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HE PLATT8HI0UTH, NEBRASKA, SEHI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Thursday, May 3, 1951 Pfc. Kennedy On Furlough Here . Pfc. Robert James Kennedy, who has been in training at Fort Warren air base at Chey enne, Wyoming, arrived home Wednesday for a ten day fur lough. He is visiting his uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Richardson, as well as his many friends. "Jim" was a member of the graduating class of 1950 of Plattsmouth high school and veteran of the high school foot ball team. Mr., and Mrs. Ezra Luetchens were Lincoln shoppers on Wednesday. nil ITU You've never seen anything so adorable, so attrac tive, for so little! Wear these blouses everywhere for dress, for casual wear, for sports you'll be sure to receive compliments. Fine combed Jersey in a mouth watering array of colors from white through coral to lime. Of course they're washable! We show just one style a sure charmer at $1.79. stunningly set off with gold buttons. Womens and misses sizes hurry in for yours! 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No belt required, " Soeinieicliiseini's Quality Costs Less At Soennichsen's 8.95 Fine worsted slacks in ; solids, - checks or plaids. All sizes; col ors. , Blue Devils Pound Out Win Over Peru Prep Widening And Resurfacing Of Roads Scheduled (Continued iro rage One) which contractors will bid at a letting May 24th according to an announcement Wednesday by the State Highway Depart ment. The work will begin just south of the railroad tracks in . Ne hawka. The surfacing founda tion will consist of a compacted crushed rock base course. 26 feet wide and 8 inches thick. On this foundation, contractors will have a choice of building a cold mix bituminous mat. 3 inches thick and 22 feet wide, or a hot-mix asphaltic concrete sur facing. 2 inches thick and 22 feet wide. The low bidder will be awarded the work regardless of which alternate means of surfacing he proposes to use. Highway Department officials consider the two types of sur facing comparable in quality. Just south of weeping Water Creek a detour will lea.d west a third of a mile and south three - auarters of a mile, entering No. 34 a half-mile west of the reg ular road. The grading and graveling of these county roads used as a detour will be includ ed in the contractor's work. Special Family Week Observance Planned In observance of National Family Week, May 6 to 13, the Methodist church will conduct special "Family Night" pro gram at the church starting at 7:30 Sunday evening, May 6. Theme for the observance is 'Children Deserve Christian Homes." Included on the special pro gram will be Mr. Hudson of Omaha, who will show his col- ection of pictures taken in Eu rope while he was on a Chris tian Fellowship tour, and Mrs. Cleo Ann Nelsen, sister of Mrs. John RLshel of Plattsmouth, will sing and provide acompaniment. The program has been ac cepted with much interest other places where Mr. Hudson has shown the pictures. Lunch will be served by the adult fellow ship class , in the church par lors. The church reminds families that every member of the fam ily is invited to the special pro gram. Three . Plattsmouth hurlers ! combined talents Wednesday to set Peru Prep down on three hits as the Blue Devils roared to their third straight win, 8-3. It was the second time this sea son Peru has bowed to the local team. Merle Dasher, Dick Kalasek and Marvin Pierce went to the mound in that order. All three turned in good performances. Fifteen Peru batters went down via the strike, out route. Meanwhile Gerald Wood and Wayne Rieke led the nine-hit .attack against , Peru's Majors, starting and losing hurler. Both Wood and Rieke poled doubles in the attack. Plattsmouth iced the game in the fourth inning with a four run outburst that included three doubles. The other was by Stanley Cole. Catcher Gerald Wood had a busy afternoon behind the plate. getting credit for 16 putouts, 15 coming on strike outs. Dasher, the winning pitcher, set the Peru nine down with only one hit in the three in nings he worked. He gave up three walks while whiffing sev-? en. Dick Kalasek didn't give up a sale base knock, but yielded three free passes, while also striking out seven. In 10 in nings Kalasek has given up only one hit. Marvin Pierce, seeing mound duty for the first time, gave up two hits, no walks, and struck out one in his one inning on the mound. Pierce is a south paw. Majors, who went the route for Peru, gave up only four walks m his seven innings on the hill, but was the victim of a nine-hit attack. The Blue Devils also pilfered eight bases off the Peru hurler. Majors whiffed 13 Plattsmouth batters. Plattsmouth outfielders had a quiet afternoon as all putouts were made in the iniield. Plattsmouth AB R H Cole, ss 4 1 1 Corns lb 3 1 1 G. Wood, c 4 2 2 Dasher, p-2b 3 1 1 Rieke, rf .4 0 2 Schuetz, 3b 3 0 0 Blotzer, 3b 1 0 0 Bocock, If 3 1 0 Krogh, cf 1 1 0 Tritsch, cf 1 0 0 Markey, cf 1 0 0 L. Wood, 2b 2 1 0 Kalasek, p-lb 1 0 1 Pierce, p 0 0 0 Carper l 0 1 Allen Family Back From Wyoming Mr. and Mrs. Miles Allen have returned from a most pleas ant trip of several weeks" in Wyoming, Colorado and South Dakota. They visited two sis ters of Mr. Allen at Lyons, Colo rado, Mrs. Frank Benedict and Mrs. Ed Palmquist, then went to visit their sons, Johnny and Bennie at Upton and Moorcroft, Wyo., where they are engaged in the bakery business. They also were guests of another son, C. L. (Connie) Allen, who manages the Gillette Bakery at Gillette, Wyo. This bakery celebrated its formal opening on March 10th with open house from ten o'clock in the morning until six in the evening, giving residents of Gillette and trade territory an opportunity to inspect the new building, modern equip ment, and meet the employees of this modern establishment. Mr. Allen purchased the bakery in November 1945 and since re ports a fine business, growing yearly until at present he has six full time employees. Mr. and Mrs. Allen also en joyed a tour through the beau tiful Black Hill country of South Dakota before returning home. eon was served by the ladies of the Dorcas Society. Aiternoon session Organ pre lude. Miss Louise Althouse: opening devotions, Rev. Koenig, Calvary church, Lincoln; selec tions by girls glee club ,of Eagle high school, Miss Svoboda, di rector; address, Mrs. John E. Mekota, first vice president of district, Crete, Nebr.; reports of committees; "China Missions," Mrs. A. Gebhardt, Hooper, Nebr., (a former medical missionary in China); installation of officers, Rev. Gerken; prayer and bene diction, Kev. Luebke, Trinity church, Walton; closing hymn, Lutheran Women s Missionary League song. Eagle Community Club Organized The Eagle Community club was organized April 25 with Floyd Althouse as president. The purpose oi the club is to serve as a forum for the ex change of community thinking and to initiate and coordinate community planning and action to further the welfare of the Eagle community. Dr. Otto G. Hoiberg, from the Community Service Division of the Nebraska University Exten sion Service, assisted with the pre-organization plans. Twenty-nine persons paid the dues and signed as members at the organizational meeting aft er a constitution had been adopted and election of the board of directors held. Forty-Hours Closes At St. John's On Tuesday evening the 40 hours of devotion in honor of the Blessed Sacrament closed solemnly at services in St. John's church. The three day affair was well attended. The faith ful kept 1 hour watches before the .Blessed Sacrament during the three days. On the final evening the fol lowing priests from the deanery attended: Rev. Elmer McFad den of Syracuse, who preached, the closing sermon; Rev. James Hennessy of Manley, who preached the first night, and Fathers Albin Bauer, C. PP. S., Robert Wuest, C. PP. S., and John Kraus, C. PP. S., all of Ne braska City; Henry Engenhorst of Paul, Father Edward Orze kowski of Julian, and Father Edward Tuchek of Plattsmouth. The following out state priests were also present: Father John Howe of Osceola, Daniel Cooper of Bellwood, Father John Kean of Shelby, Fr. Stanley of Su perior, and Father Charles O. S. B. of St. Mary's hospital in Nebraska City, Father Robert Garvey of Bellevue. These priests were guests at the rec tory for dinner preceding the Solemn closing. Hart Family To Leave Plattsmouth' SSgt. and Mrs. Kenneth Hart, : who have resided in Platts mouth for the past year, are leaving for Ft. Worth. Texas, where he has been ordered to! report to the 3903 RBS Squad ron at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas. USE T-4-L FOR ATHLETE'S FOOT BECAUSE It has greater PENETRATING Power. With 90 undiluted alcohol base, it carries the ac tive medication DEEPLY to kill the germ on contact. Get happy relief IN ONE HOUR or your 40c back at any drug store. Today at SCHREINER DRUG STORE (No. 247) Rev. E. C. Williams stopped in Plattsmouth Tuesday afternoon en route to his home at Big Springs, Nebr., following a two day attendance at the Board of Ministerial Training meeting at Lincoln. Eileen Lowson, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Lowson, for--merly of this city, won first place in the Campbell-Emerson contest staged in the Syracuse high school. Her topic was "Peace and the United Nations." She received a prize of $25. 8 9 Totals 32 Peru Prep AB R H Majors, p 3 0 0 Palmer, c 4 2 2 Lewis, lb 4 0 1 Winningham, 2b 0 0 0 Goings, cf 3 0 0 Corwin, cf 1 0 0 Longfellow, rf 1 0 0 Allgood, L., If 2 0 0 Peck. If 1 0 0 Allgood, R., ss 3 0 0 Bennett, 3b 2 1 0 Totals 24 3 Singled for Bocock in 7th. Plattsmouth Peru Prep .220 .010 400 010 08 13 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Milasch returned to Plattsmouth Mon day after a tour of the south and east, where they had spent sev eral weeks. Missionary Rally Is Held At Eagle EAGLE (Special) The Lutheran Women's Missionary League rally circuit 1 was held at Immanuel Lutheran church in Eagle on Tuesday, April 24th. It was attended by approxi mately 170 delegates and visit ors. The following program was enjoyed by all: Morning session Organ pre lude, Miss Louise Althouse; opening devotions, Rev. H. E. Ramelow; welcome, Mrs. Clar ence Althouse; response, Mrs. Harold Spomer, Immanuel church, Lincoln; business, Mrs. Herbert Oberle, circuit- presi dent; election of officers; free will offering; vocal solo, "The Stranger of Galilee," Miss Mar garet Ann Wulf; speaker, Prof. W. Hellwege of Seward spoke on "Present World Conditions, During the noon recess lunch- SPECIAL LIVESTOCK At Our Sale Saturday, May 5 Registered White Face Bull Several Shorthorn Bulls Holstein Bull ; Several Springer Holstein Heifers With our regular run of Livestock Mr. and Mrs. Buzz Gakemeier spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Gakemeier's parents near Greenwood. PLATTSMOUTH SALE BARN Karl Grosshans,' Owner Brighten Your Floors With New Linoleum Heaw weieht 9x12 Lin oleum ruffs. New 1951 pat terns $9.00 Extra size rugs 12x12 and 12x15 in stock, hvy. wt. $14 to $17.50 Standard make and quality 9x12 Rugs. Floral and kitchen patterns .... $7.50 Large selection in floral and kitchen linoleum in rolls, sold by the yard, lieavy weight quality, 6 & 9 feet wide, per yd. . . 75c Inlaid 6 feet wide, colors red, gray and blue marble patterns, yard $2.00 Congo Wall for kitchen, or bathroom walls. Many colors ' in this tile-effect ivall covering. 54 in. wide. 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