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9 rake . Eeoft trice 13 to 12, The Plattsmouth Blue Devils . atrice was unable to score, as v.-on tHeir first game of the sea- the game ended. 1 T i 1 t , m I yon nere r riaay niecnt, witn a rno.h nMc0n ,f stunning victory over Beatrice, 13-12. It was the first victory for Platsmouth in the Twin-Rivers Conference since that confer ence was incorporated four years a go. The Devils and Orangemen played to a scoreless tie until Wavne Witt, Beatrice speedster, broke loose for a sixty-yard scoring play. But the Devils came right back after a recov ered fumble, and with ball on the 18-yord line, Larry Long passed to Tom Winscot, who ran the ball over for the score. At halftime the score stood at 6-6. Early in the third period, Be trice scored again on a series of ground plays. But the Devils did not giveup. Instead they came back to move the ball to the 10-yard line. At this point Coach Hansen sent in Jerry Sayers a sophomore back, who promptly scored. Tom Winscot added the extra point and Plattsmouth led. 13-12. The Devil defense tightened in the final quarter, and Be- Davc Woostcr Stars For North High Team Dave Wooster quarterbacked the North High Freshman foot ball team to a 7 to 0 win over the Freshman Team of Benson High in Omaha, Friday. Prospects of a good season ap pear for the North Freshman with one of the heaviest teams on record for freshmen. The football player is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Woost er of Omaha and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wooster and Mrs. Frank Cloidt of this city. David is following the footsteps cf his father who was a real football star in his days in the blue and white. standing work of the line, and the good deception in the back field as the strong points. He also noted. The outstanding work of Mike Lewis in handling the Beatrice big, boy, Fischer. The linebacking work of Bill Long and Den Burbee. The end play of Larry Cun dall. The nlay of defensive guard, Loren Fleschman. The off-tackle playing of Dave Anderson. The outstanding running of sophomore, Tom Winsccot. The improved blocking of Ken ny Dasher. The spot running of Jerry Sayers. The all-around play of sopho more quarterback, John Kon-frst. The defensive play of Bob Wilson. The driving of Larry Long. Seeing action for the Devils were: Tom Winscot, Larry Long, Bob Wilson, Ken Dasher, Jerry Sayers, John Konfrst, Loren Fleschman, Ken Aylor, Larry Cundall, Bill Long, Den Burbee, Tom Martin, Dave Anderson, Ken Prichard, Jim Grosshans, Lauren Todd, Mike Lewis and Bob Beverage. Statistics of the game: Plattsmouth: First downs, 8; Yards rushing, 154; Yards pass ing, 91; Penalties, 25. Beatrice: First downs, 13; Yards rushing 286; Yards pas sing, 60; Penalties, 55. Score by Quarters: Plattsmouth 6 0 7 Beatrice 6 0 6 By Margaret Dingman Phone 241 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frey have returned home from several weeks spent at Colorado Springs and other parts of the mountain country. They have enjoyed the vacation very much. Captain and Mrs. Walter Thomas and daughter were at Bartlett, Iowa, the past week, guests at the Ross Stouder home, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bussels of California. Twice-a-Day Service Plattsmouth to Omaha Also Beilevue Offutt Field and La-Platte Plattsmouth Transfer Plattsmouth 5255 Omaha HA 6733 013 012 Football Squad To Be Guests Of Quarterback Club This (Monday) evening, the quarterback club will have their regular meeting at high school gym at 7:30. They will have as soecial guests members of the Plattsmouth high school football squad. The meeting will give all the members of the club the oppor tunity of meeting the boys of the squad personally and greet them lor their victory over Beatrice. 13 to 12, Friday. Movies of the Friday game will be shown giving all the oppor tunity of seeing the game in its entirety., .... . This is a part of the booster program of the Quarterback Club to boost the Blue Devils in their season play. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Goff of this city were supper guests at the Raymond Burt home at Pa cific Junction, on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Max Taylor and children of Council Bluffs were here Friday to enjoy the King Korn Karnival and visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Sheard, parents of Mrs. Taylor. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Meisinger are Will Steppat, brother of Mrs. Meisinger from Gregory, S. D., and daughter, Mrs. Rudolph Becker and family of Naper, Nebraska. Mrs. Kenneth McCoy visited recently with her aunt, Mrs. Clovis Day. Accompanying Mrs. McCoy from Longview, Wash., was a great niece of Mrs. Day, Mrs. Cliff Weber, and a great great niece of Mrs. Day, Joyce Weber. The Washington visitors had been in St. Joseph, Mo., be fore coming to Plattsmouth. Mrs. Joe Zastera who recently underwent surgery at a Hast ings hospital is recuperating at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Fred J. Rutt, Jr., 1211 North Pine Street, Hastings. Zulemma Dye and Helen Lessman visited Mrs. Zastera at the Rutt home recently. RADIATOR REPAIRING ONE-DAY SERVICE Plattsmouth Motors 625 Ave. A Ph. 287 Mr. and Mrs. George Lathrope, Nebraska City, spent Sunday af ternoon at the Henry Thiele home. Mrs. Wildon Switzer of Nehawka was a visitor Friday afternoon. rS Federal Hybrid Seed Corn Sunday, Sept. 30th - 3:30 to 6:30 R. T. Cuthrell's Cabin Airman second class Daniel Covert arrived todav for a 20-dav leave with his parents, Mr,.p.nd Mrs. LeRoy Covert. The victor is stationed at Travis Air Firce Base with the military air trans portation as a sheet metal work er in in the field main squadron. Accompanying Mr. Covert was Larry Gardner, stationed at Ft. Ord. He will visit his wife and his parents here. :i lltlllltll lllllllflflllllllflllltlllllllltlltlf ritlllMI IIMIHtllllllllllllilllmai f$40B TABLETS Offer You Same-Day Relief From Pains of ARTHRITIS! 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Heads of the local Dodge Plymouth dealership have been informed that the new 1957 line is a complete change from pre vious models. Engineers and de signers state that cars are com pletely redesigned from hood to bumper, in addition to many new mechanical features that will add to the car's perform ance. The three couples will return to Plattsmouth this evening. Ernest Wurl Reported As Improving Some Emil A. Wurl for many years a Plattsmouth merchant, was here Thursday and Friday to attend the King Korn Karnival, meeting his many old time friends. Mr. Wurl states that his broth er, Ernest E. Wurl, also an old time resident of Plattsmouth, is slowly recovering from a long illness that has kept him hos pitalized. He resides at Pomona, Calif., and had surgery there several weeks ago. Later he suffered an attack of pneumonia that made his case very critical for some time but he is reported as improving. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents REAL ESTATE LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for Each Monthly Payment Plattsmouth Loan Cr Building Ass'n. MAIN STREET Seen on Main Street during the King Korn Karnival was. . . E. A. Wurl, long time resi dent of Plattsmouth, now mak ing his home with his daughter, Mrs. York Hinman, at North Platte. Mr. Wurl was happily engaged in conversation with old time friends. While here he visited the new store. O'Con- nell's, where Mr. Wurl operated a dry goods and grocery store for many years. He attended the football game at Lincoln Saturday where he met his daughter and family and return ed home with them. Also. . . .Mr. and Mrs. War ren Reed of Denver, Colo., And Mr and Mrs. Ellis Brown and son, Gary, of Omaha with Mrs. Andy Moore of Ashland having refreshments at the Band stand with Mrs. J. M. Ley da. Seen too were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kennedy of Spokane, Wash., coming to Plattsmouth for the week, enjoying a visit with old friends. Mr. Kennedy was for a number of years a resident of Murray. Welcome. . . .to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Thimgan of Carlisle, Pa., guests of Mrs. Martha Thimgan and at the Lester Thimgan home. Larry, a former Platts mouth High football star, en joyed the Plattsmouth-Beatrice game here Friday. Adding a touch of glamour to the. sidewalks was Miss Nan Engler of Omaha, accompanied by Miss Janis Schmidtmann past Karnival Queen, who is her house guest for two weeks. They visit ed here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Schmidtmann, par ents of Janis. Glad to be in Plattsmouth, and we are always glad to see them were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brothers of Beilevue. Frank Hogue who was recent ly discharged from a hospital was brought to town by his daughter and son-in-law. Mr. Hogue has many friends in the county. Also here the past week was Mrs. Vincent Slatinsky of Se dalia, Mo., visiting at the An tonia Pitz home. Mrs. Clarence Cuthrell is enjoying a weeks va cation from the BRE, and took Mrs. Slatinsky to Omaha Friday to visit, other relatives and friends. Mrs. John Jacobs of Omaha took in the Karnival, also visit ing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Griffin. You should have seen the gleam in the eyes of Leslie Wiles of Weeping Water, Thurs day night when his grand daughter, Joanne Elizabeth Ben der, was crowned queen. Mr Wiles attended the Koronation with his daughter, and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bender also of Weeping Water, parents of the new queen. Also from Weeping Water were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stacey, at tending the Koronation. And Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rehmeier and their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Dettmer and Mr. Rehmeier's sister, Mrs Taylor. Plattsmouth is always glad to see her neighbors. .frame scott was seen on Main Street Friday. He lives in Ashland, now. The hot wind accompanied with dirt did not keep many people from coming to the Kar nival Friday. Spectators enjoy ed watching the kids eat pie, the races and played "Kingo." Main Street was crowded Fri day night. All were treated to a wonderful parade. Mrs. Helen Redfern of Kan sas City, Mo., spent the week with her friend, Mrs. Sophia Wolever and attended the Kar nival. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dorman and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Ebler of Omaha spent Thursday eve ning here with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Sedlak and children of Omaha were here Fridav night. Mr. and Mrs. John Carneal of Union were seen taking in the Karnival. Mrs. Mary Thorns of Weep ing Water accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lewis to the Kar nival. ... Also here for the Karnival were Mr. and Mrs. Albert In man and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Streeter of Louisville. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hilt ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. Phil ip Larkin of Omaha were here for the last day of the Karnival. The Hilts are former residents. Harry Speck of Kansas City was a karnival visitor the last of the week and visiting his rel atives and old friends. Mr. and Mrs. William Swatek have returned home after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. William Gillogly and family at Mt. Kis co, N. Y. Mrs. Gillogly is the former Wilma Swatek. Mrs. Harold Williams entered the St. Catherine's Hospital in Omaha, Sunday evening. Mrs. Williams is in room 127. Recent guests at the Harold Gaines home were Mrs. L.. E. Blake of Burgess, 111., for three weeks; S. G. Forsyth and fam ily of Viola, 111., returning Mrs. Blake home. Mr. and Mrs. Lest or Blackledge of Rock Island, 111., spent a week end with the Gaines', also Mrs. Clem Boyd of Denver, Colo., a former resi dent of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kopp and son of Council Bluffs were here Saturday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Kopp, parents of Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. Doran Bowman and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bow man left Saturday night for Wy oming where they will ; hunt deer. Mr. and Mrs. Anton LaHoda and Mr. and Mrs. Louie LaHoda of Omaha returned home Friday from near Ottertail, Minn., where they have enjoyed a week of good fishing. They report they got their limit of Northerns, Crappies and Bass. Mrs. Jean Serafini of Omaha was a guest at the last meet ing of the Plattsmouth Garden Club. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Watkins, Union, observed their 45th wed ding anniversary Sunday. Guests for dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Harris; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Land of Plattsmouth and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Arnold, Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Arnold and friends, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Grif fith of Council Bluffs, Iowa, were dinner guests of Mrs. Arn old's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Land, Saturday. That evening Mr. and Mrs. Arnold were, overnight guests of uieir grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Watkins at Union. Mrs. Lottie Knecht of South Bend was a weekend guest of Marie Fitzgerald and attended church services at the St. Lukes Episcopal church. Elsie Schwartz of San Francis co. Calif., spent four days with her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ruback. The vis itor departed Saturday night for Minneapolis, Minn., where she will visit other relatives. Eagle Turns Back Nehawka By 45 to 13 Battling in a gusty wind that caused many fumbles, Eagle turned back the fighting Nehaw ka six bailers, by the score of 45 to 13 Friday at Eagle. Eagle scored in every quarter wThile Nehawka hit pay dirt in the second and fourth periods. Scoring for Eagle were, Larry Walberg with a great running offense that netted him fifty, eight, six, seven yards. Roy Hor- ton returned a punt sixty yards for a touchdown while Gene Rodaway passed seven yards for a tally Duane Umland passed fifty yards for a touchdown. Ex tra points were made by Ronnie Johnson, Roger Walker, and Gene Rodaway. For the Nehawka team Ted Brannon ran sixty yards for a touchdown while Roy Lee raced fifteen yards with a recovered fumble. Leonard Thome scored a safety for Nehawka. Playing for Eagle were: Gene Rodaway, Arnold Schroeder, Duane Umland, Eddie Vader, Larry Walberg. Roy Horton, Dale Gump was coach of the Eagles. The Nehawka team compris ed Robin Stoll, Jim Gregg, Gary Jones, Ronnie Lee, Leonard Thorne. Ted Brannon. Dale Rec kard is the coach of the Nehaw ka team. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, September 24, 1956 PAGE THREE Has Fine Exhibit In Coin Collection Visitors to the King Korn Kar nival had the opportunity cf viewing a very fine collection of coins owned by Charles "Chuck" Ault. This was exhibit ed in a window of the Schmidt mann store. Mr. Ault has followed his hob by of coin collecting for several years, closely associated with meetings of numismatics over the country, this enabling him to enlarge his collection, gain great knowledge of the history of coins and their value. His showing of minted dollars is one of the best, especially as it covers many of the changes in the U. S. money through the years. Carnival Drops ; Man Following Court Charge (Continued. From Uage 1) Texas, overweight on plates, $100 and $4. Clayton L. Waterbury, (American Bus Lines) Lincoln, overweight on single axle, $50 and $4. Dean E. Taylor, , Auburn, speeding, $10 and $4. John H. Timmerwilke, Boulder, Colo., speeding, $16 and $4. Glenn H. Terrell, transient, disturbing the peace, $25 and $4. Ted J. Tebo, Roca, speeding with truck, $$10 and $4. Peru Wins 14 to 6 From Weeping Water Friday at Peru the Weeping Water Indians met defeat at the hands of the Peru Prep by the score of 14 to 6. Peru scored in the first and third period of the game with their running plays, Stevenson scoring on a thirty yard sprint while Brock breaking away from the opposition to race eighty yards to pay dirt. Weeping Water scored a touch down in the second stanza on the running play of Phil Rhodes for their tally. Peru Prep used Monte All good, Jim Bohlkey, Jack Rails back, Jerry Patterson, Jack Crabtree, Dennis Dallen, George Nencheler, Ron Brock, Rex Raines, Dave Stevenson, Jerry Henning in the battle, Virgil Schwartz, coach directing the play. The Weeping Water Indians squad comprised John Seathoff, Jim Colbert, Sam Beck, Bob Col bert, Bob Anderson, Jed Friesel, Phil Rhodes, Charles Seeger, John Tyler, Gary McDonald, Coach Scott Willoughby. Journal Want Ads Pay Elmwood Clobbers Ceresco By 45 to 0 The Elmwood six bailers had a busy day Friday, when they were hosts to the Ceresco school in football, emerged victors by the score of 45 to 0. The Cass county team had lit tle trouble with the visitors and started the battle with a series of long runs, Bob Hall returning a punt fifty-five yards, then caught another Ceresco punt to return it forty yards. Leroy Backe meyer picked up eighteen yards in the opener. Bob Rueter picked up a Ceresco fumble to gain an other six points. This scoring was all in the first quarter. Dennis Drake and Ewald Send er each scored for Elmwood in the second quarter to add twelve more points for their team. The Elmwood team comprised Richard Thomas, Dennis Drake, Bob Rueter, Bob Hall, Gerry Wilhelm, Leroy Backemeyer. Substitutes for Elmwood were Lyle Kirchoff, Bruce Vogt, E wald Sender, Gayle Miller, John Mendenhall, Larry Fleischman, and Larry Bornemeier. MARRIAGE LICENSES Wiliam John Wegener, 24, to Ruth Joan Schroeder, 23, both of Louisville, issued, Sept. 15. Paul Ethelbert Carlson, 22, to Lula Mae Knittel, 21, both of Red Oak, la., issued Sept. 20 and married same day by County Judge Raymond J. Case. Warren Grant Lillie, 36, to Cathreine Jane Jakovatos, 33, both of Plattsmouth, issued Sept. 22. Gene LeRoy Burgen, 22, to Martha Ann Smith, 17, both of Weeping Water, issued Sept. 22. U. S. GRANT DRUNK MEMPHIS, Tenn. Among those arrested for driving drunk was Ulysses S. Grant not the famous Civil War general or his ancestors, but a 51-year-old man who was driving his mule and wagon while drunk. Journal Want Ads Pay SATTLER Funeral Home 1 Dial 3123 The Most Complete Collection of King Korn Karnival Pictures Come In And Look Them Over At CHRISWISER'S STUDIO HUNDREDS TO CHOOSE FROM AT REASONABLE PRICES Sgt. Harry Reed Frank Levings of Omaha and Ed Murphy of Los Angeles, Calif., visited T. H. Pollock and daughter, Mrs. Alice Perry while they were in this city. Mr. Pol lock presented them with a Cen tennial book. Friends honored Nancy Todd of Union with a surprise birth day party, Sunday night. All enjoyed a hayride party. Ac Howard L. Eaton, who is enjoying a furlough while en route to France, with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Eaton, in this city, was taken to the base hospital at Offutt Field Sat urday. He was kept there over the week end may have to un dergo a tonsilectomy. Donald Sheard and family of Phoenix, Ariz., called his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sheard, Friday, for a visit and report they are doing fine. Mrs. James Lamoreau and daughter, Gale, of Portland, Ore., have been here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Broth ers of Beilevue. Also at Nebras ka City with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barker. Mrs. Lamoreau is the former Buster Blauvelt. Charles Holloway from Den ver, Colo., is visiting with his sister, Mrs. Doyle Foster at the Ralph Murray home. Mrs. Bernice Newell Fuller of Bruceville, Ind., is in the city visiting with old time friends and former school associates. She has been a house guest of Mrs. H. F. Cecil. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Jean of Greeley, Colo., is in the city enjoying a visit with Mrs. Nel lie Spangler, a sister, as well as other relatives and friends in this part of the West. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baum gart departed today for Kansas City, where they will make a short visit with friends and look after some matters of business. 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