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THt PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEflRI-WECKLY JOURNAL tAQE TWO Monday, September 29, 1952 IS0QEW Jut Dial 241 "Gef Out The Vote" Plan Told By Legion Auxiliary The American Legion Auxili ary met at the 40 & 8 club Thursday evening with Presi dent Mrs. Sophia Wolever con ducting the meeting. Reports were given by the various committees. Mrs. Helen Woolcott. legislative chairman, disclosed that she is working on a "set out the vote" pro gram. She suggested that mem bers call friends and urge them to vote. It is important that every woman exercise her right, Mrs. Woolcott said. Miss Ruth Patton and Miss Alice Jayne Grosshans were appointed by Mrs. Woolcott to assist with the program. A letter from Genie McGlas son, hospital chairman, asking for gifts for the hospital gift shop, was read. Gifts are made or purchased by units and sent to the hospital, where they are displayed for patients to select for their loved ones at Christ mas time. Each member has been asked to make a gift and the unit will buy a doll to be dressed by Mrs. Woolcott. President Wolever announced bership chairman, had reported j reaening tne goai oi nu. tiacK dues arc still being received. The unit voted to form a junior group and currently Miss Sharon Dunlap is the only jun ior member. She has been a member since birth. Mrs. Leon ard Brothers was appointed leader. Veteran's children up to 18 years old are urged to contact Mrs. Brothers or Mrs. Wolever about the junior unit. ! In other action, the unit voted ! to have its regular smorgasbord on November 8. An apron sale 1 Will be held at the same time. Cora Baumgart was named j - ,' Walter H. Harold R. Smith & Lebens Attorneys-at-Law Donat Bldg. Plattsmouth i YES! WEDNESDAY you set 1 dollar's worth purchased set an extra "bonus" in "S j WEDNESDAY! You'll enjoy " store. IT"" tmm mmsmxmxms IB FELDHOUSEN DRUG "Your Friendly Drug Store" Dial 6117 X '-J Prize-Winnina I I MUIIUAY I i LOCKEU PLANT 0 jflffl'f tlf M ? 1 Prize-Winner feH VWl' 'bL, i j at the recent - Xplj, J J NATIONAL FllOZEN , - JJH'J l 1 FOODS LOCKEU T T CONVENTION -'SF I for showing the BEST ' . . ; &&!?' I lightweight eommerciaal Ham at the show. You, too can get extra quality in ci f ymir meat with our expert smoking and curing. v V A A Fl 11 T7M1 I I R. P. MEISINGER I Phone 8011 Murray, Ncbr. 5 jt - ' n M m a M M M - m - - - m . .'( f chairman of the apron sale. The Auxiliary will have a covered dish party on Wednesday, Oc tober 29, at 6:30. Games and cards will be the diversion of the evening. Mrs. Pauline Hill was a guest at the meeting. Initiation for Auxiliary mem bers will be held at the next meeting in October All mem bers who have not been initiated are urged to be present. Vera Warga, convention chairman, and Sophia Wolever, president, expressed their thanks to committee workers and all who helped at the con vention. A vote of thanks w-as also extended the post for its cooperation. Several games were played and prizes awarded by the en tertainment committee. Bea Brothers and Agnes Uhlik. Serving lunch were Mrs. Editn Akeson. Mrs. Roy Tschirren, Mrs. Flora Dunning, Mrs. Mar garet Covert, Miss Ruth Patton and Mrs. Mary Nelson. Ml'S. DaltOll bpeakS At Woman's Clubs Mrs. L. B. Dalton. president of the first district of the Ne braska Federation of Women's clubs, was engaged the past week in visiting various county conventions. She was the speak er at the meetings of the Otoe, Pawnee, Nemaha and Richard son county groups. NehclwkcinS Xo t j. m i 1 ete 1 eaCherS Mpmhpr? nf thp fnrvilfv rind ministers of the community will be feted at Nehawka at a re- jj ception to be held by the Wom ' ! an's Society of Christian Serv- t ice. ; The special reception will be ' I held on Wednesday evening, ; i October 8, at eight o'clock at ' ' the : Methodist church . at Ne ' hawka". m.n::m !:!:;! Every WEDNESDAY IS "Double Stamp Day" at Feldhousen's EXTRA VALUE for every f, here! So make a note . . . i & II" Green Stamps . . . P shopping in our well-stocked i, 1 i fi i i ii ij ii Former Plattsmouth Woman To Join Husband In Asia Mrs. Leonard J. Snell arrived last week from Washington, D. C, where she with Mr. Snell have been attending the Foreign Service Institute studying a course on the continent of Asia, the peoples and their customs as well as the Persian language, preparatory to a foreign assign ment in Afghanistan. Mr. Snell, who has' been in charge of the Rapid City, S. D., U. S. Geological Survey for the past five vears has been loaned to the State Department for service as a technical advisor to the Afghanistan government under the Point Four program. This rjroeram offers technical cooperation to under developed j countries that request it. He j expects to remain in Afghani- j stan for a two year period and j will be stationed at Kandahar. I where he will serve as a techni- : cal advisor in hydrology and i teach the natives how to con duct surface water investiga- j tions. ! Mr. sneii has a b. s. degree j Eighteen Present from the University of Minne- I . r-r-y , T sota and has served with the I At Eagle LeglOn Water Resources Division of U. j AnvJi;nvv Alee inn S. Geological Survey in Idaho, I UXlliai y lVieeilllg Iowa and South Dakota. A lieu- ' EAGLE (Special Eagle tenant commander in the Sea- ' American Legion Auxiliary 197 bee Reserves, Snell states Af- ; ghanistan is still a primitive country and the natives need assistance in the development of their water resources. He will teach the natives to make stream flow checks, snow run off forecasts and other water investigations. An American contractor is building a three and a half million acre feet res ervoir for irrigation purposes on the Helmand river. Snell said both Iran and Afghanistan irrigate from this river. The original plan was for Mrs. Snell to accompany her husband on this foreign assign ment but because of inadequate. unsatisfactory housing at this j time she will remain for an in definite stay here with her mother, Mrs. Blanche Price and other relatives. Mrs. Snell is the former Helen Virginia Price. En route to Washington the Snells visited his mother and relatives at Crystal Falls, Michigan. Coloradoans Leave For Home After Short Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. George S. Reher and daughter, Candice. departed Thursday morning for their home in Denver, Colo., after a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs, Oliver Finnefrock. . Also leaving with the Reheri family was Mrs. Kenneth Ray and daughter from Medford, Oregon. Mrs. Reher is a daugh ter of the Finnefrocks and Mrs. Ray is a niece. Remaining at the Finnefrock home throughout this week is Mrs. Birdie Chancellor, mother of Mrs. Finnefrock. Cass County Youths Pledge At Wesleyan Folowing rush week at Wes leyan University six Cass coun ty young men have been an nounced as pledges of fraterni ties on the campus. As the re sult of rush week. Phi Kappa Tau pledged 33 new members, Theta Chi 19 and Crescent 13. Stanley Cole of Plattsmouth and Tom Godbey of Elmwood have chosen Phi Kappa Tau, Bob and Larry Lannin, Mur dock, Darrell Rodway. Eagle, and John Thomas, Elmwood. are pledged to Crescent. Mrs. Kenneth Schmitt and son. Kenneth, of Little Sioux, Iowa, were week end guests of relatives and friends in Platts mouth. Subscribe to The Journal .5 Leonard J. Snell was called to order by our pres ident. Hazel Porter, at 8:30 on September 8, 1952, with 18 mem bers present. The flag salute was given, fol lowed by Star Spangled Banner, accompanied by Lerma Docden at the piano. Prayer by our chaplain, Elsie Althouse, Preamble was recited by the group. Secretary Mil dred Trumble read her report followed by treasurer's report by Minnie Bird. One delegate, Lerma Doeden, was elected and three alter nates to go to 12th district con vention at Plattsmouth on Wed nesday. September 24. Motion carried to allow Nora Kettiehut registration fee at i state convention. Motion car i ried to pay per capita dues i vhifh i "59 fin Motion carried to allow Ber tha Caddy $1.40 for publicity book. I Mntirm rnrripri tr nav Grld Star Mother's dues. Dues were received from 21 members. We sang America, The Beautiful. Motion carried to order 300 poppies for next sale. Lerma Doeden and her daugh ter Marlye turned in $4.00 from the sale of poppies. Carrie Schmdit, Evelyn Rans ford and Hazel Porter were in troducers for Curtis Publishmj Co., for getting orders for n:aga- zjn'eS Money received $7.00 Meeting adjourned at 9:30. Legion boys joining us for lunch with Lerma Doeden and Arlene Frohlich as hostesses. Lunch money $2.10, less 50c for gift. Next meeting will be October 6 with Nina Frohlich and Pearl Furrer as hostesses. Bertha Caddy, Publicity Chairman John Long, Louisville, Observes Birthday At Elmwood Friday ELMWOOD ( Special John Long celebrated his 88th birth day September 19 with 26 chil dren, grandchildren and great grandchildren who came to Elmwood. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Smith and Shirley of Louisville, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dihal and daughter of Louisville, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nance and two boys of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Long and Nancy of Pa cific Junction, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Miller and two boys of Millard, Mr. and Mrs. Fred rick Hanson and son of Pa pillion, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Barnes and children of Louis ville. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith of Louisville. North Liberty Club First Fall Meeting The North Liberty Club held their first meeting of the fall. September 17, at the home of Mrs. Robert Kendall. Nine of the club members an swered roll call. Visitors were Mrs. Carl Everett, Mrs. Art Pcarsley, Miss Joan Swan and Mrs. Blanche Moody. During the business meeting it was decided to have a mem bership drive in the near future. Election of officers took place at this meeting. Those to take office in January arc as fol lows President. Mrs. Gail Ho back; Vice President. Mrs. Rob ert Kendall; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. George Martin; Re porter. Mrs. George Riekc; Mu sic Leader, Mrs. Lewis Rogers After the business meeting a very interesting lesson on "Courtesies" was given by Mrs George Martin and Mrs. Charlie Swan. At the close of the les son delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. Mr. and Mrs. William Sprad lin and children of Wichita Kansas, spent the week in Plattsmouth and Omaha with old friends. Bud is now oper ating a cafeteria in Wichita. While here they' enrolled for the Journal. iFor Car and Fire 1 INSURANCE ; Wm. S. Wetenkamp .J; I?ca! Esiatc & Insurancp Local Ladies At Omaha Meet Mrs'. Clement Woster and Mrs. Clayton Rosencrans attended the Nebraska Writers Guild at the Omaha University in Omaha Saturday. A .very interesting meeting was held w-ith Victor Haas, Austin Phelps and Mar ian Marsh Brown as speakers. Mrs. Woster and Mrs. Rosen crans are members of the Ne braska Writers Guild. The local writers club met at the home of Mrs. T. I. Friest Saturday night. A number of the members have sold articles to national magazines. Mrs. Friest won first prize in the arithmetic section, this article with a picture of last year's sixth grade class that Mrs. Friest taught will appear in the magazine, "Middle Grade Ac tivities.'' Mrs. Zilpha Seward has writ ten "Posters for Education Week." This will appear in ' Instructors Magazine." Mrs. P. T. Heineman sold two poems, "Cat on the Hearth" and "Cat Show." These two articles will be in "Cats Magazine." Also in the National Garden will be an article on "Planning a Garden for Birds' by Mrs. Heineman. Mrs. Clayton Rosencrans sold articles to "Instructor," "Jack & Jill," "Children's Activities" and "Grade Teacher." Rock Creek Farm Bureau Unit Elects Officers Rock Creek Farm Bureau Unit met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kaffenberger on September 24. The meeting was called to order by President Or val Kahler. Officers elected were Orval Kahler. president; Ardon Ruh man, vice president; Mrs. Mike Kaffenberger, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Henry Kaffenberger, news reporter, and Henry Kaf fenberger, legislation. Several resolutions were read and new ones drawn up. The group voted to change its meet ing night to the last Thursday of the month. Twelve mem bers and one visitor were pres ent. Following the business meet ing, the remainder of the eve ning was spent socially. Re freshments were served by Mrs. Henry Kaffenberger. The next meeting will be held on October 30. Mrs. Edgar Newton Hostess To Circle Thursday Evening Mrs. Edgar Newton was host ess to Gleaners Circle of th3 Methodist church on Thursday evening with Mrs. Florence Coleman, Mrs. Carl Ohlschlager and Mary Ohschlager, assistant hostesses. Mrs. Robert Brittain presided at the business session. Every one was urged to attend the community meeting, the "Re vised Bible'' program, at the Methodist church Tuesday eve ning, September 30th. For devotions, Mrs. Gerald Custer read " The Divine Im age.' Mrs. Harry Cane was in charge of the lesson. After displaying cotton plants showing the various stages of growth. Mrs. Don Leesley gave an Interesting talk about cot ton. Refreshments were served by the hostesses. There w-ere 22 present. Martin Family Visit Friends Here Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Martin. Mrs. C. E. Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pease of Wooster, Ohio, were in Plattsmouth over the week end to visit at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. William Schmldtmann, Jr.. and Mr. and Mrs. John Sattler and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hula. They are en route to the west coast, stop ping at Des Moines to visit with Donald Martin before coming here. On their way to San Francisco they arc stopping at Holyokc, Colorado, to visit Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Chase. Mrs. E. S. Tutt of Murray left Saturday morning for a few weeks visit with her nephew at Osceola, Mo. .ass Plattsmouth Last Times Mon. & Tucs., Sept. 29-30 Alan Young & Diana Shore "AARON SLICK FROM PUNKIN CREEK" All Technicolor Musical hit! Comedy, Cartoon and News Wed. & Thurs., Oct. 1-2 Double Feature John Archer & Douglas Dick "A YANK IN INDO-CIIINA" The , headlines called it Undeclared War, but it was "For Real" for them! and Gloria Swanson & James Warren "3 FOR BEDROOM C" It's a cross-country Streamliner Joy-Ride Nishl S!o 1 .'0 & 3:39 ; Countians Attend State Extension Club Convention "Forward to Peace With Freedom" was the theme of the 16th annual meeting of the Ne braska Council of Home Exten sion Clubs at Chadron Septem ber 16-18. Delegates from Cass county were Mrs. Ray Norris, Weeping Water; Mrs. Charles Marshal. Elmwood; Mrs. Jesse Westlake, Eagle; and Mrs. Fred Wehr bein, Plattsmouth. The ladies went with 37 oth ers on a chartered bus leaving Fremont on Monday, September 15. North of Alliance their bus burned out a wheel bearing and they were stranded for six hours. The Black Hills tour the fol- lowing day had to be abandoned ' 1 A. 1 .1 1 ! i i una instead me lauies enjoyea a tour planned for them by the Dawes County Ladies. The all day tour included visits to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the Indian day schools, mission schools and consolidated schools. Seventy-three cars pa rrvi n or 5fi5 mpn nnr? u'nmpn took the tour other tours were also held. Mrs. Nellie Maxwell of Oma ha, president of the council, presided at the meeting at which 567 were registered from 86 counties. At their western style banquet and program on Wednesday evening, 567 were seated with accommodations for 800. "Home is the center of wom an's interest, but not the cir cumference," was one of the thoughts left with the ladies at the convention. Newly elected officers arc Mrs. Norman Meyers of Lexing ton, president; Mrs. Leonard Yiengst, North Platte, secre tary; Mrs. Wm. George, Chey enne county, treasurer; Mrs. Clarence Cook, Morrill county, director district A; Mrs. H. A. Obermeier, Hamilton county, di rector district C; Mrs. Arthur Storm of Ashland, director dis trict E; and Mrs. Russell Dixon, Buffalo county, director district G. Guests at the Ernest C. Giles home the past week were Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bergervin of Winfield. Kansas. Laurence Bergervin was a classmate of both Mr. and Mrs. Giles in Ellenburg, N. Y. Another guest was Miss Margaret McFarlane of Portland, Oregon, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Lois Giles McFar lane. J. Howard Davis INSURANCE Soennichsen Building Phone 264 Plattsmouth Q3CG 030 FREE DEMONSTRATION 2:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 1 in our Plattsmouth Office PLAN NOW TO ATTEND! SEE How YOU li.j ji.u.u wmnw T.,'ii"irWrnv'wfc?y WIN . ... . New Freedom From Ironing Drudgery! Do Your Ironing The Right Way - The Ironrite Way! (s&smcw&b Cullom Club Meets At The Home Of Mrs. Fred Wehrbein Seventeen members and four visitors. Mrs. John Hatt, Mrs. Howard Long, Mrs. Fritz Sie moneit and Mrs. John Wehr bein attended the meeting of Cullom Extension Club held September 11th, at the home oi Mrs. Fred Wehrbein, with Mrs. August Siemoneit assistant hostess. The meeting was called to or der by repeating the club col lect in unison, followed by sing ing several songs appropriate to the lesson. An interesting leg islative report was given by Mrs. Emil Schmidt urging mem bers to "get out and vote" this fall. The election of officers was held with the following results: Mrs. Fred Wehrbein, president; Mrs. Leonard Stoehr, Vice Pres ident; Mrs. Ford Heim, Secretary-Treasurer; Mrs. August Siemoneit. news reporter; Mrs. Marvin Petereit. music leader; Mrs. Everett Parriott, safety chairman; Mrs. Emil Schmidt, legislative chairman. After the business mectinc. Mrs. August Keil, Mrs. Everett Parriott and Mrs. Walter Weiss had an interesting study les son on "Old Fashioned Christ mas Tree." Many homemade tree ornaments were displayed. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Victor I, r .To Slff J i Z CahLvdi-XincLx Sunsxat eJjonis. A. D. UNDER Telephone 4111 L. A. CALDWELL 702 Avenue B -$Z Plattsmouth, Nebraska prf) 080 06 53 ciqijOTLICDSP Featuring . . . MISS BERNICE KRIEGER Home Service Advisor CONSUMERS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT Mi-s.s Kriegcr will dcmon.strato the many advantages of ironing the famous, easy "RHYTHMIC-; IRONRITK way! With an IRONRITE. you can iron any thing you can wash! Shirts, can be Can ironed in less than 4 IRONRITE way! ccPHxa Sloehr on October 9th, with Mrs. Walter Weiss assisting. Miss Thelma Olson of Kansas City. Mo., was an over Sunday visitor in the city with her mother, Mrs. T. E. Olson and the sisters and brother. Have you heard Evangelist E. F. Robinson? Remember you have only to Sunday night, Oct. 5th to enjoy these serv ices. Also hear solos and duets in special Gospel sons. At Wesleyan Methodist Church, 619 S. 10th St.j, be '1, I V V- : i ...to advise from a basis of experience, not from self interest but in a spirit of genuine friendliness... this is a part of our creed. minutes the gagaaxgo Oflicc S.