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. v.! I r. iy-Iy . A " -?' . s f , V.,-v . I Eagle News JO By Mrs. John Fischer Journal Correspondent EX-SCHOOL ...1-48 EAGLE (Special) Eagle folks have received word of the death of a former and highly regarded Superintendent of Ea gle Schools. He is the Dr. Wayne Soper, 64, who succumbed to cancer last Thursday after being ill sev eral months. Dr. Soper was head of the State Department of Education's bureau of Statistics in Albany, N. Y. and had been chief of the bureau since it was created in 1937. He was a native of Broken Bow. He served six years in the de partment's bureau of research, prior to the bureau of statistics position. Mrs. Soper had written friends sometime ago of his crit ical condition, however, it is with grievance, his many friends receive the sad news. Eagle The Camp Creek Club mem bers will meet at Mrs. Doyle Gump's home in Eagle, next Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Elton Snokes who has been ill several weeks is very slowly improving. She suffered a heart attack and also flu com plications. On Saturday, April 7, the high school seniors are hoping to help with expenses for- their 222 K. P. PENCE Bankers Life Man So. 6th Phone 3269 Chicago tour by washing cars for $1.00. You may contact a senior for. a car wash at Eagle schoolhouse. Saturday. Mrs. Floyd Siekman who has been ill for several weeks, re turned to the hospital on Sat urday afternoon for further ob servation. The Easter egg hunt was en joyed on the Eagle streets Sat urday afternoon. Eagle j Fire Destroys Farm On Saturday night at 10 o'clock the Eagle Fire Depart ment was called to the Hornby farm, northwest, of Eagle but was unable to save the unoc cupied property. Orin Lannings and John Fisch er's were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Siekman last Friday evening " Eagle .. " Stuart Bassett and: "Skipp" Pennywaite, former Eagle resi dents were visitors at Eagle last weekend leaving for home Sun day evening. Mr. and Mrs, Will West of Lin coln' called at the home, of Mrs. Laura West on Palm Sunday. Mr. and .Mrs. , Henry, Wulf were dinner guests, at, the home of their son, Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Wulf at Ralston Sunday. They also attended the Lutheran Church morning worship serv ices at that city. The Jay Busker family of Elk Point, S. D., visited last week end at the home of Mrs. Busk er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Adams. ' " - Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rudolph of Malcolm were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Umland last Thursday evening. - l -"bffi)- vi "' Ten years ago you said my car was eating oil and needed a motor job . . ..I'm convinced! Could have saved himself ten years of trouble and extra expense if he'd taken our word tor it in the first place! 01181111 "Service After the Sale" Motors 625 Ave. A Dial 255 Suffers Stroke Mrs! Mabel Ransford of Pal myra (stepmother of. Ralph Ransford) suffered a second stroke at" her home in Palmyra recently and is now convalesc ing at the Ardyth Hall Nursing home north of Union. Her con dition is quite serious, having ef fected use of her speech; and arms. Eagle . The . Eager Eaglets 4-H Club meeting, was heid at home of Maurice Robertson on March 39. Everyone answered, roll call by naming their favorite cookie. The discussion of new projects and the various ways of prepar ing eggs followed. Some of the members brought oatmeal cook ies and each member judged them. Joyce Robertson read her speech she gave at "The Public Speaking" contest a t Weeping Water. The . Scattergood, relatives en joyed: a family dinner, at , the Charley Scattergood home, Sun day. The Lincoln folks were, Mr. and Mrs. Harry West, Mr. and Mrs, Julius Morrison and fam ily and" a son Mr. and Mrs. Marvin; Morrison and , family, a daughter, Mr, and, Mrs'. Roscoe Shields andi family, Mrs.. Irene Christensen, son Lor en and daughter, Marian;, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scattergood and , family, a son, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Scat tergood ' and family. The guests from Eagle Mrs. Laura West, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ransford, Mrs. Ransford's mother, Mrs. Moore from Weeping Water, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Sorensen and family of Ruskin. Mrs. Moore of Weeping Water spent last weekend at the home of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ransford. The "OSC" Club members will meet next. Thursday, April 12 at Mrs. George Wagner's home. The road one mile, north of Eagle is closed due to a bridge being repaired, just south of the corner. Eagle Future Farmers- Pat Donlan. a graduate of Eagle Schools in 1955, assisted in the supervising of the various contests and was the Master of Ceremonies for the talent show at the Future Farmers of Amer ica Convention. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Donlan. The F.F.A. State Convention will be held at Lincoln, April 5-6-7. Eagle Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rocken bach and family of Oklahoma City, Okla, formerly of Ralston and Eagle, visited at Mr. Rock enbach's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rockenbach last week end. They also visited at the brother's and. his sister's home; the Harry Rockenbach at Eagle and , Rudolph Umland's of Lin coln. A family dinner was en joyed on Easter Sunday at the Umland home in Lincoln. The guests arrived in Eagle Thurs day evening and left Lincoln at 1 o'clock Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Owen of Green, Kans., visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Frohlich recently. The guests had tripped to Nebraska to at tend the wedding of Miss Joyce Tavlor. daughter of Mr. ana Mrs. Taylor at Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Muen chau and family enjoyed a fam ily dinner at the home of Mrs Muenchau's parents, Mr. ana Mrs. Herman Meyers at Staple- hurst. Sunday. Mr. Lceslcy Dies, Walter ; Jacobmeier . and Orin Lanning, Johnnie. and Roy Vick ers received word of the death of .their brother-in-law, Adelbert Leesley, 80, at Greenwood Fri day afternoon. . ' Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Greenwood Methodist Church. The five daughters from Cali fornia, Thelma Boesel of Ukiah; Lucille Pankonin of Morina: Buena. Price of. Hay ward; Bue lah Gerhard of Oakland and Dor othy Patcheu of El Cerito Calif, and also a son Albert, of Hay ward Calif, came by plane to attend the funeral, services. All live in nearby cities. The relatives of Eagle attend ed the funeral services on Mon day. Mrs. Leesley preceded her husband in death, ten years ago. Eagle Injures His Foot Mr. Harry Rockenbach is re covering from several broken bones of his foot, A week ago while at work, a heavy cement block fell on his foot resulting n the painful injury. A cast was placed on, the foot and he is now using crutches to get around. Eaele Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Haertel of Greenwood, Nebr. called at the home of-Mr. and Mrs. Mor ris, Muenchau. last' Friday eve ning. Mr. andMrs, Ed: Eley and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Krumm and family of Lin coin were dinner guests at the home of Mmes. Eley and Krumm's mother, Mrs. Irvin Stall, and daughter, Mona. The granddaughters, Marlene; Eley and Carol Krumm, remained at the Stall home for a few days of their spring, vacation from Lincoln schools. Eagle School Notes April 5, Music Festival at Weeping Water; April 17, county track meet at Nebraska Wesle yan; April 19, Music Festival at Eagle; April 20 and 22, seniors educational tour to Chicago; Ap ril 27, athletic banquet; May 13, baccalaureate; May 15, com mencement; May 17, close of school. Eagle Schools observed Easter vacation, last Friday until Tues day morning of this week. Five seniors took the regent s examinations to determine the recipients of the University of Nebraska scholarships. They were Phyllis Vollertson, Janice Frohlich, Kay Marie Swarts, My ma Richards and Ray Hoo ver. The latter took the test for the special scholarship to the College of Engineering and Ar chitecture, Eaele Mr. and Mrs. Orin Lanning en tertained for dinner Sunday, Mr. Lanning 's mother and uncle, Mrs. Mary Lanning and Mr. Wm. Bunten. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Finke and family Qf Lincoln spent Easter Day at Mrs. Finke's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jacobmeier, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Petter sen of Wheatridge, Colo., visited at Mrs. Pettersen's sister's home, the Elmer Frohlichs last weekend leaving for home, Sun day. The Sherrill Fifer. family of Longmont Colo., arrived in Alvo and Eagle for a few days last week with Mrs. Fifer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vickers a t Alvo, and Mr. Fifer's mother, Mrs. Anna Fifer at. Eagle. ' Eagle Death in Family John Fischers received the word Monday morning of the death of Mrs. Fischer's uncle, H. D. Frisbee, 89, in Sacramento Calif. He has lived at Weeping Wa ter, Elmwood and Lincoln. He had been living at the home of a daughter, during his stay in California , and had planned to return here this month. Private . services were held in Sacramento on Tuesday after noon. The body will be return ed to Umbergers Mortuary at Lincoln. Funeral services will be at Umbergers and burial at Wa bash following the arrival , Thursday or Friday. Students in Music Classes to Compete At Weeping Water EAGLE (Special) The fol lowing students are participat ing, in the music contest at Weeping Water April 5: Solos, high voice, Kay Swarts, Lois Erskine; medium voice, Mary Weyers, Bethel Wulf, Bev erly Ronhovde, Janet Umland, Kay Umland and Rene Rocken bach; low voice, Myrna Rich ards, Hallie Hougland and Mari lyn Bird. Groups singing are Girls Glee club, double sextette, girls sex tette, trio, double duet, boy's sextette and boy's duet. The Fremont contest will be April 12 and 13. Joyce Westfall, a junior at Eagle schools, was selected to represent Eagle at Girls State by the American Legion Auxili ary. It will convene June 12-18. pm - n . , . . - if 4 Vk M ' ft nr-f riREt LF?lH? 5 C lorS T"7 A The thrifty way to enjoy modern wash, day convenience is with a Bendix Automatic GAS Clothes Dryer ... it's so economical to use . . . naturally GAS dries your wash for a mere fraction of the cost of any other automatic fuel. End weather worries and clothes line drying with a money saving Bendjx GAS Clothes Dryer. ONLY 6 A does, so much yet costs so little Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal Pvt. Schroder, Graduate of Army School EAGLE (Special) Army. Pvt. Alfred John Schroder. 21, son of Mrs. John Schroder and the late John Schroder of Eagle, Ne braska, recently was ' graduated from the crane-shovel opera tor's course at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. -. r Schroder was trained to op erate a 20-ton truck, mounted cranes and had practical exer cise in boom conversion and pile loading and driving. A 1953 graduate of Eagle high school he enlisted and entered the Army last October, having completed his basic training at Camp Chaffee, Ark. THE PLATTSMOUTH; NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, April. 5,, 1956 Section B PAGE SEVEN , The bill for Federal aid to school construction has run into a formidable obstacle in the seg regation issue and the chancest for its passage this year are not considered good. Swine Breeders Meet at Todd Home By Larry Rea 4-H Reporter The Master Swine Breeders met recently at the home of Lor en Todd. Jack Todd led a discussion on hog judging. Games were play ed. Mrs. Todd served a lunch at the close of evening. 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