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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL AGE SIX Thursday, February 4, 1954 "Fun Night" Featured At Vf omans Club Meeiina . -j Woman s Surprise guest of the evening The Plattsmouth u:o met cn Monday evening, 1 vbruary 1, at the heme of Mrs. Miiicn Muncie. Serving hos tf .-es were Mrs. F. I. Rea. Mrs. J. E. Wile 5, Mrs. Fred Fe'.dhou vn. Mrs. Florence Coleman, Mrs. Carl Ohb.chlaer and Mrs. John Her-mann. Mr. V.". L. Keinrich opened the n'-ttir.;; and presided. Devo 'v, v ere civen by Mrs. Mabel i:nt:elkerr.ei?r. who used various rip! ure s for every day living. The Club Collect was recited in unison, followed by pledge cf al ;:: b nee to the flar, led by Mrs. v.. F. Evens cf th.e Patriotic corn :r::t:ee. Reports of committees v. -r hrarci. nnd Mrs. Muncie, chairman of Wavs and Means. jx'.-iei cn the club's project of ';i:r:5.hins the larhv? lounge at :hr- Lions club rcr-ms. Th? prcr.p voted to plan a benefit soon to corr.pI:-te funds for this project. Mrs. Wm. Woolcott was named to head the Safety Committee, 5 he to select two others as her ermniittee to v?ork in line with the program for Saletv Crusade. Chief item of business waj 'omo'eticn of plans for assist ing the Junior Woman's Club in their March of Dimes project .nd Smorga -board Feb. 7th at 'f.f Liens Club building. The Piatt smouth Woman's Club is furnishing cakes for this event. Flection of a nominating com r.ittee resulted in the following :.rr.ed: Mrs. R. B. Keller, Mrs. hit-ction wa in charge of Mrs. Hu? Ifu?" frPlattS; ::. E. Haves, parliamentarian of 'uh ,3I?,d William Blum of t- club M's Ke'n'ifh ad- Murriock have been elected co jo'urned the business "session f or , atirmV? r Cass-Weeoins program under direction of Mrs. a.er Crk atersheds Asso Rea Mrs. John Schreiner, of;1'- The two drew the nod the Music Committee acting for P , associations board of Mrs. J. A. Capv.eh, " chairman, directors meeting Wednesday announced the musical program ! ni"m- , , , TT . , to te from St. John s School! and L Jre.d Bae.r of Uni( vas lec 5 ho introduced Mrs. Rea who ! vice chairman and Jce Ben j: relented same. A group cf : ?eJ of eepme: Water was elec- vr.? folk- from this school san? I ucwiv-ucuici. three numbers, a song of ereet- ? "TIcIit-' 1 !cr,n nA Tiinc " b Stuart von Norman and "Cra- ;l"D aeoayen seumg a oeii-c- Sens" bv Brahms. Mrs. Oda nitf?te until later whn field r,.-v,r,M-T, j 'c,,,,. , conditions will be more definite. je-" -ved a p4anoiThe association m the past two 7clo - nur.ian Rhapsody'" by'JV" VT026-6 ?-ay 8 .f'np flood of 19o0 with a field trip on .tii-ii aav. tsui oecause me aav i Improvement Here Among Company's Building. Features Racing-Film !s Viewed by Rotary Club Daniel Scanlon of Manila, Iowa, was visiting here Wednes- was Mrs Leonard J. Snell re-jday with his son Bart and Leo centlv returned from almost six ' qoiv. 0 George Smith, owner of Smiths Mens Wear, has returned home from St. Joseph hospital. months spent with her husband in Afghanistan, continent of Asia, on government assign ment with TCA. Mrs. Snell. at tired in a beautiful native Af ghan costume, painted a most fascinating; word picture of the life, customs, religion and habits of the Afghasistan peoples. Her story was very interesting and she held closest attention of the ladies as she told of her trip over and return and of the friends she made while living among the Afghans. She was privileged to attend a reception dinner tendered Vice President Richard Nixon on his recent trip to Asia and obtained his auto graph. The evening closed with serv ing of refreshments by the com mittee. The March meeting will be with Mrs. Sophia Wolever. Mrs. Grant Roberts will review "A Man Called Peter."' Election of officers will also be held. Guests of the evening were Mrs. V. Kaffenberger, Mrs. Gould and Mrs. L. J. Snell. Mrs. Edna Baker of Omaha, formerly of Rock Bluff, is a pa tient at the Soldiers and Sailors heme in Grand Island, Nebras ka. Mrs. Eunice Applegate of Weeping Water was a guest at the N. C. DeLes Dernier home over the week end. Mr. and Brs. J. L. Stivers of Auburn and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. ' Stivers of Council Bluffs, Iowa,' will leave for a vacation in Cal- i ifornia. Mrs. J. L. Stivers is. a1 daughter of Mrs. M. B. Allen of this city. Mrs. Clyde Odell of Sioux City, Iowa, has been a guest at ; the Emery Rozell home. Mrs. Odell is a niece of Mrs. Rozell. A2 Eugene Curtis, stationed at Lowrey Field, near Denver, Colo., is here for a twenty-day furlough. He is visiting his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis Henry Robert Herold of Los 'at Pacific Junction, Iowa, also Angeles, Calif., is a guest of his . with friends in this city mother, Mrs. Henrv Herold. Ricky, 5'2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Peck, under went a tonsilectomy Wednesday at Childrens Memorial hospital in Omaha. ? : ' Addition to the Plattsmouth ; office of the Lincoln Telephones company were amons; growth A film on the internationally features outlined at the annual famous 500-mile Memorial Day meeting of phone company j race at Indianapolis and an ap .ptorkholders at Lincoln this peal for the heart fund featured week. - j the regular noon meeting of The report was submitted by ; Plattsmouth Rotary Club Tues Thomas C. Wood, Dresident of j dav noon. the company at H the meeting, j Dean Dunham. program Among special construction fea- j chairman, presented the film tures mentioned for the period which outlined the progress and was construction of an addition detail of the Indianapolis class to the Piatsmouth exchange iic in 1952. building a year ago. The heart fund appeal was Other features fo the annual made bv Dr. L. S. Pucelik, local meung were reports or tne com Vehicle License Deadline Set For March 9Hi State Engineer L. N. Ress an nounced todav that midnight March 9 and not midnight March 10, as had been announc ed, would be the expiration date of 1953 motor vehicle licenses. Nebraska's law reads that motor vehicle licenses become delin auent on February 15, however, it is impossible to have all the licenses distributed by this date. Conseouently thev shall be ac knowledged until midnight March 9. The expiration date was ad vanced one day, Ress stated, be- WairinaTi for tho fnnn mm- i ,-, oa nvn.n(,it.tnrflff t'oVi i rc hp - Mrs. Liilian is earv. jacic ana i nanv'c find nioi fnnwitinn oUn. nin4tr.,tv, a nn ! i Carl Stivers of Grand Island 'nnnIa wwc a tiI nr' l,"r"rvv!,vw",.v'. f AL Va iaiUU.u " " come suDject io peiauuai . , iJU.Ullt . AUWWXtJy UiiU 3 Al.lAllX grandson of Mrs. M. B. Allen, Nearv of Omaha visited Mondav r lowers, anu jimmie tion of directors and officers tion hv Rnt.arinns followed Puce- or-ttr o-ont nc nf ni'dnioht will leave this week-end for Ja- . with Butch Miller w-ho has been pan, whera he is assigned with sick the past ten days. government work. i i .v., i Donald Bocock left Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Osterholm : . . . . rr,anc. of Gknwood, Iowa, will leave for San Antonio, Texas, for a Friday for a vacation in Comp- visit with his parents, Mr. and ton, California. Mrs. Vernon Bocock. Hugo Meisinger, Wm. Blum, Head Watershed Group Slight Rate Decline in Gas Is Predicted pany that the 1954 retail gas rates may be less than the tem- .Direetors also considered plans for their annual spring field The evening was desicnated as ru ir.g hats vintage. md members came !ran be a busv time for farmers. of various stye h " tUa 0;tv,. : come effective prior to Decern it I , j. hpr 27 19r4 Pvt. Asbaugh In Infantry Unit in Panama Canal Zone Pvt. Gerald J. Ashbaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darl B. Ash baugh. 629 Oakmont Dr., Platts mouth, recently arrived in the Panama Canal zone for duty with the 33d Infantry Regiment. TrooDS stationed in the zone porary rates which were placed undergo intensive tropical and in effect m December." Walt innalf. warfnrp tmininp- whilP Gleason, district manager for providing a defense for the vi the Central Electric and Gas tal waterwray Company disclosed today in out- Private Ashbaugh, who enter lming recent developments in ed the Army last March, com the gas situation. 1 Dieted basic training at Camp Gleason explained that the ; Pickett, Va. rates which Northern has been j '. . ,, ,' " authorized to charge Central Gas Company, retroactive to De cember 27, will increase cost of gas for 1954 about $1,284,000, or an increase of over 20 per cent in the cost of gas. However, the increase, Glea son said, includes not only in creased rates but some addi tional volume gas which became available to the company in De cember. In establishing the new whole sale rates for gas it was stipu lated between Northern and its utilitv customers that Northern would not request a further in-: crease in wholesale rates to be Much merriment .. derived as each member pa :aed before the judge wearing ' :.-.r "creations." In the Hat I i.:ude prizes were awarded to ! 1::. R. B. Hayes who was judged ;:.v most alluring in her black : .erry widow beaver from the tav nineties neric-d: Mrs. W. A. or back a week or two. Kof Lunch Sale $571 in January que hat, a black bonnet style. 100 years eld; while Mrs. t: ever W. L. Heinrich's hat was judged the most unique patterned aft er the theme "bird in the gilded cage." A contest making paper hats frcm newspapers was en joyed with Mrs. Herman Tiekot ier carrying off honors for the most criminal design. Mrs. Wm. Woclcctt" placed second. Many ideas were given for new spring tennets. A limerick session was aLo had and this brought out ber 27, 1954. I Gleason explained that North i em's new wholesale rates, which are not under bond, result from the company's fourth rate re- ! quest since 1950 and includes all increases contained in the first three rate requests. It is expected that Central will appear before the Citv Council and present a firm schdeule of retail rates for authorization based upon the cost of service which can now actually be de- Srle of lunches in the hot lunch nroram at Central school cafeteria for the month of Jan uary amounted tn $571.23 a monthv report to the board of education shows. Exnerses during th same per- ;od include-! -food. $489.84; milk, termined since a firm rate cov- $1299.54: labor, $212.95; and oth- ering the wholesale cost of gas er e-vnenses totaling $66.96. is knowm, the district manager Other income during the said, month included $369.68 from the The overall company cost in eovernment plus commodities I eludes some additional gas vol including 4 cases of aoricots. ume, which will be sold by the 400 pounds of hamburger and j company to make up other costs two cases cf shortening. i to them, Gleason explained. much "poetic pcems rean. license" in the ; Chiang hopes to attack Chinese mainland in 1954. the; A classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 3d cents - -X , 'X- J" --- "-i - M-Jiff? . I -j . fy :i.rJiv; ' ' S- J' ? c & w jc " V V ' ?"V " 1 Lb. Red Foil Heart Nv Vv y other Beautiful V y V " Hearts 75t t $7 . iO - Final Rites Are Held Monday For C.H.Gray Funeral services were held Monday for Clifford H. Gray, resident of the Plattsmouth community who died on Janu ary 29. The Rev. J. W. Taenz ler of Omaha officiated at the final rites at Caldwell-Linder chapel. Mrs. Richard Schqde was so loist accompanied by Mrs. H. F. Goos. Flower bearers were Sha ron Fleischman, Charlotte Kne hahns, Sandra Young, Mrs. Phyllis Hazard and Patty Kra mer. Casket bearers wrere Dale Fleischman, Stewart Gray, Ralph Gray. Billie Holscher, Kent Kramer and Billie Kramer. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Mr. Gray died at an Omaha hospital following a long illness. He was 67 yars old. Born October 20. 1886, at Ta bor, Iowra, he was the son of Wil liam S. and Nellie Gray. He was married December 24, 1908. to Jennie Garrean at Nebraska City. A retired farmer, he came to Plattsmouth 18 years ago from Tabor. He was a member of the Christian church and was bap tized in the church in 1923. Surviving are his wife, Jennie of Plattsmouth; .five daughters, Mrs. Nellie Kramer and Mrs. Ju rene Kramer of Unadilla; Mrs. June Young and Mrs: Lucy Hoff man of Plattsmouth,' and Mrs. Violet Morehead of Republic. Kansas; one son, Albert E. Gray of Venice, Calif.; three brothers, Albert of Thurman, la., and Oli- ver and Frank of Canada; and a sister Mrs. Mildred Johnston, also of Canada. Fifteen grand children and one great grand child also survive. , Caldwell-Linder Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. These fine candies best say "I Love You" on Valentines Day Always so fresh so delicious so welcome! 1 Lb Aisorted 191 ChocolaUi y I LU I Pounds $2.50 . DGUGS W&JFS Sheep and. Calf Club The Cass County Sheep Club met at the home of Bill and No la Weiss on January 27, with five members present. At election of officers, Royal Smith was named leader of the calf club and Emil Schmidt leader of the sheep club with Walter Weiss, assistant leader! Club aficers .are Bill Weiss, president; Nola Weiss secretary treasurer; end Roy Smith news reporter. Members discussed how to bo tain new members in the club and also talked about new spring lambs, of which members have five. After the meeting refresh- ! ments were served and a rec reational period was enjoyed. Roy Smith, news reporter Vocational Ag Program Here Is Considered An application for a vocation al agriculture instructor has been filled out and filed by the Plattsmouth board of education with the hope that the Voca tional Ag program will be inaug urated here later this year. Features of the program were outlined to the board Monday night by Supt. T. I. Friest, who suggested that the board submit application in order to be eligible for state and federal aid under the program. The application, Friest said, is a guide to finan cial aid to the school. He also submitted a list of "es sential tools" that will be re quired for the first year's opera tion. Estimated tool cost for setting up the program wras $500 the first year. with additional costs over a three year period before the department is entirely equipped. Cost of work benches would increase the initial cost somewhat. ,ine vocational Ag program was taken under consideration by the board when new school buildinsr plans were considered nearly two years ago. Facilities for both shop and vocational ag were , provided in the basement . ' r ii i t i i area, ui uie new nign scnoui addition. Friest also explained that the program is open to boys enrolled in high school who have either crops or livestock projects. If possible, the program would be set up during the coming sum mer. . Mr. Woods was re-elected presi- i uk's appeal for funds. Donors dent The company has set up a $2, 977,100 construction budget for 1954. Library Shelves To Be Installed Shelving the new library room at Plattsmouth high school will be installed this week-end. Herman C. Tiekotter, contrac tor authorized by the board to provide the ghelving, told board members Mondav night that the Shelves will bp finished dy to install this week-end. The namoer o: commerce uiaxwgci, board approved Tiekotter's bid ! as hL5 ?uest". and WiUiamScott at their meeting Monday night. I of Omaha was a guest of Steph . . en M. Davis. Visiting Rotarians at the meet ing were Harold Foutz of Neb raska City; H. H. Nelson and Don Franksen of Council Bluffs, la.; Paul H. Cheyney, Lewis G. Redman, Art Buch and Troy Rhody of Glenwood. were presented small red plas tic lapel pins. Rotarians were also introduc ed to two more high school stu dents and to two additional farmer guests.. Students for the month of February attending Rptary meetings are Charles Kerns, senior; and Douglas Re no, iunior. Thev were introduced by Supt. T. I. Friest. Farthers at the meeting were Oliver Meismger, guest of E. A. Ernst, and Leon Bond of Louis ville guest of J. Howard Davis. Ernst also had Mike Typer new March 9. If registered between March 10 and November 1 the property tax must be paid, how ever, if not registered up to or after November 11 they are then taxed on an Ad Valorem basis in the same amount. Subscribe to The Journal Hearing on Teacher Salaries Postponed Plattsmouth board of -education postponed its hearing on lo cal teacher schedules Monday until February 15th, when a spe cial meeting will be called to consider a complete schedule. The schedule hearing Monday night wras postponed because of the late hour at which the group's regular session was ad journed. Board members are considering suggestions of a spe cial faculty committee. Bococks Injured In Texas Mishap Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bocock suffered body injuries in an auto accident in Texas last week, their son, Donald, has learned. " The Bococks recently moved to San ; j Antonio from Plattsmouth. James W. Tracy was fined $25 ! Mr. Bocock suffered a frac on each of two counts, intoxica- i tured knee and Mrs. Bocock re tion and failure to display flags j SMSM'bSS? when arraigned m county court WOod, passenger in the car, also Thursday morning. 1 suffered bruises. We have the special equipment to giye you that extra nice wash Cr dry on those hard to handle items like bed spreads, blankets and throw rugs. SPECIAL FOR , FEBRUARY ONLY Bedspreads 50c Blankets 50c Whirlpool Laundrcttc Plattsmouth Dial 7236 Police Court Passing school stop sign Har- : ty' Johnson. Louisville, fined $3 and costs; Herman Darnell, Au burn, forfeit $7 bond;. Harold C. Hunt, Iowa, forfeit $7 bond; Floyd Ernst, Auburn, fined $3 and costs; Fred W. Engelkemeier, Mynard, fined $3 and costs; Vir gil C. McMakill, Oamh.afi ned $3 and costs. Passing Stop Sign Morris T. Chaney. Vermillion, South Da kota, forfeit $5 bond. Careless Driving Nelson E. Havel, Bellevue, fined $10 and costs; John A. Foster, Dallas, Texas, forfeit $15 bond; Edgar W. Arnold fined $5 and costs. Intoxication Thomas Fitz maurice, fined $10 and costs; Wm. L. Greening, fined $10 and costs; Jerry L. Downey, fined $10 and costs; Alfred R. Ed wards, fined $10 and costs. Improper Parking John Frady, fined $1 and costs; John Herdanes, fined $2 and costs. fi; Cattle, Hogs Off Slightly Most fat cattle sold 25 to 50 cents lowrer at Omaha Mondav while hogs declined 25 to 75 cents up. Among recent sales at Omaha for shippers from this area were Swain Nielsen, 20 hogs weighing 205 at $26.50; Eric Charling, 10 hogs weighing 201 at $27: Neil Pierce, 11 hogs weighing 210 at $27; Jesse Moritz. 12 sows weighing 479 at $22.25; Joe Par riott, 30 hogs weighing 229 at $26.25: and L. B. Todd. 30 heif ers weighing 985 at $22. Rotarians Kick Off Heart Fund Campaign Here Plattsmouth Rotary Club member kicked off th Heart Fund drive at Plattsmouth Tues day bv contributine $30.49 in a spontaneous response to the ap peal of Dr. L. S. Pucelik, local chairman. Plastic red heart containers have been distributed through out the business district here to assist in the fund drive for which proceeds are used to fur ther research and study in heart ailments and heart conditions. The container is prominently j displayed in most Plattsmouth. business places where residents can aid in the fight aeainst. heart disease through contribu tions to the heart fund. Commencement Speaker Superintendent T. I. Friest Monday night informed the Plattsmouth board of education that Dean F. E. Henzlik, direct or of the teachers college at the University of Nebraska will be commencement speaker here in May. Court House Walter V. Byers, 47, of Lin coln and Anna Lee Lancaster, 33, also of Lincoln were issued a license for marriage in county co"rfc Tuesday. License for marriage was is sued in county court Tuesday to John LeRov Kruse, 18, of Pa pillion, and Mary Ann Frans, 19 of Murray. Frank M. 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