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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR (Opal E. Wallick) Mrs. Alma Benner who has i aaugnier xvirs. xvumreu been attending Mrs. Tom Allen N., attending her Suffer of Lincoln during Mrs- Allen's i mg from leukemia Mrs Morris personal nurse's absence, re-j was fJi turned here last week, after a ! and further examinations and months stay there. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Nielsen and family and Mr. and Mrs. Carter Nielsen and family drove to Sidney, Iowa where they at tended the rodeo last Sunday. Miss Imo Heebner held a fam ily reunion at her home last Sunday. Daniel Stratton, wno was ser iously injured in an automobile accident a few weeks ago. is reported to be improving in the hospital. Daniel is scheduled to undergo further surgery in the near future. Up to this time he has not been able to have visitors, but his improvement is such that visitors are welcome. , Harry Doty was a Louisville visitor last Monday. -Miss Fern Dougherty of Lin coln was here last Friday at tending the Fair and observing the school displays at the county Auditorium, where her students of the fifth grade had their exhibit. Tim Peters and daughter Joyce arrived here last Thursday for a visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs- William Peters and other relatives. They returned to their home in Lyndon, Kansas on Sun day. Mrs. Frank Holden arrived here from Shreveport. Louisiana last week for a visit with Mrs. C. C. Baldwin and family and other relatives. Mrs. Holden owns and operates a gift shop in that city and while here has been on a buying trip as well as a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Eiden miller (Virginia Lane) and baby of Herman spent their vacation here with Mr- and Mrs. L. R. Lane and other relatives. They were here for the Cass County Fair. Rev. Kenneth Baker of Frank lin visited here with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Baker last Saturday. Mrs. D. C. LaRue of Glenwood, Iowa and Mrs. Martha Picker ing of Union spent Thursday during the Cass County Fair. They visited with Mrs- E. W. LaRue and Patty. Kenneth Wolbrandt of Han over Kansas was here for sev ral days last week visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Luhring, his uncle and aunt. T-Sgt. and -Mrs. Arthur Ever ett of Alexandria. Virginia ar rived here last Sautrday for a visit wim his mother, Mrs Charles Everett and family. Jerry and John Stone, Arthur and Allen Hansen and Delano Amick returned home from a western vacation trip. The boys all report a very fine trip. Mrs. B. M. Hebard of Council Bluffs is here visiting with her son. Francis and family Mrs. Ernest Bates entered the Bryan Memorial hospital last Tuesday preparatory for major surgery on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kivett and family of Lincoln, accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. William Gussett also of Lincoln were Fri day Fair visitors and euests of Mr. and Mrs. James Kivett and family. Mr. and Mrs. Linville Prall ar rived here last Tuesday from Gallup, New Mexico, for a visit with their parents, Mr- and Mrs. M. H. Prall and Mr. and Mrs. John Hutchinson. Linville has decided to take a leave of ab sence from the Santa Fe Rail road for an indefinite period and plans a five months course in THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth, Nebraska ULe nr A, -nything that heart as taking care of the final arrangements for some beloved member of the family, is surely a little too sacred to be regarded as a business trans action and nothing more. I Icrc, if ever, you have a right to expect, not only all that the letter calls for, but also all that the spirit can provide. We cannot but feel something of the solemn responsibility that brings us together. Within Your Wishes S)attle er Thursday, August 31, 1950 Communications at Ft. Benning, Georgia. They left Monday for the south. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morris of Broken Bow drove in late Mon day evening, having been called here by the serious illness of his mother. Mrs. John E. Morris. Mrs- Morris was taken to the Brvan Memorial hospital Tues- i day morning by the Hobson Ambulance service, wun ner tests indicate it to be a case of chronic leukemia. Her condi tion remains much the same al though there is reason to hope that the illness may be arrested. Cascade Club members with their families met at the school house for a picnic supper and a social time afterwards. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Jacobsen and son of Omaha were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs- Herbert Ambler. The Weeping Water Band went to Ralston Saturday to march in the Rodeo parade. Nearly all the members of the City Band were present. Some of the younger members took advan tage of the nearness -to Omaha to make a trip there also. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Peck (Mar garet Baker) of Blair visited with her mother, Mrs. Vesta Baker and other relatives last week end. The Weeping Water school band sponsored the Popcorn machine at the Cass County Fair for finances with which to help operate the music de partment. Another group of school youngsters operated the A-Pup stand and a pop stand for funds for the Memorial Field. At the 4-H soft ball game ano ther group assisted by mothers operated a soft drink stand. Profits from the enterprises were not available at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Timmermeyer and family of Waterloo were Sunday guests of Supt- and Mrs. R. C. Porter and family. The American Legion Auxiliary served meals to the Fair goers on the three days offering a full sized menu with Mrs. Helen John as chairman, asisted by the many able co-helpers. Finances netted are to be used for future decorating of the main Legion Hall. Mr. E. A. Michleson has made it possible for the Weeping Water Athletic Asociation to continue with the new Memorial Field. Lack of financial response from the community has slowed up progress, which was virtually at a standstill during the late spring and summer. Interest and work was revived recently by the gen erosity of Mr. Gus Nelson, who gave the use of both machinery and men to operate them, to finish the grading and filling necessary as planned- With the other generous donations from citizens and surrounding in terested sports fans and these two latest financial develop ments it is hoped that the field will go "full speed ahead" with the final works needed Mrs. Charles Everett, June and Bill and John returned here last Friday from a vacation trip to Phoenix, Arizona where they vis ited with Miss Dorothy Everett. Miss Everett joined them on the rest of their trip which took them to California, Mexico, and other points of southwestern in terest. DeForest Philpot is a patient in a Lincoln hospital. At the time when we were getting news his address was not available, nor were we able to get any news concerning his condition. Francis Hebard was burned Saturday evening, while trying to iignt the gas furnace pilot light. Something went amiss and when the pilot lisht did "light" it also exploded the gas filled furnace chamber and the flames leaped out, burning the face and hands severely. His eyes were protected by his glasses. This was indeed for- I tunate. He was taken imme diately to Murray where he re ceived medical attention. Al though very painful and quite grim looking the burns are heal ing quite satisfactorily Alvin Harris was here for a LETTER and the SPIRIT comes so close to the human , Within Your Means t; FUNERAL1 HDME 4TH and avenue a PLATTSMPUTH f 4 i fuehtm pm " i v i lit' ' mi&i v&i k - "J i -' 1 TOM THUMB WEDDING ... A genuine Tom Thumb wedding: took place recently in Wilkes Barre, Pa., at Holy Rosary church. State police were needed to handle the crowd, estimated at 2,000 per sons, who filled the church and jammed traffic to see the unusual ceremony. In tho rectory, after he ceremony, the participants lined up for the wedding picture. The bride and groom are Joseph, A. Kotalik and the former Myrtle Pilkerton. The bride is 3 feet, 10-inches taU. short while Thursday. He ac companied Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morris who had spent the night at his mothers' home in Omaha. All were enroute to Lincoln to visit with Mrs. John Morris at the Bryan Memorial. Mr. and Mrs. Ermond Moore and family of near Baltimore, Maryland, who have been here for several weeks visiting with relatives, left for their home last Friday. Mrs. Moore and children accompanied by her father, Mr. J. H- Snodgrass of Union drove back to Union last sprnig while Ermond went to Florida where he was on the testing grounds for rocket equipment. Ermond came by plane about the middle of August to Union, where they have made their home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Snod- grass. Enroute home the Moores j will stop at Rock Island, Illinois n hnro Ti-iii vicit ivith Mr ! and Mrs Ivan Baker Mrs Baker: 1U1 suu" nu i i-AtnaiisiiiB t uuw n. n. juuiwuh ui .uun and Mrs. Moore are sister and facts about themselves ; terey California, and her son, brother. Dean Heebner of Nebraska City, spent Thursday here with his aunt. Miss Imo Heebner, and incidentally took in the Cass county fair while here. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sudduth returned here last Monday night after having spent several weeks vacationing in Colorado. At Greeley they visited with their son, Donald and family and took in various points of interest such as are found in Colorado Springs Denver, Cripple Creek and the gold mines. Donald and family are located in Greeley with a fine business and home of their own there. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lau ritzen and family arrived here from Neligh on Friday after noon for the last day of the fair and a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus Lauritzen Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woods of York were Tuesday evening house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Day- They left Thursday for their home in York. Miss Kathryn Ellis and Miss Maude Baldwin were Lincoln motorists last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morris of Union were callers at the John E. Morris home last Wed nesday evening. Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Herman attended the Amercian State Le gion Convention held in Lincoln last week. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stovall (Ruth Lane) announce the ar rival of a baby daughter, Fri day, August 18th at the Bryan Memorial Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ander son and children of Union were in Weeping Water attending the Fair Thursday. Rev. and Mrs. Paul Walker, Barbara and Bruce of Polk were here last week visiting with friends of his former parish. Rev. and Mrs. Walker were both very pleased to see the church with its newly decorated rooms and the improvements which have been added since he was here. They returned to their home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Krogh and children, who have ben visit ing Mr. and Mrs- Louis Noble, for quite some time, left for their home in Brooklyn, New York last Tuesday. Miss Rose Cohan of Lincoln has been assisting her brother Jack at the Drug Store during Fair Week. Regina Stander. Mrs. E. W. LaRue and Mrs. Cohan also assisted with the extra work. Lanny Ludwick and Dale Gray returned from their Iowa motor scooter trip last Saturday. Mrs- E. A. Worman left last Thursday for a vacation with her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Miller 'of Hilger, Mon tana. Mrs. Worman expects to be gone about a month. Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Wall ick drove to Lincoln last Thurs day afternoon to attend to bus iness matters. While there they visited 'Mrs. John E. Morris at the Bryan Memorial hospital They found Mrs. Morris resting quite comfortably though her Condition remains much the same, following the blood trans fusions given her. In calling Mrs- Arthur Fitz patrick for news last week, she passed on some from James, who is in Tennessee for advanced training in the Navy. A queer incident happened to Jim when he was visiting a local blood bank as a donor. He was asked how many times he had been a donor and the nurse was quite surprised when the answer came that it was his first time, think ing that the name was quite laminar. looKea up me recoras and risht there before Jim eyes was his own name, com plete with middle initial, "James R. Fitzpatrick". Producing his naval credentials and identifi cation he was able to convince the nurse in charge that he was James Fitzpatrick alright but a different one than the one who had registered before. Upon m- j vestigation later it was dis-, covered that Jim had a twin, in j name only, also at the special : naval training school We were willing to wager that the two Jims have since gotten together Aiiss ivaary mue, ivii . nivin Harris and Mr. Richard Hager- man of Omaha were Cass County Fair comers Friday evening, en - joying the sights and the thrill of a small town, in company with Mr- and Mrs. Bill Morris and Miss Enid Morris. Mrs. Herbert Ratnour, Weeping Water public labrarian, reports a most successful Story Hour as conducted by Mrs. Richard Patten during the month of August. Knowing Mrs. Ratnour, and her love and interest in children as well as books you will understand how thrilled she has been over the increased in terest which as been noted this time especially. A total of 265 children attended with an aver age of 29 daily. 81 different children were noted. Last year a total of 110 was filed, a gain of 155 children. 20 were present the first day after the Fair in comparison with 8 the first and second year and 10 the third. This is the fourth year of the Story Hour and if it keeps on growing as it did this year Mrs. Ratnour will indeed be happy. She certainly merits the ap plause from the citizens as well as the Ctiy Council which she represents as Librarian. Seen at the Cass County Fair: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woods. York Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wildrick, Louisville, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Steinkamp, Louisville: Mr. and Mrs. George Bornemeier. Elm wood: Mr. and Mrs. Claude Johnson and family: Mr. and Mrs. George Dickman, Nehawka Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fauquet and family, Plattsmouth: Supt. and Mrs. L. M. Behrends, Platts mouth: Mr. and Mrs. Raymoni Lauritzen, Neligh: Mr. and Mrs. William Gusset, Lincoln: Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kivett, Lin coln: Mrs. Emma Chrisswiser, Nehawka. Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Biai kie celebrated their silver wed ding anniversary last Saturday Decorated with bouquets of beautiful gladioli and asters the Blaikie home was honored with about seventy callers and guests, during the day and even ing. Eleven of the guests were present at the wedding twenty five years ago. This gave the occasion a more important meaning to the happy couple celebrating. Friends and rela tives assisted with the serving of the special cake and other delicacies at the refreshment table. Charles B. Edwards. 84, died late Wednesday evening at the Henry Christensen Hilltop House. Mr. Edwards was a linotype operator first class and was associated with the Weep ing Water Republican when Charles V. Seeley was owner and operator. He was pjeceded in death by his wife and two children, there are no known living relatives. Funeral ser vices were held Saturday with Hobson Funeral Home as direc tors. . Mrs. Vance Harris and chil dren of Omaha were here Sun day as dinner guests at the John E. Morris home. In the afternoon they drove to Lincoln where they visited Mrs. Har ris' mother. Mrs. John E. Morris at the hospital. Weeping-Water schools opened here Monday with the teaching staff completed as follows: 5 Superintendent, R. C. Porter: Principal, P. H. Hines: Commer cial, Florence Paap: English and Math, Irma Elgaard: Junior English and Social Studies, El lin Minfross. Grade Instruc tors: Kindergarten, Mrs. Rich ard Ten-IIulzen: First Grade, Mrs. Marion Stone: Second Grade , Mary Lou carsons: Third. Noel- line Fieke: Fourth, Kathryn Ellis: Fifth. Fern Dougherty, Sixth, Mrs. Bonnie LaRue: Sev enth. Mrs. P. H. Hines: Eighth, Maude Baldwin. Mrs. Grac Plybon The former Airs. I. J. Fuller, ; ivir. rveaiuii ui niaiia, caiieu uxi i friends on Saturday including Miss Maud Creamer who was a ! clerk in the Fuller store when ! they were Elmwood residents, i Mr and Mrs. Harry Linder and ; Mr. and Mrs. Orval Gerbeling had a rather unique vacation ; when they visited the White Horse Ranch over the week end. A number of our citizens at tended the horse show and fes tivities at Bennet recently. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. RaiDh Greene on Fridav were ex sister and family. Dr. and Mrs. Deering of Onawa, Iowa. He practiced medicine here some years ago. Alex Miller was taken from the Ebeler home on Saturday to Bryan Memorial hospital for an acute case of appendicitis. He is now being conditioned for a possible operation. His daugh ter and grand daughter, Mrs Joe Stokes and Mrs. Darrell An derson of South Sioux City ar rived to see him on Sunday. They came here for that night and returned to Lincoln on Monday. Coastal states of Washington, California and Oregon have ac counted for 21 per cent of the population growth of the entire country since i920. anef ifonty costme S says E. V.' 125 North 5th St. Prizes Awarded In Bird Essay riting Contest Prizes of one dollar cash and a bird house have been awarded to each of two winners in the Bird Essay Contest sponsored by the Plattsmouth Garden club, according to an announcement made this week by Mrs. Louis Hansen, club president. Winners of the contest were Dorothy Piper, first, and Patri cia Painter, second prize. A total of nine entries were received by The pheasant hunters of Ne Mrs. David Fowler, chairman of j braska were given a very pleas the contest committee. ant surprise in the announce- Following are the two prize j mcnt of the pheasant hunting winning essays: I season in Nebraska, released "Why I Want to Profit itirHc" We should protect our birris because they are our little help ers in agricultural work by de stroying weed seeds and ro dents. They can destroy beet les, worms, and other insects in a very large piece- of land. Even sparrows have been known to control a large army of insects. The little helpers are also a great service in protecting trees from insects. They run up and down the tree trunks bringing insects out from under the cover of the bark. The woodpecker along with other birds, hammer into dead and infected pieces of wood, also bringing the insects out into the open. The many other birds feed upon and de stroy various insects all over the world. Also the birds perform a "balance of nature" which helps plant trees all around the world. They eat seeds of wild fruits which often are not digested and are passed through then bodies. These seed fall on the ground and new trees are planted. Early every morning and all through the day the birds are cheeriul and show their happi ness with a song. If all people were as happy as these small creatures, there would be more good in the world. The birds protect our crops, our trees and they plant small bushes or trees, and I think we should protect them by building small houses, and by feeding them in the winter time. Some people do not realize the help the birds give us. Dorothy Piper. Plattsmouth, Nebr. "Why I Want to Protect Birds" The. birds relation to man is great. It is said that the bird saves hundreds of dollars for the farmers by eating the in sects which are the very worst plant enemies. These insects are said to cost the farmer mon ey as well as work. Birds also eat the many seeds of weeds that would otherwise make the gardens or fields full of weeds. Besides these the birds have a beautiful song, and they make the sound of nature more beau tiful. Birds also mean that a cer tain season is coming. Towards the last of fall they migrate to ihG south which means winter is coming. The first Robin in spring always shows us that spring is coming. Birds also provide game and food. Many people love the sport of duck hunting or pheas ant hunting or others. Birds do mean a lot if we would realize it. There are many United States bird reservations. The first was established in 1903 by Teddy Roosevelt who was a great lover of birds. Later after he had retired he had established fifty three dif-erent bird reservations. This wonderful work has been l JOHN H. DRAYTON, Westport, Conn. AND MY OLD CAR MORE THAN TOOK CARE OF THE DOWN PAYMENT ON MY BIG NEW DODGE! BRYANT MOTTOE -COMPANY. Phone 283 continued and there are about seventy bird reservations. In 1909 there was a law passed to enable a national svstem for sanctuaries for birds. Teddy Roosevelt liked birds and I be lieve that most people do not appreciate them the way they should. Patricia Painter Twenty-Three Day Season ! ;! On Pheasants Saturday The announcement is for a most liberal bag and shooting hours for the twenty-three day season. The ruling on the pheasant hunting season comprises: A 23-day season opening Sat urday, October 28. and closing Sunday, November 19, inclusive. A daily bag and possession limit of four roosters. Daily shooting hours from a half hour before sunrise to an hour before sunset. Thus, the game commission, in the light of all the evidence, added 13 days to the season of 1949; doubled the bag and pos session limit. Last year's season ran from October 21 to October 30. Bag and possession limit was two roosters. In passing on the hours of shooting the game commission granted both morning and af ternoon hours for the shooting. Last year the shooting opened at 11 a. m. and continued to part of Sioux county, lying south of the North Ditch were open an hour before sunset. Because of the north central and for northern areas of the state should be closed on account of the intense cold and blizzards of 1948, Morrill, Scottsbluff and to hunting They were closed last year but apparently the birds have returned to their old habitat. The open areas for 1950 will include the east half of Knox county and then a string of border counties will mak the open shooting country L HOME AND BARN ROOFING Watch out for damaged roofs. When your home or barn needs new roofing, repairs or staining, you can rely on the quality of our materials. 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Keya fana, Brown, kock. cnerry and Sheridan Counties south of Niobrara River. Bag and pos session two. Rabbits and squirrels October 1-December 1, for squirrels. Oc tober 1-January 1. for rabbits. Trapping All animals, No vember 15-March 14. Philpot Company Presents Awards Philpot Feed-Seed Company's annual cash awards to 4-H Pu rina fed livestock champions at the Cass county fair at Weeping Water were presented at a luncheon for the winning boys and girls last Friday. The awards were as follows. Melvin Todd. Jr., Union, $10.00, grand champion steer. Betty Todd. Union, $10.00, grand champion Angus heifer. DeWayne Noell. $5.00, cham pion Hereford heifer. Jean Kunz, $5.00, grand cham pion Shorthorn steer. Gary Earls, $2.50. grand cham pion Guernsey heifer. Lowell Umland. $2.50. cham pion Duroc barrow. Mr. Philpot and Mrs. Ehlers, their feeding advisor, are very proud of the fine animals shown by these youngsters and. also of the excellent showing made by many other 4-H'ers. 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