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S W ti v. n Ex-Welter King Kid Graves To Conduct Boxing Lessons Plattsmouth entries in Onlrien Gloves 'boxing circles is the ulti mate hope of the Plattsmouth VFW post which today an nounced plans for sponsoring boxing training fGr youths here. Lloyd Fitch. VFW commander, disclosed that the post has vot ed to conduct a 25-week boxing course. If successful, the VFW hopes to have entries in the 1954 Golden Gloves. The local post will have Perry ' Kid" Graves, former world's welterweight champion, conduct the classes in boxing at the VFW Club room each Monday after noon after the program is set up. Graves held the welterweight title for four years, 1912-16 win ning the title after four years of professional competition in the international elimination tour nament conducted by the Broad way Sporting Club of Brooklyn, New York. The 25-week course will offer training in both offense and de fense to those boxing pupils who register with Dale Bowman. Boys over ten years of age, whether children of a veteran cr not, may register for the bo ing lessons. If adequate interest in the program is shown, and if train ing progresses as epected, the VFW may also sponsor a few amateur boxing shows here dur ing the coming fall and winter to give local boxers and those in nearby communities an oppor tunity to try out for Golden Gloves. The VFW asks that prospect ive boxing pupils register as soon ! as possible so that the program 1 A. -1 can get underway. Retriever Trials Will Be Held at Cedar Creek Sunday The Missouri Valley Hunt Club j will hold their sanctioned re triever trial on Sunday, June1 14, on the Schneider grounds north of Cedar Creek. The trials are ; slated to start at 8:30 a. m. The public is invited to wit ness the trials. There will be no charge. Alvo Track Men Earn University Numeral Trophy Honors continue to pile up for the 'Alvo High school athletic teams tutored by OUie Mayfield. The Cass county school has been named winner of the Uni versity of Nebraska track num eral trophy for 1953. The trophy is awarded on the basis of per centage of track numeral win ners against the total male en rollment. Alvo scored 12 out of a pos sible 13 points for 92 percent, 15 percent greater than runner up Ong. The Alvo track squad, win ners of the Cass County Confer ence track and field meet and fourth in the state classic, ear lier had boosted the Orioles to the all-sports title for Class D schools. A rising temperature reading and generally improved weather conditions throughout most of the state during the past week provided Nebraskans with the best fishing of '53. CREAM CREAM CREAM m - CANS - CAN Cream is one of our best of foods and should be kept in good clean cream cans FREE OF RUST HCW IS YOUR CAN? For a limited time we can furnish you brand new 5 gallon cans, standard weight 12 lb., with your name plate on each can. $5.95 Each Midgets Romp Louisville 16-5 in Season Opener Plattsmouth Midgets rolled to a 16-5 win over Louisville Midg ets Sunday. to open the 1953 baseball season. Tom Winscot hurled the abbreviated three-inning contest. The Platters jumped into a 4-0 lead in the first inning and they scored seven more in the fsecond to take an 11-0 lead. The five-run third inning made it 16-1 as Louisville scored one in the bottom half of the second and four more in the third. Alfrey tossed for the Lions. The line-uns included for Plattsmouth, Roy Wilson, third base; Jim Holoubek, second base; Vernon Kaffenberger, first base; Ed Egenberger, short stop; Jim Stewart and Bob Beverage, right field; Larry Long and Dick Spangler, left field; D. Haase and D. French, center field; Lor en Haase, catching and Winscot, pitching. Louisville had Stohlman at second; Robbins at short; Biggs in center field; Collins on first base; Brown catching; Alfrey pitching; Reed in right field; Hutchinson on third and Schla ter in left field. s 1. Phone 3197 - 3167 Fat Cattle Trade Generally Steady On Omah aMarket Fat cattle trade Monday at Omaha rounded out generally steady, scattered sales unevenly weak to 'strong. Hogs sold un evenly to 75 cents lower and lambs lost 50 cents. Recent shippers from Cass county include George Maahs, 29 hogs weighing 250 at $24.50; Otto Ehlers. 18 steers' weighing 995 at $21.50; Howard Philpot, 18 steers weighing 1198 at $22; Hans Jensen, 8 steers and heif ers weighing 990 at $21.75; and Howard Philpot, 22 steers weigh ing 1178 at $22. 4 s '. m m m be mm -mm . s r at J uUcmslwcD Liu Nine pickup models available, i, 3, and 1-ton sizes, 62, 8, and 9 foot bodies. Ad-A-Rok attach merits available for all sizes. GVW ratings, 4,200 to 8,600 lbs. m . - t i . 4 M Wtl lib Price Reductions up to on New Light, Medium, and Light-Heavy Duty Models v Phone 267 1 1 la LJ jCVJw w'irX3LK g .',-;Trr .-'.t. A new International pickup with Ad-A-Rak at tachments gives you 3 farm trucks in 1! 1 . The roomy all-steel pickup body handles scores of jobs. , 2. Ad-A-Rak graintight all-steel sideboards in crease capacity by 75. 3. Ad-A-Rak stake attachment adds even more space for hauling livestock and bulky loads. See the pickup that gives you 3 trucks in 1! Con venient terms available. Let us demonstrate today. FARM EQUIPMENT and TRUCK CO. Chicago Ave. i m n ii.in i, fi '' ' ii.iiijiuuhmi" Plattsmouth Juniors Wip Louisville Pierce Cracks Homer Jon Schuetz hurled five-hit ball and Larry Pierce cracked a home run with two men on base Sunday as the Plattsmouth Jun ior Legion baseball team stop ped Louisville's domination 8-6. Pierce's homer came in the five-run fifth inning as Platts mouth sent 11 men to bat. Four other hits, including Jon Schu etz's double and two bases on balls accounted for the five runs. Only Denny Ptak, first baseman, failed to figure in the scoring. He whiffed twice in the inning, and four times in the game. The five-run fifth opened the scoring and gave Plattsmouth a brief five-run lead, but Louis ville came back in their half of the inning to score one run on two walks and two singles. They picked up another in the fourth. Plattsmouth extended its mar gin to 7-2 with two more runs in the fifth on an error, walk and Fulton's single, only to have Louisville counter with three in their half of the inning. Both teams scored once more in the sixth. In registering the win. Schu etz allowed only five hits, but yielded eight bases on balls to keep himself in hot water. Mc Donald, hurling for Louisville, gave up nine hits to the Blue Devils but passed only four. Schuetz, John Blotzer and Jerry Fulton each socked two hits for Plattsmouth. Shortstop Alfrey had two singles in three official trips for the Lions. Following are the line-ups: Plattsmouth (8) AB R II Hirz, c 4 2 1 Blotzer, ss 4 1 2 Pierce, 2b 3 1 1 Schuetz, p 4 2 2 Finnefrock, cf 2 1 1 Fulton rf 4 0 2 Carper, If 3 0 0 l'.rnst, 3b 3 1 0 Ptak, lb 4 0 0 31 8 9 Louisville (G) AB It II Alfrey, ss 3 2 2 Funke, 3b 3 0 1 White, lb 3 0 0 Nelsen, If 4 1 1 Davis, cf 3 1 0 Dobbs, rf 3 1 0 McDonald, .p 1 0 0 Wilkens, c 4 0 1 Emberry, 2b 3 0 0 27 6 5 Plattsmouth 005 021 08 Louisville 001 131 06 THE PLATTSWIOUTH, NEDRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, June 11, 1953 PAGE FIVL Nay Was Cooler Than Usual Here; Rainfall Down May was slightly cooler and considerably drier than normal, the preliminary climatic sum mary of the United States Wea ther Bureau points out. Cool weather prevailed during the first three weeks of the month but temperatures were generally abdve normal there after. Sufficient rain in the southeast was received to en able wheat to make considerable improvement and the bulk of the corn crop was planted dur ing the middle and latter por tions of the month. Hot wea ther promoted rapid germina tion and growth. Most of the crop came up to good stands and cultivation was beginning by the end of the month, the report points out. Rainfall in the Plattsmouth area was generally more than an inch below normal with only about two inches recorded for the period. ommissions yo To Six County ROTC Student! A Classified Ad in (he Journal costs as little as 35 cents. Six Cass countians were among: the 250 Air Force, Navy and Army ROTC graduates to be commissioned at the Univer sity of Nebraska Monday. The countians are from Greenwood, Louisville, Plattsmouth and Ne hawka. Three of the six countians re ceiving degrees are from Ne hawka. They are Larry M. Pol lard, air force; and Allen C. Hansen and Arthur E. Hansen, who will receive commissions in the U. S. Army Reserve after completing summer camp Aug ust 1. Kenneth 'R. Meisinger of Louisville was another countian to be commissioned in the air force; Cyril L. Kocian of Platts mouth was awarded a certificate i for completion of Air Force i ROTC course and will be com missioned upon completion of summer camp; and Max E. Comstock of Greenwood was commissioned in the infantry. Mrs. Ivan Armstrong Phone 1502 Extension Club Conducts Tour of Lincoln Recently The May meeting of the Jun ior Fairland Extension Club was a tour of various places of in terest in Lincoln, which was planned by Mrs. Jerry Smith and Mrs. Robert Maach. " There were twelve ladies in the group. In the forenoon they visited a hotel and a department store. Places of special interest there w?as the candy shop and the fur department- The ladies had their lunch, going from there to the First National Bank, the Lincoln City Police Department and then a florist shop. Mrs. Kenneth Roeber and Mrs. Jer ry Smith furnished the trans portation to Lincoln. At the next meeting the Jolly Fairlanders will be guests of the Junior Fairland Club at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Roeber. South Ashland Pvt. Kenneth Stenberg is en joying a ten-day leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stenberg, after com pleting his basic training at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. South Ashland Friendly Neighbors Club Meets June 2 The Friendly Neighbor Exten sion Club met with Mrs. I 'd Mor ris June 2nd. After the busi ness meeting Mrs. Victor Miller presented the lesson on '"What Would You Do If Left Alone?" Final plans for a picnic were made which is to be at Antelope Park in Lincoln June 14. The hostess, Mrs. Morris, served lovely refreshments during the social hour. South Ashland Mrs. John B. Peterson and Mrs. Harold Richards returned home Wednesday after having A. 1 1 1 A 1 i - uneiiaea ine uongregationai Women's Retreat at Crete Mon day. Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mansfield and their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Mans field of Paullina, Iowa, return ed from Broadwater, Nebr., where they visited with their daughter and sister and hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Lyndall Wat son from Saturday until Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. George Mans field remained with their par ents until Friday when they re turned to their home in Iowa. Mrs. Milton Bachman spent all day Wednesday with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Walradt. South Ashland Mrs. Schmidt Is Feted on Birthday Mrs. Howard Schmidt was re minded of her birthday Wednes day evening wnen Mr. ana Mrs. Leonard Roeber and sons, Mr. and Mrs. John Jones and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Bornman and dauahters and Mr. and Mrs Delbert Humston and family went to the Schmidt home to help her celebrate. South Ashland Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Baird and Mrs. Baird's mother. Mrs Clark, spent Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Laugh lin. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ranslem of Omaha, had supper Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. uiyae Leroy Roeber was three years old Thursday. A group of rela tives spent the evening at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Roeber. Tney were the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Roeber, Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Yardley and Cheryle and Miss Darlene Burger of Norfolk. Harold, Joanne, Ruth and Jimmy Kellogg spent Monday evening with Helen, Robert and Eugene Westiake and saturaay night the Westiake children were over night guests of the Kellogg young folks. Sunday guests of Mr. ana Mrs. Elton Erickson and sons were Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Auit. Mrs. Milton Bachman attend ed a birthday party Friday after noon for her little niece, Janice Mason, who was seven years old that day. ' Mr. and Mrs. Bob McLaughlin and baby and Howard McLaugh lin of Elmwood. were Friday eve ning guests of Mr. and Mrs. Art Box. Jones. For Athletes Foot . .Use T-4-L for 3 to 5 days. It actually peels off the outer skin, exposes buried fun?i and KILLS ON CONTACT. If not pleased with instant-drying T-l-L. your 40c back at any drug store. To day at Schreiner Drug Store. No. 27G ATURDAY SALE June 13 1:00 P. M. 34 Hampshire Pigs 5 Hampshire Sows to farrow soon. Several Spotted Sows and some feeder pigs. 1 Red Milk Cow, 1 Holstein Heifer to freshen soon PLATTSMOUTH SALE BARN 0 Subscribe to The Journal 5 MYXARD MERRY MAIDENS The home of Miss Patty Mc Kinney was the meeting place for the Mynard Merry Maidens on Friday, May 29. A demon stration on "snicker-doodle" by Patty Toman and Diana Wiles was one of the meeting's fea tures. Karen Tilson and Patty Mc Kinney also gave a demonstra tion on making peanut butter cookies. Members also continued to sew on the garments which they are making. Lunch was served by Mrs. H. C. McKinney. The group also met on June 2 at the home of Diana Wiles with a demonstration on re frigerator cookies by Marjorie Grosshans, and a discussion on the next sewing project high lighting the meeting. Mrs. Mar ion Wiles served refreshments. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Glen Weten kamp on June 16. at 1:30. Kar en Tilson, reporter. CULLOM MERRY MAIDENS Cullom Merry Maidens met at the home of Karen Jacobs on Friday, May 29. Nine members were present along with one vis itor. The meeting was opened by the president and songs for the county fair contest were select ed. Other plans with relation to the Cass County Fair were also outlined. Members worked on their head scarfs and demonstration on shoes was given by Karen Ja cobs. The next club meeting will be held at the home of Carol Pot chies on June 20 at 1:30 p. m. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Jacobs and Karen. Merna Petereit, news reporter. XEIIAWKA DAIRY CLUB The Nehawka Dairy Club met with Marilyn Pollard on Satur day, June 6. Roll call was ans wered by giving points on fit ting calves for showing. John Knabe gave a report on 4-H Club Week which he attend ed in Lincoln, and plans were made to attend practice judg ing day at Lincoln on June 16. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schmadke and family of Weeping Water. Delicious re freshments were served by Mrs. The next club meeting will be July 1, at which time the leader will review members' records. Larry Parr Choat, acting reporter. UNION HAPPY STITCHERS Union 4-H Happy Stitchers met at the home of Jackie Brown on May 16 with nine members and guests attending. Filling out record books was discussed by members, who also talked about the dust cloths they are preparing. The leader showed them how to make a pin cush ion. Members talked over 4-H camp and concluded the meeting with a games period. The next meet ing will be held at the home of Nancy and Mary Crook. 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