Paul's church, and "Robert Tritscb from the Episcopal church. Young People's Choir Music for the service will be furnished by a choir composed of young; people from each church. The high school girls sextette will sing "Now the Day is Over" and "An Evening Prayer." A sol will be sung by Marianne Wetenkamp, "Open My Eyes," and Kenneth Fitch will sing, "There is a Green Hill far Away." The boy's quar tette of the Methodist church will also sing one song. The ushers will be four young people from dif ferent churches. Offering Recetred The offering received during the service will go to four differ ent sources of missionary work: To help the migrants and share crpppers in the south; to help American Lndians; to help union Christian colleges in foreign coun tries; for Christian literature in war torn countries. Enthusiasm and interest among the young people is Very high for this world wide, inter-racial and inter-denpminatonai service.. Mrs. Meierdierks Funeral Tuesday Funeral services for Mrs. Wil? liam Meierdicrks were held Tues day afternoon at -the Sattler fun eral home with' Rev. A. Lentz of theEhrjsf Lutherart r phyrCh , in charge.: ; ' t ' j:V . -f ' fankCloidt : 'sank 'Beautiful Isle t of Sbinewhcre," aad '-the Sweet Bye and Byc.'pMVs. Verna i! Gpo scVvc( as his accompanist. ' ! :Pill hcVTfirswcre Herman' Hen- niiigtr, George Stbchr,;Ray Heroid, L.s Wj. Egeriberger, . William Knud. sdn'aridCiiarles Vallery. ? Interment was made at Oak Hill cemetery. - 5T final Report on Wtarch of Dimes Mrs. Henry ponat, chairman of the Cass county Infantile Paral ysis campaign, announced Satur day that Cass county raised a total of 1,900.15 after expenses were deducted. Of. this amount, $950.07 remains in Cass county vf or use in the treatment of infantile paraly sis. Following is the list of Cass county towns with the name of the chairman who directed the drive and the amounts' raised in each community: Murdock, Mrs. O. B. Lupardus, ?33.17; Union, Mrs. Jame Koddy; $76.85; Manley, Mrs. Grover Rhoden, $5.48; South Bend, Mrs. F. J. Knecht, $20.00: Eagle, Mrs. Mildred Trumble, $28.68; Avoca, Mrs. Carl Zaiser, $73.16; Alvo, Mrs. J. W. Banning, $12.56; Elm- wood, Mrs. Earl Elliott, $47.28; Cedar Creek, Mrs. Floyd Gauer, $8.10; Weeping Water, Mrs. Dan Philpot, $82.84; Nehawka, Mrs. Nelson Berger, $31.95; Louisville, Mrs. Lawrence Group, $205.10; 'Murray, Mrs. Olin Morris, $21.89; Greenwood, Mrs. Mildred Com stock, $23.40; Plattsmouth, Mrs. Donald Born, $942.26; Cass coun ty rural schools, L. A. Bebrends, $1$Q.57 ; Cass Theater collections, $204. Deductible expenses for the campaign werp $37.14. All of the schools throughout the county were solicited by L. A. Behrends, county superintendent of schools and the amounts were added to the funds sent in by each tqwn chairman. Service Center in Omaha, Will Close . Of ficiaHy April 1 . ' Saturday is Plattsmouth day for the service center in the Union station in Omaha, and ends the project of supplying food for trav eling service men carried on dur ing the war years. Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt, local chairman of the committee for this work, received information today from Mrs. Mayme Allison, director of the center, that the service center officially closes April 1. However, until that time, food will be supplied through the usual channels. Mrs. Bernhardt stressed the need for baked goods of all kinds as well as pickles and eggs for de livery to the service center at noon Saturday. She hopes to make Plattsmouth's last day even more sucessful than previously. The Omaha center is the only center which has continued sup plying hospital trains since the end of the war. Other centers have closed all over the country and the Omaha center is closing because the need for the service no longer exists. Mrs. Allison said, "This has ben a most sucessful project but without the help received from outlying towns, it could not have existed." She reported that thirty towns in Iowa and thirty-nine towns in Nebraska have aeen reg ular contributors. Omaha had ninetytwo ocntributing agencies, ninety percent of them Omaha churches She added that any funds left in the treasury at the close of the project will be used to endow a room at the Children's Memorial Hospital to be used for children of veterans of World War II from Nebraska and Iowa. James Hickson, 76, Dies In Sioux City James H. Hickson, 76, died on Sunday at the home of his step daughter, Mrs. Harry Hickson, in Sioux City. Iowa. He was born May 15, 1869, at Tama City, la., and moved to Sioux City thirty-four years ago from Nebraska City. He was mar ried in 1908 at Volga, S.J)., to Ella Stull who preceded him in death Nov. 28, 1944. Surviving are his son, Glen, of Richmond. Calif, a step-son, John Stull, Wayne; three step daughters, Mrs. Gladys Balles, Sioux City, Mrs. Ollie Dasher and Mrs. F. L. Sween, Plattsmouth; a brother, Thomas, and two sist ers, Mrs. Kate Sieberts and Mrs. Lillie Lindsey of C.naha. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday afternoon at the Sattler funeral home with Rev. J. W. Taenzlcr officiating. Pall bearers were members of the fam ily and interment" was made at Oak Hill cemetery. Ten Men to Take Physical Exam at fprf JLeayernvpr!1 Ten Cass county men will re- Kaas. for Stheir ; pre - induction phyucal "exanrihation.y ; j - Tiie men ; are f f Henrys R. Soen jnichsen and Eldon Meisinger, both of Plattsmouth.' Charles Graham, Ashland; Victor flollcnbcck, Elm wood Cecil J. Klein, Union; Leonard "Haveman, Avoca; Armin Vpgt; Wabash ";; Lester Bird, Eagle; .Eugene LindJcy, Weeping Water; and Richard Anderson, Eagle. Vic Schreiner Back Vic Schreiner assumed his duties this week at the Schreiner pharmacy as co-owner with his brother, John, who has been op erating the store while Vic was in the army. A graduate of the class of 1936 from the Capitol College of Phar macy in Denver, Vic worked in a drug store in Alliance for fifteen years, but this is the first business he has owned. He served as a pharmacist for forty-three months in the army air force hospital at the Ameril lo, Texas. He was discharged Feb ruary 18 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and since that time has been in the process of moving his family here from Alliance. Mr. and Mrs. Schreiner and their baby came from Alliance Tuesday and are living in the Coronado apart ments. . . , Catherine Tuck Dies In Weeping Water Mrs. Catherine Cresse Tuck, 79, died at her home in Weeping Water Tuesday after an illness of a week. She is the widow of Dr. W. H. Tuck. Born in Lafayette, Ind., she came to Weeping Water with her parents at the age of fourteen. Mrs. Tuck was prominent in the work of the Methodist church, the Order of Eastern Sta?. Woman's club, the Garden club and was ac tive in the W.C.T.U. of Weeping Water. She was able to carry on her usual activities until the time of her illness. Surviving are her son, Albert C. Tuck, Mitchell, Nebr.; two daughters, Mrs. O. E. Spellman, El Monte, Calif.; Mrs. Arthur H. Brockman, Weeping Water and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of relatives. G. Q, Jones Named As County Surveyor To Fill Vacancy G. C. Jones Friday was appoint ed by the Cass county commis sioners as county surveyor to fill the unexpired term- of - A. P. Campbell who resigned that post effective February 28. Jones is a qualified surveyor and has worked with Campbell since V-J Day. Jones was born in Plattsmouth and graduated from the Platts mouth high school. He has had about six years experience in surveying, having worked for two private engineering companies and doing work for Nemaha county, the city of Auburn and the state. He also worked at the Martin bomber plant for 3 z years. Jones has three sons, Jerry, 18, who is attending Annapolis Naval Academy, Richard, 14, and Don ald, "9, both of whom are attend ing school in Plattsmouth. Finance Company Is Opened Friday Donald Arundel Friday an- nounced the opening of an office for the Mutual Loan and Finance Company in Plattsmouth at 114 N. Fifth street. Arundel said this office will be the only finance company in Cass county for mak ing personal loans and financing contracts. Arundel said the office has been licensed by the state to make small 'loans and finance the pur Chase of new cars, household equipment and farm machinery. Arundel will continue to oper ate the Credit "Bureau of Cass County and also has announced the official opening of the Arun del Insurance Agency. Wheeler Funeral Services Tuesday Funeral services were conduc ted Tuesday afternoon for Char les Franklin Wheeler, 83, . at the Stander funeral home in Louis ville .by Rev. John. Fast. Mr. Wheeler died February 23 in an Omaha hospital. Pall bearers were Frank II. Nichols, Jake Reichart, Frank Ross, George Ossenkop, Adam Rentschler and John Ward. Bur ial was made in Rivei view ceme tery. . He'was bovn 'May; 18,V.18(I2, in Illinois and vras married to . Mrs. Martha fBoseby at Wjjco, .-: where they lived "i or' a short time ' before moving", to . Plattsmouth to make their", home. They ' went., to Loujs villc thirty-five ycursv ago. where he-served for? scveraLTvars .-as ;city wafshail ? and ff toir-mtm'-:"at the Platte "river-bridge;; ': ; ; Church Women to Canvass Town for Community Study The Friendly Community Study of the city of Plattsmouth will be conducted by representative wo men of each of the churches dur ing the week of March 3 to March 10, it was announced Friday by Rev. T. Porter Bennett. Thirty five teams consisting of two wo men each from two different j churches will call on local resi dents for information in regard ito this study being made by the pastors of the various churches. 'However, ministers have no part in making this canvass. Rev. T. Porter Bennett, pastor of the Methodist church, has di vided the town into seventeen districts, some of which in turn have been subdivided according the number of residents within the district. This was done according to a map of the city. The women will be assigned in teams to the various districts. No Financial Appeal There is no financial and no church appeal for any denomina tion and it is not a drive for church membership, Bennett said. Cards will be made out with per tinent information of each family giving their church membership or local church preference. At a meeting Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church, Rev. Ben nett will explain what the workers are to do and what they are not to do during the canvass of the homes. The representatives will be divided into the working teams and assignments to districts or sub-districts will be made. Churches cooperating in the study are the First Christian church, the Holy Rosary Catholic church, the First Methodist, the Presbyterian, St. John's Catholic church, St. Luke's Episcopal church and St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church. Last Time for Food Collection Saturday marked the last time for the collection of food in Plattsmouth for the. Service Cen ter in the Union station in Oma ha. The center closes officially on April 1 due to the fact that fewer troops are being moved now. This program has been carried on successfully the first Saturday of each month over a period of twelve months. All of the women's organizations in town and in the surroundig country made dona tios of baked foods and money and gave their time to making pre parations for sending these goods and sandwiches to Omaha, Donations received today in cluded twelve cakes, seven pies, five dozen cookies, cup cakss, twenty quarts of pickles, eight quarts of tomato juice, five and one-half dozen .eggs, ten large bags of potato chips, $17.50 cash donations and two boxes each of apples and oranges were pur chased by the local committee. Last month the Stitch and Chatter club made donations of eggs, kolachi, pickles, sandwiches, gingerbread, cookies, cup cakes, oranges, apples and cakes. The donations were taken to the home of a member where they were picked up by the truck and were not reported at that time. The committee in charge of this work included Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt, chairman, - Mrs. Ed Ofe, Mrs. Fred Rea, Mrs. Roy Knorr, Mrs. Frank Gobelman and Father Tuchek. - Beverage Funeral Services Friday Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon for Fred Bevrage at the Sattler funeral home with Dr. II. G. McCluskey officiating. Raymond Cook sang, "Rock of Aes" and Mrs. Roy Cole played his acocmpaniment. Pallbearers were Myron Wiles, Carl Kraeger, William Weten kamp, William Nolte, Lester Gansemer and Glen Vallery. Bur ial was made at Oak Hill cemetery. Francis Schwartz Pleads Guilty to Car Stealing Charge Francis Schwartz plead guilty Monday in the county court to a charge of stealing an automobile owned by Lester Taylor, of Platts mouth, and was bound over to the district court for sentence. Bail l ond was set at $1,000 by Judge Fauquet. . The car in question is a 1935 Dodge tudor sedan. It was stolen from in front of Taylor's house Saturday night and was found wrecked Sunday morning in Jowa. Schwartz was held by authorities in Shenandoah, la.,'-and broijgjit , ; V Fined $35 . Henry Oldenburg, of Avoca, was fined $23 and costs Friday and his driver's license suspended if or CO days after pleading guilty io a charge of drunken driving be fore County. Judsc Paul L. Fau quet.