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i I 1 j N 48 Students At Bible School The vacation Bible school of Christ Evangelical Lutheran church cf Louisville, Rev. A. Lcntz. pastor, closed two week's session, Friday, June 3rd. God's Laws" were studied, supplemented by film strips and slides. Handicraft projects were carried out by the classes, also. Forty-eight students were en rolled. Teachers were Mrs. Fred Wehr bein, superintendent and in structor of intermediate class; Mrs. II. D. Piner, Junior class; mary II class; Mrs. Gerald Mei-; singer, rummy j. ciiiis; lvirs. ia- ; V erne raciamgcj., pie-anuui anu kindergarten class. Mrs. La Verne Meisinger took Mrs. Art Penke's class, who was unable to teach as planned. Assisting the teachers were June . Wagner, Janet Friedrick and Dorothy Stoehr. Certificates and pins were awarded at the closing program, and the students were treated to ice cream bars by the teachers. Sharon Ramae ominee ate F ffice Miss Sharon Ramge, member of the Plattsmouth Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America, has been nominated from District VIII to serve as a candidate for state secretary. Sharon achieved this honor at the Crete FHA Officers Work shop held at Doane College, June 5-7. By Mrs. Sophia Wolever Phone 241 McCaig Reunion Held at Elmwood On Memorial Day ELMWOOD (Special) A pleasant gathering was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linhardt and John on Monday, May 30, following the Memorial Day service, here. The occasion was the gathering of the McCaig clan. Those present were de scendants of David, John, Jos eph and Daniel McCaig. The oldest present were Mrs. Etta McCais:, widow of Joseph Mc Caig; Mrs. Janey McCaig, wid ow of Daniel McCaig. It had been many years since these families had been together and after a dinner the after noon was spent in visiting and taking pictures. It was voted to hold the reunion again in Elm wcod on Memorial Day next year. Those prcrent were: Mrs. Etta McCaig, Mrs. Madge Beatty, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Mohler, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Farmer, Mr', and Mrs. Sterling Maus. Jo and Jerry Mohler, all of Lincoln; Mrs. Janey McCaig, Mr. and Mrs. Earle McCaig, Misses Betty and Viola McCaig, all of New Hamp ton. H. T. McCaig, Berfyn, 111., Rev. and Mrs. S. L. McCaig, Sandra and Patricia, of Lincoln; Rev. E. Fern McCaig, Brady; Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCaig, James McCaig, Sidney; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cummings, Brent and Geraldine, Omaha; Mrs. Hazel Cummings, Mrs. Daisy McCaig, Paxton; Mrs. Lettie Bush, New Hampton, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Berle Rogers, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Mvrtle Wood, Wabash; -Mrs-. - ivTnbel Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linharat, John Linharat, all of Elmwood. I - V " I Sharon Ramge Miss Naomi Owens fell in her yard Tuesday and suffered a broken arm. Mrs. Harry Henton returned Tuesday from Oshkosh, Nebr., where she spent a week visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Country man and family. House guests at the Victor Plunkett, Jr., home in Nehawka are Mrs. Lonnie Coneer and Janice, and Marcia Jennings of Davenport, Iowa. - Janice Schmidtmann, and Mrs. Robert Kinsey and baby son Ro bert Neuman Kinsey of Lincoln, i were guests Wednesday at trie home of Mr. and Mrs. .Wm. Schmidtmann. Mctt Frady arrived Tuesday from Snokane. Washineton for 4 ! i a i A. i - w a. visit wnn nis momer, ivirs, Virgie Frady, brothsr John and other relatives and friends. Mrs. Greeley L. Beil just re cently returned from the hospital. In addition, Miss Ramge was elected secretary of District VIII during the district meeting. Miss Ramge has earned her Junior Homemaker and Chapter Homemaker Degrees. She is now working toward the highest award in FHA, the State Home maker Degree. Sharon is 16 years old, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Ramge. As an FHA member, Sharon has been chapter treasurer for two years, and will be vice pre sident for the ensuing year. She has attended one state conven tion, one district convention, two Crete officer workshops. She has been an outstanding home making student, and has receiv ed two Homemaking awards on Honors Day at the high school. Besides these activities, bnar on has participated in various committees, the latest being the combined F. F. A.-F. H. A. "Slow Down and Live" campaign spon sored by the -National Safety Council. Mrs. Louis G. Meisinger enter ed the Mercy hospital in Coun cil Bluffs, la., Monday for ob servation. House guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Rogers is their little grandson, Roger Lee Hays. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hays parents of Roger, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hundahl of Omaha are vacationing in Caspar, Wyo. Mrs. Hays is the former Patricia Rogers. Herman Meisinger, patient at the Methodist hospital, room 416, is reported improved. Mrs. Edward Donat, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hendricks and Mrs. Amiel Havelka of Wahoo, Nebr., attended funeral services Wed nesday in Schuyler, Nebr., for Mr. Anton Koci, Sr., brother of Mrs. Donat, and uncle of Mrs. Havelka and Mr. Hendricks. Guests this week of their nieces, Mrs. Nellie Shea and Miss Ida Kirker, were Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver of Chicago, 111. The group were visitors Mon day and Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kirker and family at Hooper, Neb. 'S Pat Brown, student at the University of Nebraska, will ar rive Friday morning from Lin coln. Pat will be a bridesmaid at the Kalasek Moore wedding, " and a member, of the reception for the Perry Spneck wedding. Mrs. Audrey Biegger of Lon don, England, a'rrived Saturday to attend funeral services for her father, Howard P. Dow. Mrs. Biegger will remain here for a two weeks visit with her mother, and other relatives. Darlene Hennings of Denver, Colo., who is visiting her par ents Mr. and Mrs. George Hen nings in Omaha was a lunch eon guest Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Val lery. Miss Hennings was form erly employed with the Walling abstract company in Platts mouth. Guests at thy Earl Hunter home Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pinkerton of Quimby, la., and Mr. and Mrs. Robert William, of Washta, la. Mrs. Mary Hunter, who has been, vis iting at the Hunter home ac companied them to Washta. Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Schwende mann of Fort Dodge, la., were guests here for a few days with Miss Lynas Schwendemann. Miss Schwendemann, instructor at the Plattsmouth high school, ac companied them on the return trip, and will spend the summer at Lehigh, la. Dick Beverage returned Tues day from Hamilton, New York, where he attends Colgate Uni versity.' Dick will visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beverage, and be employed in Omaha. Journal Want Ads Pay W Bra II i l am a a 3 Cass Countians Make Honors List At Peru Teachers PERU A total of 92 Peru State College students achieved an scademic record sufficiently hirh to place them on the Hon ors list for the second semester nf the 1954-55 school year. The list, released Monday by the of fice of the registrar, shows that, of the total, 21 students main tained an average of above 3.70 for "High Honors." A 4.00 aver age is perfect. Students on the "High Honors" list included Gail Martin, Plattsmouth. "Honor" students, those who maintained an average of 3.20 through 3.69, included Janet Christensen, Weeping WTater, and James Fitzpatrick, Weeping Wa ter. - -i.1'' Byron Sweazey and son of Chicago were guests Wednesday at the R. R. Furse home. Mr. Sweazey, cousin of Mr. Furse left Thursday for Alma, Nebras ka. Guests Thursday at the home of Mrs. Mae Blunt were Mrs. Mil dred Tracey, Donna and Janice of Omaha. Mrs. Sarah Seagrave Marxsen of Portland, Oregon, was a vis itor, here Saturday. Mrs. Marx sen, former Plattsmouth resi dent, visited her old friends, Mrs L. E. Lancaster and Mrs. Albert Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood and daughter left Tuesday for their home, in Port Huenene, Calif., after attending funeral services for their brother, Harold Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wood, par ents of Mr. Wood, accompanied them heme for a visit. Laura Meisinger and Anna Lau are vacationing in Denver, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hendricks and , daughter, Marilyn, have been vacationing in the Black Hills, Badlands and Mt. Rush more. They returned from the trip Mnndav evening. Albert Kraeger, farmer west of Mynard, who has been ill with bronchial pneumonia, returned to his home Friday from the Clarkson hospital. ' Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert E. Sim mons and family have returned from vacationing in Florida and Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Schalk and children are visiting friends and relatives in Virginia. Bob Embury, who was a house guest for the past two weeks at the home of Mrs. Ernest Yenney, has returned to Kansas City, Mo., where he is a stu dent at Findley College, school of Engineering. Guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. Lindy Wolever and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Libershal were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Meyer, Mark, Ann and Susan, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Stevens and Millie of Talmage, Nebraska. Peggy Lee Wagers has just re turned from Dr. Brown's hospit al at Nebraska City after hav ing her tonsils removed. Mrs. Mae -Blunt, received a wire this morning "Thursday" from her son SSgt. Bill Blunt, stating that he had arrived in England. Bill will be stationed i in England with the Air Force. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ottersberg and four sons of Pueblo, Colora do spent a few days at the F. I. Rea home, parents of Mrs. Rea Mrs.. Ottersberg is the former Margaret Rea. . Mrs. Carl Meisinger returned to her home this week after staying at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. Walter Engelkemeier, helping care for her father. Constitution Rework Need Growing Daily By William Metzger State Senator This past week in the Legis lature has demonstrated again the confusion and even muddled thinking that exists concerning revenue for roads and taxes in general. - The Legislature does not have a dominant positive attitude that a majority will subscribe to and as a result, we tend to spin our wheel backwards. The Legislature, it appears, is rapidly' demonstrating that it is unable to solve the problem of agreeing on methods and ways to raise revenue for our state road system as well as the pro posed inter state highway. . The Federal Government will pro vide the great bulk of the mon ey at least 90 percent but to match the remaining ten per cent that the State of Nebras ka would have to pay is some thing that we, as members of the Legislature have been un able to do with any great ma jority thinking. The voters of Nebraska gave overwhelming approval to a constitutional amendment that enables the legislature to ex empt household goods from the personal property tax laws. We were unable to agree on this issue and as a result, we stand about in the same position as we formerly did. The problem of railroad and utilities assess ment remains the same except that through the efforts of a very few, we were able to give the tax commissioner a sum of money whereby the tax commis sioner will at least . determine the amount of valuation rather than to leave it as a voluntary act on the part of the railroads. - Senator Liebers and his tax committee have made a brave effort to do something positive about our antiquated tax laws but in the opinion of some, we have only substituted a new term "basic value" for the old term actual value . Tne pre dictions are freely made that we have done nothing except open the door for time-consuming and expensive activities for court interpretation of the meaning of the term "basic val ue." Because of politics and what one might call a radical deter mination to be ultra-conservative, we are afraid to advance or to tune our progress to th? needs, of a growing population THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ' Thursday, June 9, 1955 PAGE FTVF and a State that must advance if we are to be competitive. The need of a . constitutional convention to revamp our con stitution and our concept of law, erows more evident day by day especially during the Legislative Session. Those who are afraid of changing have successfully blocked a constitutional convention. Union Bible School Enrollment Is 62 UNION (Special) Vacation Bible school closed with a pro gram at tjie church here Sun day evening with the following program presented to a field house: Invocations, Mrs. Rich; Songs by Kindergarten and Pri. mary classes; Two groups of songs by the whole school; Vo cal solo, by Ellen Paasch; piano solos, Bobby Harrah and Judy Attebery; organ solo, Lynn Paasch; accordian solo, Mary Easter. Mrs. Rich gave a summary of work done by her 7th and 8th grade " pupils. Songs ana oooks of the Bible were reviewed by Mrs. Pike's class; Recitations were given by Mrs. Stine's class; Present ations of certificates were made by the teachers. Benedictions was given by George Stine. Six teachers were Mrs. Ackley, Mrs. Easter, Mrs. Stine, Mrs. Pike and Mrs. Rich. The helpers were Sharon Neeld, Betty True, Judy Surface and Mrs. Exline. Mrs. Balfour presented penciLs to the group of perfect attend ance. Mrs. Tddd thanked the hostesses who - served refresh ments for the children every day. There was an enrollment of 62, average attendance of 44. Twenty-nine had perfect attendance. .1U Subscribe to The Journal Now! CALENDAR Thursday, June 9 ' Historical society will meet for a" noon luncheon Thursday, June 9, at Plattsmouth hotel. Mrs. Earl Horton of Elmwood will present a book review. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, Golden Rod study club will meet Thursday, June 9, 2:30 p.m. at Consumers Hall on 541 Main ... v , St. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, . Navy Mothers will meet with ... Mrs. Fred Essert. 1108 Ave. A, -Thursday, June 9,. 7: 30 p.m. . - THURSDAY, JUNE 9 ! - Sun Bonnet Garden ciuo win hold their meeting, Thursday, June 9, at 2 p.m. at Jhe home of Miss Ida Patton. : -i Friday, June 10 ' Chapter F. NEO will meet at the home of Mrs. R. B. Hayes, : Friday June 10, 2:30 p.m. for a picnic covered dish dinner. TUESDAY, JUNE 14 Combined meeting of -St - 1 Luke's Auxiliary and St. Mary's " Guild of St. Luke's church at.--, the home of Mis3 Barbara Gerr ing, 8:00 p.m. - '., Tuesday, June 14 The WCTU will meet at 2 pxn. at the home of Mrs. Glen Sawin, 217 South 3rd. "Flower Mission and visitation for "Shufclns." TUESDAY, JUNE 14, " Auxiliary to the Veterans of .. Foreign wars will meet Tuesday, June 14, 8 p.m. at the VFAV club rooms. ' . TUESDAY, JUNE 14 Lepert Wolevei Post 2543 Veterans of Foreign Wars will"" hold their meeting,. Tuesday, " June 14, 8 p.m. at the VTW club rooms. ' . DANCE To Rhythm Boys Saturday, June 1 8 9 p. rn. VFW HALL OPEN TO PUBLIC r1 f I W i FOR RECULSSS DRIVING? My company aims to insure only careful drivers. As a re sult, claims costs are lower and the savings are passed along to policyholders in the form of lower cost insurance. Find out today if you. can qualify for State Farm Insur ance as a careful driver. Just phone me. It pays 1o know your STATE FARM Agent HI ! V J I James F. McMillian 1104 3rd Ave. Dial 3928 Son . , L Michael Raphael, weight sev en ponds and nine ounces, born to Mr. and Mrs. Raphael To man of Omaha, May 28, 1955 at St. Joseph hospital in Omaha. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. .Tni-m h Tnman of Plattsmouth nnrt Mr. and Mrs. Peter Janek of Omaha. Daughter Donna Marie, 6 lbs., 13 oz., to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cook, Ft. Crcok. Grandparents, Mr. ana Mrs Victor Clarence, Bellevue, Mr. and Mrs. Will Cook, Louis ville. Great grandparent, Mrs. Rachel Pell, Omaha. Daughter A daughter, Susan Ruth, weight eight pounds and one half ounce, born June 3, 1955, at St Mary's hospital in Nebraska City to Mr. and Mrs. John Brad ley Grandparents are Mr., and Mrs David Bradley of Murray and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gaines of Plattsmouth. Around-the-World Dance Revue Theme A large group of children, dancing students under the di rection of Janice Wiles of Platts mouth, took a "Sentimental Journey" before a large crowd of parents, friends and relatives at the Plattsmouth high school gymnasium Friday night. Pupils from Plattsmouth, Murray and Louisville were among the performers. v The Thrifty Stitchers 4-H Club members were on the program. A special number, a Spanish dance, was performed by Yvette Gardner, who recently moved to Plattsmouth from Puerto Rico. Various dances by pupils work ed into the theme "Sentimental Journal" which was a trip around the world, visits to vari- j District VIII I FATHER'S DAY I SUNDAY, JUNE 19th HE -SAN lS'Afll Roy Lean Services Held at Elmwood Funeral services wrere held Thursday, May 31, for Roy Lean, 68, at the Christian church at Elmwood. Rev. Horn officiated. Music was furnished by Mrs. Sid Moore, Mrs. Vernon Clements and Mrs. Ralph Creamer. Edward LeRoy Lean, son of John and Mary Lean, was born Nov. 30, 1886, near Weeping Wa ter and died at Norfolk May 27th. Mr. Lean had lived most of his life near Elmwood with the exception of one year when his parents moved to California. He had lived in Lincoln since 1945 where he was employed at the State Historical Society. In January he suffered a heart attack from which he never ful ly recovered. He is survived by one brother, John, of Seattle, Wash.; five sisters, Mrs. Lottie Oliver of Chadron; Mrs. Nellie Lake and Mrs. Inez Boyd, both of Lin coln; Mrs. Gay Yauney of Hy annis; and Mrs. Lois Cape of Norfolk; two nieces and two nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, mother and two brothers. Burial was in Elmwood cemetery. F. H. A. Group Honor Chapter Award Winner (Continued from page One) Sharon Ramge led the bulletin board and exhibit discussion. State officers were nominated. Sharon Ramge of Plattsmouth was selected as one of two can didates for F. H. A. state secre tary. District meetings were held to elect the new district officers and nominees from Plattsmouth for District VIII officers were Betty Morris, vice president; Sharon Ramge, secretary and Marilyn Sporer, song leader. Sharon was elected secretary for for the coming year. Other officers for District VIII are Charlotte Sorenson, presi dent, Nebraska City; Kay Ward, vice president, Nehawka; Sharon Ramge, secretary, Plattsmouth; Mary Stoneburg, treasurer, Wav- erly; Phyllis Voile rston, parlia mentarian, Eagle; Carol Heuev, publicity chairman, Auburn; Joyce Brock, song leader, Te cumseh, and Mary Tynor, rec reation chairman, Peru. Crafts, swimming and other recreation were enjoyed by F. H. A. members along with the above activities. " Property Sales Arc Announced Steve Davis, local realtor, has announced sale of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Soennichsen's home at 318 Hillcrest to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rhoden. The Soennich sens have moved to their new home in Omaha and Rhodens have taken possession of their purchase. Steve Davis also has com pleted sale of 160 acre farm of Robert M. Cox. This farm is lo cated on northeast corner of Cedar Creek and Cullcm road. The purchasers were Mr. and Mrs. Victor Stoehr. . Pupils Get New Desks, Lighting In Board Session (Continued from page One) themselves but came to no clear conclusion. 3. Passed another resolution selling for $1 the Mercerville school property, a half acre near the Oak Hill cemetery, to the Plattsmouth cemetery board for use only as a cemetery or for storage. 4. Approved the contracts of five new teachers: Muriel Pick ett to teach English and high school vocal music at $3,300; Lois Harder, to teach elemen tary music, $3,300; Marilyn Bourck, to teach English and library, $3,100; Mrs. Viola Stew art to teach grades five and six, $2,750; Geraldine Corn, first year teaching, to teach Grade four, $2,600. This left the school fac ulty but with one position open, that of high school English and dramatics teacher until, 4. Kenneth Schroeder, football coach and science teacher asked the board for a release from a contract he signed for next year so that he could take a icb at Concordia Teachers at Seward as football coach. The board accepted his resignation, and then there were two open ings. 5. The board went over neces sary repairs on buildings and agreed to inspect them and make repairs where necessary. The board also discussed some items which will come up when the next year's budget gets a going over at th.3 next meeting. 6. The board also agreed to furnish the football field and the lights, one night per week to a planned summer recreation program. Gifts for All Occasions . Shop in Air Conditioned Comfort - Whatever the type of gift your DAD would like best, you're sure to find it in our wonderfully complete se lection of Father's Day gifts, priced to fit every pocket-book. Local Teachers Arc Enrolled Omaha U. OMAHA Alyce Green, Viola Stewart, Helen Thimgan, Julia Jack E. Hallstrcm Omaha U. Graduate AVOCA (Special) Jack E. Hallstrom was among graduates at the Omaha University com mencement exercises held at Omaha Monday, June 6. Attending from Cass countv Girardot Passes Basic Science Exam In Medical School John Gary Girardot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Girardot of Plattsmouth, is among 47 stu dents at the University of Ne braska College, of Medicine to pass their basic, science exami nations. This is a prerequisite to degrees to the College. March, Plattsmouth teachers, j JaCk picked up his master are enrcuea ai uic current um- 0f science m education decree versity of Omaha Intcrscssion ; (May 23-June 10). The Inter- session offers three courses j Human Growth and Develop- j ment, Elementary Language Arts j or Elementary Social Studies. ! A total of 133 teachers are en- ! Hallstrom home rolled, the larcest enrollment for ! exercises. Intersession. The teachers rep resent 34 cities and towns in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area. were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Case, Mrs. A. W. Propst. Mrs. Milton Muncie. all of Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hallstrom and Mrs. Robert Hallstrom of Avoca. A dinner was held at the Jack following the MtJbi a . HURU'BUO Let him enjoy the thrill of an Electric Shaver We have all the popular makes on hand Remington Schick Ronson Sunbeam Norelco $7.50 trade in allowance on Remington. $5.00 trade in allowance cn ' Schick. Sure Dad likes candy too . . . We have his favorite Kind Pangurn's Chocolates Priced from $1.59 to $5.00 1 W " i v BUZ2A-CARDOZ0 41 O L. LY WOOD A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents ; i tea m medicine, according e VJ1IV )iJL;Mi J 1 SIB till i3 I Bat 10 1 Sheaf fer's and and Parker Pens Single pens or sets In a wide price range 4 li m Sun Glasses Ground Lenses $1.98 to $7.95 Top off his Father's Day dinner with our flavor of the month Marshmallow Mint Shaving Sets Yardley Lentheric Sea forth Courtley Old Spice Pocket and Wrist Watches Spiedel Bands Smokers Gifts Cigarettes Cigars Choice Tobaccos Tobacco Pouches - Pipes Kaywoodie Medico, Yello Bole Lighters Ronson Zippo Evans Storm King Genuine Leather Billfolds Styled by Prince Gardner Really a gift you'll be proud to give, and Dad will be proud to use Hacger Pottery Ash Trays Brand new colors and designs Just arrived Cameras Eastman Polaroid Argus Ansco Flash Attachments Gadget Bags Flash Bulbs Amity Leather Travel Cases and LIVE i ' 9 Copyngnt itjj, - Wolt Dimey Produs'ion