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NEHAWKA Mrs. F. O. Sand Phone 2604 New Officers Lead Extension Club at January Meeting The new officers presided at, the January meeting cf the Ma ple Grcve extension club Thurs day afternoon at the home of the president, Mrs. Malcolm Pol lard. Other officers are Mrs. Victor Ross, vice president, Mrs. Kent Balfour, SeCretary-treaS-wrLT. The lesson, "One Dish Meals" was presented bv Mrs. Henning Johnson and Mrs. F. O. Sand, who substituted for Mrs. Lyman Anderson, uho is ill. Mrs. John son prepared Souffle's cheese sandwich and Mrs. Sand sau tausage surprise pie, which were served to members later. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Pollard and her co-hostesses. Mrs. John Tyson and Mrs. Oren Pollard. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Merritt Pollard on February 18. WSCS Meets at Pollard Home Mrs. Will Ost was devotion leader at the W.S.C.S. meeting at the home of Mrs. Melvin Sturm Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. M. E. McDonald, program chairman. spoke on "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God." For the missions Mrs. Gilbert Edmonds reported on the Prophet Jere miah and she also pave a report cn the status of women. Mrs. John Chandler conducted the meeting. The society will observe the World Day of Pray er on March 2 at the church with Mrs. Carl Balfour as chair man. Reports were given by the women who attended the Elm wood meeting on January 8. Guests were Mrs. S. C. Niday, Mrs. Jack Reece and Jackie. The next meeting will be at the church Febrliry 17. Ci-hos-tesses vrere Mrs. Dwight Cook and Mrs. Jim Sturm. Two-Week Florida Trip Is Ended Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McReyn olds and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Kime returned Wednesday night from a two weeks' trip to Flor ida. Mr. McReynolds attended the National Rural Electric As sociation convention at Miami. Six thousand delegates attended the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. McReynolds made a trip by plane to Ha vana, Cuba. They also enjoyed sightseeing throughout the state cf Florida. Nhawka Miss Switzcr Is Contest Entrant Suzy Switzer was first In the morning section of the cherry pie contest at Lincoln Tuesday, January 19. There were 29 con testants, Including one boy from Howard county. Marci Jo Nico demus of Butler county was the winner for the day. Television pictures were taken of Suzy and they were broadcast that eve ning on KOLN from Lincoln. . Mrs,. Wiidon Switzer accom panied her daughter to the contest. NEW famous fully guaranteed THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Section C Thursday, January 23, 1S54 House Filled With Soot From Explosion The oil burning furnace at the George Kime home blew up Wednesday night filling the hoase with soot. The furniture, drapes, rugs, dresser drawers and clothes closets were filled with soot. No one was in the hojse at thp time and the dani- j age was not known until Thurs- day morning. The Kime fam I ilv had been staying at the Alvin i McReynolds home while they iwere in Florida. Fortunately ! there was no fire following the I explosion and if the family had i been home they could have been suffocated. The damage is cov ered by insurance. N chaw a Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wolph j entertained at a pinochle party t Friday evening on their tenth anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lacy had high score and Mr. and Mrs. Will Ost, low. Mrs. Louie Ross received the traveling prize. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wolph and Miss Evelyn Wolph were dinner guests Saturday evening at the Wm. Kruger home at Bel-levue. Applications for Small Grain Price Support Due Feb. 1 Final date by which producers can avail themselves of price support on the 1953 crop wheat, oats, rye, grain sorghums, soy beans and dry edible beans has been extended to include Febru ary 1, 1954, according to Ivan G. Althouse. chairman of the Cass County ASC committee. Mr. Althouse said the one-day extension from January 31 was authorized because the previous ly announced closing date fell on a non-working day. "This means," the county chairman said, "that all loan and purchase agreement papers must be signed by the Cass County ASC1 committee as of February l, 1954." r inn in ii inn i ,u! wiiw w V . v. Cl' & -t-, it , . ' . . . &: r . ' v ' - i " L - x - I - , - . -I - ' J - - : " ' f i y v i, x R , - 4 FUR COSH SAKESIEvidently discussing the comparative quality of their furs ere mink-coated Alix Talton and a white poodle by the name of ."Champion Pavanne Pegasus de Bo-Mi, often called "Here, Pooch' for short. The meeting took place at the 49th annual AJl-Breed . Dog Show in Los Angeles, Calif. for only $ y s 1 till (01PAIC VITB OTHEt MAKES C0STIX5 AS MbCB AS S35.C8 MOUI Practk&l for small stores, shops, restaurants, farms, homes, oficcs, filling fffaationa. Ideal as "secood machine. Lists 6 col umn, totals 7. Choice of key boards. Portable, easy to use. CaS today for a free trial. The Plattsmouth Journal 410 Alain Street Plattsmouth, Nebr. Mrs. Florence McDonald Phone 2871 or 2322 Oliver Kupke, son of Mr. and j weeks cruise at the Great Lakes Naval station. Richard Stock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stock returned home from Korea on Friday evening.- ' . . Mr. and Mrs. Dale Henderick sen returned home Monday eve ning from their week's trip vis iting relatives in New Mexico. LaNita L i n d e 1 1 , youneest dauehter of Mr. and Mrs. Ever ett Liridell spent two days at the Syracuse hospital last week for treatment and observation. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kupko en tertained at a pinochle party Sundav evening. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Brun kow, Mr. and Mrs. Ed McIIugh, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Elseman, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wendt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wendt, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Peters, Mr. and Mrs. John Gakemeier, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Kupke and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Guehlstorff. The OES Kensington met at the home of Mrs. Abbie Stromer at Alvo, Nebraska, on Wednes day, January 13, with 20 mem bers, 3 visitors and 4 children present. At an appropriate hour a very delicious lunch was served by the hostess and co-hostesses. The ladies aid met at the church basement for their regu lar monthly meeting and social on Thursday afternoon, Janu ary 14, with a very good attend ance. Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Stock and family of Cozad. Nebraska, spent the week end and most of this week here visiting relatives. Richard Stock is the proud owner of a new 1953 Ford, which he recently purchased since his return from Korea. Twelve ladies of the Friendlv Neighbor Club braved the cold Wednesday to go to the Silas Schlaphoff home, where they were greeted by our two charm- j ing hostesses Marjorie and Bev erly. The meeting was soon called to order. Dues paid for me ensuing year, collection of polio dimes and filling our books with our future meeting places and hostesses, then the regular business followed by a very en joyable period of entertainment found us ready for the delicious luncheon which we enjoved very much. After an exchange of farewells we returned home feeling that an afternoon with friends was very beneficial as well as enjoyable. QUICK-TFIINKING SAVES 3 v?,v.ington- Kv- quick tninking of Mrs. Howard McKin ney, saved three little children from death when their apart ment caught fire. Mrs. McKin ney led two of the children out and put the third child, 3 months old, in a suitcase which she kicked across the floor to the doom-ay. One of the chil dren saved was her own the other two were children of a friend. Capital News LINCOLN That county boards striving to better their roads may be missing a $3 million bet was emphasized this week at the Statehouse by State Engineer L. N. Ress. The official told a couple of road delegations that if they were really interested in getting their roads improved they had better visit their courthouse and prod their county board rather than coming to the Statehouse. This is because approximately $3 million in federal funds are available to Nebraska county boards who are willing to match it on their county road systems. And what's more, Ress told the delegations, this money will lapse unless Nebraska counties use it. The news apparently came as a revelation to at least one dele gation a group from Arnold in Custer County. The delegation asked Ress what the chances were of the state building a road from Arnold north toward Dun ning. Ress replied that the state didn't have such funds. Then he looked at the map and announced that the Custer County Board had placed this particular road on its county highway system. That made it eligible for federal funds on a 5G-50 basis. All that was needed was providing one-half the cost. First step is to have a road authorized as part of the county highway system. This can be done by a resolution passed by the county board. Ress said that approval is almost certain to come from state and federal au thorities. This opens the way for use of federal funds. Any subdivision may put up the matching funds but they must be handled through the county. That is, a township may furnish the 50 per cent of money needed but the county must make the request for the federal government's 50 per cent. Reason for this, ac cording to Ress, is that there is enough paper work connected with communication with 93 Ne braska counties, let alone all the townships. , Cities and villages, too, may take advantage of this "pot of gold." Federal authorities are liberal enough on this subject as to al low this kind of a set-up: Of saving the state's highways during the spring breakup, the State Highway Department an nounced truck weight limits on a number oi state roaas. une February 1 public hearing- on these limitations is expected to bring some hot argument. The department said its intentions were to keep too heavy trucks from possibly tearing up these highways when the spring thaws make the ground under them unstable. They would go into effect February 15 and might be lifted by April 15. Plan Scuttled The state central committee of the Republican party is scheduled to meet here Feb. 1. Informed sources say one pur pose of the session is to drive the final nail into the coffin of the plan to change the Legisla ture back to the partisan two house body it was before 1937. The Republican committee is ex pected to repudiate its earlier action which had favored chang ing the present non-partisan one-house Legislature. Reason is that party leaders haven't found the support they had expected. Even finding persons to bear the petitions has been difficult. One leader of the movement to change the Legislature said that the effort now might be-to en large the Unicameral and have its members elected on party tickets. Griffith Saved The State Pardon Board com muted the death sentence of Hugh Griffith of Sidney to life imprisonment at the State Pen itentiary. Had the board not taken the action, Griffith would have gone to the electric chair February 15 on charges of slay ing his. wife, Anna, with a shot gun on June 20, 1952. Griffith had steadfastly, maintained he was innocent although a Chey enne County jury had found him - LETTER BOX Tha Journal welcomes letters from readers for this column on any subject. Your nam must be ignfd to all articles Intended for publication, however, by request, it can be omitted from the letter appearing1 In print. (Contents do not necessarily express the opin ions of this nwapaper.) have irrigation here so grow every thing here as at home. They were cutting alfalfa Dec. 30th. We have taken several trips J around here and seen many things. The mountains, aesert, beautiful palms heavy with dates, as well as grapefruit and oranges. Acres of vegetables of all kinds and acres of flowers in bloom. All' kinds of vegetables and fruit on the market and vegeta- " ""r " I , , ,, , i 1 I told you I would write on we, nower, ruses ana Miacuj hintr Ariznnn sn hPr p-ops I Plants IOl" saie. XJueiii i fccciu wishes as for yourselves. Sincerely, Mr. and Mrs. P. Y. McFetridge General Delivery, Mesa, Arizona. Mesa, Arizona, Jan. 29, 1954. rparhintr Arirnnn sn hpro trnps I onlv wish I was caoable of i possible it is January writing a book as we have had enough experience on our "Pio neer Trip" of pulling a trailer on It is chilly nights and we have fire but days are usually in 70's. Today is not nice, it rains then first trip through Nebraska, ' sunshine then another shower Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and only 60. You should hear and Arizona, over strange and ' everyone gnne about it. Myself interesting country. We had , included. Ha! good weather, snow and wind. we hear that you have 5 Small hills, big hills, mountains above, snow and wind so I am QnH milcc rvf ctrdicrVit rAdrlc Tt-itVi SatlSIied. nothing in sight but sand, yucca! and cacti. Not even a house. Made one wonder why they ever took it away from the Indians. Then my second book would be on "Trailer Life and Trailer Courts." But since I'm not that intelli- So far Mac is feeling no bet ter but it will take time and more good hot sun. We really like it here very much and do like trailer life too, although we miss our many friends back home and everyone on Main street and wish we A county decides to improve a stretch of road with its own equipment. It may charge off the labor and equipment cost against tne amount it is sup posed to furnish. Ress said he is worried that people in so many Nebraska counties don't seem to know that this road improvement money is so readily available. He said reconstruct their farm-to-mar- ?ulltY a?ld .ttie Nebraska Supreme I enclose check. Now see that you get all the news in it. Give every one our very best fnnld rirnn in fnr a VL-hilP Kinpp gent, I'll just say it was a very we cannot do this then the next interesting trip and everyone best ihlng leters rom every along the way so courteous and ! one and the Journal for which anxious 10 neip us get seLueu for the night and to advise us. And all the time the worry of what lay ahead the next day. We arrived O. K. No trouble at all except one tire puncture. For which we were very thank ful as we saw some trailers in ditches and one man had com pletely wrecked his car and trailer. . So who says a woman driver is a poor driver? We stayed one week in Tucson before moving here. We like it so much better here. This val ley is called "Sun Valley." They ''PROBLEM DRINKERS" Washington, D. C. has the greatest percentage of "problem drinkers" in the nation, accord ing to R. M. Henderson, Indus trial Consultant to the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies. Cal ifornia ranks first among states in the number of problem drink ers, he asserted. Problem drink ers! according to Henderson, lose an average of 23 days work a year, have an accident rate twice that of nonalcoholics and have a life span twelve years shorter. -Journal Want Ads Pay PANKOtJIN PLUMBING and HEATING for Every Need Phono 257 620 First A?e. ket roads, not realizing that they can get aid from the federal gov ernment via their own court houses, v The state engineer said that county boards have been told time and again about this avail able federal aid secondary mon ey. He said that he hoped they would pass on the word to their constituents. Road Maps Speaking of county highway systems, Ress has reminded county boards that they have until Sept. 14 to submit maps of their county road network to his office. If a county doesn't do so, it stands to lose its monthly share of the state gasoline tax reve nue. The law requiring submission of such maps has been on. the books for years but few county boards bothered to send them in. So the 1953 Legislature passed an amendment to the iaw putting some teeth into it. Realizing that all the counties depend heavily on the gasoline tax revenue, the Legislature okayed an amendment to chop off this source of income to counties which don't comply; SeDtember 14 is the deadline., Ress said there were several methods by which a . county beard could determine its road system. Best way is to do some traffic counting to see which roads are traveled most. In Johnson County on origin and destination survey was conduct ed. Farmers driving along the road were stopped and asked where they came from and where they were going. . This informa tion was compiled to determine which were the county's artery roads. Another method is to lay out a grid providing for a county road every so many miles. The third and worst, according - to , Ress, is to decide on the system ! according to political pressures. j Wekht Restrictions I With the announced purpose Court had upheld the convic tion. A young Lincoln attorney, Mrs. Norma Ver Maas, entered the case six weeks ago and did considerable investigation in the Sidney area. She said Griffith had not had a fair trial. Among other things she claimed county officials had made no effort to check Griffith's alibi that on the night of the shooting he was at an oil drilling location 25 miles southwest of Sidney. Cheyenne County Attorney Jack Knicely of Sidney was also present at the hearing and said that Griffith had committed a "planned, cold blooded murder" and had had his day in court. He contended that Mrs. Ver Maas had brought in absolutely no evidence to show otherwise, and said he re sented her infererice that offi cials had "framed" Griffith. Gov. Robert Crosby and Secre tary of State Frank Marsh voted to reduce the sentence while the other member of the three man board, Atty. Gen. C. S. Beck, dis sented. The reason seemed to be that Mrs. Ver Maas had suc ceeded in throwing a shadow of doubt on the entire matter. Lid Still On State Liquor Commission Chairman Tal Coonrad explained that the Commission's action in granting four extra licenses at Fremont did. not mean that the group intends to "open up" li censes in other towns. He said that the rule of thumb brought out in' the Fremont case one liquor license for every 1,500 per sons was mentioned by the Fre mont City Council and not by the Commission. Coonrad said that different towns have dif ferent rates of consumption. Be sides the Commission wants to work along with city governing bodies except where it thinks the public welfare warrants state action, he said. . ONE DAY SERVICE LMMVEMT Friendly Service WASHING, DRYING, IRONING 118 No. 6th Sr. Phone 5252 Hazel Fitch Open from 6:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. (Dailv) Open from 6:00 a. m. to 10:00 p. Mon., Wed., Fri. THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insprance" Plattsmonth, Nebraska with a. new kind of go! 1 1 ..w.vvvajMSS?. pr V7TT -. ii;J;i,ll,-;Tllif z j J ill IT" n ., II llliiUM ' " Come feel the most tremendous difference in performance ever built into any car! You lead the world with the greatest, safest power of all . . . and with the most power ful, most automatic of all transmissions. 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