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THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO EE Just Dial Buffet Luncheon Honors Bridal Party Sunday Mrs. Lena Tritsch and Mr. and Mrs. Ordell Hennings entertained at a pre-nuptial two course buffet dinner at 12:30 honoring Betty Meisinger and Chester Johnson who were married at 4:30 Sunday after noon at the First Methodist church in this city. The event was held at their home 623 Ave. C, with fifty-three guests in attendance. .The serving table was beauti ful with its appointments of a blue linen cloth and crystal can delabra holding white tapers on either side of the lovely center piece of pink and white carna tions and fern, centered with seven iris orchids flown in from California for the occasion. The guest list included rela tives, sorority sisters and fra 6 n p T p Here's a R,al IBs Just when ys Boy's Cable Stripe, Open Weave String Shirts Ares G to 11 Requires No Iromnir FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY SINCE 1B79 ,-"''' " ' v iw ' I 0 8 W Ladies and Juniors Ship 'N Shore House Dresses Blouses (1rint) I'laid and sport tvpc Sizes 1 1 to 1., and nnd fi(?sta jn white 38 t0 40 and colors. S-P-E-C-I-A-L Sizes 12 to 10 $0 98 Price $ y 98 Bemberg i DreSSS ' aus'ng Nylon Half Sizes 1 -1 ' to 2-1 ' L MoSlCY Straight Sizes 11 to 1 1 " " J (45 Gauge) Price r., . r , $7 98 ( n0H e 0t Colors I $ 1 25 Play Suits Sizes 11 to 18 Only Price $ O 93 3 Separate Slack s IJy Pavenshire Sizes 12 to 20 All Colors Priced at $ C 95 515 Main Street Thursday, June 30, 1949. i 3 13 241 ternity brothers of the bride and groom to be as well as the bridal party. Airs. Tritsch is an aunt of Betty and Mrs. Hennings a cousin. Omaha Parties Wed at Court House i Monday afternoon at the I office of County Judge Richard i Feck William N. Minor and Vera M. Baines, both of Omaha, were married by his honor in a very impressive manner. The wed ding was witnessed by Mrs. Ma rie Behrend and Miss Thelma Kruger, clerk in the office of the county court. The groom prave his occupation as a truck driver and the bride as that of a PBX operator. They returned to Omaha following .the cere mony. -4 ilWlirtf IK THRIFTY SHOPPERS Check These Offers White Bag 7f Choice of Styles $ 9 60 J Tax Included Ladies and Children's Shorts Assorted Colors and Sizes Price 98c to 2 98 Dial 5113 t r . i w i T i. IT jj&SS i0llllXy TT The First Methodist church iu Plailsmouth was the scene Sunday, June ?3. for the mar ikrjo of Miss Elizabeth Marie Meisinger. daur.hlcr of Mr. and Mis. Lester W. Meisinger of FjatU-mouth, and Mr. Chester Harvey Johnson of M alien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester R. Johnson of Mulien. Baskets of , pinl; and yellow roses and fernery were arrang ed at the front of the church for the loth-thirty service. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. C. Williams of Flatts- mouih and Rev. L. Edv ard Hal tingly of Lincoln in the presence oi about 400 guests. Preceding the ceremony, Mr. LeRoy Yanney of Lincoln sang "All the Things You Are" and "Because, " accompanied by Miss Betty Cor bit of Chester who played organ music throughout She service. Candles were lighted by Miss Roberta Embree of Friend and Mi?s Barbara Jo Furman of Lincoln. They wore formals of yellow marquisette and wrist corsages of ellow roses. During itho candle lihtin?. the sweet-i-ir-art soiuis of the eouple's so i rority end fraternity were play ! ed by Miss Martha Temple, vio- linist of Lir.coin. j Immediately preceding the I ceremony, Mr. Yanney sang i. ' - .... iii-T ii Mrs. V. II. Jolunon WecUting Prayer'' by Dun- .1 i-O lap. Givn. fe.thcv. IT! .1;.;: bri ic were by h.er a gown Chriti'Jy - typ4 l3.ee and wmte r '.irin i tlared ai-HUiseUe over net over ;.sh-;:--Uv'd with a widely sk'r;. arscv a sweeping ard rain. Pe?rl-sprink- ltd rose petuis oat.nv d the curv- -w'a ye- -:f the ' .or!:e;-- a-: it trailed away into the marquisette skirt. Her :itupel-li.-ng'h veil of imported Illusion was iicla in place by a halo of .simulated oranco blos ra She were matching lace : ::!: s and a sir.g'le strand of pearls, and-carried a handker- iuf worn by her grandmolh- tr.d mother on their wedding days. He: cascade: bouquet of while roses was centered with a single orchid. Her maid of honor. Miss Lola Johnson, of Mullen, wore a gown of. misty green marquisette over satin fashioned with full skirt and botiico and tied with a wide satin. sash. She carried a cas cade bouq.net of yellow roses. Bridesmaids were Miss Jean Meisinger of Piattsraouth and Miss Eleanor Johnson of Mul len. Their gowns were of pale pink marquisette ever satin in rhe style of the maid of hon or's dress. They carried cascade couquei s of pink roses. The junior bridesmaid. Miss Patri ua Johns; n, of Mullen, wore a dress of pink marquisette over satin and also carred pink roses. Mr. Johnson and his best man. Mr. Ray C. Young of Alliance, wore white dinner jackets and bout nnnieres of burgundy car nations. Ushers were Mr. Bill Johnson nnd Mr. Mac Rayfield, Jr. of Mullen, and Mr. bean E. Mei singer of Plattsmoutrl. They wore white carnation bouton nieres. For her daughter's marriage. Mrs. Meisinger chose a dress of blue printed silk with white and black accessories. Mrs. Johnson wore a two-piece dress of brown printed silk with accessories of j faint e cru and brown. They wore orchid corsages. Presiding hostesses at. the re ception held at the Hotel riattsmouth following the cer- ; craony were Mrs. John Battler, Jr.. and Airs. Henry Donat of Plaltsniouth. Baskets of gladoli formed the decorative motif for : the reception. i Officiating ui the serving i.e. lie were Mr... Ordell Hennings of Plutfsmcuth; Mrs. J. M. Ray field of Mullen, and Mrs. J. C. Swinbank of Lincoln. Assistant servers were Miss Mary Phyllis .Soennichsen, Miss Phyllis Kehne, and Miss Margaret Smith of Flaitsmoulh: Miss Marilyn Bra- Daughter: Born to Mr."15 and Mrs. Watne Green, Union, a daughter, Tues day, June 23th at St Mary's hos pital, Nebraska City! Born to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Eldge of this city, Wed nesday, June 29, a daughter at the University hospital at Omaha, weight five pounds and two ounces. She has been chris tened Diana Lee. Mrs. Eledge is the former Helen Phillips of Omaha. The grandparents are Mrs. Minnie Eledge of this city and Mr. and Mrs. George Phil lips of Omaha. mer of Mullen; iv:nj. Clarence Newsham of Lincoln; and Miss Arlayne Kyes of Central City. Mrs. Edgar Kugler of Murray was in charge of the guest book. In charge of gifts were Miss Janet Tic-kotter and Miss Nor ma Spidell of Plattsmouth and Miss Darlene Wisely of Fre mont. Music during the recep tion was furnished by Miss Mar cia Jones of York, Miss Shirley Meyer of Red Cloud, and Miss c'hirley Daft of Waverly. Mrs. Johnson is the reigning queen of the Kass Kotmty King Xarnival and was ; presented this spring as sweetheart of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity in Lincoln. She was graduated in June from Nebraska Wesleyan Uni versity where she was president of the Alpha Gamma Delta so rority and the Cardinal Key na tional honorary for senior women. She was a member of Theta Alpha Phi, Pi Gamma Mu, Panhellenic Council, and COGs and was named to "Who's Who Among Students in Amer ican Colleges and Universities.'7 Mr. Johnson attended Ne braska University and is affiiat ed with the Phi Kappa Tau fra ternity. He has since been studying retailing at the Uni versity of Omaha. For traveling, the bride wore an ivory summer suit with matching accessories and a cor sage of orchids. After a wed ding trip to Chicago, the Great Lakes and Canada, the couple will be at home in Mullen, where the groom is in business with his father and where Mrs. Johnson will be employed oh the high school faculty. Attend Golden Weddinsr Tuesday- i Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Water man and children, David, Jim mie and Kathryn and Karen. departed Tuesday for Elkhornc Nebraska, where they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L, Waterman, parents of Vernon. The occasion was the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Water man and the children and grandchildren gathered to see that the event was properly ob served and fittingly honoring this splendid couple, who have enjoyed so many happy years to gether, and now are able to au- predate fully the joy 'of their long and useful life. ,,j Watson-Shiffer Wedding Sunday St. Luke's Lutheran church at Omaha was the scene Sunday at 3 p. m. for the wedding of Miss Betty Louise Watson and Vernon C. Shiffer of Plattsmouth. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Grathell Wagoner and Mr. Shif fer's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shiffer of Plattsmouth. The ceremony was perfomed in St. Luke's Lutheran church by the Rev. A. H. Pinkall before an altar banked with palms . and candelabra. You Can Have a Streamlined Kitchen Too . . . Why be c anient with an old fashioned, badly equip ped kitchen when for a comparatively modest sum, we can streamline it for you to save you steps and money, too. Prefabricated Painted or Unpainted Sectional KITCHEN CABINETS Adapted to the Requirement of Any Kitchen O Free Estimates We Do Your Installation Matney Furniture Co. 424 M?.in Miss DeJarnette- Bill Kesmer Wed Sunday One of the lovely weddings of the summer season was that of Miss Bobbie DeJarnette, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. M. B. De Jarnette and William C. Ken ner, III, .son of Dr. and Mrs. Wil liam C. Kenner of Nebraska City Sunday, June 26th, at the First Presbyterian church at Nebras ka City. Rev. John A. Williams read the marriage lines in the pres ence of some 300 guests. The chancel of the church was arranged with pedestal baskets of white peonies, gladioli and daisies with lighted cathed eral tapers in branched candel abra. The choir loft was sur rounded with lighted candles led with huckleberry foliage. The ends of the pews held bouquets of daisies tied with 5a tin streamers. The processional for the brid al party was "The Bridal Chor us" from "Lohengrin" by Mrs. Reuben Beard of Nebraska City, who played the wedding march oy Mendelssohn as the reces sional. Mrs. Beard also played a prelude of organ music as the guests were seated. She accom panied Miss Jo Ann Bergmann of Omaha who sang "Because" by deHarlelot and "I Love Thee" by Grieg. Mrs. J. Morton Porter of Ne braska City was matron of hon or and Miss Ha Mae McDougal of Lincoln was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Peggy Brust, Nebraska City, and Mrs. Erwin Dreibus of Shenandoah, Iowa. Robert Tritsch of Platts mouth, cousin of the groom, was oest man and the ushers were J. Morton Porter, Frederick Ware, Jr., Omaha and Stanley Johnson, Friend. The bride had prepared the lovely design for her wedding gown and also the gowns of the attendants. The bride was given in mar riage by her father. She chose a gown of heavy ivory satin with a snugly fitted bodice and bouffant skirt which ended in a ten yard train. The bodice was fashioned with a yoke of filmy net which was outlined by a bertha of ruffled Chantilly lace with a dainty de sign of seed pearls, and long bridal sleeves tapering to points at the wrists. Her hooped skirt fell from an inverted V waist line and was caught with satin to reveal ruffles of Chantilly lace at the hemline. Her floor length veil was of imported French illusion and Rosepoint heirloom lace which was held in place by a coronet of the Rose point which was etched with seed pearls. She carried a cas cade bouquet of white gladioli and calla allies mixed with baby breath and fading into stream ers of stephanotis and centered with a white orchid. The gowns of the attendants were made identically ranging from dark to light hues of green. The matron of honor wore a gown of moss green slipper sat in with a strapless bodice cov ered with matching Chantilly lace. The full flared skirt had a draped overskirt in back that swirled into a short train. The maid of honor wore leaf green, the bridesmaid, forest, and the bridesmatron, lime. They wore sunbonnets made by the bride and matching mitts. They car ried cascade bouquets of white gladioli and baby breath. Lynn Ewing. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Ewing of Nebras- Dial 3136 ka City was flower girl, her gown being of canary yellow matching tones of the gowns of the other attendants and wear ing matching mitts and sun bonnet. Bill Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker, Nebraska City was the ring bearer. The pillow bearing the rings was used at the marriage of the bride's mother. The bride's parents entertain ed at a reception at the Hotel Grand. The bride's table was centered with a six tiered all white wedding cake. Miss Lucille Stryson, Lincoln, cut the wedding cake, Miss Mar tha DeLong, Nebraska City, poured, Miss Marilyn Parsons, Omaha, served the punch. Miss Connie Yates, Nebraska City, had charge of the guest book and Miss Wilma Reiner, Waver ly, cousin of the bride, had charge of the gift table. The couple left on a trip to Wunder Lodge, cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wunderlich in the Masonic park in southern Colo rado. For going away, the bride wore a two-piece dress with a white linen skirt and a royal blue box jacket. Her accessories were blue and white and she bad a white orchid corsage. On their return they will live at 535 South 41st street, Omaha, while the groom is attending the Uni versity of Nebraska College of Medicine. The bride attended the Uni versity of Nebraska where she was a member of Alpha Phi so rority. The groom attended the University of Nebraska and was affiliated with the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and he is now a member of the Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity. SELL LICENSES The records at the office of the county judge reveal that in June with two days yet remain ing, there have been twenty three licenses sold to the young people of Cass county. . This is one of the heaviest runs on the matrimonial market for many months and puts June truly in the month of brides. Have a Look at Yourself 20 inch Round Mirrors 12x20 inch Mirrors 14 x 24 Framed Mirrors $ J 65 Hiatt Furniture Co. More Than 517 MAIN ffcj$lv& ""' '"of'e J faltjl I Than ever before in the same ( ( fr Jtyfr 1 kitchen space! Here it is! A new kind of jfC fi'Clff j i refrigerator with MORE usable liKSlV space on the new flat top, MORE jjjgg 1( HiOfca, L frozen food storage in the big sJFTlj JSJ SxK new Super-Freezer, MORE room ljLL ElaV ffX If I for keeping fresh or frozen A gWT"' v' meats, MORE space for leafy T9UPi r vegetables and fruits, MORE us- QgfegKtjjsSs feC able shelf space for other foods, yV I MORE food storage capacity WAiS VvVvfrAv per dollar. Jjffi.Z?LJLj j55jj'.at OuVHVTvVl mi KRKE ra Admission ff and I'arkins .12 -3 f ' i'"4it'-' Dawn - Tony Bradley's Orchestra - One cf the Finest Orchestra Ever to Visit the V. F. W. CLUB Plattsmouth 70 A Mlja W More Frigidaires Serve In More American Home Than Any Other Refrigerator. OVER 11,000,000 SOLD TO DATE 1,000 Frigidaire Appliances in SAT.-SUN.-M9H., 41h FREE! FREE! SATURDAY NIGHT MIX-MASTER RADIO AND OTHER GIFTS Dance SATURDAY 1 1 P. M. to 3 A. M. SUNDAY 9 P. M. to 1 A. M. Admission $1.00 Per Couple Cass County we DIAL 3171