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4 ik; THE FLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ?AQE TWO Monday, January 12, 1953 iocs m Ju.t Dl 241 Goldenrod Study Club Has Discussion On Birds Guldenrod Study Club met at the home of Nellie Weten- t- kamp on Thursday, Jan. 8, with Engagement 01 Gertrude Bernard and Alice ; y AnYi Mpidino-pr Perry as assistant, hostesses. : lrdCy Aim xUeiblllgei The meeting was called to or- j Jg AnnOUllCeCi der oy tne new president, i,urtu 1 Gilmour. The secretary's report of December minutes was read and approved. A balance of $16. 17 was reported in tne treasury. At the meeting, the Courtesy committee announced that it is assigning three members to visit Addie Perry each week. Dorothea Roberts requested that her name be dropped from the club membership list. Study Club members also voted to contribute $5 to the March of Dimes, and an inter esting address on 'Know Our Birds" was presented by Alice Perry. Roll call was answered by six teen members, each giving a line or poem pertaining to birds i or naming their favorite - bird. Mrs." Carl Schneider was a, visitor. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses. - A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs a little as 35c. ! . saw ? W: 1 ( v I I i Tasty Cooks 4-H ! Club Has Muffin Demonstration President Cheryl Weik pre sided at the recent meeting of Tasty Cooks 4-H Club here. Roll call was answered by naming a utinsel used in baking and the 4-H pladge was given by all members. A demonstration on muffins was given by Peggy Sand and Sharon Dodson. Planning, get ting ready, measuring and mix ing were discussed. The group selected the name, Tasty Cooks, for its' club. A demonstration on biscuits will be given by Cheryl Weik and Marlene Eaton at the next meeting which will be held in April. Members also voted to work on songs, for the county fair song contest. Sharon Dodson was hostess. Sharon Dodson, news reporter. Announcement of riage in Minnesota Told Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Jean James, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer James of Plattsmouth, to Robert Sheldon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sheldon. The wedding ceremony was performed on Tuesday, Decem ber 23, 1952, at Pipestone, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon are re siding in Plattsmouth. KARR & SOCHOR Auditors & Accountants Audits Income Tax Service Bookkeeping Systems Installed Th. 6237 Donat Building: Table Decorations Considered at Club Meeting Club met Lee Spry YOUR TV SET GOT THE id? . Maybe a minor ad justment or replace ment of an inexpen sive tube will make it like new. Miss Lucy Ann Meisingec Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Meising er announce the engagement of their daughter, Lucy Ann, to A3c Delbert Albin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Albin. Miss Meisinger is a graduate of Plattsmouth high school with the class of 1951 and is now em ployed at Omaha. Mr. Albin graduated with the class of 1950 and is now station ed at Ft. Francis E. Warren Air Force Base at Cheyenne. Wyo. No date has been ste for the wedding. Sunbonnet Garden at the home of Mrs on Thursday, January 8, witn nine members and two guests present. Guests were Mrs. Joe Campbell and Mrs. Louis Dough erty. Roll call was answered by giving New Year resolutions, after the meeting had been op ened by repeating the Lords Prayer. Celia Lancaster read a poem entitled '"Ma's Gripe.'' Mrs. Fitch had the lesson and read articles on "mystery of a 1 seed'' and "our picture garden". ! She also read a poem, "His Dia- i monds'. j Discussion on making table , i m , V'i I' . -''pi W. S. C. S. Meets at Methodist Church On Thursday women's Society of Christian Service met at the Memorial room of the Methodist church Thursday with Dorcas Circle hostess. Mrs. Clement Woster presided. The group voted to donate $5 to the March of Dimes fund. Mrs. Charles Janacek used, 'Sowing Seeds of Kindness" for her lesson, a continuation of the Society's "Modern Samaritans" program. Mrs. J. B. Cook had the devotions on 'Tndeed and In Truth". Mrs. Vern Waterman gave an Intprpstine- accnunt of Earlv Ne- jbraska history for the group's program. Refreshments were served by Mrs. C. E. Shellenbarger, Mrs. T. J. Cacy, Mrs. Harley Cecil, Mrs. John Zatopek, Mrs. C. C. Cotner and Mrs. Clayton Pierce. Couple Wed Here Saturday Miss Luella Exline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eusene Exline J of Plattsmouth, and William Pittman, also of Plattsmouth, were married on Saturday, Jan. 10, 1953, at St. John's Catholic church. Father Raphael Chonta of ficiated at the wedding ceremony. Mrs. Arlo Pratt and her moth er Mrs. Deles Dernier were among those, having the flu in. a light form this week. Alton Miller is now at the Bryan hospital for treatment. Mrs. Ruth Monning is again March of Dimes chairman for this vicinity. rimwo'jn Oregon Family Here for Visit Mrs. Mabel Wood returned j home on Tuesday after a vaca tion in Lincoln while her daugh-; ter. Gertrude and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Walker and little - j- Xnya fwim T.!3KP son jacKie wac ncic Grove, Oregon. They visited the parents of Mr. Walker and the sisters-in-law of Mrs. Wood. Jackie was baptized at Grace Methodist church-in Lincoln in the same church in which his father -was christened. Elm wood Mrs. Mendenhall Hostess to PNG Mrs. Nettie Mendenhall was vvrvcft.ee for thp January meeting of the P. N. G. group on Wednes day and Mrs. Harry Krall was tin, started on Thursday morn ing on their California trip. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. - assistant: charge of Grace Wood naa the entertaiment games. , ' Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eve land and her mother, Mrs. Gus- ELM Pioneer Tale Of Nebraska Has Origin At Plattsmouth A book about life in western Countians Elected jTo University j Group Offices i Bettv Hrabik, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hrabik of Meadow, has been elected treasurer of the j raiSing "campaign university oi rDrasna nume iu oncmics Club.' A sophomore in the Colle-je 6f Agriculture, Miss Hrabik is also a member of the Associated - Women Students governing board, Tassels wom en's pen group t, and YWCA. Miss Rose Ann Stiffler, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stiffler of Louisville was elected secre tary of the YWCA Ag Campus group. ped in starch, was held Quizz j Cn'ristmas gift 0f a Creston, Ia.,;f,uae games were conducted by the U,oman to her children. . and :im, rlppnratinns frnm rlripH hrnnrh- I , .l. : es, leaves and even weeds" dip- h.,dJ f bn via ink bottle at a couple young . .-i. 5. . , stuaenis. wno nan nut looacco in the ink wells. Pollocks close connection if? k1 n, cT r,frrv "ly was interested in the tele- Ll Phone company, has kept him in 4 ,,t,f fc u Ttov,; - touch with the family. Through- ni-'-""'" lii- "i-v"j 'niif tVvo more trine: tn tVio he also hostess with prizes going to Lois f.ionj. T-N 1 . .. 11.1 n Ruth Clark and Edith Akeson. The door prize went to Mrs. Campbell. The club also voted to give S2 to the Marsh of Dimes fund The 40-page book. Womens Society Is Planning., for Family Night Mrs. Grace Plybon Fhcnc 4-2247 Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Miller had a belated holiday visit at York with their son, Sterling and family, on the first Sunday in January. Robert Eilers went on Friday to his army station in Florida. His wife. Marion Pratt Eilers. is ! new employed in Lincoln at the telephone office. Among the Weeping Water visitors on Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Otto Stege and Mrs. Ply bon. Mrs. Syd Moore is spending a few days visiting in the home of her son James in Lincoln. Mrs. G. R. Rhoden of Manley with her little granddaughter, Elizabeth Ahrens. spent the day Friday with her sister, Mrs. Ruth Davis. Walter H. Harold R Smith U Lebens Attorneys-at-Law Oonat BIdg. Plattsmouth SINGES Sewing Machine Co. Representative living in PLATTSMOUTH Repairs on all makes machines. Guaranteed used machines for sale: needles, oil. supplies, etc. New Slncer Portables and Consoles. Vacuum Clean er Service. Machines for rent. Call or Write TOM MEEHAN Plattsmouth 4125 Singer Sewing Machine Co. 4804 So. 24th St., Omaha 280 FOR THE RIGHT JOB, DONE THE RIGHT WAY AT j THE RIGHT PRICE MAKE MODE Authorized and Bonded for Your Protection Hours - Dailv 9:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday - Open till 5:30 p.m. Radio and Television Service Phone 280 - 321 Main St. t Plattsmouth, Nebr. Albert Adelhart of Isabel, I Kansas, will arrive tonignt to visit at the home of Mr. and 1 A.fra T.nVprnp Henninss. Mr. I Hennings and Mr. Adelhart were World War II buddies. . Subscribe to The Journal. G BYE! You can say "Good Bye" to cold drafts, hot blasts, teeter- ! totter temperatures , noise anH dirt when you install Lennox ; Warm Air Conditioning. It's . really a good BU Yl More fam ilies buy Lennox than any ; other make. MARTINSON SHEET METAL 139 So. 6th Phone 3192 The Women's Missionary So ciety of the Christ Lutheran church met at the home of Mrs. John Hild with 10 members pres ent. The lesson, about British Guiana and "Our Mission Field"' there, was led by Mrs. Forrest Eneelkemier. Plans for a family nidht in the near future were briefly out lined, and the group voted to send $10 to Tabitha Home in Lincoln to be used for fruit. The meeting closed with a prayer and the hostess served lunch. Except at election time it doesn't make much difference to the rank and file who is elected. 1 A m m w. Mm.' LALkNUAK I Account of the story was t th brought to the attention of the lhe years, on trip. ?nCSMf Ta n -:talked about Plattsmouth with f0wn ii thir. ,! the-d'Allemand brothers, whose parents live there. In her pioneer story, Mrs. ' ZT ' T Curry mentions that she brietlyvj-jlgrie r ltCil IS i resided at fiaitsmoum. uescrm- j . . ted .a..a "spry little ' woman'', j Author OI JNeW Mrs. Curry observed her 8th I -i -j , t i birthday in December. She wrote j Cllllaren S LOOk the story when she was 75 and. it was published this year at the insistence of her children. Mrs. Curray was only five years old when she came with her parents from Ireland to Ne braska. They first settled at Plattsmouth but a short time later moved to a new community at Arapahoe. She lived at Ara pahoe for 60 years, but has lived with a daughter at Creston since 1945. : Mrs. Curray opens her book' with the story of the ocean trip from England to America in September, 1870. Her first mem ory, she writes, is of a terrible storm at sea. With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph d'Allemand, thev landed at Quebec in Can ada, and came to Plattsmouth ! Mrs. Nell Wehrbein entered St. by tram. Prot. d Allemand taught j Joseph's hospital . at Omaha Monday and will undergo sur- PANKONIN PLUMBING and HEATING for Every Need Phone 257 620 First Ave. EXTRA THRIFT for you ... EVERY WEPNESDAY! : Double Green Stamps Wednesday Start the NEW YEAR the thrifty way get extra value with Double Stamps on every purchase of $1.00 ' or More FELDMOUSEN f4 DRUG 'Your Friendly Drug Store" Dial 6117 mm HI 3Ionday, January 12 Officers and standing com miteewomen of Eagles Auxiliary will meet at Eagles Hall at 7:30. Monday, January 12 Degrees will be conferred up on seven candidates by Nebras ka Chapter No. 3, R. A. M. at its regular meeting at the Ma sonic Hall. Monday, Jan. 12 Junior Woman's Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Herb Minor on January 12 at eight o'clock. The program will be on cake decorating and roll call will be answered by telling a favorite cake recipe. Tuesday, January 13 The Auxiliary to Lepert-Wol-ever post will meet at the V. F. W. Hall at eight o'clock. Thursday, January 15 Eagles Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting at Eagles Hall at 8 o'clock. Monday, 'Jan. 19 Mt. Zion Commandery No. 5, K. T., will hold installation at its regular meetiner on January 19. The business meeting will fol low a 6:30 supper of cakes and sausages. Thursday, January 22 uieaners circle of the Meth odist church will meet at eight o'clock at the home of Mrs. Harry Crane. HEAL ESTATE LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for each monthly payment. Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n. ELMWOOD (Special) Ah lene Fitch is the author of a new picture story-book for chil dren which apDeared on the market during the past holiday ?pascn. The book is entitled. 'Santa's Little HelDers" and is a Christmas story. The art work on. the book was done by William Hoest of New York City. Miss Fitch and Mr. Hoest have been working together in the 'greeting card field for the oast two years. At the present time they are starting collaboration on another children's picture story-book and hope to have it Dublished during the coming summer or fall. school at Plattsmouth where he was superintendent until he de cided to move his family west ward to the "free land" in west ern Nebraska. He went to Arapahoe and took cut homesteads and later re turned to Plattsmouth to move his family there the following spring, in its (4. gery in a major operation on Wednesday. The family lived in a dug-out Son for about a year, but even then,.. they sent for a 1,150 pound piano from Plattsmouth. The( piano is still in use by the Ara-' pahoe public schools. The 40 pages of Mrs. Curry's book are filled with reminiscen ces. It tells of the social life of the pioneer community, the coming of the Burlington rail road, pioneer methods of life, and even the blizzard of 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Shea are the parents of a son born Sat urday. January 10. 1953, at Lin coln General hospital. Mrs. O' Shea is the former Mary Irene' Libershal. Grandnarents are Mr. and Mrs. T. J. O'Shea of Huntington, W. Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Libershal. SOX SSgt and Mrs. H. A. Grabow s;ki nf Shepherds Grove, Eng- Arimints nf tho ri'Anvminri . land, are the parents oi a 9V2 family here were further brought pound son. born January 6, 19 out in a check with T. H. Pol-1 53, at Suffolk. England. Mrs. lock, whose knowledge of his- j Grabowski is the former Dona torical Plattsmouth verifies that 1 Frans and graduated from Prof. d'Allemand had the first 1 Plattsmouth high school in school here. 1 1950. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Joseph Grabowski of on tne second iioor 01 the building where Schreiner Drug is new located. Bert tells of an incident in Bridgeport. Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Frans of Murray. A Classified Ad m The Jour- which Prof. d'Allemand threw '. nal costs as little as 3mc. 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