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THE PLATTSWOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMLWEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Thursday, February 2, 1950 Death of Mrs. George Jordan Mrs. Gconr? Jordan. 44. who hns boon quite seriously ill for the past several months, passed awav this (Thursday morning at the family home, 601 Oak mont Driv?. The condition of Mrs. Jordan was critical for some time and she has been given hospitaliza tion several times in the past year. Venus Hilty. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hilty. was born March 14. 10C6 and was married on January 10, 1933 at Shelton. Nebraska, to George Jordan and has in the recent years made their home in this city. The survivors are the hus band. George; father. Edward Hilty, Lexington. Nebraska; four sisters, Winifred Sheen, Vera Gloason. Doris Hudson, Rernice Plummer. aU of Lexing ton: two brothers. Bob Hilty of Lexington and Den Hilty of Coulee City, Washington. The mother and one sister have preceded her in death. The funeral will be Saturday at 2 p. m. from the Sattler fun eral home. 4th street and Ave nue A. Rev. E. C. Williams, officiating. Visiting hours will be at the funeral home Friday from 3 to and fiorn 7 to 9 p. m. Many Attend the Talk on Cancer A very large number of the members of the various Farm Bureau units in eastern Cass county enjoyed a very interest ing and Instructive lecture and movies last Friday evening at the basement of the Christ Lutheran church on the Platts-mouth-Louisville road. This meeting was made pos sible by the Society for the Eradication of Cancer of which Mrs. Richard F. Brendel is the Cass county chairman. The lec ture was given by Dr. Eggers of the University of Nebraska and placed before the auditors the necessity of being on the watch for this dangerous malady that yearly takes many lives. Albert Todd showed the can cer movies through his movie projector. He also showed other movie film that he had taken throughout the west. After the movies refreshments were served the members of the group. THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth, Nebraska 23 ENJOYS VACATION Miss Patricia Rogers, daugh ter of Mayor and Mrs. A. B. Rogers, who is a student at Lindenwood college at St. Charles, Missouri, has enjoyed a short vacation the past week. She enjoyed a plane trip from St. Louis, Missouri, to Clearlake, Iowa, where she was a guest of Miss Emily Knutson. The two young ladies are room mates at Lindenwood. Most of the mica prduoced in the United States comes from the western part of North Carolina. (Me)) We Can fflaL IT EASIER In the hour of affliction it is a great strain to think of practical things, but it is easier if those you talk with bring a sympathetic under standing "to the discussion of final arrange ments. It is only natural that we who are accustomed to serve' at life's most solemn occasion should have learned at least how to make the pre liminarv talk about it a little easier. Within Your Wishes Within Your Means SattL er FUNERAL HOME 4th and AVENUE A PLATTSMOUTH Methodist Nurses Capping Service Miss Mary Margaret Cole and Miss Mildred Meisinger of this community have completed their first semester in the Ne braska Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Omaha, Ne braska. They will receive their Nurse's Cap at a Capping Ser vice to be held at First Metho dist church, Omaha, February 9, at 8:00 p. m. A reception honor ing the class will be held in the church parlors following the service. A class of thirty-six students will receive their caps at this time. Blue Devils in 37-29 Win Over Blair Tuesday (Continued from Page One) field goals, bringing the score 29 to 20 for the Blue Devils. In the final most of the scor ing for the Blue Devils was in the free throw column, Dan Ro han, forward of the locals, shot one from the court and also a free toss. Dasher garnered two free tosses as did McCormick, Cole also added a gift shot to bring the scoring for the locals at an end. Nicholson for Blair made a field goal, while Men king added two field goals and two free throws to his credit, Peterson a free shot. The game ended 37 to 29. In the curtain raiser the Plattsmouth reserves were the winners by the score of 42 to 32. The box score of the game was as follows: Plattsmouth tg Rohan, f 1 Dasher, f 4 McCormick, f . 6 Cole, f 0 Janecek, c 2 Ofe, g 0 Ashbaugh, g 0 Blair Nyholm, f 2 Bennett, f ...... .0 Nicholson, f 2 Menking, c ........ .3 Sutton, g 0 Menking, g .. 0 Peterson, g 0 ft pf tp 1 1 3 4 1 12 3 3 15 2 2 2 15 5 0 5 0 0 5 0 11 22 37 ft pt tp 2 4 6 0 3 0 1 2 5 6 5 12 11 1 0 3 0 5 1-5 15 19 29 SALE Women's Misses DRESSES $5 Unusual is a mild word for these outstanding values of mid-winter dresses that may be worn well into late spring. Values up to $14.95 are included. Sizes 9 to 40 Fabrics Are Corduroy Gabardine Suitings Wools Hosiery Sale! Discontinued colors of our regular standard brands, values to $1.65 per pair. -Sizes 8I2 to 10i2 Per t Pair $1 No Exchanges All Sales Final SOENNICHSEN'S Nebraska Youth Winter Institute LINCOLN-More -than' 100 Ne braska youths from 18 counties are expected at the University of Nebraska Friday and Satur day, February 3 and 4 for the Nebraska Rural Youth Mid winter Institute. Guy Davis, state Rural Youth leader at - the university, said a full two-days' session is plan ned as a conference and trairi ine period for local organization officers. Only two; formal adr dresses are plahripd. Verlln Liv ineston. Sidney, the state or ganization president,, will talk at 9:30 o. m. on Saturday and Dr. F. D. Keim, head of the uhi" versity's. agronomy -department, will talk, on the same "day ' at 1:30. . . : . ' Officers training on the first day will be In charge of Edward Waaner, Winnetoon, state preal dent. Program planning discus? sions will be headed by Pepper Martin. Scottsbluf f, state hews reporter; financing discussion, headed by Norman Gerken- meyer, Seward, state treasurer; constitution and re-distrlctinfj discussion, headed by Kenwood Anderson. Dalton, .state presi dent; and Rural Youth prob lems, discussion, headed by Vir ginia Mae Wittier, Hartington, state secretary. The Rural Youth members will be welcomed by H. G. Gould, associate director of the University of Nebraska Agricul tural Extension Service at 10 a. m. on Friday. Group singing will be under the direction of Mrs. Altinas Tullis, ag college choral director. Rosborough Funeral Held Wednesday Funeral services for the late W. M. Rosborough were held on Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Chain c Wood mortuary at Seward, Nebraska, with a large number of old friends, and associates in at? tendance. The services were In charge of Oliver lodge No. 38 A. F. St A. M. of Seward, of which Mr. Ros boroush was a cast master and a member for some sixty-eight years. Mr. Rosborough, 91, was also v honored - with the Jordan medal for his long service as a member of the fraternity. Attending the funeral from Plattsmouth were a son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ros borough, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hansen, parents of Mrs. Ros borough.: , n . 11 notary nears Story of the Burlington (Cohtinuel from Page 1 ) they building log homes and in ducing many others to come to this place to help establish homes. Later as time progressed, the railroads came west, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad extending their lines from Illinois into Iowa and eventually came to the banks of the mighty Missouri river, op posite Plattsmouth and from here the westward march of the rail traffic gradually grew. The establishment of the Burling ton & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska, followed in a few years and in Plattsmouth was built the first shops of the 'B & M", in the seventies they being frame buildings located south of the present Burlington pas senger station, remaining there for several years until destroyed by fire when the present brick buildings were built in their present locations farther south. In the year 1879 the Burling ton started the erection of the railroad bridge that stood for many years until the present structure was built in 1901 and now serves the main line of the Burlington. From here the line of the Burlington was built westward along the south bank of the Platte river to Lincoln in the westward march of the "iron horse." A line was built into Omaha the then growing metropolis of the state, the lines joining at Oreapolis. The shops at Plattsmouth had the distinction of building the second locomotive in use on the road, the "35", as it was desig nated, was completed and plac ed in service here. It is still pre served among the historic tro phies of the railroad and was shown at the Railroad Fair in Chicago. The wonderful story of the progress of railroading woulf1 not have been complete without the information that the gen eral offices of the "B & M" had been located in Plattsmouth and remained until the late seventies when they were mov ed to Omaha. For many year. the secretary of the Burlington came to Plattsmouth from tlv east to hold the annual meeting at the local Burlington shop of fice. The address was one filled from start to close with the greatest interest and gave many a much more illuminating in sight into the story of Platts mouth and the Burlington. "Mr. Kuska in his address spoke of many of the early leaders in the Burlington wh. were formerly well known here to the early day residents Charles E. Perkins, president of the Burlington, in whose honor the Perkins House in this city was, named, George W. Hold rge, general manager of the Burlington, for many years a resident here, living in a home oit high school hill, Byron Clark, attorney ; for the railroad, who made his home here for many years- and E. F. Ernst, treasurer of the Burlington who was known to many Plattsmouth peopled ' ' 4 The . oldest apple tree In Washington State was planted at Vancouver In 1670. Death of Aged Lady .Wednesday The death of Mrs. Mary Jane Mallory, 91, occurred on Wed nesday evening at the Nebraska Masonic Home where she has been a resident since November 16, 1944. The deceased was a daughter of James and Jane Lowe and was born at Westfield, Wiscon sin, November 1, 1858, spending her younger years in that sec tion. She was married there to Mark E. Mallory. The family came to Nebraska a great many years ago and located at Plain -view and Tecumseh, Nebraska, they being engaged in the hotel business there for a number of years. On retiring from active business life, they moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where they resided with a daughter, Mrs. M. H. Newgard, and while there, the husband was fatally injured in an automobile accident. The wife came here in 1944 to make her home. She was quite active in the Eastern Star at her form er home. The body was taken to the Caldwell funeral home at 7th and Avenue B and will be taken later to Plalnview, Nebraska, for the services , and interment be side the husband. Mrs. Newgard, the daughter, arrived this (Thursday) morn ing to accompany the body to the last resting place. FIRE STRIKES AT HOME . SEATTLE, Wash, (U.P.) Mrs. William A. Smith asked her husband to give their five-year-old soh Dennis a talking to af ter., he set fire to his bedroom. 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