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JUL . - v -. x.- -w s r .r' v .'' - m V THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE T u Monday, March 30. 1953 Doll Display At School Draws Numerous Entries One hundred twenty-tvo dolls have been on display in theSr, fourth grade room at Central CO eiTb Ketliming school taught by Miss Viola Mil- ; ry pinttcmnnth ler. A hobbv display will be 1 .TldU&lllUUin held next week in Mrs. Iola Ofe's j Mrs. Elburn Covert and daugh 5th grade room. . i ter, Linda, will return to Patts- deluded in the number ot ZZ lO XliatiC tilCii liUliiC licit ii"- dells is one 75 years old belong ing to Zandra Neisen's family. Another , e5-year-oId. doll with China head, arms and Jegs has tc:n exhibited by John Carr. It bslcngs to his grandmother. Mr. Covert is stationed m tne West Indies. ' The Coverts have been living at Amarillo. Texas. Also cn dijolay were a Japan- Cullom Merry e bride coll exhibited by Jud- jjpnc fontriblltp ith Nickels and brought from -iai Ueil Ullinuuic nan by her brother recently; f0 J Q.QSS Dl'ive four German dolls, two of rub-; " .,a,ri.ni! A . n.-,t;n uor,rot r,,r culcm Merry Maidens 4-H Gretel H.r.mel colls given to her by her grandmother now living in Germany mere shown by Jane Bury; and a China doll head belonging, to Iola Ofe when she was a girl. Mrs. Er.eland and Mrs. Ep- club met at the home of Jean ette Weiss on Monday, March 23. Eleven members were pres ent. A report was given by the leader on the "leader's meeting" held at Weeping Water March 7th. and the girls voted to con person also donated use of tribute s2 to the Red Cross. A ina.cn .a iwu c.tsu demonstration , was given by ooiis. Many siuneu tu5, uuu jeanette lurmture ana otner interesting holes coll toys were exmoitea. More than 400 persons visited the exhibits. Eoys and girls labeled each of their own exhibits. Zandra Niel sen had the most dolls on display. on making button The next meeting will be held at the home of Shirley Hild on April 27. Delicious refrxshment-s were served by Mrs. Weiss and Jean ette. Merna . Petereit News Reporter Lt. and Mrs. William Marbaker of Fort Bennington. Georgia, who have been guests the nast week at the heme of Mrs. Mar bakers parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cappeil, left for their "CMnnanv';; ATppf r.tw home in Fort Bragg. North "ULdlUl 5 -ueei Carolina, where Lt. Marbaker An amateur magician will ha.s been assigned. Mrs. Mar- . provide the entertainment Tues- Magicians;5Vill Perform at Cass Phone 241 , Easter Seals Help Boy Learn to Talk Linda Sue Meyer Celebrates Fourth Birthday Wednesday Linda Sue Meyer, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Leon Meyer cele brated her 4th birthday anni versary at a party at her home Wednesday afternoon. March 25. Present were Susan and Roger Routh, Bethie and Brenda Bickford, Karen Meyer, Eugene Lindsey, David Duwes and Wavne and David Hanson and Auxiliary Hears Plans For Poppies, County Government Announcement of the Girls' - State selectee, plans for Poppy Day and a poppy poster contest and organization of a Junior jroup were among the highlights gart are co-chairmen of the luncheon committee. Gold Star Chairman Mae Fa vors announced that Gold Star of th American Legion Auxili- i members will be honored Sun ary meeting Thursday night Meeting at the 40 & 8 club. their mothers. Mrs. Leo Erhart i members learned that Poppy was also present. Games were played and prizes awarded to Bethie Bickford and Karen Meyer. Ice cream and cake were serv ed by the hostess. Linda gifts. Day will te held at Plattsrnouth cn May 2. Mrs. Mary Jane Dun lap, poppv chairman, also an nounced that prizes for the pop py poster contest will be $3 for first prize, and $2 for second received many lovely t prize in each of three groups. Reports of State Convention Are Heard by D. A. R. Daughters of the American Revolution met at the home of Mrs. H. L. Gamer Saturday aft ernoon with Miss Jessie Robert sen as assistant hostess. Devotions were given by Mrs. Etta Gorder and Regent Mrs. Lucille Rosencrans presided. Mis. H. G. McCluaky gave a day. May 3. at the V. F. W. club. And Emma McClure, child wel fare chairman, announced that a special crogram will be held in April, child welfare month. In an effort to stimulate re cruitment of nurses in Nebras ka, the American Legion Auxili ary Department of Nebraska is offering several gift scholarships of $200 each to students who Ralles-Duxbury Wedding Vows Solemnized Friday Pedestal baskets of white. lilies and white gladiolis with , lenetn EOwn in frosted turquoise tn-n cm-fin hronph anHplnnra : - Y .. . , :w n.. r nauiuuiiLCiiiciiu woa auu iimuc rporfv tn nter nnr:p train that the Junior group will fje ready to enter nurse s tram- Apv trirl or Kn'' in the ctotA ! m?f Jve who is able to the ne ; Daughters and sisters of veter- j sary quaUfications eUgible to ans are invited to join the unit. aoply for one of the scholarships. Evelyn Henry has been se- i All applications must be in by i lected and accepted to attend Girls' State at Lincoln in June. Barbara Sullivan is her alter nate. The girls were selected by a special committee. Mrs. Frank Rebal. Miss Ida Patton and Mrs. Cyril Kalina. baker is Cappel!. the former Dorothy HowijmlKi ! The answers to everyday insurance problems By STEVE DAVIS UVKSTIOX:"! there insur ance to ccver the tires on a passenger car? . ANSWER: Yes and no. They are covered against damage by fire cr theft but any other loss mu.it be In connection with some othrl" type of cov erage. For otmpie. a tire damaged in a cvHision. It you'll addrs-ss your own insurance questions to this office, we'll try to give -you the correct answers and there will be no charse- or obliga tion of anv kind. Phone 6111 STEVE DAVIS 2nd Floor Bank Bldg. 5th & Main , Plattsrnouth day night for the spring meet ing of the Cass County Educa tional Association which will meet at Plattsrnouth. He is Carl Wilson. Omaha con tractor, who has developed the magician hobby to an entertain ing point of perfection. He'll be the featured event at the pro gram which will follow a 6:30 dinner at Central school cafe teria. Educators frcm throughout the county are expected to at tend the dinner and program, which will be under the direc tion of the Plattsrnouth Faculty Club, headed by Miss Mary Schiber. Boys and Girls' countv gov- ernment iL-ill hp ripld in Plat.tS- I report on Mt. Vernon Gardens ; m0uth on April 8. In charge of and also reported on the con- registration at the court house venticn at Beatrice. Miss Pearl j win be Mrs. uetty xvioreneaa, c-4 ;n k n tnn ' Mrs. Mary Jane Dunlap. Mrs. Stapts wnl be a delegate to the , W!rflTWl Xf. vera Warea. r.ticr.al convention in v, ashing-, Auxiliary will also serve the Knorr. Mrs. P. T. Heineman .on, D. C. i noon meal at the 40 & 8 club. ) Mrs. Wilbur Rusk and Mrs. Fred Refreshments were served. Ruth Krings and LaVetta Baum- Bourck June 1, 1953. Application blanks may be obtained from the local American Legion Auxiliary or the unit president. Announcement was also made that the unit has received its membership quota. Mrs. Shirley Wurzer. an Auxili ary member from Iowa was a guest of the unit. Mrs. Betty Morehead is a new member. Refreshments were served bv Mrs. Eunice Griffin, Mrs. Jerrv Hirz, Mrs. Edna Cooley. Mrs. Bill SPRINGTIME Is CLEAX-UP TIME Sc L's for a Cash Loan Pay Bills Owing Reduce Installment Payments Purchase Things Needed Repay in Small Monthly Payments LOANS - $50 to $500 or more AMERICAN LOAN PLAN 112 North 5th St. Phone 3213 (North of Cass Drue) O. T. NICIIOL. MGR. Twenty -Six Past Masters At Honoring Banquet Here Twenty-six past masters, five grand officers of the yrana lodge and one past grand com mander were present Wednes day night to witness presenta tion of the past master's jewel to C. Warren Rhylander. im mediate past master of Platts rnouth Lodge No. 6, A. F. & A. M. Rhylander received the jewel from C. A. Wetenkamp, a past master of the lodge during cere monies at the annual past mas ters banquet at the Masonic Hall. Some 200 Masons from four other , communities joined local Masons in witnessing the j presentation. Grand officers present were Many Guests From Out-of-Town at Comstock Rites William F. Evers, Leslie W. Niel, Luke L. Wiles Raymond C. Cook, Henry F. Nolting, Aubrey H. Duxbury. Harrison L. Gayer, Robert M. Painter, L. F. Terry berry. Leonard A. Born. Carl J. Schneider, Lester W. Meismger, . Moulton Omaha; Supt. and Mrs. Ralph J. Wehrbein. Wayne A. j William ' Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. John E. Parkening J-:Frank Reichmuth. Mrs. Leonard Howard Davis, Howard E. Wiles, HobeL Edward Callies, Mrs. t. vv. cxcnarienoerg, tuwaru r. Out-of-towners here for the funeral services of Mrs. J. C Comstock were Mrs. K. L. Mich- eisen. Sister Lee Harr, Juliann Turnquist and Sister Irene Dan- ulson of Immanuel hospital. Omaha: Laurence C. Carp. Jack L. Wilkins, Gerald G. Bachman, Charles F. Turner and C. F. "The Easter seals you use are helping me to talk" is what Bobby might be saying to his toy telephone. Bobby, who couldn't talk as early as other children his age. received train ing in speech through the So ciety lor crippled children. appointed the chancel for the wedding of Miss Virginia Mary Lou Ralles and Richard Marion Duxbury. Miss Ralles is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Frederick Ralles of Lincoln and Mr. Dux Bridesmaids were Mrs. William Lucas, sister of the bridegroom; Miss Charlotte Hervert; Miss Ann Jane Hall of York; and Miss Patricia Kraft. They wore strapless ballerina gowns fash ioned wltn maicning sioies in bury is the son of Judge ana shades of pink, blue, gold and Mrs. A. H. Duxbury of Lincoln, ereen. Frederick Coral Browt. formerly of Plattsrnouth was ring bearer. The ceremony was performed William Lucas served as best, at 8 p.m. Friday at Holy Trinity j man. Ushers were Dr. Earl Hal: church with the Rev. David Brown, John Faltys of Blair. Gracey and Dr. Frank A. Court George Turner and Edward officiating before 300 guests. J Ackerman. Miss Priscilla Jones and Nicholas r A reception was held following Amos were soloists and Hough- te ceremony ton Furr was organist. j ron0wing their wedding trip Given in marriage by her j to New Orleans and Florida, the father, the bride wore a gown couple will reside at 1742 K of monastery white fashioned of j street, Lincoln, nylon tulle over taffeta and j rS. Duxbury is a graduate Irish lace applique. The fitted j 0f both Stephans College. Col bodice emphasized an off-the-1 umbia Mo., and the Universitv shoulder effect with, a softly ; 0f Nebraska. She is a member draped fichu. A double bouffant 0f mu Phi Epsilon, honorary skirt featured one ballerina length skirt with a floor length skirt. Both were finished with wide dust ruffles. Her double finger tip veil fell from a brim med bonnet. She carried a col Beil Receives Discharge at Ft. jjv,, onial bououet of white roses and! Private First Class Forest G. ; stephanotis. J il u."ill rApiv nic cenaratinn I n k . Aiienaing ner sisier as ma iron Beil will receive his separation from the United States Army at the Quartermaster Training Command. Fort Lee. Va. The son of Greeley L. Beil, of Plattsrnouth. Nebraska. h is married and has a 6 month old daughter, Lorraine. He is a graduate of Platts rnouth hieh school and was a farmer prior to his induction into the service. of honor was Mrs. Earl H. Brown. She wore a bailerina- I music fraternity." Mr. Duxbury is attending the University of Nebraska law col lege where he is a member of Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Phi. law fraternity. Returning home Thursday from a vacation in Southern Missouri were Mr. and Mrs. Lc-; McGill. ' I Kocian Pledges To Fraternity Cyril Kocian of Plattsrnouth is one of 23 University of Neb raska men pledged to Delta Sigma Pi. international crofes sional business fraternity for men. Kocian. son of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Kocian. is a junior in the college- of business administration. ! Adolph Hobel and. W. S. Wood ward of Leigh. Relatives present included Dr. and Mrs. Fred Howe and Tom Hudgins of Iowa: Lela Benson, Mildred Bohn.. Gladys Roberts. Ross Benson, Keith Hudgins and Anita Elsea of Missouri. Wehrbein, C. A. Wetenkamp, Chas. M. Mead. Verner A. Mei sinerer, C. E. Ledgway and Royal Smith. . , . ; John Curtis of Lincoln was j guest speaker and spoke on i Americanism urging Masons to Ernest Van Way of Gothenburg, j continue to work for the free srand marshal: Merle Hale of dems guaranteed in the consti- Lincoln, grand senior warder; : tution of the United States and Ray Cobke of Omaha, grand 1 to help bring the appeal to a custodian; and Carl R. Gryson, greater number df people, grand secretary. Present also Rev. Harold V. Mitchell was were Wm. F. Patterson board of ! toastmaster and Rev. J. . W. trustee and first vice president j Taenzler gave the invocation of the Nebraska Masonic Home i and benediction. Marion Reed, at Plattsrnouth: and Wiliam Ev-' worthy master, gave the address now in progress to help raise YULE PREVIEW It's a long time until Christ mas, but a Bertrand cream sta tion has the Yule atmosphere already. The station owner's hobby is that of raising uncom-1 mon Dlants. and his No. 1 dis play is a giant poinsettia. EASTER BUNNIES for the KIDDIES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY REGISTER ANYTIME from Tuesday until 4 p. m. Saturday Drawing at 4 p. m. Saturday PAINT and WALLPAPER STORE iniLns Coin Boxes for Multiple Sclerosis Drive Placed Here Plattsrnouth is participating directly in the Nebraska Mul tiple Sclerosis drive wmcn is i To be Ml V5 . -1 r '.ft ...to avoid falseness and insincerity and to give generously of our real selves ,..this is a part of our creed. .U ers. past grand commander and ; Cf welcome. Dale Wohlf arth sang superintendent of the Masonic ; a vocal solo. Home. Masons from Weeping Water, Other past masters at the Nehawka, Elmwood and Papil banquet were: John W. McLean, ; lion were also present. Sunday School Contest Conducted The pastor of the First Chris tian Church last week announ ced a one-week Bible reading contest to the Sunday School pupils. Nineteen of the children accepted the challenge and in one week read a combined to tal of 21 291 verses from the Bible. Some of the children were even reported to have given up some of their play time to voluntarily read the Scriptures and add to their total. A Bible memory verse contest is in progress this week. (lalciwzti-Jlinclzx $3imzzaL cyfonzz A. D. UNDER Telephone 4111 L. A. CALDWELL 702 Avenue B Plattsrnouth, Nebraska mm wv. i S S A fS J'fy jW A S s. At drug mi nsai'rsfs i mm May Fellowship Day Plans Are Outlined Here Plans for May Fellowship Day on Friday, May 1, were outlined at a meeting of the board of United Council of Church Wo men which met at the home of Mrs. W. H. Schmidtmann last week. The Fellowship will be ob served at St. Luke's church at two o'clock. Ladies of St. Luke's will be hostesses at the after noon tea. Theme of May Fellowship Day will be "'Citizenship Our $10,000. the States part cf the $1,200,000 National goal. Coin boxes have been placed in the local Hinky-Dinky store together with posters and liter ature to acquaint the public with the "mystery crippler." Lo cal citizens are diligently work ing for this cause. Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous J system which often cripples or Moneys are needed to further research and treatment for the over 250,000 victims who are af flicted with this dread disease. Persons wishing to help in this pioneer medical undertaking should send their contribution to Multiple Sclerosis, co Local Postmaster. A Classified Ad in the Journal Christian Concern." Speaker for costs as little as 35 cents. X LOOK for the EXTRA SAVINGS! EVERY WEDNESDAY is ' DOUBLE-STAMP DAY at Fcldhousen's! Fill your premium book fas ter with DOUBLE GREEN STAMPS with each purchase of $1.00 or more, every WEDNESDAY. 31 FELDHOUSEN "Your Friendly Drug Store' Dial 6117 , CALENDAR i Monday. March 30 Mt. Zion Commander, No. 5. Knights Templar, will hold a conclave at the Masonic Hall Monday night, March 30. Wednesday, April 1 Womens Association of the Presbyterian church will meet at 2 o'clock Wednesday after noon, April 1 at the church. Circle Four will be hostess. Thursday, April 2 Eagles Auxiliary will meet on Thursday, April 2. 1953 at 8 p.m. at Eagles Hall. Election of off icers will be held. W. S. C. S. of the Methodist church will meet Thursday aft ernoon, at 2 o'clock, at the home of president, Mrs. Clem Woster. Dorcas Circle will be hostess. Hugh J. Kearns Post of the Amerifcan Legion will hold its regular monthly meeting Thurs day night. April 2, at the 40 & S cluh at 8 p.m. Friday, April 3 Good Cause Kensington will meet at the IOOF hall at 8:30, Friday evening. April 3. PEO will meet at the home of Mrs-Richard Peck on Friday. Monday, April ti Bud of Promise Rebekah Lodge will meet Monday. April 6, at 8 p.m. at the IOOF hall. Plattsrnouth Senior woman's club will meet at the home of Mathilda Soennichscn, on Mon day, Aril 6, at 8 p.m. the day will be Mrs. Ethel Scarr of Omaha, past synodical presi dent and past president of the Omaha Presbyterial. Mrs. J. Howard Davis, presi dent of the board, presided. Others present were Mrs. Guy Long. Episcopalian; Mrs. Harry White, Methodist; Mrs. Martin Sporer. Murray Christian church, and Mrs. Ernest Giles, Presbyterian. I Pleasant Ridge Club Meets The Pleasant Ridge 49'ers met at the Mynard Community Hall, March 14. 1954. Jim and Margie Grosshans were hosts. Three of the members went on a tour through the Packing house on Thursday, March 19. Mary Sullivan News Reporter. SSgt Gerald D. Blunt and Mrs. Blunt are now stationed at a Long Island. New York, base. BIRTHS Son Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kalasek are the parents of an 8 pound, six ounce son, Dennis Patrick, born March 17, 1953. at St. Mary's hospital in Nebraska City. Automatic . Gas WATER HEATERS Nat. Gas 20 Gal. 59.50 30 Gal. 69.50 AIh available with Magucviuiu fiuil SWATEK HDWE. FIRST AID for -CRIPPUD" Wetcliis Bring yours in and set how our specialists can put it back on its ftet again. We qW rt liable service. W have rea sonable prices. And to giva your watch new beauty re style it with a smart new (rescf '"imi llll GROVE Jovelry Co. Gth & Main ! t Phcne 3138 5.in Ma; i Journal Want Ads Pay I j-r-- IM i V4ifV As Matured in. 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