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ThikawAa Ey Mrs. F. O. Sand Mrs. Elmer Stoll called at the - home cf her mother, Mrs. Al meda Fleming, Murray, several days last week. Mrs. Fleming has been quite ill. Mrs. Fred C. Shomaker and daughter. Mrs. John Barkhurst were in Nebraska City on busi ness Friday. Frank and Charles Thiele of Nebraska City called at tiie Shomaker home Saturday. , Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pollard :cnd Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Pollard Aere dinner guests Sunday cf Ir. and Mrs. George Sheldon. FOR Dependable Insurance Income Tax Service SEE J. Howard Davis Phone 264 Soennichsen Bldg. Mrs. Chester Sporer, Murray, Vi. Brandt, Oscar and Ray mond Brandt and Mrs. Paul Whipple attended funeral serv ices for Mrs. Albert Schutz at the Congregational church at . Avoca Saturday afternoon, j Mrs. Sadie Shrader and Son, ; Gerald, called at the home of : Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Knecht at South Bend Sunday afternoon. Henry Schwartz and Lester Waldo made a business trip to Plattsmouth Monday. Mrs. Robert Sehlichtemeier and sons returned Friday from Clarkson, Nebr., where she spent the past week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Budin. While there she attended a mother daughter banquet at which Mrs. iorene Hahn was the guest speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Faris stopped at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hail Pollard Monday en route to Lin coln. They returned Sunday from a month's stay in Marion and Bradford, Virginia, where they visited Mr. Faris' brother. They were guests for the day Sunday of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Crede Harris, Union. Mr. and Mrs. John Wolph, Avoca. called at the home ox Miss Evelyn Wolph Friday eve ning. Air. and Mrs. Jim Russell Omaha, were afternoon and e'.e- DOUBLE a c GREEN STAMPS ON ALL iV-V -TTV- WATCH REPAIR ALL WORK GUARANTEED Authorized Distributors of Elgin o Bulova H amilton Watches GROVE JEWELRY 601 Main Si. Phone 228 4 kmi m $k t. tel. J-WWfM YOU'RE OUT JN FRONT BECAUSE OF YOUR SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL RECORD YOU'VE COME THROUGH WITH FLYING COLORS AND WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. l'py ; nins lunch guests of Mrs. Nels Thoren Saturday. Wayne and , Charlene Thoren, Weeping Wa ter, visited their grandmother, I Mrs. Nels Thoren, Saturday. In I the afternoon they visited Mrs j Richard Stone and son at the j home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester fctone. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wisch meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sarkowski and family. Omaha were guests for the day Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. George Kime. Dr. and Mrs.. John Rennie, Bedford, Iowa, were guests Sun day of their daughter, Mrs. Ralph Wieckhorst and family. They left for their home Mon day morning. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wieckhorst, Huskerville. and Mr, and Mrs. Herman Wieckhorst called at the Ralph Wieckhorst home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wolph accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kruger, Omaha, to Lincoln to attend the dinner and reception of the Phi Betta Kappa at the Student Union. Mrs. Kruger was initiated into the Phi Beta Kap pa. Born to Mr.v and Mrs. Fred Hansen, a daughter, Wednesday, May 3, at Lincoln General hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Tucker drove to Kansas City Sunday to take Mrs. Clark Kuppinger and her sons to their home after a two weeks visit at the Tucker home. Mrs. Walter Carson and son. Stanley, Topeka, Kansas, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W alter Power Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Hansen called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Pollard Sunday aiternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ross. union, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ross were erening visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Hansen.. Sunday. The family gathering was in honor of Mr Hansen, who observed his birth day Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson and daughter, Union, were din ner guests Sunday of Mr. and x.lrs. Kenning Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johnson, Talma ge, were afternoon callers. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wieckhorst. Huskerville, were week end guests of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wieckhorst. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dahlstrom Lincoln, called at the home of Mrs. Nels Thoren Sunday after noon. Other callers included Mr. and Mrs. Francis Thoren and family, Weeping Water, and Marion Hoback. Mrs. Walter Noerrlinger, Jr., attended a shower Sunday aft ernoon at the home of Mrs. Wal ter Noerrlinger, Sr., of Avoca, with Joan and Helen Fay Noerr linger as hostesses. The guest of honor was Miss Arvilla Kuen ning. Thurmond Nixon. Waterville, Kansas, was home to spend the week end with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Benny Schram and son were dinner guests Sun day of his brother, Paul and family, m Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Noerr linger. Jr., attended baccalaur eate services at Avoca Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Noerr linger and son called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralrjh Martin in Omaha Wednesday evening. Janet Nutzman. Ivy Day Queen at the University of Nebraska. was interviewed on "Your Uni versity Speaks" Sunday noon. when- it was broadcast over WOW. Mrs. George Kime and Joan were business visitors in Omaha Thursday. Mrs. Lynn Banks re turned home with them to spend the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Wicker and Pauline Sand, Colorado Springs, Colo., called at the homes of Mr and Mrs. Lyman Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Sand Thurs day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hansen ! have named their daughter Kathryn Ann. Mrs. Dora Waldo has been ap pointed postmaster of Nehawka Mrs. Waldo was the assistant to Mrs. Gilbert Kime and since Mrs. Hoop Champ 5 v." rrir i WELLESLEY, Mass. Ardis Coegelin. 21, blue-eyed blond from Philadelphia, won the 56th running of the Wellesley College hoop race, and according to tra dition will be the first of her class to marry. However, Ardis stated she is "not even engaged." Kime's resignation has been temporary postmaster. Mrs. V. O. Lundberg is the assistant. Extensive damage was done to homes and business houses in Nehawka by the flood Monday evening. Many homes had their basements flooded. Water came into the home of O. Lundberg, eighteen inches in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vilas Kettlehut, five inches in the home of Mrs. Mary Wessel and the G. W. Weik home. Water also flooded the first floor of the Hansen garage, Adams drug store, Whip ple hardware, Wunderlich appli ance store, Dr. Andersen's of fice, Farmer's Oil Co., Lou's Beauty shop and the Enterprise bank, and Sheldon's grocery store and the auditorium had their basements flooded. The Methodist church and Nehawka school basements were also flooded. Classes were resumed Friday morning after a three day recess. The car of Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Klutman stalled on the tracks in the south Dar nf town 1 W. Weik and John Eaton tied ropes to their waists and wadrad out to the car to rescue the Klut mans and their small son. Local firemen used the two fire trucks and assisted, by the Murray fire truck pumped the water out of the basements. The work was completed Wednesday. The streets were washed with the water that was pumped out of the basements. Funeral services for Miss Vera Burdick were held at the United Brethren church Tuesday after noon. Rev. B. N. Kunkel offici ated. Mrs. Ivan Hansen, accom panied by Mrs. Elmer Ross, sang two solos. Pallbearers were Npd and Dean Nutzman, Vance and Kent Balfour. Kenneth Srham and Elmer Hinrichs. Burial was at Mt. Pleasant cemetery. rom Akins. Union, who was drowned in the flood Monday evening, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mat Akins of Nehawka. He was born at Dunneeran. Mo., in 1911 and came to Nehawka with his parents in 1929. He was em ployed by the Heebner quarry of Auburn. He served in World War II in the South Pacific. He married Mrs. Dorothy Creamer of Union. April 7. 1943. He is survived by his wife, his step daughter, Mrs. Patty Hemmer, Nebraska City; his parents, four brothers. Bob and Ray, Nehaw ka; John, Omaha, and Hollis, Santa Monica, Calif. Funeral services were held Saturday aft ernoon at 2 o'clock at the Bap tist church at Union with Rev. B. N. Kunkel, Nehawka, officiat ing. Burial was at West Union cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wieck horst entertained forty guests at a stag party and shower for Dean Nutzman at their home Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wieckhorst, Huskerville, as sisted. Pinochle afforded enter tainment for the evening. Hen ning Johnson held high score, Bill Ross, low, and Ned Nutzman received the traveling prize. Mr. Nutzman will wed Mary Lou Garrison of Union on June 3. Officers were elected at the Wyoming Methodist W. S. C. S. at the meeting Thursday aft ernoon. May 4,-at the home of Mrs. Carl Balfour. The officers are Mrs. Harvey Barkhurst, pres ident; Mrs. Charles Dickman. vice-president; Mrs. Russell Eas ter, recording secretary: Mrs. Charles Ferguson, treasurer. Members voted to lay asphalt tile in the church aisles. Guests were Mrs. Clark Balfour. Mrs. George Kime, Mrs. Henry Ross, Mrs. Ivan Balfour and Mrs. F. O. Sand. The next meetine will be at the home of Miss Eleanor j Easter May 18. Cass County Bond Quota $120,000 The ancient Inca empire at the height of its power compris ed 10,000,000 people living al most exclusively in mountain ranges whose equivalent length would stretch from Alaska to Mexico in a belt as wide as the state of California. I With the Independence Drive to promote the sale of, U. S. savings bonds scheduled to start Monday, May 15. Walter H. j Smith, chairman of the Cass I county U. S. Savings Bonds vol iunteer committee, said today jthat his committee of volunteer bond salesmen is ready for the 'job of raising Cass county's share of Nebraska's $11,285,000 quota. The quota for Cass county, to be reached through E bond sales only, is $120,000.00, the chairman announced. "This drive, dedicated to the encouragement of thrift, will urge Nebraskans to 'Save for your Independence,' " Smith said. He stated that Nebraskans will have an opportunity during the drive to see a replica of the original Liberty Bell, the drive's symbol, when Nebraska's Liberty Bell tours the state. The Independence Bond drive will be launched at Independ ence Hall in Philadelphia, May 15 with ceremonies in which President Truman and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder will participate. The program will be heard over a four-network radio broadcast from 9 to 10 p. m., central standard time, Patronize Journal Aaverstisers. 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