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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Thursday. May 5. 1949 Rev. Morris Goes East on Business The Rev. Rov P. Morris. past- or of the United Presbyterian Church, of Murray, left Tues- ciay I'veniiiii oy iiani fi niio- Ti.-. TrKi7, (Vinfrt Ho will . i .i,., n i nf J:in u t c V iHnlbut the Bible school will meet t he board of directors o f the Pittsburgh - Xenia Theological, wU, bp seminary, representing he -, the sound picture. "A Worn nod of Nebraska, as -ell as he. Remember." will be shown. SrSt Ty Everyone is invited to this ser- ins. May 12th. He also expects :lce- to' spend a few days with his 89- . year-old mother at his home j VFW Remodeling near Pittsburgh. He will return inni rl..U in time for the services on May j I heir ClUD KOOITIS 15th. That afternoon, he is to j The club rooms of the Leper t ::o to Cuba. Kansas, to preach j Wolever post of the Veterans of the baccalaureate sermon to Foreign Wars, located in the the graduation class of the Cuba ' Nierste building on Main street. REMEMBER MOTHER WITH A CARD OR GIFT We Have a Complete Line of Cards and Gifts to Choose from A Gift for Every Mother BATES' BOOK STORE net --v .Mt-rtftM.s..A.-.w v.- '- - ''K -V4"'Y'-A : "i,- s&y. vaij.'';!;? rj-w ti ? ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti h ! p The k ;f r "r--'r m i mi f ti mkf .eon .n. mi ti pc.. ti Who also offers you the most complete assortment of useful and beautiful gifts for MOTHER'S DAY Sunday, May 8tflu 9 ti ti ti ii jhigh school. His son. Kenneth, is 'the coach and teaches history I at this school, and he will spend !a short time with him and his I familv. returning to his home on Wednesday. May 13ih. ( Becaust of his absence. lhrro will be no morning worship sor- iuus m i"Uiru 011 May 8th, 'opposite the court house, is now undergoing a program of re modeling and redecorating that will place them in most attrac tive shape and ready for the district convention of the V.F.W. that will meet here in the latter part of May. The remodeling is now prac tically over, only the decorating now remains. The series of rooms comprise the section de voted to dancing or the club meetings and adjoined by the lounge, where tables and chairs make a cozy spot for those who wish a chat or to watch the dancers. To the north of the lounge is the section devoted to the bar and lunch kitchen and j accessible to those who wish to visit with their friends. The kitchen is to be made strictly modern a n d provided with means of serving those who may wish to enjoy a bite while at the club. The decorative plan for the rooms is to be in the light col ors to make the rooms bright and cheerful and attractive to the members and their guests. Janice Lynn Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Taylor, was a week-end visitor in Platts mouth at the home of her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sheard. FAST ON THE DRAW- um(ui 7 Leal for water lliaCs afaatts Lot j tKW hut walrr !t our bear!- rin!cnl jou ran t outtlrav t!ir- I ;iu Ilttl. Ilrrr'- the uu(n malir ;a atrr li-attr lliat- alwav one -t- ultra J of our grralt-! ilcniaiitN . . . lh j( kei p jt-r )iiin hot for t-rr hou liolti u?-e. Tli'tilv of r frrhiiip hot hath for crv nirialx-r of ihr fannlv . . . iiiit-r, rlcaiicr laumlrv . . . (juirkcr eairr (iinliHa-liini:. FaiiriH)t iw-4 ju ai! llni and morr for oiil a frn prnuirs a Ja. i-it our !niv-ro(ui loIa. t!.? sx, , ur - w uii y i ti ti ? ti ti ti r ti t 8 MINING CAMPS GOME BACK TO LIFE ,r -SMS- i '-' r Even (he curious o!d sign on Hie side of the building- at the rxtrr-m? It-ft, pai:itod in a fit of anjrer Instead of following copy, Ly an itinerant sipn-palnter, as mloreU a!or:g- uitlt oilier historic features of Georgetown. Colo., one of the many of the west's once-far.u.us mrnli tov, ns recently restored as tourist attractions. The present population is ::C0 one a IOlh cf the population of Loom times, but the tou n is ue to boom again tlus sujnnier as news of its now I restoration continues to spread and attract tourists. rpITREE years ago Een Draper of Geoi-getown, Colo., a lescarch economist professionally, formed a company to rrc.ipture some of the plory that was Georgetown in th.e 1870s when it was the world's most famous silver mining camp. The company bought up a goodly share of the town's defunct real es tate and began mcr.dins and other wise reviving its historic buildings and other remnants of boom times. Bajiner Season Ahead. Today, Geors;ciown is locking for ward to a banner touri.-t se;u-on a.s news of the novel restoration con tinues to spread und attract curious visitors from all over. Among the attractions Draper and his v.ife have provided for visitors is an old-time vaude ville, silent moies e.f CO years ago, a sift shop, small muserms and the (Jrubstake, a restau rant they've opened in one of the old buildings to serve min'rij camp dinners, including- corn bread, apple butter, home-made pies and baked meat turnovers of the kind first brought to the mining region by t'croishnien, its earliest residents. (The ad- Cub Pack Joins Crusade to Support Liberty Cub pack SG7 held their reg ular meeting of the month la.st Friday night. April 23th. The newly elected officers lor the ensuing year were on hand for their various duties. The ofiic'is are as follows: Cub Master --Otto Weber. Ass't. Cub master --Glenn O. Diggs. Committee Chairman- Walter II Smith. Activities Chairman .-Richard E. Beverage. Secretary Orviile V. Nielsen. Treasurer Edwa rd Misehe. Tlie meeting got under way in the approved way of seyerate meetings of the boys and par ents, later being ail joined lor the main part of the meeting. Walter Smith as eiuiirnian. had charge of the parents' m'-eling where an open forum meeting was held on the following sub ject: "What changes have tak en place in our family since we have a Cub Scout." During this time the six Den chiefs of the six Dens had charge of the Cubs in a bingo game. During the joint meeting the regular monthly advancements and achievements were issued. Ot to Weber, c. m. welcomed three new Cubs into the pack. namely, Richard Janda, Robert j interestingly ol their native Lingford, Donald Winscot L j land and appeared in the cos Glenn Diggs then had charge of ! tumes of the old world. Miss the advancements and achieve ments. Orviile Nielsen, the only "Old Timer" in the new com mittee, had charge of the grad uation ceremony which saA Larry Jenkins graduate into Boy Scouting and being receiv ed into Troop 367 by their Re presentative. The last part of the meeting was then used to carry out the ceremony on the crusade of "Strengthening the Arm of Lib- lerty." This crusade is a two- tjyear program launched by the f 2 ' entire Boy Scout movements to r l w.. i ,.. lusiei ami pioiiiOLe n u-iiei understanding of our Country and its ideals and privileges. This part of the program was in charge of Orviile Nielsen, who acted in his capacity of Cass District Commissioner. During the ceremony, Otto Weber, Cub master, was asked to present the pack torch which had received its light from the council torch. This light was originally started at the foot of the Statue of Liberty on Bed loe's Island in New York Harb or, from where it had been handed to the twelve regional torches who in turn gave the light to the 48 state torches, and they in turn to the various council torches from which this pack received its light. The six Den Chiefs were then called on to light their torches and to return to their respective f if 5- i,S a f Ft" " - I ! join're: Ft. J.tnes ITctd & Par boasts an ci'iia.il elbow-rail.) Georgetown is not tlie only or.ee fanious nuninj tcvn th.'t U bjom in again out. west. -Ghost" low ns in van iny states of pre.it Tvation dot tiie fabulot;.; Mcther Lode county of northern California by the .score, according to the National Geo graphie society, and scune of the more fa nu -u.-- or p-erhaps "notori ous" is a letter v.x.td have b;t:i re stored preparatory to California'.-, old-rush centennial, while otliers have r.err reallv b-ccme ';h.cvts at all lilce Plac.-n ilie cnce known a Dry Die-fins and later as Ilan--lown). San Andreas, Angels Carnp and Sonera. CoIumLia Tart of State Par!:. Theii there '3 Celtimbia once kr.o-a n as Hikhcths Diyeins and lat er as AtaeriL-an Ca:np. Cherokee. North S..n Juan. Ilornitos and Vol cano. A : tate law pasid in 19-13 m.uie Co'u.nlia part cf a new state park and provided for restoration cf Uold-ruii buddings. Another attraction is Coloma, tv here V.ir- frenzied rush started in 18 IS when Jtdin V. Marshall Dens and each Cub Scout wu" then ' light his torch, tints completing the eyrie trom the Statue of Liberty to t he individ ual members of our Cub Pak. The ceremony used by Mr. Nielsen was a veiy impressive one and till who watched or took part could not help but feci that it would certainly work iu chance in the thinking" of all those present. Following the lighting ceremony, all were ar ranged it; a group for a picture which is shown elsewhere. Special neckerchief slides ; were issued to the Cubs, and Den Chiefs, and also special pins for all Den Motht rs and committee members. Rotary Club Has Fine Program The Rotary club had the op portunity Tuesday to enjoy a : fine program ut the weekly luncheon made possible through the eiiorts oi Airs, urvine au-i- r f , Mrc T TTf.-. .-,! TVivi: who were entertaining the Ro tary Aims at tea. The ladies had arranged wih Mrs. Russell Reecier and Mrs. I. M. Ilepperley of Fremont to have as guests at the tea. Miss Kari Bjerke arid Miss Berit Takstad of Olso. Nor way, and the grot;;) were loan ed to the Rotary for the pro gram. The ladies are exchange stud ents with American colleges and are attending Midland col lege at Fremont. They told very Bejerke also favoiing the mem bers of the club with two num bers, "Arabesque" by Debussy and "The Wedding Dance" by Greic on the piano. Miss Russeil Reeder also sang two songs. "I Was a Tree" and "Don't Speak to Mj of Spring." The high school students who will be Rotarians for the month of May were presented, they be ing Wendell Peterson, Junior, and Richard Gerberling. Senior. The program chairman of the day was Howard Hirz and the meeting presided over by Pres ident J. Howard Davis. T. H. Pollock Back from Colorado Trip T. H. Pollock and his son-in-law, Virrril W. Perry, returned from their trip to Colorado where they spent several days in look ing over the land interests of Mr. Pollock. They visited in the vicinity of Cheyenne Wells. Hugo. Burling ton and Kit Carson, while in the west . Mr. Pollock reports that the conditions there look very good and the farmers are having pros pects of a good crop this year. There are many large land own ers in that section of the state, one having 150.000 acres under his domain. Tatronize Journal Advertisers. 4 '1 Vv i f J H d 4 1 i ..VW t A- 2 A. ptcked up a small niijxet n 1'ic tailraee of Sutter's Mill. At Anf-els Camp, where ?ilark T.vain's leapififf wonder, Daniel Webster, met his Waterloo, a jumping frog jubilee is held aa nuuliy. Also sharine- the ;taro in the cen tenniai host-t'wn scene are Ton opah, GoIdfieM. Rhyohte and Eull- frcg, in seiitlterii Neada. "Madame ?.Ioustaehe's." Then there's a Nevada ci'.v where i "Madame Moustache" ope rated Cal j ifornia's fanciei t and hhest-slake ! tiair.b'.ing hotu e and bar, and Vir in:a City, Nev., where some 30.CC0 !;' rubbed in the f: mous Ccmsiov.!; Lode ciitfeings in the 1870s. j Other gold-rash towns, n o vr ; "thesis." who; e r.ur.ies remind visit ! ors cf the days when the west was j truly "wild and woody'' are Poitcr Fiat. Roaring Camp. Red Dog, Fid dletown. Simpson's Ear and Second Garrotte all ic::es in Uret Iiarle toi ;e. Tiicn th.ere's Rough nncl Read", Vou Get. Gri.udy P';;.ts. Last Chance, Wlhskey Slide. Jackass 11:1!, Squab ble Town and ParacILe turi-mahy Pair-O-D.ce;. Journal Family Visit at Alma R. R. Fur.se. publisher of the Journal, with Mrs. Furse and ! their son, "Butch." were visitors i over the week-end at Alma. Ne- -braska. with Mrs. II. C. Furse, mother of Mr. Furse. Alma is ; the old home of the Furse family who have for many years oper- i ated theHarlan County Journal and while there they were able to meet many of the old friends. life-D i mm b in. By TIIE OLD-TLUEKS Trom I. B. of Chicago: "I remem- j bcr when a woman wasn't cen- j sidcrcd a lady unless she had hair ! Ions eneush to sit on. My sisters and I used to wash each other's manes ', aI then spend all day in the garden dryh3 them. I was the first in our ' set to have my knee-length locks ; shorn in an Irene Castle bob. I did j it on a dare and couldn't go out for I weeks, because I was in disgrace I" j ! From IT. If. Sedgwick to It. O. (Dick) Kflttis: "What has become of j those ever-so-frcquent fust fights ! after school? Every recess and after- j noon there was sure to be a scrap somewhere shaking fists and the inevitable threat. 'Wait 'til I get you after school tonightl" From Mrs. Ella Kristenson oJ Oma ha, Neb.: "I remember the time I spent my evenings trying to pick out the cactus thorns from my feet calloused from running barefooted, but conscious of pain from stickers I could not tod." From Mrs. Mary Stewart of Chicago: "I remember when a good neigh bor, handy with the scissors, would gather the neighbors' boys and trim and cut their hair, without the aid of a bowl. Sometimes he'd get a nasty note from a dissatisfied mother." t ... " From A. A. Schlieske of Chicago Lawn: "I remember when wc ecu':; buy a straw hat lor just 10 or 15 cents." (Contributions to this column are Invited from old-time readers. All communications should be signed with the writer's full name. Address them to The Old-Timers Column, Box 340, Frankfort, KyJ. IT D. A. R. Chapter Holds Fine Fleeting Fontenelle chapicr of the Daughters of the American Revolution met on Tuesday eve ning at the home of Mrs. Pearl Mann. The chief business of the session was that of th election of officers for the ensuing year and the foMowinc were selected: Recent Mr;;. Zelphia Seward. Vk'e-Regeiit -- Miss Pearle iStaats. j Treasurer Mrs. Pearl Mann. Secretary Mrs. C. A. Rosen- ic-ran s. I Registra ,MoUie C. or and Historian Gobelman. ; Chaplain -Mrs. E. II. Wescoir. The chapter voted to uive S3 ; as a prize to the nicest ranking ! senior iii the stt'.dy of American i history, eitizenshio medals to the students highest in the study of citizenship. SI to stud 'ent in a rural school on citizen ship. ' Refre.shmen.s were served at the close of the cveninc. The elosinc meeting of the -year will be held at the home of Mrs. Rosoncrans and Mrs. Seward. Sandra Nielsen Has 6th Birthday Sandra Nielsen celebrated her sixth birthday anniversary on Saturday, April 30th at th home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Orviile Nielsen in Oak mont. There were twenty cuests present to join in the pleasant afternoon of games and visit inc. In honor of the event she re ceived many beautiful eifts from the little friends to remind hr of the happv occasion. Durinc the af'ernocn refresh ments of ic cream and cake were served bv Mrs. Nielsen who was assisted by Mrs. E. II. So than. riFTLRN'S IIOMF. Mrs. Wavne Scales returned Friday from St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City, where she had undergone an appendectomy. S"veral women of the local Methodist Church attended the District meeting of the Wom an's Society of Christian Serv ice held at Firs', Church. Oma ha, last Friday. I W ever Hatchery Has For Sale Baby Chicks Starter Chicks Live Broilers Leghorn Pullets Leghorn Hens Cooper's Feeds Phone 3290 Please Call Evenings The Snrinir and Summer's latest for the little folks O 9 A MODERATE BUDGET WILL KEEP THAT LITTLE SON OR DAUGHTER WELL DRESSED AT THE EE A. y ' j v S - -.- An ' w ARDROBE For Tiny Tots and Sub-Teeners 425 Main Street Naomi Rolof f is Tendered Shower About eighty-five guests were present at a m i s c e 1 1 a n e o us shower given at the Christ Lutheran church on, the Piatt s-mouth-Louisville road on Sun day, May 1st, for Miss Naomi Roloff. Due to threatening 'weather a number were unable to attend. Games were enjoyed as the entertainment after which the honoree opened her lovely gifts. Miss Dorothy Hild, Mrs. Patricia Dettmer, Miss Betty Hild, Miss Joy Hild and Joan Lcntz assist ed her in opening and unpack ing the gifts and taking names of friends, after which a delic ious lunch was served by the hostesses, Mrs. John Hild, Mrs. Ernest Hild. Mrs. Joe Puis, Mrs. Arthur Geschke, Mrs. Patricia Dettman and Mrs. L. Roloff as sisting. Miss Roloff will be married Sunday. June 12th to Bill Worthan of Plattsmouth at the Christ Lutheran church. ALTAI SOCIETY MEET St. John's Altar Society met Wednesday at St. John's Hall with a very good attendance. It was onened with a prayer by Mrs. Ed Ruffner. Minutes by Mrs Ed Berlett: Treasurer's report by Mrs. John Bergmann. After the meeting, games were enjoyed by all. Prizes were as follows: Spec ial, Mrs. Anna Petersen; Bridge, Mrs. Henry Starkjohn; Pinoch le, Mrs. John Bauer, Jr.; Chi nese Checkers, Mrs. Alice Rohan. The meeting closed with a de licious luncheon served by a committee of whom Mrs. Joe Bierl was chairman. Helping were Mrs. Joe Deiter, Mrs. Jose phine Ulrich, Mrs. Ed Deiter and Mrs. E. J. Richey. M0TMBK, raster, May GIVE MOTHER A GIFT SHE CAN USE GIVE HER A GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCE FOR THE HOME Slander Implement Co Authorized Cass County Dealer Plattsmouth in perfect fitting clothes . . name tags you are proud to show! PRICED NO HIGHER THAN ORDINARY GARMENTS; CABANNA SUITS Colorful Combinations Sizes 1 to 6 $3.95 - $4.95 JIMMY - ALLS $1.98 to $2.49 BONNETS $1.95 to $2.49 SUNSUITS In all colors 89c and up HERE FROM CALIFORNIA Mrs. William Hooper of Los Angeles. Calif., is here for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Carmack, the former a brother of Mrs. Hooper, and as weil with many of the old friends that are still residing in this community. Mrs. Hop r will be remembered here as :h- former Mayme Carmack. Since 1700 the thoroughbr' horse has increased about ;: inch in stature every 30 year-;. WRIGHT'S PEERLESS PAINTS Highest Quality Low Price J Special Prices on Lawnmowe SWATEK HARDWARE 0 BOY'S SLACKS Suspender Style for Dress Sizes 1 to 8 $3.95 BOXER SHORTS All Sizes 1 to 8 79c to $1.98 POLO SHIRTS 69c and up MY rs?x x