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Come On In A Blue Ribbon for 'Grooming . . Can Be Yours! Just Send Your Beloved Sport Clothes Here for Superior Cleaning. We Ex cell in Tweeds, Preserve Their Nubby Tex ture. Best of All, You'll Like Our Rapid, Efficient Service. All Garments Brought to Us Are Made PERM-A-SEPTIC AND WILL RESIST DEVELOPMENT OF i GERMS e ODORS O MILDEW Our Dry Cleaning's Fine! Don't Worry About Staining Your Clothes at the Beach We'll Take Out All Spots, Send Your Dresses Home As Good As New! We Check Buttons, Shoul der Pads Too. LUGSCH CLEANERS DIAL 230 FOR SERVICE 111 ; l,v THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Monday, June 27, 1949 Salesman is Charged with Statutory Rape (Continued from Page One) was able Thursday to run down the quartet of salesmen who were riding in a wine colored convertible car or Jeepett. The man were found at a filling sta tion on Highway No. 34 south of Weeping Water and here the identification of the wanted man was made. Under ques tioning by the sheriff York ad mitted that he was the man sought, and had given the ride to the little girl. All three men were held for investigation but OH, IIS BECOMING, Bui POOR flfl AANiS CNE TOOT THE STYLE SHOP Beauty Salon Phone 6116 540 Main St. the charge was filed against York. Brought to Plattsmouth, the man was held and cn Friday morning the parents of the girl, accompanied by the child, arrived here and made the iden tification of the man in the office of Sheriff Solomon in the presence of Deputy Sheriff Armstrong, the parents, and a renresentative of the press. The child was positive i.i her i-Jerui-fication of the large heivy ?et young man as the one iho had given her the ride and h:d made aDDroaches to her. The inci dents of the short rid? verr1 ex plained to the sheriff nnd York made no denial of the fact that h wastl2e man sought. York made denial of the fact that he bad ever been arrested, but Sheriff Solomon received a message from the Oklahoma bureau of criminal investigation that th man had previously served time for rane. pimoing. passine bonis checks and va erancv in that state. Friday afternoon the man was hroueht to court to face the pbprqrps And pfter the rodin0, of th information and informed of his constitutional riehts he stated. "Well T euss thre is no other way out" and made a nlea of euUty. waiving the prelim inary hearing nnd ns ordered tund nvr to the ri;strVt conrt for .nrraitnimp and final dis position of tb cnsft. 'Rond vf; -"t .TudfA ppck at $1 flOO and ;n failure to furnish the bond Vio "-is rnr1',K,ded to the custody of th shoviff ad returned to ioii. Hp will he held hnre untji Thomas E. Dunbar in the district court. Kenny White to Attend Frat Meet Kenny White, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. White of 923 Main street, of this city, left Saturday for Excelsior Springs, Mo., and the Elms Ho tel where he will attend the bi annual national convention of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. Some sixty-three delegates of various chapters of the frater- nity will attend plus fifteen na tional officers, their wives and daughters. The convention will last five days during which mat ters of nationwide collegiate fraternal concern will be dis cussed. Mr. White will be one of the speakers on Tuesday even ing. He will represent Upsilon Chapter which is located at Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lincoln. Kenny is president of that group. It is composed of G3 Active members and 21 pledges. Mr. White will be remembered as one of the outstanding mem bers of Wesleyan's 1948 football squad. In 1947 he was named as a quarterback on an eastern sportswriter's Little All Ameri can selection. In 1946 he played on the Will Roger's Bowl Team. At Wesleyan he is a senior, majoring in Psychoanalysis and speech. He is a member of Phi Kappa Tau, W club, Theta Alp pha Phi, Plainsman Players, Road Show, and Inter-fraternity Council. NEED A WELL-PAYING JOB? OPPORTUNITIES OPEN IN BEAUTY INDUSTRY 1009k of Our Graduates Found Good Jobs or Started Business of Their Own YOU CAS TOO! You owe it to yourself to discover the wonderful future to be found in the beauty business. Many of our graduates now conduct profitable shops right in their own homes. If you are looking for security, travel, a business of your own ... , Write for FREE Booklet . . . "BEAUTY IS SKILL DEEP!" It gives you basic secrets of beauty, and lots of interesting information on how you can "cash in" on big profits with a minimum of training. OUR VOCATIONAL ADVISOR WELCOMES PARENT'S INTEREST. Our Vocational Advisor Welcomes Parent's Interest. WRITE TODAY! UdS 150S!i HowarJ Street Omaha 2, Nebr. Larry Thimgan Mows Them Down Plattsmouth friends of Larry Thimgan, one of the outstand ing athletic stars of the Platts mouth high school in recent years, will be pleased to know he is still carrynig on the old high school record in his military training at Camp Gor don, Georgia. Larry is a member of the Camp Gordon baseball team and is on the job in his favorite post of pitcher, setting a hot pace for the rival teams. He is with the Camp Gordon Ram blers that have a record of 23 wins and seven setbacks for the season. Larry has set a nice record of i fourteen two hit games . for his pitching showing for the sea : son, that has had a large part in the showing of the Ramblers. I The team has shown great bat , ting power with the effective i work of Larry, and are really going places. I Larry is a son of Mrs. Ed Thimgan of this city and a brother of Lester Thimgan of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Newton have received word from their son, Pfc. Charles (Chuck) that he was sailing for Okinawa, where he was to be stationed in the service of the air corps. K! LISTEN! mmm nitrate 0 CL'per Ton ORDER YOURS NOW! Stander Implement Co. Vireil HuttonS on (Lauritzen and Dixie Lee Apple- was decided and voted upon, with another group of three- m w m m: m w m w a w u w m m w m mm w l il fl w l nn n r a nr n i' n nin f irn r t l A. 1 1 r i l - .a l a. i Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hutton ' plemented the teaching staff and daughters, Patricia and uPn meir return irom Crete Barbara, of Los Angeles, arrived Friday night for a visit with Mrs. George Hutton, mother of Virgil, as well as the many old friends in the city. They have been Visiting through Nebraska on their way from the wist coast and after a visit here are planning on going to Iowa to visit with relatives. Honoring Mr. and Mrs. Chac. Durante of Chicago, 111., Mr. and Mrs. Chas. V. Wallick held a no- the younger children of the out lying districts to obtain books through their parents purchas ing a dollar book card which en ables adults to obtain twenty five books. No limit was placed host picnic supper last Tuesday ' on the number of books borrow LOahh Dial 4178 "Your G. E. Dealer" Plattsmouth Latest reports irom Mrs. Mur tey, the Plattsmouth Journal reporter, are that she remains about the same. Mrs. L. O. Stok er of Rising City, says that she will probably be at the hospital for quite some time. The Second Division of the Congregational church ladies association held the annual Mother-Daughter luncheon on Friday, June 24th. Commitee chairman were Mrs. Homer Jameson, kitchen; Mrs. Clarence Norris, dining room; decora tions and favors, Mrs. Murray Mutter; program, Mrs. E. E. Lorenson. Miss Hilda Snorrad ottir of Iceland gave a short talk on Iceland. Miss Doris Lauritzen enter tained at dinner in honor of her classmates who are leaving Wednesday for Naval training. The group attended the second show at the Chief Theatr?. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morris and Miss Thelma Pyle all of Lincoln, were Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. Morris' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. V. Wallick. In keep ing with Father's Day, they pre sented Mr. Wallick with a new straw hat, however this one was to be eaten instead of worn, as it was a pastry confection. John Sterling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Sterling, is a new Navy enlistment. He expects a call sometime the latter part of July or the first part of August. This brings the total of Weeping Water Navy enlistments up to six, with Rudy Stratton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stratton, having enlisted last week. All six are 1949 graduates. The Nebraska Library Board Commission reports are being prepared by Librarian, Mrs. Herbert Ratnour and Financial Secretary, Mrs. C. V. Wallick. A detailed report will be re leased later. The Library Board are very fortunate in having Mrs. Ratnour as their represen tative. Being a lover of children, as well as books, is a splendid combination and Mrs. Ratnour has both of these qualities. Children's story hour with Mrs. George Kopf in charge, com mences socn. It is hoped that the parents of all small child ren will send their children and help to keep this splendid ef fort to acquaint them with good books and good stories, a success as it has been in the years pre ceding. Miss Betty Noell has been elected as teacher for the Cas cade school for the coming year. She succeeds Miss Twyla Miller who has held that posi tion for five years. Miss Doris Lauritzen has been taking the annual school cen sus. Returning from Boy Scout Camp Cedars at Cedar Bluffs from a six-day stay are Jerry Stone and Charles T. Wallick, Eagle Scouts. John Stone, Rich ard Keckler, Terry Bickford, Lanny Ludwick, Rodney Knaup, Delano Amick, and Jimmie Gar rison also were Scout campers. Jerry Stone was group leader and Charles T. Wallick and Richard Keckler wrere assistant life guards. Vacation Bible school ended Thursday. Enrollment at the peak was over fifty children. Under the direction of Mrs. John C. Pryor, the children heard Bible stories, sang songs and learned simple hand-craft, i A visual-aid picture was shown depicting Bible characters and other religious stories. As the numbers of children increased by leaps and bounds, Mrs. Pryor called for more volunteer work ers, as it became evident that the committees in charge would have more pupils than they could handle adequately. Mrs. Owen Welch, Mrs. Murray Mut ter, Mary Domingo, Jane Lor enson Mrs. J. M. Ranney, Doris Lauritzen and Mrs. Homer Jameson assisted as teachers. Patricia Ann LaRue, Evelyn evening. Due to the uncertainty of the weather, it was held in doors with the guests seated at small tables which were covered with gay checkered cloths. After a more than bountiful supper the evening was spent in visit ing. Guests besides Mr. and Mrs. Durante were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hanlon, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Day, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Day, Mr. and Mrs. Marcel DeCraene and Mar ianne, Mr. and Mrs. Harold El liott, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Fern baugh, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Welch and Mrs. Bonnie LaRue. Being Mrs. LaRue's birthday, the hostess had prepared a three-tiered cake centered with one large candle, tied with a led bow. The lone candle brought about many deductions a? to the actual number of years it represented but all agreed that it meant many more hap py birthdays to come. At a late hour ice cream and strawber ries were served. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Houchen and sons, Tom and Jack, of Lin coln, were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. V. Wallick. Mr. Houchen operates J a book bindery at Utica, Neb., I and has had several book bind ing contracts for the Public Li- biary here. Upon a recent bus- i iness visit here, Mrs. Houchen accompanied him and discover ed that Weeping Water was a i good place to find antiques and ( from a local store here was able j to purchase two old fashioned j sconces of which she , is very I proud. Among her prized col- j lections she has a complete set of Moss Rose Ironstone china. On Tuesday, June 21st, a spec ial meeting was called by May- ; or C. V. Wallick of the Library ' Board members. Since there were only three members pres- ; ent, and each of these were new board members, the meeting was mostly on discussion. It ed by the children as long as their parents held the necces sary 25 book card. These books are limited to the children's section in the south room only. A possible purchase of the World Book Encyclopedia was discus sed also. Repairs and improve ments received attention. A date for July 19th has been set for regular business session. Mr. and Mrs. Marcel DeCraene entertained at dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Durante and young, son, Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hanlon who are the parents of Mrs. Durante, were also guests. Leaving for San Diego, Calif., Wednesday and the Navy Train ing Base were Earl Elliott, for mer Weeping Water student, now at Lincoln, and Charles T. Wallick. James Ambler and Don Gray were detained at Fort Omaha until the following day. Latest reports are that Don was unable to pass the physical sat isfactorily and James will leave Are You Sure? AFTER the fire your insurance policy- be comes a most impor tant document. Do you know that your policy adequately protects your property?. r If you have' any doubt about it, call this agency NOW. Stephen M. ing. Mrs. Gertrude Ellis was host ess to her card club Wednesday evening. Bridge was played at two tables. Mrs. Roy Smith was a guest. High and low scores were held by Mrs. Ray Smith 1 and Mrs. Amanda Marshall, re spectively. Mrs. Rasmus Lauritzen, Jr., Doris and Alice were forced to ! remained in town over night due to the creek waters which covered the roads in a flash rain Wednesday evening. Sever al basements are reported under : water and the Weeping Water light plant motors were also under water. The extent of damage has not been csii as yet. THOMAS WA1.MNC. ( O. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth. Nebraska ."Machine Work Welding I'lai'ksmithing BABUREK BROS. Machine Shop I'al 296 riattsmoiith LOTTA ZIPP Second Floor Plattsmouth State Bank BIdg. Phone Gill GOLLY DAV THAT PAQ( SNCLAiR HC TRUCK IS STALLED V7r GAiOLIE 70 CO THiS RIGHT ON TWE TRACK'S v JCB' AND TUB TRAIN A?as rrfiS IS COMING I J T. lf "-Jbtf-3.-&H j 'A I JJ . . S5Vi SO 'THAT I NC.VCW ViSTK f ZOWIBf THOSE SINCuAit? vOl'D BSTrhz CT SINCLAIR VHSfrste sure is r-3SINCLA;R H-C n DEALERS SURE t&J T55 t'" GASOUNC TOO J ' GIVB FAST . Tv-V ' . 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