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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX - Monday, April 18, 1955 Ground Observers Will Participate In Storm Warning The Omaha Air Defense Filter Center will begin participation in the severe .storm warning ser vice of the United States weatb er bureau this month, Major Lee R. Martin. Commander of the filter center announced. Ground Observer Corps nost.s will report to the Omaha Filter Cenmr whn tormdo or funnel clouds, hail, or winds stronger than 25 miles per hour occurs. Upon receiving the report, the filter center will forward the in formation to the Omaha Office of the U. S. Weather Bureau. Edward F. Stapowich metro-polist-in-charge, Omaha Weath er Bureau stressed that during April 1 to July tornados are most 1 522 Main STOP? j APRIL 20th Is The Last Day . . for filing your personal tax return with the Assessor. Don't wait - late filing will subject you to a penalty and can increase your tax cost. Clara Olson, Cass County Assessor AVho put the Glamour in the family four- door ? w m Then one day you spot someone swooping past your home in a new Dodge Custom Royal Lancer Four-Door! Gallant and gay! Dashing! Four-door convenience with a fashion flair! These 4-door Lancers are just now arriving at our Dodge dealerships. Be the first in your neighborhood to put glamour into family transportation! frequent in the area covered by the Omaha GOC. Experience indicates, he stated, that every minute counts if effective warn ings are to be issued, and the GOC can provide the eye-wit ness report combined with rap id communications. It is also im portant lor accurate wind con ditions to be known for accur ate radiological fallout predic tion. The weather reports will be brief giving the description of the weather condition, time of occurance, and the exact loca tion. The GOC. with observation posts approximately every eight miles can give more accurate reports than were previously attainable on a local storm warning network. The Omaha Air Defense Filter Ceri' er is a unit of the Ground Observer Corps, a joint Air Force-Civil Defense supplement to the radar network LOOK AT THE SAVINGS LISTEN while we tell you how you can have more for your money WEDNESDAY is Double Green Stamp Day On Purchase of SI. 00 or More at Feldhousen DRUG Dial 6117 You've always known the 4-door sedan was the ideal "family car." But .perhaps it's never seemed verv excithm! Dodge Dealers present: Danny Thomas in "Make Room for Daddy," ABC-TV Bert Parks in "Break the Bank," ABC-TV Roy Rogers, NBC Radio R. V. BRYANT MOTOR COMPANY 125 North 5th By S F. C. and Mrs. Edward Shown of Fort Hood, Texas, ar rived Friday for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Shown, brothers and sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Don York re turned home Saturday from a two weeks visit with their son, Don and family at Borger. Tex as, and another son, Randall and family at Denver, Colo. Saturday evening visitors at the C E. Shellenbarger home were Mr. and Mrs. George Krug of Hastings, Nebr. Week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dow were Mr. and Mrs. George Krug of Hastings, Nebr. Mrs. Maxine Bowman and of ficers of the V. F. W. Auxiliary will install officers Tuesday, April 19 at the VFW Auxiliary installation ceremonies at Pa pillion. Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Kelley, Sr., Omaha, former residents, were visiting here. Mrs. Wm. Ofe, who was in jured in an automobile accident several weeks ago, returned home last Monday on the Eagle from St. Mary's hospital in Kan sas City. Mrs. Ofe is convales cing at home. Mr. Ofe accom panied her home. Herb Jochimsen was a guest Sunday with relatives in Deni son. Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cole and family left Monday 'today" for their home in Santa Ana, Calif., after a visit here with relatives and friends. Mrs. Sophia Wolever Phone Mrs. Tim Finney and son Timmy of Manley were here on business Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hanlan of Weeping Water who recently re turned from an extensive trip to California, were Plattsmouth visitors Saturday, while here they renewed their subscription to the Journal. They visited their daughter and son-in-law Mi .and aura, unaries uurame m rteu- luiias oam. Fred Beil was a ?uet Sundv at the Wildon Switzer home in : Nehawka. Mr. and Mrs. De Forest Perry ; and, Mr. and Mrs. Don Warga were guests Sunday of friends and relatives in Nebraska City. Loretta Scharnow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fioyd Scharnow is a patient at St. Mary's hos pital in Nebraska City. W. C. Watkins of Union who, is in St. Marys hospital at Ne braska City will be released to day "Monday," and Mrs. Wat kins will enter St. Marys hos pital today. They are parents of Mrs. Chas. Land. :Js Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schuldice of Omaha are guests of friends here today "Monday." Charles D. Aylor S. N. who re cently returned to his duties with the U. S. Naval School in the Language division at Washing ton, D. C Poetry Winners Announced Here First place winners of the lo- DaughVers of Amerlcae Contest were Kathryn Svoboda, lower division, and Joan Berg man, upper division, it was an nounced today. Their entries were selected by the local judges on the basis of criginality, sincerity, and metri cal language. All the children, attending St. John's Parochial School, grades fourth to eighth inclusive, par ticipated in the written competi tion. In the lower division Sally Lebens received second place honors. Joyce McClanahan's en try was awarded third prize. Honorable mention for this di vision was received by Tom Brink. Keenan Eiting was second place winner in the upper divi sion. Third prize was received by Rosemary Bellinger. Mary THE NEW DODGE J- lair-Fashioned . . . and Flashing Ahead Phone 283 241 Mr. and Mrs. Victor Clarence, former residents of Union, now of Bellevue, were callers at the Journal today. Guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thiele were Mr. and Mrs. George Lath rope of Nebraska City. Mrs Frank Cloidt and Maxine returned Saturday from a weeks outing in Corpus Christi, anc Falfurrias. Texas Mrs. anna bcnucccn returned Sunday from St. Joseph hospital m Omaha, where she was under observation and treatment. Visiting with relatives here Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Dal las Boshear of Omaha. nH Mr R,WH a Physician. M d Mrs Ed McHugh at and Mrs. Kicnaid spang-, rr rcmioir CmH if oicrv Vinn- i2r i o,,t Mr La,vdffiLSeM " S 7k tj . Vir XI j I' Mrs. Edear Wescott and tamilv at Lincoln. Mr arid Mrs. John Tidball and family were also gUests Mrs. Spangler, Mrs. Wes cott and Mr Tidball are sisters and brother. Harley Becker of Peoria, 111., ! '"ttoa Mrs! Ed OuehlsTorH for the to was visiting with his mother, a .a g J?- Pfnlclllin under a. families Mrs. H. E. Becker and relatives SP2 direction, can prevent m"" 'JS t. church in Plattsmouth over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Shellen barger soent Sunday at Ames, Iowa with their son Jerome ,T7l, WI1U '-p Thev intended onen hnnse commemeratine a new dormito- coinniemeraung a new oormuo rvrson's entry received honor able mention. The judges report it was very difficult to select the winning entries. All the papers showed Miacic emu uiitziuai uicLiuiicii creativeness and artistry. The first, second, and third place winning entries of each di- vision have been submitted in the Catholic Daughters of Amer ica State Poetry Contest. The winning entries of the state con test will then be forwarded for competition in the national 'con test. Omahan Arrested On Check Charge The Cass county sheriffs of fice Sunday arrested and turned over to Omaha police William M. Burke who is charged in Omaha with giving a no funds check for $251. Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden made the arrest Sun day. Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal Rural Schools Get Rheumatic Fever Charts All rural teachers in Cass ::::::::y:::y county have received informa- . . . a , 0H tion on how rheumatic fever af- Jack Magonan and fam ly and fects school children, says the Kenneth Bornemeier and fam Nebraska Heart Association. ily. all of Lincoln w-n- Easter The material, including a Sunday guests at the L. B. Gor rheumatic fever pamphlet and tnev nome. heart chart on how the heart Mr. and Mrs. Albert Borne works, has been sent by the Ne- meier and son Mick of Auburn braska Heart Association to were Sunday guests at the home teachers in 35 county school of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rickert. systems. Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Smith are Dr. Frederick G. Gillick, as- the proud owners of a new car. sociation president, explained,' Mrs. E. T. Heim, who recently "It is important that the teach- underwent major surgery, is able er know some of the basic facts to be back at work in the hot about rheumatic fever and its lunch room at school, sequel rheumatic heart disease The senior play, "The Girl because, aside from acciaents, they kill or disable more school pupils than any other cause." He nointed out that teachers He pointed out that teachers have an excellent opportunity to note warning signs of rheu - matic fever and to cooperate with the parents in seeing that any case, is promptly treated by ed,that ma helP to dls- : pei some oi me many misconcep- V i . i it- 5 firm's nhniit rVi pnm a Hr- fpvpr T4p listed three falsehoods about the disease: prompt and efficient treatment me iiijsl a.iiu even repeated ai- tacks of rheumatic fever. 2. Rheumatic fever always rfamapps thP hpart Thp truth is f. , v, fi4- i, liiat dl LCI L11CT llloti tlLLtlCIV lWU c t i.: of every three patients com- Pletely recover or have so little damaSe they can work or play HJce anyone else made in fighting rheumatic fev- er This fallacy is disproved by statistics which show that deaths from rheumatic fever and heart disease in the 5-24 age group have been cut by more tiidii ij lci vent; in liic gen- eration. The president of the Nebras- ka Heart Association praised the local county schools for their generous contribution to tne Heart rund Drive last reoruary. Students filled heart-shaped coin cards to help the fight against rheumatic fever and other childhood heart diseases. Baier Service Held Weeping Water Church WEEPING WATER Funeral services for Rosa Lee Baier were held at the Methodist church in Weeping Water Wednesday, April 13. Rev. Fred C. Gardner conducted the services. Burial was in Mt. Pleasant cemetery at Nehawka. Mrs. Baier died April 10 at the age of 66. Miss Maude Moulton was or ganist for the services; Mrs. Richard Lauritzen was soloist. Pallbearers were Larry Bates, Roger Bates, Dwight Baier, John Murdoch, Hubert Cappen and James Edgmon. Rosa Lee Bates, daughter of Emma and William Bates, was born near Lamar, Neb., on March 10, 1889. As a small child she moved with her parents to a farm three miles east of Weeping Water. She attended school at Center Valley. On June 18, 1908, she was mar ried. They made their home on the farm three miles east of Avoca where she resided con tinually until her death. She was a member of the Weeping Water Methodist church. Fourteen children were born to her. Three children, Hen rietta, Glenn. Carl, and Mrs. Em ma Edgmon preceded her in death. Surviving are her hus band, John; five daughters, Mrs. Minnie Newham of Norwalk, Calif.; Mrs. Wilma Nichols of Weping Water; Mrs. Phyllis Cap pen of Weeping Water; Mrs. Margie Edgmon of Tulsa, Okla., and Miss Lena Bates at home. Six sons surviving are Lee and William at home; John, Jr., of Avoca; Oswald of Weeping Wa ter; Kenneth of Wabash, and James of Tulsa, Okla.; three sur viving sisters are Mrs. Anna Van Overbeck of Louisville; Miss Lena Bates, and Miss Minnie Bates of Weeping Water. Two brothers surviving are Robert Bates of Liberty, and Albert Bates of Madrid, and 35 grand children. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents NEVER DID Just because you never had a fire loss does not mean you never will. Make sure you have ade quate insurance NOW thru Steve Davis Phone 6111 2nd Floor Bank Bldg. 5th & Main Plattsmouth MURDOCH Mrs. Florence McDonald Phone 2871 or 2322 Next Door," will be presented at the high school gymnasium on Tuesday evening, April 19, at 8 I o'clock " j Kenneth Streich, son of Mr. : and Mrs Gus streich, got home last week after being discharged f rom the armed services where h h d fo tw0 years : Mrs. Archie Towle, in Kansas on ThnrsHnv inursoay. Miss Ruth Guehlstorff and Connie Meyers of Omaha were m.,r'iofi Ootiirriov aftprnftnn in )vas 8'ven in the hon01 at the " " mZr T . . , j basement on Thursday with a good attendance, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Harms of woniou anri thpir twn rinnehters and their husbands iit.vjr -- , 1 fhai kncMnrlc rf TllinnlK ; visited at the Lacey McDonald home on inursoay evening, Mr and Mrs Joe Gustm and day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. clarence Ritter of Bennett. The occasion was Mrs. Ritter's birth- day. A nnmhpr rf the hih school pupiis attended the regional mu- cif, pnntpst at tTPmonL on f 11- dav Mr. and Mrs. Merle Gillespie of Casper, Wyo., visited two days wjth friends and relatives in Murdock, leaving for home on Friday morning. MINUTES OF VILLAGE OF MURDOCK April 1. 1955 The Village board met in reg ular session with all members present. The minutes of the last meeting were read for informa tion. The following bills were pre sented and on motion ordered paid: Peoples Natr'l. Gas Co. $ 43.19 O. P. P. Dist 68.60 Plattsmouth Journal . . 2.10 Harry Rath Co 140.00 Dale Hendricksen 7.50 F. A. Brunkow 40.75 Peters Service Station . . 17.65 Robert Lichtenberger . . 5.00 Dick Trutna 29.75 A motion carried to accept the offer of the West Painting Co. to clean and paint the water tank on the inside. There being no further business the minutes wrere read and approved and a motion was passed to adjourn until Wednesday night to can vass the election. W. J. B. McDonald Village Clerk April 6. 1955 The board met as per adjourn ment and canvassed the election and found the following to be elected: Malinda Kupke and Martin Streich on the school board and W. J. B. McDonald, I O. B. Lupardus and Dick Trutna on the Village Board. The fol- ! lowing bills were presented and ordered paid: Otto Rieckman $ 6.00 Wm. Blum 6.00 Opal Krueger 6.00 Irene Elseman 6.00 Helen Gakemeier 6.00 R. N A. HALL 6.00 Rutledge Printing Co. . . 12.00 Harry Stock 50.00 John North 6.25 There being no further busi- j ness the minutes were read and approved and a motion prevailed to ajourn. W J. B. McDonald Village Clerk No. 2814 April 18, 1955 Lincoln Homemaker Is "Mrs. Nebraska At McCook Contest MCCOOK Mrs. Ramona Deitemeyer of Lincoln is "Mrs Nebraska.' She won that title in the state contest conducted here Friday among 12 district representatives in Nebraska. She was chosen on the basis of homemaking ability civic and church interest, personality and poise. Alternate chosen was Mrs. Maudie Deaver of Alliance. Mrs. Deitemeyer and her hus 1 band will receive an exoense naid trip to Florida for the na tional contest. He is editor of : the Nebraska Farmer. The Deitemeyers have child I ren. "Mrs. Nebraska" will receive a ! prize of $2,000 worth of gas ap ! pliances. GAS COMPANY REPLACES LINE ON MAIN STREET j The Central Electric & Gas ; j company was closing a ditch j i at the intersection of Highway 1 16-1 0 and Mam street in 1 Plattsmouth this morning af- ter opening it to replace a gas J main. The Plattsmouth water department also made some j minor repairs while the ditch was open. ICA Homogenized Vit. D Milk 6 qts. $1.00 3-Vi Gal $1 Shurfine SHORTENING 3 lbs. 69c Cool Springs, Whole Kernel or Cream Style CORN 8-oz. Tin 5c Niblets Whole Kernel CORN 1 2-ox. Tin 2 for 25c Shurfine Frozen ORANGE JUICE 6-oz. Tin 10c Van Camps PORK & BEANS 300 Tin 10c Campbell's TOMATO SOUP Can 10c Heinz CATSUP 14-oz. 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