Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1955)
v " iimmn n . ' - c - 1- V . . , . - - v ' ? " V T; v if i ....r.'.-Xv.v r1 1 1 Mrs. Grace Plybon . x;:.:-x::::.:.;:::::;: ::; :.:.;.:.:.;.:.:.;.:.x :.:.-.-.-.-.v. Miss Ethel Langhorst is hav ing a two-week vacation from work. The first week she spent at her home. Mrs. Howard Stege is 111 charge of the store now. FllllWfKltl Lincoln Visitors, Birthday Greetings Mrs. Ella Rosenow was honor ed on Wednesday evening, July 14, when a. group of five ladies came from Lincoln to spend some time with her. They were members of her former birth day club on D Street in the capital city. This is a eroup that has met for 20 vears. Those coming here were Mrs. Elmer Cedardahl, Mrs. James Hall strcm, Mrs. Charlie Simon, Mrs Laura Shively, and Mrs. Mata Kruse. vn mat aay sne received a birthday card shower number ing 23 cards. Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Slohlman brought a birth day cake from their Louisville heme. Mrs. Ruth Monning is hostess to Ella while she is ill and callers are welcome. Elin'.vo(l Thursday callers on Mrs. Rosenow were Mips Jessie Bragg and Miss Hazel Billows of Ray mond. With them was a mis sionary friend of Jessie. Miss Mildred Albertsoa who plans to return to India when her fur lough Is coniDleted. Mildred's lather was a Methodist preacher in Nebraska in earlier years. On Saturday Jerry brow of Monte Viste, Colorado, visited Mrs. Rosenow. He is the son of the former Lois Bragg. He re cently graduated from a school of mines and he will be located in Seattle, Washington. Ma i or and Mi s. Paul Legg, and Paula have been visiting his mother, Mrs. Watson Jones, fnd Mr. Jones for a month. On Wednesday they left for Tren ton, N. J. From there they will go to Nancv, France, where he will be stationed. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Steee were her mother, Mrs. Rudolnh, of Eaele, her sis ter. Mrs. Florence Webber and children of Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Stubbenderk of Unadilla and Mrs. Addie Hve. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hansen and family are having company from Florida. It is his sister and Edwin T. McHugh I n in Office in Com Growers B H State Bank f g Murdock Nebraska i Phone 4-2247 husband " who came Tuesday night. Mrs. Brinton Sr., is recovering from a broken arm suffered a few weeks ago! Mrs. Roy Rhoden fell from her back porch steps early this week and broke a bone in her left arm. However she is left handed. Mrs. Syd Moore is another one who fell Thursday and she received a back injury. Mrs. C- T. Charling fell over a lawn mower that was in her back hall and injured ligaments in a knee, so she is on crutches. Her granddaughter, Joan Char ling, is helping out in her home. Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Pyle, Charlie and Lorraine of Seattle, Wash., are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Stanton, and with oher relatives. She was Idella Buell. John and Bob Hall are paint ing the Raloh Greene house this week. They have finished doing the houses of Dr. Liston and Dr. Knosp. Later they will paint the Fred Lake home, and on their own place the Ted Hall home. American Legion officers elected on Thursday evening for next year are: commander, Alfred Davis; vice commander, Jerry Bornemeier; adjutant, Paul Eveland; finance officer, Virgil Miller, of Lincoln; chap lain, Herbert Hulfish; activities committee, Harold Srummer, Walter Fleischman; service of ficer, Emmett Cook; sergeant-of-arms, Dwight Clements; his torian, George Eidenmiller. Apricots and grasshoppers each claimed their share of at tention this week. Earlier this month Mr. and Mrs. Herold Krecklow went on Tuesday to Falls City to at tend the funeral of his uncle, Mr. Andrew Krecklow. Enjoying a park picnic on Monday evening were Alma Cle ments, Ruth Monning, Nettie Mendenhall, Emily Gonzales, Lena Rieke and Grace Wood. John and Gordon Jeffers and Albert Kunz were business vis itors in Plattsmouth on Tues day. Eastern Star members met on the porch of Mrs. Raymond Eveland for their July meet ing. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Mel vin Miller and Mrs. Howard Pool. President Mrs. Audrey Stroemer of Alvo was business session leader. Margaret Brunkow is employ ed at St. Elizabeth Hospital this vacation. Her work deals with diets for patients. Her sister, Hope Brunkow Lomax is much improved of her polio, having treatments at Lincoln General for r some time. . . -?-- ... . . r .,., i ..MM. , I.,, n mill . niwi-mi mm I il wmw.ww.'mf..ii I i i.i I. yii.in ii . ' g'l til "I'W" ST ' IW" l,' m 1 . - At Sf' i - lx ml A mmxm Mrs. F. O. Sand Phone 2604 DELICATE OPERATION is demonstrated under television color camera by Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Ileaton, commanding: general of Walter Reed Army Medical Center The 41 im pound camera is suspended in specially-designed lighting- fixture. Lights and camera are syn chronized so that when surgeon has best light ing on field of operation, camera will pick up scene without obstruction. Camera is operated by remote control. General Ileaton wears a chest microphone and hearing-aid type ear phone, keeping in constant communication with students in viewing room. He. lectures and answers questions as he proceeds with surgery. Dick Brummer had a major operation at St. Elizabeth hos pital on Saturday. Mrs. Marybelle Cates and children have visited her moth er and sister, Blanche and Alice Kuehn. The Kuehns went with them to Moscow, Iowa, for a visit with a sister, Mrs- Jo Lang and family. They will vis it Mrs. Ruth Shroeder at De catur, 111., then go on to Mary land where Mr. Cates is station ed. Oris Richert went to Detroit recently and came home with a new car. But on Wednesday evening it was in collision with a county road truck. The car was badly damaged. A patrol man was called to the scene. Marion McCrory and his grandson, Bob Reuter, started by car to Scottsbluff on Sun day morning. They are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nelson, who has a jewelry store there. Mrs. Nelson was Grace McCory. After attending funefal ser vices for. their aunt, Mrs. JL.aura Dernier, on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Deles Dernier of Columbia, Mo., went from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Pratt to Lincoln, where they visited his mother, Mrs. Linnie Deles Dernier. Linnie was not able to attend the service here. Tommy Hewitt, who has been visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Nettie , Mendenhall here, re turned to his home at Diller. He will get to be in a nice new school house next year. LOOK AT THOSE BICEPS! A father taking his 12-year-old son to the movies picked out what he thought was a cowboy-and-Indian picture, but it turned out to be mostly torrid love scenes. As the embraces became more imDassioned the father be came more concerned until in the midst of one' his son poked him and whispered: "Hey, Dad, did you see the muscle on that guy when he squeezed her?" w Reader's Digest-. ' LAST ONE HOME WASHES DIRTY DISHES Driving through a sleepy little Sussex (England) village one evening our headlights suddenly picked out the figure of a wom anrunning for all she was worth down the road. Close be hind her followed a man who ap peared to be gaining at every sten. We screeched to a halt and, leaning out, I asked the woman if I could bp of assistance. ,."011, no, thanks," she panted. "My husband and I always race home like this from the cinema. Last one in does the supper dishes." Reader's Digest. Mrs. Katie Hanlon Schneider of Farge, Okla., arrived Wed nesday at the home of Mrs. Amelia Balfour to spend a week. Mrs. Schneider was a former resident of the community. Her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Schneider, and children brought her and left for Winnepeg, Canada to visit her relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hines at tended the baptismal services of Pamela Stahurski at Immacu late Conception church in Oma ha Sunday morning. Pamela is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stahurski. Later all were dinner guests at the Clin ton Golla home. Mrs. Emma Nutzman and Milr dred took Janet to Omaha Wed nesday where she left by plane for San Francisco after spend ing a week with her mother and other relatives. Mrs. Kenneth Gerdes is as sisting at St. Mary's hospital during the vacation of several of the nurses. Louis Eaton has been ill with the shingles. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McRey nods. Mrs. Gilbert Kime and Marlin. Mr. and Mrs. DeForPst Philpot. Mr. and Mrs. John Chandler and Barbara, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stoll and family and Leonard Thome attended the g o 1 d en wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Stoll at Oelrich, S. D. Tries day. Mr. and Mrs. McReynolds and Mrs. Kime and Marlin also visited Elmer McReynolds at Al liance. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stoll and family. Leonard Thorne went to the Black Hills for a few days. Kelly Thorne returned Wed nesday from Scottsbluff where he scent several days with his father, who is seriously ill. Nehawka be at the home of Mrs. John Chandler and not with Mrs. El mer Stoll, as previously planned. NehawKa . Extension Meeting "Let's Improve Our- Dental Health Practices" was the les son studied by the Maple Grove Extension club Thursday at the home of Mrs. Carl Balfour. Roll call was, "How do jtou rate on dental care"? Mrs. Balfour was appointed to see about safety signs to be placed hear the new school site. This was to be the safety project for the club this year. Mrs. F. O. Sand gave a reading report on "Fragrant Gardens" from the Coronet and an article on Hellen Keller. Mrs. Malcolm Pollard, presi den, announced lessons for next year would be on "Freezing Food," "Refinishing Furniture" and "Sewing New fabrics". She also announced that Home Economics Day at the Ag. Cam pus would be October 12, At that meeting Mrs. America will talk, and there will be an exhibit and talk on famous fabrics. The date for the club fam ily picnic will be August 14 at the Tucker park. The commit tee are Mrs. Christina Chappell, Mrs. Thorne, Mrs. Getchius, Mrs. , Hall. Guests wrere Mrs. Ivan Balfour, Union; Mrs. Kate Schneider, Fargo, Okla.; Mrs. Ray Knowles and Judy, Los Angeles, Calif. Assistant hostesses were Mrs. Kent Balfour and Mrs. F. O. Sand.. corrrR Dwindling stock3 of copper, as a result of strikes and increas ing civilian consumption, may force the Office of Defense Mo-, bilization to revive emergency powers to establish priorities. WORLD POPULATION The world population passed the 2,528,000,000-mark in 1954, according to statisticians of the United Nations. By mid-1954, the world had crossed the 2, 500,000,000 mark and showed a 36,000,000 increase from the mid-1953 total. V A C OniO TOMATOES Ohio produces nearly half the Nation's greenhouse tomatoes, says the National Geographic Society. The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster developed a wilt-resistant vari ety, called Ohio W-R Globe. Borrow the money' you need NOW! Take the vacation you really want. Repay later in easy monthly installments suited to your budget and on' the day you wish to pay each month. T ! O N CASH Loans for Any Purpose $20 to $1000 Any Time AMERICAN LOAN PLAN Opposite Soennichsens Phone 3213 THE ANIMAL IN HIM . """I'm afraid I can't help you, I said to the man injured in a car accident. "I'm a veterinar ian." "You're just the man." moaned (he victim. "I was a jackass to think I. could do 70 on those old tires." Reader'sDigest Y W. S. C. S. Meeting Mrs. Ona Kunkel. program leader, spoke on "When shall we be a stranger?" at the W. S C. S. meeting Wednedav after noon at the home of Mrs. Will Ost. An open forum followed. Mrs. Flovd Joerger used Gene sis for her devotions. For her status of women report Mrs. Fi lls Lacy used the book, "A Master Calleth For Thee." Hanov birthday son? was sung for Mrs. Caroline Pollard. Mrs. Harvey Bailer, the new presi dent, annointed committees. On the visiting committee are Mrs. Harvev Barkhurst. chairman, Mrs. Kunkel, Mrs. Frank Lemon, Mrs. Em a Ntiman, Mrs. Ray mond Pollard. This was the first meeting of the new year. Next meeting, August 17, will J BANK Iff ; BOOK f 1 It's Just Like MO in the A Nil!! WEDNESDAY Is Double Green Stamp Day On Purchase of $1.00 or More FEinusB mm 522 Main "Your Family Drug Store" Dial 6U7 " (South End of Platte River Bridge) EVA KERNS7 Manager and Operator -: ? ' f .--.- r , - ., , u ltniT ... - if- -v. . . ; - 1 A. 'to 12:3 A.AA. PcoDlly 1 -V4 tMinmmmi ummH&i Jm 1 1-. . lTt'i-J teg"1 Drive in North of Plattsmouth on Highway 73-75 Dairy Sweet With Roberts Mix Fairmont's ice Cream Coca-Cola, Orange Crush and Rochester Root Beer Variety of Sandwiches and French Fries Riverside Drive in Special N SERVIC m T,irn, m. , Jnnjij yj Window Car or Patio Equipped With Juke Box Music Building Constructed by day GRAND OPENING Wedges Special for the Opening BILL'S BAR-B-QUE RIBS Beginning at 5 p. m. it FREE! Free Dairy Sweet for Children Fred Krecklov Contractor Elmwood Plumbing by Gardner Plumbing & Heating Plattsmouth . - A t - N W, .111 iMiiitiirfi! ..iiWuiv-..;.. .ft,t,;-; iii,- i; ,,r,f,. v., , : ; X.. Roofing and Patio Construction by Wm. Spradlin Cool Patio on Banks of Platte River Plattsmouth A- Site laid out and approved by the Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation road improvements in the area. Electrical Wiring by W. R. Herring Plattsmouth keeping in mind safety of the entrance and any future W i 1 1 ! i il n l.jlfc.ii,''. i i O A A M m