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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. PAGE FOUR Thursday, January 12, 1950 1 MAAftMWWW Union Mrs. Lr. O. Tdd Union and Nehawka schools played volley ball and basket ball at the Union school Friday 'evening of last week. The girl's score was Union 31, Nehawka 25. The boy's score was Union 26, Nehawka 20. I Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mullis and three children of Rose- mead, California, left for their home last week. Mrs. Bertha 'Everett accompanied them and will visit her daughter, Mrs. Ben Hllger. . Sgt. lc. Louis Crunk, Jr., wife and son Donald, left last Thurs day for their home in Clarks .ville, Tenn. Don Martin and Don Roddy accompanied them :for a visit in the Crunk home. Marvin Atteberv. who has been serving Union patrons by de livering their daily Omaha Herald the past several years, has turned over his business to Jimmy Attebery, who has re cently moved to Union with his parents. The Union Womans Club met B-A-B-Y FURNITURE HIGH CHAIRS From Solid Birch $ BABY BEDS, from . . BABY GATES BABY BUGGIES $ From Innerspringr $213 MATTRESSES, from . . BABY STROLLER TAYLOR TOT PLAY $ PEN Baby CAR SEAT BABY SPRINGS TEETER BABE ir $59 $4 or, Walker Pads Nursery Seat Pads Play Pen Pads High Chair Pads FARLEY Furniture Store S & II Green Stamps N60M-4I You Get All 3 with "COUNTRY CLUB" DELUXE FIBRE COVERS Beautiful, luxurious; rich vinyl plastic trim! Smooth, snug-fitting! Durability - that means, long, satisfying service. Coupes $95 Sedans & Coaches $A95 Reg. $7.95 D ReS. $12.95 3 Other Covers from $3.95 (coupe) BATTERIES INCLUDED 2-cell shockproof flashlight. Non- gQc breakable Jens, - MX Rubber ends. JR42J7 $1.25 Value L vT BRUCE 430 Main with Mrs. D. Ray Frans Tues- I day afternoon of last week. A fine attendance was had de spite the bitter, cold day. After a short business period, Mrs. Frank Hobscheidt, leader of the afternoon, introduced Mrs. a. Donat, of Piattsmoutn, wno gave us a book review of "Give Us Our Dreams" by A. Goertz. Mrs. Donat is a splendid speak er and as she reviewed this fine book, in her charming manner, her audience of ladies were well repaid for braving those icy winds and cold weather. Two of our students from the high school, Charles James and Clif ford Rogers, sang two numbers which kept the ladies "in stitch es." Miss Ramona McQuin ac companied them. At the close of the meeting Mrs. Franz serv ed very delicious refreshments. Mrs. Delbert Undsey served the spiced tea from a very attract ive table. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hall, of Petersburg, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Todd over the week end. On Satur day evening the Halls' and Todds' were supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harris. A Gospel team or young peo ple from Pawnee City and com munity had charge of an even ing service at the Methodist church last Sunday. Their pro gram consisted of chorus sing ing, special solos, a number of short talks by a number of the young people. Murray Youth Fellowship group attended, also several from Nehawka, and Plattsmouth. After the service, refreshments were served to over fifty guests by the Union Young Fellowship young people. Mrs. Loren Todd, Mrs. Rich ard Schanot and Mrs. L. G. Todd visited Mrs. Geo. Shel don at Nehawka last Sunday. Mrs. Sheldon has been ailing, but at this writing is able to be about the house, after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. David Kendall and child ren spent the holidays in Win field, Iowa, visiting the mother of Mrs. Kendall. Ramona McQuin had a slum ber party at her home Mon day night. The guests were Carroll Roddy, Phyllis Gruns wald and Bernadine Meyer. Rev. and Mrs. B. N. Kunkel of Nehawka and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Snodgrass drove to Omaha last Sunday afternoon. New Year's dinner at the Howard Snodgrass home was enjoyed by' the following: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Most, of Ohiowa, ryebr.; Phyllis Most, o Geneva; Mr. and Mrs. Ronal Fox of Geneva; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Snodgrass and family, of Fairmont; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Waters and family of Lincoln; Mi, and Mrs. Robert Snod grass of Nebraska City. Duane Grunwald, Phyllis Grunwald and Bernadine Mey er were supper guests on Sat urday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Ronal Martin and children at Nebraska City. The Legion auxiliary held their December meeting at the Famous "Presto" PRESSURE COOKER "Cooks with. $f09 "Magic"' Speed 16 Extra-hard aluminum. Mirror-bright; stain-re sistant. Holds 4 liquid qts. or 4 pt. jars. Ji3ra El MILE P JP (COM"' Home Owned and Operated by E. GOLD Phone 6259 ACCENT IS ON STYLE IN 1950 CHRYSLER MODELS The Chr-slsr 1930 New Yorker four-door sedan, with restyled longer rear fenders, more massive bumpers, new radiator grille, better visibility from the larger rear window and powered by the 133-hp. SpitGre engine. Rear view of the Chrysler Windsor series Newport, a new steel top "convertible" with distinctive styling around the rear window and no window or door posts to obstruct the view when windows are down. home of their president, Mrs. Howard Snodgrass. The host esses were Mrs. Nina Upton, Mrs. Jessie Upton, Mrs. Goldie Brannon and Vita Snodgrass. Mrs. Jane Roddy had the les son. Delicious refreshments, carrying out the Christmas colors and motifs were served at the close of the meeting. Death of Mrs. Anna Polley in Kansas The message was received late Tuesday evening by the mem bers of the R. R. Furse family, conveying the sad news of the death of Mrs. Anna Polley, 87, J grandmother of Mrs. Furse, at Republic, Kansas. Mrs. Polley was a member of one of the pioneer families of northwestern Kansas, and has spent her lifetime in that part of the west. There is surviving her pass ing, four sons and cne daugh ter, W. H. Polley, Republic' Kansas; Robert, Candiyohi, Minn.; Bruce, Emporia, Kan sas; Mrs. H. H. Smith, Belle ville, Kansas; W. C. Polley, Bell eville, Kansas. Funeral services were held this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 o'clock at Republic, with in terment at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Furse were in attendance at the services, vices. Gas Tax Take Shows Sharp Loss The report irom the state treasurer's 'office shows that the gas tax take for the month of December has shown a sharp dip from that of the November report. The drop was some $80,000 for the December re port. The office of the treas urer reports the drop was large ly seasonal. In December the state receiv ed $1,101,298 for road construct ion and counties $47,985 for reg ular road work and $314,656 for graveling rural mail routes. Dealer refunds totaled $8,715 and money returned to farmers $173,762. Distributed among the coun ties in this localilty in the order of regular road work and rural graveling was the following: Cass county, $6,394 and $4,263; Otoe county, $7,138 and $4,754; Sarpy county, $5,627 and $3,751. Entries Coming in For Golden Gloves Entries are coming in for the Southeastern Nebraska Golden Gloves tournament to be held at the fair grounds at Lincoln on Friday and Saturday, Janu ary 20-21. Winners of the Lin coln tournament become eligible for the midwestern A. A. U. and Golden Glove tournament to be held in Omaha, February 10th and 11th. Several requests have been received from out of towrn en t r a n t s desiring information about the tournament.- It is jointly sponsored by the state fair board and Lincoln Post No. 3 American Legion. Weighing in will be done at the Lincoln Ho tel from 2:00 p. m. to 6:00 p. m. the afternoon of Friday the 20th. Further information may be ob- tained by writing Lincoln post No. 3, American Legion, Lin coln, Nebraska. Raw Meat Better NEW YORK (UP) John Lewis, research director for a tooth paste company, says raw meat to chew should be used to nlnnn o rlnn-'c i oof rn t hnr Ihon ' a brush. ? 1 Interior of the sedan, showing waflle pattern the center arm Mrs. Harlan Stock took her small daughter, Sharon, to Lin coln on Tuesday of last week, where she entered the Bryan Memorial hospital for the re moval of tonsils and adenoids Mr. and Mrs. George Schafer and family are moving to Grand Island, where Mrs. Shafer will operate a nursing home, she Toeing a registered nurse. They will not make the move to Grand Island until the first of March. Mr. and Mrs. Lronard Hnrvpv of Plattsmouth, spent last Sun day evening with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Stock. The I. L. Hebard hardware store changed hands this past week when L. T. Rothe, of Gris wold, Iowa, became the .hew owner. He will take possession immediately. He expects to do some remodeling and redec orating. The family will join him as soon as these changes are completed. They have two children. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Hinds re turned from California after an extended visit last Thursday. Albert Tyson, brother of Mrs. H. I. Rookstool, was found fro zen ot death early Wednesday morning of last week, near the Burlington l'ailroad tracks at Lincoln. Police headquarters called Mayor Charles V. Wal lick for verification of the iden tity of Mr. Tyson. Military ser vices conducted by the Weep ing Water Legion post 237 con ducted the last rites at the Camp Creek cemetery at Ne braska City. Besides his sister, Mrs. Rookstool, a brother, John of Nehawka, and two other sis ters, Mrs. C. H. Gump of Gosh en, Oregon, and Mrs. Otis Compton of Kansas City, survive his passing. Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Lane were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cooper last Sunday evening. The new and exciting game of canasta was played during the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus Laurit zen Sr. will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus Lauritzen Jr. and family, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lauritzen and baby this Sun day at dinner. Mr. Charles V. Wallick began his regular work at the Nebras ka State bank Tuesday follow ing the New Year holiday. This brings the bank's working staff up to five, and as soon as the remodeling and installation of the new equipment is establish ed this should make a very fine and efficient service for their customers. . , The Weeping Water Little Symphony Orchestra has re sumed their practice after the holiday vacations. Wednesday nights are practice nights with! Dr. L. N. Kunkel leading this! fine organization. At the first meeting of the 1950 Garden Club held at Mrs. J. M. Ranney's with Miss Mar garet Ranney assisting, the elec tion of officers resulted in Mrs. Lester Parson receiving the of fice of president; Miss Margaret Ranney as vice-president; Mrs. C. H. Spohn as secretary; Mr. Sigvald Jensen as advisor; Quiz program lor Mrs. J. M. Ranney and the program com mittee is headed by Mrs. H, C. Wilkinson with Mr. S. H. Har mon and Miss Imo Heebner as co-chairman. Mr. Jensen gave p X vj f If 1 a 1950 Chrysler New Yorker four-door the new arm rest on the doors, a in the door panel upholstery and rest in the rear scat. a very interesting and educa tional talk on "Seeds", in which he told of the various ways the seed companies raised the seeds for sale and the places where they are raised. Most seeds are raised out state and 99 percent in California. He also told of the George Ball Co., that rais es seeds under glass, such as carnation ' and chysanthemum seeds. It was at this meeting that the "Secret Pals" were drawn for the year with Mrs. T. II. Hanlan in charge of this ! part. Next months meeting will be at the home of Mrs. C. II. Wilkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schumaker and Lonnie were Sunday even ing guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sig- j vald Jensen at an oyster stew, i Canasta yas played during the j evening. ! Speaking of canasta who Don't i hasn't played it yet? ; worry you will. Wednesday of last week the combined Cub Scout leaders r and all committees met at the home of Mrs. George Rhodes to set up the program for the fi- ! nances of the different dens. Their plans will be announced at a later date and will be of vital interest to us all. So be watching the paper for further details. Mr. Elmer Michelsen and Mr. Mark Hohman are renewal subscribers to the Plattsmouth Journal. Mrs. George Ellis celebrated her birthday last Saturday night with Miss Katryn Ellis and Mrs. E. W. LaRue planning a waffle supper. Present also were Mr. arid Mrs. Charles V. Wallick and Patty Ann LaRue. Canasta wras the diversion for the evening. T. H .Hanlan arrived home last Friday evening from St. Louis, where he had gone for several days to the Missouri Pacific hospital for a checkup and examination. ORGANIZE NEW CLUB The Ak-Sar-Ben Feeders club, composed of young people of the Murray community, vas organized on Friday, January 6th at the home of Jack Todd with eight members present to start the organization. Assisting in the organization of the club were Clarence Schmadke, county agent; Del bert Todd and Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Todd. The officers selected for the year comprised: Melvin Todd, Jr., president; Dwayne Reike, vice-president; Clifford Rogers, secretary; Dwayne Reike, news reporter. The project leaders of the club are George Reike and Mel vin Todd. The next meeting will be on January 26th at the home of Melvin Todd. The members of the club comprise Dwayne Reike, Clif ford Rogers, Bill, Betty and Jack Todd, Don Noell, Marion Tritsch and Melvin Todd, Jr. Tostal Clerks Rebel SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UP) AFL post office clerks in Massa chusetts are weary of handling too big and too little Christmas cards. At their annual conven tion they passed a resolution urging congress to enact laws calling for uniform-sized greet ing cards. Old Order Changcth BOSTON (UP) The Faneuil Hall market area may be moved from its historic downtown site. The U. S. Agriculture Depart ment has asked food handlers to consider a plan to move to a new 105-acre site. Hogs and Lambs Score Gains on Monday Market Butcher hogs and fat lambs scored price gains Monday at Omaha, but fat cattle trade was only steady, some shortfed steers and heifers 25-50c off. Steers sold to $32.50, one load held higher, quotable top above $40.00. Bulk brought $23.00 $26.50, plain shortfeds down to $18.00. Heifers bulked at $19.00 $24.50, better kinds $25.00 $26.50. Cows, on stepped up sup ply, lost 25-50c of recent gains, bracketing canners and cutters at $12.50-$14.50, beef to $17.00. Bull trade continued to sizzle, bolognas freely to $20.00, beef to $19.50. Vealers brought $20.00 $27.00. Stockers and feeders sold steady to strong, bulk $21.00 $23.75, mediums down to $18.00, steer calves to $28.50. Hogs sold strong to a quarter higher, late trade at the full upturn 180-360-pound butchers $14.25-$16.00, sows $12.50-$13.50, stags $8.00 $10.00. A 25c-75c advance lifted fat lamb top to $24.50 .highest since last October, with other frooH lambs ud to 105 pounds $24.00 and $24.25, and heavier, Slaughter ewes pained 50c-$1.00 to clear at $9.00-$12.00. Medium to good lamos weighing 93 went for feeders at $24.00 up 50c or more. Quotable top on feeder lambs was $25.00. Among recent sales at Omaha for shippers from this area: Leo Rikli & Son, 20 steers, wrt. 1004, $25.50. Ross Thomason, 21 hogs, vt. 259, $15.25. Henry Bornemeier, 27 hogs, wt. 216, $15.75. Tritsch & Meisinger, 50 steers, wt. 1206, $27.25. Mrs. Blanche Snell, 18 hogs, wt. 219, $15.65. John Hansen, 11 hogs, wt. 216, $15.50. Funeral of Mrs. Hans Sievers Held Monday afternoon the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reform ed church was filled with a large number of the old trends of Mrs. Hans Sievers to pay their last tribute to her mem ory. Mrs. Sievers lias ong been a resident of the city and the sorrow at her passing has been most keenly felt by the associ ates of the past years. The services at the church were in charge of Rev. G. E. Seybold, of Omaha, who brought a message of comfort and hope to the sorrowing family and friends. During the service Miss Rose Mary Steppat and Mrs. Verner Kaffenberger, gave two of the songs, favorites of the deceas ed, "Good Night Here, Good Morning Up There" and "I'll Take My Vacation in Heaven," 9 Frozen Food Compartment Plajfic-Coated, Adjustable Sliding Shelves Big Vegetable Fresheners Plenty dice Cubes No Moving Parts No Noise Ho Wear 9 Low Operating Cost and Upkeep MwaS -;! PiLj3 a TRAM - IN I mSpK I IF O fin 1 with Mrs. Ferd Nolte as the ac companist. The burial was in the family plot in Oak Hill cemetery with old friends serving as casket bearers: Waidemar Soennich sen, Herman Sievers, W. H. Ofe, Harold Buechler, W. H. Puis and Harry Kruger. Surprise Given Seier Family A delightful surprise party took place at the heme of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Seier on Saturday evening in honor of Mr. Seier's ; birthday. The guest list includ ed Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Seisr and Arthur Seier of Doniphan, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huebner and Patsy, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huebner, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Scheel and Jean Ann, all cf Alda, Nebraska; Mrs. Ber tha Butcher, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Butcher and Peggy, Mrs. Mildred 1tmtt BOOKKEEPING SYSTEMS itA -Ti y 1 t Maj n iM'i'lin;:'L-m.lu mi lH'A"yi. 1 i;nm iui r The Piattsmouth Journal Commercial Printers 6 Audiss of Fremont; Mr. andy Albert Buchholtz and Dee Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Lumir Bures am Janice of Morse Bluff, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams and Ralph of North Bend. Visiting and games providui entertainment for the evening and at a late hour a hearty two course lunch was served. "Headache Ball" Does It MEMPHIS, Tenn. lUP) N. C. Boyd, a steel worker, received a brain concussion when he was struck in the back of the head by a "headache ball," which is what steel workers call a heavy iron weight attached to the cable on a large crane. Sgh. 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