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I THE PATTSMOUTM, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Monday, August 14, 1950 1SOOETYO Just Dial 241 Johnson Scarbrough Wedding Stwday Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Our Recdemer , .Lutheran church at Omaha, Miss Alice, toretta Johnson, daughter, or Mrs. Myrtle Johnson of Omaha, was married to Clark Scarbrough Jr.; son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Scarbrough. Sr., of Five Oaks, California. . . , The wedding was very beau tiful. tht church being lovely in thfe -floral and candle decora tions. The groom is a termer resi dent of Piattsmouth. his father having purchased the paint and wall paper business here of the late F. R. Gobelman. with Al Nierste. later, disposingjof his in terest to Mr. Nierste. The family later moved to California. Clark was released from the armed services in May, after a three year service, most of it, in China. He expects to enter the University, of .Omaha in Sep tember to finish his degree. The bride is a wel known figure in musical circles in Omaha being !a talented pianist. t The parents of the groom flew In for the wedding at Omaha, : which was also attended by Mol- lie Gobelman of this city. EbWiN t. McttUGH ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office In Corn Growers State Bank Murdock Nebraska trosshans F&htily Leave for West Mr. and Mm Karl Grosshans and daughter. Miss Alice Jayne Grosshans, deputy county treas urer, left today .(Monday) on a vacation trip that 'will take them to the west coast to enjoy vis iting , with relatives and old friends for a two week period. They were Joined at Omaha by Miss Edna Grosshans, a sister of Karl, to make the trip. They are driving through to Oorvallis. Ore., taking in many places of Interest bttween here and the coast. At Corvallis they are, ta. visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Grosshans, a brother of Karl, and enjoy the major part of their stay there with relatives. A trip, to San Francisco to visit other relatives is part of the program for the trip. When You Think of SHOES- Think of 8 X-RAY FITTING PLEASANT VIEW CLUB The ladies club of Pleasant View met at the home of Mrs. Cass Sylvester Thursday. Mrs. Vernon Gish was assistant hos tess. There were 17 members present and two visitors, Mrs. Wallace Philpot and Mrs. Viv ian Boedeker. The meeting was spent prac ticing the Extension Club Song. Mrs. Merle Rogoas served as ac companist. Several members are planning on going on the County Club Tour. The meeting was adjourned after which the club honored Mrs. John -Jochim with , a pink arid blue shower. The honoree received many lovely and useful gifts. The hostesses for the next meeting will be Mrs. Otto Scha fer and Mrs. Harold Vogeler. De licious lunch was served by the hostesses. Mrs. Vernon Dettmer News Reporter. A classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as lUtle as 35c. 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Schneider and son, Ronnie, returned home Thursday evening from a. pleas ant two weeks outing spent In the east where they enjoyed touring a great many places of historic interest, as. well as the national capital city, Washing ton, D. C. They left Piattsmouth travel ing through Kansas City, Miss ouri, to St. Louis. Missouri, where they had short sight seeing trips Their route took them through Ohio and West Virginia to Wash ington. The city of Washington took several days In sightseeing, they looked over the various points of interest that included a, trip to the national capital, where they had the pleasure of seeing the House of Representatives and Senate, or rather seeing the few that were present, at the ses sions. They were unable to see Senator Wherry and , other of the Nebraska representatives. Leaving Washington they drove to Niagara Falls, viewing this world famous fall and its surroundings, being there to en joy the night display cf the falls. , , They, motored through Canad for a, short distance be tween the Falls . and Detroit, where they enjoyed a few days, viewing the , great Ford plant that required some time to go through, . One of . the greatest thrills of the trip was tne visit to the Greenfield Village, created by Henry Ford, where there, is shown many wonderful extibits of the development of American inventions, the changing life in the various periods oi the coun try's history. The party visited for a few days at Grand Haven, Michigan, where they enjoyed a stay at the P. H. Murdick home, re newing acquaintances witn Mr. Murdick and wife, the former Helen Wescott, where "Tad" and Ronnie had a very pleasant visit. At Grand Haven they wit nessed the celebration of the Coast . Guard anniversary, a lavish fireworks display and pro grams. They witnessed the dis play from the deck of the large Great Lakes ice. breaker. They were guests on the ice, breaker. On the trip they witnessed ball games at Detroit, and ChiJ cago that were a great treat, Detroit lost both games. - I, -.-IT- "TT - - - t- ti- iiii p ii up ii i jm iv J.V J v . ri .M rr jmir- if ...... 't ' If' J ' v - -J i . Mary Todd Attends Church Conference Ypunc people from six state-; in the mid-west representing various Protestant denomina tions are attending the sixteenth Annual Planning Conference of the Rocky Mountain region at Estes Park from August 6 to 12. Our community is represented at ihe conference by Mary Todd, Union. Nebraska. The meeting is sponsored by the United Christian Youth Movement in which thirty-nine Protestant denominations, thir ty-six state councils, and sixteen national youth serving organi zations are represented. Seven regional conferences are held in various parts of the United States every summer. The purpose of the dannine conierence is to increase cood eration among Protestant young people. The Unique feature of this group is the part young peo pie take in planning Arid direct mg me program. The camp council composed of twenty 5'oung people, elected bv the en tire group, determine all poli cies. $264.95 EASltST tEltMS .safe. YbUr Skeltas dealer , Dial 5119 433 Main St. BELLE OF THE BALL . . . Shir ley Rhodes selected the biggest beach ball available to pose on St. Petersbnrgh, Fla., sands. Shirley Is this year's Miss Flori da, which makes her bo run-oN the mill beach beauty. Rex Allen, Radio Star, Visits Here Rex Allen, star in western pictures for the Republic studios of Hollywood, nas Deen spend ing the past week in Nebraska, appearing in person at tne snow ing of "Hills of Oklahoma", in which he has tne leading roie The western star opened his Personal appearance tour at the cottsbluff Golden Jubilee, since which time he has been seen in manv of the Nebraska cities. While in the state Mr. Allen and family visited with relatives in Cass county. They were at Nehawka to visit Mr. and urs. Frank Linder. parents of Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Allen is a well known radio star in her. own right, being a member of the duo Con nie and Bonnie of the National Barn Dance program, being the former Bonnie Linder. The party was here the past week to visit with Al Linder, brother of Mrs. Allen and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hobscheidt. They had with them their three year old son, Rex Jr. Rex has a contract with Re public for six pictures a year. Mr. Allen does a CBS radio program every Friday evening which can be heard over station KFAB Lincoln. In his pictures, Mr. Allen is a rustling, riding, singing cow boy and provides some good en tertainment. Those who have seen his pictures comment very favorably as to his ability as an actor. Cass Agent DbW Family Groiii Hold Reunion Sunday the members of the Dow family from this part of ine central west gathered at Hasthves. Nebraska, for tbp family reunion. There was a I Anderson very large attendance of the mcniDers irom amereni sections of Nebraska fOr the pleasant event. The picnic dinner was held at the grounds of "The House of Tomorrow" and the day spent in visiting and enjoying the gathering of the relatives. Attending the . reunion from this city were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dow, Cpl. and Mrs. Jack Biegger. Others, of the familv attending were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dow of Lincoln and Ber nard Dow of that city. 4-H Clubs Have Fine Program Miss Pearle Schultz, County Home Extension was a special guest of the 4-H clubs: Modern Miss, Cass County Cooks, Cass County Canners and Cass County Homemakers Fri day afternoon. August 4, 1950, at the Ray Schreiner home south west of Nehawka. Judy Sch reiner and Evelyn Thome were hostesses. Judging was the event of the day. Miss Schultz assisted all clubs in judging classes. The cooking club is very grateful to those who baked bread and rolls: Mrs. Victor Ross. Mrs. Oren Pollard. Mrs. F. O. Sand. Mrs. Wilmer Harshmah and Mrs. Dan BOOT. AND SPLR 4-H RIDING CLlJB The Boot and Spur 4-H Riding club held a meeting July 23 at the Piattsmouth Sale Barn, with Jimmy and Marjorie Grosshans as hostesses. , There was a large attendance of both members and visitors. It was decided not to have any more metings until after the County Fair. Wc practiced showing our horses in the. stock horse, class. We worked especially on figure eichts. Cookies, sandwiches, pop and coffee were served . .by Mrs. Grosshans. News Reporter, Janice vvues. Married at fcoiirt Mouse Saturday morning at the office bf Judge Raymond J. Case at the Court House, the wedding bf Nick J. George and Teresa E.Gcrnandr of Omaha was held the marriage lines beftrg read by Judge Case. : The marriage was witnessed by Lillian zampec and Stanley w Prindle of Omaha. The bridal couple gaVe their occupations as cook and -ait- Miss Schultz also had the kits from the State Office. Much valuable information and help was given from the samples and finished articles. . Roll calls were "My Idea of a 4-H Girl,", recipes prepared, material for a comfort protector and 5 fruits or 5 vegetables for a good exhibit. Plans were made for Achieve ment at the Methodist church August 16. The girls are very busy trying to complete their projects before County Fair. ,, Peggy Sand and Marjorie Whipple will demonstrate Can ning, Marilyn Whipple, in cook ing. Norma Fordin Cooking and Caryl Sylvester in Dairy Foods. Several girls plan to judge and all will exhibit. All clothing girls will enter the Style Revue. Refreshments were served by the hostesses and Mrs. Schreiner . Mrs. F. O..Sand was a guest. Margaret Knabe, told of a very interesting trip to Springfield Illinois where, the family at tended a Hampshire meeting. BUILD NtW CRIB Jbhri P. kaffenberger of Piatts mouth has ordered the construc tion of a hew 4,500-bushel corn crib. Construction will be of . con crete and steel staves. Upon completion the crib will be rot prjof and rat oroof . V. F. W, Ladies Have Largely Attended Meet The Auxiliary to the Lepert Wolever VFW Post held their regular meeting at the VFW club rooms Thursday night. The meeting was opened according to ritual and was presided over by, Sophia Wolever, President. , Reports were given by various chairmen of the District Conven tion, Arlene Mogensen, Marjorie Willis, Vera Warga, Margaret Fitch and Deloma Mtfllenax. They also thanked all who as sisted and to all the members for their donations of food for the convention. . The President thanked all for their wonderful cooperation, in their successful district meeting, during her ab sence. New members were voted into the auxiliary and will be initiat ed at the next meeting. The President appointed the following new committees: , . Assistant Color Bearer Rose Abel. Banner Bearer Edith Akeson. Flag Bearer Florence Persing er ... Assistant Musician Edna Bollmeler. Co-Chairman Essay Lillian Hall. Kitchen Chairman Ethel Hennings. Ways & Means Margaret Lepert. . The President announced that the Auxiliary would be put on a merit system, and meetings will start promptly at 8 p. m., the officers are. to memorize their charges and all committees to give their reports at every meet ing. Reports were given by the fol lowing chairmen: Legislation Ruth Southworth. Hospital Vera Warga. National Home Edna Boll meier. Youth Activities Pearcy Bai ley. Sick Committee Josephine Strough. Was and Means Louise Swain and Fern Tucker. Rehabilitation Florence Per singer. The President announced that Department officers will . be guests of the Auxiliary at the next meeting.. Invitations were read by the auxiliary from the Piattsmouth Garden club to attend the dedi cation of the Blue Star Memorial Highway, also from the Papillion Auxiliary to be their guests at the fireman's parade and Bar becue. . The President announced that all parents of teen agers who attend Keen time, are welcome to attend the Keen time dances held every Friday night at. the VFW club rooms, and would be very pleased to see more par ents take an interest in the ac tivities of the Keen time club. All teen agers who attend Keen time are not permitted to leave the club rooms until 11 p. m. closing time, if they leave, they are not allowed to return to the club for the remainder of the evening. The prize awarded at the monthly meeting was given to Vera Warga. Meeting closed with the following serving re freshments: Vera Warga. So phia Wolever, Ann TOpliff, Es ther Marler, June Hostetter, Ar lene Topliff and Cleo Capper. W. C. T. U. Meeting At Alvo Tuesday The convention of ihe Cass County W. C. T. U. will be held on Tuesday at the Methodist church at Alvo and a very fine representation is -expected from the various Unions of the county. George P. Robinson, secretary of the Nebraska Temperance League, also the editor Of the Nebraska Signal is expected to be the chief speaker of the convention. The meeting will open at 9 a. m. and the convention organ ized for the session that will cover the entire day. Mr. Rob inson will have, pictures that will aid in his lecture. Mrs. R. B. Hayes, of this city is the Cass county president. CALIEBilDAK tbesdiy, August 15th Fish fry by the Piattsmouth chapter of the izaak Walton league at the, 40 & 8 club rooms at 8 p. m. Come and enjoy a fish dinner with the fishermen. The official board meeting of the Methodist church is post poned from Thursday evening, August 10th, until Tuesday even ing, August 15th at 7:30 at the church. Tuesday, August 15 , The sdcial meeting of the Catholic Daughters of America will be held on Tuesday evening, August 15th at the home of Mrs. John Kubicka. All members are urged to attend. Thursday, August 17 The circles of the W. S, C. S. will meet on Thursday, August 17th. Dorcas circle at covered dish luncheon at church at 1 o'clock. Naomi circle at covered dish luncheon at the church. Gleaner circle will meet with Mrs. Fred Davenport at 8 p. m. Son Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tucker, Uba City, California, a son, Thursday, August 10th, weight eight pounds. He has been named Gregory Allen. Mrs. Tucker is the former Phyllis Mae Cavender of Louisville and Piattsmouth. She is a grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hafike of this city. to Mr. and Mrs. Mervin M. Fenley. a son. August 10, St. Mary's hospital, Nebraska City. He has been named Michael Marvin and weighed seven pounds, eight ounces. WilkenOwen Wedding Held At DeWitt NEHAWKA (Special to Jour nal) Miss Marilyn Wilkehs, daughter- of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilkens. DeWitt, .became the bride of Lawrence M. Owen, son Of Dr. and Mrs. Owen. Lincoln. at 7 o'clock Sunday evening.', August 6 at the Methodist church at DeWitt. The church was dec orated with candelabra and bas kets bf summer flowers. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Carl W. Wilkens. Her gown was of white marquisette with, an off the shoulder line fitted bodice, long pointed sleeves and full skirt with a long train. Her full length veil of illusion was held in place by a halo of pleated net. She carried white carnations centered with a white orchid. The maid of honor was Mrs. Bruce McCallum, Wauneta, Nebr.. sister of the bride. She and the bridesmaids wore iden tically styled dresses, floor length, with head bands and gloves to match. Douglas Bruce McCallum. nephew of the bride was ring bearer. A reception tor two hundred guests was given by the bride's parents at the Episcopal parish house Immediately following the ceremony. Aunts of the bride, Mrs. Nelson Berger, Nehawka: Miss Allegra Wilkens. Mrs. Wiil F. Damkroerer. Lincoln, assisted witn the serving. j The bride is a graduate of the ' University of Nebraska and re-! ceived her degree in home eco-! nomics in June. ( The groom received his degree in business administration at the i university in July. j After a wedding trip they will j be at home at Lincoln where i the groom has accepted a posi tion. ft Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Berger v of Nehawka were among the out of town guests. CCS a gaSS THEATRE Piattsmouth Last Time Mon., Ang. 14 John Wayne. John Agar and a Big Cast i "SAXDS OF !WO J1MA" Don't miss your chance to see this picture! Also Color Cartoon and News Toes. Only, Aug. 15 Bargain Day Adrri. 12c & 20c Inc. Tax Gene Kelly and J. Carrol Naish "BLACK HAND" M-G-M's latest suspense thriller! Comedy and Color Cartoon Night Shows 7:00 and 9:00 Ved. & thur., Aug. 16 & 17 Double Feature Shirley Temple - David Nivan "A KISS FOR CORLISS" Your favorite Miss is up to her neck In trouble! and Dorothy Patrick - James Lydon "TARNISHED" Smash drama of a returned vet eran accused of a crime he did not commit! Night Shows 7:00 & 9:30 Day bF Adoration Here oh Tuesday On July 19, Pope Pius XII is sued an Encyclical letter calling upon the world's 400,000,000 Catholics to enter into a formal ciusade of prayer and expiation as the only hope of saving "everything beautiful, good, and holy that human genius has pro duced." In accordance with the direc tfons Of. the Holy Father and Bishop Louis B. Kucera there will be special services on Tues day, .August, 15, which is the feast of the Assumption of Marv into heaven. There will be all day adoration of the . Most Blessed Sacrament in St. John's church with adorers starting after the 8:00 o'clock Mass and continuing in shifts throughout the day. The faithful will re turn again in the evening for closing Benediction at 7:30 and special services. Since Assumption day is a Holy Day of obligation Masses are at 6:00 and 8:00 a. 'm. Con fessions will be heard today from 5:00-5:30 and in the evening from 7:30-8:00. To the Voters of Cass County I wish, to thank you for your splendid support ' in the Primary, Election, and I shall continue to" en - deavor td merit your confidence. 1 : Ruth Patton, Cass County Treasurer Mrs. Minta Keil and son, Owen were in Omaha Sunday where they were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Scivers, whom they found Very happy in their new home. Of the 263 Stakes-winning thoroughbreds of 1948 bred in the United States, Kentucky pro duced 161. Lincoln Lady Visitor Mere Miss Lucia Ober of Lincoln has been visiting in the city, a guest of Miss Alice Louise Wescott, a former associate during World War II at the air base at Ama rillo, Texas, who Is here on her summer vacation. While here Miss Ober .was also a visitor with Miss Helen Eiting, an old friend. FORMER RESIDENT HERE Mr. and Mrs. Jack Newell of Manhattan, Kansas, were here the past week for a few hours. They were enroute home from Omaha where they had pur1 chascd a new car. While here they enjoyed a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. V. M. .Wilson and with the Charles Hula family. Mrs .Newell w'ill be remembered here . as the . former Jan Furse. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Furse. MARRIED HERE SATURDAY On Saturday afternoon at the county court, Judge Raymond J. Case was called upon to per form the marriage service for Darrell Rishel and Miss Sarah Ann Vigilite, both of Omaha. .The wedding, was witnessed by Glen and Paula Gosch, of Omaha. 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