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Mrs. Thomas Murtey. Journal Correspondent switchboard office. This pan?! in our local much needed addi- After visiting with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. P. Smith and other relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Dihel left Mon dav for a visit with :s mother, Mrs. H. Dihel of Joplin, Mo. Before returning to Yuba City, California, they will visit again for a few days in Weeping Wa ter. , Mr. and Mrs. Winfield How ls nd and son of Lincoln were visiting with his brother and family. Mr. and Mrs. James Holland. Friday evening guests at the Chas. V. Wallick home were Mrs. Bonnie and Patty LaRue. Th? occasion was the 2(!th wed ding anniversary of the Wallicks and Mrs. LaRue. Mis. Doris Norris was a Lin coln shopp-'-r Thursday. Mrs. Geo. Bruner and son, Jimmy, of West DePere. Wis i':r.sin. are visiting wi'h Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bruner. Sr.. and M. . and Mrs. Eugene Ludwick t.r.iA family. Major George Bru iv: : . who is an instructor in M.'itary Training at Camp Mc Co. will visit here later. Mr. and Mrs. RaebFn Groesser "'' "e visited last Saturday by ti"r-ir son. John of Detroit, Mich i?.'.n and Mn. Tracv Levda of .rray. Sunday the en ire -"ip were dinner guests of Mr. c, Mrs. Alvin Groesser. Mr. oesser returned bv plane from Or-iana to Detroit on Monday. .Iavor Chas. V. Wallick 're- ' -'ed a request from "Holly 'u. ,.d Calling" NBC for the v" epino Wa'er telephone direc ' '". This program, carried by ' . 'W. offers thousands of dol- worth of prizes every week. m now on we suppose all ra . fans in Weening Water will 1 ulued by thHr radios rvrv :nday from 4:30 p. m to 5:30 M ar n p m. Mrs. CL.aries f-?.-::nev r- day. E in m a CMsen, Mrs. Marth. nni Mrs. J M. were Omaha visitors .nd Mrs. 1 Mr ' , rur r,r,r "'e and son "bursdav from Hugh Ilanlan s. Chr rir-s Dur rriurnd home vaca!."ning in i-.i::;souri and Arkansas. A recent letter to Mrs. Wallace 'nlpot from Mrs. Olive II. Mur rey, regular correspondent of the Journal, says (in brief i i-I fcat up in a wheel chair for two hours .today. Tuesday, out on the sun porch for a chance of pcenery. Bv next week I hope 1;''..b-f able to go home tho thnv may insist I co to Mabels Shel by. Iowa' for a while. Mabel mai'es the 40 mile trip from Shelby dai!-. Have ben here . weeks. Little did I realize it would be ?o !-mr when I yalked out of my house." Telephone subscribers will be interested to know that the Lin roln Telephone ar J Telegraph company are mstr.i another Fouchek-Garnett LAWYERS Banded Abstracters LIGHT HAULING SAND - GRAVEL - ROCK for Plastering, Building or Roads Call 3224 Last Time Thursday, July 21 Double Feature Conrad Narel and a big cast "Till: VICIOUS CIRCLE" and 1 Adele Jergens and Ka nd Brooks "LADIES OF THE CHORUS" Fri. & Sat., July 22-23 Double Feature Donald Woods and and Bobby Blake "RETURN Or RIX TIN TIN" Ail together in a great adventure! and Allan Lane "THE BOLD FRONTIERSMAN" Sizzling Action and Smashing adventure! Also "BRUCE GENTRY" Serial Mat. Sat. 2:30 - Nights 7:00-9:30 Sun. & Mon., July 24-25 John Wayne and a big cast V in "3 GODFATHERS" John Ford's Great Legion of the Southwest! All in technicolor. Popeye Cartoon and News Mat. Sun. 2:30 - Nights 7:00-9:15 I " ZZ3 i tion will be appreciated by both patrons and office operators, i During rush hours ' a busy sir mi" often indicated all lines in j operation and not always that j the party line you were calling j was busy. During the past four i years the number of installa tions and the volume of calls through the office has increased so greatly that present switch boards are inadequate. By add ing these extra panels, not only will the patrons receive better service but it will clro provide work for a third operator, one of whom will handle toll calls exclusively. Mr. Bob Gray is I pleased to offer this new effi cient service to the L. T. & T. customers. Mrs. James Howland took her husband to Lincoln to check on the severe pains suffered in his foot ever since he underwent th hip sureery. He was aiven a eodein sninal block which re lieves thai intense pain. They report him as feeling fine other wise, and improving daih. Mrs. R. L. Kinton was a Mon day Plattsmouth business visi tor. Mrs. I.. N. Kunkel and Dorothy Ann drove to Union Saturday to visit relatives. Mrs. Merlin Fernbaugh, Liela Mae and Jovce are accompany ing Mr. and Airs. George Kopf on a motor trip to Chicago. From there the Fernbauehs will pro ceed by bus to Boiling Green. Ohio, to visit with Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Kr.auss and family. Mrs. Knauss is Mr. Fernbauch's sis ter. They expect to be gone about two weeks. Guests at the home of Mrs. Mary Domingo last Sunday was Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ogan of Council Bluffs, la., and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lowell and family of Underwood. Ia. Mrs. Ogan and Mrs. Dominco and sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wese man had as their guests Sun day her sister, Mrs. Oscar Dow ler, Mrs. J. L. Stark and child ren and Mrs. Jessie George, all of Omaha. Band concert spectators were treated to a strange sight last Thursday (a week agot when to their astonishment a wheel borrow occupied by a man i ? was pushed by a woman ( ? down Main street changing po sitions they proceeded up Main street. All this was at the bidd ing of the Christian Endeavor Society, when they met to char ivari the newlyweds. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cooper. Mrs. Fern Colbert left Satur day for Denver, Colo., after at tending the funeral of her sis ter s husband. Mr. Albert Snell. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. and Lesle Philpot and rMs. Albert Snell accompanied her to Lincoln. At this writing, Mrs. Minerva Gorder is able to sit up for short periods of time. Miss Helen GGorder plans to return to Grand Island Monday. Miss Hazel Pool will care for Mrs. Gorder until such time as she can make the trip to be with Helen at Grand Island. Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Pryor were Lincoln visitors last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Morrs and Enid came from Thurman, la Thursday after some household furniture. Mrs. Morris and Enid remained for several days. Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Howland were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cruse of Omaha. Mr. Bob Humiston of Plattsmouth. and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Neujahr of Syra cuse. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. V. Wallick drove to Lincoln on business Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roberts drove to Iowa Falls, Iowa, last Wednesday to visit their son, Winfred and family. Mrs. Rob erts remained for a longer stay and to ge atcquainted with the new granddaughter. Deborah Ann. Apartment seekers will be glad to hear that a new building project is under way which will provide two apartments of five rooms each. This is possible by utilizing a warehouse at the Soil Conservation Station. Mr. Or vile Berneker and Mr. Kenneth Dermann are doing the carpen ter work under the supervision of Bob Baker. Sr. Mrs. Mae Keckler left Satur day evening for Minneapolis, Minn., to visit her mother and sister. Richard remained here to continue his work at the Ham burger jinn during this very busy season. Mrs. Myra Metcalf. traveling chief operator, checked the Weeping Water exchange last week. Mrs. Ivan Rector is conval escing, after undergoing surg ery at a Lincoln hospital, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alx Patterson. From Leon Cherry comes word that he and Mrs. Cherry are in California. Leon is in San Fran cisco, for a session of special schooling. This course requires eight weeks of training. Mrs. Cherry is with her parents in San Diego. From Wayne Cherry who is aboard the U.S.S. Tole do, somewhere around the Ca nal Zone, comes news that he will soon be back in port. Long Beach. Dean, the newest re 1 cruit in Uncle Sam's Navy, MERCHANDISE MART GAINS GOODWILL Boys Town Hits At New Racket THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, July 21, 1949 PAGE THREE THE WORLD'S LARGEST com mercial building, ths Merchan dise Mart in Chicago, belonging to Interests headed by FcrmeT Am bassador to Great Britain Joseph P. Kennedy, Is the merchandiser's am bassador to the consumer. This building gains the goodwill c? the tourists and honeymooning couples thronging its corridors dally and instills In them a demand (that they carry back to every corner In the D. S.) for the goods displayed Guided tours, etartcd m March, 1943, attract more than 230 persons each day. Guides take visitors from the, main lobby backstage to the loading platform, giving them an Idea of the huge shipments received by the Mart daily. Then the guides lead their p-ou-ps into the different exhibits. Some of the appliances are demon strated, but no prices can be quoted. The tour gives visiters a peek at what their hometown stores will have for them handmade glass ware, new-fashioned Irons, waffle Irons that cook two waffles at once. modern furniture, some of which has been used on movie sets. Brand conscious women ask for what they have seen by manufacturer's name when they return home. Housing 1,100 tenants under one roof, the building contains 2,973.386 6auare feet of rentable area or 4.023.400 6cuaxe feet of gross area (93 acres). The Mart cost approximately 832,000.000 to build Started to Au gust. 1928. It was completed to Jan uary, 1930 The main building Is 18 stories high, and the tower rises lititiiiiiHim Guide Dorothy Ganzer, almost hidden by the tower ot the mode) of the Mart, briefs her group of vlsitinj women on some of the features of the building. The roof has been used for helicopter landing?. Th Merchandise Mart Is the only commercial office building In Chicago which has a depot in the building directly accessible to the elevated trains. Every point in the city is automatically within reach. Ther re over 4,000.000 paid fares yearly. Monsignor Nicholas H. Weg ner, director of Boys Town, has notified the press of this terri tory ot a new racket that has caused a great deal of annoy ance to the management of Boys Town. It was called to the attention Af Viq Wnmo m rn o rrpmpn t thnt ' ; VC' funeral of an solicitors are traveling over the .mintn? cool-inor ciihcfrintinn; I UOien, at LUUiltl J .iv v ...lip .v..v- for a magazine purporting to be sponsored by Bovs Town. ' Monsignor Wegner states ' "Any magazine solicitor who represents himself as a Boys Town citizen, a former Boys Town citizen, or claims to ifp resent Boys Town in anyway whatsoever, is using the good name of Boys Town to promote his own personal gains." ' Attends Funeral Of Old Friend Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hansen and daughter, Mrs. Clyde Ros borough, were at Lincoln Mon day where they attended the old friend, Harry the Hodgeman- Splain chapel. The interment services were at the Lincoln Me morial park. RETURN FROM WEST T. H. Pollock and son-in-law. Virgil Perry, returned Sunday evening from Colorado, where they have spent the past ten days looking over the wheal land of Mr. Pollock in the vi cinity of Cheyenne Wells and watching the wheat harvest. William Adams, the first Eng lishman in Japan, was honored there by a yearly festival. floors above the street It covers two entire city blocks, or a ground area of 217,000 square feet Coal required to heat the Mart's rooms and 7 'A miles of corridors would keep warm for winter t town of 25.000 population. Twenty six high speed elevators travel 450 miles per day to the Mart carrying 20.000,000 passenger rides per year. The Mart has its own railroad serv ice, docking facilities, taxi station. and police force of a chief, 22 police men and five traffic officers. The building has also 30 retail stores, a bank, a post office, a Rail day Express Agency, a drug store, restaurant facilities, railroad, air plane and steamship ticket offices and NBO studios A freight train, 17 miles long, con taining 2,500 cars, would be neces sary to carry the goods on perma nent exhibit In the Mart. Will Visit at Old Home Town Charles W. Daniels, who is lo cated at Dayton. Ohio, for the oast few years, writes The Jour nal to renew his subscription for another year. He states, "en ioy the old home town news." I am still with the White Bak ing Co., here, been there goine on three years. My wife and I are planning on being in Platts mouth for the King Korn Karn ival. so will be seeing all the Plattsmouth friends." writes that mail isn't coming ! through as yet. He likes the navy very well, but would like , mail as well. So here it is folks: j Richard Dean Cherry s r 313- i 30-26. Company 49-185. U. S. : Naval Training Center, San Di- ego 33, California. From the ; above no one can deny the Cherrys are a real Navy family. Mrs. Harlan Gibson was an Cmaha business visitor Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Meeske , and four sons drove to Fremont Sunday to visit with relatives. Mrs. Ella Towle and grand daughter, Mrs. Don Kaggerty, of Hollywood. Calif., arrived by train Saturday. Mrs. " Kaggerty Wilma Wiles' expects to leave Monday for Flint. Mich., for a new car. She will return here for a longer visit before return ing to California. ' Mr. and Mrs. Harold (BufTi . Harmon returned Sunday after- : noon from their vacation trip ; which they spent with their ! son. Duane and his wife of j Moorhead, Minn. After a few j days there, they all drove to ' Winnipeg, Canada. There they ; visited the beautiful conserva- lory, on to Kenora and the ; northern trip around the Lake ' of the Woods, and then a boat trip on the same lake. They i came back by Interntaional ! Falls and Bimifi resort and Lake Itasca and Detroit Lakes, then taking a few days for time out to rest up a bit at Duane's. Detasseling crews of about 40 local boys and girls were call ed out by Steckley's Hybrid Co. Work will really get under way some time next week. Miss Patty Ann LaRue was hostess to a theatre and slumb er party at the home of her aunt, Mrs. C. V. Wallick Wed- ! nesday night. Those who at tended were Mary Domingo. Ginger Philpot. Dorothy Ann Kunkle, Carol Ambler and Dix ie Applegate. Miss Villa Jamseon was a Sunday guest of Mrs. Jannett Young. Later in the day they visited Mrs. Sara Spohn. South Bend picnickers Sun day were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Miller and family, and the Harry Kellys from Omaha. , , i the Hayes family were guests at the C. H. Gibson home. Susan Hobson left Tuesday from Omaha for Camp Dan worthy for girls at W'alker, i Minnesota. She will be gone a i month. Dorothy Ann Kunkel gave a birthdav party for Ginger Phil pot. Those who were invited were Orville Meyers. Dale Gray. Lanny Ludwick. Terry Bickford, Jack Norris. John Stone, Rich ard Gibson, Mary Domingo. Jan et Christensen. Marianne De Craene. Dixie Applegate, Patty LaRue, Ginger Philpot. TO VISIT SON Mr. and Mrs. Gailen Rhoden left Monday for California where in Benicia they will visit Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Kirpatrick and meet their son, Corp Ray mond L. Rhoden, who has a thirty day leave from his duties ' at Anchorage. Alaska. They will then go to San Fernando to visit another son, George Rhod en and family. SENSATIONAL VALUE! Letter Files Mr. and Mrs. William Royer with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Daniels enjoyed a Sunday excursion to the Omaha airport. The men had a flight over Omaha and vi cinitv despite adverse winds with Mr. Daniels as the pilot. WEDDING DELLS AHEAD . . . Angela Lansbury and Peter Shaw have announced that they v lil be married July 1 in Bow church, one cf the London edifices that sur vived many bombings during the war. It has always been the ac tress ambition to one day marry In this church, for she was born almcst in the shadow of its steeple and both her parents and grand parents worshipped there. Uncle at Tender Ag:e Fort Worth, Tex. (u.f Tommy Hatcher observed his first birth day at a joint party with his uncle, Mickey Ray Neally. The uncle also was one year old. i Mickey is the son of Mr. and i Mrs. L. R. Neally. Tommy's parents are Mr. and Mrs. H. T. i Hatcher. Mrs. Hatcher is the i daughter of Mr and Mrs. Neally. Ronnie and Russell Daniels, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dan iels have returned from a weeks vacation with their grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cunning ham and aunt, Jean Ann, of Clair. All Steel 4 Drawers Non Suspension Ball Bearing Rollers Spring Compressor Follower Blocks Heavy Duty Baked Green Finish Brand New Not Surplus Stocks 86 LSD : P SEE THEM ON DISPLAY PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL Commercial Printers Office Supplies Coeds at the University of Washington are smarter than their male colleagues, grade point averages indicate. The average for university women during the last school year was 2.59 compared to the men's average of 2.50. Herbert Ambler is back at Steck ley's, having been absent for two weeks on account of ill ness. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Moore and family picnicked at South Bend Sunday. Other visitors at South Bend were Mr. and Mrs. Vern Malstead and family and Mr. and Mrs. Wilford and family. Msr. Clarence Nutter returned Monday from a two week's visit with her mother who lives in Stella. Friday Mrs. Nutter leaves for North Platte where she will meet her husband who is at- : tending a 3-day Soil Conserva tion conference. Mr. Nutter has ; been transferred to Curtis. They i plan to move soon. Mrs. Delores Harshberger and I treatment at a hospital there ; son. Johnnie, were Lincoln visi . tors Monday. Entertaining for her young son. Tommy, on his 5th birthday, i Mrs. Jack Hayes invited Dallas ; Wiseman, Larry Houseman, ! Lani Beach, Regie Bickford and j David Sudduth to the theater. Returning home she served ice I cream and cake. That evening About one-tenth of the whole human family indulged in chew ing the betel nut. Mr. and Mrs. George Thierolf oi Jeoanon, New Jersey, are r here on a visit at the home of I Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fornoff. j Henry is a uncle of Mr. Thierolf. j i Mrs. Garland Tilson was in i Omaha on Tuesday where she visited her sister-in-law, Mrs. i W. H. Wiles, who is undereoine I Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Wright, son and daughter and grand daughter of Laurel and Mrs. Lois Carr were dinner guests at the Methodist parsonage on Tuesday. A classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35c. ALL FARMERS INTERESTED IN BETTER HOGS ATTEND THE National Duroc Congress State Fair Grounds Lincoln, Nebraska. July 29th and 30th FREE BARBECUE FRIDAY, JULY 29 See the Best in Durocs The farmer's choice by 2 to 1 FOR SALE: 15 HEAD OF BRED GILTS FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER FARROW. Leonard C. Stoehr PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA CSSS59BIDSESBSSE5323SSSSE fL SLASHED! IE: 13. E rv I S 5(X sire PESTMASTER 5t DDT insect spray and 50 size PESTMASTER 10S insect powder.. .perfect combination for your insect problems . . . ants, roaches, flies, mosqui toes, etc in this sale only. Buy 1 for 50; get other for 1. $1.00 VALUE IN THIS SALE ONLY! 4M Both for 51 Big Stock HOG SERUM On Hand AH Times Whitman's Candy Refrigerated BULK ICE CREAM -Gallon $1.07 New Chen-Yu Nail Polish 60c Pepto Bismol 57c Syrup Pepsin 57c Solitare Pan Cake Make-Up 30c and 60c Unguentine 35c and 57c Thermic Jugs $3.79 - $4.89 Bug Blaster 69c Hudnut Deluxe Refill Kit $2.00 Te-ol for Athletes Foot 40c and 60c Whitman's Air-Bon Mints 49c See New Sheaffer Pens In Window 6 - 12 Insect Repellant 49c Pixie Camera $4.95 See Our Dollar Sale 3 Items for a Dollar Audophone Ear Plugs For Bathers 25c Du Barry Cologne $2.50 1 Bathing Desert Flower . . 31.25 (Caps .69c OPEN SUNDAYS 9-12-3-6 EASTMAN KODAKS - MOVIES - 35mm. KODAK Dark Room Supplies and All Types of Films Black and White and Color One Day Service on Black and White Films 2 Pi X o 03 73 03 73 H P3 to to FOUNTAIN SPECIALS Lemon Flake Ice Cream Coconut Butter Brickie Fudge Royal Neopolitan (Theee Layer) Chocolate Vanilla Dixie Cups Fudgsicles Big Bar Pineapple Sherbet V2 -Gallon Bulk Ice Cream $1.07 ; GET THE BEST . . . GET SEALEST JU ST RE QE IV E D Methoxychlor Fly Spray and Disinfectant Paint USE ON DAIRY COWS AND PAINT WALLS. KEEPS FLIES AWAY AND STILL NOT POISONOUS TO USE. Pay-U Spray, Gallon $1.49 Pay-U Powder to use as paint 5-lbs. $1.75 SEGuQ mm m mm i 1 WHAT'S IN A NAME? Our regular ads may be worth $2.00 or more in trade if it is your name or phone number that was drawn and appears in on of our ads. Amount this week $2.00. WINNER LAST WEEK Roy Knorr