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f . V. ft I 1 JMOSLAV. OCT0T5F.2 7, 1D4S Office, Industrial Furniture To Be Sold At Fort Crook, October 4 A sal" of oHioe and iiidu.-4ri.il Mr. Burke sold. "However," lie furniture exclusively for veterans j added. ' it is impossible to have of World Wr.r II will be held Octob i exactly the right number of item? er 14th through October 18th uclto ma'ch the derm.nd, and some Ft. Crook, Nebraska, jvel-rnns may be disappointed." Approx innately SI 00.000 worth of j r - . , . . . . i luriiiune, including desks, chairs files and otner items will be offer- ed. accord in 2 to Guidon T. Burke, Regional Director of the War A?-i-ets Administration. Omaha. Th live days of the sale have b'-ui divided into 'our un;rs, during , which veteran purchases may be made in accordance with the date of veterans' certification. For the most part, veterans will be able to pick out their merchandise, pay for it and take it awav. It is the aim of the WAAjjut Feld at Ft. Crook ind was to accommodate every veteran ' formerly Modifeintion Building A who already hold; a certificate en- 0f the Martin-Nebraska Company, titling him to nurchr.se this type of '. Entrance to the field is through equipment, as well as veterans i the south gate cf Ft. Crock on who are ce-tif;ed before the sale," j Highway 73. Firemen Will Attend Meet Four delegates and other rep resentatives of the Plattsmouth Vol tmteel fire department will so to Omaha on Oct. 14. 15 and 16 where they will attend the 64th annual convention of the Nebraska Stat- Volunteer Firemen's association. 1 1945 crop. Highlights of the Monday! Schmadke made this report from through Wednesday convention in-1 his own observations and from eludes t""e 3f!th annual bail at the reports that he has received from auditorium Tuesd.iy night and r. . vorious farmers of the county, iire fighting demonstration at the j The county agent added that Omaha fire dc-pai tment's trainirg ! some of the corn in ti.e southwest school Tuesday afternoon. ipart of the county had suffered Franklin Kk-f. Plrttsmouth fire I damage from the wind, but that chief. Henry Donat, Ray Wiysel ; this would not affect the yield and Dr. O. Sandin will be the lo- ; from the fields in that area, cal delegates. Crop Is Safe j This report concurs with state Louisville Highway To Be Improved; F ear Request - ass county commissioners, 7n eting for their regular monthly ??ion, heard a request from ' presentatives of the Plattsmouth amber of Commerce and the Louisville Lions club Thursday j afternoon at the courthouse" that improvement on the Plattsmouth Louisville road be made as soon as possible. ! Members of the two delegations appearing before the commission-! ers stated that the road is in bad condition ana aked that the com-; vmissioners consider early im- provemer Appear For City j Ray Storey and C. C. Cotnerj appeared on behalf of the roads and transportation committee of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com- j merce and faur men, Charles Pan- ! 1 T ft A . l1 . 1 behalf of club. Charles the Louisville Lions Stoehr, commissioner for the district in which the Platts- moutn-Loume roaa is located, told the Plattsmouth and Louis-; ville representatives tha the work on the road would be started os soon as possible. To Start Later I Stoehr explained that the road i .1Y - -.1 . , , his district are now working on a big road project at Oreapolis. As Foon as the work is completed there, the workmen probably will start on the Plattsmouth - Louis ville road, he said. The holes in the Plattsmouth Louisville road will be patched Kon:n. .ioe Aasero, Artnur tanaer ; cellant rtart, a;ded by the wet ?o51 and Dr. Worthman appeared onvi,:i, rtT-v,!. la,- c.Arr fand the road will be graveled. UK i-ominissioners met 1 ues day nd Wednesday an concluded their monthly meeting Thursday afternoon. Routine claims were considered and names for the jury ! for November were picked. Eighty names were selected from which the district court will draw the names of 4 who will serve. Tvo Couples Get Marriage Permits Two marriage licenses were is sued here Wednesday at the of ifce of the cornty judge. One was issjed to Raymond J. Gilsdorf. age 25, of Lincoln, and Miss Edna Marie Marler, age 23, cf Murray. Gilsdorf, a railroad employee is the son of Mr. an 1 Mrs. Aloys Gilsdcrf and Miss Mar ler, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Marler. A second license was issued to ; Ernest F. Staak, age 26, of Cook, Sand Miss Kathleen E. Markland, age 21. of Weeping Water. Staak as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Staak and Miss Markland is theies and then and his family headd ot of the city. "Although the supply of mer chandise is limited, we are taking registrations for veterans' certifi cation at our Omaha office." he said. "During the last two days jof the solo, a certifying unit will j be established at the sale site." Complete information and allo cation of the sale dates, together with a list of the merchandise, jwill be carried in newspaper ad i vertisements. Certificate holders j ".'ill also be notified by mil. : Omaha WAA Warehouse No. 3 is located on the south side of Of- 1946 Yield Should Be Better Than Last Year's Clarence Schmadke, Ca,ss county agricultural agent, said. Thursday i that 95 per cent of the county's icorn croP is now safe from frost ! an predicted that this year's corn i yield would be better than the ! menta by state and federal agri cultural statisticians who declared this week that more than eighty percent of the Nebraska coYi crop is now safe from frost and that the remainder would not be dam- i . f , , ' ' . , , v ith the countv corn vield ex- , . peered to be mgntnis year pros-; pects lor grain -eta.r.g OI Ue- stock are good. National reports received cently indicated that there r are near record numbers of lean cat tie on the western ranges and there are indications that many farmer? are buyine an increasin number of feeder cattle to fat ten on grain. Fewer H logs The number of hogs, through out the midwest, has dropped off j somewhat, but if prices make 1 feeding profitable farmers can easily increase the supply in a few months. The winter wheat crop in Neb aska seems to be off to an ex- Light frosts in some sections ! of the state have damaged tender vegetation. Some sudan and sor , ghum were nipped slightly. In Ca?3 county the bean har. Vest is practically completed and potato and SUrar beet harvesting are underway in other parts of the state In P0Utheast Nebraska, the apple harvest is almost finished. Police Chief Aids Stranded Vet Plattsmouth Police Chief Sey bert Lytle gave a helping hand to a stranded veteran andhis large iamily here this week. Louis Gibson, a veteran of World War I, withhis wife and eleven children were stranded here Wednesday afternoon with little gasoline and no food. The family was traveling in one car. Chief Lytle met Gibson at the corner of Sixth and Main streets and the traveling vet informed the chief that he was out of money and badly in ned of assistence Lytle had read a newspaper re- -fport earlier this week that Gibson and his family had been stranded in Holdrege and that Holdrege policemen had provided the fam ily with food and a night's lodging in the jail there. The Platts mouth chief immediately recog nized Gibson's story and offered to assist him in obtaining finan cial aid. Lytle contacted officials of the local Red Cross and obtained a $5.00 loan for the Gibson family and gave the traveling veteran $1.00 out of his own pocket. The Gibsons were enroute to Illinois. Gibson went into a local store, purchased an armload of grocer- CC Committee To Meet With School Board Members of the Chamber of Commerce planning: com mittee will meet with the city school board and representa tives of other local organi zations Wednesday evening to discuss plans for the erec tion of a stadium and other improvements for the Platts mouth Athletic field. Announcement that the Cham ber of Commerce committee would meet with the school board was made at the semi-monthly meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce, held Thursday noon at the Eestor dining room in the Plattsmouth hotel. On a motion by Tom Solomon, the Chamber of Commerce voted that a committee from the Amer - ican Legion post t would be inviud;u ith Miss B1yth and her subse- to Wednesday's meeting. Membeis of the Cass County Horse Show Association also will be invited to attend. John Svoboda, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce planning committee, also announced that all local people who are interested in a program to erect a permanent stadium and athletic plant at the Athletic field are invited to at tend next week's meeting. Although talk of erecting a perm t a' lent stand and other athletic fa cilities has been in the air here for some ime, lite move by the Chamber of Commerce to call a meeting wi'h the city sehoo ) boriri is the first definite step in the program to ecure a rnod 'r.u rth letic plant for the c:ty. May Secure Aid T. I. Friest, superintendent of j schools, said recently that fed eral aid could be secured if tht const: action of a stadium was un dertaken here. It is tenativtly planned to erect, if possible, stadium-type concrete stands. The plant also would in- ! elude dressing rooms and ether j facilities. Members of the Chamber of ! Commerce planning commi'tee in-1 j . , , 0 , , , . ! elude John Svoboda. chairman Tom Solomon William Schmidt. 'oitor ;m;th .Trvhn ?oHle,- : T T Y T ..... L. ' -CAT 1 ! i-i. J. ri UIVIUUMUI. r . - v .iiJiuiK, I jl. L. KnofPcek. I. L. Kocian, Jo j iKnoflicke and John Schrciner. To Greet Barges Members of the Chamber o 1 Commerce also discussed plans tc F.reet the barges when they rake their run on the Missouri river j this month. A committee from the Chamber; of Commerce and the ciry w a I greet the party arriving here wi the barges. Thev are exDect-d to rrrive in Plattsmouth around Oct. 20. T. H. Pollock, chairman of tht Chamber of Commerce waterways development committee, will be in charge of arrangements for the celebration which will be held here in connection with the arriv al of the barges. Twenty-five members of the Chamber of Commerce attended i April 1947, or until the next gen Thursday's meeting. Rev. E. C. jeral election. Williams, new pastor of the First Methodist Church here, was a guest at the meeting. President Fd Egenberger read to the members, a letter from E. Thomas Stacey, field man for the Cass County Soil Conservation district, complimenting the loeai Chamber of Commerce on their participation in the state terracing contest which was held near Platts mouth late in August. Mrs. McVay Dies Tuesday Evening Mrs. Minnie McVay, age 68, died Suddenly Tuesday evening at her home at Murray. Stricken with a heart attack, Mrs. McVay had been in good health and had been active in her housework Tu-, esday until she bacame ill. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Sat tr funeral home. Besides her husband, L. M. Mc Vay, she leaves one daughter, Mrs Roy Gregg, of Murray and two sons, James McVay, of Weeping v ater, and Harry Plattsmouth. Other survivors include three sis ters, Mrs. Ella Rose, of Coleridge Nebr.; Mrs. Fred Slagle, of Om aha and Mrs. Ethel Hobscheidt, cf Plattsmouth and one b other, Frank Sherwood, of Pender, Neb.-. Three great grandchildren and 13 grandchildren also survive. Visiting hours at the Sattler fun eral home will be from 10:00 am. Thursday until the hour of the funeral. Burial will be at Nehaw-ka. THE JOURNAL. PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA Jury To Receive Anderson Case i j Wednesday j Closing arguments in the second j degree murder trial ol Dr. James j C. Anderson were to be heard j Wednesday morning and it was expected that Anderson's fate ! would be placed in the hands of the jury Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Anderson was on the wit ness stand again Tuesday along with two other physicians who were called in by the prosecution to explain certain medical as pects of the case. Dr. Anderson is being tried in connection with the death of Miss Marian Blyth. of Council Bluffs, who died last April at Omaha as a result of an illegal operation. On Stand All Day Anderson was on the witness j stand a11 da5' Monday as he told ! in narrative style of his meeting quent death He was called to the stand as the first defense witness by his counsel, William Welch, after Dis trict Judge John A. Murray den ied a motion for a directed ver dict of acquital. Tells Story The doctor testified that Mii.3 Blyth was four-and-onehalf month pregnant when she came to him and that she spurned his advice home. Instead, he said, she began In fct tn n Citv maiernrsl j taking pills not prescribed by j him and that when she returned j to his office she was about to have ! a miscarriage. Dr. Anderson said that he sent Miss Blyth to the Jesse Middleton home in Omaha because sh e would net enter a regular hospit al. There, he continued, he per fo med an operation "to com plete the natural procss of mis carriage and rrc death result ed from a blood clot entering the ! heart. He broke down weeping near the end of his testimony Men day. Weeping Water Man Injured WEEPING WATER, (Special) Adam Conk, well known resident - C W4-. ,.-r pavIaiIi ui replug naici, .ti hjuij injured Thursday afternoon when he fell while working in a chicken house at his home here. Mr. Cook fell through the floor cf the building, injuring the side of his head and his side . 1 He was making repairs on the chicken j house at the time. Scharfenberg Is Named To Board At a meeting of the city school board held at 10:30 a.m. Wed nesday, Warren Scharfenberg was unanimously chosen to fill the vac ancy in the board caused by the resignation of Mrs. Hazel McCord. Scharfenberg will serve until Mr. Scharfenberg is connected with the Consumer's Public Power District. He resieds with his wife and two children at 814 Eighth avenue. Mrs. McCord left this past sum mer and now resides at Scotts Bluff. Former County Man Dies At Cambria, la. Word has been received here of the death of George Reynolds, former Cass county man at his home near Cambria la. The Reynolds family resided in eastern. Coss county for many years, moving to Cambria in March, 1942. Besides his wife, Mr. Reynolds leaves one son and two daughters. Mr. Reynolds passed away Sept. 26. Burial wae at Cambria. Marler-Gilsdorf Wedding To Be Held Friday MURRAY, (Special). Miss Ed- McVay ofina Marie Marler, of Murray and and Raymond Gilsdorf, of Lincoln, will be married at 5:30 p.m. Fri day at the First Christian church in Plattsmouth by the Rev. J. W. Taenzler. Miss Marler is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marler, of Murray, and Mr. Gilsdorf is the son of Mr .and Mrs. Al Gilsdorf, of Englewood, California. They will be attended by Douglas Lloyd and Maxine Hermance of Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Marler plan to maVe their home at Lincoln. Democatic Group Due Here Friday The Democratic parly's cam paign caravan, now in the third week of its Nebraska tour, will move into Plattsmouth at 11:00 z.xn. Fridav. State Sen. John Mekota, o 1 Crete, candidate for U. S. Sen ator and State Sen. Frank Sor rell, Syracuse, will be the prin cipal speakers at the rally. A public address system on a truck will announce the meeting around the eitj according t o present plans. Highway 34 To Be Opened Saturday The new paving on U. S. 34 through Cass county will be open ed Sautrday for football traffic, the State Highw ay department an nounced. Barricades will be taken down for Saturday and Sunday travel and then will be put up again Mon day. The contractor has been slow getting the shoulders in shape so the paving can be opened. Burlington Agent Here Tuesday S. C. Daniels, division passen ger aegnt for the Chicago, Bur- lington and Quincy Railroad com- pany, was a visitor in Plattsmouth j was re-organized Tuesday after Monday. noon at the home of Mrs. Henry Mr. Daniels was recently assign- ed to the Omaha office of the com pany. He worked with the com pany in Omaha approximately 15 years ago and was assigned to the j Nebraska territory from Denver, Colo. $A&nWJDJDd Mrs. June Kyles Mrs. Lula Hurlbut returned home last Monday after spending two weeks with her son, Earl and Mrs. Hurlbut, at Louisville. Mrs. W. M. Kelly spent Thurs day afternoon in Lincoln with her cousin. Mrs. Ettie Beal and daugh ter, Pat, in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles were i hnsi"P rnlWs in T.inrnln Thur. - , . j The Friendship extension club j met Wednesday with a member- j ship tea at the home of Mrs. Rose j Palmquist. I L. C. C. met with Mrs. Francis Vart in Lincoln Thursday after noon. The Jolly Joker club met Fri day afternoon with Mrs. June Kyles, Margaret Howard, Margar et Teesley, Lula Lander, and Sina Kelly as guests. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rouse were business callers in Lincoln Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Vinland spent Tu esday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rouse. Mr. and Mrs. George Rouse moved into the Mabelle Newkirk property. Dorcus -will meet Friday after noon at the church. Janice and Larry Lee Keller spent the week-end with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles. Weeping Water Owing to the repairing of a bridge, in the southeast part of town, traffic was detcured east one block then north past the GKn Strattons then bid: to the rer.ular route. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wolcott piri Jim Woictt left Mcrday for Lincoln, where Robert and Jim will attend the University of Neb aKa The American Leg on and the Region Auxi'iary joint convention vvhich will he held in Weepnig Watpr, October 29, wih bo one of the largest conventions held here for several years. The problem of pre. iding lunch and an evening banquet for the guests will put Weeping Water to a severe test, wkk all kinds if food so hard to secure. It is hard to furnish their usually fine meals at this time. Pcv. and Mr?. John C. Pryjr, Mrs. Fred Gorder, Mrs. J. M. Ran ney and Mrs. Edna Shannon were Lincoln business visitors, Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lane hnd Mrs. Lane's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gecrge Bates, of Elmwood, and her sister, Opal May, also o f Lmlwood, and her brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Gibson and son, Richard, at their liorae for a picnic dinner last Sunday. They had expecte-l t o take their picnic dinner o er into Iowa bit the rain prevented, ind Jtluy enk-yed an indoors oicnic at 'he Lane;. Gene T rat ton, rn of M. and Mrs. L-s? Stratton, will e.nttr Cm :iha Art School, which wi'l open October 1st. He was in Omaha, Tuesday, making the necessary arrangements. He expects to take a course in commercial art. Honor ng Mrs. L. J. Lsre on her birthday, there was dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lane, at their home, Monday evening, when the guests were Mrs. Lane's two sisters, Mrs. Onis Wright, of Omaha, and Mrs. March Wallen. of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stovall, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lane, Miss Eleanor Lane, Mrs. J. M. Callahan, and daughters; and Lemual Lane. Mrs. Anna Green, of Auburn, visited at the Russel Root home, from Wednesday until Sunday, when Mr. and Mrs. Root took her home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steinkamp spent Sunday at the home of their son, Dale Steinkamp and wife, at Louisville. Mr. and Mrs. Lemual Lane and their daughter Virginia, return ed home Tuesday evening, from tie Salt Lake City and Denver, their vacation trip which took them to Oregon, California, Seat Returning home with them for a visit was Mrs. Lane's sister, Mrs. William Fleishman, of Eugen", Orgeon. j The Cloverleaf Extension Club j Rugha, with ten members, and the following officers were elect- ed. President, Mrs. Thomas Col bert; Vice president, Mrs. Law rence Wiseman; Sec-Treas., Mrs. William Voct; and News Report er, Mrs. Hobart Hensen. This club has been inactive since the beginning of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Parson and daughters, will spend Sunday at the home of Mr. Parson's sis ter, Mrs. William Koch, and Mrs. Parson and her daughter Linda left Sunday evening for Mont gomery, Alabama, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Spradley. There was a gathering of old friends Thursday afternoon, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. De Forest Brown honoring Mrs. Carl Anker son, of Chicago, Mrs. Brown's mo ther, and a former Weeping Wa ter resident. The Danish Ladies Aid, of which she was a member, while living here.took a gift of a lovely table cloth, and enjoyed a fine visit with Mrs. Ankerson., just a day ahead of her seventy fifth birthday. Honoring Mrs. Mildred Smi'h), of Belvidere, 111., Mr. and Mrs. Harold Domingo entertained at a dinner, Thursday evening w h e n their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Domingo and family, Mr. and Mrs. S. Ray Smith; Mrs. Os car Domingo; Mrs. Eugene D3 mingo and children. Lloj'd Sell was eleven years old Thursday, when his father, Geo ge Sell, invited six of his young friend in lor the evening meal with him and his son, and then took them all to the Chief Theatre for the evening. Those invited were Ben jie Olive, Rodney Knaup, Wallace Ludwick, Charles Philpot, j r, Richard and Robert Dill. Winston Lackey, a sailor whose home is in San Saba, Texas, ar rived Thursday evening for a vis it at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Domingo. Mr. Lackey was with the fleet making the atom ic bomb test. He is now enroute to New York City, where he will meet a brother, who is also in the Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Root and joung daughter, of Eagle, spent Thursday at the home of Mrs. Root's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will iam Knaup. Oscar Domingo returned home Thursday evening, after a trp to Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Domingo entertained at a dinner Sunday 'vhen their guests were relatives of Mrs. Domingo. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Will Ward, Syracuse, Mr. and Mrs. William Maplet and Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Maple of Avoca, Mr. and Mrs. DeForest Ward and daughter, of Murray, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Zes sion and son and Mr. and Mrr Paul Ward and two sons. Guests at the Earl Power home this week are Mr. and Mrs. Dick Power, of Los Angeles. Mrs. Frank J. Domingo attended a district meeting of the order Monday evening at Loup City. Mrs Domingo is Grand Martha for the state of Nebraska. Tuesday even ing she attended an Eastern Star ainner at wanoo. tne was ac companied by Mr. Domingo. Funeral services were held Fri day morning at the Hobson Fun eral Home, Weeping Water, for Mrs. Francis Godfrey Small, wife of Rev. A. R. SmalL former pas tor of the Nehawka United Breth ern Church. Mrs. Small would hsve been 72 if sh had lived on more day. Mrs. Small was the daughter of a clergyman and was born at Philomath, Oregon. Mrs. Sir all was loved by all who kr.ew her. Burial was at York, ?J-bris-ka. TlwiAay Mrs. R. A. Noell Mr. and Mrs. Will Lintner, Ma ry Ann and Billy of San Pedro, I California were dinner guests on Friday evening of Mr , , , and Mrs. j ' O. A. Davis. Mrs. Raymond Lancaster, Mrs. Fred Drucker, Mrs. Betty Barr ows, Mrs. Addie Parks, Mrs. Har old Rice, and Mrs. Clarence Jacob son were quilting and tacking corn iorters Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Read rnd Helen. A delicious lunch was served by the hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. L. F Trimpe of Washington D. C. were visiting friends and relatives in Omaha, Council Bluffs, Plattsmouth and Murray this week. Mrs. Trimpe was the former Zella Brown and was employed by the Murray State Bnak several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carroll of Springfield were spending Thurs day with Mr. Carroll's mothre, Mrs. Margaret Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cherry and Darleen of Altadena, Calif, were visiting several daj-s at the home of Mrs Cherry's nephew and iamily, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Nc elL Attending the Cass County Wo ns Club Convention in Platts mouth Thursday at the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church were: Mrs. G. H. Gilmore, Mrs. j Tyson, Mrs. O. A. Davis, Mrs. 3. M Dobbin. Mrs C. D. Spanf- her and Mrs. Fred Drucker of the j Womens Studay Club oi Murray. From the Lewistor. social circle Club were: Mrs. Ester Thompson, Mrs. Jnnie Klimm and Miss Mav garet Moore. An all day meeting was held and a lovely meal was served at noon. The main speak ers of the day were Mrs. J. C. Jacka, President of the first dis trict, of Tecumseh. The doevtion als were given by Mrs. Dobbin. Mrs. Tyson is County Secretaiy. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hoover and Karen of Roca, Nebr. were visit ing. Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lancaster and family. They visit- ed Sunday evening with Mr. and ' Mrs. Malvern Read Mrs. Addie Perry and her daug tre, Mrs. Paul Iverson and Mrs. Rhodes were visiting at the home fo Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis Wcd- j nesday afternoon Mrs. Clara Arnold, Mrs. Fern Lancaster of Plattsmouth, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster were vis j iting in Lincoln Sunday withMr.j Richard Mougey spent the week Lancaster's sister, Mrs. Mary Ep-jend with his parents, Mr. a-id pings, iurs. uppings nas oeen ri for the past two weeks Pupils from this place attend ing High school in Plattsmoun this year are Jack Frans, Richaid RIchter, Eddie Nelson, Joan Mc Clusky, Joan Smith, Mary Todd, and LaVonne Redden who drive to and from Plattsmouth each day The new well has been com pleted at the Pleasant Hill school where Miss Mary Katherine Spor er is teaching again this year. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster. Mrs. Malvern Read, Helen Read, and Henry Rice were in Omaha Friday at the Clarkson hospital visiting Malvern Read. Dick Tritsch received his hon orable discharge from the U. S. army and returned homo Thurs day of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Dalton and family were visiting Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. William Lintner and daughter, Mary Ann of San Pedro, California and formerly of Murray were calling on some of their many friends in this com munity Wednesday and Friday. Mrs. Gu3- Kiser of near Mynard was spending Tuesday afternoon with her aunt Mrs. C. D. Spang ler. , Mrs. George Ray was visiting with friends and relatives i n I'lattsmouth, for the day Thurs day. Mrs. Paul Iverson left Thurs day to join Mr. Iverson in West irginia where he is teaching in a college this year. Mr. and Mrs. William Minford were business visitors in Platts mouth Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boedecker ano. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bickett were enjoying a movie in Omaha Wed nesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eickett were visiting Saturday and Sun day near Red Oak, Iowa, where they called at the home of Mr. Bickett's parents to bring them back to Nebraska to visit at the Harry Bickett home for a few weeks. Rose Ella ,Dvid, and Eileen Read were visiting Sunday a tth? home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Read and ITeh p. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noell and Dewayne and Mrs. Malvern Read were in Omaha Sunday at the Clarkson hospital ar.d brought Mr l vei n Read home. Malvem under went an operation on Wednesday morning and is recovering nice ly. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hennings and daughter of Cedar Creek were visiting Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Corner Worthan. I . " '""i -y ana urover ts.ing ot iscorasKa Ci- . ty were in Lincoln Fridv and were involved in a minor accidcr-t near Elmwood, on their return home. Eilly Faris, three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Faris has been quite ill the past week suf fering from bronchial pneumonia and asthma. Mr. and Mrs. Bert W or than and Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Gomer Worthan and Betty Jo were Sun day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Worthan. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Campbell re ceived a wire last week from their son Bill, from Tokyo, say ing that he was leaving for home sooti. Henry Hobscheidt also, will start for home soon. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Smith and Carol Mr. and Mrs. Vearle Smith and Robert, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hull were at a Smith reunion Sundry at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baker and family of Union. The occasion was a surprise birthday dinner for Mrs. Baker, a sister of Sheldon and Vearle Smith. A large group of relatives from all parts of the state were attending. Kenneth Hostetter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Hostetter. met with p sericus accident Thursday when the hay fork fell while nullir? hay into the bain and struck Kenneth, breaking two ribs and bruising lis back and side. As yet it ham't been determined as to whether his lung has been punctured by a broken rib or not. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Worthan, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Worthan and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Her.n ings of Cedar Creek, were all en-joj-ing a fish fry Sunday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gomer Worthan. Charles Mutz of Plattsmouth, formerly of this vicinity was fat ally burned in bed at the Trility apartments in Plattsmouth Satur- da-v ni-ht- Mr- Mutz Passed away en route to an Omaha Hospital. Mr Mutz is an uncle of Mr. and Mrs. Will Minford. 'Union Mrs. L. G. Todd ilrs. L. B. Mougey. Richard is a student at Peru. The first meeting cf the North Libei ty Extension Club was held at the Charles Swan home last week. Ten members were pres ent. The leson on Tree Planting wa gien bv the leader, Mr. Ruth Hanley. Mr. Everet tMur phy i a new member. The next meeting i to be held : tthe home cf Mr. Ruth Hanley Oct. 16th. Refrehment were er ved at the cloe of tiie meeting. Mr. Ivan Balfour and Elaenor Fahrlander, teacher at the Tay lor and Sciot cahool, will attrnd the Teacher Banquet to be hld at Weeping Water on WeSneday cf thi w?ek. Rev. E. C. William preached lit the Methodit Church lat Sun day e ening to a fair attendarce. There will be ervice next S in day morning at 9:45. Everyone i welcom?. Rally Day and Promo tion will be oberved in the Sun day School next Sunday alo. A "Stork Shower" wa given by Mr. Gallaut Rake at her hcue lat Sunday, in honor of her i ter, Mr. Donald Robert of Ne-b raka City. The guet of ho tor received a lovely hower of in tending were: Mr. Paul Rougih, Mr. Arnold Sigmon, Mr. Frank Anderon and Mi Cleora Ander cn of Omaha, Elaine Gruver, Mary Roddy, Mr. O. A. Keeve, Mr. George Stine, Mr. Todd.Vir pinia Keene, Mr. Lewar Keene and Mr. Doncld Robert of Neb raka City. Mr. and Mr. Ivan Balfour at tended the 35th Wedding Anniver at the hom ocf Mr. and Mr. Will iam Seyfer, who live north wet cf Nebraka City, the Stanlsy Home Product h.d hi third "demontration party", in Union at the home of Mr. Ivan Balfour lat Friday evening. Four teen attended. Tom McQuin, Mr. and rlr. Henry Becker and en Don-ild, and Darrell Giuber are driving to Arizona. They will leave next Thursday in DarreU's car. Mrs. Becker will st opoff in Oklahoma to visit relatives. l