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THE JOURNAL, PLATTEMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, MAPCH, 25. 194G I 1 Play Rehearsals Show Promise Rehearsals for the senior class play, "Two Gentlemen and Ver ona" indicate that the production is progressing well and the cast of characters is developing a com plicated plot which will prove to have high entertainment value to those who Fee it on March 28 and 29. A comedy in three acts, the background of the play is an old farmhouse at Lake Mohawk in New England, rented by the girls of the Red Barn Players. In their attempts to keep the small theater going: financially, they reveal their earnest hopes of being "dis covered" by a Hollywood talent scout. With the approach of- an eli gible man to their front steps they mistake him for a talent scout. Each girl proceeds to display her dramatic talent before the young man, who is in reality a newspa per reporter. As the play continues, it is uniquely portrayed as a play with in a play when the members of the Red Barn Players unveil their tal ents. The opening scene portrays the hero and heroine in dramatic scenes from "Strange Victory," and in succeeding scenes glimpses from the play, "Tarzan," and "Iloue of Fear" are vividly re hearsed. In the closing scenes of the play, many hilarious and humor our incidents occur that keep the audience in a constant state of laughter.. Miss Beatrice Koch, high school dramatics and English teacher, is the director and has the able as istance of an efficient production staff. The cast of characters has j n been selected from the member ship of the senior class and each portrays his particular role in an interesting manner. OJcd&h Lieut. James Wolcott arrived ter, Mrs. Harry Wilson, home Tuesday evening on a 30 j Mrs. Laura Hollenbeck was klay furlough. This makes the ! shopping in Lincoln Tuesday. Wolcott family all at home except Robert Coerbett, of Lorring Robert, who is in Sappiro, Japan, ton, Wyo. is attending a soil con Frank Wolcott and wife and two servation school in Lincoln. Ov children, of New Rochelle, N. Y. j er the week end he visited his spent last week in Denver and ar-1 aunt, Mrs. Harmond Beck, and rived here in time to meet James. I his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Their father, Lloyd P. Wolcott re ceived a Japanese rifle and a Japanese saber from T. 4. Robert Wclcott, this week. Miss Julia Johnson spent Tuesday in Lincoln visiting at the home of her sister. Henry Rugha is building a gar age which will hold both his car and his new jeep. Henry plans to use the jeep to pulf his hay bailer, and to go back and forth to his farm. Miss Laverne Shafer and Will ard Waldo demonstrated the use of D. D. T. at a meeting of the Weeping Water training center, at the Auditorium, Wednesday af ternoon. Mrs. Joe F. Berg?ren, of Wa hoo, president of the Congrega tional Christian Women of the Lincoln division of churches was the guest speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Association of the Congregation al church, Wednesday afternoon at the parsonage. She spoke on "Woman's Responsibility in the Church." Mrs. Ole Olsen presid ed at the meeting, Mrs. E. E. Lor ensen was in charge of the devo tionals, and Mrs. Eugene Day and Mrs. Floyd Hite of the program, when the subject of the mer ger of the Congregational, Christian, Evangelical and Re formed churches was discussed. Hostesses for the afternoon assist ing Mrs. John C. Pryor, were Mrs. Eueene Pay. Mrs. George Corley. Mrs. Fred Klepser and I lough, and of the birthday of his Mrs. Floyd Hite. A i(,nB"""',!,i mother, Mrs. Arlo Pratt. The oth Mrs. Berggren here for the meet- er guests present were Mrs. Del ing were Rev. and Mrs. Walter Rundin, also of Wahoo,, and their son, Captain Walter Rundin, Jr., who is at home on terminal leave after beine stationed in Japan. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Lane enter tained Mr. and Mrs. Henrv Rugha and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stovall at dinner Sunday, honoring Rugha, whose birthday came on that day. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Jorgensen. of Lincoln, were visiting Mr. Jor gensen's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Jorgensen, Tuesday. There was a family reunion last Sunday at the James Kivitt home, honoring two members of the family who had birthdays on that day, Marvin Kivett. of Lincoln, and Mrs. Tom Colbert. Marvin re cevied his discharge from the army in December. Those attend ing the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kivett and Mrs. William Gussett, all of Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Stock and two child ren, Tommy and Judy; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Colbert, Homer Free man. Mrs. Fred Gorder returned home Sunday after having spent two months at Grand Island with her daughter. Miss Helen Gorder. Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Norris were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hennings, of Avoca, and Mr. and, Mrs. Floyd Gauer, of Cedar Creek. 1 Harvey Rich and family were in town Monday and while here they completed the purchase of the Nelson home, west of the City Park. They expect to return to Weeping Water to live as soon as they can sell their home in Lin coln. Mr. and Mrs. George Scheidt, of Lincoln, spent Sunday at thej home of Mrs. Scheldt's mother. I Mrs. Esther Bouton, when a birth-lis a guest of her husband's par day dinner was enjoyed in honorlents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Murdoch, of Mrs. Scheidt. Those attending' Seaman Ahrens expects to join were her grandparents, Mr. and: her here soon for a leave from Mrs. Walter Lane, and her two brothers, Walter and Loye. Mrs. Troy Murdock is at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln where she underwent an opera tion Saturday. The latest report is that she is improving, each day. John and Elwin Panney en tertained the 4-H Bird Club at their home, last Saturday after noon. Kenneth Tefft who is attend ing the University of Nebraska spent the week end with his moth er, Mrs. Carl Tefft. fchmvcod MRS. GRACE PLYBON, Correspondent George Bogenrief returned from California Saturday. He sais he is glad to be at home even though it is nice in the west. Lee Elliott arried here Tuesday after recently coming from over seas. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Elliott are glad to welcome im. Fiances Arnold is spending: a week of vacation with herhome folks before taking up her new nursnig work in a Hastings hos pital. P. N. G. ment on Thursday af ternoon with Mrs. Ola Hayes in her newly remodeled home. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Gerbeling and Gwendolyn are having a Col orado vacation this week. Mrs. Myrtle Robertson is re cuperating in a Lincoln hospital. Mrs. Grace Rogers, of Lincoln, is visiting in the home of her sis- Howard Capwell. Mr. anf Mrs. Howard Pool en tertained at a 6 o'clock dinner Wednesdav in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Morris renterman. Initiation ceremonies were held at Rebekah order meeting Tues day evening for Mrs. Glen Miller. Tuesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Emery Brant, Mrs. Comer. Amy Hoffman, pual Hunker, and the Chester Irons family mo tored to Douglas to attend the funeral services of a relative, Mrs. Irons, of that place. Mrs. J. N. Neely and Mrs. Pearl Shreve, of Lincoln, attended the Eastern Star Kensington meet ing Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Melvin Miller, and the farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Capwell at the church that evening. The members of the Junior Business Department, freshmen and sophomores, from the hivrh school have each saved some money, and they are opening in dividual savings accounts at the bank. Chester Heisteman, formerly of Eagle, has purchased the tools and implements, and is renting from Mr. Pulec the building for the black smith shop. He is mak ing his home in the Douglas apartment house. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Mendenhall entertained at an evening dinner Monday, in honor of Richard JohnPratt, who is home on fur- s Dernier. Arlo Pratt, Marian Pratt. Mr. and Mrs. John Dankleff and Lyle Dankleff. Richard leaves Friday for Fort Leavenworth to recieve his orders. The house and household goods of Mrs. Alice Fentiman are to be sold at auction Thursday March 21, starting at 1 p. m. Her son Cliff Fentiman will be the auc tioneer . Wednesday evening at 7 p. m. the Kevstyone class of the Sun day school held a covered dish luncheon at the Methodist church basement with Mr. and Mrs .How ard Capwell as honored fruests. At the close of the dinner Mrs. Par sell, Mrs. Frank Buell. and Mrs. Plvbon had charge of the pro gram and games. Mrs. Neely, of Lincoln, gave an interesting talk, using some poems of her own composition. Ramona Jones sang accomonaied by Frances Arnold and Mrs. Parsell eave a reading. A gift of appreciation of their services as teacher, and class members was riven to Mr. and Mrs. Capwell. This was a paint ing. ''Knock at the Door" by Sail man. Mrs. Grace Blessing, of Murdock, was an out of town truest. Mrs. C. A. Brown has been on the sick list this week. yi&twwka MRS, ft CAR I. KRUGER. Corrp4tnt Mf3. Troy Murdoch is a surgery patient at St. Elizabeth hospital, Lincoln. Mr. Murdoch's sister, Mrs. Pearl Krug-er, has been as sisting at their farm home during her absence. Mrs. LeRoy Ahrens, formerly Dorothy Stardley, of Plattsmouth, camp in California. Mf. and Mrs. William Brandt were guests at the home of her parents, Mr. arid Mrs. Fred Meis ingef, Wednesday evening to as sist them in celebrating their 39th wedding anniversary. Charles Bates and his crew of Workmen are re-building the An drew Sturm property here which had the top story burned and de stroyed by fire a few months ago. Mr. and Mrs. Sturm have been making their home in Nebraska City since then. Iran Hansen was honored at a stag party and shower at the Harry Knabe home Friday eve ning. About 40 friends attended. The WSCS met with Mrs. Arthur Wolph Wednesday. Assist ing her were Mrs. Albert Ander son and Mrs. Louis Ross. Mrs. Mc Keown had charge of the devo tional services which centered on the national observance of "World Day of Prayer". Miss Evelyn Wolph entertain ed the Johathan-Cass chapter of the D.A.R. at her home Tuesday. A one o'clock luncheon was en joyed by the group. Mrs. R. B. Stone told of a recent trip to Oregon and California. Mrs. Ray mond Pollard reviewed a recent trip to California, and Mrs. Marion Tucker told of her recent trip to Michigan. Mrs. Stone tra veled by train and the others by auto. Miss Wolph presented a group of 4-H Club members who told about their club work and projects. The meeting for April will be with Miss Wolph's sister, Mrs. Ben Olive, in Weeping Water. Robert P. Trotter has recently been discharged from the navy after two years in the Pacific theater. . . Pvt. James Sturm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sturm, writes from Germany that he is located in a beautiful valley among the Alps Mountains. He reached Ger many only a short time ago. Robert Romans and wife, the former Marie Anderson, have re turned from San Francisco, Cailf., where he has been in camp serv ing in the medical corps. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jameson are the parents of a daughter, born at an Omaha Methodist hos pital March 8. Mr. and Mrs. Gomer Worthan are the parents of a daughter, Betty Jo, born in Omaha. Donald Opp has received his dis charge in Paris. He has re-enlisted for a three year term. He expects to return home for a furlough in May. Thorn Hallstrom left Thursday evening for Boston after spending his leave with, his parents. His brother, Robert, is expected soon since he is receiving his discharge. Anna Marie Sailing was unable to be at Ruhges store. She has the flu. Mrs. Ralph Stubbendick and daughter returned to their home from Nebraska City hospital Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hauptman have returned home after staying at the Ed James home while he went to South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Will Vette were Lincoln visitors Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Brendel were dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Brendel Thursday ev ening. They afterward attended the basketball games at Lincoln. Mrs. Walter Stubbendick visit ed her mother all day Thursday Mr. and Mrs. John Stubbendich were attending to business at their home here Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nutter and Jerry are visiting relatives. Harlan Mapel has started to build a shop out of the old barn he tore down recently. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnson are staying at Weeping Water at the Troy Davis home for the present Ladies aide met in the church parlors with Mrs. Henry Maseman as hostess Thursday. Further plans were made for the luncheon and bake sale Saturday. Devotions were led by Mrs. Wulber and she also presided at a special dedication service for the "Womans Gift." Three candles were on a spec ial altar, each representing Faith, Love and Hope. Lenten services wree held Fri day night with Rev. Guest, of Lincoln. Miss Janice McFadden sang "Beautiful Garden of Pray er." Joumtl Want Ads For Results MRS. JUNE KYLES. Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kinney and sons, of Alvo, spent Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rouse and Mrs. Matilda Anderson were in Lincoln Monday. Mrs. Anderson went to consult a doctor about her eyes. Mrs. Ray Comstok was in Lin coln Saturday. Mrs. Mary Dimmitt spent Sun day with her son Marion and fami ly at Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Landon, Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Coleman and Law erence attended the funeral of Mrs. Laughton at Ashland Sun day afternoon. Mrs. Martha Elrod returned home from California Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Fulmer and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Fulmer spent Sunday in Mt. Valley, la. Wayne Howard came home Sat urday from the Veterans hospital. Greenwood Woman's club met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Talcott. Mrs. Walter Marolf was assisting hostess. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kelley Jr. of Missouri are visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kelly and family. Mrs. Elsie Kelly was in Lin coln Thursday. Mrs. Charley Ward spent Thursday in Lincoln . L. C. C. club met Thursday with Mrs .Ralph Clymer. Mr. and Mrs. John Mockenhaupt called at the Martin Maher home Sunday. Martin Maher is very sick at his home. Word was received here that Clay Hansen died at his home in Lincoln. He leaves two sons Clark and Neil, both of Lincoln. Mrs. Hansen lived near Green wood. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles were business callers in Lincoln Thurs day. Notes on Nebraska Farming -. . ----- Grasslands Can Carry More Livestock Cheyenne county's native grass land can carry 26 to 44 per cent more livestock per acre, according to estimates of the district Soil Conservation office, says William P.- Bullock, county agricultural agent. On the basis of experiments in the Nebraska panhandle counties as well as similar tests made at Archer Field Station, Wyomi ig. the panhandle can, with proper treatment and management, carry considerable more livestock per acre than at the present time. ''Pitting" native range at Ar cher Field Station in several dif ferent years during the past six years has proven an economical method of increasing range pro duction. In 1944 raTige "pitted" six years before carried 44 per cent more sheep than non-treated range. - The range land was "pitted" with an eccentric oae-way disc. Several commerical firms are now making eccentric one-way discs that can be mounted on most of the one-ways now in use. The reasons for the response of the native grasses to ''pitting", as listed by Bullock, are: (1) The thinning effect of the "pitting"' provides more moisture and plant food per remaining plant. (2) The tilling effect apparently stimu lates and renovates the plants. (3) The ''pits" hold back and conserve excess moisture when heavy show ers occur. Bullock observes that results at the Wyoming experiment station were so outstanding that it ap pears practical in western Neb- T-inni unit n mi" T'v King Juda is head of the 12 aleps, or tribal chieftains of Bi irini Atoll, which will be blasted by an atom bomb during next May's test. He helped Army and Navy evacuate his people to and Navy evacuate his people to a tuace ox saiery on nearoy VVy f ffi I jAshan Steel Works was f mM rvv' 1 X I -s Manchuria s biggest M j if YTt industry This ond Steel 'Z' S ' rtijChinchow Penhsihu plants pro- 2rT M j'-f - J - f Gulf of duced two to three mil- fil Machinery 3 " . .. rk'kr GiTAtSJ lion tons a year. Reds W : - j. . - C.H' 'giS1 1 1" I LllT Tm" r I ----- -M .-4... .- , mmm-mmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmm-mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm raska where soil, cirmate and weather conditions are so "nearly identical with Wyoming. Keith County Soil District Favored Keith county landowners voted for the establishment of a Soil Conservation District in their re ferendum Saturday, March 1G, ac cording to Hubert Beal, Brule, re ferendum officer. The count shows 123 ballots fro and 21 bal lots opposed to the district. The final analysis of the vote will be made by the State Soil Conserva tion Committee after all mail bal lots have been received. Spray Peaches and Raspberries Washington County Agricultur al Agent Sam Lingo reports that last year he had many inquiries from owners of peach trees and raspberry patches. Owners of peach trees were making inquiries for a remedy or spray to prevent the leaves of their trees from curling. At that time of the year, Lingo points out, nothing could be done. The curling is due to a disease called "peach leaf curl" and the prevention is a thorough spraying with lime sulphur solution before the leaves appear. Similarly, many raspberry pat ches show grayish spots on the canes in summer due to raspberry anthracnose. The remedy for this also is a lime-sulphur spray ap plied just as the tips of the first leaves appear. j Any county agricultural agent) can supply complete direetfons for these sprays and their appli cation. 4-H Calf Club Sale The various state dairy breed associations at their annual meet ings during Organized Agriculture in January voted again to cooper ate in an interbred Dairy Calf, Sale to be held at the 4-H Clubj Building on the State Fair Grounds in Lincoln, Saturday. April 13. The sale will begin at . . . i . - , as - r-S : ': ..-5 Wearing one of the increasingly popular one-strap swim suits, comely Jeanie McCaffrey does a bit of sun-soaking on the beach at St. Petersburg. Fla. . , -11. .. 1 4TIMBEti3ES hold great sup- A A YjK3& P'ies of lumber T rWm4 V ond wood pulp jy . .-'VV BiA 'A A AMt I I -&J - X i mi . mJ MiH, & Southern Manchuria, " I . jf: i one of world's indus- - -l. fiMf J triol centers, with 70 k 'F&fM&g& of Chino's heavy indus- " A VcDpiSP ; tnes Now largely CHANGCHUN J i stripped of machinery ' Sfr A Jey j y Russions . rf A Aifi' Vladivostok 'WtS-3V ' W ?mWf Sea of V- mm 4 Ikorea HIIW I Bi99e"st on-cut L 1 Tlii 1 . i cool mines in world J end texti e olant.. K Mukden . - no?e 8asol,n.e' " 80 stripped clean ... . . V. , . 1 I j ty tne Kussions mrt H VnU IV I M - I " 1 When Japan surrendered, Manchuria was scarcely touched by war. China, bled white by years of conflict, looked hopefully to this land, more than twice as large as Texas, as a lush larder, arsenal and industrial production center. Its resources would permit China to maintain its place as a great world power. But six months of Rus sian occupation left the giant industrial machine, built up by the Japs during their 14 years of control, reduced to bare bones. Now once again Chinese civil war threatens to engulf Manchuria's rich . . , A plains and Cities ,wjJdrysjXe, fue. a-fn - The above drawing of the proposed city hall, auditorium and community building was made by Bruce Hazen, architect, of Lincoln. It represents the way the American Legion building would look if it was completed by tl? city. The city council met Thursday night to 12:30 p. m. Grade as well as purebred cal ves will be included in the sale this year. Calves will be of good type and quality and four to eight months of age. L a V e r n Peterson, Hamilton county agricultural agent, says that he plans to bring several of.""" ls JUC1T aY a T his 4-H dairy club members in to purchase their club calves at this sale. Compliments Fairbury Extension Forester Earl G. Maxwell of the College of Agri- .v.:''.. ....... : Fertile plains and val-Ljy leys make Manchuria arflnnrv ftf Acin " Rv-a Wheat, millet, rice, fc kaclina, soy beans are tf?4 taples. Rivers abound wfe in ftsh fcfa-J i .7"" culture thinks that Leo Hughes, park superintendent at Fairbury, does a fine job in managing the parks in that Jefferson county seat city. .vtaxweu says Hughes takes a ! great deal of pride in his work v ta yi uucu auu vi v iui aim v ' - j-. see the park areas in such fine "In doing this, Mr. Hughes does condition. Just recently, Hughes just what the dentist does in fill showed Maxwell examples of tree ing a person's tooth', says Max- ... ...I 11 HIT 1 A. 11 J. 1 .1 surgery work he had clone which indicated the work was done by an expert. Tree wounds caused by wind- i - ' ' 1-1Y rv Y i : I s-4 At .v- N v ' i j f ii. - YY; iYs "i lY' ' ' lf y -i!g Miss Flora Tomadelli, daughter of New York designer J. Toma delli, is pictured above holding a scale model of the ".New Era jet-p'ropelled ocean liner conceived by her father. The ship, pow ered by four jet engines (arranged two to each side), would have an over-all length of 1487 feet and a capacity of 116,000 gro-;s tons Capable of carrying about 10,100 passengers, it would cost an estimated $60,000,000. Peace MILLIONS ef heme gardeners are de bating this spring how large a vegetable plot to sow, now that peace has come. Victory gar dens saved the nation from food scarcity. Is that danger over? Whether it is or not, high costs seem cer tain to continue in commercial production. Leisure hours spent growing food will prob ably pay a high return for years to come. The home vegetable plot will go far to hold down the cost of living. And another reason will influence many. The quality of vegetables fresh from the garden has become known to millions who never be fore realized how delicious they could be. They have en joyed luxury food of such supreme flavor and tenderness, that vegetables assumed a new importance in their diet. This, nutritionists tell us, is to be desired. For garden-fresh vegetables are not only delicious, but nutritious. Science has developed many new facts about the loss of vitamins when vegetables grow stale. It has long been known that the sugar content of sweet corn, peas and several others rapidly changes to starch after they are picked, with consequent loss of flavor. "Holding freshly picked peas in a warm room for 3 to 4 hours will materially toughen the skins," says Exten sion bulletin 244 from the University of Michigan. And one to two-thirds of their original Vitamin C, the bulletin continues, may be lost by vegetables in 24 hours at room temperature. The quicker they are eaten, frozen or canned, after be ing harvested, the more delicious vegetables are. And the time is brief, indeed, before the keen edge of their flavor begins to grow dull. Paul W. Dempsey of the Massachusetts State college says in his excellent book Grow Your Own Vegetables: "Vegetables should be used as soon after picking as pos sible. Time is one of the elements that favor the home gardener uncooked vegetables on the table in less than fifteen minutes, and cooked vegetables in less than thirty minutes from the time they were growing! " That seems an extreme view. For those whose gardens are not close to the kitchen door it would make harvesting a foot-race. But authorities agree that, to be truly "gar den fresh," vegetables must be served within an hour or two of harvesting; so that to eat them is an experience which few except home gardeners who grow their own can enjoy. America has much to gain from the expansion of home gardening which seems certain to follow the war. Homes and communities will be beautified by flowers ; and vege tables grown in back-yards will notably improve the health and contentment of those that grow them. - JEV set April 23 as date for a special election to decide whether the Legion building should be purchased or not. Under the ordinance, which is to be voted on at the special election, bonds in the amount of $50,000 will be paid for by a tax levy. storms are promptly taken care of in the Fairbury park system. The wounds are smoothed up and properly treated and made less conspicuous and also the wounds heal rapidly. Now and then a ctv- lty is filled with concrete to im- a i w itV lifp i wen. ne cieans out an me ueta- ed material, disinfects the cavity and then fills it with specially pre pared concrete." Gardens Fresh from the tardea.