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H I 1 i i ' il i I il II I M 1.1 Death Of Mrs. Adah Newton Wednesday Mrs. Adah Newton, 2, life long resident of Cass county, died Wednesday at an Omaha hospital, where she has been since May 20, as the result of a fall. She was born November 8, 1874, at Union, the daughter cf Claudius and Mary Everett. She received her schooling in the Union schools and was a resi dent in that community until her marriage. She was married in 1900 at the home of her parents to How ard D. Newton, they moving to Plattsmouth the same year and have resided in this community since that time. Mr. Newton died March 31, 1922. Survivors are: Mrs. Valette Daley, Bellflower, Calif., Mrs. Paul Long, Plattsmouth, daugh ters; Edgar S. Newton and Ever ett Newton, Plattsmouth; Earl and Earney Newton, Omaha; Elmer E. Newton, Los Angeles, sons; sister, Mrs. Delia Tim mas; Plattsmouth; thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild; one child died in in fancy. Mrs. Newton was a devout member of the First Methodist church of this city, attending the adult Bible class until her health failed. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America for a great many years. Funeral services will be held at the Caldwell-Linder chapel Friday afternoon at 2 p. m., Rev. E. S. DeSpain will officiate. Visiting hours Thursday after noon and evening 4 to 6 and 7 to 9. Interment will be at the Oak hill cemetery in this city. Funeral Services Of Mrs. Jasper Henderson Graveside services were held here Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Alice Henderson, 75, whose death occurred in Denver on September 14th. She was a resident of Cass County a great many years, her former home being at Weeping Water, where she will be re called by older residents as Alice DeWolfe. While a resident of Platts mouth she was married to Jas per Henderson who preceded her in death. . . The Sattler funeral was in charge of the services. 2 SEE THEM at STAMPER'S Tractors 1956 70 Diesel, (demo) $3150.00 2 1952 B JD $875 1951 B No. 288,000 $850 1948 A No. 611226 $1050 1949 A, New 60 Motor $1195 1948 B No. 226197 $675 1946 A No. 583263, New Motor $750 1944 A P-trol $495 1946 B 190939 $475 1942 B No. 108206, Starter & Lights $350 1937 A 1938 A Ford Tractor $150 $195 $325 1938 Oliver with Picker & Cultivator $1050 Pickers 2 226 Pickers . . M-H Self-propelled 1951 $350 6 Cylinder Motor $975 M-H Self-propelled 1948. $600 IHC No. 20 for "H", picked verv little $850 IHC 1947 2M $250 No. 4 Oliver $595 227 JD $H50 101 JD $50 Oliver 2 Row Pull Type Rear Elevator $350 Combines Balers & Harvesters 12 A with Motor Extra rrood $495 New Holland Harvester with row crop $750 No. 77 New Holland Baler, with motor & Hydro . . $950 1956 AC Baler $850 IMPLEMENT STAMPER Plattsmouth tfi.iini.Ttllfa.;fi..iiiL4.Li Hn t jw'fr jjh Old Resident Of Greenwood Dies At 93 Archibald Hoenshell, 93, long time resident of the Greenwood community, died the last of the week after a long period of failing health, due to his advan ced years. Mr. Hoenshell was a member of one of the old families of that part of Cass County, well known over the west part of Cass county and Saunders coun ty. Several years ago he lost one hand as the result of an ex plosion. Funeral services were held at Ashland on Monday. He was an uncle of Mrs. Har old Shafer of this city. Death Brings End To Party Of Young Men L. A. Caldwell, local funeral director, was called to Wash ington, Iowa, Tuesday to secure the body of Oden Landry, Jr., 17, of Napoleonville, La., mem ber of the Lincoln Air Force Base. Young Landry was riding on a motorcycle driven by Don Car roll, of Brighton, Iowa, also a member of the air base at Lin coln. They had been visiting at Brighton with relatives. The motorcycle and a car driven by Robert Benda, cf Brighton, crashed head on and in the accident the two airmen and Lowell Etzen, 17, of Brigh ton, a passenger in the car were killed. The driver of the car, Robert Brenda, was seriously injured in the crash. Following the crash both ve hicles burst into flames. A-3c Oden Landry was born February 10, 1939 at Labdieville, La. He is survived by his parents. The body of Airman Landry was flown Wednesday night to Louisiana for burial. The body was taken to Offut Air Base by Caldwell - Lindner f unera home and transferred to the plane for transport to the old home. Historical Society To Have Exhibit The Cass County Historical Society held a meeting at noon Wednesday at the Hotel Coffee Shop, with Martin Sporer, presi dent, conducting the meeting. Mrs. Ivan Balfour, secretary and treasurer read the minutes which were approved, followed by the regular business proced ure. Location for the historical building was discussed, and Grace Livingston reported on the building fund. : . - Thirteen . were present for the meeting and new members were greeted Annual dues are being accepted now. - The program committee was named for the coming year with Grace Livingston, Maxine Cloldt and Mrs. Alice Perry appointed to serve. . Members adjourned to the Hiatt building where the Society will have an exhibit during the King Korn Karnival. Horse Show To Wind Up King Korn Karnival King Korn Karnival of 1956 will be closed by the presen tation of the Horse Show spon sored .by the Horse Show As sociation. This part of the four days of entertainment will be a fitting climax to the show. The com mittee has been working hard to present a great showing cf horse flesh. The show will be held at the grounds south of this city where the sale barn is located. This year the show will be featured on a team basis rather than of past years. It is ex pected that ten to fifteen clubs will be on hand to take part in the shows that will be held at 1:30 and another at 8 o' clock. The show will be free. Charles Grosshans will be the manager of the show and will have a group of very capable, assistants to help in producing a fine show. Those who love fine horse flesh, well trained and presented King Korn Karnival closing. One of the features that Is sure to be a great hit is that of the Tarkio rough riders, who will have many special features that will include stage coach and wagon run by the group, should not miss this treat, th Also Roman chariot races by the young people of the club. Special feature will be pulling contest by members of the saddle clubs, pulling from their saddles. Several stunts with cattle also will be staged by the groups. niniijiidft iffltii niftin jiitn. iiffiwi Him irffrwii'fnnwirtViiii iftw iffrii itfr irnAin ft Charles W.. Hula of Sedalia, Mo., has been here enjoying his vacation with his family and will depart the last of the week for Denver to visit a son, C. W. Hula and family for a few days. Dr. and Mrs. Joe Stibal have returned home from a buying trip securing merchandise for their store. Lester Gehsemer of Murray Joy Haswell, Fred Beins and Jim Carmicle are leaving this week on a fishing trip to Minne sota. They expect to visit at Battle Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Searl S. Davis were at Nebraska City Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Kate Borchers, who died Friday at Norfolk. Mrs. Borchers was mother of Mrs. George Petring, a friend of the Davis'. Elmer Hallstrom of Avoca was a Plattsmouth caller Wednesday. Raymond Adkins, Jr., has re turned to his home after treat ment at a Denver hospital. Ray mond is nursing an old football injury to his leg, and it is neces sary to have therapeutic treat ments in hopes to ward off an operation. Mrs. E. H. Tritsch who has been at the Methodist hospital at Omaha returned home Wed nesday. Mrs. Lena Tritsch of Lincoln, a sister, who has been here visiting returned to her home. Mrs. Catherine Meisinger of Weeping Water visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.. H Meisinger over the weekend and for three days. Mrs. H. E. Holmes who has been recovering from surgery at an Omaha hospital was able to return home Wednesday. Fred Lugsch and Carl Chris wiser of this city have been en joying a fishing trip to the Ca nadian Lakes in the past week. They are expected to return this afternoon. The Plattsmouth men were accompanying friends from Omaha and Off utt Field. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith of Lincoln will arrive today in Plattsmouth and will be guests during the Karnival of their son, George Smith, and family in Hillcrest. Stiba!'s25th iversary ne Wednesday ' marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of entrance into th business life of the city of Dr. J. J. Stibal, D.'-C, and Mrs. Stibal. . - , On September 19," 1931, Dr. Stibal became a partner in the Reliable variety store operated by Byron Golding, a pioneer business man of Plattsmouth. Later Mr. Stibal purchased the interest of Mr. Golding and with the assistance of Mrs. Sti bal has operated the store as "Stibal's" one of the known stores in this part of the state. In the intervening years the physical aspect of the store has greatly changed, new front has been added, as well as the in terior remodeled and made a strictly modern plant. Dr. Stibal devotes his time to his profession work while the operation of the store is looked after by Mrs. Freda Stibal and the force of clerks. O'Connell's Will Open On Friday (Continued From Page 1) ors and was vice-president in 1945-46. He served as vice-commander of the American Legion in 1937 38, served on the ration board during World War 11, was on the Community Service board, was deputy grand knight of the Knights of Columbus and was active in the Lions and Elks. The O'Connells have five chil dren, Jack, Mrs. Edward Laugh lin and Mrs. Lloyd VanNess live in Omaha. Mary and Tim are at home with their parents at 211 South Fifth. O'ConneH's opening ad can be found on another page of The Journal. - Some great star clusters, in cluding numerous suns and other bodies of great size, are rushing into outer space at 75,000 miles a second, a Palomar observa- itory astronomer reported. wuflttwviw iiiiwi4wjAjijiJ'ift.airrMugiijLTrru Wed sday By Margaret Dingman - Phone 241 Mrs. Lavina Appleby of Noxon, Mont., and Mrs. Walter Smith of Lexington, daughters of Mrs. Cynthia Dawson, returned to their homes this week. They were called here by the death of their father, Charles Dill. Mr. and Mrs. Henry LaMoy of Grand Junction, Cclo., were guests Thursday at the home of Dean and Ida Patton. Mrs. Raymond Adkins and Mrs. George Lushinsky will ar rive Sunday for a few days visit in Plattsmouth from their homes in Denver. They will visit at the Earl Redd and Minnie Edwards homes, other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Herring and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Long re turned last week from an eight day trip to Colorado Springs, Manitou, Grand Canyon and Es tes Park. Mrs. Agnes Moore has re turned home from the Clarkson Hospital where she was taken after breaking her left arm in a fall at a local store last Sat urday. Maxine Cloidt attended the Republican Convention at Grand Island Monday. Floyd Fulton had surgery Wed nesday at the Methodist Hos pital in Omaha, and is getting along as well as can be expectr ed. Miss Frances Henrich is con fined to her home as the re sult of a fall on the postoffice steps a few days ago. The fall caused a severe injury to the right knee. Henri E. Todd is returning to his home in Plaquemine, La., after a visit with his mother, Mrs. Minta Todd and his aunt, Margaret Mauzy. W. R. Holly of Manawa, Iowa, was here today to spend a few hours visiting old friends and r looking over the Karnival. He was accompanied by Frank Dol ezal. . . Attorney Willie L. Dwyer of Weeping Water was in the city today to attend to matters at the court house. Joy Rawson Reported Completely Recovered Mr: and Mrs. W. E. Hoschar Nehawka, received a. telephone call, from their daughter, Alice Rawson,' last Monday telling them that Joy Rawson had com pletely recovered from rheu matic fever, which has kept her bedfast for the past twelve weeks. A check showed that she could now return to school. The Hoschars visited their daughter and family a few weeks ago and while there the Rawson family took them up into Canada on a. trip that they all enjoyed very much. - Cass Farms Will Be Cut BY Highway (Continued from Page 1) house." All buildings, he be lieves will have to be moved. Wilson B. Lambert, east of Greenwood, says, "I'll just have to sell out and go look for an other farm." Mrs. Charles Mar tin told the reporter the road "will just, about wreck" the 240 acres south of Greenwood where she and her husband have lived for 40 years, "And no amount of money can pay for the damages to your home," she added. Engineer Ress is confident that satisfactory settlements can be made with most of the own ers. He assures them that they will be paid "segregation" dam ages to compensate for divid ing a . farm in addition to the cost of the land actually used. In some cases, he said, means would be provided for a farmer to "go under" the highway to get from one part to the other. But, most farmers agree the highway will cause hardships in many ways as creating thre.e- cornored fields with rows of var ious lengths. Cutting down the size of farms when more land is needed. Separating pastures from corrals and sources of water and bringing traffic noises near to rural homes. OpailQSaSBagfk Mr. and Ms. Robert Sedlak and daughter, Nancy, were din ner guests at an Omaha restau rant of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Sed lak of Omaha. Wednesday eve ning Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Boyd and family honored the Califor nia visitors at dinner. Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Sedlak are sisters. Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs TIT ... wayne uorion were nosts m Omaha to Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Sedlak.. Others in the party were Mr. and Mrs. Don Gorton. Kenny Meisinger Is enjoy ing a vacation from his work at BRE Shops. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hamblen will be dinner guests tonight of the president of the Omaha Boat Club and attend a meeting cf that organization at Carter Lake. Mr. Hamblen will be a guest speaker at the meeting and will conduct a question and answer forum on safety. Mr. and Mrs. Greth Garnett, Hal Garnett of this city and Neil Johnson of Avoca will re turn home this weekend after a two weeks vacation spent fish ing and camping at Jackson Wyo. Friends of Ralph Clinkenbeard Offutt Air Force Base personnel, honored him at a surprise show er Saturday evening at the 40 & 8 Club. Mr. Clinkenbeard re ceived many gifts to remind him of his calorie counting days. Mrs. Raymond Henry de parted Monday night for Philadelphia, to join her husband who is employed there. Dick Elliott, former Platts mouth resident, is here from Aurora, 111., to attend the King Korn Karnival and visit his rela tives and many friends. He is employed in the offices of the Burlington at Aurora. Henry Klinger of Omaha was a Plattsmouth visitor Tuesday. D. T. HAaley, Edith Haley and daughter Patricia, ivere in Anamosa, Iowa, the past week end visiting De Witt Haley, the son of Edith Haley. Mary Eppings was a Plattsmouth caller Tuesday and visited her sister, Mrs. Clara Arnold and sister-in law, Mrs. Fern Meyers. District Court Confirms Sale Of Real Estate Sitting in District' Court here Friday, Judge John M. Dierks confirmed the sale of Weeping Water city property belonging to the estate of Luella Minium to Ora Fitch. Atty. W. L. Dwyer was administratrix. Other cases tried included the court granted an additional 40 days to prepare a bill of ex ceptions to plaintiff James El liott vs. William Brandt, Jr., in a personal damage suit. This case is now in Supreme Court. Plattsmouth Loan and Build ing Association was granted a decree of foreclosure on the east 28.3 feet of lot 9, lots 10, 11, 12, block 9, City of Platts mouth. Foreclosure was granted to settle a balance due of $6, 631.37 on the property under terms of sale to B. H. G. Eiting, Agnes Eiting, C. C. Girardot and Ethel. Edwin Gale Wagner was grant ed permission to change his name to Edward Gale Eschen, that of his natural father, now deceased. In his petition he re vealed that he had been using the name of his step father. Pucelik Sons Attend School The sons of Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Pucelik are now taking up their studies for the fall and winter at the schools and colleges of their selections. Tom Pucelik has returned to the St. Paul's seminary at St. Paul, Minnesota, to resume his studies. Jerry Pucelik is resuming his study at Creighton Univer sity while Bob is to attend Creighton Prep. FILES DIVORCE ACTION A divorce action was filed in district court here Tuesday by Clifford E. Stoehr vs. Lucille Stoehr alleging cruelty. The couple was married at Glen wood, Iowa, July 24, 1953. The Plaintiff also asks for a division of equitable property consisting of household goods and two auto mobiles. There are no children. Journal Want Ads Pay M Mil ft 1 4 I Pastor Will Serve Cedar Creek Church Rev. Harold L. Wilson, the byterian church in the Snyod of Nebraska, has come to Zion Presbyterian church at Cedar Creek to serve as their interim pastor for an-indefinite period of time. Rev. Harold L. Wilson Cedar Creek Church Rev. Wilson has served a num ber of churches in Nebraska as interim pastor until the church es are strong enough to call a pastor, of their own. He will probably remain in Cedar Creek several months endeavoring to build up the church and secure a permanent pastor. He is living most of the week in a small home located across the street from the church. He is available for pastoral services at any time. The permanent home of Rev. Wilson is in Hastings, Nebras ka. He usually spends a day or two of each week in Hastings with his wife and two grown sons. Many material and spiritual improvements m the church are being planned by the church of ficers from week to week. Next Sunday Rev. Wilson will preach on "Believing is Seeing. Members of the congregation are asked to note the change in the hours of services. Sunday School will be at 10:00 a. m. and Worship Service at 11 a. m. War Dads And Auxiliary Of Union Elect UNION (Special) The Union War Dads and Auxiliary met Tuesday evening at the Legion Hall, with War Dads holding their election of officers and the Auxiliary installing the new Auxiliary officers. The Auxiliary voted two dollars and fifty cents to be sent to the Veteran's Hos pital at Omaha for their game fund. Mrs. George Bischof and Mrs. Miller of Nebraska City were guests and Mrs. Bischof installed the new officers, as follows: President, Mrs. Robert Grunwald, Vice President, Mrs. Harry Gobelman, Treasurer, Mrs. Elmer Patterson, Chaplin, Mrs. Charles Meredith, Sgt. at Arms, Mrs. Horrace Griffin, His torian, Mrs. Glen Carneal. Mrs. Carneal presented a musical program for the eve ning. Mrs. Carol Attebery sang two solos accompanied at the piano by Edwin Wolfe. Johnny and Sammy Carneal played sev eral numbers on their guitar and accordian. Reports on the state conven tion were given by Mrs. Rob ert Harrah, Sr., Mrs. Elmer Patterson and Mrs. George Bis chof. Mrs. Grunwald appointed the following committees for the year as follows: Americanism, Mrs. Ivan Balfour; Social Act ivities, Mrs. Robert Harrah, Sr., Mrs. Harry Gobelman, and Mrs. Horace Griffin; Civil De fense, Extension Finance, Con stitution and by laws; Mrs. Loy Clarence; Gold Star, Gold Star Loan, and Hearts Across the Sea, Mrs. Fred Baker; Hospital, Mrs. Charles Attebery; Legisla tion and Life and Memorial Memorial Memberships, Mrs. Charles Meredith; Membership, Mrs. Robert Harrah and Mrs. Glen Carneal; Publicity and Radio, Mrs. Roy Mullis; Ser vice Men and Women, Mrs. Clifton Garrison and Mrs. John Christensen; Veterans Security, Mrs. Charles Atteberry; Worlds Affairs, Mrs. Fred Stern. Hostesses for the evening were outgoing officers of the past year, Mrs. Meredith, Mrs. Grun wald, Mrs. Gobelman, Mrs. Clar ence, Mrs. Balfour, Mrs. Har rah and Mrs. Roddy. The War Dads elected Horrace Iriffin as their new president. John Christensen as vice Presi dent, and Harry Gobelman as Treasurer. The organizaton re ceived a fifteen, dollar check as a prize for second place in State membership drive. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents mniwmijiii"ii i . J'" ,f. ii"'" " in il) hi ii II 1 THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, September 20, 1956 PAGE THREE Mr. and Mrs. Pace Held Open House (Special to the Journal) Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pace held open house at their home in Weeping Water Sunday. More than 150 friends and relatives called dur ing the afternoon and evening. The celebrants were present ed with three beautifully decor ated cakes. One was baked by their daughter, Mrs. Anderson, another by a granddaughter, Mrs. Francis Ritter and the oth er by Mrs. Martin Baughman. They received many gifts, cards and flowers. Their houseguests during the weekend were their daughters and son and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw, Betty, Jo, Bobby and Beverly Ann of Algonquin, 111., Mr. and Mrs Robert Jewell, Glenda, Bobby and Donnie of Jefferson, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Pace Sheri, Terry, Tommy and Tim- my of Fredericksburg, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. William Andersen Kathy and Billy; Mr. and Mrs Joe Sheehan, Judy and Margie Kav: Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Isaac and Michael, completed the fam ily circle. They also celebrated tne birthdays of Mrs. Jewell, Mrs. Sheehan and Frank Pace. The family had not been together for 14 years. SOLVES DOG PROBLEM HUNTINGTON, W. Va. Post man James Arthur, bitten by dogs four times . in his lour years on the job, solved the dog-biting problem by taking along a 10-year-old boxer as a working companion every day. He hasn't been bitten once since. TOO MANY CATS DECATUR, JU. After decid ing to move to California, Miss Agnes Heinzelmann had to give away her cats-46 Siamese fe lines. 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Mrs. Anna Roth of Lebanon, Oregon, was a guest the past week of the Kent Balfours. She left Saturday for her home. The Balfours took her to Omaha and stopped at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Hunt, former Ne hawka residents. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Mayfield visited his mother, Mrs. J. R. Mayfield of Louisville, at the Clarkson Hospital, Sunday. Mrs. shows improvement. Her con dition Thursday was very ser ious. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ban gert and family, Plattsmouth, were guest Wednesday evening of the Senn Waddells. Mss. Dick Johnson was elect ed president of the Nehawka ex tension club Wednesday when they met with Mrs. Kenneth Redden. Other officers elected were vice president, Mrs. How ard Heesch, secretary and news reporter; Mrs. Dale Reckard treasurer; and Courtesy Chair man, Mrs Earl Nolte, Music leader, Mrs. Geral Ackley. Mrs. Earl Nolte presented the lesson on "Accesssories for Dis tinction". The next meeting will, be with Mrs. T. R. Brannon on October 10. "Al" Is In Town "Al" the mechanical salesman is at Ray's Liquor store this week. He is making but two stops in the state, here and Grand Island. He has a great line to sell his wares. Journal Want Ads Pay . . Only Pen Only .59c