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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Monday, June 6, 1955 Heart Fund Award Goes to Journal For Campaign Help The Nebraska Henrt Associa tion today paid tribute to the newspaper industry for its sup port, and announced awards to individual papers. Dr. Frederick G. Gillick, pres ident, said, "We wish to publicly express our appreciation to Ne braska newspaoers for their sup nort of the Heart Fund Drive and our year-round programs of -Research. Education and Com- , I . rnunity Service." He praised tho newspaper in dustry for its share in helping to increase Heart Fund contribu tions almost $60,000 over last year's total. Approximately $117,000 has been collected. President Gillick announced that 40 weeklies and semi-weeklies, and seven dailies are being honored with certificates for making the most outstanding contributions to the Heart cause. Special Certificates with gold seals affixed were awarded to the top nine weeklies and the best three dailies. Leading the weeklies was the Red Cloud Commercial-Advertiser, followed by The Dawson County Herald, Minden Courier, Cuming County Democrat, Plattsmouth Journal, Bridgeport News-Blade, Ashland Gazette, Custer County Chief, and Doug las County Gazette. The top dailies were the Om aha World-Herald, North Platte Telegranh-Bulletin, and Hast ings Tribune. Other five dailies selected were, in rank order: Norfolk Daily News, Alliance . Times Herald, Holdrege Citizen, and Scottsbluff Star-Herald. Graduates By Mrs. Sophia Wolever Phone 241 Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hopkins of Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. Georgia Kline of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Louise Hansen of Compton; Calif., Mrs.- Muriel Oats, Tor- rpnp CoWf Mr nnrl Mrs Rt.Pr- t lin? Hopkins of Venice, Calif., and Gordon Hopkins of Omaha i' have returned to their homes Mi after attending funeral services 4 ll for their father, Grover Hopkins. - $ l Ann Marie Girardot Ann Marie Girardot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. Clifford C. Girardot, 423 Hill Crest Drive, Plattsmouth, was graduated Thursday from the St. Joseph's Unit of the Creighton Univer sity School of Nursing with a Graduate Nurse's Certificate. She is a 1951 graduate cf Platts mouth high school. Creighton University awarded degrees to 375 graduates during commence ment ceremonies held in the Musical Hall of the Omaha Civic Auditorium. Suit Is Appealed To District Court A decision on a damage suit by the Cass county court has been appealed to the district court. The suit was brought by Lyle L. Ladd against Richard Rhoades in which damages in the amount of $302.68 was asked following an intersection traffic accident in Plattsmouth in Aug .ust, 1954. The case was dis missed in county court and now has been appealed by Ladd. Wilhelm Mann Rites Held at Louisville Immanuel Lutheran atiimi.iwwinii')lini FURNACES Installed by Martinson Sheet Metal 139 So. Gth Phone 7189 Jerome Shellenbarger, stu dent at Iowa State Teachers Colleg in Ames, Iowa, arrived home Friday to attend funeral services for his grandfather, Mr. Howard Dow. Judge and Mrs. James H. Graves are expecting their youngest son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Graves, of Los Angeles, Calif., here for a visit Wednes House guest at the home of Mrs. Ed Donat, and Mrs. Helen Faith was Mrs. Leo Bohhnger ol Drexel Kills, Pa. Mrs. Faith and Mrs. Bohlinger were former friends at Torrence Calif. Mrs. Bohlinger was enroute for a vac ation in Willoa Lake, Oregon. Cub Scouts Den number 1 and Den mother Mrs. George Mc- Graw enjoyed Thursday Scout camp. Larry Jenkins, Denny Ptak. and Douglas Reno returned a weiner roast ; Thursday from a vacation on at the Boy Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Polley of i valley view, and Butch Furse re turned home Friday ' evening from Decor ah Iowa, where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Kjome and family. Roy Patterson of Pryor, Okla homa is here for a visit with rel atives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Will, who have been visiting here with Marie, Ed and William Fitzger ald, sisters and brother of Mrs. Will, as well as many old friends, left for their home in Glendale, California. Mr. and Mrs. John Parkenirig j and Mrs. and Mrs. Virgil Sud duth returned Saturday from I Kearney Nebr. where Mr. and Mrs. Sudduth and Mr. Parken- ing attended a custodians school. Barney Eiting who attends college at Atchison, Kansas is j sity of Omaha, home for the summer vacation.! (Monday). the west coast. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jahrig left Saturday for a vacation with the Bill Steinkamp family at San Antonio, Texas. Miss Barbara Wooster, Oma ha, has been spending a week with her grandmother, Mrs. Frank Cloidt and aunt, Maxine. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Allen left Sunday for a three weeks vaca tion in Idaho Falls, and Swan Valley, Idaho. Miss Mary Iverson is vaca tioning in Riverton, Wya She is a guest at the home of her uncle, Edwin Hiber. and family. Lions Stretch Out Blind Broom Sales Dr. Ryan, president of the Plattsmouth Lions Club, has an nounced that the broom and mat sale as sponsored by the Lions will be continued through his week. Rain and conflicting ctivities curtailed the promotion last Thursday and Friday eve nings.' , The brooms are made by the Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind, Little Rock, Ark. All quality merchandise, the brooms are made available to Lion's clubs. Blind people depend upon this work for their livelihood. The only available means of dis tribution is through the Lion's clubs, whose nation-wide proj ect is to help the blind, thus the slogan "Help the Lions to j Help the Blind, Buy a Broom." Nebraska blind, through the Nebraska Service for the Blind, Lincoln, provide the mats. These mats provide a source of ac tivity, of independence, of live lihood for our blind folks of Ne braska. Prices of the above articles are: Industrial brooms, $1.95: household brooms, $1.50; whisk brooms, 75 cents; toy brooms, 75 cents; large mats, $3.25; and small mats, $2.50. The Lions will be calling at your house. Journal Want Ads Pay J. Howard Dayis$ LAWYER Phone 264 506 Main St. Plattsmouth! LeRoy Covert left Sunday for Excelsior Springs where he will submit to treatments at the clin ic. Jim Seybold, son of Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Seybold will be one of the graduates at the Univer- this evening lift -i rt mm ass theatre Plattsmouth Last Times Mon. & Tues., June 6 tr 1 James Stewart and Ruth Roman in "THE FAR COUNTRY" All technicolor story of the Yu kon in the far north! Also Comedy, Cartoon & News Wed. tr Thurs., June 8 & 9 Judy Holiday, JackLemmon and Jack Carson in "PHFFFT" Here's the sound of a romance on the rocks! If you can't say it ... see it! A laygh from start to finish! Also Comedy and Cartoon Night Shows 7:00 & 9:15 LOUISVILLE Funeral ser vices for Wilhelm Ferdinand Mann, 84, were held at the Im- manual Lutheran church in Louisville, Mav 29. Rev. Melvin i Mpyer conducted the rites: bur lal was m Immanual Lutheran cemetery. Mr. Mann died at an Omaha hosDital following a long illness Music for services was fur nished by Lillian Mever, Lenora Ragoss. Verla Schliefert and Irene Puis with Frederich Stohl- man. organist. ' Pallbearers were Herman Roe ber, LaRue Williams, Louis Wehrman, W,a Iter Neuman, George Bornman and Louis Roe ber. Wilhelm Ferdinand Mann, youngest son of August Mann and Wilhelmina Krecklow, was born March 12, 1871, in Pommer, Germany. He came with his par ents to tnis country at the age of 12 and they settled in Cass County, where he spent his whole life. t ' ... . He lived with his parents Mr. and Mrs. ; August Mann until they passed away on the farm north of Murdock. He continued to live there until 1931 when he moved to Louisville where he had since resided. He was baptised in the Lu theran Church in Germany and confirmed in the Immanuel Lu theran Church near Louisville April 12, 1885, by Rev. Katen husen. He was preceded In death by his parents, two brothers, Her man and August, two sisters, Ernestine Rau Schneider and Teressa, and several neices and nephews. ch m y v STOP! Splr 1 y yi 1 Eoff Patrolman Abbott Returns to Duty R. R. Abbott, Nebraska Safety Patrolman, stationed at Nebras ka City, has recovered and is back on duty in the area, it has been reported. , Abbott was seriously injured on March 30 when a patrol car in which he was riding was in volved in a collision at the Ft. George Highway 34 intersection. Journal Want Ads Fay L O O IC AT THE SAVINGS LISTED while we tell you how you can have more for your money WEDNESDAY Is Double Green Stamp Day On Purchase of $1.00 or Mere at eldhousen 522 Main Dial 617 By Vern Waterman Sad Sequel Geo Thun and Co. had a sad deal on the fishing trip. When they got there Hebard was gone. They got instructions from a na tive as to the location of the lake. The . lake pruved to be stocked heavier with cattails than fish. They didn't need the scales. New Manager Billy Booten is the new man ager at the B and H shoe store, replacing Paul Bowers who went to Atlantic, la., Paul will be as sociated with a shoe store in At lantic. The B and H Stores are ex panding and are opening a new store in Onawa, Iowa. , Ozark Realtor Harry Pein is now associated with the Shepherd of the Hills Estate in southern Missouri. He says he has listings for all types of business as wrell as locations for building. See his ad in this issue of the Journal for details. Time Flies The grand old man of Main Street, T. H. Pollock, is celebrat ing his 88th birthday today. T. H. has been in business on main street for many years and is a familiar face to residents of Plattsmouth. Happy Birthday T. H. and may you continue to have many more. Time Flies ' Rex Young, well known local auctioneer, has sold about every thing at sometime or other. He hit a new high the other day when he sold a stuffed possum for 40c Rex says he has sold about everything except a cof fin. He is planning a trip to Ex celsior Hot Springs, Mo., in the each year, for rest and relaxa near future. He takes this trip tion. His is a vigorous career. He is out in all kinds of weather, in temperatures ranging from 105 to 15 below. What Next? Bob White has gone from the pigeon business into the rabbit business. Junior Stander tells of visiting Bob and his rabbits, and seeing Bob pick up one end of a cardboard tube from a roll of linoleum. The rabbits came pouring out of the tube like wa ter out of a fire hose. "' Good Boys Fred Busch tells of a salesman who told him that he thought Plattsmouth had the most oblig ing police in the midwest. It seems that he ran out of gas here late at night. The police stopped to help him, called a local service station owner out of bed to get gas gave him a push to get the car started. This fellow is giving Plattsmouth and its police force a good word wherever he goes. Midgets Travel To Nebraska City For Game Tonight Plattsmouth Midgets will travel to Nebraska City to meet Nebraska City at 6 p.m. tonight, June 6th. Starting line up will be: catcher, Denny Meisinger; first base, Jerry Smith; second base, Jim Grosshans; short-stop, Lar ry Cundall; third base, Tom Winscot; left field, Bill Long; center field. Bill Brink, and pos sibly Ron Toman in right field. Mound duties will be left up to Tom Moore. Reserve strength will consist of Larry Walton, Larry Curtiss, Jerry Wurtele, Don Dietel and Roger Smith. This game was posted for 5 p.m., Sunday night but due to weather conditions it was postponed to Monday night. Also a league game at Weeping Water was rained out. Coach Richter and assistant Denny Ptak will be with the team tonight. S22 South Bend Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Livers and family of Western were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Livers. Mrs. Chryse Miller of Omaha spent the week end with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thiele. Salberg Rites At Louisville Were Saturday; Funeral services were held Saturday, June 4, at the First Methodist church in Louisville for Louis S. Salberg, 61, who died June 2. Rev. L. N. Blough con ducted the rites. Burial was in Glendale cemetery. Music for the service was by Mrs. Laura Gess, organist, and Mrs. Doris Hirsh, soloist. Pallbearers were Rudolph Meisinger, Clarence Nessen, For, est Brunson, Elmer Stoehr, Francis Schoeppner and Philip Hennings. Primrose chapter of the Order of Eastern Star was in charge of graveside service. Louise Sophia Gauer was born at Cedar Creek, Nebraska to Christ and Emile Gauer, Dec, 27 1893. On Feb. 10, 1915, she was married to Jeff Salberg. To this union were born 2 sons, Gauer,. of Omaha, and Chris, Louisville, and Mrs. Dorothy two daughters, Mrs. Betty Ann Maier, Louisville, and Mrs. Dor othy Marie Parkining of Cali fornia. She spent her entire life in Cass county. Besides her children, she is survived by six grandchildren, one great-grandchild; two sis ters, Mrs. Anna Heil, Louisville and Mrs. - Albert Hennings, Louisville; two brothers, John, of Louisville, and Harold, Oma ha. One sister Emma preceded her in death. Fusselman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 218 Present Elmwood High Alumni Feed ELMWOOD (Special) A total of 218 persons passed in line as he Methodist W. S. C. S. served che plates for the annual Elm wood high school alumni ban quet here May 28 at the Com munity building. The hall was decorated with festoons interspersed with long balloons. 1 Assisting in table waiting were the mothers of 12 graduates who became alumni members. The 1955 class was seated at a spe cial table. Assisted by Noel Tyson of Cambridge, Sanford Clements was song leader and Daisy Moore was pianist. Clark Marshall sang "Davy Crockett" in costume. The traditional "She Wore v. Yellow Ribbon" closed the group sing ing. Theme of the program was "The Circus" and decorations and favors were in accord. r, President Glen Miller, intro duced the ringmaster LaMoyne Spohn, a member of the 25-year honor class. Win. Atchison gave the wel come to the class. His topic was "Big Top." After reminiscing about early circus days, he told of other big tops he had visited in various parts of the world, in cluding the arena at Rome. Donna Doebele responded for the class of '55, her subject being "The Greatest Show on Earth." Representing: the honor class of 1930 was Berdena Rosenow Koehler, her topic being "Trap eze." Harry Lefler represented the 50-year honor class, with the topic "Side Shows." He told of Elmwood in the old days, the building and streets and the many pleasures on the side. Joan Backemeyer and Mer winna Kampman entertained with a duet with action and old time costumes. Opal Clements, accompanist. Spencer Leger, who was super intendent here for 14 years, used the subject "Lion Tamer.' Retiring officers are Glen Miller, president; Kenneth West, vice president; Mrs. Geo. Moom ey, secretary; and Merle Miller, treasurer. In same order new officers are Chester Bornemeier, Frank Turner, Mrs. Raymond Bornemeier and Richard Kuehn. Barrion Jackman of the 1930 ?lass was here this year. Mr. and Mrs. Leger now live in Lincoln as does another for mer superintendent, Harland Taylor, who gave a short talk. WED AFTER 53 YEARS HOLLYWOOD, Calif. Tom Kilshaw and Polly Shuttleworth Chapin, whose romance began in 1907 were recently married. The two were childhood sweethearts in England but lost track of one another when Kilshaw went to Canada. Each married another in the meantime. Last Christ mas Kilshaw received a card from a friend with Polly's add ress on it. The plane carrying the card crashed and Kilshaw almost didn't get it, but it finally arrived, water-stained and bat tered. Kilshaw went to Palo Alto, where Polly now a widow, was living and the romance was on again. Both are now 68. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents The Chrysler Corporation re cently reported that its first Quarter earnings in 1955 were greater than earnings for the full year of 1954. When You Think of . 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