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CHE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNA IAQE TWO Monday, October 2, 1S50 Just Dial Mynard Farm Bureau Meets The Mynard unit of the Farm Bureau met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Smith on Wed nesday evening. Sept. 27. No special program had been plan ned as reports from the dele gates to the v convention at Grand Island wre to be given and discussion of the coming membership drive was in order. The convention was a meeting for the captains assigned to cer tain areas for the drive, and their assistants. Reports were given bv Richard Cole, who is a captain in this vicinity. Mrs. Richard Cole and Glen Wiles. At the last meeting Roy Cole was elected as president of the unit for the coming year but he felt that he could not fill the office at this time, so Robert Cole was elected. After the business meeting adjourned the officers selected the. committees for the next yar.; These will be announced later. O around the clock. around the calendar the aty'v -tfsan 4 y A 3C 8 3i All Makes of Sew mg Machines Re paired & Treadle Converted to Electric. PHONE 3138 Seeing 241 Visiting and a delicious lunch concluded the evening. Riverview Club September Meet September meeting of the Riverview Club was held at the home of Mrs. Georgia Creamer with Mrs. Oval Snodgrass as sisting. After the business meeting an enjoyable time was had by the members on learn ing who their Pollyanna Fri ends had been for the year past and drawing for new ones. All members were present but three. Mds. Lulu Wlofe was a guest. A delightful lunclieon was served by the hostess. The October meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. Betty Pat terson, with Mrs. Beulah Stap ert assisting. Mrs. Grace Chambers of Den- ! ver. is here to enjoy a visit with i her brothers Roy and Howard Gregg of near Murray. as ALLIUM $27.50 to $42.25 Finest 1 1 1 Smartest .' 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Her fingertip veil of French illusion was held by a satin tiara with seed pearl trim. The bride carried a bouquet of white roses. Mrs. Irwin Blum of Papilhon, Nebraska, matron of honor for her sister, was gowned in gold slipper satin and she carried pink gladioli. Mrs. Joann Bull and Mrs. Gail Meisinger, the latter of Louisville, wore rose and blue satin gowns and carried gladioli bouquets. Donald Ahl of Louisville was best man. Ushers were Robert Wulf. brother of the bride: Gail Meisinger. brother of the bride groom of Louisville, Kenneth Meisinger, Louisville, and Wayne Sunds of Omaha. A reception was held at the parlors of the church following the wedding service. Mr. and Mrs. Meisinger departed on a wedding trip to California and on their return the couple ex pect to reside at Louisville. Cullom Girls Sewing Club The Cullom Girls Sewing Club met at the home of Marilyn Those elected were: Leader, Mrs. Walter Weiss; assistant leader. Miss Hertha Potschies; president, Marilyn Stoehr; vice president. Beverly Spneck; secretary-news reporter, Nola Jane Weiss: treasurer, Merna Jean Petereit. The new club name selected was Cullom Merry Maidens. The group discussed carry ing two projects for the coming year. The next meeting will be held at the home of Marilyn Stoehr Wednesday evening, Oct ober 11, at 7 p. m. Girls in terested in joining or rejoin ing are welcome to attend this Reporter. LEADS IN CLUB WORK In the list of department heads of the Lincoln Woman's club appearing in the Nebraska State Journal the past week, ap peared the picture of Mrs. E. W. Johnson, head of the evening lecture group. Mrs. Johnson wHI be recalled here by the older residents, as the former Hilda Fahlcson. She was born here and made this her home in her girlhood, later moving to Waverly. The members of the family were frequent visit ors here at the home of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hallstrom and other old time friends. 7A n. 4 p. m. Register for FREE Prizes. Listen to KOWH at 2:80 p. m. every day for details. 530 MAIN ST. CALEBiDAK Friday, October 6th Chapter F., P. E. O. will xmet on Friday, October 6th at at the home of Mrs. Hehiv Herold. Cullom Woman's Extension Club The Cullom Women's Exten sion duo met at tne nome oi Mrs. August Siemmeit on Sept. 12, with Mrs. Victor Stoehr as associate hostess. Mrs. Fred Wehrbein, presi dent, called the meeting to or der. Mrs. Gerold Keil, secre tary, took the roll call. Fifteen members were present. Mrs. Marvin Petereit ,song leader, led in the singing of "Tell Me Why." An election of officers for the coming year took place. By a unanimous vote all the officers were elected to serve another year. They are as follows: Mrs. Fred Wehrbein. president; Mrs. Leonard C. Stoehr, vice presi dent; Mrs. Gerold Keil, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Emil Schmidt, news reporter. Mrs. Everett Parriott and Mrs. Albert Hilfliker gave a very worthwile and interesting de monstration concerning the to pic "How Safe is Your Farm and Home." At the close of the meeting delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses. Mrs. August Siemoneit and Mrs. Vic tor Stoehr. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. John Halmes on October 12, with Mrs. John Parkening as assistant hostess. MERRY WORKERS CLUB The Merry Workers Club held their September meeting at the home of Mrs. Joe Lockman with Mrs. Willis Cole and Mrs. Ver- ner Hild as co-hostesses. Pres ident Vallery opened the meet ing with a poem on "Friend ship" presented by Mrs. Ruff ner. Roll call was answered with an economy hint. Minutes were read and approved. The treasurer's report was approved. Capsule friends were named and new ones chosen for the ensu ing vear. Mrs. Paul Long re ported on "Household Acci dents." Mrs. Henry Vinduska presented a well prepared and interesting lesson on "Time's A Wastin' ". Mrs. B. Meisinger was appointed chairman for K. K. K. float. Mrs. B. sneii, Mrs H. Vinduska and Mrs. B. Mei singer were honored with birth day wishes. The October meet ing will be held at the home of Mrs. F. Toplif f . Refreshments completed the afternoon. Guests At Howard Kennell Home The home of Mr. and Mrs Howard Kennell in this city has been the scene of a very pleas ant family gathering the past week. C. L. Kennell, uncle of Howard, has been here for a few- days visit on his way east from the west where he makes his home. Mr. Kennell is to make a stop in picKara, mo., at tne home of a brother, H. L. Ken nell and family, and from there goes to Newport News, Va., where he will visit a sister, Mrs Rose McGurk. Mrs. Cecil Berner of Modesto Calif., a sister of Mrs. Kennell has also been here and has also visited at Murray with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Eaton Return From Trip To Coast Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. White who have been spending the past two weeks on a vacation trip to the west coast, returned borne Saturday after a most pleasant stay. They made the larger part of their visit at Coronado Beach, where their son and daughter- in-law. Lt. and Mrs. Allan White are making their home. They were disappointed m not getting to see Lt. White who was on sea duty at Hawaii while they were there. On their way west they stop ped to view the Carlsbad Cav erns in New Mexico and were delighted with this great nat ural wonderland fo the south west. New 4-H Club Is Organized The first meeting of the Cass County Sheep Club was held at the home of Walter Wiess our leader. We had election of officers. Five members were present, one for each office. They were: William Wiess, president: Car roll Schmidt, vice-president; Roy Smith, secretary; Mary Schmidt, treasurer, and Nola Jane Wiess, program leader. We would appreciate more members. The next meeting will be held October 2 at the home of Emil Schmidt, Carroll and Mary's father. Roy Smith, secretary. CALIFORNIA GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Olsen of Pasadena, California, were guests of Mrs. Helen Faith at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Donat for a few days. The Olsens were en route to their new home at Ok lahoma City, Oklahoma, where Mr. Olsen is to be western div isional manager for, the Super ior Oil Company. A classified Ad In The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. District Meet Of Women's Clubs Oct. 3-4 First district of the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs will hold its 47th annual con vention at the First Presbyter ian church in Nebraska City on October 3 and 4. First district officers are Mrs. Waldo McPherson, Douglas, president; Mrs. L. B. Dalton, Plattsmouth, first vice presi dent; Mrs. Edgar Schock. Falls City, second vice president; Mrs. Floyd Christy. Brock, secretary and Mrs. Forest Johnson, Lin coln, treasurer. County presidents are: Mrs. Henry Donat, Cass; Mrs. Johr W. Moeller. Johnson; Mrs. Hu bert Benson, Nemaha; Mrs. Levi Wilcox. Otoe: Mrs. George A. Sawyer, Pawnee; Mrs. Vern Lewis, Richardson. Registration opens Tuesday at 12:15. Speakers at the Tuesday session will be Mrs. Oscar War first vice president of the N. F. W. C. and Dr. C. Vin White Lincoln on "God's Providence and Our Prudence." The Junior banquet will be held in the church basement at 6:30. On Wednesday there will b noon luncheon at stemhart Park followed by the address by Mrs. W. H. Hasebrook, state president of the Nebraska fed eration. Garden Club Holds Meeting The members of the Platts mouth Garden club met Mon day, September 23 at the Edith Solomon Coffee Shop for their postponed meeting. The regu lar business included reports by the committees of the King Korn Karnival Flower Show. Mrs. Louis Hansen and Mrs. Ed Berlett were elected delegates to the annual Garden club meeting at Lexington, October 2 and 3. The October meeting will be at 2 p. m., when Mrs. Jim Jen sen of Omaha, will show pic tures of Europe as well as of this country. The prize winners of the Kar nival flower show are reminded to watch te paper for the ar rival of the flower bulbs. Former Resident Visits In City Saturday. Oakley Polk, for mer rseident of Plattsmouth, now living at Grcencastle, In diana, was in the city for a few hours looking up old schoolday friends. Mr. Polk is a member of a prominent family in Cass Coun ty in the nineties. His fath er and uncle, Milton D. Polk and C. S. Polk, were publishers of the old Evening News of this city. C. S. Polk was also co unty attorney for a number of years. Oakley Polk has made his home in Indiana since his boy hood with is mother and sis ter, but enjoys visits here in the middlewest each year. Leave For National Meet of the Legion Friday morning Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brothers "departed for Los Angeles, California, where they will enjoy a vacation and also attend the national con vention of the American Legion. Mr. Brothers is a delegate at large to the national meeting from Nebraska ana win oe on hand when the meetings open on Saturday. October 7th. They will also visit old friends and acquaintances in the Los Angeles area while in the west. RETURNS FROM YORK Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sudduth and children. Jack. Mary and Roger, returned Sunday from York where they have been at tending a church meeting for the past four days. They en countered a great deal of rain on the journey home. VISIT KANSAS CITY Mr. and Mrs. Logan Covert and -Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Covert departed Friday for Kansas i City, Kansas, where they visited j over tne weetc ena ai ine nume of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Co vert, a brother. Journal Want Ads Pay! Cream Oil Hair Dressing Regularly 49c! fi-ounce bottles 50 A lanolized, non alcoholic prepara tion; helps tame unruly hair s and keep it in place all day long. Legion District Meeting Oct. 24 Twelfth district convention of the American Legion, depart ment of Nebraska, will be held on Tuesday, October 24 accord ing to information given by R. C. Patterson, state adjutant of the Legion. The convention this year will be held at Seward. Counties in the twelfth district comprise Cass. Otoe, Seward and Lan caster outside of Lincoln. - Afternoon and evening pro grams at the convention will include election of district of ficers and county commanders for the various county groups. present district commander and John Cattle of Seward is the Plattsmouth Richard Peck of vice-commander. In attendance at the con vention will be State Command er Art Melies of Nebraska City, and other state officers. Relatives In Captured Seoul Mrs. James Warca rpsiriincr south of Plattsmouth, has re- ceivea wora tnat ner cousin, Lt. Col. Robert D. Taplett ,of Tyn dall, So. Dakota, is a member of the American armed forces that are now occupying the fall en Korean capital, Seoul. Lt. Col. Taplett states the capitol building at Seoul was fired several days before the Marines fought their way to the building. Both wings of the cap itol were damaged by fire but the assembly room suffered on ly shattered windows and rubble. While Lt. Col. Taplett is in Korea, his wife is at San Fran cisco to await an opportunity to join her husband. Kenney White Back To Duty Kenneth White of this city, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry White, has received notification of his being recalled to active duty with the Marines where he served in World War II. He has been a member of the re serves since his discharge from the service. Since his mar riage. Kenny and wife have been making their home in Plattsmouth. He is to leave Wednesday, Cctober 4 for Fort Pendelton, California, for assignment to active duty. In the last war he was a member of the Sec ond Marine Division. Archaeologist Studies Bones Dr. G. H. Gilmore of Murray, who has made a study for a great many years of the ancient tribe that one time inhabited Nebraska has been an interested visitor at the Cass County court house, he studying the bones that were unearthed in the vicinity of Louisville. Dr. Gilmore is of the opinion that the bones are probably 300 to 400 years old and represented some tribe that in a very early day inha'oited this part of the great western plains. The bones were found on the farm of Henry Youngquist. NAMES OMITTED In reporting the death of Ray Whiteman appearing in the Journal Thursday, names of two brothers were omitted- Abner Tucker of Denver, and William Tucker of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada, as well as a sister, Mrs. Chalmer Switzer of Minden. A classified Ad in Ine Jour nal costs as little as 35c. You never kno w EVEN IF you never had an automobile accident, or a "close shave", you still need Automobile Insurance. You never know what the other driver may do ! Insure your car now with Steph en 1YL Davis Second Floor Plattsmouth State Bank Bldg. Phone 6111 g) Pryg OCTOBER 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday I . 2 for price of 1 plus 1 Jv Final Donors To Band Fund Final donors to the Platts mouth high school band fund that have paid their contribu tions at the Journal office are: John E. Schutz, $1; Charles Thomason, $1.50; R. C. Jahrig, $1; Luke L. Wiles, $1.50; Charles Fulton. $5; Frank Boetel, $5; Ed Kohrell, $1; Jessie Robert son, Lincoln, $1; Ernest Hild, $1.50. Attends Dads Day Program Mayor Clem-Woster and Will iam H. Schmidtmann were a- Jt J5? $ e t0 attend and enjov Dad's raska-Indiana football game at Lincoln Saturday. They were guests of their daughters, Misses Clementine Woster, freshman, and Janice Schmidtmann, sophomore, this year at the university. Mrs. Eugene Burdic Is Now At Home Mrs. Eugene Burdic of Mal vern, Iowa, has returned to I home after undergoing surp at an Omaha hospital. Th many friends here of Mrs. Bur dic will be pleased to learn she is feeling much better fol lowing the operation. Mrs. Burdic is the former Catherine Schneider, daughter of H. A. Schneider, local banker. MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE Saturday morning at the of fice of County Judge Raymond J. Case, James Zak and Helen Agnes Tesnohlidek, both of Omaha, were married by Judge Case. The wedding was wit nessed by Frances Jurik and Prohumif Jurik, friends of the young people, also of Omaha. Paul Peterson of Louisville, was in the city Friday to spend a few hours visiting with the C. F. Hitt family, and other old friends. Florida waters produce nearly half of the country's shrimp. Better So Nutritious ! So Delicious ! 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