HIE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA
MONDAY, JULY S. 194S
Body of Bellevue Girl Is
Found in Cove
Tim hdy of pretty Mnry Louisa
Again 11. of IVllevue. was found
Mondn.v evening in the water cf
a i-dvo around the point from Mer
lin's beach, north of Plattsmouth.
Sheriff Joe Mrasek reported Tues
day. Sh had Ix-n mi --sins since Sun
day afternoon when she disap
peared while on an outing with
her uncle, and aum. Mr. and Mr?.
Dale Ogden of Omaha.
T!)e body v.-as found hy John
Oelbie. editor of t'ne Pellevue
Press, who, wiih John Pressman
."and Ira Sohiefe.lhieii. also of Belle
vue. w:i in a boat.
Body Found in Cove
' The girl's body w.,s discovered
about six feet fi-nn the west side
of the rove in about three feet
of water. Mrasek said the search,
which had cone on almost eor.tin-
. nouly si!:ce Sunday nigh
;au .
oivfnil the spot iiefore
and the
body was not there at 4 p. m.
Monday. Th lake was dragged
firm S a. in. until -1 P- m.
Examination of the body re- !
Ytaled the girl had died from
di owning and had not been other
vise harmed. .Mrasek said. . ,
May Havee Fallen
Although it was not known
where the girl had drowned, her
parents believe it possible she
may have fallen into deep water
a she was walking around the
point away lrom the main beach.
Mrasek said. The cove in which
the body was found is separated
from the beach proper by a sand
point jutting out into the water.
The girl's parents told officer?
she had been afraid of water.
She had gone to the beach Sun
cny afternoon with the Oedetis
and two neighbor children. When
the group was ready to leave, it
va discovered thai "Mary Louise
was missing, although she had
been seen only 1," minutes earlier
string on the beach mar shallow
water.
Search parties scoured the
grounds Sunday night and Mon
day the lake was dragged. Mon
I'ny evening the three Bellevue
men got into a boat. rowed
rioutol the point and found the
body. Sheriff Mrasek said it
mieht have been raised from the
bottom during the draefirine oper
ations and drifted to the spot.
Funeral is Wednesday
The body was taken to the
Caldwell funeral home here. Fu
neral services will be held Wed
nesday at :! p m. in the First P'vs
byterian church at Bellevue. Rev.
Alb.-rt Barber will he in charge.
Interment will be in the Bellevue
c metery.
Mar,- Louise war; born at Lin
coln April 19. 1U?,T,. Survivors
in addition in her parents, include
rne brother.
Accident Victim
Rites Wednesday
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at " p. m. at the Hob
son funeral home in Weeping
Water foi Herman Eaton, Mm of
Weeping- Water, who was killed
in an auto accident early Sunday
morning on LT. S. highway 10
about a mile north of Murray.
Eaton was changing a tire on
hi? car. which was narked on the
highway, when he was struck by
a car driven by Lawrence Galla-g-er
of Omaha.
Warren Doty and Lloyd Sioan,
both of Weeping- Wate we'e
seriously injured and are in Oma
ha hospitals.
No action was taken acrainst
Gallager by Cas county officials
who pointed out that the Eaton
car was stopped on the highway
at the time of the accident.
Alvo-Nehawka Clash
Sunday Top Contest
In Otoe-Cass Loop
Alvo. undefeated
leader in the
Otoe-Cass county baseball leaeue
was threatened' Tuesday by se-
cond-place Nehawka a both t ami
looked forwaid to Sun
ay's top
attraction when the two
tangle at Alvo.
n inc
AonawKa r
m-ked
up a half-Tame
on the league leaders
when it trounced Ea
lat Sunday
ie, 1-4 on
the Eagle diamond while Alvo
who.-e non-league game with th
I'iatt.-moutfi Lairies scheduled loi
last Sunday fell through. was 1
playing a piactice game at home: i
The Alvo-Flattsmouth game wa j
postponed when some of the
Flattsmcuth idayers were unable
to be present for thecontest. !
Palmyra won its first
the season, nosing out
4-3 at Palmyra.
Pi games Next Sunday, beside.'
the featured Alvo-Nehawka clash
Eagle will olay at Palmyra and
Unadiila wil go to Syracuse.
The standings:
W. L. Pel
Alvo 7 0 l.OOf
Nehawka 7 1 ,8fi
Syracuse 3 4 .428
Eagle 3 5 .375
Unadiila 2 6 .250
Palmvra 1 7 .125"
Nea r Beach
County Red Cross
Chapter Annual
Meeting July 8
The annual meeti lg of the Cas
county chapter of the American
Red Cross will he held Monday
July . at S:30 p. m. at the Meth
odist church in Eagle.
One of the highlights of the
meeting- will he the repo by Mis.
F. J. Kneeht of South Bend, for
irery of Plattsmouth. who was the
chapter's delegate to the National
Red Cross convention at Phila
delphia recently.
Asks for Reservations
A dinner for Red Cross officer;
will he held at 7 p. m. in the
church parlors mecedi ig the gen
eral meeting-. Mrs. Marvin Carr.
Eagle branch chairman, is tn
charge of the dinner reservations
ami ail officeis who plan to at-
terd the dinner
are requested fc
send reservation? to
her at the
earliest possible date
Annual reports will be given by
the various chaiimen and an elec
tion of officers will be held.
Chapter officers are Mrs. Ray
E. Norris of Weeping Water
chairman; Andy Lundtiegen. of
Lcuisvlle. vice-chairman; Miss
Phyllis Straub of Avoca. secre
tary, and Elmer Hallstrom of Avo
ca, treasurer.
Service Chairmen
Sen vice chairmen include
Judge Paul E. Fauquet of Flt.t tu
rnout h. roll call and home service
Mrs. r - J- Knecht ot Eolith tenu
volunteer services and production;
war relief; Mr?. A- B. Stroemei
and Mis. H. L- Boiiemeier of Al
vo, camp and hospital council
Mrs. A. W. Carr of Avoca, pi rs
oners of war; Miss Elsie Kunz of
Elmwood. first aid; Mrs. Arthui
Wol ph of Nehawka. home nursing
Mis- Neil Munkres of Weepina
Water.water safety; Mrs M. R.
Mutter of Weeninr Water and
r.-nntv vnri, T A Tlf-Virr nih
P'attsmouth. enrollment chairman j
junior Red Cross committee: Mrs.i
Nelson Bereer of Nehawka. nutri
tion; Mrs. Willis Yates of Weep-!
ing Wafer, publicity: Miss Phyl-j
li Str aub of Avoca, di: taster re-(
lief, and Miss Evelyn o!ph ot
Nehawka. historian.
Doty's Condition
Is Still Serious
WEEPING WATER, (Special)
Warren Doy, who was critically
injured in an auto accident early
tur.
lsv
morning on U. S. high
way 75 north of Murray is re- ,
ported to be still in serious con- ,
dition in an Omaha hospital. He
suffered a brain concussion in the :
mishap which resulted in the death I
of Herman Eaton of Weeping Wa- j
ter. !
Llovu Moan, who suliered a
broken leg in the accident, was Lradley Fitzgerald, E. H. "Wescott
brought home heie from an Ona- aritl G- O. Schwenneker.
ha hospital Monday afternoon. I Burial was in Oak Hill ceme
Sloan's mother, Mrs. Henry Rug- : tery. Services at the grave were
ha, and his brother-in-law and conducted by the Order of Eas
sister, S. Sgt. and Mrs. William tern Star.
Carr, who were called here when; M,s. Nannie Rurkel. daughtei
he was injured, returned to Cam- i ,f Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Sampson
den. Ohio Wednesday.
Olsen Proud Dems
Spent S700 to Beat
Him in Primary
George W. Olsen is proud of
the fact that "it took not only ;
the entire ore-primary convention
of democrats but also S700 of
their money" to defeat him in the
senatorial contest of the primary
election.
i Olsen, 04-year-old Plattsmouth
bus boy, defeated by State Senator
John E. Mekota of Crete for the
; democratic nimination for U. S.
senator, wrote from Bernardston.
: Mass., where he works in a boys' .
i 1 . 1 i t r ;
scnooi mat ne nas no gripe 01 any ,
kind against any one, but that he
' is Proud of the fact that the demc- ;
cratic ?late central coinmitiee was ;
listea as contriDuting to j
. .Mekota s campaign lun.l. Mekota '
was indorsed by the democratics
state pre-primary convention for
L S. senator.
ci Weeping Water
Man Injured
WEEPING WATER, (Special)
Gene Stratton, recently dis
cbaiged from the navy, was re-
ported in serious condition Wed-
game oft nesday as a result of injuries suf
Unaililla j fered in an accident here Monday.
j Stratton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Stiatton, was riding on the
rear seat of a motor scooter driv
en by Tom Hopkins when the seat
broke and Stratton fell backward
off the scooter.
He was rushed to Bryan Men
orial hospital in Lincoln and was
given blood transfusions. He was
in surgery for about three hours.
Stiatton recently returned here, clerk of district court, by Ella
fom Pacific duty via the Panama Schueike, guardian of Sophie Mey
canal. er.
Lerion to Elect
Officers Tonight
Thee annual election of officer
for the Hugh J. Kearns post No.
ofi, American Legion, will be held
Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the 40 ami
8 clubrooni.
Legionaries v.ll vote for Mil
ton M. Muncie and Pale R. Bow
man, both nominated for the post
of Legion commander at the nominating-
meeting- June '. Both are
"World war 11 veterans. Clyde
Rosborough is the present com
mander. For first vice-commander
(navy) John E. Urish and Robert
!L Siavicek are nominees and f"r
second vice-commander (army)
Thomas S. Solomon and Wilbur
F. Ciaus are nominees.
An executive committee of
nine members will also be elected
from 18 nominees.
Refreshments will be server
3 "V;
nsw'
JUNE B2IDE M
Betty tad-
well, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs E.
A. Cadwell. was married lecently
to Lee Roy Gunnoe, son of Mr
and Mrs. R. L. Gunnoe of Char
leston, W. Ya . in a double ring
ceremony perfoimed at the hoau
of the Presbyterian minister in!
Mrs. Gunnoe graduated from
the Platsmouih high school an.lj
for the past year has beo-i em- :
,
1 "T .i-Jt f
of:P'n.ve(' Ameiican aii- lines as a1
re
rvatior.ist at Columbus, Ohi i i
Alter a snort honeymoon, tnc
couple will be at home at f0!
Biool.s St., Charleston. W. Ya-
Services Held
For Mrs. Rurkel
! Flincrfll SAWlVos: wre hld -Tr,r
j day at 3 p. m. at the Sattler fun-
! eral linirp -for t-i V mis fi-irlol
:who died in Chicago Satur-lay
services were conducted b
The
- - .
F. E. Pfoutz of Lincoln, former
pastor of the First Methodist
'church here. Mrs. E. II. Wescott
, sang- "He Is the Child of the
jKing-," accompanied by Mr. Wts-
, cott.
1 .
Pall bearers were John Schutz.
Louis Egenberger, Robert Mann.
was born in Glenwood. Iowa. Sep;.
1.186"). She came to Nebraska in
1877 and lived here most of her
life. She was educated in the Glen
wood and Plattsmouth schools.
Her husband. Valentine Burkel,
died two years ago.
She is survived by a son, Rob
ert, who lives in Chicago; two
brothers, F. C- Sampson of Marion
Ohio, and R. H. Sampson of Ort
ing. Wash. She was preceded in
death by her parents, three sis
ters and three brothers.
She was a member of the Meth
odist church, a charter member of
swinish War Veterans Auxi
liary and the Women's Relie
Corps.
Housing Problem's
Bad To Vorse
WKEPIN'G WATER. (Special)
The housing situation is going
uom .mu t. " .
the pastor ot tliv i nnstian
.,ii,l lw.i t w-f i-li i Id i--n left
u-.a, o u-i.hi
.MUIUUI 11)1 rttufv t.,t j
her parents until Rev. Witter can)
find a home. They have been ;
searching for a place for two
months since they were notified.
At least two more couples are
also unable to find living: quar-
! ter. it is reported, although liotti
j men are employed here.
The possibility of using the old
high school building, now idle,
and the former kindergarten
building on the corner of the
school grounds for apartments has
been raised.
Files Petition
A petition to sell real estate in
the mater of the guardianship of
Sophie Meyer was filed Tuesday
in the office of C. E. Ledgway
Milton Muncie
Elected Legion
Post Commander
Milton M. Muncie was elected
commander of the Hugh J Keurro
)ost No. 50, American Legion, at
the annua! election of or? u-e' s Tj-(,
held T aes-i ay nhht in the ' and2 .2i2
8 clubrooni. Muncie succeed? j u tin
C'vde Roshorough. j based
Dale R. Bowman was the other
candidate for election-
Officers World War II Vets
The L( cionnaii es also tiecte
John Vii-h first vice-comma;
and Thomas S. Soiom
vice commander .Rol-ei
cek was a first vice
nominee and. "Wilbur F.
n
-i-conc
t E. Slav:
om mandc r
C'.aus wa;
a candidate for
commander poi-t.
-.'cond vice-
A! three iv.v ot!r:-e'-
n-e vet-
erans of World war II.
The execu ive committee
nine memueis was e.ec.ei i.' .i
18 nominees- I
l l ne c.:i: ::i : u e nicirov.- . i.. .-v.
Behrends. p. A- Can-.ell. W.R-i
Holly. Stephen Davis. L. W. Ni-1!
Fred Luirsch. James J. lbuy. 1" j
T. Heineman and William Sch-j
midtmann.
Installed in August j
i The executive committee inclu i-l
es the nine membeis elected and j
the new officers.
The new officers will be install j
ed at the first meeting in August 1
scheduled for Aug- 1- Dekj;ae- tfi
the state convention in Lincoln ;
Aug. lh will also be nanu-d at that i
' meeting. i
William Hov!and
Named Delegate
I William llow'mnd. vice-pvesi-
dent of the Nebraska Ci'.y P.'es
; bytery of the Westmimter Ft 1
' lov. ship, has been eleett d as a
i d legate to the convent i'-n of the
; young people's so-iety to !e- held
: at Geneva Gb n. Colo . the week
of July 14-21.
Howland. president of th,e Wes'-
minster Fellowship of th
Presbyterian t -hurt h here, i
a htter Monday from tin
of christian Education in
Fir-t
c.-i ved
Board
;:" oin
. notifying him that he had been
I elected to attend the convention.
j He was nominated last month
. along wiih three- others from
co-iMies in this part of th- state
as a ca ndidate for il; ' tio-.i ; s :bi
i'gate. He was elected at a meet
i ing held in Lincoln la.-i week.
Hadraba Noniinated
For Promotion
rr-l ,..,,... T -T...I... -
iJiVUt:uit' .1. iituu -.lid,
Joseph F. Iladraba. is
th" fi-e N', braskans
son of
one" of
in the
American Foreign Service who
1 - e been nominated by the state
department for promotion.
Hadraba was nominated for pro
motion from class VII to (lass VI.
He is serving in the diplomatic
service at P.'-rn. Switzerland.
Rhodens Managing
Siemersville Cafe
Mr. and Mrs. ?clirad-r Riioden
an the new managers of Siemers
ville. cafe locate south of Platts
mouth on highway 75. They as
sumed 111a nageinent July 1 ami
plan to continue the same policy
as has hern set up in the post.
The cafe was fornu rly operated
by Mr. and Mrs. Proiison Tinim,
who have moved to si 4 Second
a veil me.
Louisvi'Ie Win
LOUISVILLE (Special) Tit
Louisville ball team scoied a 12-inning-
.'5-2 victeiy over Benning
ton Sunday.
Mrs. Paul Heineman Writes Bird
f Article in Audubon Magazine
The home of Dr. and M
Heineman, 523
North Sixth street
is the home
in the aiticle, ''At
n
ome to the Birds," written by
Mis. Heineman appearing in the
June issue of The Audubon, na
! tuie magazine, now at the puo-
lic library here.
The article deals largely with
'feeding devices for birds that the
Heinemans have at their home and
! of couise, is about birds cf thi.-
ie?ion. The article is illustrated
by an artist's s-ketch of the Heine
man lawn.
First Attempt at Article
An inteiest in birds that lri
shaied by her dentist husband led j
Mrs. Heineman to write the ar- i
tide. I
Although the article is not Mrs !
Heineman's first literary effort : j
since she has had verse publihed in j
several magazines, includng The-1
Piairie Schooner, it is her first at- ;
tempt at an article. !
She doesn't plan to make writ- J
ing a profession, preferring to
make a hobby of it and "write
about something whenever it real
ly interests me."
2,656 Books Circulated
Miss Verna Leonard, librarian
announced Tuesday that The Au
dubon containing Mrs. Heineman':
article if now at the public lib-
County Deaths
Exceed
Births
Deaths out numbered
births by!
more than a hundred in i aw ,
Cass '
county (idling 1 according to!,,
jthe bureau of vital statistics of j
,tne state uepaiumm. u i.-a. .
in Lincoln.
figures, showing a total of
binhs and 12.440 deaths
state last year, were re-
Wednesday.
In Cii-- countv
tlierr
death
were 4 2
b'rtlH and 14f
during
l!tin. The births are only those
, whirl (. -curred and were regis
tered in the county.
Heart diase was listed as
claiming- iho most victims with
41 lis?"d as dying from heart dis
ease, (ancer took 1 (j atnl tuber
culosis two.
There v-iv only two deaths of
l n 1 a it t s undtr on
one of under one
year and only
i;onth.
For the state the birth rat
"a-- ov
than li4;;. tiie peak
year sii.ee 1!41. In l!-4:; 2,r.!tl
Idiths were m-ortled. Tin- 1!4 4
rrte was also higher than 1 ! 4 ,
with 2 !.'.'.i 4 bin lis.
Similailv. ihe ileatli rate for
14:
and
and
w,.s iower than during 1 4 :t
l'M4 but higher than 1941 i. "
1M2. The rate in 1!'4:5 waslKlteS Held for MrS.
12. ';.
l ! 1 1 -1 :
12.-" "''.
siieaiest total for th
as
period ami in 1 ! 4 4 it w
Wheat Harvest
Starts in South
Part of County
The wheal- harvest began to get
underway in the southern part of
Cass county this week, whi'g the
rest of the county farmers wore
preparing- to u;
All indication-
wheat soon.
so far point to
.a good yield. Reoorts have been
received fro.m N-hawka Avoca
and Alvo. all near the Car-Otoe
county line.
Nehawka Harvest Start
In Otoe county the wheat har
vest is underway in every part of
the countv with farmers in the
southern section already tineuzh
with wheat cutting one of the
best crops in years.
In the Murray area, it was re
ported, farmers are finishing up
their corn j plowing- ami are ready
n .1- 1. - ....
i.r theit- m'j rrl-nirt l-n'.fh ic T-o-
-v. vi.v.i .-..im. .iciwi ii;.Ji 1 - I '
enir.g fast and will soon be ready
for tiie combines. This j; the cas?
in mosi parts of the county.
At Nehawka J. J. Pollard, man
ager of the Nehawka Farmers Ele
vator reported a busy afternoon
ian to", oil into the elevaVcr. By
t lghtfall he nad taktn in 2,000 I
bushels with more cennng in. !
Yield 25 to 30 Eu:he? j
Pollard said the estimated yield 1
is about 2." to ."0 bushels to the I
acre. It tested G2 pounds to the :
bushel and 5D5j to G2
per cent
moisture, indicating moisture con
tent is high.
Harvest started in the Avoca
aiea last Thursday when the first
load of new wheat reached Jie ele
vator. First wheat in the Alvo area
tested GO pounds to the bushel, one
(f the best tests in recent years.
Last Friday's rain tampered
farmers in the harvest fields in the
Greenwood area.
Wabash Teacher to
Go to Center Valley
WABASH (Special Miss
Tin resa Colbert, who ha, taught
the Wabash school for the past
two years, will teach next fall at
the C'en.er Valley school, three
miles east of Weeping Water.
Mijs Colbert has been teaching
for seven years, four at Wabash,
two at Shad,;.- Coiner and a year at
tiie Dutch academv.
Paabraiy. She also announced that
i 2.G56 books were circulated dur-
: ing June. The libiary is now spon-
sonng a summer reading ciud 101
children of giades 4 to 8, inclu
sive and '.5 have registered foi
the club.
Miss Leonard said a gas furnace
has been installed in the librae
and will "add much to the com
fort tmd convenience of the li
1
brary."'
Gifts leceived by the library in
clude a five-volume set of book;
on pedagogy, ''Teacher's Exten
sions," given in memory of Mr.-.
Nadine Naeve Timm by her fami
ly; ''Etiquette," Emily Post's new
book on this subject, given by
Mrs. Harold Shafer and a silk
flag piesented by the local P.E.O
in memory of Miss Caroline Baird-
"Now Is Time to Read
"Now is just the time to read,"
Miss Leonard said. "A vacation
loan from the library fits right
into the picture- Take out a num
ber of books to keep for a month
or move. You can re-read your old
favorites and become acquainted
with some of the newer books."
Miss Leonard also urged high
schol students to get a head start
on required bokos for next year
during the summer months.
L. R. Stanley Retires After 35
Years as Postmaster at Vabash
WABASH, ( Special ) Some
vears ago when L. R. Stanley took ;
ty, Anu(.a nf postmaster of
- . u- hltA nn f ',
makinjr it" a longr-time job. But it ;
h airrocd wKh V;m I)e
mast have agreed with
cause year after year he ontinueu
as postmaster until recently re
signed and V. S. Hai dav ay, as
sistant postmaster lor o years, j
was named acting postnvjicr.
Stanley's association with the
post office started about two
years after he began operating a
grocery store here. The post of
fice was moved from th-? Charles
Brand store to Stanley's store and
the latter took over the postmaster
job which Brand had handled.
After .T7 years as a grocer,
Stanley sold out about a veai ago
j to Ilardaway, thus keeping- alive
ithe eh oeerv-nostmaster relation in
Wabash.
I Stanley enjoys farming- and
. lias land near town that he tends
jwith horses. Several year? .;go he
purchased a fann northeast of
1 Wabash and has rented it t" Wil
liam McBride.
I
John Elliott, sr. !
J ALYO, (Special) Funeral ser-'
vices were held Sunday at 2:H0 p.'
im. for Mrs. John B. Elliott, sr.,
81, w ho died in Lincoln Friday at
: 7 p. m. after a short illness fol
j lowing a heart attack. Burial was
in the Elmwood cemetery.
1 Susan Nellie Edwards was born
April 10, 1SC5 in Tolono, 111. She
was married C'et. 9, 1884 to John
B. Elliott, who died June 1:1. l'.41.
They moved to a farm near Alvo
in 1887 and lived there most of
'their lives.
Mrs. Elliott is survived by three
J-ons. John B. Elliott, jr., of Al
vo. Earl Elliott of Elmwood and
Hick Elliott of Lincoln; two
; daughters, Mrs. Ruth Slothowe of
j Lincoln and Mrs. Grace Melvin of
Bellevue and one sister T.- Mir, I
me .Maxwell of Urbana, 111.
.
Driver's Action
Slows Truck Fire
WEEPING WATER, (Special)
Fast actiin by the driver avert
ed tht nrwiibilitf r-.r,
; I . i ui on trALIluSlOJI
i
e t-, 1
when the Nelson quarry truck he
was driving- caught fire while he
was returning- to the quarry after
unloadymg- some stone.
The driver quickly shoveled
dirt on the blaze, apparently re
sulting from a broken gas line
' "ntil t.he r department arrived '
extinguish the fire.
0
Mrs. Verna Heier
! The inside painting of the Alv
I water tank has been comple".
" during the two weeks it was being
: painted- The water supply came
directly from the water main and
, caused consideiable trouble in
some homes bteause of the force.
; Charles Stout, Mrs. Mable Winn
, and Ralph and ClCayton Clreener
! (f Lincoln spent Sunday fishing
near Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Heier and
I Mrs. Esther Clark spent Wednes
1 day evening in Omaha
j Karl Lee and Dickie Gene Clark
j went to Lincoln to spend a few
j days visiting at the home of their
j sister, Mrs. John Rooney, and re
; turned to Alvo Wednesday morn
i in?.
j Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
j Clarence Ayres Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. Art Keyner fo Lincoln
and Mr.and Mrs. Elmer Keyner.
A lawn supper was given in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Geoige Fil
er at their home June 16. They
celebrated Mrs. Fifer's birthday,
which was June 15 and also Fath
er's day. Those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Fifer. Mr.
and Mrs. Sherrell
Fifer and
tUno
family Mr. and Mrs. Jake Roda- ternoon.
way and family and Mr. and Mrs. iss Pat Kelly spent the weeh
J. C- Ward and Dwayne Williams cncl ut Omaha with friends,
of Lincoln. Erma Maher spent last week
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Keyner v'itn Mary Ann Ilraban at De
Charles Stout and Martha ' and mett.
Henry Dettmer were Lincoln shop
pers Tuesday.
Mrs. Mable Peterson of Fre
mont, formerly of Alvo, has been
spending- the past week in Alvo
visiting with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lem-ing-
Mr. and Mrs- L- A. Leming ex-
pect to leave next week on a two
week vacation touring Nebraska
Leming is employed by the Rock
Island railroad and works on the
section
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ervin Heier in honor of
their daughter's confirmation
were Mrs- Bertha Heier, Alvo
Mrs- Julius Reinke and Mr. a-nd
Mrs. Floyd McKee of Murdock
Mr. and Mrs- Harold Schliefert
and daughters and Mr. and Mrs
Walter Heier of Wabash, Mr
and Mrs. Fred Heil and Marvine of home. i ward Jay Mierley and Sybil en-
Louisville, Mr- and Mrs. Harland Mr. and Mrs. Walter Maroff , joyed a picnic in Omaha last Sun
Heil of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs and children and Betty Ann Card day.
Ptl11 Beinke of Ashland
I).
Lee received many guts.
(ieraldine Schlitfert of Manley
has bee-n the house guest of Donr.a
Lee 1 1 tier the j-a-t few jay.
Mi.-s Brooks Schueike went tc
Lincoln "Wednesday to he the
guest of A'ion Faulkner f : ;i
! week.
anl Jean of Line In were the v.
end visitors ox" ?Ir. and Mrs. Ev
erett Heier, Mr. and Mrs. Pre'
Johnson also of Li;
coin wei
day c
Mi-. Everett
-l were also
Rath
in of Linen
capers at me r.veiett llei-- home-
Mrs, and Mrs. Phil Coa'.ra.i
wre Sunday calle;.- on Ills. Nel
son and Doi i Jean.
Mis. Ray Yost ;,nd chiLircn -i
Lincoln spent Tliur.-!ay visiting
her b?-other-ii;-law and ri.-ter, Mi.
and Mrs. Pave Martin, and family
Mr. ami Mrs. Ray Y.s; and fam
ily were Sunday vi.-itois at N- -hawka.
On their w.y to. Lii-c!''n
th?y stopped at ire Have Martin
home.
a
Mrs. Bessie Core
Mi- and Mrs. Otto Spriek have
leturned home from their trip tc
California. Both feeling" fine.
Mis Doris Graham has a posi
tion in Omaha.
Richard Kraft leturned home
Monday of las: week from Exotl
sior Spiings, Mo., where he h.
been for seme time, lie is -'".eliry
much better now. His sister fron
Omaha has been lulning at the
store during his absence.
Miv. T. A. Termant and daugh
ter, Mrs. Melvin Reed of Omaha
arrived home Saturday after .
week's visit with relatives in Two
Harbors. Minn.
Mrs. George Do!
in. Mrs. W-ll-
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Thurm;
Friday-
tier and JWis. jiowau
1 - " TT 1
1 were shopping in Oman?
Mr. and Mrs. D.
and hi other, Oiin
Lincoln, spent the
W. Webl). jr.
Webb, all of
weekend wkh
their parents
Mr. and Mrs. II. B. Hoop and
Dorothea and Mr. an i Mrs. R;.h-
rd Dinsdaie were shopping Friday
Mrs. Fern Knutsou of Omaha
was an Aux;!iarv visitor last week.
Arthur Str.nder ha? returned
home after a vacation tr ip thi
e 01 tne southern state?.
Irs. Ed Liden ha ret ui red tc
Louisville from M:ch:::au. She
went to join her husband but the
could not find
in use to live :n
so she came hack to L('
the present-
lisville for
Mrs. June Kyles
Mrs. Clara Backhage
pent
Wednesday in Havelock.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Rung of San
Diego and Leonard Dreamer of
Lincoln called Wednesday on their
aunt. Mrs. Warren I. Allen.
E. J. Coleman of Kansas spent
thp nast week at the home cf his
brother, N. O. Coleman,
i Mrs. Frank Welton had a birth
day party Thursday for her grand
son, Ronnie Bond of Lincoln, with
nine present. Ronnie was six years
old.
j Dicky and Bobby Bond of Lin
coln spent Saturday night aod Sun
day with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Welton.
Ben Howard wa on t'ne sick list
the past week, but was able to be
at the lumber yard a while Sat
urday. Frank Weiton took car?
of the yard for him.
Mrs. Kirsten, Miss Hannah and
Louise Larson of Blair and Mrs.
Joe Iverson of Lincoln called on
rs- Louise Johnson Monday af-
George Schroder, who was in
jured in an accident a month ago,
had his arm operated on last
week at the veteran's hospital in
Lincoln and is getting alcng nice
ly. Mr. and Mrs. W:yn3 Kinney.
Pvt. Junior Kinney, Ronnie and
Rodger spent Sunday evening with
M , M , K p'
Kinnev reports t over,;as Jt.
pacemeRt depot at c Kilmer,
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" T' ,.. , t ,
.mo. .Mind j-viLoii or asauci a,
Calif., Rev. and Mrs. McClean and
family are visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Ethridge.
Mrs. Charley Martin and Eliza
beth spent Wednesday ir. Lin
coln. Wayne Bachman of Cheyene,
Wyo. was a supper guest Monday
evening at the Charley Martin
'were in Lincoln
Saturday
morn-
. in?.
Herbert Carter of Omaha spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Carter.
Dorcas circle met at the church
! Friday afternoon with Mrs. Rose
Franks and Mrs. Laura Jeffers
as hostesses.
L". J. Coleman, Mrs. Holer. Le
mon and Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Cole
man were in Lincoln Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Wilkems of Maumee
Ohio called on many friends la-t
week.
Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Coleman an i
Lawrence were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. Hel?n Lemon at
A.-'r.'iand.
Mbs Helen Maher and Miss Pat
Fk-mmgr of Lincoln spent Satur
day nieht and Sunday at the Mar
tin 2 ' 1 1 - r h om e .
Martin Maher, Dorothy Heller
and Pat Fleming were Sunday din
ner gue-ts of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Maher.
Tne Twin Table club met with
Mrs. Edna Myers Tuesday after
noon. Mrs. Marion Warthan, Mrs.
Bert Wat than and Mis. Raymeic
Lancaster were spending Fnda
with Mrs. Margaret Brendel.
Mrs. Robei t Hirz and son ol
Omaha aie visiting with her par
ents.. Mr. and Mrs. Raymonc
Creamer-
Mrs. Hazel Johnson and family
of Lincoln were spending Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
R:-y Giegg.
The Ak-Sar-Een calf club met
with Pe Wayne Lancaster Satur
day evening. After their meeting
ich
ttr.
j-erved bv
Mi
Li
Dale Tepliff, Ike Todd, Melvin
Todd and Parr Young weie among
the farmers who were delivering
cattle to the Omaha market dur
ing the past week-
Not withsu
Friday, there
in atendanee
Hiding the rain of
was a good crow.,
at the free moving
met ure show
evening.
on the street Fri
Ro: clla Read stepped on a nail
Satin day in such a manner that
it went cntheiy through her foot
The set vice of a d.ctor was re
quired to dress the injury which
seems to be healing satisfactorily.
Mr. and Mrs- Eail Lancaster
and Mrs. J. E- Lancaster of Piatt s-n-.outh
v. i-e guests of Mrs. J- E.
Li.iua vJ3yahter.s Mrs- Clydi
Strode, and family aT AslaTTS
Sundav. Edw
aid An-
has as his guest
his i
ther, Roy Austin of Deca
y is a member of the armed
and has one more vear to
xur- i
f 01 ce?
serve. These brothers were the
first to be on the toad Sunday
morning after the accident on the
highway one mile north of the
Mir. ;ay corner in w hie-h Herman
Eaton was killed.
Mis. Albert Claggett and
daughter, Yvonne, of Denver sh
rived at the home of their moth
er and grandmother, M;. Alma
Yardley, in Plattsmouth recem'.y
for an indefinite visit with her r
well as with other relatives p.nd
friends. Mrs. Claggett was the
f 01 mer Vera Y
ardley and made
j vicinity prior to
ner
home in thi:
her mairiaee.
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Todd of
Vancouer, Wash, are guests of the
Delbert Todds and were attending
church services with them a:the
Presbyterian church Sunday. Mr
Todd sahl it seemed good to be
back in the church of his- boyhood
days.
The wedding of Eloise Cole and
Geoiee Jacobs at the Mvnat
church Sunday evening was at
tended by a number of their
friends of this community.
The name of Mrs. Rachel Far;s
was omitted fromthe list of those
who were entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. O. A.Davis Saturday at both
dinner and supper.
Dr. and Mrs. B. M. Dobbin are
taking- their- annual vacation dur
ing the firs- half of July. There
will be no preaching services at
the United Presbyterian church
for te Sundays of July 7 and 14
Sabbath School, will be as usual-
Mrs. L. G. Todd
Sunday diner guests at the C
E Morris home last Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Oiin Morris, Marilyn
and Jimmy of Murray, Mr. and
Mrs. Bcrna'd Morris and Mr- and
Mrs. Henry Laugheit all of Oma
ha, Mrs. Laura Sands, and Capt.
Bernard Sand of Nebraska City
and Opal Morris of Murray.
Mrs. Howard Snodgrass visited
her brother and family in Weep-
! ;no- Water Fi idav.
Mr- and Mrs. Lee Faris and
j Elizabeth and Mr. and Mrs. Dur-
