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6 THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Thursday, July 14, 1955 Weeping Water, Piattsmouth Midgets to Open Legion Play Mr. and Mrs. Orie Sowards visited Mr, Sowards; father, y. E. Sowards. at the hosDital Thursday. Mr. Sowards is very ill. Mrs. J. E. Remaley of Elm wood stayed with Marvin and Joanne during the day. Other guests at the Sowards home this past week were Mrs. Edward Gay of Hinckley. Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. John Beck of Inglewood, Colo., and Mr. and Mrs. August Klemme of Weeping Water. i,.TTT K. P. PENCE Bankers Life Man 222 So. 61 h Phone 3269 ON W 1955 ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS VITH Fbjldtli Cooling YOU SET 'EM UP! Vi ton 167.50 3-4 ton 199.50 1 ton 229.50 WM. SCHMIDTMANN 438 Main St. Plattsmoulh ft jfgj gJJ 3 Save $50.00 to $300.00 1952 Buick Sedan . . 1952 Packard Sedan . 1952 Studebaker Sedan 1951 Ford Coach . 1950 Oldsmobile Sedan 1948 Chevrolet Coach 1947 Plymouth Sedan . 1946 Plymouth Sedan . 1939 Chevrolet Coach iMiffMifanf BUICK Nebraska City, Nebr. Piattsmouth Junior Legion ?ultLlea7r v Jffi . ?2 L ' U an'1 r v I lean Legion double tournament i to be held at Louisville July 25 thouoh 28 ! The Platters drew Syracuse, a perennially strong foe. j m J?ff ;& 5?f JSlSnJ !' E5rtPl? w Jil n S 1 SnlnmSSSi nT 1 0PS22S SSn?,,SSy' ! JUNIOR LEGION July 25: Syracuse vs Piatts mouth, 6 p.m.; Seward vs Weep ing Water, 8 pm.; July 27: Beaver Crossing vs winner of Syracuse-Plattsmouth game, at 6 p.m.; Louisville vs winner of Beaver Crossing Weeping Water game, at 8 p.m. July 28: Finals, 8 p.m. MIDGETS July 24: Weeping Water vs Piattsmouth, 1 p.m.; Garland vs Talmage, 3 p.m.; Beaver Cross ing vs Pleasant Dale, 6 p.m.; Louisville vs Seward, 8 p.m. July 25: Winner of Louisville Seward game vs Syracuse. . July 26: Winners of Weeping Water-Plattsmouth and Gar land - Talmage games meet 6 p. m.; Winners Beaver Crossing pleasant Dale games meet at 8 p.m. July 28: Finals, 6 p.m. ADVERTISING ERROR NOTED In Knorr's advertisement in to day's Journal, 80-ounce pitch ers are offered with 11 -ounce tumblers instead of 8-ounce tumblers as shown. Bellerlbes ! 4 Cet Your Copy 133 So. 4th 1 F ii PONTiAC CMC I Til "II II I f -III r HI I "r ' . AILS Legion Loses 19-2 Baseball To Springfield Springfield's junior Leion ' baseball team blasted their Piattsmouth counterparts near otnd jn a game uxayea at me naiismoutn neia wpHnprinv nioht weanesaay ni0m. Springfield overhauled the fr Wmen in e 0y19 zjmmerman and a Piattsmouth 'scored , once in the opening inning when Bob Wilson walked, Hild pained first when hit by a pitch and Kaffenberger singled. They scored again in the second on successive singles by Wilson and Hild. Springfield gained the lead going into the second inning 2 to 1 and wouldn't give it up. They blasted Platter hurler Al Fairfield for five hits, includ ing a lost-in-the-grass homer by Vincent, for four runs in the third; added three on walks, errors and a hit in the fourth; six on four hits- wralks an er rors in the fifth and five on four hits and errors in the sixth. Score by innings: Springfield .204 365 19 Piattsmouth 110 000 2 Murray Mrs. Sheldon Smith has start ed up her Campfire Girls so they will be able to. earn a good many points during the summer months, before school starts. One more school district has been brought into Murray, so it will be' necessary to buy an other school bus to haul the children. w.. i.v A- MASfi. Now Only 25c at Dial 285 $800.00 $875.00 $575.00 $590.00 $525.00 $135.00 $135.00 $125.00 $40.00 TRUCKS Phone 577 Hi South Bend Swimming Group " - - ; i-t i vf jit pswl i i f t (l i V ' - I t -4J i f i Swimming program of the Cass county chapter of The Ameri can Red Cross was deemed a success because of groups like this, taking part in the South Bend program. Men in the photo are Junior Weichel, Alvo, county Red -Cross swimming instructor; Jack White, Louisville, assistant; Floyd Eastridge. Girls are Bernice Woehler, Alice Lundteigher, assistant; Margie Weisnuth, assistant, all from Louisville. Midgets Stop To Hang Up 7th Oehlerking Services Held At Elmwood ELMWOOD (Special) Fun eral services for August Henry Oehlerking, 82, who died at his home in Elmwood July 7, were held Sunday, July 10, at the Elmwood Evangelical United Brethren Church. The Rev. T. H. Kampman pastor of the church, officiated. Music was by Mrs. Norman Bornemeier, pianist with vocal numbers by a quartet composed of William Vogt, Howard Vogt, Henry Bornemeier and Alvin Rueter. . August Henry Oehlerking was born in what is now the Mur dock community, March, 13, 1873, a -son of Henry and Mag dalene Oehlerking. He was mar ried to Miss Bertha Luetchens in 1899, living in the Murdock community until 1942, when he and Mrs. Oehlerking moved to Elmwood where they have since resided. Six children ' were born to : them Clara, Herbert, Alvin, Martha, and Bernice. ,,,.Mr. Oehlerking was converted in his youth, becoming a mem ber of Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church, where he worshipped until moving to Elmwood. He held various of fices in the church: Sunday School teacher and superinten dent, trustee, and treasurer. He also served his community on school and elevator boards. Although he had been in ill health for a number of years Mr. Oehlerking was a faithful and regular attendant at the services of his church until the last. He was in church and took communion the last Sunday ofi his life. He is survived by one broth er, Rev. John H. Oehlerking, pastor at Archer; by his widow Bertha, and by all their six chil dren: Mrs. Donald Fredenburg, Herbert, and Walter of Elm wood; Alvin, and Mrs. Ezra Luetchens, of Murdock, and Martha, of Corona Del Mar, Calif., as well as by many other relatives and friends. Pall bearers were Eldon Oeh lerking, Albert Oehlerking, My ron Oehlerking, Lester Rose now, Charles Marshall, and John Schlaphoff. Burial was in Emmanuel cemetery north east of Murdock. South Ashland Mr. and Mrs. L. Odell, James and Patty of Omaha and anoth er son, Warren Edward, who is attending junior college in St. Petersburg, Florida, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Odell. Mrs. B. A. Greenslit of Ashland called on Mrs. John B. Peterson one day last week. Susan Raikes spent Sunday afternoon at the Peterson home. They took her to her home that evening. The following attended a pic nic with Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gau dreault at their lake side cabin the Fourth: Mr. and Mrs. Everett Huddleson and family of Laurel; For Better Baling OLIVER No 50 BALER FOR ALL OLIVER PARTS AND SERVICE SEE: Beers Bros., Syracuse, Nebr. Fishko Oliver, Papillion Nebr. Sewing Imp., Clenwood, la. Until New Dealership Again Established in Cass Co. Springfield 7-5 Win of Season , Plattsmouth's American Le gion Midgets Wenesday night ran their baseball record to 7 wins, 3 losses as they halted the Springfield Midgets on the Piattsmouth field by a score of 7 to 5. The Piattsmouth Legion Jun iors, playing the second game of the evening, lost to Spring field Juniors by a score of 19 to 5. The Piattsmouth Midgets car ried a 7 - 2 lead into the fifth inning when three walks and two errors lifted the Spring field count to 5 runs before the Piattsmouth team could put out the fire. Allan Wiles, starting Piatts mouth pitcher, was in trouble early - when Springfield's Lath am walked, Reitz singled be hind him, an error put Osborn aboard and Mills hi a double to drive in two runs. But Tom Winscott came on to get them out and hold Springfield score less until the fifth. Piattsmouth scored five in the first inning to take a lead they held all the way. Larry Walton, Denny Meisinger, Jim Shown and Roger Smith walk ed and Tom Winscctt, Bill Long and Allan Wiles furnished sin gles for the scoring parade. The Platters scored again in the third on a double by Long and a single by Wiles and a single run in the fourth on - Spring field catchers error, plus singles by Winscot and Meisinger. Score by innings: Springfield 200 03 5 Piattsmouth 501 lx . 7 Mr. and Mrs. Gene Grimm and family of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lindfield; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wilson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilson, all of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wiles and son; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Whitacre; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson; Mrs. Rose Wagner; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Erickson; Mr. and Mrs. George Gade, George, Jr., and Bob. The Grimm fam ily spent a part of the week with Mr. and Mrs. Gaudreault. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wiles and Terry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gaudreault. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wilson and fam ily of Omaha called there. Mr. and Mrs. Wiles and son spent the evening with Mr. Wiles fa ther, Troy Wiles, in Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wills has spent quite a little time with Mr. Wills' father, H. C. Wills, at St. Elizabeth hospital in Lincoln. The elder Mr. Wills was severely injured earlier in the week when struck by a train as he was crossing the Schuyler tracks on west Silver street in Ashland. Mr. Wills died Monday. Lynn James spent last week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan E. Armstrong. His father, Willis James, came for him Saturday evening, taking him back to Peru and brought Tom James Sunday evening to spend this week with the Arm strongs. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong and Tom spent Sunday evening at the Ira Lehr and Roy Everman homes at Wann. Kenneth Panning of Omaha is spending this week at the Henry Klipp home. Dreamer Rites Held Elmwood Church July 8 ELMWOOD (Special) Fun eral services for Clara Catherine Dreamer, 82, " were held at the Elmwood Evangelical United Brethren Church, July 8. The Rev. T. H.-Kampman, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. E. F. Haist of Lincoln, a for mer pastor, conducted the rites. Bunal was in Elmwood ceme tery. Mrs. Dreanr died at Unadil la July 6. She had been in ill health a number of years. Music for the service was by Mrs. Norman Bornemeier at the piano and a vocal quartet com posed of William Vogt, Howard Vogt, Henry Bornemeier and Al vin Reuter. Bearers were Law rence Bell, Irvin Kunz, Ralph Kunz, Henry Vogt, Joe Kunz and Ray Parsell. Clara Catherine Dreamer was born August 23, 1872, to Freder ick and Gertrude Schmelzel at Pekin, ill. At the age of one and a half years she came to Nebras ka with her parents to a farm in Richardson County, near Humboldt. Two sisters and three broth ers preceded her in death. She was married to John C. Dreamer May 11, 1892, at the courthouse in Lincoln. They made their home on a farm near Alvo, until 1918 wlien they moved to Elmwood. After 1943 they made their home with their youngest daughter, Nora on a farm near Unadilla. Her husband Chris died Aug ust 19, 1946. Mrs. Dreamer had been a member of the Elmwood Evan gelical United Brethren Church since 1926. She is survived by one sister, Barbara, of Humboldt; two daughters, Nora Leefers of Un adilla and Blanche Wiechel of Alvo; by two sons, Leonard of Lincoln, and Earl of Alvo; also by seven grandchildren, 1 2 great-grandchildren. Mary Stewart Rites Held Murray Church MURRAY Funeral services for Mrs. Mary S. Stewart wrere held in the United Presbyterian Church of Murray on Thursday afternoon, July 7. The Rev. Roy P. Morris, pastor of the church, assisted by Dr. William French of Des Moines and Dr. H. E. Lo baugh, of Topeka officiated. Burial was the following day be side the body of her late hus band, in Redwood City, Minn. Mrs. Stewart was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Neil Stewart, in Murray on July 2, 1943. He was pastor of the Mur ray Church from 1937 until his death. Since that time, Mrs. Stewart has lived in South Dakota and Iowa. She died in Clarinda, Iowa, on July 5. Mrs. Stewart is survived by one son, Dr. A. K. Stewart, sec retary of the Board of Ameri can Missions of the United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., and by a daughter, Mrs. Lorena McKie, of Red Oak, Iowa. Two grand sons and two grand daughters also survive, as do many friends in the Murray community, and in other places where Dr. Stewart served as a minister. Journal Want Ads Pay SCHOOL MOUNT HOPE DISTRICT 71 2 Mi. So. 4 W. of Weeping Water, 4 Mi. E. Elmwood Buliding, School house 24x30 ft. Piano & stool Steel cabinet Monarch electric stove Large coal heater Coal pails Teacher's desk & chair 14 desks 4 small chairs & low table 3 benches Folding table top Record player & stand Book shelves Globe Mrs. Jill Caddy of Lincoln and friends of Lincoln called at the homp of Mr. and Mrs. Ri- chard Carr last Saturday eve- ning. Just Arrived! HOUBICANTS CHANTILLY DEODORANT (Anti Perspirant) With Free Bottle of Body Tone All for $1.00 Plus Tax Super Special AMITY ALL LEATHER BILLFOLDS Values up to $5.00 This Sale Only $1.00 Plus Tax This summer everyone's saying make mine Frosted Revlon's New Frosted NAIL ENAMEL 75c Plus Tax It's so VERY easy to apply, stays on TWICE as long. Pink Cloud, Platinum, Pink Platinum Blue - White Platinum YARDLEY'S FACE POWDER $1.10 Value Special price this sale only 2 for $1.00 Plus Tax Cet our prices on WEED KILLERS and GRASSHOPPER POISON DRUGS WITH 502 Main July -29, t 2 P.M. contents & out buildings to be sold Books Slate blackboard 4-5ft. 42 in wide Sand table Water Cooler Pail School Bell 2 W. P. A. toilets Shed 8x16 ft. Teeter-totter Pump Flag Pole Swings Other articles SOLD BY ELMWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL REX YOUNC ELLIS LACY, Auctioneers DWICHT CLEMENTS, Clerk Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Um land and family of Lincoln spent last Monday evening at j the home of his brother, Mr. j and Mrs. Henry Umland and family. YARDLEY'S FACE CREAMS $1.10 Value This Sale Only 2 for $1.00 Plus Tax TYSON HOT WATER BOTTLE Full Quart $1.59 Value $1 .00 W A MINERAL OIL 69c Pint Size 2 Pints $1.00 FORMULA 20 CREAM SHAMPOO 89c Jar 2 Jars $1.00 WALCREEN ASPIRIN 200 Size Bottle $1.58 Value 2 Bottles $1.00 PERFECTION COLD CREAM 89c Value 2 Jars $1.00 Plus Tax Beat the heat with one of our ELECTRIC FANS Priced Right A REPUTATION Dial 289