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Mrs. Harry Maseman Journal Correspondent , The Green Thumbers Gar den Club met Tuesday with Mrs. Fritz Brockhoff. Eleven members and one guest present. Roll call was "Biblical Flow ers and Trees." The lesson "Stynoform ornaments" was presented by Mrs. Elvin Ems hoff and Mrs. William Dettmer. Plans were made for the annual Christmas party to be held with Mrs. Harry Hauschild. It was voted to sponsor a Christmas lighting and decoration contest of business houses and homes in Avoca. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. Recent guests of Mrs. Jennie Schrieter and Rosa were Rolla Ogg, Brownville, Ore., Mr. and Mrs. Lenard Shrieter, Jerry, j.inaa and Alice, Dunbar. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schrieter and Jenn of Grant, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schrieter and Joyce, Nebraska City. A covered dish noon luncheon Tuesday was held with Mrs. J. E. Aeschbacker honoring four November birthday. Birthday guests were Mrs. Aeschbacker, Mrs. Bryan Seegel, Mrs. Kris tine Sailing. 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Other guests.1 were Mrs. Ella Wulf , Mrs. Joe BehrnsMrs Henry Dankleff, Miss Matilda; Madsen, Mrs. John.Mohr, MrsI John ' Stubbendich, Mrs: Henry Buckholz and Mrs. Hans Jensen. Housekeepers Extension Club held a covered dish dinner, at the library Friday, with Mrs. Caroline Marquardt ;hostess. The meal was old fashioned dishes and everyone brought the recipe for the dish she prepared: The Women's Club held "their Thanksgiving eve covered dish dinner in the church parlors. Their families were guests. The guest speaker was Dr. William Aeschbacker of Lincoln. Also present were Mrs. William Aeschbacker and sons.- ' ' ' Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Sophie Emshoff; Mr. and Mrs. John Emshoff, Anna Mae and Ralph; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Emshoff, Karen, Stanley: Mr. and Mrs. Darref Mather and sons; Mr. and Mrs. John Ber ner and family; Mrs. Elvin Emshoff and daughters; Mrs. Dena" Ruge and Frances. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. William Emshoff Jr., and son, Lincoln; and Mr. and Mrs. William Emshoff Sr., Ne braska City. ; Avoca Womeris Club met Wed nesday with '"Mrs. Will . Baier. Mrs.. J.nW. Brendel led the de votional period: Roll call,"I am Thankful forM. ' Program' "HoW to . get the rmpst out of your Newspaper"1 J by-' Mrs. Andrew t, and Telegraph Company , .' ,:t :: : 7 mm See live demonstration at our store at once, or a . mm m CONSUMERS PUBLIC POWER DSSTRiCT 4 Hansen. The business meeting was presided over by the presi dent, Mrs. Ernest Norris. The Anniversary Club met with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hen nings. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Haveman. Prizes at cards to Mrs. Levi Wilson, Mrs. Elmer Wessel, Mrs. Max Straub, J. J. Cullen. .. . . Mrs. Kenneth. Wessel and Mrs. Albert. Sill attended the bazaar at Lutheran Memorial church at ""5e. Mrs. Bernard Lundberg Lib- by, Mont., - was a guest of Mr J and Mrs. 'John Lingle,' Jr, Mon day 'afternoon.- '' -T ' Mrs.- Roy Ruhge was in 6 maha' "Monday where : she help ed with 'the3 bazaar for Childrens Memorial Hospital. ' -' John Rippe and Louis Ruhge are putting asbestos siding on the telephoneoffice." Mrs. Carrie Linhardt and Mrs. Ralph' Krause visited with Mrs. Pearl Vette. Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Steinhoff, Mr., and Mrs. Jim Davis , and family, Syracuse, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wes sel and daughters. Clarence Wilson, Omaha was Visiting in town Saturday. . Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kover and sons Sunday entertained at a birthday dinner honoring Harold Dumke, Lee and Mrs. Ella Dumke. James Elliott entertained fol lowing guests at the cafe Sat urday evening; Mr. and- Mrs. Roy Norris; Mr. and Mrs. John Norris; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ake son; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hennegar; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marquardt; Mrs. Burgess; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Power; Mrs. Myrtle Wolph and Mrs. Lois Tefft. : Mr. and Mrs. Levi Wilson en tertained at Omaha, Thursday evening. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wessel, Mrs. Pauline Ludwig and Paula; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Zaiser and Mrs.l E. Rawalt. Weekend visitors of Mr.and Mrs. Roy Ruhge were Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Mercer and children of Kearney. ; Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ruge .and sons were Henry Stubbendich; Mr. and Mrs. Albert. Bose and sons; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Emshoff and family; Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Mather and sons; and Mr. and Airs. Glenn Stubbendich. i and family. Earl Stubbendich had major surgery at Bryan Memorial Hos pital last week. He has a birth day Nov. 20 and everyone is asked to send him a card. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ruhge en tertained at a birthday supper honoring her mother, Mrs. Charles Ott Thursday evening. Also present were Mr. Ott, Glenn and .Richard Pace. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sill, Rev. J. E. Aeschbacher attended the Sunday School convention at Christian church, Weeping Wat er, Thursday. Mrs. Carl Tefft attended the DAR meeting at the Oren Poll ard home near Nehawka Friday Mr. and Mrs. Will Baier went to Kearney Sunday to see their new grandson at the D wight Baier home. . Lt. Robert Young who was killed Saturday at Lincoln Air Force Base was brother of Mrs Dwight Baier. He had visited her several times when the Baiers lived here near Avoca. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young of Beatrice and he has four other sisters. A 3-C Paul David Straub, 19, son of . Mr. and Mrs. Paul Straub, Avoca, was recently NO DUST BAG TO EMPTY 7s HP ... MOTOR , -j" ::5. h a Emm b kSAL! ,v sf" $ ... ? X 'jit of ":yy I R0T0-D0LLY I I Included! No V Extra Charge! processed by the :234th Person nel processing group enruute iu Japan, from Parks Air Force Base, California. Airman Straub enlisted in the air corps Nov, 9, 1955 and served at Fort Meyer, Va., prior to his present assignment. Mrs. Pearl Vette accompan ied Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cesz chin to Nebraska City to see their sister-in-law, Mrs. Anna Wridt, who is seriously ill at St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Smith and daughter of Omaha were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith and Roger., vij't Fred ) Gpllner, Chicago,- is spending -several days 'with his mother, Mrs. Will Gollner.. Mrs. Joe Koever entertained several ladies with Mrs. Ella Dumke, Lincoln, guest. Supper - guests Saturday eve ning at the Kenneth Wessel were Mr. and Mrs. William Luce; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ruhge; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Linhardt. Mrs. Edna Miller, Salt Lake City, Utah, spent Monday eve ning and Tuesday, with her brother George Durham. Teacher Visits West Coast On Vacation Mrs. Tom Tennant Phone 4.251 Mrs. Ervin Albert began teaching the second grade Thursday of last week, while Mr. and Mrs. August Funke are vacationing in California. They left Wednesday. Mrs. Funke, who teaches second grade will spend Thanksgiving with rela tives there. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Reed and family Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ten nant enjoyed a pre-Thanksgiv- ing dinner at the M. K. Schroed- er home in Syracuse - Sunday. The dinner was advanced be cause of work schedules. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Parnell and his mother of Omaha visit ed Friday at the John Ritter home. Mr. and Mrs. Parnell left Friday night for New York. Air. and Mrs. Grover Bramel of Omaha visited Mrs. Mary Group over the weekend. Mrs. Bramel stayed until Monday of last week. Mrs John Ritter visited Mr. Francis Ritter, Sr., at the Uni versity Hospital Tuesday and Thursday. Mr. Ritter had sur gery on his eye Thursday morn ing. ' Mr. and Mrs. Carl Parks ana Linda of Omaha spent Sunday at the Lester Tennant home. Other afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Errett Wiles of Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. visited Sunday Salberg home. Mr. and Mrs. Omaha visited Frank Salberg at the Walter Lloyd Dale of Sunday after noon at the Melvin Reed home. Mrs. Fred Cordes was among those attending a shower for Miss Margret Kupke at the St. Luke's Lutheran Church parlors Sunday afternoon. Miss Kupke 's wedding is set for Dec. 9. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wilson and family, Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cordes were guests for lunch at the, Orville Cor des home Sunday. Mr." and Mrs. Clarence Sjog ren and family called at the Elmer ' Sprieck home bunday evening. Mrs. John Ritter and Kenneth, Mrs. Tom Tennant visited Mrs Francis Ritter, Jr., at the -St Catherine's Hospital Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Ritter left the hospital Sunday and is conval escing at the home of her par ents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shee han. Mr. and Mrs. George Stoehr, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stoehr visited at the Victor Stoehr home Sunday. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Gearld Keil and family and Mr.and Mrs Aueust Keil. Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Henning and family called- at the Dan Thornton home Friday evening Mr. Thorton had the misfortune to injure a finger at work Fri day. Although painful, it was thought he would be able to re sume work Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Van Vleite and family of Lincoln were sup per guests at the Elmer John son home Sunday. Afternoon callers at the Johnson home were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ahl and Mrs. Maurice Group and children. s Elmer Meisinger of Ashland called at the Dayton Henning home Monday. TRAFFIC TOLL The nation's traffic deaths in creased in August for the 18th consecutive month, according to the National Safety Counci which says the toll for 1956 ap pears to be headed for a new record between 41,000 and 42, 000. Accidents on the highways in August killed 3,600, 2 per cent more than the 3,530 killed during August, 1955. Traffic deaths in the first eight months of "his year totaled 25,350, 8 per cent higher than in the com parable period of 1955. 1 Subscribe to The Journal Now! Book Review, Gives Insight To New India Mrs. Dudley Leavitt Phone 42447 , The Blue Bird Extension Club met at the home of Mrs. Grace Plybon, Nov. 20, with 17 mem bers and two visitors present: The visitors . were: Mrs. Fritz Albers group leader of the Elm wood Extension Clubs, and :Mrs. Claude Johnson, The; day-was c old and snowing , . ' and kep many at nome. 7. - Mrs. Earl Hortbn," music lead er, led in . singing "Come , All Ye Thankful People Come," "by Henry . Alfred, - Mrs. i -. Sidney Moore at the piano. ' ';- t ; r -Mrs. Elda Lenz, the president conducted the business meeting, with Mrs. Ruth Monning,. the secretary calling the roll of members, and reading of .min utes. , ' ' 1 Devotions were given by Miss Minnie Kunz, who read a scrip ture passage, and slso read a poem. . ; Mrs. Earl Horton gave a Book Review of "The Year of Love." Margaret Rynbeck, a story of the new India; which was most interesting and gave an insight into the changing conditions as evidenced by social conditions. Citizenship chairman, Mrs. C. J. Fleishman, cited ' the seven wondrs of the United States as listed by the American Society Engineers. They are: Chicago's disposal system;' Skyscrapers of New York City; Colorado River Aqueduct; Hoover Dam; Grand Coule Dam; Panama Canal and the San Francisco-Oakland Sus pension Bridge. - 1 Refreshments were served by Mrs. Herold Krecklow and Mrs. Cora Gerbeling assisting hostess es with Mrs. Plybon. P. T. A. Met The November meeting of the P. T. A. was held Monday, Nov. 19 in the auditorium of the high school. Ted Hall, the presi dent, presided for the business meeting, and Mrs. Harold Wil kent the secretary read the min utes for last month's meeting, and conducted the dities of her office." ' Mr. Hall gave a talk of the re-districting of the school here with other districts, relating some of the benefits to all. Mr. Howard Pool gave a briefing of the accomplishments of the past the prodedure and work involvr ed and the meetings wit jrceigh- btfring towns concerned Dwight Clements, gave a look into the future of the school require ments and also some of the present outlook for accomplish ing the purposes. There will not be a December meeting, which is customary to suspend each year. Refreshments were served by a committee: Mrs. Howard Pool, Mrs. Donald Hollenbeck, Mrs. Donald Fredenburg and Mrs. Herold Krecklow. You use your eyes Every second of every day Of every year. Take care of them. They must last a lifetime When your eyes need help . . seek the services of a compe- ' tent vision-specialist. Only peri odic, professional eyesight' examination will tell you whether you are continuing to see as well as you should. Consult an Optometrist or Ophthalmologist at least once a year and see better. Presented as a public service in the interest of better vision by Rite-Style Optical Company, Omaba, Nebraska, serving the profession with finest quality Ophthalmic materials. Mrs. Krecklow, who is on' the school, lunch-jjrpgr am, reported they serVetf SS' Thanksgiving Turkey - dinners at the school on Wednesday. This, is always served the daybefbre Thanks giving: .This 'year a larger num ber was served than is served daily. Because the turkeys are a commodity furnished to the school by the U. S. Govern ment, the school is enabled to serve this, lunch at . the regular price' of only 25 cents each pup- .41. . ' - Mr. and Mrs. H. SPower, Nehawka, werei visitors ' "at : the home of her sister, Mr. and LMrs. Earl Horton on t Sunday (Nov. , 18. Theyjhad Sunday .din ner and spent the day . visiting. Mrs. : Frank Turner entered the hospital ,last' Sunday ' and Monday, Nov. 19. She was brought home the . next day, Tuesday' and has ; been recover ing very satisfactorily Thanks giving Day Frank drove his family, to Yutan to have;Thanksr giving . dinner with his brother, Melvin DeLoss Turner and fam ily. Mrs. Turner was included in the trip which is evidence of her recovery. r Mr. - and 'Mrs. Melvin' Juilfs had a Juilfs family, reunion at their home on . Thanksgiving, and all enjoyed the, traditional turkey dinner. Most of his rela tives; came from Sterling Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Bishop were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley; enjoying the traditional turkey dinner, with all the trimmings They also enjoyed an afternoon of opera recordings. Mrs. Cora . Gerbeling, and ! Grace Plybon had a very ' en-, joyable Thanksgiving, in which they were joined by Mr.and Mrs. Dale Gerbeling and son, Gerry; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gerbeling, all of Nora; Mr.and Mrs. Ralph Gerbeling, daugh ters, Sandra and Carol, Lincoln. The men are all 50ns of Cora Gerbeling. All brought baskets of food and enjoyed sharing the day together. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buell en tertained at Thanksgiving, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buell. and daugh ter, Frances Elaine, and Mrs; Minnie Rosenkoetter. The ' gath ering included all. of the 1m medate family of .Buell's. A real Thanksgiving dinner was enjoyed. All but the hostess at tended the union Thanksgiving service. ' ' ' ' J!8R A5K " Nebraska farmers and ranchers sell a lot of. ,-, hay and feed to own ers of horses that participate in Ne braska race meet- , ings. , At . Ak-Sar-Ben alone, the feed costs are $150,000 each year. Licenses to help . stage Ak-Sar-Ben races are granted yearly to about 2,500 midweslerners ' THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thurdayy .November 29, 7956 I " . 4 ,T . Murdock Resident To ; Undergo Surgery. c Tuesday Morning Florence McDonald, , ' Tel. 2292 Charles Kupke, who has been n the hospital for a number of weeks, will undergo surgery on Tuesday morning. . " Carl Buck' of Lincoln visited at the home of, his parents, Mr, $md! Mrs. J'. Hi Buck on SaturT day. - - - i - "' t Mrs. John Bornemeier , moved into j hex property here in Mur dock on last Friday. '' ; - ' f A large number of people from Murdock and community attended funeral , services for Rev. E. F. Haist in Lincoln on Wednesday afternoon. Murdock played its first bas ketball ' and volleyball games with Otoe on Friday evening, ; The: junior high school class play will be given at the Com munity building in . Elmwood, Tuesday evening Nov. 27. "Hill billy Weddin" is its title, and all who come will have an eve ning of real enjoyment. All are welcome and urged to attend. Mr.' : arid Mrs. Chester Irons, and family -enjoyed Thanksgiv ing dinner at the home of their son, Henry Irons,' Weeping Wat er. Norman and Ronnie were both home to join in the fam ily dinner. . SATTLER Funeral Home Dial -3123 -!t - . LOOK AT YOUR HAT SMITH'S WE GIVE S & ''rnv'. AK-SAR-BEN AIDS STUDENTS . .. Each year Ak-Sar-Ben grants scholarships to enough students to make up the entire student body . of the average small college! More than 200 scholarships and fellowships are offered annually. Principally, they are grants to aid in the study of agriculture because Ak-Sar-Ben believes that anything that helps the farmer and rancher will help all of us in this area. rv Ak-Sar-Ben sponsors 100 scholarships and 2 fellowships at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture 20 scholarships for post graduate V study by County Agents, 15 grants to aid voca tional agricultural instructors to increase their " V knowledge, 20 Scholarships at the Curtis, Nebraska, Schpol of Agriculture, 36 scholarships at Iowa State follege, and 12 scholarships at Nebraska , independent colleges. Then there are scholarships . for agricultural judging teams and loan funds for needy students at Nebraska,- Creighton and Omaha Universities. This program is made possible by revenues from thoroughbred racing. FACTS ABOUT AK - SAR ; WML SB We're learning- thaUj tbe "good earth" is " good to us only when we're good to it. We know that it's neces sary to put back into tbe soil as much as we take out. As an aid in solving mys teries of the soil, Ak-Sar-Ben has fur. nished testing equip ment to Nebraska colleges. AK-SAR-BEN Headquarters . . . Omaha , Nebraska FOUNDED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE Section B . PAGE THRE. ! C Cass County's Greatest' Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal 11 I Be Sure He's Snug And Warm! GET YOUR BOY AN OH - SO - WARM - PARKA SMITH'S MEN'S WEAR We Give S & II Green Stamps 7 - - Steven's HATS FOR EVERY PROFILE WE HAVE 'EM! THE MAM YOU MEET DOES! MEN'S WEAR II GREEN STAMPS . .- - BEN Crass roots research, is going on in the Sandhills. Nebraska ranchers are cooper.' a ting with the State Extension Service to develop better range grasses. This project benefiting the state's important cattle bud. ness, is one of many that Ak-Sar-Ben helps finance with its racing revenues. NOT FOR PROFIT I 4 - tf