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ToiIISM0UTH' NEBRASKA, SEM I -WEEKLY JOURNAL v AO FOUR Section B Thursday, April 15, 1951 Mrs. Henry Maseman, . Correspondent '""".. Several Attend Club Convention Those who attended the Wom .en's club convention at Lincoln last week were Mrs. Paul Straub, Mrs. Roy Ruhge, Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. Fred Marquardt, Mrs. Albert Carr, Mrs. Robert Hallstrom, Mrs.Gus Neumeister, Mrs. Carl Tefft, Mrs. Caroline Marquardt, Mrs. Ernest Norris. . Avoca Mrs. Clara Love, San Francis co, California, visited here sev eral days with her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ruhge. Joe Koever, Jr., was an over night patient at a Nebraska City hospital. Mrs. Harold Dumke has been going up to see her brother, August Stohlman, Sr., who is not very well. Clyde Pummel hurt his knee while loading an animal in the truck last Monday. He is able to be around but it is in a cast furnished dessert. Mrs. Elmer Hallstrom conducted the devo tional period. Mrs. William Baer and Mrs. Allen Ehlers, Miss Ger trude Hanford, Mrs. Fred Mey er were guests for lunch. Miss Hanford showed colored slides of her trip to Puerto Rico in January. . Avoca Mrs. Albert Bose, Mrs. Gus Neumeister attended a 4-H lead ers meeting at Papillion Friday Lloyd Nelcon entertained his class for his 12th birthday, Ap ril 13 for supper. Later in the evening attending were Mrs. Christine Soiling, Miss Matilda Madson, Mrs. Henry Dankleff, Mrs. Hans Jensen, Mrs. Ernest Jensen and daughters. Avoca Harding Brown Dies in Idaho Word was received of the death of Harding Brown, son of Harvey Brown, former residents here, now of Boise, Idaho. They formerly lived on the Dr. Bren del -farm and he attended Pine school. His sister, Mrs. Harold Oelkers lives in Lincoln. Avoca Several from here attended the 25th wedding anniversary dance at Otoe for Mr. and Mrs. Miss Joan Ault and friend Miss Gwen Peterson of Omaha, are spending a 10-day vacation in Los Angeles, Calif., visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Straka of Omaha were here Monday eve ning visiting with friends. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Myers of Omaha, enroute on a vacation trip to Miami, Florida, visited Monday with J. M. Myers at the Masonc Home.. Mrs. Raymond Wooster and children of Omaha, have been spending a few days here as guests of her mother, Mrs. Frank Cloidt,-and sister, Maxine. Ed Bornemeier and Viola of Elmwood were shopping in Plattsmouth Wednesday. Dick Beverage, student at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, is a guest of his par-ents,-Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bev erage, for Easter vacation. Torn Conis, student at the Un iversity of Nebraska, is home for Easter vacation, with his father, George Conis. Mrs. A. E. Johnson, Mrs. MarT Nielson, Miss Florence Persinger and Miss Lillian Muncheau at tended a Rebekah Lodge in Omaha, Monday night. Mr. and -Mrs. Bill Mendina and Patricia Ann of Gander, Newfoundland, arrived Tuesday evening for a visit with Mrs. Sophia Wolever. Mr. Mendina is associated with Trans World Airlines in Gander and is a brother of Mrs. Woiever. no assurance that the commit tee would be ready before next August. But "that would be too late for an initiative petition campaign, since these must be filed this year by July 3, he ex plained. The governor warned that the Legislature might have its hands full with all sorts of pressure groups trying to get in their viewpoint in the all-important taxation cures. Dinner guests Tuesday eve ning at the Wm. Schmidtmann home were Attorney and Mrs. Richard C. Johnson and Misi Mary Manners of Lincoln. Safety 'War' Cost v Meanwhile, the Safety Patrol Harry Plybon has been at the ' added airplane spotters and ra St. Joseph hospital the past 10 . ciar to its arsenal of weapons de days. He underwent surgery : signed to slow down drivers on too many extra-curricular ac tivities to their students? State Supt. F. B. Decker thinks maybe some schools do. Anyway, he is calling a conference on April 26 to talk over the prob lem. Much of the trouble comes in small high schools, Decker said. The same youngsters will par ticipate in a great many activi- jties, including athletics, music, debating, one-act plays, etc. Each of these is fine but when one youngster gets into too many it may be bad, Decker said. Tuesday and is slightly improve .1 at this writing. Roy Stine, who was injured in an accident a week ago, return- tha highway and cut the death toii. These steps are being taken in addKicn to relieving the Safety Patrol cf extra duties so patrol- ea vveanesaay irom me imciliv ri2n can spend more time on dist hospital and is convalescing xJ highways at the home of Mrs. George Ten- " Alth;ugh ; one could tell for y ! sure, there seemed some indica- ... . . , Itions that the steep increase in Esther Donat affihassd Willi i Wrry,miJ h0oo for tv, firct V, J i 4- J i illUHliiO Ui IXXC JfCti J.XVJ W JIUSWH ae.ucaiea kA wimnff radion station KFNF, at Shen- nendoah. Iowa, reading "Courage" Becker of this city on Monday morning. Friends and relatives helped I Alvin Jacobsen Friday evening ..Jess Gruber celebrate his birth day Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wulf were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wessel Monday. Avoca Ladies Aid Has Noon Luncheon Ladies Aid met Thursday in the church parlors starting wit a a 12:30 covered dish luncheon with Mrs. Ernest Emshoff and Mrs. Dena Ruge, hostesses, who RADIATOR REPAIRING ONE-DAY SERVICE Plattsmouth Motors Washington Ave. Ph. 28V '4 r sm all summer! with an ARMSTRONG SUMMER "AIR CONDITIONEr o o o Air conditions your ENTIRE HOME Include it ' in your new house plans, or have it installed in con nection with your present furnace See us for complete information Plumbing Gr Heating 333 Main Dial 7152 She is the former Sophia Hill- man. Mr. and Mrs. John Lingle, Sr t Mr. and Mrs. John Lingle, Jr., and son helped Mrs. Sophia Lockman at Otoe celebrate her 85th birthday last week. Mf. and Mrs. Arvill Thomas, Shennandoah, Iowa, Mr. Bob Trook, Lincoln; visited Mr. ana Mrs. Clyde Bogard Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Everett were in ; Lincoln Tuesday eve ning, where they helped Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bergastroesser observe their brithdays. Avoca Garden Club Meets Tuesday The "green thumbers" garden club met with Mrs. Fred Broh hoff Tuesday. Mrs. Joe Koever gave a talk on "Flowers and Gardens" in foreign lands. New members were Mrs. Harry Brockhoff, Mrs. Allen Ehlers, Mrs. Harry Hauschild. Avoca Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hallstrom spent several days visiting in Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Everman and family visited in Lincoln with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Phelps in observance of Mrs. Evtrman's birthday Sun day. At the town election Tuesday for Town Board were Roy Ruhge, Robert Hallstrom; on the School Board were Mrs. Fred Marquardt and Robert Hallstrom. Avoca Fourteen Join Church Sunday Rev. Joseph Aeschbarker re ceived the following into mem bership Palm Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Jehn Lingle, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ruhge, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Behrns, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Prendenbery. William and Eve lyn Frendenbery, Lynn Hoback and Richard Hoback, Roger Smith, Sally Carsten. Two mem bers received the rites of bap tism also. Board to Back July 2 Program The regular monthly meeting of the Library board was held Monday evening. It was voted to have the 2nd of July again spon sored by the Library and Fire nenartment. The next meeting " , ... . in.fnnt 1 XVX1 . dixit XVXIO. O COO i' iUItl ttUU in May will be n uaportant . d ht gund dinner meeting and everjbodj prest- Qf Mn and Fid aeni oi an ui&cuxxcii-xuxx m nx community, be present the 2nd Monday of the month. Avoca entertained Mr. and Mrs. Ray Preston and Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Campbell of Elmwood Sun day afternoon and evening. Sunday callers at Ella Car son's were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hegwood of Omaha. Mrs. Car son returned home with them for a week's visit. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Fidler and Henry Moseman and John Emshoff made a business trip to Shennandoah, Iowa Tuesday. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gunn were Miss Phyllis Gunn, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Badey, Peoria, Illinois; Wil liam Badey, Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wellman and daughter, Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Kent Balfour and family, Nehawka; Mrs. Helen Petersen, Nebraska CitT. Marious Peter sen, Nehawka. Mrs. Fred Gunn visited with her daughter and family,- Mr. and Mrs. Paul Berner of Otoe last week William Kepler returned to his home last week after being at Clarkson hospital, Omaha, three weeks. For Car and Fire INSURANCE Wm. S. Wetenkamp Real Estate s Insurance South 6th St. Ph. 5176 Elinor Fidler On Important Occasions Give A Gift -That'll Last! amsoiii TT Lusrea&e Graduation! Mother's Day! Father's Day! Celebrate a big day in a big way... with Samsonite luggage. Ifs a reminder of you that'll give pleasure for years and years! And best of all a complete set costs about half what you'ef expect to pay for luggage of such fine quality Only Samsonite has these exclusive features: "Better-than-leather" flnlih wipes cUan with a damp cloth Packs more clothes Sit less space carries them wrinklo-free Made to "take" rough handling ... for years and years Initials Free vJ Undc L s v The Friendly Circle enter tained at a birthday party for Mrs. J. L. Carnicle Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Jesse Fidler. Bingo was played after which a dainty lunch was served to 16 guests and 4 chil dren present. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thiessen took Gordon to Omaha Friday morning where he left by plane for Oberlin, Md., to report for service duty. Elinor Fidler, Janice and Jamie Dill were among the class in church membership who were confirmed during services Sun day at the First Congregational church in Ashland. A reception for the new members and a can- , dlelight communion service is being held at the church Thurs day evening. Mrs. James Wiszmann and Terry, Jr., were Monday evening visitors at the Larry Carnicle home. Mrs. Luella Backemeyer of Ashland and Mrs. Willis Rich ards of Havelock were Saturday evening callers of Mrs. Eila Car son. ' Gary and Kent Davis of Lin coln are spending this week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.. C. Streight. Mr. and 'Mrs. Jerome Streight of Omaha were week end guests. Tuesday dinner guests at the Glen Thiessen home, were Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hileman of Gret na. Miss Betty Lisle of Louis ville was a Wednesday evening guest. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Gradv of Greenwood and Mr. and Mrs. Buzz Gakemier of Murdock were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rosencrans and boys. Mary Lou Carnicle returned home Monday after spending since Friday with her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O'Brien of Louisville. Sharon Grieningeof Ashland was a Tuesday overnight guest of Elinor Fidler. Jackie John son was a Friday overnight guest of Elaine Fidler. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Copsey of Omaha were Sunday dinner guests at the Bernard Dill home. Mrs. Sadie Shrader and Jer ald of Nehawka were Saturday evening visitors at the F. J. Knecht home. Mrs. Vernon Ewing of Ashland was a Monday visitor at the Val Ewing home. Friday evening guests were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ewing and daughter of Ash land. Verla Livers of Lincoln spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Livers. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Livers were Sunday-dinner guests. . ' vMr-'-.-and - Mrs. Dave Campbell guests ler and sons ot Wahoo. The din ner was in honor of Wm. Fid ler's birthday. Monday evening visitors at the Glen Thiessen home were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Fosberg, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vandeman and Larry and Mrs. Olive Moffitt of Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fuerrer of Yutan were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Parrish and family. Afternoon visitors were Mrs. Margaret Par rish and Mrs. Thompson of Ash land. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kuhn of Louisville were Wednesday eve ning visitors at the Glen Kuhn home. Bill Blum of Murdock was a Monday dinner guest at the J. L. Carnicle home. Mrs. Glen Thiessen was an afternoon call er. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill were Sunday afternoon and evening guests at the Andy Peterson home in Omaha. Mrs. Glen Thiessen received word from Mrs. George Trier of Beaumont, Calif., of the death of her husband, George Trier. He passed away at the hospital March 27th. They formerly lived here and Mr. Trier was the agent at the Burlington depot. Mrs. Hugh Vargas and rchil dren of Springfield were Satur day afternoon visitors of ;Mrs. Dora Richards and family. Mrs. Virgil Browen returned home Friday after a month's visit with her mother, Mrs. Geo. Crabtree at Wichita,. Kansas. Mrs. Bernard Dill and James, Mrs. Oscar Dill and Mrs. Paul Campbell were Saturday after noon shoppers in Lincoln." Mrs. Jim Wiszmann and Troy, Jr., and Bill Carnicle were Sun day evening, and supper guests at the J. L. Carnicle home. Mrs. Jerome Streight and Gary and Kent Davis were Saturday afternoon visitors of Mrs. Jess Fidler and girls. Mrs. Myrtle Campbell of Om aha was a week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thiessen. They were Sunday dinner i guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Barney and Barbara at Lincoln. POINT PICKS LEADER Oakland, Cal. Police broke up a juvenile auto-theft ring, which had stolen 44 cars in recent months. Members of the ring confessed that the member boasting the greatest number of thefts was declared the boss. A point system in accrediting car steals one point for giving an other member an assist. The gang was made up ot seven youths from 13 to 15 years. BED FALLS SAVES CHILD Great Falls, Mont, Because Frances Jesn Nelson, 12, fjeli out of her bed, she is alive today. Overcome by carbon monoxide while . she slept, she tumbled freni bed unconscious and her parents, atracted by the fall, rushed her to fresh air. A de fective bathroom .heater was blamed for the gas seepage. Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The- Plattsmouth Journal Capital News want Crosby to get all the po litical glory. Cross-Purpose? This political element led some to predict a stormy session. In announcing that he was calling the special session, Cros by said he was glad the taxation committee liked my program." This brought some private grumbling by legislators that whatever was passed would be their program and not Crosby's. But indications were that most of the Crosby proposals would be on the agenda. There seemed general agree ment between Crosby and the committee that there should be constitutional amendments for these purposes: . To allow the Legislature to provide for the appointment of county assessors instead of their election as at present. To allow exemption of house hold goods from, taxation. To change the makeup of the State Board of Equalization, which is now composed of elect ed state officials. But the committee said it had not considered a fourth. Crosby proposal a partial exemotion of homesteads and had its doubts about a fifth-knocking out the clause in the tconstitu tion which makes "uniform as sessments" mandatory. . The governor has made a sixth proposal. This would place . a limitation in the constitution so that if the Legislature ever passed a sales or income tax it would first have to be used to replace levying of that part of the property tax which supports state government. Several senators in statements to the press said they had dif ferent proposals to make. All of this indicated that the special session wouldn't be a "tea par ty." Governor's Restrictions Crosby, in announcing he would call a special session,- said he would restrict it to "pro posals for amendments to the constitutfon affecting revenue and taxation." Despite this restriction, the governor immediately began re ceiving all sorts of requests by officials, citizens, and senators to include other matters in his call for the session. , In his announcement to call the session, the governor said he reserved the right to continue his initiative campaign if the Legislature fails. He said he agreed to make the call because .the . .Legislative Council Committee on Taxation had announced it would have proposals ready: Crosby said that before this there had been It developed this week that the safety war will cause a "loss" of $480,000 in State Highway De partment money which had been earmarked for road improve ment. That's because it will take $240,000 in salaries for the 62 men who will man the state weighing stations and conduct driver's license examinations, relieving the Safety Patrol of these duties. Not only is . the $240,000 lost but another $240,000 in the fed eral matching money which might have been obtained goes out the window. N Added to the $120,000 in in creased salaries for; maintenance employees, plus a similar amount in federal money, it can be seen that about $800,000 in road im provement will be lost, all told. State Engineer L. N. Ress said that the Department will be able to complete all the projects it had planned in the current two year building program. But the "lost" $800,000 will cut into the proposed program of improving certain gravel roads by giving them a bituminous surface. Extra-Curricular Activities Are Nebraska schools giving A classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as jo cents AAAAArNArVrVWSArVNAArWWrV HEAL. ESTATE LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for each monthly payment Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n. Easter Character Candies Bulk Marshmallow Eggs Filled Novelties 15c to $1.98 Toys - Puzzles - Cards At Lowest Prices I rJ Mi kf0 5 &x 10 up Portfolios Billfolds r Arm Cases 1 Edwin T. McHugh ATTORNEY umce in corn urowers ft State Bark n j Mnrdock S3 ' .A'Ti'mri,rmm Nebraska LINCOLN All attention was focused this week on the com ing special session of the Legis lature and on what it might do to unsnarl the tax tangle. The "burden of proof" was on the Legislature to do something concrete about the tax problem now that Gov. Robert Crosby had reluctantly called the sena tors back for an April 20 extra session. The governor bowed to a strong demand for such a ses sion by the Legislative Council Committee on Taxation. His de cision came within five hours after the committee released the text of its resolution to the pub lic. Members of the nine man committee in two closeted ses sions with Crosby had urged him to call such a session. They agreed with him that if tax reform is to come soon it will take some constitutional amendments to knock out cer tain restrictions. But they told him they didn't like his an nounced campaign to get these amendments on the ballot through an initiative petition effort. One reason was that they feared that such a petition ef fort might get mixed in with politics if Crosby decided to run again. This might defeat the effort to get anything done about: tax -reform. " . .' - But observers felt that another reason was that if there is to be any credit gained for helping solve the tax question the legis lators wanted in on it. After all, they are running for elec tion in August and some are on the griddle as being "do noth ings aoout tne tax situation C3I ass 1 heafre Plattsmouth Come take. your pick of the Easter values that are in full bloom in every department of our H istore. we really . gnciea tne lily , with these f i i,,t i, : x? r.i ,t r i j ucsi uujo ut uasici gvsuus iur ytrxaunui use ttiiu gift-giving. Toiletries . . . Candies . . . Toys; All the Easter favorites are here and all are low priced to prove that FELDHOUSEN'S is the bunny who saves money. -vp.r s for Evprw m aooo ALWAYS FRESH AND DELICIOUS if?) 'Jt Last Time Thurs., April 15 Ginger Rogers, Paul Douglas and Wm. Holden in "FOREVER FEMALE" Women of the world fight for the man they want! Also Comedy and Cartoon Fri. Cr Sat., ApriM6 fir .17 Double Feature Glenn Ford and Diana Lynn in "PLUNDER OF THE SUN" Filmed on the spot in the far reaches of the famed Oaxaca! ; See .fortune hidden 2,000 years! and Guy Madison and Andy Devine in "TRAIL OF THE ARROW" A Wild Bill Hickok adventure . . . Redskins rampage in gun swept gold land! Matinee Saturday 2:30 Nights 7:00 & 9:30 1 Crystal Bubble Bath Sets to Crown Jewel Perfume $2.00 Ccty's Creamy Perfume $1.85 Max Factor Creme Puff $1.25 Evening in .Paris Cologne $1.00 Cory Slipper Perfume .......$2.00 Midnight Stick Cologne : $1.25 Charme Rose Loticn $1.00 Midnight Cologne tr Atomizer ..$1.75 IK - V Sun., Mon., Tues., " April 18-19-20 Bob Hope, Tony, Martin and Arlene Dahl in big Easter - show "HERE COME THE GIRLS". Loaded with fun, top stars, songs, comedy and music! All Techni color. Your happiest holiday entertainment! Also Comedy, Cartoon and News Matinee Sunday ,2:30 Nights 7:00 & 9:13 2 j Some legislators, at least; didn't w KlUG SHAVE SET Refreshing Shcve'.to Hon, Creamy Shave Soap and Men's Talc Parker "21" Pen and Pencil Set $8.75 Old Spice Gift Set : $2.00 Seaforth Spice Lotion, 2 for ....$1.00 King's Men Shave Lotion ........$1.10 Cigars, Box of 25 $2.25 Schick New Custom 55 Shaver S28.75 WE GIVE S.Cr H GREEN STAMPS ON ALL' PURCHASES M "f" "" MjwWK " HWUIUWII.I mi J S5cauliful Gfalr 'BR EC id SHAMPOO S f For Dry Hair,i Oily Hair. Wnrmnl Hnir 6ET FR PLASTIC DISPENSER WITH iWILCROOT CREAM- All rY $1-29 Wl Value Chocolate Covered Cherries 49 f MARCHAHD'S HAIR RINSE To add lovely color ? and highlights after your shampoo p1 6Rin:fS P ' T