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THE PLfiTTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Court House Clock PAGE SIX Monday, January 10, 1949 pun J Close ognition to the music depart- ' On Saturday ment of the college. In addition ! (Continued from Page One) to the voices the group carry Micheal Baieck 1.00 Cass County People With Peru Singers The Peru State Teachers col lege this week announced that the College Peruvian Sings arc starting their tours for this year and are opening at Beat rice. This group of mixed voices has won recognition in the past few years by their excellent work and brought a great rec- their own organist and accom panist and a saxophone spec ialist. In the group are two Cass county people, Maynard Schlie fert of Manley and Martina Sporer of Murray. READ THE JOURNAL FOR THE LATEST IN NEWS. Jake Kraeger 1.00 Murray Jr. High School.. 2.00 (Eva L. Becker 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ward en, Union 2.00 Mrs. Mary Wasley 1.00 Mrs. Sybil Hetrick 1.00 Vera Lewis 1.00 Ralph J. Wierbein 1.00 Herman Graham 1.00 I ij Mrs. Emma Egenberger 1.00 Sale Starts Wednesday, January 12th Sale Ends ' Dr. W. A. Ryan 2.00 Edwin A. Fricke, Ashland 10.00 Lucille Horn Gaines 1.00 Joe J. and Freda Stibal . . . 5.00 Ira J. Bebb and family . . . 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Glen Mc- Clure 2.00 Smith and Lebens 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hall . . . 2.00 Fred Melsinger 1.00 Helen M. Horn 1.00 Rose Belolavy Hranac, Silver Spring, Maryland 1.00 Lila Earhart, Omaha, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rishel 2.00 Ted Stoehr and Wesley Gradoville, Odessa, Texas 2.00 The contributions received at the Plattsmouth State bank the J week end were most gratifying and brougnt m aacuuonai sums to aid in getting the clock back in action. The following are re ported: Frank Kravanek $ 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hirz . . . 3.00 Mr. and Mrs. Victor Mei singer .' 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Evers . 5.00 Paul Shera 1.00 Mrs. E. M. Griffin Goes to West ' Mrs. E. M. Griffin departed the past week for the Pacific coast where she will join her sons, Alfred and Arley Griffin, who have mad2 their home there for the past few years. Arley Griffin has been a member of the naval force since the late nineties and is ready for retirement after having served through the World War II where he was in some of the heavy actions on the Pacific qpean. Alfred was in the naval serv ices in the first world war and continued on in active service until his retirement. The sons are well known in Cass county as the family made their home in this county for maE years, residing at Union, Nehawka and Manley. iaturday, January 22nd We were surprised to find so many odd lots when we invoiced and you'll be surpris ed when you see the low price we've put on them. They're all good Pumps and Sandals and they'll be a wonderful addi tion to your wardrobe at the low price of 3'" Mr. and Mrs. Don York 2.00 We also found some very fine sport and casual type shoes, but there aren't all so we re Ben Seyboldt 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Range 2.00 John Janecek 1.00 Fritz Siemoneit 2.00 Emil F. Schmidt 1.00 C. E. Metzger 2.50 W. A. Metzger 2.50 L. W. Lorenz 2.00 Helen Tiekotter 1.00 Kenneth Tiekotter 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Art Hild 2.00 The receipts at the Rosen crans barber shop also showed a fine return from the last of the week with the following re ported : Kaiser-Frazier Co $ 5.00 Mrs. Luke L. Wiles 1.00 Carl Hula 1.00 Dr. H. G. McClusky 1.00 L. W. Niel 1.00 O. A. Davis 1.00 Jean Lockin 1.00 L. A. Meisinger 1.00 Bill Knorr 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Karl Roes- sler, Chicago 5.00 i 4mrT slzes &v V putting them out AT I feli ONLY I g00MK$to 99 I 9 FOR MEN We have some good Dress Oxfords, sizes 8-11, shoes that were to $10.95 NOW THEY GO AT For good wear around home, we'll have a table of odds and ends for $1.00 DURING THIS SALE ONLY, OUR Ladies Kid Arch Support Oxfords WILL SELL FOR $649 ALL SALES CASH NO REFUNDS EI X-Ray Fitting Next to Bank X-pert Shoe Repairing Phone 3176 Father John Kelly Returns from East Father John Kelley, assistant pastor of the St. John's Cath olic church in this city, return ed the past week from a two weeks outing in the east that combined business with a few days visiting with old time friends. F2!her Kelley was first at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he at tended the Catholic Art asso ciation convention, a very in teresting meeting and afford ing a very fine showing of the art of the church. He also spent a few days at Chicago, then continued on to Des Moines. Iowa, where he had a very delightful time in visiting with Father Jacob Weiss and Father Eece, former classmates of the Plattsmouth priest. Father Kelley was accompan ied on his trip by Dr. Wack, a member of the department of physics of Creigton University, also a former classmate. Death of Mrs. Henry Brinkman at Sedaiia The message was received here late Saturday of the death of Mrs. Henry Brinkman, 52, a former Plattsmouth resident, at her home in Sedaiia, Missouri. where she has been an invalid for the past fifteen years. In the late years she has been bed fast a great deal of the time. Agnes Janda, daughter of the ate Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Janda, was born in Plattsmouth and spent her younger years in this community, receiveing her ed ucation in the local schools. In 1914 she was married at the St. John's church in this city to Henry Brinkman, they making their home here until in 1923 when they removed to Sedaiia where Mr. Brinkman has been employed in the Missouri Pa cific shops since that time. Mrs. Brinkman has many old friends here who will share with the family the sorrow that has come to them, but that has brought blessed relief to the patient. There is surviving the passing of Mrs. Brinkman, the husband, of Sedaiia. Missouri; son, Rich ard, of Clinton, Missouri; daughter, Mrs. John Myers, of Sedaiia. Brothers, Thomas and Charles Janda, of Omaha; sis ters, Mrs. Antonia Pitz of Platts mouth and Mrs. Vincent Slatin sky of Sedaiia. The funeral will be held at Sedaiia. from the St. Patrick's Catholic church at 10 a. m. The burial will be at Sedaiia. Death of Ernest Porter at Home Here Monday The biggest earthquake ever recorded was at Assam, India, on June 12. 1897. There was complete destruction over an area of about 9,000 sauare miles, while the area of moderate des stuction covered 150,000 square miles. Use Journal Want Ads. THOMAS WALLTNG CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth, Nebraska The death of Ernest Porter, 73, a long time resident of Plattsmouth, occurred this morning at 2 a. m. at the family home in the south part of the city following an illness of some duration, he suffering a stroke that has kept him bedfast for the past four years. Mr. Porter was born in this city, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Porter, and has spent his life time in this community where he has a large circle of friends. He was engaged here in work at the local lumber yards for a period of some thirty-two years. There is surviving his passing the widow, one son, Stuart Por ter of Denver; three step-children, Herman Sullivan of Sacra mento, California, Kenneth Sul livan, who is in a veterans hos pital in California, and Mrs. Georgia Price of this city. There is also surviving a sister, Marta Porter of Denver. The body is at the Sattler funeral home at 4th street and Avenue A to await the arrival of the son from Denver to com plete the funeral arrangements. R. R, Furse Is Named Head of Civic Body (continued from page one) attention in the coming year was that of a better lighting system and also the widening of Main street for better ap pearance, greater parking, and to aid in carrying surplus water. He also urged the clearing up of places over the city to make the community in general much more attractive, as had been the cases where new housing pro.iects were under way where neat homes were replacing for mer waste spots. T. H. Ppllock talked briefly of his apartments and their oc cupancy by officers who are now stationed at Offutt field. Mr. Pollock urged the construc tion of moderate priced houses in the community that might be sold to those who desire to come here to make their future homes. It was announced by Secre tary Peck that the next meeting of the Chamber of Commerce would be on Thursday, January 20th. this being the regular mntinr of the month. The following reports of the committees showed the work that had been carried out as a part of the 1948 program. Edward M. Egenberger, chair man of the membership com mittee for 1948. reoorted that the drive had started on Janu ary 29. 1948 with a breakfast at the Rainey ' coffee shoo. The drive lasted for a dav and as a result there were 170 member ships sold. Of these 150 were regular memberships and 20 were extra memberships pur chased bv firms and organiza tions for their key men. The report of the parks com mittee, of which Attorney A. L. Tidd i the chairman, was verv interesting. Mr. Tidd reported on the purchase of land north of this citv bv the State Fish. Game and Forestntion commis sion nnd the pork romission had been consumated,this was being bi)itt un into a game re fuge and fish preserve. Con siderable improvement will be made this vear. The committee had assisted in Hp organisation of the Izaak Walton I.-eaue chanter the past vear. with the larcest chanter membership of fnv chapter in the state. Mr. Tidrt renorted trnt the Iks mi?ht construct a house on the game commission land as a place to hold meetings. ' On of tr interesting reports j was that of the finod control mmmittee of whi."h Clement Woster and W C. Rnpnnichspn. Th report told of the meeting held at the court house whre nr. oenr-re F. Cnrda. of tho University of Nraska and others hnd attended to discuss tve soil conservation n-ork nnd the rural drainage thnt was npes;qrv. Tt was urped that the activities of the committee b mntimiM to see that the work is carried out. Charles Walden of the asTi Miitiir?l oornTrHttr rrrivp a vprv interesting report of the acti vities of th.p riqst. vqr tviat, in cluded thp "Ravp the Roil" Es sv contest that had drawn en tries from narlv fiftv en.de school students. Thp cash nri7ps hH h00! a'ardpd the winners pt the Kin" KYrn wTiivn'. Onn of bp bior tbines of thp vpar was 0'"b AchiQver"ent nv, hH n pinttsmoutb. for thp first time in its bictorv and boH hen most siiccpssu1 hr'"fh tvp co onrottnn of tbp Cas Countv KvTicjnn srvicp. Tb Pvrit rod broubt in hundreds of tvip vniin" nponip frora over the count v to paricinate. Pav Storv. chairman of the Citv Planning committee, re ported on the vear work and thp successful carrving out of their obieetive for the ypar. that, of the irrnro"pmcnt of thp athle tic field. It told of the forming of the athletic control board, men selected by local organiza tions. The board included Dr. O. Sandin, Eagles; Fred Herbster, American Legion: John Svobo da, King Korn Klub and Ray Story, the Chamber of Com merce. The committee had found a great interest and through private contributions it had been possible to greatly improve the grounds. The great est forward step was on Novem ber 2, 1948, when the proposition to vote $30,000 in bonds to com plete the work was carried by a two to one vote. The work on the field will be staged this spring. The housing committee of which E. H. Wescott was chair man gave a report of the ereat i shortage of houses and living quarters and as the result of the campaigns, there had been a great many new homes built and living quarters provided. The committee reported that all of the new residents had spoken well of Plattsmouth and liked to live here. Mr. Wescott report ed that 1,200 persons had tried to secure living facilities here in the past year. The committee also made impressive the tact that more living facilities was the real big problem of the present time in Plattsmouth. The executive committee of the Chamber held a short ses sion preceding the main ses sion and recommended that there be set aside the sum of $1,000 from the funds that are now in the treasury and be held as a special reserve fund to help on various activities that might be desired between nw and the time of the next annual meeting. The Chamber of Commerce has in the past year also con ducted a number of activities that have included the footrAll banquet, honoring the members of the football team of the high school. In the summer months the Chamber of Commerce or ganized a bus trip to Columbus, Fremont and David City to look over recreational facilities and to gain knowledge that might be of value in the future plan ning for this city. DELUXE ATTERIES AND YOUR OLD BATTERY YOU CAN COUNT ON VARC0M EVERY TIME! O Guaranteed In Writing 24 Months Groups 1 & 2 L Fit Most Popular Cars OYour Old Battery Is Worth $4 Now Count on plenty more cold weather. And when it hits, count on VARCON Batteries to supply that "extra surge" of power you'll need on those "hard starting" mornings. VARCON'S "No Overflow" vent plugs prevent acid loss and corrosion. Trade-in that dying battery now for a VARCON better made battery. VARCON "SUPER ACTIVE" BATTERIES Guaranteed for 30 Months. Group 1 and 2L casej $15.95 for Crjev., Ford, Ply., others. Longer service. Exch. These prices include installation. 'Authorized Dealer" HERB FREEBURG, Owner Eagle Picher Mineral Wool Insulation SAVES you Money and Fuel GETS Comfort and Health YOUR FREE Survey by calling 6115 Plattsmouth. Roofing and Siding. HOME INSULATION COMPANY 1106 S. Saddle Creek Road OMAHA GL 1610 EDWARD N. HOPE Cass County Representative Young People Are Married Here Sunday Sunday evening at the resi dence of Rev. and Mrs. E. C. ; Williams, occurred the marriage 21 , of Miss Evelyn J. Gannaway. ! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har vey Gannaway and Edward J. Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs Ed Robbins, both of this city. The marriage lines were read by Rev. Williams and the wed ding witnessed by the parents of the young people. They are to make their home in this city for the present at least. TO CARE FOR COUSIN ! Mrs. M. E. Buttery departed . this (Monday) morning for Gretna, Nebraska, where sha ! will assist in the care of Mrs. Allie' Hickey, 83, a cousin of Mrs. Buttery. She will remain there with the patient until her health shows some improvement. ' Mrs. Louis Naeve was at Ben nington, Saturday where she attended the funeral services of a cousin, Mrs. Tracie Sunds. 53, held at the Lutheran church at that city. The burial was a: Prospect Hill cemetery. Baby Chicks in 949 3fc 3SS Last Time Monday, Jan. 10 Van Johnson and June AUvson "THE BRIDE GOES WILD" Comedy Cartoon News Tuesday Only January 11 Bargain Day 12 & 20c incl. tax R.JScott and Nancy Kelly "FRONTIER MARSHALL" Bro't back as the preatest of all outdoor picture! Comedy -and "Watch Do? of the Mails" A New March of Time Wednes., & Thurs., Jan. 12-13 DOUBLE FEATURE Jean Willes and Big Cast "WINNER'S CIRCLE" The racing picture of the Year! Thrills! Drama! Glamour! and Feature Narration by R. Tavlor and R. Montgomery "THE SECRET LAND" A wonderland of beauty in .'echnicolor! Admiral Bird Adventure at South Pole! Sdfed? vfe&c fc Our Price Lists Are in the Mail You know about what date you want to brood your baby chicks. Order your baby chicks in January, and get them on the date prom ised and at the same time take advantage of early order discounts. If you are not on our mailing list, write or call for price list. ORDER IN JANUARY. DISCOUNTS up to $2.00 per 100 0 nana iPouitnr Service PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. DIAL 6205 Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. 7