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TME IPLATTTSMODWiriH uDdMrMO. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63. EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1947 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 4. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Santa Claus Makes Annual Visit to Local Children Saturday was Santa Claus day in PIattsmouh with the city be ins given over to the children for the afternoon when jolly old Santa made his triumphal entry with a crowd of some 5.000 to join in the welcome. The afternoon program moved on scheduled time with Santa meeting his escort at the Hotel Plattsmouth for the grand march to the Cass County court house. The high school band that can always be depended upon to as sist in any public functions, led the line of march from the ho tel to the county building, their colorful uniforms adding to the scene and their snappy marching music was followed by Santa and his retainers. Santa was greeted by the re presentatives of the civic bodies and the guest of honor picked from the schools of the county to extend the official greetings to childhood's patron of the holiday season. Walter H. Smith, county attor ney, served as the announcer over the loud speaker system and described the party as it moved cast down Main street. At the court house Santa held his receDtion in the basement of the building, the children enter ing by the main entrance at the south side of the building and thev then made their way out throueh the west door. Santa found time to visit with the children that desired to com municate their wishes for the coming Christmas. Treats of oranges, candy and peanuts were given each child that visited the court house and were enjoved very much by the croups after the close of the reception. Receives 50-Year Masonic Medal A. F. Sturm, long time resi dent of Nehawka, was the honor puest at the meeting of Nehaw ka lodge of the Masons the past week. On December 6, 1897 Mr. Sturm was raised a Mason in his home ledge before a small group that at that time comprised the membership. On the fifteenth anniversary of his being' accept ed into Masonary, December 6, 1047. Mr. SUirm was honored by receiving the fifty year medal for his long years of service, presented by Edward Huwaldt, grand master of Nebraska Ma sons made the presentation at the banquet arranged by Ne hawka lodge No. 246 of the AF & AM. The principal speaker was Dr. Walter H. Traub, of the Kountze Memorial church of Omaha, who took as his subject, "The Marks of a Mason." Mr. Sturm responded with a very clever talk that covered much of his years as a member of the Masonic order. Five Masonic lodges were re presented at the gathering and five grand lodge officers were present, Elmer Magee, Lincoln, deputy grand master, Ernest Sthicferbein, Wahoo, grand sen ior warden, John Hedelund, grand junior warden and Ray mond Pollard, grand Tyler. At the conclusion of the meet ing Dr. A. A. Anderson, master of the Nehawka lodge presented Mr. Sturm with a large bouquet of red roses. The banquet was served by the ladies of the W.S.C.S. of the Methodist church. Eli Marler Dies At Beaver City Eli Marler, 80, of Beaver City, Nebraska died early Sunday at that place. Mr. Marler, well known in this section of Cass County, was a brother of Mrs. Maggie Mason and an uncle of Mrs. Edward Beins and Arthur Sampson of thi? citv, where he often visited. The funeral services will be held at. Beaver City on Tuesday afternoon. POLICE COURT NOTES Judge C. L. Graves held a short session of the police court Sunday to hear the case of two men caught in the Saturday night haul of the police force. The men were Henry Beck strom and E. J. Rainev, both charged with intoxication. To the charge they made a plea of guilty and Ve given a fine of $10and costs for the offence. Miss Mary Alice McCaffery of Omaha, was a week end visitor in Plattsmouth as a house guest of Attorney Florence Fouchek. Children Burned Fatally at Tarkio Tragedy visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weyers, former residents of Plattsmouth, on Friday, December 5th. when their two daughters, Dorothy 13. and Edith Jean, three weeks old, were fatally burned when the family home at Tarkio, Missouri was destroyed. Mrs. Weyers. the mother, was at the home of a near neighbor when she was attracted by the screams of a sen of the family who was playing outside the house. When Mrs. Weyers and the neighbors reached the Weycr house the structure was in flames and it was necessary to break a window to reach the children. They were very badly burned and taken to Hamburg. Iowa, to be cared for at the hospital where they both died a short time later. The children were grandchild ren of Mrs. Naomi Weyers of this city and the family is known here by many who will regret to learn of this great loss. John Urish to Take Post With Consumers Jan. 1 John E. Urish. veteran em nlovee at the Soennichsen store in this citv, is to leave there the first of the vear to accent a position in the sales deoartment of the Consumers Public Power comnny. He will be located at O'Neil, Nebraska, as his first assignment. Mr. Uurish entered the serv ices of Soennichsen's in 1036 while a student in the Platts mouth high school and on hi graduation in 1938 he was a full time employe of the men's ready to wear department of the store, continuing this line until he enlisted in the United States Navv in the World War. John snrnt thirtv-nine months in ac tive service and had a. Ions cx perneo in the Pacific operations of the Navy. On his return home at the close of the war, he again enter ed the service of Soennirhscn's where he has remained since tht time. The departure of Mr. Urish from the citv will be regretted by a large circle of friends as he has been unusually active in the community life since his return from the service. He is a past vice-commander of the American Legion in this city and also active in the Vet erans of Foreign Wars post. Mr. Urish is a member of Platts mouth lodge No. R of the AF & AM and of Nebraska chapter No. 3 of "the Royal Arch Masons. Hold Bad Check Man at Seward Adam Hofferber. who passed two 'No Account' checks in Plattsmouth, one at the Hinky Dinky store for 810 and one at Soennichsen's for $15 on Jan uary 4, 1947, was taken into custody at Seward aecording to the sheriffs office. Hofferber is also wanted in Nebraska Citv. Tekamah, Falls City. Fremont, Seward and several Iowa cities on charges of passing worthless check. A hold order for his re turn to this county has been placed by the county attorney. Louisville Man Traps Beaver George Ossenkon. of rear LousviHe. who has been engaged in t-anning made a vcrv fine etch th rist week in one of 's trans. He secured a boater that tiond the scales at ' sixty nounds. This is the sixth beaver that he has secured in the-seamen, the largest of the animals canned was s'vtv-four nounds He has a nermit for twelve and hones to have them soon. Thp sudden raise and fall of thn Platte river has made it difficult for the tranoers but he is hopeful of getting his limit. Ofe Station Broken Into Ofe Oil Station was broken in to dunn" the oar'v mnrnHg nijrs of Deptihfr 15. 1947. En trance was gained bv iimmv'ng thp front door nn with annar entiy a tiro foi Five new fiOOyifi Gates th-es ard on" new 600v1fi Mobile tire was all that could be foimd as missing. Serial num bers of t tires are beine cir culated. Four men were takn into mstodv by the sheriff for investigation concerning the breakin. Six Receive Eagle Scout Rank Sunday A new chapter was written in the history of Scouting in Platts mouth Sunday evening at the Tirst Christian church vhnn six of the members of the local Scout grouns were advanced to the rank of Eagle scout. This was the largest number that have received this rank at one time from the local group and the impressive ceremony was vitnesed by an audience that filled the church to its ca pacity. The opening of the ceremony was at the sound of assembly by Willard Christensen. Troop No. 367 was in charge of the advancement of the colors to the front of the church for the opening. The audience and the Scouts joined in the singing of the first verses of "America", followed by the invocation by Rev. Sherman Hanson, the pastor of the church. Orville Nielsen, head of the Cub Scouts in the city, presented the members of the Cub units in the citv and gave the list of the Cub Masters and Den Moth ers of the organization. The tenderfoot investiture and awards of rank was made by Lester Thimg'an. scoutmaster of Troop 367 and Attorney Richard Peck for Troop No. 366 (Explor er). The Eagle ceremony, one of the most imoressive and beauti ful in Scouting, was carried out by the Plattsmouth Eagle team, the members giving parts of the Scouting inspirational training. District Scout Executive Wayne Nelson, of Nebraska City presiding. Cvil Kocian gave the response to "The Leader." James Doody. "The Home", telling of the in fluence of the home life on the Scout, Rev. Sherman Hanson gave "The Church", its Dart in the life of the Scout, while Su perintendent T. I. Friest SDoke on "The School" and its part in the training of the Scout as he advanced to the Eagle rank. Ro bert Gaines had as his subject "Scouting", taking up the sub iect of the general work of the Scouts. Raymond Larson, lone a Scout leader gave "The Challenge." In this, Mr. Irson pointed out to the newlv invested Eagles their responsibilities to carry on the the work of aid and supnort to the Scoutine movement in the future as thov take up their ac tive life work. The presentation of the Scout awards was made by Attorney Richard Peck and to each of the Scouts was given the miniature oins that the Eagles presented to their mothers in honor of this imrjortant occasion in the lives of the Scouts. The Scout benediction was piven by the members of the Scout group and the audience dismissed in the benediction by Rev. E. C. Williams of the First Methodist church. Taps were sounded bv Willard Christensen and Dick Huebner. Following the meeting a re ceotion was held in the church -arlors for the newlv invested Eagle Scouts and their parents with a largo number of the members of the party attending. During- the evening refresh ments of hot chocolate and doughnuts were served. Marion Stone of Weeping Wa ter, countv chairman, was pres ent and brought with him five Life Scouts who are to be in vested as Eagle Scouts on Fri dav, December 19th. Governor Val Peterson will be present at the ceremonies at Weeping Wa ter. Local Scouting is represented bv thp following officers: Troop 365, Eugene I ingford. scoutmas ter; Troop No. 366. Raymond F"ers. scoutmaster; Troon No. 367. T ester Thimgan, scoutmas ter: Trooo No. 36fi. Explorers, Ordcll Hennings. Cubbing. Or eille Nielsen: Commissioner. Raymond J. Larson: Advance ment chairman, Ronald R. Furse; Countv Chairman, Marion Stone, Weeping Water. DRAWS DOWN FINE Harm Scott, who has been here engaged in work on an ex tra Pang on the Burlington, was a caller at the court of Judge C. L. Graves Friday. The man was arrested bv the citv police force and charged with being intoxicated and to which charg" he entered a plea of guilty. Judge Graves im nosed a fine of $10 and costs for the offence which amount was raid and the defendant sent on his way. Children Receive Award Qj $7"-: (C " f?V ,1 v'17i fife-. . v f M-) Above is the four prize win ning children whose photographs were selected by the Lloyd's Stu dio of Des Moines as the prize winning photos taken some time ago by the company. Selections were made by the company. From left to right: Jerry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walden of this city, first prize; Lyle, son Saturday Busy Day at Stores Over the City Saturday found the city filled with visitors from all sections of the county and a very brisk af ternoon in all lines of trade ac tivity that continued until the evening- when a great many of those at a distance started their homeward journey. The Plattsmouth stores have fine large stocks in all lines that appeal to the Christmas shopper and not only are the lines most attractive but the prices at which they are offered are as reasonable as can be found in any of the city stores or in the nearby towns. The local stores have made every effort to care for the needs of their customers and the clerks have been a hard working force in the days of the Christmas shopping rush which is expected to continue through the present week. The stores arc all attractively decorated and the shoppers find the real Christmas spirit pre vailing in all of the places of business with many suggestions for those that have not as yet completed their Christmas shop ping for their loved ones and friends. George Lushinsky Suffers Stroke George Lushinsky, three times mayor of Plattsmouth, in the thirties, is ill at his home on Park hill, the result of a slight stroke that he suffered on Wed nesday at the family home. The left hand has been affect ed by the stroke but seems to be gradually improving and it is hoped that he may in a short time be over the effects of the stroke. Under the orders of his physi cian, Mr. Lushinsky will remain in bed for the next ten days un til the hand improvves. Mr. Lushinsky celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday on Thurs day, a greater part of these years being spent in Plattsmouth where for a great many years he was in the employment of the Burlington in the local shops. Consumers Hold Christmas Party Thursday evening the main dining room of the Rainey Cof fee Shop was the scene of a very delightful dinner party for the members of the Consumers Public Power service in the city. There were twenty-eight of the employes and guests that enjoyed the pleasures of the ex cellent dinner and the pleasant association during the evening. Later the members of the par ty adjourned to the club rooms over the business office of the Consumers where the remainder of the evening was spent at cards and visiting. The settings of the dinner were in keeping with the Christ mas season and proved most at tractive to the eye. Raymond Sands is Home From Hospital Raymond Sands, of Murray, has returned home after fifteen days spent at the St. Mary's hos pital at Nebraska Citv, where he was receiving treatment for a hand injury, suffered when he had his hand caught in a corn sheller. As the result of the accident he suffered the loss of a thumb and two fingers of the right hand. E. A. Wurl is leaving the last of the week for North Platte, Nebraska, where he is expecting to remain over the' Christmas holiday with his children. Mrs. York Hinman and Robert Wurl and their families. of Mr. and Mrs. L'. V. Ladd. Plattsmouth, second prize; Anna May. daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Roland H. HalL, third prize; Janet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Campbell of Platts mouth, fourth prize. The prize winners will have the prizes of special photographs in honor of their selection. Music Department Of City Schools Give Fine Concert The music department of the Plattsmouth city schools were heard in concert at thp high school auditorium on Thursday and Friday evening being one of the finest musical treats that has been offered this season. The hieh school band that is among one of the best in this section of the state, was heard in a number of selections as well as solo offerings by several of the members. At the Friday evening concert Manfred Moritz was hoard in the bass horn solo. "Asloeo in the Deep," very ar tistically g,:von. The trombone trio, composed of Dick Huebner, Wendel Friest and Lee Green was heard in a most entertaining selection. "Three Slippers." Gerald Michaelsen served as the narrator for one of the se lections by the band that fur nished the musical background. Th chorus of the school, num bering some 75 voices was out standing in the two evening's of fering, solo parts in the chorus numbers wre taken hv Miller Hurst and Carol Lou lernhardt, ooth talented soloists. Both groups showed the splen did training and direction given them bv David Fowler, head of the music department in prepar ing the young people for this very important feature of the school year. Cpl.Krejci Will Have Visit Home Cpl. Robert J. Kre.ici will snend the holidavs with his Bar ents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Krejci. at. their home at 914 S. 9th. St. He has been granted 15 davs leave from Williams Field. Arizona, where he is stationed with the Airwavs and Air Com munications service of the air force. Cpl. Kreici was a member of the class of 1945 of Plattsmouth high school and played on the football. track, and baseball teams. After graduation, he was employed bv the Martin bomber i plant and the Army Ordnance dCDOt. Entering the air force January 12, 1946, Cpl. Krejci attended an eig-ht weeks course for control tower operators before being as signed to the A.A.C.S. His present organization main tains a world-wide communica tions network to guide air force Dilots and their craft over glo- j bal airways. Gerda Peterson 111 at Home Here The many friends over Cass County will regret to learn that Miss Gerda Peterson, retired postal employe, has been quite ill at her home in the Hrrold apartments for the past week. Miss Peterson has not been in the best of health for some time and has been unable to carry on her usual activities. PROPERTIES SOLD Mrs. Mary Messersmith has sold her property at 1700 Main Street to Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon L. Hoi li way. The Rakow acreage on the Louisville Road has been pur chased by Mr. and Mrs. Earl j Hardison of Murray. I Both of these transactions were comnleted this past week j bv Loris B. Long ,local real es i tate broker. ; SUFFERS FPOM ILLNESS t Donald J. Warga was confined ' to his home the last of the week hv a yerv severe attack of the flu that had him bedfast for sev eral davs. He is improving now and it is hoped that he may be able to resume his activities this week. Use Journal Want Ads Old Resident Of City Dies Thursday Night Mrs. Mary E. Egenberger, 89, a resident of Plattsmouth for the greater part of her lifetime, died Thursdav evening. December 11, at the Methodist hospital in Om aha where she was taken several davs previous suffering from the effects of a severe stroke. I Mrs. Egenberger was horn in Plattsmouth June 5. 1853 and I was married in this city to John ! V. Egenberger, who nroceded her in death in 1909. She con tinued to make her home in this city until ten yars ago when she moved to Omaha to make her home with her daughters and . has since been a resident ef that ! citv. Mrs. Egenberger is survived I bv two sons and three daughters, j William Fgrn'TPor. Lexing j ton. Nebraska: Carl Egenberger, I Plattsmouth : Mrs. Ida Baum"art, Valentine. ftcoraska; Mrs. Flor ence Turpin and Mrs. Mary Harriman of Oimha: two sisters. Ms. .Anna Fenbere- of Salt Lake ritv. Utah P"d Mrs Mat thew Sulsor of P'attsmouth. Three s-ns. Edward, Albert and Fred Egenberr.' one daugh ter. AMna, preceded the mother in death. The funeral services were held Mondav afternoon at 1:30 from the Settler funeral home at 4th and Vine streets Dr. H. G. McClusW. pastor of. the First Presbyterian church, an old friend and nejr'ibor of the departed, conducted the services the charV. Mrs. Ray Herring and Mrs. Otto Pitz gave two numbers. 'Beautiful Tcle of Somewhere" and "Abide With Me." Mrs. H. G. McCluskv was the accompanist for the songs. The burial was at the Holy Sepulchre cemetery where the husband is at rest. The pallbearers were Robert and Howard Hirz. Robert Bell, Robert Egenberger. Jack Egen berger and Edward Egenberger. Local TraoDer is Winner of Prize Wilbur W. Means of Platts mo'ith. is a winner ef a DMly Award fnr correct nelt handing in the Nineteenth National Fur Show conducted bv the Raw Fur c"rvice of Sears. Roebuck and Co. A eare'ullv handled pelt brought this traoner one of the S5 00 Dailv Awards, as a result of its being judged one of the thre; best handled skins among nil pelts received nt Sears Raw Fur Marketing Station in Kansas Citv. Missouri. This Delt is now eligible to consideration for one of the maior awards, including the SI. 000.00 First Award, to be sri-cted at the final judging, which will be held in April. Correct nelt handing, the prime object of the fur show, has prov en of vital importance to trappers due to the fact that millions of dollars was formerly wasted through careless, incorrect skin ning, stretching and drying of furs. Death of Fred Beins at Pekin Word was received here Sun day of the death of Fred Beins. of Pekin, Illinois, a member of one of the well known Cass County families. The death oc curred early Sunday. Mrs. Beins was formerly Miss Minnie McCrosky of this city, who with four children survive his passing. One child, Lucille, preceded the father in death. He was a brother of Fdward Beins and Mrs. Minnie B. Hill of this city. Sunday afternoon Edward Beins and niece, Mrs. A. W. Leonard, of near Mvnard left for Pekin. Illinois for the funeral services that will be held Tues day. Stores Ooen Now For the Evenings The stores of the citv are re maininf open evenings from now until Christmas. The onening datp starts this evening for the benpfit of the shopping public and will .crivp s1 a chance to complete their Christmas buying. FARM SOLD Loris R. Long, local real es tate broker announces the sale of the eighty-acre farm belong ing to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Shjader of Murray. The pur chasers of this well-imDroved farm are Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Dysart, also of Murray. Supreme Court Grants New Trial The state supreme court at Lincoln this week awarded a new trial in the damage suit brought in Cass County by Mel vin Thomas of Ashland against Ora E. Poulson. The court said that as the evi dence was such that different minds may draw different con clusions in regard to negligence, it was an error for the trial court to direct a verdict for the defendant. Thomas was the owner of a gravel truck involved in a colli sion with a transport owned by Poulson on the morning of June 30, 1945. near Greenwood. Each party claimed the employe of the other was negligent. The su preme court also found that the court erred in not permitting auestioning of L. E. Stubbs. driver for Poulson, to show that his testimony contradicted state ments he made after the accident. E. H. Wescott Ends Service as Scout Chairman Surdav evening at the Eagle Court of Honor, held at the First Christian church. F. H. Wescott. advancement chairman. made the announcement of his resig nation from the position. Mr. Wescott has served in the capacity of advancement chair man for a period of thirty years, during this time he has assisted in receiving into Scouting hun dreds of bovs in this community as well as in the district. He has untiringly worked with the hovs jn thoir studies and craft work that would fit them for advance ment to higher rank in this or ganisation of the youth of the cevntrv. Mr. Wescott's thirty years as advancement chairman is only a Dart of the storv of his work in scouting, as he has served some forty years in active lpndershin and even longer as a student of Scouting, as an aid in building better men for the world. His great reward for this serv ice has been in seoinr the ad vancement in life of the boys that he had helped train and nlnce o" the highway to a suc cessful life. With the retirement of Mr. Wescott as advancement chair man this work "'ill be in the hands of Ronald R. Furse, select ed at the last meeting of the Scout organization to carry on the responsibilities of the office. Plattsmouth Placed Class B The assignments were an nounced Sunday of the placings of the various high school basket ball teams for the purpose of tournament play. The Plattsmouth Blue Devils were assigned to Class B for the district tournament, while the Nebraska City Pioneers were placed in Class A play for the tourney. The place of holding the dis tricts meets was not announced but will follow the invitations from the various centers that may wish to be hosts to the basketball players. Mrs. Harry E. White returned on Tuesday of last week from a pre-holiday visit at Alliance where she visited her sister, Mrs. Blanche Grassman and the Maurice Peterson family. There were 33.500 traffic cas ualties during 1946. At The Cass County Court House In the case of William F. Kraeger vs. the County of Cass, et al., the demurrer of the de fendants was submitted to the court, argued and taken under advisement by Judge Dunbar. The court gave the defendants twenty days to file briefs and the plaintiff twenty days to file answering briefs. In : the county court Friday Judge Paul E. Fauquet held hearings on the application for the probate of the estates of Henry H. Ragoos and that of Eli Parker, deceased. , In the Ragoos estate Merle Ra goos, a son was designated as the ad'-vrristrator. In the Parker estate the court made the appointment of Mrs. Nellie Parker, widow, as the ad ministratrix of the estate. Pfc. Wm. L Cloidt Is Laid to Rest in His Native Land Thursday morning the com munity paused in its daily ac tivities to pay the last respects to one of its sons that had made the supreme sacrifice for his homeland and nation. The body of Pfc. William Lee Cloidt arrived here Tuesday on the last lap of the long journey from the Henri Chapoell ceme tery in Belgium, to be laid to rest amid the scenes that he had enjoyed in the happier days of life. The body had been lying; in state at the Sattler funeral home until the funeral hour Thursday. The services were held at the Holy Rosary church at 16th and Pearl streets at 10 o'clock, where a very large number of the old friends and neighbors had gath ered to pay their last tributes to the memory of this young man. Solemn Requiem Mass was of fered bv Father Edward C. Tu chek. Father Henrv Ingenhorst, nastor of St. Joseph's Church in Paul. Nebraska was deacon, father Josenh Hajduk, curate at St. Mary's Church in Nebraska City was subdeacon. Father El mer Madden was present in the sanctuary. Ramon Koubek and Dan Rohan were acolytes; Bill Holly and Richard Bintner were thurifei's. The parish choir sang the Mass of Reouiem with Dorothy Svoboda at the console. Father Tuchek gave a very beautiful tribute to the departed youth. "We came to give honor. We came to welcome home and to give final tribute to a young man who died on fie'd of battle to nreserve for us the liberty which we so deenly cherish. With this testament of respect we not only honor him. but all his buddies who made the su oreme sacri'ce. In him we hon or those who like him are com ing home to rest: those who rest in distant lands in cross marked fields and those whose final resting place is known but to God alone." After addressing final mess ages of farewell in the name of the deceased, the sotaker con cluded: "Soldier, there is one request we make of you and all who like you have paid with their lives to preserve pe'ice. When vou soe-ik with your Di vine Commander in His heaven- (Continued on Page Seven) Keentime Klub Has Fine Meeting The Keentime club had a very large attendance Friday evening nt their weeklv party at the VFW club rooms Tt is estimated that there were 150 of the youn neople in attendance to spend the time most pleasantly. The evening was spent in dano in? and for those not caring for this relaxation the ning pong tables proved most attractive. The ehaoerones wre Mr. and Mrs, John Hadraha, Mr. and Mrs; Glen Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Ro bert Cannell. The committee wishes that all narents who send the children to the oarties please come up stairs to get the children at the time snocified. Once a child leaves the hall they will not be readmitted the same evenine. This makes it necessary for the child to remain out in the cold untij the parents arrive. Child Welfare Aid Aim of 40-8 The members of T i Sciele ! TVs 40 Hommes et R Chevauv at heir meeting Thursday night voted to ioin in th gene'-al pro gram of child welfare that is now being snonsore in the stite of Nebraska by the American Legion. The head of the Lcion com mittee the state is Jtide Frank Dineen of Omaha. The Forty anH Fieh committee will be header) h" County Superin tended J.iovd Behrends and will act in getting the program under wav. Thp members afteY the close of the business session hnd a verv nleasant and much eniov ed chow mein sunnpr that had been arranged for the group. Returns From Omaha Hospital Mrs. Earl Harris, who has been at the St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha for some weeks, has so far recovered that she was able to be brought home Thursday. Mrs. Harris is feeling improv ed, she will have to spend some time on the inactive list at home.