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,1 THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE EIGHT Monday, May 6, 1957 Louisville Grade Operetta Held In Auditorium Sunday Don Wlldrlck riione nsii A lartre crowd attended the grade school operettas Sunday afternoon at the high school audi torium. The music director, John Schaumbere, was In charge; The eighth grade presented an original operetta by John Davis and James Hendrlx, en titled "The Saca of Pettlcoats vllle". The scene was a west ern town Inhabited only by wo men until tounh hombres, came to town and took over. Ronnie Ooerlngs as Elvis, gave a rous ing pantonine, "Don't Be Cruel.' "Hansel and Gretrl" was pre sented by the fifth grade. The father was Ralph Reeson; the mother was Jean Johnson: Han sel was Ronald Green, Gretel was Janet Schllefert: Sand man was Robert Frederlckson: Dew Fairy was Trudy Powles and the Witch was Judy Jo Har bison. 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Special Diets RIVERVIEW AND HILLCREST NURSINC HOMES 616 Ave f SCHREINER REXALL DRUCS PHONE .4114 The original authorized Rexall Drug Store. Authorized East man Dealer; Prescriptions; Whitman Candies; Hallmark Cards. SCHREINER REXALL DRUCS 5" Main Community Auditorium For Rent Phones 3158 & 286 Complete Banquet facilities for up to 220 people; all modern kitchen; air conditioned; cloak room; ladies lounge; P. A. System; Stage. PLATTSMOUTH LIONS CLUB 510 Main . . See Phones above MODERN SHOE REPAIR SERVICE PHONE t.288 Complete repair service for Men's, Ladies' and Children's shoes. HERB'S SHOE REPAIR 309 Main CUARANTEED TV & RADIO SERVICE PHONE 233 New sets . . Motorola, Hot Point & Admiral Television; Motorola Radios, Pick-up & delivery repair service. RAY'S SALES & SERVICE 110 So 3rd St. An Exclusive Infants' Cr Children's Shop Phone 3181 A complete line of infants', pre-school and children's wear. You'll enjoy shopping at . . . 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FELDHOUSEN DKUCS 522 Main HOBSON FUNERAL HOME PHONE 10S Est. 1915 Weeping Water, Nebraska MARYLOUISE HOBSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION American Breeders Service Every Sire proven great Dairy & Beef TECHNICIAN DICK FISCHER PHONE 8133 Phone 8133 DRUCS WITH A REPUTATION PHONE 289 Prescription Service Beauty Bar Fountain & Luncheonette Gift Headquarters Veterinary Supplies CASS DRUC (Walgreen Agency) 502 MAIN 4- SHOES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY PHONE 7232 Top Qudlity Brands Complete Range of Sixes. Expert Snoe Fitting The fourth crnde presented "Sleeping Beauty". Linda John son was the Sleeping Beauty Janice Kelly was the queen, Jer ry Woolhlser was the king, and Kenneth Sjogren was tne prince The narrator was Leslie Hlavac and sound effects man was Don ald Christiansen. Other mem' bers of the class were fairies and animals. The music and casting showed a great deal of practice and hard work had been put forth by Judy Jo mroison Ralph Stohlmann, Leslie Hlavac and Kenneth Ahl. Ralph Stohlmann won a prize for selling the most tickets Everybody enjoyed the operet tas and thought It was present- ed very well. Claude Johnson Is In the Vet erans Hospital In Omaha. He has been bothered with bronch lal trouble and went in for a check-up. He is getting along fine and will be home soon. Mrs. Noell Gull entered the Methodist Hospital in Omaha Saturday April 27, for a check up. Mrs. E. H. Worthman left Sat urday by plane for California where she will visit relatives and friends for several weeks Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sluyter of Manley announce the engage ment of their daughter, Janet Joan to Vernon L. Abbott, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Abbott o fHawklnsvllle. Ga. Miss Sluy ter will graduate from the Louis ville High School with the class of 1957. No date has been set for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Beck, Gear! dine and Carol, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beck returned A pril 23 from a . vacation trip to White Deer, Tex., where they visited with Ernest Beck's moth er, Mandy Beck. Mrs. Lyle Becks brother and famflv. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Roeber and fam ily came to see them while they were there. They ran Into bad weather coming home. They stayed overnight at Dodge City, Kans., on their way home and saw "Boot Hill" of "Gunsmoke, the TV show. Wednesday visitors at the homes of Dan and Ray Thorn ton was Mr. and Mrs. Jesse J. Walker of Council Bluffs, la. Brian Biggs and Richard Stohl mann, two Explorer Scouts of Louisville, attended a Citizens Conference at the Pathfinder Hotel in Fremont from Friday till Sunday. There were about 178 Explorer Scouts present at the conference. They were from all three branches of the Explor er Scouts. Land, Sea and Air. The boys had a wonderful time and really enjoyed the confer ence, i Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Baker of Weeping Water are the proud parents of a baby daughter, born Saturday at the Bryan Memoial Hospital in Lincoln. The little miss weighed 8 pounds and has been named Lauren Kaye. Mrs. Baker was the former Eleanor Urwin of Louisville. Grandpar ents are Mr. and Mrs. Don Ur- B & H SHOES 532 MAIN If You Want the low - dawn, the inside baseball news, you'll want to take advantage of this spe cial offer. We'll send you 12 weekly issue of THE SPORTING NEWS (reg ular valu $3.00) PLUS a copy of the big, brand-now 512-page 1957 edition of the Official Base ball Guide (regular price $1.00) for only $2,001 IT'S OFFICIAL, AUTHENTIC Thi famous tfWkll book contains m m I 'I . i: -4 major and minor league a v rages, records, offi cial playing rules and thousands of ; I rnousanas oi facts about tne game. 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Several Louisville youths at tended the Methodist Youth Ral ly held at Tekamah Sunday aft ernoon. The group left Louis ville right after the Sunday morning service and had a pic nic lunch at Blair. The main speaker was Alan Justad, who Is the Youth pastor at the Trinity Methodist Church in Grand Is land. About 225 youths and spon sors from the Omaha district at tended the rally. Those attend ing from Louisville were Sharon True, Glenda Love, Dan Stiffler, Ray Albert, Sylvia Saltmarsh, Francis Green.John Kahland and Butch Brown. Rev. Donald Web ster and Mrs. Stiffler drove cars. Wesleyan Service Guild - The Wesleyan Service Guild held its regular monthly meet ing in the Methodist Church par lors April 24. Eighteen mem bers were present. Mrs. Jack Campbell and Miss Wllma Scho- man.i.had charge of a very, Jrjr teresting lesson on Missions. K Reports of the recent State Wesleyan Service Guild confer ence were given. Officers elect ed for next year are: President, Mrs. Graham Jones, vice president. Mrs. O. G. Weis- neth, secretary, Mrs. Richard Berner and treasurer, Mrs. Al bert Inman, among other offic ers. . : . . ....... The hostesses Mrs. James Lar son and Mrs. Loyd Hell served a dessert. The next meeting will be May 22. Mrs. Muriel Webster News Reporter Tuesday Nifrht Club , The Tuesday night club held Its April meeting at the home of Marguerite Streeter with El- va Inman as co-hostesses. There were twenty members present and two guests, Mrs. Polly Salt- marsh and Mrs. Donna Jones. The next meeting will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall. May 21 with June Hutchinson and Evelyn Gruber as hostesses. Evelyn Gruber News Reporter A Webloes ceremony for Don ald Christiansen was presented by Ward Brunson. assisted by Boy Scouts, Larry Read, Gary Read, Billy Little and Dean Brun son. Report of the month's ac tivity were given by Den 1, Gail Hennlngs; Den 3, Kenny Ahl; Den 4, by Terry Steinkamp. In dians' was the theme of the month, each Den presented a very nice skit. The closing cere mony was by Den 1. Flags were retired by Den 1. Lunch of cup cakes, coffee and Kool-aid was served by Mrs. Katherine Mel singer, Mrs. Mary Lou Smith, and Mrs. Audrey 8teinkamp. Mrs. Freida Read News Reporter Ton speech students of Louis ville went to Lincoln April 20, for the 11th annual Fine Arts Festival. Members who partici pated in the Individual events were Judy Herbic; Oral Inter pretation of Prose Literature; Patty Gess, Original Public Ad dress; Marlge Welsneth, Bar bara Bourelle, and Janet Wright, Discussion. Margie Welsneth won a superior rating in the dis cussion event which consisted of participating in three rounds cf problem and solution analy zation of "What Should The Ag ricultural Pollcv of the United States Be?" Margie was one of the few girl students in either class A or B to win a superior. The others got ratings of good. This is the first time Louis ville High School has partici pated in the speech section of the Fine Arts Festival, and we are proud of them. Mr. and Mrs. Irus Gerdes and family visited Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Payton in Flattsmouth. Sunday guests at the Irus Ger des home was Mr. and Mrs. Earl Payton of Plattsmouth. In the afternoon, Mrs. Gerdes and Mrs. Payton attended the grade school operetta. Tuesday evening callers at the heme of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wildrick were Mr. and Mrs. Har old Lancaster, Fddie Judy, Mar vin and Mason of Plattsmouth and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wild rick. Mrs. Charles Smith entertain ed six little girls and their mothers. April 27th, honoring her daughter, Linda's fourth birthday. Games were played and after Linda opened her many nice gifts, refreshments were served including a birthday cake. The girls present were Susan Davis, Vicki Meisineer, Angela Smith, Colleen Sheehan, Nancy Welte and Mary Welte. Dutch Academy Club On Tuesday morning, April I6th, the Dutch Academy Club, Country Club and guests went to Omaha by bus for their an nual tour. We visited the Air Port, Weather Bureau, Mer chants Biscuit Company, Mrs. Schultz's Cake Decorating School and the School for the Deaf The committee In charge of the tour was Mrs. Arlie Ragoss, chairman, Mrs. Walter Salberg and Mrs. Walter Heier. Every one reported a very enjoyable trip. Our next meeting will be on May 15th, with Mrs. Arlie Ragoss. Mrs. George Vogler, Jr. News Reporter Cub Scout News The Cub Scouts met at the Methodist Church Friday night, April 19th, for the monthly Pack meeting. The meeting was call ed to order by Cub Scoutmaster. Dale Steinkamp. Flags were presented by Den 1, followed by the salute by all. A very Interesting talk about the Civil Air Patrol was given by Steve Schlater. The following awards were preented: Nebraska Goodwill award to the whole Pack. It was placed on the Scout Flag by Donald Christiansen. Oold and Silver Arrow under Bear to Loren Amelang; Wolf Badge and one gold Arrow to Keith Shyrock; Silver Arrow under Wolf and 1 year pin to Clarence Carpenter; Silver Ar row under Bear to Paul Peter son; two Silver Arrows under Bear to Ronnie Renner; Bear Badge and Denner Strip to Ken ny Ahl; Wolph Badge and Oold Arrow to Danny Smith; Two silver arrows under Bear and 2 year pin to Jimmie Druery; Two Silver Arrows under Wolf to Mike McClintock; Lion Badge, 1 Gold and 1 Silver Arrow to Larry Meislnger; Two Silver Ar rows to Call Hennlngs. Three year pin to Donald Chris tiansen; Lion Badge and 1 Oold Arrow to Ronnie Renner: One Gold and 4 Silver Arrows under Bear to Steve Homan; Two Sil ver Arrows under Bear to Jon Redon; Assistant Denner to Ted dy Schllefert; One Silver Arrow under Bear to Teddy Steinkamp A Oold star for third six months of Den Chief to Larry Read. Happy Helpers 4-H Club The Happy Helpers 4-H Club met with their leader Thursday evening to plan a program of work for the next few weeks. Janet Sue Heard worked on her skirt. Kay Albert set the sleeves In her blouse. Joyce Barnes baked a cake using the conven tial method and Sybil Saltmarsh used the sponge method. The members chose nights they wish ed the leader's help. There will be no regular meeting for a few weeks. Mary Biggs News Reporter United Unit Farm Bureau The United Unit of the Farm Bureau met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Salberg with 11 members and two guests pres ent. The meeting was opened by the presidnt, Ervin Albert. Min utes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Mrs. El mer Johnson, chairman of Wom en's activities, reported on the meetings to be held at the home of Mrs. Charles Marshall. Legis lative bills Including the tax on grain were discussed. It was in teresting to note that a number of resolutions presented by the Farm Bureau had gotten to a committee of the whole. It was moved and seconded to dispense with meetings until fall. The September meeting will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Har old Ahl. Elmer Johnson. Grayce Ahl and Doris Albert were ap pointed to serve on the picnic committee. Pinochle was the game of the evening. A lunch was served by the hostess, Mrs. Frank Salberg. Saturday evening callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Hennlngs was Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bond and daughter of Plattsmouth. Sunday callers were Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hen nlngs and daughter of Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs. Verner Hild. Mrs. Hugh O'Brien was taken to the Syracuse Community Hos pital in Syracuse Tuesday by Fusselman's ambulance. She had fallen In the yard at her home and fractured her leg between the knee and the hip. Heavy Mortar Company Completes Range Work Local Heavy Mortar Co., of the 355th infantry, 89th reserve division, of this city, has com pleted its range work at Ash land and is now ready for the summer maneuvers that will be held at Fort Carson, Colo., August 11 to 25 inclusive. The company were at the range at Ashland on Sunday, April 14, to complete their re quired shooting tests. The com pany had practice with the M-l rifle and carbine. Every man taking part qualified in the tests. This qualifying test here will lessen their range work at the summer training course, permitting more time on other problems to be offered the com pany when they reach Fort Carson. There were six officers and forty-two enlisted men making the trip to Ashland for the tests. There has been several chan ges in company personnel re cently, Sp2 Goerge Born, Platts moutii; Cpl. Ernest Woods, Ne braska City; Sp3 Elmer Howell, Nebraska City and William Ro loff, Plattsmouth, have complet ed two years active duty and request assignment to active re serves. Privates newly enlisted in the company are Walter Flint, Rich ard Noell, Gary Sindelar, Tom Christenham, Ronald Kruntorad, Norman Henry, Richard Neal, Kenneth Larson. Members of the company whose status Is changing are Loren Topllff, who left for six ; months active duty, April 14th and Donald Conyers will leave for six months active duty in May. Gst gifts free for ; I Top Value Stamps TEA EC m U S. Choice E.V.T. 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