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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAQE FOUR Thursday, Naveffibef 24, 1949 Opal E. Wallick Journal Correspondent Mrs. Marcel DeCraene was honored at a birthday party when Mrs. Owen Welch invited a group of friends in for lunch last Friday noon. The response for the Rum mage Sale of the Congregation al church was so good that all the clothing donated was not sold. In view of that fact we have arranged to hold a sale of used clothing at the American Legion hall on Saturday, De cember 3rd. If you are in need of good used clothing this is the place to go and to get them cheap. Remember the date, Saturday, Dec. 3rd. Womans Club Met Tuesday afternoon the Weep ing Water Womans Club met at CARLSON'S CORN PROVES IT! HOLDS EARS! STANDS Uf! Less corn on the ground. More corn still on the stalks. More bushels per acre. These re what enthusiastic corn pickers report on fields planted to Carlson Champion Hybrids. Be a champion corn raiser yourself. Plant more Carlson's corn next spring:. Get it now from your Carlson Dealer while choice varieties are available. Write for results on Nation al machine picker contest at Cedar Rapids. Ia.. sponsored by WMT and originated by Elmer Carlson, former world' corn husking; champion. Clarence H. Beccard Union Frank Frolick Eagle Bernard E. Grady Greenwood Chas. Haertel Alvo F. Joseph Knecht South Bend Gilbert J. Neumeister Avoca James F. Mills Murdock Ernest Otto Greenwood Or Write Carlson Hybrid Corn Co. Audubon, Iowa the Congregational church for their meeting with Mrs. L. R. Snipes, of Lincoln. Mrs. John C. Pryor was hostess for the day and the tea cdmmittee consisted of Mrs. C. E. Teff t, Mrs. Mogens Johnson, Mrs. D. O. Dwyer and Mrs. Ray Norris. Mrs. Frank Cook was elected secretary fill ing the vacancy made by Mrs. James Howland, who has moved to Lincoln. Mrs. Ray Norris, our club president, welcomed the visitors and members. Mrs. Robert Hallstrom, of Avoca, re sponded. Although many of our group needed no introduc tion, Mrs. Norris inroduced Mrs. Snipes to the newcomers of our city. Mrs. Snipes presented a very interesting and vivid pic ture of home decorations and told of the trends in home building and decorations. Stress ing the fact that we must build around one or two articles that have value in our decorating scheme. She displayed several pictures and showed various samples of materials for drap eries. It was indeed a privilege to see and hear the discussion of the program as presented by Mrs. Snipes. You can consult her in the Miller and Paine drapery department if you are in need of any advice on such. Mrs. Eugene Ludwick presented her Boys Choir of the Methodist church in a group of songs. Dorothy Kunkel directed the choir. Members of the Avoca Womans Club were guests for the day. New members were announced in the club as Mrs. Walter Anderson, Mrs. E. Thom as Stacey, Mrs. R. H. Gray and Mrs. E. H. Blaikie. Mrs. T. H. Hanlan and Mrs. C. E. Tefft presided at the tea table, which was centered by a lovely bowl of fall flowers. Designed Prize Winning Seal i-i mumi ill I I ' f f l ,s! I? iliMfiw .mas t IW 1 ' WWW. -VV.''::OlCX".' j I yoAJai& woi-wt M Mevprs. vounz artist of Leonia, N. J., who designed the Christmas Seal which won first prize in a nationwide contest sponsored by the Society of Illustrators, is rewarded with a check of $1,000 presented in behalf of the Society by Arthur Hawkins. Miss Frances Brophy, former Seal Sale Director of the National Tuberculosis Association, holds the winning design which is being used by the NTA and its affiliates in the 1949 Christmas Seal Sale to raise funds for their tuberculosis control work. Mrs. Dagmar Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. James Ross and John, all of Council Bluffs, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. DeForrest Brown, Sunday. Mrs. Bertha Nathan and Mrs. Sam Samuels, of Lincoln, en tertained Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Day, Sunday evening at the Ho tel Cornhusker. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Eiden miller (Virgina Lane) are the parents of a baby boy born at the Clarkson hospital in Oma ha, November 11th. Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Lane are the ma ternal grandparents and Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Eidenmiller of Lincoln are the paternal grand parents. The new baby has been named Johnnie Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tim mermeyer and two children of 5 TRAVEL "LIGHT" . . . and don't worry about soiling your smart clothes! We'll get all the dirt out of them and send 'em to you clean as new ready for the next big week end. You'll like our prompt and effi cient service. TRY OUR CLEANING AND PRESSING Rager's Laundry and Cleaners 416 Main St. Plattsmouth, Nebr wJr Jir-'A- i V I the Uevj PurapJsck K Nw enginttrins p r e v i 4 s as balance of ttroini en working parts . . . kping btaringt tru ct all pump rod leads vp to 1,000 lbs., permitting new precision in .) - euiliTyi mri gvar? ot reaienaUt cost.' Pankohin Plumbing Heating 620 1st Arc. Contracting - Repairing Phone 257 Mr. Edgar Cole of Lincoln was a Weeping Water visitor for a short while Tuesday. Mr. Frank Wood, of York, was here on business Friday after noon. Waterloo, Neor., were visiting here Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Porter and family. Tuesday evening Susan Hob son was initiated into the Or der of Rainbow Girls. Mrs. Margaret Brendei and Mrs. Ed Tutt, of Murray, were guests. Adding to the importance of the evening was the birthday of her grandfather, Mr. William Hobson, who was honered by a birthday cake provided by Mrs. R. P. Hobson for the occa sion. Mr. Hobson has been as sociated with the Rainbow Or der since it's birth here in this city. A tour of inspection was held here last week by Mr. Glenn Pickerell, superintendent of Un derwood school, Omaha. Plan ning to build, they were desirous of looking over our building, which was built under the di rection of the PWA. Curiously enough the one man who could have told them all the possibil ities and the flaws in the work ability of the building did not get to see them. I am speaking of Mr. Ambler, our very capable and efficient custodian, who has; all the opportunity to observe the good and the bad of its con struction daily. As he has worked about the building ever since it was erected he has com piled a list of things that are advantageous and disadvanag eous and would be of great val ue to others interested in build ing. Mr. L. A. Malstead will at tend the music clinic at Norfolk this week end. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Day were Lincoln motorists on Friday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Bigelow, of Lincoln, were Weeping Water visitors last Wednesday evening, coming down for the Congrega tional church chicken pie sup per. They visited with Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Wallick. Mrs. Bigelow was the former Kat- i rine Johnson, daughter of Mr. J and Mrs. A. W. Johnson, who lived here several years ago. Mrs. R. C. Porter had the mis fortune to tear the ligaments in her arm attempting to lift a heavy arm rocker while do ing her house cleaning. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Akeson ,of Lincoln, came to the chicken pie supper held at the Congre gational church, Wednesday. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Day. J. W. McConnell, of Tarkio, Mo., was here last week end for a visit with his daughter, Mrs. Bill Hendrickson and family. Mrs. Hugh Harlan was sur prised last Tuesday' evening when a group of friends and neighbors arived to say "Happy Birthday" and spend the even ing visiing. Mr. and Mrs. Mar cel DeCraenne and Marianne, Mrs. Ben Olive, Mrs. J. M. Ran ney and Mrs. C. H. Spohn brought good wishes and pro vided a lunch for the event. Mrs. Charles V. Wallick was an earlier caller in the evening. How do I know she was sur prised? Because when I was Ihere, company was furthest from her thoughts although I tried to tell her that she had better be expecting "some thing." Mrs. Fred Gorder left Mon day for Grand Island where she will spend the winter with her daughter, Miss Helen Gor der. Last week members of the Christian Endeavor went to Nebraska City for a skating par ty. About 55 enjoyed the trip with Mr. and Mrs. Enos Plun kett, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice" Hammons, Mr. and Mrs. Harri son ' LMnston, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cooper, and Mr. and Mrs. Alton J. Sterling taking J cars to provide transportation. Taking advantage of an open evening they rented the hall and only members of the group were using the skating rink at that time. Weeping Water schools are taking part in the Unit Guid ance Course, which is vocation al in nature. Three speakers a week will talk on their career, their preparation for their vo cation and of their compensa tions of their work. A movie on vocations will be shown each week and the pupils will have a quiz over the week's work. Ju nior High and High School stu dents, in number of 150, will receive one-fourth unit credit for their work. Miss Ardyth Hall, Public Welfare worker of Cass county, spoke last week. Mr. Owen Welch, Weeping Wa ter Republican editor spoke of his work this week. Other speakers scheduled for this week are Dr. L. N. Kunkel, Sher iff Tom Solomon, Plattsmouth. Mr. Porter, who organized this course, has been assisted by the staff of teachers. The Nebraska State Bank is having extensive remodeling done, enlarging the present space by including the office of H. A. Crozier, who has moved his office to the First National Bank building. Two new of ifces will be made from this ad ditional space. More vault storage space will be provided by the remodeling. lmivjDod Mrs. Grace Plybon, Journal Correspondent The grampus, a member of the dolphin family, hunts in packs, attacking whales, ac cording to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The Louisiana purchase almost doubled the size of the United States. Faneuil Hall in Boston was erected with lottery money. Mrs. Bert Raber went to Fer guson, Mo., Friday, for a two weeks stay with her daughter, Mrs. Ronald Schlichtemeier and family. . ; Lemuel Parish is home from Lincoln and will stay in the Em ery Brant home for the winter. Mrs. Blanche Kuehn is in the Bryan hospital recovering from a surgical operation last week. Marvin Grote, of Lincoln, call ed on Alex Miler on Sunday af ternoon. Marvin has friends in this vicinty and stayed with his uncle, Wm. Grote, for some time a few years ago ,but he is now employed in Lincoln. Monday of last week the Band Mothers sponsored a party at the school building. Mrs. Lacy of Avoca being hostess for the Key Products Co. A nice sum was realized for band benefit. Miss Alice Kuehn recently vis ited her sister Mrs. Ruth Schroe der in Des Moines. Ruth and children returned with Alice and will be here while their mother is in the hospital. Mrs. Kuehn will be there a few days yet. On Sunday, November 6th, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Schneider, Mrs. Mary Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kuehn of Lincoln, motored to Clay Center, Kan sas, where a family dinner was held at the Ferdinand Rosenow home. There were 29 people present to enjoy the day. Mrs. Irvin Steeves of Panama, spent several days recently with her mother, Mrs. Newlin. Driving to Newport, Nebraska, on Sunday, were Miss Lillie Muenchau and her mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Muenchau, of Eagle, and the latter's parents Mrs. Ellen Douglas Pitts writes from Columbia, South Ctaro lina, that her husband's cousin, Dr. Samuel Pitts, a dentist, was recently killed in a car acci dent. Spending the day on Thursday with Mrs. Mary Williams, were Mrs. Lydia Muenchau, Mrs. Streich and daughter. Lydia, Mr. and Mrs. John Buck, of Mrs. Hannah block ana Mrs. Murdock. In Newport they vis- j Frank Rosenow, all from Mur ited their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. I dock except Mrs. Muenchau. Alfred Nelson. 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