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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Section B Thursday, April 2, 1953 more about . . WEEPING WATER Mrs. Edward Van Horn Phone 252W Brides Elect Are Feted at Shower Mrs. Albert Kirchhoff and Al berta of near Lincoln entertain ed at a fruit and vegetable shower for Miss Belva Johnson and Miss Gladys Freudenberg. Miss Johnson will marry Harlan Kirchhoff on April 7 and Miss Freudenberg will marry Glen Kirchhoff on April 15. The sho wer was held at the Albert Kir chhoff home Sunday afternoon, March 29. " Those attending from Weep ing. Water were Mrs. Hy Kirch hoff and Erma. Mrs. Ed Slat tery. Mrs. William Newham. Mrs. Harry Crister, Mrs. Vernon Dett mer and Nancy, Mrs. Henrietta Kirchhoff, Mrs. George Kirch hoff and Kathleen. Mrs. Fred Kirchhoff, Mrs. John Kirchhoff, Marjorie and Sherril and Mrs. Homer Jameson. Wffpine Watrr Star Kensington Meets Tuesday The Eastern Star Kensington met at the home of Mrs. Clifford Cooper on Tuesday afternoon with 20 members present. Mrs. Renos Anderson was co-hostess. A mm frtrfpr fnr t hp Mnsnnic home in Plattsmouth was tied.' -Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Ander f on served refreshments. Wping Water Mrs. O. E. Porter returned Sunday evening from Long Beach, Calif, after spending six weeks with her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Junior Faux and baby girl. Engagement Announced SINGER Machine Sewing Co. Representative living in PLATTSMOUTH Repairs on all makes machines. Guaranteed used machines for sale; needles, oil, supplies, etc. New Singer 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 Mr. and -Mrs. Fred Freuden berg of Syracuse announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Gladys, to Glen Kirchhoff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hy Kirchhoff of Weeping Water. Miss Freudenberg is a gradu ate of the Syracuse high school with the class of 1948. She has i been employed at the First Na ! tional Bank in Lincoln, i Mr. Kirchhoff attended school I near Weeping Water and served 18 months in the Marines. At tne present time e is engager in farming southwest of Weep ing Water. The wedding will be held on April 15 at the First Lutheran church. North Branch precinct, near Avoca. with Rev. Frederick Bracher officiating. . Wwpine Watpr Erma Kirchhoff visited Thurs day evening with Kathleen Kir chhoff. She stayed Friday night and Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Dettmer. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Heebner and family and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent .Miller and family of Avoca were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Chris Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Richard son left Saturday for Bladen for a visit with Mr. Richardson's brother. Mr .and Mrs. George Dickman and boys were Sunday afternoon visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Little. Mr. Little is feeling much better and reports to his doctor every three weeks now. instead of the usual two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Gorthey of Murdock spent Saturday with Mrs. Arthur Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Colbert of Murdock spent Sunday with Mrs. Harry Crozier. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jones. Michael, Mark and Susan of Lincoln came Monday afternoon and brought along food for sud per at the home of Mrs. A. H. Jones. Mrs. Jones isn't very well and is confined to her home so she was happy to have them come in and surprise her. They staved for the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harvey, Donnie and Judy were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harlon Stock and family. Weepinc Water Grandmother Dies at Kearney Rev. Fred Gardner received word of the death of his grand mother, Mrs. Bertha Cornish, of Kearney, at the age of 82 years. Rev. and Mrs. Gardner went to Kearney Saturday and they re turned home as Rev. Gardner held Church services in Nehaw ka on Sunday. Rev. Fred Gardner and fam ily returned to Kearney Sunday and he conducted the funeral services Sunday afternoon for his grandmother at the. Nielsen Funeral home. They returned home Sunday evening. There was no church services at the Methodist church in Weeping Water on Sunday. Weeping Water Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Scho maker visited Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Ho man. Mrs. Emma Kaffenberger of Plattsmouth spent last week with Mr .and Mrs. Harold Meisinger and family. Thursday evening Mr. ana Mrs. Meisinger and Mrs. Kaffenberger visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Meisinger and Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Davis of Louisville. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ward and Mrs. Vern Flemme of Oma ha and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ren- ner were Sunday supper and Wliat tchiskey costs a little more . . tastes a little better... because it's Custom Distilled? Only LORD CALVERT! Blended Whiskey." 86.8 Proof. 65 Grain Neutral Spirits. Calvert OisL Corp., H.Y. SPECIAL SATURDAY ONLY WITTS TWflATO JUICE 46 oz. can . for - evening guests of Mrs. J. E. i Renner. . Mr. and Mrs. George Conley visited Sunday afternoon witn Mr. and Mrs. Roy Conley. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rasmus-; sen and girls were Sunday din ner guests of Mr and Mrs. Her bert Nelson of Plattsmouth. They visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ras mussen and family. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stratton I and Chester Murray of Omaha were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stratton. Gene Stratton caught 14 fish in the afternoon. None of the others even got a bite. Mrs. Ed Steinkamp and Mrs. Dale Steinkamp accompanied Mr. Herbert Mason to Lincoln Sunday afternoon to visit Mr. Ed Steinkamp, in Veteran's hos pital. Mr. Steinkamp is much improved and will be allowed to come home in a few days. Weeping Water Wheat Is Cause Of Boy's Ear Ache The fore part of February. Larry Hammons complained of an ear ache. His mother, Mrs. Maurice Hammons, looked in his ear and found a kernel of wheat. Sunday, Larry was a dinner guest of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Livingston and in the afternoon he com plained of an earache again. When he returned home in the evening, his mother looked in his ear and found another grain of wheat. Mrs. Hammons is taking Larry to an ear specialist as there may be more kernels of wheat in his ear. Mrs. Hammons said they have evidently been in Larry's ear since last fall, and they did not know of it. Weepin? Water Mr. Lloyd Philpot arrived Sat urday from Garden City, Kans., and will spend a few days with his mother, Mrs. Rosa Philpot. Mrs. Clifford Cooper is paint ing the woodwork at the home of her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ruby. Mrs. Clayton Cooper and Ricky stayed with Mrs. Herman Sickmann Tuesday evening while the men took some cattle to Seward. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cooper and Lula Jeanine and Floyd Ruby of Shenadoah were Sun day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ruby. Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Ruby and Lula Jeanine accompanied Floyd Ruby for a drive to Plattsmouth and Omaha. Floyd Ruby brought Lula Jeanine home and visited for a short time with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Meisinger and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Emma Kaffen berger of Plattsmouth. Sunday afternoon they called on Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steppat and Rose mary. Mr. and Mrs. Hy Kircnnon attended a Farmers Mutual In surance meeting in Lincoln last Thursday. They attended a uncheon at noon and a Banquet in the evening. Mrs. Kirchhoff shopped during the afternoon. Miss Belva Johnson was wel comed into the First Lutheran church as a member on Palm Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Kivett visited Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Grauer and Kim at Concordia, Kans.. Saturday and Sunday. They went to celebrate Kim's first birthday. The pupils of the second grade are learning to write. They have learned to write the alphabet in a very short time. Mrs. James Kivett is the second grade teacher. Rolland Cooper and Sherman Salsburg drove to Blue Springs to see Mr. Bill Mansur, a former coach at Nehawka. They went to Blue Springs Saturday and returned home Sunday. Mrs. Clayton Cooper attended a bridal shower for Miss Ann Soohr Saturday afternoon. Ricky Cooper stayed with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cooper. Neepin5 Water Two Week Trip To Coast Ends Mr. nnrt Mrs Wnlt.pr Pattnn Lois and Ruth Ann and Mrs! Pattern's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hohnroth of Nebraska Citv returned hnmc Rnnrinv pup. ning from a two and one half visited with Mrs. Patton's sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Workman, of San Bernardino, Calif. They were overnight guests of Mrs. Daisy Ryan of Long Beach. They had good luck going and coming home and were lucky and didn't have a flat tire. Mrs. Patton said they enjoyed every minute of the trip and weren't tirerl when thev arrivprJ hnmp She said they had seen some beautiful scenery in all the States they traveled through. Weeping Water Mrs. E. T. Stacev entertained a pinochle foursome Friday afternoon. Mrs. Earl Cole received a letter from Mrs. Edward Ander son, of Edwardville, Kans., and she writes that her daughter, Kay Sharon, had the stitches removed from the gash in her head. Kay was in an automo bile accident and will have to remain in the hospital six or seven weeks. She was given a radio from Mrs. Anderson's friends where she works. Mrs. J. E. Renner visited Wed nesday and Thursday with Mrs. Al Bickford. She stayed over night Wednesday. The ladies spent the two days quilting and watching television. Mrs. Howard Rasmussen and girls spent Saturday in Lincoln with Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ten Hulzen and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cooper and Ricky were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sack of Plattsmouth. Cub Scouts Have Kite Flying Contest The Cub Scouts held their kite flying contest Sunday af ternoon in Francis Thorens pas ture. This contest had been post poned as the weather was too bad the Sundays before. There are 28 Cub Scout boys and most of them were entered in the contest. This was a father and son team contest. The wind was strong and ruined several of the kites. Some were unable to get their kites in the air. Winners of the contest were Larry Houseman and his father, first prize; Larry Beach and his father, Claire Beach, won sec ond; Billy Kunz and his father, William Kunz, won third; and Henry Hoffman and his father, Henry Hoffman, Sr., won fourth. Lynn Parson and Neil Fitz pa trick were the judges. Wayne Dunkle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Dunkle .Richard Lor ensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil lis Lorensen; Henry Hoffman, Jr.. son of Mrs. and Mrs. Henry Hoffman. Sr., and Billy Raines, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph itames, are to be new members of the Cub Scouts, as they are all eight years old. Their son, Wayne Patton, is in the Navy and his ship dock ed Wednesday after they arrived in California Saturday and they met him at the ship. About 2000 people met this ship. Wayne had the following Friday off and he drove his folks to Hollywood and they were able to see a radio and television show, "Those Two." They enjoyed watching the television show. On the journey home they stopped at Bryte's Canyon in Utah, and also stopped at the Hover Dam. Mrs. Stella Worman spent Monday in Elmwood with her brother, Elis Miller. Weeping Water Retired Ladies Meet Friday Mrs. Stella Worman was the hostess for the Retired Farm Ladies at her home on Friday afternoon. Eight members and one guest, Mrs. Sam Hughes, were present. Mrs. Worman had two guessing games which the ladies enjoyed. The afternoon was spent In vis iting and doing fancy work. Mrs. Worman served lunch. The nxet meeting will be April 24 with Mrs. Fred Neumeister. Special Film Is Shown at Church A special film, "Where the Bible Speaks" was shown at the Christian church Sunday eve ning. A good crowd attended. Harrison Livingston opened the evening's program with the group singing of "Wonderful Words of Life". Mrs. Leon Bond read from the Book of Matthew. This film was the history and the work of the Christian church. A large handwritten manuscript of a portion of the Bible was shown. This old Heb rew manuscript, containing the first five books of the Old Tes tament, was purchased by the Rev. E. L. Whisler, producer of the film, while he was making shots for the picture in Pales tine. An offering was taken after the film was shown to help pay for it. Mrs. Leon Bond presented three new version Bibles to the boys who were the winners in a recent contest that was held in Endeavor. This contest was on the book of Mark. Edwin (Sterling and Buster Baxter I each missed two questions that I were asked of them in the eight weeks of the contest. Some of the questions were quite hard and some were, easy so Mrs. Bond felt these boys should be highly commended. Weepin? Water Mrs. Ed Steinkamp returned home from Lincoln Tuesday evening, with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Steinkamp stayed at the Ed Steinkamp farm while Mrs. Steinkamp was in Lincoln. Mrs. Alvin Groesser and Mrs. Ster ling Wiles took Mrs. Steinkamp to Lincoln Thursday and Friday to visit with Mr. Steinkamp. Lula Jeanine Cooper attended the school carnival at Nehawka Friday evening. The door prize of a nice lamp was won by Dew ey Mones. A Classified Ad m The Jour nal costs as little as Walter H. Harold R. Smith & Lebens Attorneys-at-Law Donat Bldg. 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