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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SfX" Monday. July 3. 1950 (Opal E. Wallick) Mr. and Mrs. Motjens Johnson drove to Omaha where they met at a sister's home to visit with another sister of Mrs. Johnson's who had just returned from Lon don. England, where she was one of the national delegates for the V. C. T. U. convention. A picnic in Hanscom park was held and Mr. and Mrs. Anton Jorgenson and Mrs. Leona Dowler were also present. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kracht and children from Iowa were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Elgaard. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ludwick Wallv and Georgia Ann and Mr. and Mrs. George L. Bruner drove to Fremont Sunday where thev met relatives from Scribner. A picnic was held in the Fremont Masonic park. Mrs. Eva Stur baum. an aunt of Mrs. Ludwick. returned home with them for a week's visit. Mrs. Walter L'uhring went to Auburn last Wednesday to spend the remainder of the week with her husband, who is employed there by the government auarry. They returned here on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Steckley and son arrived here from Fair mont, Minnesota, this week for a visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Steckley. Mr. and Mrs. William Teegarden and son James of Oaklond are n'o guests of Mr. and Mrs. Steckley for several days visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Teegarden left for their home in Oakland Saturday. Mrs. Wallace Philpot and Mrs. Bert Philpot drove to Platts mouth last Wednesday to attend the Cas Count v Historical So ciety meeting held there. Kenneth Power, who is a stu dent from Cornell, Iowa, is home for the summer vacation months. Miss Helen Gorder returned to Grand Island on Sunday after spending several days here with her mother. Mrs. Fred Gorder. Mrs. Helen Callahan and dau ghter Ann went to Omaha Mon day for an overnight visit with her sister. Mrs. Lee Sluyter and FOR Dependable Insurance Income Tax Service SEE J. Howard Davis Phone 264 Soennichsen BIdg. DOUBLE STAMP DAY -PUSS fllll 81 SHOP AND SAVE THE s GREEN STAMP WAY YMnrrmtfr-i ,' Double Stamps on All Purchases of $1.00 and Over FELDHOUSEN DRUGS "Your Friendly Drug Store" ((DDDEA38 mom" ! fuf""1 it Put a set on and enjoy a new riding thrill! IT . t 1 C. E. family. The two ladies are sis ters. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Taylor and family spent Sunday evening in Plattsmouth visiting; witn rela tives there. Mrs. Mose Card and Mrs. E. E. Day who has been with her dau ghter in Boise. Idaho, for the winter months, arrived here last week after having been visiting in Fremont with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Switzer and family. The Idahoans are' guests of Mr. and Mrs.' John Robinson. They will spend quite some time here dividing their visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Corley. Mrs. Coiiey. Mrs. Card. Mrs. Switzer and Mrs. Kobinson are sisters. Mrs. Loren Mickle of Denton arrived this week to spend some time with her sister. Mrs. E. Ai: Ruby and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Olson and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Olson ar rived here last week end for a few days stay with the ladies' mother! Mrs. Walter Cole and other relatives. They returned to their home in Oshkosh on Tues day. Mrs. Oscar Dowler. son Clay ton and Mr. E. K. Norton ar rived here from Omaha to visit Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wiseman on Monday. Dr. Kenneth Jones and dau ghter Susan of Lincoln were here last Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jones. Dur ing the evening Mr. Clifford Jones, a son. telephoned from Chicago to greet his father on Father's Day. Dr. Kenneth Jones is a nephew of Mr. and Airs. Arthur Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weddell with their son of Denver are spending several days here with her par ents. Air. and Airs. Homer Jame son. A daughter of the Wed dell's has been here for some time with her grandparents. The family left for their home Sat urday after a stop at Arcadia, their former home. Air. and Airs. Harold Taylor and son of Cheyenne. Wyoming were here for a few days visii ing with his mother. Airs. E. B. Taylor and other relatives. They also visited at Elmwood with her parents, Mr. and Airs Fleisch- man. Air. and Airs. Neil Alunkres. Air. and Airs. S. H. Harmon and Air. and Airs. J. W. Richison were picnic supper guests of Air. and Airs. Gordon Heneger last Mon day evening. Fried chicken was the main issue for t he evening meal. Aliss Edna Baker returned from Franklin last week with Air. and Airs. Byron Baker, who made the trip to visit with Air. and Airs. Simon E. Chaulk. Aliss Baker is staying with Air. and Airs. Sigvald Jensen. Airs. E. W. LaRue was employ ed for several days last week at the Ben Franklin Store dur ing the absence of Airs. Oscar Uffelman. Lyman Lorenson of Ithaca. N. Y.. son of Air. and Mrs. E. E. i Lorensen arrived here last Wed nesday for a month's vacation. Airs. O. E. Power went to Kan sas City last week end to stay Of Values On JULY vour car Shellenbarger SINCLAIR DEALER Plattsmouth. Nebr. with her husband for several : days. Airs. Albert Pool was a guest of Airs, on Friday of last here she attended of Wabash L. P. Wolcott week. While 1 the Mother-! Daughter luncheon at the Con- j "relational church. j Air. Powell of Beatrice and j salesman for the Stevens Gro cery company, was in town for several days last week. Dorothy Little, who is attend ing Peru Slate Teachers College spent the week end here with her grandmother. Mrs. L. Little. Air. and Airs. Harold Hoback of Rushville and Airs. Willis Gil more of Galloway were recent, visitors at the home of Air. and Airs. R. L. Hoback. They all at tended the wedding of Air. and Airs. Harold Hoback's son in Omaha on Sunday. Air. and Airs. Lester Hoback and Air. and Airs. Gordon Heneger also attended the wedding. Airs. E. W. LaRue entertained for Airs. Helen Wallick and Airs. L. E. Sickler at a dinner Monday evening. Airs George Ellis and Aliss Kathryn Ellis were guests also. Mr. and Airs. Julius Nielsen and Mildred left Saturday for a visit with Air. and Airs. Elton Stone (Henrietta Butler", of Easton, Pennsylvania. They ex pect to be gone about two weeks. Air. and Airs. Walter Johnson and daughter returned to their home in Grand Forks. North Da kota, after a visit here with Air. and Airs. John E. Johnson. Here also to complete the family pic ture were Air. and Airs. Charles Aliller. (Gladys Johnson .and daughter. Air. and Airs. Richard Specht (Ann Johnson and Aliss Judy Johnson of California. Air. and Airs. Irving Patterson of Lincoln and Air. and Airs. LaNeil Patterson and family. Air. and Airs. Richard Specht and Aliss Johnson left for their home this week and Airs. Charles Aliller and daughter accompanied them for a few weeks stay. Airs. Thed Davis had an elder berry bush that was a deiignt to see. (that is before last week's deluge i. It is a shrub about 6-7 feet high and was covered with fragrant flat flower clusters. Alany here thought that it might be a late variety of snowball. We hope the pictures we took of it will be good although they were taken after the storm, there was still at lot of pretty flowers left. Afr. and Airs. George Kouf were hosts to Air. and Airs. Art Hansen last Saturday night for dinner. Sunday picnickers at the Kopf home were Air. and Airs. Fred Holt and Air. and Airs. Chris Holt. In the evening their guests were Air. and Airs. Thor wa!d Hansen and family. Air. and Airs. Donald Hansen and Air. and Airs. Dick Brown. Airs. B. AI. Hebard. who has been visiting here with her son and family. Air. and Airs. Francis Hebard. returned to her home in Council Bluffs last Sunday. Air. and Airs. Alarcel Decraene. Alarianne and Air. and Airs. Leo Christensen and family wen picnic guests of Air. and Airs. Arthur Aleeske last Friday eve ning. Airs. Aleeske said that it resembled a "fruit basket upset" picnic, as the force of the storm kept them moving from porch to porch to keep out of the rain. Air. and Airs. Lynne Tromble and daughter Lynda Ruth of Oklahoma City, were recent guests of Dr. and Airs. L. N. Kunkel. The Trombles own and operate their orivate plane and arrived in that mode of travel. Air. and Airs. Owen Welch and daughter, Virginia, returned here last week after an extended vacation trio east which took them to Washington. D. C. Air. and Airs. Alarcel DeCraene returned here Friday. Airs. De Craene and Alarianne came from Missouri and Kansas where they had been visiting relatives, and Air. DeCraene from Chicago where he is employed. Prepara tions are now underway for readiness when the storage and moving van arrives from Chica go to transport the household effects there. Air. and Airs. Kenneth Bovd and family of Bellevue were here last Wednesday for a short visit with Air. and Airs. Alogens Johnson. Extensive repairs are under way by the City Council to remedy the damage made by the recent flood waters. The Parker Construction comoany has been secured for installing the water main under the bridge and creek bed, and for the inlet of the upper lake, which has been drained to make it possible to dredge out the several feet of mud and other deposits from high waters. Friday evening's rain washed out the dam which had been raised across the creek and which is intended to build up storage while the upper lake is being drained. Airs. Fred Gorder is srendin? a week at the home of her sis ter. Airs. Toole of Alvo. Rev. John C. Pryor spoke on "Three Great Lights" last Sun day when the members of Euclid Lodge No. 97 A. F. & A. AI. at tended Sundav services in a body. Special music was furnish ed by the choir with John Ben der and Charles V. Wallick. solo ists, in the anthem "The Jericho Road." Mrs. C. O. Herman, Airs. Guy Hopkins, Mrs. Arthur Berthold and Airs. Verne Amick have or ganized a ladies' quartette. Meet ing weekly these enthusiastic singers were rewarded for their efforts by appearing on the eve ning program at the Legion Auxiliary last week. Thev pre sented "Down by The Old Mill Bay" for their first public Stream" for their first public appearance. Alore power to you four sineers. Airs. Frank Cook was hostess to the Alvo Royal Neighbors at her home last Wednesday after- noon. Mrs. Wallace Philpot was a guest. I Afr. and Airs. Eugene Ludwick, I Georgia Ann. Wallace. Air. and i Airs. Renos Anderson. Air. and Airs. Harold Domingo and dau ' ghters, Air. and Mrs. Vincent Rehmeier and family were all j guests of Air. and Airs. Alvin I Groesser last Alonday evening. The occasion celebrated the I birthdays of the hosts' son, Dcn- ald and Georgia Ann Ludwick. j Two birthday cakes were in evi- ; dence. i Airs. Harvey Bailer of Ne-1 hawka was a guest of her moth er. Airs. Alma Berber at the Alother -'Daughter luncheon last Friday. j Earl Elliot of Lincoln and late- , ly of the United States Navy, ar rived here Saturday after his year's training in San Diego. He spent the day with Air. and Airs. Robert Elliot and family. AL 1 and Airs. E. R. Elliott. Earl's par ents, drove here from Lincoln so that the family might have a. get-together. Earl doesn't think that he will reenlist. Air. and Airs. Chris P. Chris tensen and son. Alfred of Pilger. were here last Tuesday visiting with Mr. and Airs. Rasmus Laur- t itzen and family. Air. and Airs. Peter Olsen were also at the , Lauritzen home to visit with his relatives. i Lt. and Airs. Alerwin Stenvers and three children left Sunday after several davs here with Air. ; and Airs. Glen Taylor and fam ily. The Stenvers are on a 30 day ' furlough from Japan where thev hflvp h.'fn stntinnpfl for nlinn : three years. Their three children ! can speak Japanese. The young ! est child was born in Japan and he started tor the united states on his first birthday. Airs. Sten vers and Airs Tavlor are sist. Airs. Alma Berner spent the week end with Air. ana Airs. Harvey Bailer and son of Ne hawka. While there they all cele brated the birthday of her grandson, Neil. Airs. Eugene Ludwick enter tained for her daughter. Georgia Ann, on her fifth birthday last Saturday afternoon when she invited six playmates to come and enjoy the event. Individual cakes, each topoed with a candid were provided for the guests and of course. Georgia Ann had her (This advertisement is presented 'ri .thepublicinterestbythe own big birthday cake with "all those caiuLt-s" to blow out. Air. and Airs. Louis Noble were Saturday evening guests of Dr. and Airs. L. N. Kunkel while Air. arid Airs. Lynne Tromble of lahoma City were here visit in.g. Air. and Airs. A. II. Malsiead ;f Norfolk and Air. and Mrs. Orviiio Graham are expected here the home of Air. and Airs. L. A. Alalsieaci over the 4;h of July. Air. Graham is attending iv Wayne State Teachers College. Air. and Airs. Frank Cook en tertained in honor of Air. and Airs. Alarcel rvCraene Tuesday evening when she invited AI and Airs. Clarence Nutter and Air. and Airs. Owen Welch to be their guests at dinner that even ing. Nebraska State Bank em ployees are enjoying the .semi annual visit from the State Bank Examiners. They arrive;! Alonday morning. Air. and Airs. Bill Alorris were here from Lincoln over Sund" with Air. and Airs. Charles V. Wallick and the California guests. Air. and Airs. Hugh T. Hanaln were expected to arrive home the 2Gih or 27th from Albequerqiu. New Alexico. where they are on their last stop for a visit wilii their daughter. Alary Katherine and family. They have ben gone for several months. Airs. Eugene Day and Airs. L. E. Sickler drove to Lincoln Tues day morning to attend a lunch eon at the home of Airs. Ted Akeson. Other guests were Airs. Seward Day and Airs. Harvev Swindle of Lincoln. Airs. Rasmus Lauritzen receiv ed word this week telling of the death of her sister. Miss Katrina Jorgenson of Denmark. Miss Jorgenson made her home on the old homestead place. Airs. Lauritzen has not seen any ol her family in Denmark since her coming to the States. A brother. Klaus, lives in the States, and in former years was here in Weeping Water for some time. Air. and Airs. L. P. WolcoM were hosts to their dinner pin ochle club on Tuesday of this week. The G. R. Reckards are living in a fever of anticipation these davs. A family reunion is to ce held here again this summer. "Ul 5 rtt,ssrsr.g: clnugh- r.ome nf their sons nnd rers and their lamilies are ex- peeked to arrive this next week. 'Ius is always a great time in anv family's life but I think that the Reckards enjoy it about as much' as anyone I know and they are privileged to be to gether every year or so. which mpkes it all the b etter. The Allied Storage and Mov ing Van arrived here Tuesday to pack Hie furnishing of Air. and Airs. Alarcel DeCraene for the expected move to Chicago. The DeCraenes left Wednesday mor ning for their new home. Airs. C. E. Pool and Aliss Hazel Pool drove to Lincoln Saturday afternoon where thev attended the 25! h wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colbert. They remained in Lincoln for the week end with Miss Lioi.-:e Poo!. Mr. "and Airs-. Arthur Aleeske and family drove to Fremont on Tuesday evening to meet Airs. Mee.'ke's mother and sister. Airs. Alice Whit comb and Aliss Alaude Whit comb. who are arriving from Spokane. Washington where Miss Whit comb is an in structor. "All Staters" are expected home th' Thursdnv offer thrne weeks instruction in Lincoln. At 1 ending from here are Dorothy Ann Kunkel and Enid Alorris. Aliss Leila Mae Fernbaugh left Friday morning in company with her :iunt. Mrs. Durrell J. knause and son. who have been visiting here whh her brother anei fam ily. Air. and Airs. Merlin Fern baugh for several days. Miss Leila will spend the remaining summer vacation months with When You Think of SHOES Think of fill CIS X-RAY FITTING -' W. 1 rim V" W-'. . Vll: ;i ..L.- WW 6f s rasa o n Yes X marks'the spot wherermore than 2;000 people 70,000 .wereinjuredJastyearlwhenTautomobiledrivers ..challenged, the iron horscslof. the rails and lost.. Vhen;you approach;a;railroad ;crossinff:yourarelentering:the railroad'sight-of-way..To save youfrom harm; gates'are. lowered or automatic signalling devices, bellsland , blinking HghtsIwarn7of approaching;trains: The " engineer ;blows'a;warning blastrrings.his bell. Thafs.the.most.the railroad:can.do.lThe.restJsupJo.you; The Stop Look andXistenTsign meanslwharit says: Stop. look both ays and always listen. Jf altrainlis just. clearing Jhe ;crossing,Iwaitdon'tIhurry across, there:maybe a hidden train com ing from the opposite direction-YAndwhen ."you do:cross,.keep;going; 'Don'trshiftgears.onlthejracksoulmayistall; Take"the:fewrextra'secondsjieededIt6rassureTaTsafecrossing4 Don'tJet X maiCthe.spoOvhere:fow;failedJo3e:cafefuU Consumers Public Power and The Gas Company ! her aunt and other relatives in ; i - i - f" f. -i f m i - 1 .now ling uitcu, Mrs. Pat Wade, (Donna Jean Fitzpatricki and JoAnn Meyer gave a miscellaneous shower tor their neice and sister, Aliss Col- ,XTr;; nf won r.nd orchid was carried out with Miss Aieyer wearing an orchid dress. Airs II. C. Wilkinson was hos tess to the Thursday afternoon Bridge Club last week with Airs. Walter Roberts tallying for hign score. Airs. Seward Day of Lincoln was a Weeping Water visitor on Monday at the home of Air. and Airs. John Robinson. Airs. E. E. Day, his mother, and Airs. Mose Card were also here at this time. Dinner was held in the evening for the Robinson guests. Eastern Star Kensington met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Airs. C. E. Pool with Aliss Hazel Pool assisting her mother. Airs. Helen Wallick was a guest. She retains her membership here in the local lodge although a resi dent of Hollywood, California. Madgett BIdg., Sponsors afltilto MM2 At Plattsmouth Hotel THURSDAY, JULY 6th For the benefit of the people of Plattsmouth and surrounding community we are bringing Dr. C. O. L. Johnston. D. C, here again to help you solve your health problems. We invite all our friends and patients to come in for our complete analysis. TeH your friends and neighbors to take advantage of this opport unity. Dr. C. O. L. Johnston, D. C, Clinician Clinic Hours - 10:30 A. M. to 4:30 P. M. il - I'J j Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bnrbaur of j South Inn street, entertained Air. ; Barbaur's sister of Sioux City. I Iowa, last week. Kuffsy Hack on Campus NORMAN. Okla. tUPl Don ' bmuft. 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