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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ! PAGE SIX Thursday. November 17, 1919 j Legion Auxiliary Meets at Greenwood j The Cass county convention nty of the American Legion Auxili ary was held at Greenwood on Wednesday, November 2nd, pro viding a most interesting meet ing. Six Units were present at the meeting and those from Eagle attending were: Mrs. Nora Ketelhut, Ida Mucnchau. Flos sie Trumble, Mildred Trumble, Evelyn Ransford, Belle May and Minnie Bird. Mrs. Charles Atttbery, of Union, county president, presid ed over the sessions. The colors were advanced and retired by the color bearers of Eagle unit. Reports were heard from units present. A short program was given that consisted of two vocal solos and an accordian number, given by three of the Greenwood young people and were a most delightful surprise to the members of the conven tion. The Wahoo unit quartet who won first place at the na tional convention at Philadel phia, were present and sang three numbers. Mrs. Arthur Lamborn, of Pal myra, the new district presi dent, was at the meeting and gave the highlights for the coming year in the Auxiliary program. The Plattsmouth unit extend ed a cordial invitation to the county unit to hold the conven tion in that city the coming spring. The meeting closed with a lovely luncheon served by the ladies of fhe Greenwood unit. B Square Farm Bureau Unit On Friday evening the B Square Farm Bureau unit met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Potschies. Because of the absence of the president. Louis Meisinger, vice president, conducted the meet ing. An article received by Mrs. Louis Meisinger, chairman of the women's activities, was read. The topic was "Christian Living in the Rural Areas." Henry Nolting was appointed to obtain information on com mercial fertilizer which the members wish to order soon. Following the meeting songs were sung. Later cards were played. Mrs. Henry Nolting and Sterling Ingwerson scored high and Mr. and Mrs. Claud Mayabb, low. Refreshments were served by the hostess to all members pres- J ent and two guests. i The December meeting will be ! held at the home of Mr. and ' Mrs. Leonard Born. ' ! A classified Ad in the Journal I costs as little as 35c. : 2 MEN Married preferred. Must have car. No door to door. For Plattsmouth vicinity. Some cook ing experience. $75.00 a week assured. For appointment phone Orchard 1581 or write Mr. Park, 4415 South 20th, South Omaha. It . ! - i "TJD WINTER TUNE-UP SPECIAL Clean and Adjust Plugs Check and Clean Carburetor Check Distributor Check Brakes and Lights Tighten Hose Connections Check Battery All for $C85 Only.... " At Friendly Plattsmouth Motors Washington Ave. Ned Anton Brezina I Dies at Masonic Home The death of Ned Anton Bre- . zina, so. a resident 01 me we- , braska Masonic Home in this city, occurred Wednesday, No- vember 16th at the University: Hospital at Omaha, where he j was taken following an accident ; at the Home. j Mr. Brezina, who has been in feeble health was brought here I on October 2, 1949, being ad- mitted to the Home from Aca- j cia lodge No. 34 of Schuyler. Ne- j braska. j Mr. Brezina was injured while s walking in the hall at the In firmary building where he fell and fractured his hip and mak ing hospitalization necessary. He was unable to withstand the effects of the operation and passed away. The deceased was born Sep tember 15, 1864, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, coming to Nebraska when a young man and has made his home in this since. state 1 He was following the trade of a house painter for many years and was a resident of Lincoln until coming here. He was never married and the only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Fannie B. Conklin, of Loomis, Washington. The body was taken to the Caldwell funeral home at 7th and Avenue B where funeral services will be held on Satur day afternoon. Acacia lodge will 11UVC Ulalgc ui Lilt: ocimiro. me interment will be in the Mason ic Home plot at the Oak Hill cemetery. St. Paul's Circles Hold Joint Meet The circles of the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church Woman's Guild, held a joint covered dish luncheon and business meeting at the church parlors on Tuesday, November 15th. The meeting was opened by the President, Mrs. Louis Naeve. The thanks offering boxes pro gram was given by Mrs. William H. Ofe. Mrs. Verner KafTenberger Howard, serving as the brides gave the devotions of the meet- , maid at .tne services. in The election of the ofTicers of the Guild for the ensuing year was held and the following se lected: President Mrs. Fred Lugsch. First Vice-President Mrs. Leonard Born. Second Vice-President Mrs. Verner Kaffenberger. Third Vice-President Mrs. i William Ofe. Secretary Mrs. J. J. Stibal. Treasurer Mrs. Fred Kaffen- berger. The circles met in seperate groups each taking up this re- spective business. The meeting was very well attended although there were a number absent. Your Deale rs Phone 287 mm Qffv Dfvvl OIulC I U.I1OI Urges Safety An Hiffliwav vm IllgllV ayZ) LINCOLN, inuv. 12 -speeding arrests and warnings made by Nebraska Safety Patrolmen reached a peak for the year in October, with 385 motorists being arrested and 400 others receiving written warnings, Cap- lajn c. J. Sanders, department superintendent, said today, -There is no place tor the speeding driver on the hUhv:v." captain Sanders stsserled. ' The fast driver endangers his own jif., an4 other ivrsons nsuvi the highways, a nil itM- unmHvss.wy hazards already tr,misvi by mi unprecedented number of ears," "As we enter the first weeks of frost and frigid tempera! ures. skid wrecks and traffic tie-ups will be on the increase. Know ing that pavement surtaxes in the months ahead will at times be bare, then icy or snow eov- 1 prrri lot's make sure that we nold our Speed down and have our cars under control." Captain Sanders declared He added, 'State-wide traffic fatalities have been on the de crease, with October having 27 fatalities as compared to 33 for the same month last year, and the 1949 total for the first ten months being 2(1)1 as compared to 220 for the same period in 1948. If Nebraska is to maintain this decrease during the danger "" months of November and De- drivers must start earlier, reduce speed and length en distance between cars." Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Attend Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayes of this city, have returned home from a short visit in the vicinity of Austin. Minnesota, as well as in northern Iowa. They were at Austin. Minne sota on November 7th where they attended the golden wed ding of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Howard, the former a cousin of Mrs. Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. Howard were married near Sac City, Iowa, on November 7, 1399, Mrs. Hayes, then Genevieve Aiienamg me anniversary were some eighty-five that par ticipated in the dinner that was served in the dining room of the school. The dinner was pre pared by the two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Howard, from Aus tin and Des Moines. Later the group enjoyed a fine program in the auditorium of the school. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes also visited at Fort Dodge, Iowa, with their daughter, Mrs. George E. Sayles and family and at Sac City where they have land interests. P.y LTX CONNELLY NWNS Itadio-Screen Editor pVER WONDER about the birth of a song? With Stan Jones, a Nevada forest ranger, rocking the mujc world frith his stirring bal lad, "Riders in the Sky," and Vaughn Monroe's magnificent ver sion of it hitting the million selling mark, we asked Jones as to the song's origin and this was the re sult: "The leg end," he said, "starts down in the southeast part of the country after the Civil War when our first V. Monroe cow punch e r s drifted west, most of them ex-Ccn-federate soldiers, and took up cow punching for a living. The Mexican charros that were already running stock had a legend ... In other words, if a man was bad most of his . life in that wilderness. on day he would see an apparition in the clouds. "But the cowboys that came out and later turned out a lot or bad men picked it up a little differently and it went something like this . . . If they saw in the clouds on a very dark and stormy day, an appari tion of a herd of very wild looking cows, or animals of one kind or another, and behind this group of cattle they saw a band of riders chasing them that they would actually have seen the devil's herd, and the boys that had been con demned to chase that herd ... If they did see it they would be condemned for all time with that bunch of boys to catch the devil's herd." "My part of it for picking it up," Stan continued, "started when I was 14 and a friend and I were out on the range one morning ... We had gone out to a windmill to pull a pin. On the way back we took a shortcut and curved up a narrow ravine. Looking out on the val ley floor and the teeth of the gale was an old cow-puncher ... When we got to the top the old fellow punched me in the side and said. "Son, them are the kind of clouds a man sees the riders in." The next morning I found out that the man fc8sLdrPPP5 deadthat .nlgbVIL'- i ;i 'St 1 ptaBS The 19.1!) Ford Deluxe Tudor Sedan combines the modern styling so ulely acclaimed by the car-buyinjf public with the comfort and economy demanded of a family automobile. Smart new treatment of the grille and parking Tghts and a colorful new crest the first in Ford history distinguish the front of the new models. Comfort features include new lum-sa front scat springs covered with a new foam rubber cushion, additional heed room and smoother, quieter V-S and 6-cylinder engines. I Obituary of Pvlrs. Fay Edith Otte i Fav Edith Kicnards. daughter of Horace Tayior and Edith Mary Richards, was born at Wa bash, Cass County. Nebraska, September 15th, 1835, and died in Phoenix, Arizona, November 7th, 1949. after a prolonged ill ness. She attended the Pleasant Point public school in Cass county, the Peru State Normal college at Peru, Neb., the Lin coln Business College, Lincoln, 4iZ8f&r' J' y5 ' i drik .e m 1 m 12 ffggUlfflDQSg S T" '': '' . Vt1. and also studied music and painting. She moved to Lincoln with her parents in 1909 and in 1910 she was married to William Otte of Chicago where she went to make her home, returning to Lincoln in 1912 where her daughter. Fay Ellen, was born. In November, 1927, the family moved to Washington, D. C, where her husband accepted the position of Secretary-Treasurer of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks. In 1939, because of ill health Phone 241 It was necessary for her fo go to Phoenix where she remained until her death. She is survived by her hus band, William, of Washington, D. C, her daughter, Fay Ellen, of Phoenix, one sister, Mr:;. Blanche B. Stinson, of San An tonio, Texas, one brother, War ren Taylor Richards, of Wa bash, Neb., two nephews, Ralph Richafds, of Wabash, and Llovd Richards of Eagle both in Ne braska. The remains were tenderly laid to rest in the.. Wabash cemetery. The Rev. E. F. Haist of Elmwood officiating. Pall bearers: Eugene Colbert, Weeping Water; Kieth Mun ford. Wabash; Henry Schlueter, Murdock; Edgar Golden, Wa bash; Ralph Allen, Lincoln; Carl Dalling, Lincoln. WANYEYA CAMPFIRE The Wanyeya Campfire girls met at the home of Mrs. O. C. Hudson, assistant guardian. We talked over plans for the candy sale which starts November 19. We had election of officers with the following elected: President, Katherine Ptak; Vice-President, Mary Ann Berg man; Secretary, Joyce Kerns; Treasurer, Mary Ann Ryan; Re porter, Nancy Sedlak; Tele phone girls, Joyce Fitzgerald, Carol Wilson and Alice Hugh son. Nancy Sedlak, Reporter. Miss Alberta Ruth, nurse at the Clarkson hospital in Oma- I ha has been home this week ; visitinc: her parents, Mr. and i Mrs. Chester Ruth. She returned today to Omaha. j Mrs. Cornelia Harris and 'daughter, Mrs. Bessie Ikenbarry I and Clark and a friend of Lin j coin, called on Mrs. Maude Bar ! row Sunday evening. Last year there were a lot of disappointed people who had overlooked investigating the wonderful assortment of beautiful Christmas Cards offered by The Journal before making their selection. We hope you are not forgetting this year. Why not come in the next time you are down town. Take a look at the dozens of different cards we offer at prices 'that will amaze you. Your name printed FREE on your selec-. tions. 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