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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Section C Thursday, May 7, 1953 Greenwood Rose McDonald Phone69.28 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Welton and daughter of Colon, Mr. and Mrs. Vin Nenenick and daughter, Sandra, of Chicago were Sun Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welton. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fierce of York, Nebr., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earsy McNurlin. Mrs. Pierce is Mr. McNurlin's mother. Mrs. Smith of Linoln, mother of Mrs. Furley Wall, spent last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Furley Wall. Mr. and Mrs. Wendel Burbee and Bobby of Omaha, Mrs. Clin ton Green and sons were Tues day supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Meisinger. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Keller at Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Osburn, Rodger, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Osburn of Lincoln were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bergers of Omaha. OSS lheafre Plattenjouth Last Time Thurs., May 7 Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford "AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD" She's back with Glenn Ford in her latest triumph! Also Comedy and Novelty Night Shows 7:00 & 9:15 Fri. & Sat., May 8 & 9 . Double Feature Yvonne DeCarlo and John Ireland "HURRICANE SMITH Heading for sunken treasure, all technicolor adventure story! and Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette "THE KID FROM AMARILLO" Outdoor action in their latest western thriller! Matinee Saturday 2:30 Nights 7:00 & 9:30 Sun., Mon., Tues., May 10, 11 & 12 Red Skelton and Jane Greer "THE CLOWN" Heart warming story of a funster and a youngster! You'll laugh P You'll cry! You'll love it! The best picture Red Skelton ever made! Matinee Sunday 2:30 Nights 7:00 & 9:15 Mrs. Kyles Heads Cemetery Group v The ladies of the Cemetery Association held their meeting Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Colman, also the election of officers, Mrs. June Kyles, president: Mrs. Rose Mc Donald, vice-president, Mrs. Mable Lambert, treasurer; Mrs. Myrtle Coleman, secretary. Greenwood Mrs. Lillian Jardine was hos tess at her home Monday eve ning to the W.O.W. members. Mr and Mrs. Emil Meisinger and Mr. A. L. Todd were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Leesley for supper Sunday. The Jolly Jokers card club was entertained Friday evening at the home of the hostess, Mrs. Frank Welton. Mrs. Clara Pershing spent Sundav at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pershing. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lamb of Papillion were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Howard Sunday. Mr. Loyd Mick was home over the week end and visited with his father, who is in Bryon Memorial hospital and getting along fine. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reighard of Lincoln were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reighard Sr., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Malone stopped Monday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Furley Wall. They were on their way to Portsmouth, Iowa. Miss Hazel Tubbs of Lincoln and Miss Edith Dettman of Larnard, Kansas were Monday and Wednesday supper guests at the E. L. McDonald home. Mrs. Betty Barber entered St. Elizabeth hospital Monday aft ernoon for an operation. Mrs. Nellie Lauehtlin Dassed away Monday morning at the nursing home at Ashland. Mrs. Dora Leesley, 93, passed away Saturday morning at Weeping Water. Greenwood Funeral Saturday For Dale Towle Dale Towle, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Towle, was fatal ly wounded while target prac ticing with a brother and friend Wednesday, and passed away at Lincoln General hospital a short time later. Dale was a construc tion worker at the Lincoln Air Base. Funeral Services were held Saturday afternoon at the Greenwood Christian church. Surviving are his parents, two brothers, four sisters, all at home: grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Towle, of Torrence, California: Mrs. Eva Rine of Ft. Collins, Colo., aunts and uncles and many cousins. U. S. EMPLOYMENT ,-Total v employment in the United States reached 61.460.000 trr March, up 500,000 over Feb ruary, according to the Com merce Department. The gain reflected pre-Easter store hiring and a spring pick-up in farm activities. Subscribe to The Journal. ALVO NOTES Mrs. Mabelle Winn Phone 420 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mickel were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Shorty Fifer and children. Karl Lee Clark and Larrie Bell spent the week end with the home folks. The boys go to Peru to school. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brunkow of Murdock, called on Mr. and Mrs. i Herman Brunkow Sunday night. Mrs. Edith Braun had as her Sunday dinner guests, Mrs. Au gusta Bucknell and Mrs. George Frolich. Mr. and Mrs. Art Dinges drove to Syracuse Sunday to visit Mrs. Dinges' father, Mr. George Bray. He was taken from the hospital to his home and is get ting along fine. Mr. Charles Rosenou was a Sunday dinner guest of his daughter, Mrs. Esther Clark, and boys. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Swinn from Washington, uncle and aunt of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sutton, came Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Sutton and other relatives. Alvo Entertains For Double Deck Club Mrs. Edith Braun entertained the Double Deck Pinochle club at her home Thursday after noon with three tables of play ers. Mrs. Wall Kitzel was a guest. Two members were un able to be present. , High score was won by Mrs. Mabelle Winn, second high by 'Mrs. Minnie Johnson. Low score by Mrs. Grace Brunkow. Mrs. Braun served a delicious lunch. The next party will be May 27th at the home of Mrs. Alpha Bin nett. Alvo Mr. Bert Cheever from Lin coln, visited his grandmother, Mrs. Mabelle Winn and uncle, Ralph, Thursday forenoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roelofsz, who spent the past six months in California, came home Wed nesday night. Mrs. Berneice Lemnig has been absent from the telephone office for several days. She was taking care of her daughter-in-law and new granddaughter, Mrs. Bill Lemnig and Jenifer Lynn. Alvo Twelve At Fl ower Club Meeting Mrs. Minnie Peterson enter tained the Flower club Friday afternoon with twelve members present. Mrs. Roy Stewart join ed the club. Mrs. Peterson served a lovely lunch. Alvo Sunday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Sani Hardnoek were Mr. and Mrs. Orville Ger bhing and daughter from Elm wood, and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Snavely and Pattie. Mr. Clarence Hess from Port land, Oregon, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hardnoek, spent several days last week visiting the Hardnocks. Ticklers , By George 'Now see what you went and done! You've given Presi dent Arthur a button nose!" Junior-Senior Banquet Is Held The Junior-Senior banquet was held at the Continental irio tel at Lincoln Friday night. Fol lowing the banquet at Lincoln they came back to Alvo and danced at the gym. Alvo Mrs. John Goernig and two little daughters from Des Moin es and Mrs. Alton Gartner and Clark from Unadilla, spent Sat urday with their mother, Mrs. Esther Clark, and brothers, Karl Lee and Dick. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stroemer and Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Fawell drove to Bellevue Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Max Towne and daughter, Carol, the Stroe mers' daughter and husband and granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vickers were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Vickers at Eagle. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Vickers from Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Orin Lanning. The Mothers and Daughters Council club is sponsoring a hobby and antique show at the gym. .May 14th. Chick Roelofsz bought the Jim Friend property and the build ing on Main street that was sold at Plattsmouth Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hardnoek drove to Lincoin Sunday to get Mrs. Mae Wood, who had been visiting friends there. Monday they took her to Eimwood to visit. 'Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hardnoek a'nd Mrs. Mae Wood were Sun day, April 26th dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Snavely and son. ! l?f t the middle of last week after wending a week visiting rela- uvtrs an ameiias nere. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hendenck sen, our depot agent and wife, left Friday for a week's vacation in Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. William Von Spreckleson have had as their guest the past week, Mr. Von Spreckleson's mother. Miss Viola Everett is on the sick list this week. John Carson, who has been in the hospital for treatment and observation is home again. MINUTES OF MURDOCK VILLAGE BOARD May 1, 1953 The Village Board met in reg ular session with all members present. The minutes of the last meet ing were read for information. The board passed a motion authorizing the treasurer to open a special account for the water sinking fund. The following bills were pre sented and on motion were or dered paid. General Fund O. P. P. Dist $ 2.00 Peoples Natural Gas 3.63 Rnrk Island R. R 9.33 Plattsmouth Journal 2.5 Election officials 23.no R. N. A. Lodge 4.00 1 Street Fund j Otto Rieckman ... 8.75 F. A. Brunkow 71.87 J. W. Murdoch Imp. 29.09 J. W. Murdoch 9 65 i Murdork Lumber Co., J gravel . . oo.ia Wafer Fund O. P. P. D'st. 8.40 Peoples Natural Gas 1.00 Dick Trutna 10.00 Chas. T. Long Est 6.25 . F.tp Department Fund n T P. Dist 7.25 Peoples Natural Gas 1.00 Don Rase 5.00 I Street Light Fund O. P. P. Dist 42.82 The minutes were read and approved. A motion prevailed to adjourn Sine Die. W. J. B. MCDONALD, Village Clerk May 1, 1953 The new Village Board met for the purpose of organizing. Following is the official ca pacity of the members: Otto Rieckman, Chairman. W. J. B. McDonald, Clerk. O. B. Lupardus, Treasurer. J. W. Murdoch, Street Com missioner. Dick Trutna, Water Commis sioner. The following budget for the year 1953 was adopted: General Fund $350.00 Water Fund 300.00 Street Fund 400.00 Fire Dept. Fund 600.00 Street Light Fund 600.00 Sinking Fund 500.00 Bond Fund 500.00 Amusement Fund 50.00 A motion prevailed to adjourn. w. J. b. Mcdonald, Village Clerk No. 2128 May 7, 1953 Weyers Cattle Top Market Livestock pr ces pointed high er Monday at Omaha. On cat tle and lambs it was a continua- : ticn of last week's upturns, in J the case cf hogs a reversal of last week's lower trade trend. ; Fat c it tie Monday sold strong! to l " cents higher, hogs were i mostly 50 cents higher and lambs sold steady to a quarter higher. Among recent sales from ship pers from this area were Elmer Sprieck, 52 hogs weighing 252 at $22.50; Otto Fleischman 14 steers weighing 1203 at $21; August Stohlman, 16 heifers weighing 1048 at $21.25; Orland Stohlman, 15 heifers weighing 974 at $21.50; Jose & Davis, 24 steers weighing 1184 at $22.25; and Otto Weyers 9 steers and heifers weighing 942 at $22. Weyers was tops for April 28. REES KILL MAN Manila A laree s? bees attacked Hadji SO Daimbang and his wife a uinan. Mindanoa Island the two were walking to coffee plantation. The h fled toward a stream bi stung so severely that h before reaching it. Hi who fled in another di was seriously stung but ed. FOREIGN AID POLICY Secretary of State Johl ter uuues, in outlining t eress his views on our aid policies, has indicate this country might give " erably less" money next Europe, grant more to A penally Indo-China an mosa and "perhaps a litti to the Middle East. AUTO INSURANCE Lower insurance rates for mo torists who do a limited amount of pleasure driving and for young "part-time" drivers have been filed by leading companies in eleven states. . "Preferred risks" will receive reductions in premiums up to 25 per cent. AIR FORCE CUTS The Air Force has am that it will reduce the sia civilian employe force least 7,000 persons by m xne cut wm put the Ai civilian employment tim 306,000, as set by Charles son, Secretary of Defensi A Classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35 cents. 'WinuHi'tnBiEmTiLniiuniuiiHiJKtftiBiiEKiii'iBiiuniinaBiiniBi!'!! rulT I rUrCA ( GIFT Worn out automobiles are be ing taken off the road and scrapped at nearly twice the rate of pre-war years. A total of 3,700,000 units were junked in 1950. in MOTHER NEW T-V CHAIR Beautifully upholstered in frieze, semi-circuli channel back; spring filled, roller-mounte easily moved; attractive fringed base. Wei built, smartly styled for any home. Grey, beig red. $37.50 HI ATT FURNITURE C 126 So. 6th Phone 2 A Special Offer fit for a Queen! YOUR NEW ELECTRIC RANGE INSTALLED TO Aoic is llie time lo buy lhat new, electric range you've been thinking about! Take advan tage of this big, May and June free installation offer! WOMEN WHO KNOW Cook ELECTRICALLY!, Yes, any customer whose home is served electrically by Consumers Public Power District, can noW purchase a beautiful, modern electric range and have it completely; installed at no extra cost! So, now is the time to select your new, electric range from either your friendly electric dealer or, Consumers Puhlic Power District, and take advantage of this unusual free installation offer limited to the months of May and June only "' ' t ' See Your Favorite Electric Dealer or Consumer's Public Power District TotJayt Get foil Details of This Money-Saving Offer! -..- . ' ,- V ' ".Normal, residential installation on lines of Cor.su m r '. cr Public Power District, from main twitch to range, not exceeding $15.00. ,: Mrs. Florence McDonald Phone 2871 or 2322 Mr." arid Mrs" John Earl Lindell of York. Nebraska, spent Sun day night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lindell. Mrs. Lindell was on a television pro gram Sunday on hobbies unlim ited. Mr. and Mrs. Rase have as their guest the past week, Mrs. Rase s mother of Falls City. Roger Buck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Buck, had his ton sils and adenoids taken out on Monday at the Syracuse hos pital. Dr. and Mrs. Formanack of Syracuse are the proud parents of a son born last week. They now have five bovs and one i girl. Mr. and Mrs. John Buck of York, Nebraska, spent Sunday at i the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buck of Lincoln spent Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Buck. Mr. and Mrs. Gail McDonald of Hampton, Nebraska, spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lacey McDonald. Mrs. Euna McHugh left Tues day for Ogallala, Nebraska, wherr shp two with her son, Jerry and wife. n. uiumer-aaugncer banquet Will hp hplri at tJ-io t?Trr .Vinrnh basement on Friday evening at c-on ait . . . . ters are corriiallv i j wmv.U w tend. The Four Rmiaro PonQinn ClUb met at. 1 hp Wen VlommP home Thursday, April 23, with uui (."ouuiaii, mrs. n . A. fcji un- kow nresidintr. Th 0 un.iiiutit; - sponded to roll call by giving S iiumuiuuo oiuiy. xne regular or of business was taken up with all committees reporting. Mrs. Brunkow, who attended the tuul.lt meeting m Lincoln, gave an interesting report of the en tertainment afforded the presi- v.w.o auu Kroup chairmen oi the Cass county clubs. The sec ond part of the lesson on Home Nurse was given by the leaders for the month, Mrs. William Rikli and Mrs. Henry Klemme. tRSVi exchanse was held. A S ?UILWas enjoyed during Vk ? ,1?.stess. Mrs. Klemme Th j?,eIlclous refreshments. 2th R125tinS adjourned to meet lv 9ivin Bornemeler. SSf 8t& 19;3- Lesson will be nnMr a",d Mrs- Marion Stock and family 0f Chicago, Illinois, is? PALM HS &W' j0 oi ri (RAIN DATE, MAY 18, 1953) wm SHOW 10 BE HELD AT PLATTSMOUTH SALE PAVILION SOUTH OF CM H "jl Performance Classes Showing from 1 :30 p. m. Throughout the Afternoon HALTER CLASSES Starting 9:00 a. m. Showing Throughout Morning PRIZES - TROPHIES - RISBONS For registered and eligible to register PALOMINO horses only. Sanctioned by Palomino Horse Breeders Association 125 entries from at least six states Iowa, Nebras ka, Missouri, Kansas, Wyoming and Minnesota Greatest collection of Palomino horses in the Mid west Proceeds go to Boy Scouts of America Adults --$1.00 Children -$ .50 Tax---- .20 ADMISSION: Tax---- .10 Total - - $1.20 Totol - - $ .60 ' (Tickets good for both morning and afternoon performances) : CASS COUNTY HORSE SHOW ASS'N. - PLATTSMOUTH LIONS CLUB LUNCH ON THE GROUNDS SPONSORS