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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE EIGHT Monday, June 14, 10J4 tt wm m n ik Ha it Mrs. F. O. Sand Leonard St. John left Wednes day for Opheim, Mont., to attend funerai services for his uncle, DeWitt St. John. The services were postponed from Thursday until Saturday, June 12, await ing the arrival of Mr. St. John's son, Myron, who is stationed in Austria. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Rex Al len (Bonnie Linder, formerly of Nehawka), a son, Mark Wayne at Van Nuys, Calif., June 1. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linder are grandparents. The father, Rex Allen, is the western movie star. Dr. Ellis Schlichtemeier ar rived Friday from California. His wife and two daughters came by plane and he drove through. They are guests of his mother, Mrs. Lena Schlichtemeier. Flower Club Has Unique Roll Call The roll call. "Wear Some thing to Indicate Your Birth Month," was shown m a very unique way by some of the mem bers of the Nehawka Flower club at their meeting at the home of Mrs. Guy Murdoch Wednes- Gay evening, iviii. n.iiiici oiuu, . whose birthday is in June, had Dr. Cordon B. Wasson VETERINARIAN 216 Washington Ave. Phone 279 Values at Hinky Tuesday and U. S. Cood E. V. T., lb. range Grapefruit SALAD Adam's Fancy No. 2 Can y ii S B fl ii p i 11 11 iCml fa n rf n h UN h tin n i b m mvj it POfOTOES 1lc ; -"Sc 3ii i Mrizona vine Kipenea I l-resh Ureen bclid 1 Pink Meat I Locally Crown Pi 1 POUND v., J C B pniiMn H i 6 tz';-J tl V -U y ti. , 13 Laa 0 Top Frost, the Chicken Pie With MORE Delicious Chicken Pkg. 29c 4 . I Doz. $3.35 Case of 2 Daz. 61; N J. : "GEYMO'J.DS DAILY "O Phone 2604 a beautiful bridal bouquet of white roses. The theme of the year, flower of the month, brought a fine ex hibit of roses from the gardens of members. Mrs. Delbert Lind sey, Mrs. Elmer Stoil and Mrs. Floyd Jcerger named the roses they brought. Mrs. Martin Ross, who took a group to the Sass iris gardens recently, told of their trip and the variety of flowers seen at the gardens. Mrs. Lewis Royal gave an inter esting report of the flower show given by the Avoca Garden club. . Mrs. Mauds Giles of Nebraska City and Mrs. Frank Linder were guests. ' Refreshments were served. Nehawka Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whipple accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Ross to Omaha Sunday. Later Mr. "and Mrs. Ross were guests for lunch at the Whipple home. Mrs. Maurine Wolph and Lois of Lincoln WlpTlWl Miss and Lois left Tuesday to spend a month with Mrs. Wolph's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. i and Mrs. Hugh Hedges and fam- iij, ui vvateaiuc, vvaaii. were dinner guests Sunday of iMrs. Maude Giles of Nebraska I City. Mrs. Giles returned home with them and is their guest this I week. Elmer and Nora Hinrichs, Nebraska City, were guests Fri- meeting was nem at tne nome day evening at the Ealfour , of Mrs. Merle Meyer of Nehaw hnmp. I ka. - Dinky, Monday, Wednesday! el up ancy Corn Cream Style cr Whole Kernel Golden 5 ; U i ji I y R H 3 Ess Itb I 17-oz. Cans R j I ALSO FREQUENT SERVICE TO: 5 Kansas City, Mo. $3.95 St. Louis, Mo $8.95 Falls City, Nebr $1.85 plus tcx Dial 3200 Hotel Plattsmouth Rider Readies for Bronc's - muMimiawiMM.u p mi i i HTinm...uni :" i .'iwi whip mi mmm i.mtiujjwjimmBmi 'ww mm uim m in 1 A rider begins the downward journey aboard a bronc. whilp th horse pets readv for another bucking spree during action at ivoucu, iiiiu iiciu ncic uy Liie iOM Father McFaddcn Feted on 40th Anniversary The Holy Trinity Guild planned a basket dinner at their hall in Avoca Sunday evening, June 13, j honoring the 40th anniversary of Father E. C. McFadden. The The president, Mrs. Anthony Wirth, announced $160 was cleared at the dinner held at the hall May 23. ! A beautiful embroidered altar linen was displayed. The Catho lic Daughter Court of Nebras ka City, with which several i Avcca members are affiliated, 1 donated $10 to the linen, the : balance was paid by the Guild, i Father A-IcFadden announced ' there were 15 children attending . catechism school this week at i the hall at Avoca. The UrsUline Sisters of Nebraska- City had l charge. Elmer Hallstrom of i Avoca donated treats to the chii I dren on Friday. j Mrs. George Meyer received the prize. Refreshments were served. Guests were Mrs. John Mar- ; quardt, Dorothy Sand and Mrs. i Leslie Behrns. . Nehawka Mr. and Mrs. Emil Crowell and Pamela, Beatrice, were guests for the day Monday of Miss Evelyn Wolph. Mrs. Boyd Mayfield is an ap pendectomy patient at St. Mary's hospital in Nebraska City. Nehawka r -r JUUp i OUTS Shenandoah A erouo of members and friends of the Nehawka Woman's club made a tour of Shenandoah Thursday. They were guests of the Henry Field station in the 1 ' over KFNF at 10:30 with Mrs. 7 t- j. i . -r-v x X - .1 i usuier ijonai, a mena ana iui- mer teacher at Nehawka. . In the afternoon KMA sponsored a '3 tnnr nf thp hpantifnl nrivatp flower gardens at Shenandoah . and they also visited the homes of the homemaker radiocasters, Mrs. Bernice Currier and Mrs. Adella Schomaker. The Field Nursery presented each' lady with an African violet and the May Nursery gave each a Peace rose plant. Mrs. Donat and Mrs. Maurine ; McNeeley, formerly Maurine Cisney of Nehawka, had dinner ' with the group. Mrs. Oren Pol lard was chairman and made arrangements for -the trip. Nehawka Carol Balfour Has Seventh Birthday Carol Balfour was 7 Thurs day. Her birthday party guests that afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Balfour were her cousins, Dale, Kay, Wade and Ann Nutzman, Billy and Barby Mayfield and her aunts, Mrs. Deane Nutzman and Mrs. Ned JIZBA Cr JIZBA . Registered in Engineering and Arcnitecture Design, Surveys, Estimates, Supervising 5417 Ogden Omaha, Nebr. Phone PL6361 ON YOUR VACATION TRIP Ask About FAMILY PLAN REDUCED RATES! 1 5 5 1 1 ( J f Jt i , : tne Cass County vuiit nuise Nutzman. Her evening party guests included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Balfour, Mrs. Maude Giles and Vance Balfour. Carol's mother is in Lincoln with her grandmother, Mrs. F. H. Walker, who recently broke her hip and is very ill at Lincoln General hospital. Carol and Susan are staying with relatives while their mother is in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Best of Brazil are guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wessel and Miss Katie Wessel. They are en route to Los Angeles, Calif., to visit relatives. Mrs. Gertrude Carper enter tained the following at a family dinner Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Poppe and Sue, Kansas City, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Carper and John, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Carper, Murray; Mrs. Sel ma Nelson, Auburn, Ala.; Miss LaVerna Ingwersen, Omaha; Richard Ingwersen, Weeping Water; Mrs. Ruth Lundberg, Mrs. Hildur Lundberg, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dodson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mitchell and family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Poppe and Sue were week end guests of Mrs. Gertrude Carper. On Saturday they attended a wedding in Omaha. Nehawka FHA Girls Named District Officers Kay Ward of the Nehawka high school was elected secre tary of the Future Homemakers of America at their workshop at . Crete June 6-9. Charlene Mayfield was elected historian and Janice Switzer, recreation chairman. These girls and their teacher and sponsor, Mrs. Helen Friedli of Lincoln attended the , fu? .days- ,s is an officer's training workshop where the girls work together to plan im provements for their home chap ters. They also learn hand crafts and have recreation. The workshop is held at Crete on the Doane College campus and the girls stay at the girl's dormitory. There were 209 girls ana aavisers attending this year. Centennial Is Theme for 754 Nebraska Fair Built around the theme of Nebraska's Territorial Centen nial, the 1954 Nebraska State Fair promises to be a record breaker in every department. a nrrr-r n cr fn TTan nr IP r A ? 1 Sr., of Beatrice, president of tiie State Fair Board, and Ed Schultz of Lincoln, secretary. Breaking with tradition in or der to give more people an op portunity to see a spectacular centennial .pageant, the Fair Beard has scheduled a "pre-op-ening" program on Saturday night, September 4. The Fair itself will open on Sunday, Sep tember 5, and continue through Friday, Sept. 10. Featured special events in ad dition to the Centennial Pa geant will include the CornhusK er Centennial National Hereford Show, and the new and spectac ular "Dancing Waters." Other entertainment features will include the lavish musical revue; specialty acts; nighUy display of fireworks; two days of big car racing; two days of auto thrill shows; one day of motorcycle racing; one day of stock car racing; and the Wil liam T: Collins Shows on the Midway. Meanwhile, iam-packed agri cultural and industrial exhibits throughout the grounds will present a graphic record of Neb raska's progress since territorial days. t COUPLES SWAP MATES Las Vegas, Nev. It was all very friendly as Millard D. Piatt and Claude Fowler swapped wives recently. Piatt, 35, was di vorced by Arlene Plattr 34, on grounds of mental cruelty. Fow ler, 39, was divorced by Vivian Fowler, 46, who alleged extreme cruelty. Then they all went to gether to the Marriage Bureau and were rewed. Next Leap f .Show Association. Bulldogging, bronc riding, calf roping, Brahma bull riding, bareback riding and stake races were featured each night during the three-day rodeo. Journal Photo. ELiWM Mrs. Grace Plybon Phone 4-2247 """"," ' Showers at Church Honor Louise Ward Stock Thursday It was a friendly joyous gath ering at the basement of the Methodist church on Thursday afternoon. The occasion was a kitchen shower for Louise Ward Stock, now of Murdock, partici- patea in oy laaies oi tne com- munity. Around eight were pres - ent. Mrs. Merle tveiana was j telephone service was out ior nrogram chairman and Ruth ! v-ours Kuehn Schroeder presided at" , , , . , the piano. First was medley of i 4 Many large trees fell on cot songs. Mrs. Margaret Parsell I ta8'es and homes at the beach, eave readings and Mrs. Opal I however damage from tms Clements sang a solo. Highlight source was listed as light, of the program was an elaborate , Several other people we, mock wedding where Merle Eve- j known at Plattsmouth have res- bride; Dora Engelking, weeping mother of the bride; Ethel Stro bel, bride's father; Alice Kuenh, flower girl; Margaret Parsell,. groom and usher, Vera Pratt. Costumes were found in garrets and elsewhere. Opening gifts and passing them around was an interesting pastime The guest of honor responded with nice words, Mrs. Bronn gave greet - ings early in the program and Maidelle Miller played a piano solo. Refreshments were in charge of Mrs. Fentiman, Ila Buell and others. Merle Eveland with some assistance, wrote the wedding story. Bridesmaid was Mrs Winona 'Rurrill The people on their street werp servpri a breakfast coffee by Mrs. Sumner Thursday fore noon. Hot rolls were enjoyed as' an accompaniment. " Elmwood Mrs. Marjorie Clements pre sented eleven pupils in piano re cital Thursday afternoon. Thir-tl-five guests enjoyed punch and cookies, later in the day. Mrs. Guy Clements and Gary are enjoying a vacation with her sister, Catherine Lorenz Cham bers at McClelland, Iowa. Mrs. Schroeder and four chil dren of Decatur, 111., are visiting her mother and sister, Blanche and Alice Kuehn this week. Mrs. Russell Reeder and daughters visited her mother and sister at the Williams Schneider home two days last week. Going from here to the home economic program con i vention at Lansing, Michigan, was Janice Reeder and to all- state music session at Lincoln was Janet Reeder. Barbara Stevens, daughter of a former pastor here was grad uated from Wesleyan this year( and also in the class of nurses from Bryan hospital. Elmwood Kin From Oregon Guests of Marshalls On Monday evening, June 7, Mrs. C. Marshall and Clark en tertained Mrs. Joe Marshall and daughter of Salem, Oregon. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosenow and her brother, Dick, and son, Larry, also enjoyed the evening meal and fellowship. Elmwood Mr. and Mrs. Ben Raines, Eliz abeth and Ben, Jr., of Oklahoma i City, stopped to visit with Mrs. Chas. Marshall Wednesday eve ning and they left for Des Moines Thursday morning to visit other friends while they were on vacation. Clark Marshall entered All State music program in voice and trombone. He is in the op eretta at Lincoln. Neva Jean Brockman of Bea trice was a house guest last week of her friends, Mardelle and Ralene Miller at the Elbert Mil ler home. Elmer Shreve is having a va cation from the hardware store while he is painting his houic. Wm. Coatman is acting clerk. Neal Steffen, a highway en gineer is residing for a fewi weeks in the first floor apart ment at the Plybon house His Washington Avenue is in Lincoln while taking work at the university. Court House Briefs V At. M Flnnr r.overmff was fined $10 and costs in county court Thursday on a charge of overweight on capacity plates. Irvin Svoboda pleaded guilty in county court to a charge of overweight on capacity plates and paid a fine of $46 and costs. Jos J. Maly.was fined $25 and costs when arraigned in county court on a' charge of speeding. Speeding was also costly to Donald L. Bornemeier. He was fined $10 and costs after plead ing guilty to the count. Jack Babb was fined $100 and costs in county court on a charge of overload on axle. Another $100 was assessed against Ernest Frehse on an overloaded axle count. Ralph Parker pleaded guilty and was fined $50 on a charge of overload on axle. A restraining order against Charles R. Estelle was ordered by District Judge John M. Dierks Friday -in action of Mary Louise Estelle against Charles Estelle. Motion of the defendant has been set for argument on June 25 in . district court m action of Beverly Bunten against Ma thilda Soennichsen et al in a damage suit. Lawrence Harland Hurst was fined $10 and costs in county court on a' charge of improper use of arm plates. Local Cottage Owners at Sanda Beach Hear of Storm At least three Platsmouth families were concerned about hish winds, said to be up to 100 miles an hour, that struck at Sanda's Beach at Hennings, Minn., last Monday. They are Mr .and Mrs. Roy Knorr, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Starkjohn and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Peterson, all of whom own cottages on the lake. Striking between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the winds blew down an estimated 1,000 large trees. Silcs and barns were down or dam d f were destroyed and ; wpind' broken. Electricity and iuppy SEWERS Happy Sewers 4-H Club met Wednesday at the home of Sharon Haecke. 1 niinm!fuOMm,,., f oll pw LiS.viSf; e JauHeH X?S SJfn i ae- d later, worked uccuie uc and pin cushion. Refreshments of gelatin, 1 crackers and cold drinks were served by Miss Haecke. The next ; meeting will be held at the home i oi iviariene anzman rD fth ... J HrtM Htig. fr. Uf - . i - PLATTSMOUTH If You're Interested in . Hugh M. Satxon ,Jr., paid a fine of $15 and costs in county court on a speeding charge. John Allen Hughes was fined $10 and costs in county court on a charge of overweight on capa city plates. Carl Henry Fritz, 2o of Mal vern, la., and Lois. Ellen Fender, 22, of Silver City la., were issued a license for marriage and united by Judge Raymond J. Case Saturday Clinton Rex Fogarty was fined $11 and costs in county court af- 1 ter pleading guilty by waiver to a charge of speedinE. License for marriage was is sued in county court Saturday to Earl Powell Smith, 47, of Pacific Junction, la., and Vivian Irene I Bell, 24, also of Pacific Junction. They were united by Judge Ray mond J. Case. Arnold F. Horch paid a fine of $50 and costs to county court after pleading guilty by waiver to a charge of speeding. Richard Daryl Jiskra, 21, of Swanton, and Norma Chloe Lindsey, 19, of Nehawka were is sued a license for marriage in county court Friday. Jewel N. cook pleaded guilty in county court Monday morning to a charge of intoxication and was fined $10 and costs. Double-Duty Oil Introduced at Wall Service Station! A new Suner motor oil. devel ooed by the Continental Oil Comoany, was introduced at I Plattsmouth for the first time! last week at Wall's Conoco Serv ice Station. The oil is described as "Amer- I ic's first double-dutv motor j oil" and meets the exacting lub- J ricauon requirements of modern day high-compression engines! in all tyoes of service, especially , stoD-and-eo driving" according to Mr. Wall. I In grueling tests conducted last winter in subzero weather,1 nit? new on surpassed all others on the market. 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