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fW ou !S o a t ed. ad fil tior inc n o sait ge, Cc 2n att a) 371 I NC I 1 ;s o a te ; ed. etit jatt ing inn the a per b 1 d A. att 37 ric oti ue liar m tr 'v. m tnc C -Monday, November 4, 1946 Weather Gets , Nippy As Fall j Heatwave Ends Cass county's prolonged Indian summer was drawing to a close Wednesday as the mercury grad ually descended to customary fall temperatures after showers Tues lav nisrht. - T?Q;nf;il1 wss heaviest in t-ne wit.hwest Dart of the county and motorists leaving tnte weeping Water Legion convention encoun tered slippery roads. Precipitation of .08 of an inch was measured at the Roy O. Cole farm south of Plattsmouth. Only a trace cf mois ture was received in the city pro per. Thirty degree temperatures are forecast for this section tomgm. - The week log fall heat wave reached a zenith with an unsea onal warm of 80 degrees m Plattsmouth Tuesday. - The balmy weather for a time puzzled meteorologists but they've come up with an explanation that the warm breezes were an impor tation from the southland. The winds came in from thte South because of an atmospheric pres sure over northern states. Neb raska usually gets winds from the northwest this time of year. It's often said that a long, severe winter usually follows a prololnged Indian summer. Wea ther experts discount the belief but they're not willing to make a prediction. Charity Group Local Unit To Launch Drive Mrs. Henry Donat, Chairman of the Salvation army service unu for Plattsmouth in approaching the campaign for funds lor locai nj mirinna wplfarp needs, an nouces that special letters will be mailed to local citizens and that a uniformed Salvationist wth oi. ficial authorization will make per sonal calls to raise initial cam paign funds. n .iviTilPtinn of thp camra:jrn a portion of the funds will be lie goes to Lincoln to become sup left with the local committee, of ervisor of public employer rela which Frank A. Cloidt is treasur- tions in the state office, er The balance will go into The six weeks ago about -o return Salvation Army regional fund for ing vets were proces?ed in a single the maintenance of an hospital day at the local office. This num. for unmarried mothers. Fresh-air ber has dwindled steadily and this ramn fcpnpfit.! for mothers and Wednesday only 24 were inter- children, Veterans' thr.stn Cheer, and other regional services Including a reserve fund lor ra-,'": irgency and disaster. I omen released from war plants The local committee members, ' numbered 300 here a few months tooperating and sponsoring the ago. There are now 100 on the newly established service unit, ' Many firms would hire employ lire: D. L. Edwards, Mrs. Charles roles. Babian, R. F. Brendel, Edward H. ables if it weren't for shortages Egenberger. Mrs. Reed Rea. Jos-. of materials and supplies. Such ephine L. Kys, lucmuu v.. ci., Clement r. rooster, joiin t. oai.jwu.t,a:t, Ur". ., i o,i W r Socnmensen. WVi, - .1 A aeiinue piojciam ui witi" u ,,ari with tno fund I u r. v.mlP pv- OI riailMUVfUUl. wx a. f nhAAl i n H l 111 I '11 t i t ?t i it..' apn v.m !" . be provided with tootii powoer and tooth brush, who can not a ford them. Elmwood Grad Who Had City Business Dies ELMWOOD- Graveside services will be held at the cemetery here Wednesday, lp.m. for Harry W ill cockson, who left here many years ago to become a prominent St. j T mi! business r.vCT. The body will be brought here after a fun- eral service in the Missouri city, -iv;ii,.i,.r, rv,Qrsf,u,i at Kt. Lo'uis' motor company "and was prominent, in YMCA work. Always interested in the Elm- wood Alumni association because be was graduated here in 1901, Willcockson in 1W40 presented the ,,.;u o-i-Qf'iintA rnstrr lUUp "1111 C J- which he prepared with thte aid of the late Miss Ella Atchison. A wife and two daughters ur. vive. City Council To Take Bids For Flusher Long discussed without mat erialization a street flusher for Plattsmouth was brought a step nearer by the city council during Sts regular bi-monthly meeting Monday night. , Bids for the fllusher will be re ceived by the city dads at their next meeting on Monday, Nov. 25. The call for price estimates will be issued immediately. But the long dickering for the street equipment is not yet fin ished. Because of production con ditions, a flusher, if purchased, Will not De aauauie ioi uenvi until next spring. It -probably will v.be bought from a road machinery . terced to 10 daySj to be suspended manufacturing company. if he Daid pro0erty damage esti- The flusher will be paid for;mated at $35 He was fined $25 from revenue received through. I and gjv(,n 30 days on the drunk --the business occupation tax. The Count assessment on firms ranges up- ward from $2.50. Negro Man Store Prowler Here Nabbed by city police, Herb Peirson, 53 year old Negro transient, Wednesday was being held in county jail in connection with two store prowlings in Plattsmouth Tuesday night. Pierson was taken into cus tody in a downtown alley and originally becked as a sleeper. He was questioned after the store breakins were reported Wednesday morning. Dep. Sheriff E. J. Doody said a Jteel jimmie was found concealed on the Negro's person. The jimmie matched pry marks on a window of one of the places entered. The places entered were the Lugsch cleaners, in ".ie 400 block on Main street, and Shea's cafe on North Sixth street. The prow ler had loitered in the cafe long enough to drink several bottles of pop. No other loss was dis cvered at either place. Perseh was booked on the tech nical charge of possessing a bur glary tool, pending a consultation between officers and the county attorney. The elderly negro said he had r.ot worked since the end of the war. He gave his home address as Sterling, 1111. County's Vets Rapidly Being Hired For W ork Returning vets are rapidly be ing absorbed by Cass county em- Ployers it was revealed Wednes- j - r employment representative at the court house, Benger, an Omaha man, suceeds B. v. Riner who has served tr.e!. government in this area for six years. For the past three years Riner was in the USES. Before that he was NYA representative. - ' to Wednesday will be employed JBenger win ie in wiu ie in tne ur.-v. - 1 , . , , "-- jv... . ( the control of the state of Neb- I raska on Nov. 15. Its handling . .. .. was tken over bv the national x - ' x- . goverrinent at. a var unit- em - f. erirencv measure. Services of the officp will remain th mmc remain tae !iie Benger will lbe in the OPA Lincoln, Koy Kunge ana Miss Alar room of the court hcuse on Wed-jtha Ann High Lincoln, were Sun r.esdavs ar.d Fridavs of each week I day dinner guests of Mr. ad Mrs. from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. He will j do field work in Cass county dur ling the afternoons of those days. Candy Returns As Hallowe'en Tricks Reward Young 'tricks or treaters" who i rap on your doors the next two evenings ought to be due for their first Halloween candy in several ef,rs' - . . ,.. Candy is available now hile a year ago it was on the scarce ' list. Some kiddies jumped tne gun and roved the streets here Tues- day night in their masks. They carried jack-o-lanterns and bags of corn. Many persons expressed hope that older juveniles would not ruin the occassion for little tots by destructive mischief. Authorities repeated a warning that property damage will not be permitted. Boys who carry cele brating too far are apt to run in to trouble with nolice. Blunt Held Here For Damage Done To City's Jail Said by authorities to have been a one man wrecking crew when he was put in city jail for intoxi cation, James Blunt is now in county jai serving a total of 40 days in lieu of fines. Blunt was arraigned before j County Judge Paul E. Fauquet. The defendant pleaded guilty to - malicious destruction of property ar!fi intoxication. On the former charge ne was fined $25 and sen Held As 12th District Legion Parley Attracts 500 More then 500 southeast Neb- !ia;l:a Legionaires and auxiliary women gathered at Weeping Wat er Tuesday for the American Le gion's annual twelfth district con vention. They paraded gaily dec oiated streets and took part in business and social activities. Elected to district offices were Chester Dodd.-s Lncoln, command er; Joseph John, Weeping Water, vice commander, and the Rev. E. C. McFadden, Syracuse, chaplain. Auxiliary officers chosen were Mrs. Nathan Grossman, Lincoln, president, and Mrs. J. E. Yost, Milliard, vice president. Addresses were made in the municipal auditorium by State Commander Richard Marve, Has tings, and John Curtiss, Lincoln, national committeeman. Members of the Plattsmouth auxiiary who attended were Mrs. Reed Wolever, Mrs. C. M. Daven port, Mrs. Fred Feldhausen, Mrs. Cleo Capper, Mrs. R. T. Cuthrell, Mrs. C. J. Baumgart and Mrs. Charls Janecek. There were also many representatives of the local Legion post. Mrs. Henry Maseman Mrs. Harry Jacobsen and daugh ter Rosanne returned home from the hospital Sunday. Jack and Thomas Hallstrom, vis ited their parents over the week end. ' . . , . ! Mr. and Mrs. Carl Balfour, Ne jhawka and Mrs. Peterson, Nebra ska City were callers at Mr. and jMrs. Henry Maseman home Sat urday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Hilverd Nutzman, and family, Mr. and P.Irs. Ted I Nutzman and family, Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Nutzman Unadilla were Sunday visitors at the J. L. Nutzman home. home Sunday evening. He has been k n Japan a ye Mr. and Mrs. J. H. F. Ruhge and Mrs. Minnie Neumeister were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ruhge at Talmadge. Mrs. Martha Ruge spent sever al days with her sister in Lin coln this week. Mrs. Calvin Carsten and chil- dren visited school at No. 96 Otoe Irountv taught bv Miss Maxine Se- i , !gai. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ludekie, Or- leans visited in Avoca and at Mr. Aire Tll,. T-tprm, l,r,mo ''j ii-in.o.u w.. TVTnnHav !" - " - - iluu U1S- vlluei niiJ11i i acuse, John and Stuart Maseman, Henry Maseman. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Maseman and Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Graham and Ralph Graham were visiting friends and relatives in town Sat urday. Miss Martha Dettmer and her mother of Prairie Home wei e Sun day dinner guests of Mrs. Mueller Mr. and Mrs. Walter Noerrling er visited his mother at FiUey, Saturday. The Holy Trinity Guild dinner Sunday evening was well attended Mrs. Clara R. Ruhga held the j lucky number and received a sauce pan cooker Ladies Aid society met in the church parlors with Mrs. Claire Wulber and Mrs. Thomas Akeson. Mrs. Can- led devotions. It was reported that the 'Dolly Does Its'' have arrived. A new quilt was in the frame and was work for the day Eight Mile Grove Mrs. Ed Ruffner returned home Wednesday from her daughter. Dorothy's wedding in Philadelph ia. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Srb and family, and Mrs. S. Y. Smith were Thursday evening dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V Smith. No school was held last Thurs day and Friday at the Eight Mile Grove school because of Tenrhers: j Convention. Miss Zierott attended the Convention in Lincoin. Bonnie Topliff spent the week end in Plattsmouth with her grand mother. Johnny Blotzer was also in Plattsmouth sperding the time during Teachers' Convention and the weekend with his father. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Topliff and family were Omaha . shoppers Thursday and Nebraska City shop - 'Pers Friday. Mr. Topliff had some dental work done while there. Ralph Hild, Ernest and LeRoy Hild, John Terryberry, Arnold Buechler, and Lyle Schafer went pheasant hunting to imperial Friday and returned home Monday. THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Russel Neilson has been ill with the mumps. Mrs. Allie Leonards father.Mr. Hall, Is quite ill at the Leonard home. Vernie Younker accompanied A. Jaske Friday near Lincoln look ing for a cornpicker. Mr. and Mrs. Verner Hild and family were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ern est Hennings and Janice of Ced. ar Creek. The occasion celebrat ed was Janice's birthday. She was four years old. Mr. and Mrs. Vearl Smith anl Robert were dinner guests Sun day at the home of Mrs. Smiths parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Reed of near Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Younker and Gary were Plattsmouth visit ors Sunday afternoon. The pupils of Eight Mile Grove school have been doing some painting in their schoolroom. Verner HUd, Nick, Elmer and Merle Hennings, and Mr. Lacey went pheasant hunting around Creighton Saturday evening and returned Suday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Topliff went to Nebraska City Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Car rithers were recent visitors of "the Misses Grace and Lou Vallery and other relatives, and left for their home in California Sunday. Mrs. Carri thers is the foi;mer Martha Val lery. George and John Blotzer and Johnny jr., and Bob Long went pheasant hunting Saturday eve ing and retured Sunday evening. Miss Darleen Zierott, teacher of Eight Mile Grove School spent the weekend at her home near Mur doch. Mr. and Mrs. Verner Hild, Joy and Lyle were visitors at the Nick Hennings home in Louisvilie Sat urday and Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Topliff.Bo nie and Loren, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Topliff and LeRoy, Miss Donna Rhoden were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. George Top liff in Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Vearl Smith and Robert were Sunday visitors at the home of Royal Smith and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kaiser and Sharon Kay were visiting in South Omaha Sunday with Mrs. Kaisers parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Be lek. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley of Louis ville were Monday evening callers at the Frank Topliff home.: : Miss Dorothea Keil Miss Betty Brown, who 'is at tending St. Catherine's 3chol for Girls at Davenport, Iowa, spent last weekend with her mother.Mrs Margaret Brown. - Mrs. Wellington Dennis of Elm wood spent Wednesday afternoon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valley Trumble. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trumble have received word from, their son, Sgt. Lloyd E. Trumble that he has arrived in the states from Japan where he has been station ed for more than a. year. Chapter, BT, P.E. O. enjoyed a visit from their state supervis Mrs. Bessie Buchanon, o f,Not or, JMrs. liessie iiucnanon, o i, North Platte, Wednesday even ing, when the meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Fred Gord- er, with Mrs. L??d P. Wolcott as hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Day ac companied Mr. and Mrs. Fr e d Marquardt to Osceola, Tuesday, to attend the funeral of Andrew J. Nuquist, retired banker, who was killed in an automobile ac cident. Ole Olsen madu a business trip to Grand Island, xuesday, and he was accompanied as far as Lin coln, by. Mrs. Olsen and Mrs. J. M. Ranney, who spent the day in the capitol city. Andrew Johnson, and his son, Robert, and wife of Fremont, cal led on relatives and friends in Weeping Water, Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Klein, of Denver, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Marshall, of Ft. Lupton. Col., ar rived Thursday for a week end visit with Mrs. Emmor Marshall. Mrs. Tena Robert and her dau ghter Mrs. Lenora Spellmeyer, of Miller are the guests of Mrs. Robertson's sister, Mrs. Henry Snell. Weeping Water schools closed Thursday and Friday so that the teachers could attend the State Teachers Association. Miss Viona Schomaker is visit ing in Lincoln this week with her sister Darlene. Mr. and Mrs. George Schomak er announce the engagement of their daughter, Darlene, to Frank Bender of Seward. A birthday linner was given in honor of Darlene Schomaker Monday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Schomaker. Those present were Gladys Da vis of Lincoln, Frank Bender of Seward, Mr. and Mrs. Delno Hart of Louisville and Viona Scnomak cr of Weeping Water. it m i K A i n jy r : Paul Douglas, president o. American University, w h c banned football at his institu tion on ground that player! are slaves of "greatest black . c, market" in sports. Mrs. Bessie Cor Mr. and Mrs. Albert Murray visited Mrs. Murray's parents,Mr. and Mrs..Mark lies of Platts mouth this week. Mr. and Mrs. Don Tulustos are the parents of a baby girl born Thursday. Mi, and Mrs. Henry Youngquist had a dinner and a party Sun day at their home in honor of the sixteenth birthday of their daugh ter Phyllis. There was a duck din ner with all the trimmings and a beautiful birthday cake. Guests were Mrs. Clara Belle andiHiggins, Phyllis' grandmother. Al- so Dorothy Lee Wendt, Bette Ward and George Griffin. Phyllis received some nice gifts one of which was a pair of ny lons. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Murray re turned last week from Cambria, Iowa here they visited with a nephew and niece. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Murray. Tlmr nephew has recently purchased a farm there and are making it over into a lovely place. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Johnson accompanied by Mr. Johnson's brother Perry and their sister, Mrs. Blanche Stewart of Ashland, went to Ord Sunday to attend the funeral of their aunt. Mrs. Min nie McGuire, who died on Fri day at a hospital in Grand Is land. She had been in poor health for some time. She was by years old and left a son in South Dak ota and a daughter in Erickson, Nebraska. Clarence P. Ackles and two friends from Dallas, Texas drove up to Oconto Friday of last week, to be there for the first day of the pheasant season. Bud's father joined them at Oc onto Bud and his friends left on the return trip home Sunday. ' Mrs. Elvin Shryock and infant son Richard Craig, returned home from the hospital Thursday of last week. The baby Was born Octob er 9. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hendnx, former Louisville residents, Now living at Dry Branch, Georgia been visiting with their brothers Larrv and Kenneth and families Dr. E. H. Worthman returned home Tuesday evening from the hospital in Omaha, where he spent the past week undergoing treat ment. He is feeling much better and all his friends hope to see nun down town again before too long. Victor Woolhiser, Mrs. Goldie Graham and Mrs. Mildren Hiers drove to Norfolk Wednesday last week, where they attended the state meetings of the I. O. O. F. and Rebekah lodges on Wednes day and Thursday. W. J. Kinnison .left early this week for San Fernando, Calif., af ter spending a few days at the home of his sister, Mrs. W. S. McGrew and family. Mrs. Fred Huff's mother, Mrs. O. M. Ireland, who has been making her home at the Mason ic home in Plattsmouth passed away last week. Her husband has passed away a little more than a year ago. Otto Snrieck ws in Omaha on business Monday. Mrs. Myrtle Fitch and daughter Betty Lou, of Omaha visited at the home of Louis uaaway also at the Bessie Core home this week. Dr. H. W- Worthman and wife drove to Omaha Saturday. The Happy Hour Club met Fri day October 5, at the home of Mrs. Irvin Inman. James Stander left Monday on a business trip to Western Nebr aska and Colorado. He expects to return this week. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Hansen of Weeping Water were Sunday din ner guests of Mrs. Hansen's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hiers. Mrs.. Marion Hicks and baby re turned to their home in iincom TM.r-.Hav after spending a few j iV Mrs Hirka parents Mr. u" 3 " . and Mrs. Alfrcy ana jamujr. Mrs. Lester Farris and Mrs. Georce Erickson and family, both of Broken Bow, arrived in Louis ville, this week to visit their par ents, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Worth man. Mrs. Farris went to Lincoln on Friday evening to meet her husband. They took in the Nebraska football game Satur day and then returned to their home at Broken Bow. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ja cobsen a daughter Wednesday, Oc tober 16 at Bryan Memorial Lincoln. Born to Mr." and MJrs. David Kuenning a daughter Saturday, Oc tober 19 at St. Mary's Nebraska City. Mrs. Dick Bollman was an Om aha visitor Thursday. Mrs. Bessie Paap, Lincoln was a weekend visitor of her sister, Mrs. Martha Ruge. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ruhge, Tal madge were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. F. Ruhge. Mrs. Joe Habel and daughters, Louisville visited her mother, Mrs. Laura Stovall while Joe went to Ashton hunting. While there Joe also visited Marvin Stovall who teaches there. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Tressler have moved into the Will Vette property. Mrs. John Nutzman and Elin ore visited at the Lenord Nutz man home near Unadilla over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Linhardt, Powersville, Mo. have been visit ing his parents end Mrs. Alma Berner at Nehawka. Rev. Hansel, Lincoln will again occupy the church pulpit Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Drury visit ed his mother Mrs. Ruby Drury Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marguardt visited at Louisville Sunday. Jean Pittman and Loia Carr were home over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Will Baier attend ed a wedding reception at Lin coln honoring Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McQuimsky. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerer left Monday for Rochester, Minn esota where he will receive a check up. Paul Wolph left for Kansas City Monday to attend the "American Royal Live Stock Show" and as sociation meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wolph at tended a reception at the Ernest Giles home honoring Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schade. John and Jimmie Wolph were week enjj visitors of their parents, from Doane College. The Extnsion Club met Tues day evening at the Henry Smith home with Mrs. Elmer Hennings as co-hostess. The leader was Mrs. Louis Ruhga and topic on 'Home Lighting". 18 members were pre sent and several visitors. Mrs. Albert Shutz was taken seriously ill Monday and was tak en to the Bryan Memorial hos pital at Lincoln in an ambulance. Mr. and Mrs. John Stubbendick of Union were i town Tuesday looking after their property. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Todd and Jack were in Weeping Water Thursday evening attending the 4-H achievement program held at the auditorium. Mrs. Sheldon Smith and Carol were shopping in Plattsmouth on Thursday. Mrs. Raymond Lancaster and Mrs. R. A. Noell were shopping in Plattsmouth Thursday afternoon. The Mix-It Extension Club met on Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Elmer Fitch with 13 members present. Mrs. Julia Johnson and Mrs. Gene Fitch and daughter were present as visitors. A very interesting lesson "Making Things For Christmas" was given by the leaders, Mrs. Dale Topliff and Mrs. Harold Rice. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Noell, Jack and Betty of Weeping Water were dinner guests on Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noell and family. Dewayne Noell went with them to their home to spent several days. Mr. and Mrs. James Holmes of Plattsmouth and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Churchill of Twin Falls, Ida ho were dinner guests on Tuesday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Gilmore. Mrs. Church ill is a sister of Mr. Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. Bert YVDrthan ana Richard were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lan caster on Thursday evening. Mrs. Fred Campbell and Mar garet Ann and Mrs. Sheldon Smith were shopping in Omaha Friday. Mrs. Gomer Worthan and Betty Jo, Mrs. John J. Stones ana un. da and Mrs. Bert Worthan and . i t : Richard were shopping in Platts mouth Wednesday, Kay Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DeForest Ward was visiting Thursday night and Friday with her friend Rose Ella Read. Mrs. Harry Bickett and Edwin and Mrs. Will Hoschar and Ida Ma, were shopping in Omaha on Thursday. Tho Neighborhood Social Club mot Thursday at the home cf Mrs Frank Cottingham Witn mem bers present. The afternoon was i ... .1.1.: f, fr.r - spem. i-..s . Nov 5fch .i Mrs. Cottingham. Mr, Eva Becker had the mis- David Read, son of Mr. and MrsJ Mrs. Eva Becker n Malvern Read was visiting sev eral days last week with Melvin and Billy Hoschar, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hoschar. Mrs. Harley Cottingham has been ill at her home the past few days. Mrs. Malvern Read was assist ing Mrs. Harry Bicket with paper hanging Friday. Mrs. George Buckholtz of Wool ridge, Missouri, has been visit ing for some time with her mother and family, Mrs. Sadie Schomak er. The ladies of the Christian Aid Society have been busy quilting at the church every day possible. Mrs. Betty Barrows and Mrs Dorothy Gruber were shopping in j Omaha Thursday. Mrs. Sadie Schomoker has been visiting the past two weeks in Plattsmouth at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hazel Parker. Dr. and Mrs. B. M. Dobbin re turned home Friday after sever al days stay with friends in Tins- Jey, Iowa. Rev. Dobbin was form erly the United Presbyterian Pas tor in that city, and enjoyed visit ing old time friends. Mrs. Jennie Klimm and Mar garet Moore were attending the 'Stanley Party" Thursday after noon at the home of Mrs. Mary Gobleman, in Union. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sullivan of Plattsmouth and family were visit ing Sunday with Mrs. Sullivan's parents and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hansen. Mrs. Lucy Crosser and Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Crosser and son, of Woodriver, Nebr. have been visit ing the past few days with Mrs. Lucy Crosser's sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Ray. They were also visiting another sister, Miss Eertha Nickles in Platts mouth. Mrs. Jenny Klimm was shopping in Omaha Tuesday. Mrs. Glen Tood, and Mrs. Bud Nickles and Elaine were visiting at Plattsmouth Friday at the home of Bertha and Alf Nickles. Mrs. Arthur Hansen, who re cently broke her leg, was in Om aha Wednesday to consult her physician. The doctor reported the break progressing nicely. 'Earl Merritt has been work ing the past several days at the C. D. Spangler home. J. A. Scotten has been working for some times at the new Rog er's Locker System which is be ing erected in Murray. They are planning to start operating around December 1st. Mrs. Fred Lutz was spending from Thursday until Saturday in Omaha with her daughter, Marie Lutz, who is employed in that ! city. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jenkins and daughter Catherine of Chicago, ar rived Friday for a few days stay A swarm of locusts seen cross--with Mr. Jenkins mother Mrs. ing the Red Sea in 1889. was. so' Jenny Jenkins. large that it covered an area of Corn Average Here Seen As 50 Bushels Corn picking is getting under way on a growing scaie, -a survey of Cass County farmers revealed Tuesday. Fields have dried up some and moisture content of kernels is diminishing. The ground is in good shape for pickers now, it was learned in a conversation of Herman Mei singer, operator of the Mynard elevator. lie estimnt d that the average yield locally will be about 50 bushels. 80 to 90 Tops There have been reports of 100 bushel to the acre yields but when checked it was found that the record highs thus far are in the eighties. A carload of corn from the Pol lock farm, east of the Plattsmouth depot on bottomland, last week was shipped to Kansas City. It had a moisture content of .Jla anu brought a net of $1.50 Vs. 12 - 14 For Pickers Laborers are being paid from 12 to 14 cents a bushel lor picking this year. It i estimated that mechan ical pickers will harvest from fcuo to 1000 bushels a day. The figures are for two row machines. eMwon Mrs. L. G. Todd The Baptist Ladies are very busy these days, redecorating tne church parlors, getting reaay ior their Thanksgiving dinner. J P. Anderson of Ames, lowa, has been here a week visiting rel. atives. He is an uncle of the Gob - lemans. Jolin mvereii ami aj Becker families. The Legion Auxiliary met witn Mrs. Harry Gobleman last Tues day afternoon. The ladies are working on their rag rugs. There were 13 present. Next meeting with Mrs. Bertha Hathaway. The Ladies of th.e Methodist con regation will have their annual dinner, supper and bazaar on Election Day. November 5th at the Methodist Church parlors. Every one is invited. Remember the date fortune last Tuesday evening of getting a fall and breaking one of her wrists. She has been suf fering a great deal from the ac cident. Mr. and Mrs. Donald McQuin and family and Mrs. Todd spent last Sunday afternoon in Omaha. The McQuin family were dinner guests of relatives and Donald at tended a laymans meeting a t Grace Methodist Church in the afternoon. Mrs. Todd visited her daughter, Mrs. .E. M. Rathe and family. Mrs. Delbert Lindsey left last Friday for Missouri where she will visit for a few days. Miss Carol Fahrlander and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cole of Bruie visit ed relatives and lriends near un ion for several days. Miss Carol visited at the Ray Fahrlander home in Nebraska City last Fri day and Saturday. Later accom panied the Coles to their home in Brule. Mr. and Mrs. William Porter held an "October Birthday fam-; ily dinner" . at their home last : Sunday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs ' Earl Keedy of Ashland and Mrs. Mary Taylor and daughter Rach-' eal, of Lincoln. Three of this num-; ber have October birthdays Mr., Porter, Mrs. Keedy. and Racheal Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. George Porter of; Lincoln visited a brother, Blair Porter at Plattsmouth and there came on to Union and were guests; at the Will Porter home, last; Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. Loder and two small daughters, who have been; visiting Mrs. Loders parents.Mr. and Mrs. Earl Upton the past; few weeks, returned to their home in Muskeegan, Mich., last Friday. Pay What You Want Cafe Reports Gain ..Clito, la., (UP). Proprietor of the Port Hole cafe, where you can cat a steak and then pay what ever you think it was worth, re ported a profit on fJieir first night of price-lets business -.Steaks that formerly sold for $3.50 went from 35 cents to $3.75 last, night, as hundreds of diners jammed the cafe - Find Romance in 70's CHEYENNE, Wyo. (UP) You might be too young, but you're never too old to get married, ac cording to an elderly couple ap plying for a license in Cheyenne recently. They were Thomas V. Grantham, 74, of Greeley, Col.; who listed his occupation as a re tired banker and Katherine Wil sher 72, of Baldwin Park, Cal. 2,000 miles. ' Sweetest Queen in the World was title given Dorothy Bouxg of LaFourche Parish, La., wher the 18-year-old beauty wai made queen of the fifth annua' Sugar Cane Festival at New - . Iberia, La. j Lays Egg Within Egg LANCASTER, O. (UP) A wh leghorn hen owned by Earl Car bell farmer near here, laid egg as big as a baseball. Wh Camptbell broke it open he fou not only the traditional conten but another normal-sized egg, w shell, white and yolk fully for ed. j Mirror Causes Fire i LARAMIE, Wyo. (UP) Calif nia has nothing on Wyoming wt it comes to sunshine, a group' tourists learned in Laramie recej ly. Rays from the sun l-efleetj in the rear-view mirror of 1 tourist car caused roofing abj the back seat to catch fire wl parked in a filling station. blaze was quickly extinguish , , V jfc 1 i- - . .vv - - ": ': fc- x-'f ' 'i ! . ill t'l . f i I V ' i : 1 1 Tr