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Those coming from the farthest distance were Mr .Chester Hopkins, of Oakland, r"alif nnH Mr and Mrs Herald Hopkins, of Dallas, Texas. Guests j Miss Twila Milk were present from Louisville, Weeping Water, Alvo and Lin coln. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wiles, of Ogden, Iowa, were- week end guests at the home of their moth ers, Mrs. Andrew Olsen, and Mrs. Isaac Wiles. Mr nnH Mrs Clawde Canadav. of Bloomfield. Neb., were Sun- ! where tne tinoits nave peen m Hav nist! at the home of Mr. ! ing, moved here, Saturday irom Canaday's sister, Mrs. Ray Wiles, and then on to Lincoln where they visited their son Julian, who is a student at the Wesleyan university. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Cook, of ing to visit at the Adam Cook heme over the week end. Edwin G. Steckley and son Gardener arrived here last week, from California, where they have spent the summer. Gardener en tered the University of Nebras j ka, and Mr. Steckley will return I to California for the winter. Their many friends here regret to learn that Mrs. Steckley is in the hospital. She is recuperat ing from a serious illness. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lane re turned home last week after a weeks vacation, which took them to Grcely, Estcs park, Denver, Colorado Springs and the Royal Gorge. They returned home by the way of Smith Center Kansas, where they had lunch with friends. Miss Eula.Wintermote left Sat urday for Medford, Oregon, to take charge of her new position as county home- economics di rector. Honoring Miss Wintermote on her birthday, which was Friday, Mrs. Ralph Lane entertained at a dinner, when her guests were Miss Imo Heebner, Miss Pearl Schutz, Miss Esther Mcgensen, r, Mrs. Ralph Keckler, Miss Doretta Koester, Miss Fike, the guest of honor, Miss Wintermote and Mr. and Mrs. Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Elliott and family have moved into the Litton home in the south part of town, and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Uffleman, who bought the home Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Uffleman will be f '-ven a hearty welcome by their many Weeping Water friends, as both are former Weep ing Water people. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kirk and And Then They Can Talk fc:v ' ?W$S-H&V 1 I "Settlement with the motorist I Goverrrnf.rt mtl TiT.'vas made out of court, Mrs. J G WW 7WkF fgtf J:x t3? ' S , W ?' Beckr.tr said. She rccsived $7,500. j i; H1l4t ' V' ' Five thousand dollars was used ! Manager cf the Lincoln office oi PfH -?A StjZX V VVi to pav hr medical, hcsbital and the Social Security Administra te J? : 4 iJtn A8 A , t 1 convalescent expense. With the Uon. the record of wages in your ff2Xf i-rW Ctfir'' ' $ rest she made a down payment on j perscnal account waat wUlae- - 5V 2 .Sl -vJfcSV.SA &7 , ichnmp" i tcrmme how much you 11 get m , 1 niH Z&'&'Z i :r.7k old-age insurance payments later 1 John r-A,J 'fm x B.iN'f iv 'iT 2 -vt,w c-trr-o., . i v.. jIl. : .- v.- is. Fremont, ' came Saturday even- 1 their son-in-law and daughter, 3tV-c V.? -at--. TV c ' 'in- NEW Alamito Oieosnargarine it P - u DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR We now offer our customers "ALAMARGE" Vegetable Oleomargarine with added Vitamin "A" You will find it a delicious spread for breads, excellent seasoning for "hot food and unexcelled for all shortening purposes. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Smith, of Tpil EIB fl j r.sLr'ss Three years of mdergarten airs, nuipn ivecKiti. mey leu Sunday morning, for Hollywood, accompanied by Mrs. Kirk's mother, Mrs. Gsorge Towle, who has been a guest at the Keckler heme for the past month. A meeting of the officers cf the Royal Neighbors Lodge was held Friday afternoon, when fin al arrangements were made for their district meeting- which will be held in Weeping Water, Oc tober the first. Officers were present from Elmwood, Platts mouth, Louisville and Murdock. Mrs. George Domingo and Miss Fern Davis spent last week in Kansas City, where they enjoyed the time exploring the city, and enjoying a weeks stay at one of the city's good hotels. Miss Mary Ann Pryor left Tuesday, for New Haven, Con necticut to enter Yale Univers ity's school of nursing, for a three years course of study. Mrs. Charles Marth, and son Jerry, of Chicago, arrived Sun day, for a visit at the home of Mrs. Marth's parents, Mr. and Mrs- Ole Olsen. There was a family group, all reltives of M. L. Fernbaugh, who came to Weeping Water, from Lincoln, Sunday, to enjoy a picnic dinner in the Weeping Water park. The event was in honor of Mr. Fernbaugh's birth da y. All enjoyed a fine dinner, and all praised the picnic facili ties at the park. Those coming from Lincoln were Mr. and Mrs. Victor Brooks and son Tommy; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Brooks, Jr., and son Dana; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brooks; Mrs. Fern Derr, Mr. and Mrs. Williams and son Bill; and from Weeping Water were Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Binger and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Fernbaugh and their two daughters of Weeping Water. Guests at the S. L. Brandt home this week are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rand, of LaMesa, Texas, who arrived Wednesday of last week, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rafsneider of Ft. Morgan, Colo., , who arrived Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Brandt and their guests spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Rhoden, at Unadilla. Jolly Homemakers Extension club meets today (Thursday) at the home of Mrs. Marjorje Nich- : ols, with Mrs. Walter Luhring ! and Mrs. Art Nichols in charg-a i of the orogram, on "Color in the ' Home."" Mrs. Henry Knaup, and Ro berta, accompanied Mrs. Warren i Hansen and her two children to Plattsmouth, Saturday evening, ; to attend the Korn Karnival. ' Opportunity Extension club met Tuesday afternoon at the heme of Mrs. Fred Gorder, with ; Mrs. Joseph John as assistant ' hostess and Mrs. Parson and Mrs. William Jamesen in charge of the program on "Color in the Home." j Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wag goner, former Cass county resi uents, arrived in Weeping Water Friday for a visit with relatives j in this vicinity, and were the ; guests of Mrs. Jennie Snell, while here. Sunday, a picnic was THE PLATTSSKOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEIV! I -WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, September 23, 19-13 PAGE FIVE and smashed legs, fractured ribs, shown on your account number collar bone and shoulder. She was J card. You may not receive cre hospitalizcd nearly 18 months. dit for your wages unless your She still uses crutches and a leg ; employer reports ycur correct FRCTECT YOUR INVESTMENT You working people are buy ing protection for yourselves and our families w.h the social ! j security deductions taken from each pay check. Tnat little de- your oia-age-Federal Gov- duction pays for insurance with the It is extremely important that on, or how much in social secur ity benefits jour family will be paid in case of ycur dc-ath. There fore, it is important that your employer correctly reports your earnings. A representative of the Lin coln office will be at the Post Office in Plattsmouth on Mondsy, September 2Q, 1943 at 10:30 a. m. Pictures and Text By BROOKS HONEYCUTT NEA Staff Correspondent CAVE SPRING, Ga. (NEA) There is a least one school in th United States where the seudents weren't unhappy to see the doors reopen this month. At the School for the Deaf at Cave Spring, the pupils are pre paring themselves for, a place in the world, to take their places in society and, most important, grow up without feeling their life is a loss. A century old this year. Cave Spring's modern buildings and teaching facilities cast a long shadow over the one-room log cabin of 1843. The primary de partment has a building of its own on a hill a few hundred yards from the intermediate and voca tional school. A new, up-to-date hospital with 20 beds is one cf the more recent additions to the school. While a so-called normal child enters a public school at the age of six the 285 children at Geor gia's School for . the Deaf start there at four. They spend three long, hard years in training be fore being admitted to the first '4 K.i you furnish, your employer with i Anyone aesirmg mlorrrraaon a a record of your social security ' bout Social Security may ccn rumber and name exactly as ' tact him at that time. -v $ tl 35 pi 3 1 Marker 0! Distinct pi FOR A S; 3! First they listen (top), later they talk back (bottom phcta). At Cave Spring school, Mrs. P. IvI. Minter pronounces vowels for Barbara Sue Strickland with the aid of a speaking lube, while other students watch from chairs labelled to help them recognize tt.eir names. In reverse action, Jchnny Chand ler watches his teacher's lirs as he listens to his cwn voice re peat sounds which seme day will be intelligible word.s. I 0t 'A ,:,5f . I' ,1 Covtr jm AND SEE (Successors to Gterr.vood Granite Wcrks) m V m 9 I iti s' l SIZE - ft. i 4 B ft W t is';: grade. During this time they are ex- probably hss been walking for amined for any possible hear- three years. Basic things like this ing ability and are given psycho- occupy the major part cf the first logy tests such as were used m three years. r PHONE 13 OR WRITE sal S3 jac:- l -lj.e.ii Ai.i. Jj. V ,1 .. J.i. A. i l- lJi -i. LAii' PERCELL, Manager, GLEN WOOD, IOWAZ! the armed forces during the war. Then the child's plight in learn ing really begins. Patient teach ers work with the students, teach ing them they have a name, the meaning of such simple words as rain, walk, fall, mamma, hello, and other words a hearing child knows before he ever sees the inside of a school room. hardest problems is keeping the younger students from communi cating with 'their hands. They are not taught the sign language, yet all the teachers are kept busy keeping the children from using that language. The school has found that ac tivity rates supreme in teaching the deaf student. He must be kept busy even during the recreational periods. A kindergarten student is oblivious to time in relation to tomorrow or next week. All of held in their honor, at River- j view park, in Omaha, when the guests included the members of the Domingo families, the Ander sen families, and the Snell fami lies .Mr. and Mrs. Waggjner now live at Grand coulee, Washing ton. They remained in Omaha, after the picnic, and expect to visit for several days at different places before returning to Weep ing Water, the latter part of this week, for a more extended visit. Word was received by relatives of the death of Mrs. J. M. Ran- BUY ONE ROLL AT REGULAR PRICE AND GET ANOTHER ROLL FOR ONLY ON WALLPAPER PAPERS FOR EVERY ROOM AT BIG SAVINGS! If you are going to paper now or later, come in now during this ONE CENT SALE and select your patterns. Bring your room measurements. SALE ENDS OCTOBER 9 Biles Paint and Wallpaper Store Phone 313S Plattsmouth Mrs. P. M. Minter, who works with the children during this kindergarten period, says each student's talent is easily recog nized. She records the individual talents and keeps a complete qaily survey for future use when the child enters the first grade. As soon as the student arrives at school he begins using the 'These students are not dumb" speaking tube. One end is placed this must be brought out through says Mrs. Marie bewell Kennard, against the students ear ar.d the repetition. superintendent of primary train- teacher speaks into the mouth ing and a veteran of 28 years in piece, saying the vowels, deaf-mute teaching. "They simply Then the child attempts to re do not understand what thej' are peart the vowels. Soon simple doinir when they walk, trot, or words such as "mah-mah" for run. They don't know they have mamma are spoken to the child, state school, a name for they have never heard and the child attempts to speak However, it." the words. Everything taught is accom- Frowns of strain ccv r the plished by pictures and the na- youngsters' foreheads and their tural situation, such as teaching a eyes do the talking for th? first student what he is doing when few months. This method cf teaching continues throughout their kindergarten period and by the time they are ready for the first year in school they have eyeing the teacher's every move. walks, leading the student. She mastered not only the basic words They learn to hear by reading roints to the picture and then mo- such a? their names but are adept lips. This saves them cmbarracs- tions for the child to walk. After at reading lips. nent and permits them to learn hours and "hours each week the Surprisingly, the number of faster, morr securely, teacher finally can point to the students who come to the school A deaf-mute wants tp talk. He picture, motion to the student, whose parents are deaf is about is learning how at Georgia's and the child walks. Yet, the child two out of every 112. One of the School for the Deaf- he walks. Pictures of a child walking are cut from a magazine. The word "walk" is printed under the picture. A teacher When thev leave kindergarten. the students receive the same textbooks that are used in public schools in the state, for the School for the Deaf is an accredited the kindergarten method of teaching is continued, during their primary work for it is a simple task to forget when the siucer.ts cannot hear. Repe tition is essential. Thrre are no silent moments in the classrooms. The teachers talk constantly. The children listen. J Jlt.l.'.ULI IVI 5 Y u 7H but ra A P S i& m 1m k & ney's father, John Bolander, 97, i at Washington, Illinois, early j Friday morning. Lloyd Ranney, j of Weeping Water, and his sis ter, Mrs. Sam Lingo, of Blair, left Saturday for Illinois, to at tend the funeral services. . Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Stoker, of Shelby, Iowa, were Sunday af ternoon guests at the home of Mrs. Stoker's mother, Mrs. Thom as Murtey. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rugha went to Roco, Sunday for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Jenkins. Mrs. Jenkins is the former Nellie Fowler. It would be useless trying to name all of our people who attended the Korn Karnival last week, at Plattsmouth. A good bus service between Weep ing Water and Plattsmouth dur ing the County . Fair and the Korn Karnival, would be a great convenience to those ;ho do not drive cars. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiles spent Monday at Madison, Ne- i braska, and were accompanied home by their daughter, Mrs. Stuart Trine and two children, Patricia and Philip, who will Former Resident Here Finds Past Years Trying The stcry of the adversities of the years is told in the Sunday World-Herald and involves a for- ! 23. They had been married only I five years.' '"Since that time Mrs. Beekner has undergone a steady grind of earning her living by teaching, nursing, clerking and sewing. Illness, operations and a tragic accident on June 14. 1945, have taken their toll of her working days. Saturday, Mrs. Beckner said m?r resident of the Murray and ! sic faced the possibility of los- hcr home because of inabil ity to make payments. 'There's just no use to weep and worry," Mrs. Beckner said, "I don't know what I'll do, but I'll do son thing.". '"Mrs. Beckner- said she is un able to earn enough money baby ) ing Plattsmouth communities, Stephen Beckner, that will te of interest to the residents of this territory. The article follows: ''Smiling through adversity is easy for Mrs. Gertrude Beckner, 60, of 2565 Crown Point Avenue. i'ractice has come mrougn sitting, renting rooms in her continuing misfortune which home and teaching spastica and began 35 years ago with the retarded children. She said she is death of her husband, Stephen. : behind in her monthly payments of $61.90 on her home, spend aweck at the Wiles home, j "The accident which causc-d 50 Mrs. Myrtle Willis, of Lincoln. ! per cent disability occurred , at arrived Monday for a weeks visit i Thirty-ninth and Dodge Streets at the Arthur Wiles home. ! after she alighted from a bus. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wiles and ; "A motorist ' swerved Joward young con Richard, spent Sun- her as she, approached the curb day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ; en the opposite side of the street. Kenneth Wiles, at Ashland. she said. She suffered broken tv-yg I. 11775 AMD AT A You lift or lorrcr a Dearborn Flow or any other Dearborn Lift Type implement by merely moving the hydraulic control lever. 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