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i S .. 4 Barn, Calves Lost In Fire Near Eagle Mrs. John Fischer Phone 7304 The Eagle fire department was called to the Joe Youngquist farm about 4 a. m. Wednesday when the flaming barn was no ticed by Mr. Youngquist. Pal myra and Eagle fire departments were called and were able to save a naarby corn crib, filled with grain and feeds. The barn was a total loss, and also hay, grain and two small calves in the barn, a hayrack and hay standing near the barn. also caught fire and burned. Mrs. Mabel Myers of Palmyra spent Sunday at the home of of her mother, Mrs. Irvln Stall, and Mona. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Phllpot of Weeping Water were dinner guests at Mrs. Phllpot's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stall. Sunday. The American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion House on Mon day evening. May 6. Thirteen members answered roll call after the meeting was called to or der by the vice president, Mrs. Mildred Trumble. She conduct ed for the President, .Mrs. Doeden, who was unable to be present. Following the regular business meeting he nominations for of ficers were held and the names will be voted, at the next meet ing, June 3. Mrs. Wilma Harri son of Lincoln and Mrs. Harold Oldfield of Eagle were welcomed visitors. Mrs. Oldfield became a new member. Co-hostesses for the meeting were Mmes. Nora Ketel hut and Pearl Furrer. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chidestar and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ketel hut and family of Lincoln, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ketelhut on last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Orvllle Pltzer of Humeston, la., are new sub scribers for the Plattsmouth Journal this week. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Trumble entertained at their home re cently honoring the wedding an niversary of Mrs. Trumble 's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Young quist, with a dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Grippenstroh of Lincoln also were guests. The latter is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Youngqulst. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Halvorsen 'and family and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Doran and family enjoyed a family birthday dinner Sunday, at Mrs. Mabelle Elliott's in Alvo. The latter's mother, Mrs. Laura Wilson and a sister and family. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Winkler, all of Lincoln also were present, hon Plattsmouth Motors CAR LOT 8th & Washington Phone 225 DESTROY Termites and All Pests BILL'S Per Mite SERVICE Dial 7142 CALL US FOR ESTIMATES 601 No. 9th FAIRMONT ICE CREAM WEEKLY SPECIAL HALF GALLON, ANY FLAVOR 79c FREE ... A 50c Cift With Each Half Gallon And A $1.00 Cift With Each Callon Blue Ribbon Ice Cream Vz gal 59c Dairy Fair Vz gal 49c Dietetic Ice Cream pint 40c We Give S & H Green Stamps oring; the birthday of Mrs. Flllntt. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Strawn and family of Lincoln visited Mrs. Strawn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Earl and Gary, Sunday. Mrs. Dwight Earl of Eagle and her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Strawn, Lincoln, were invited guests at the school rooms of Pat and Mike Strawn at Hartley Schools, Lincoln, for a special program, Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Althouse of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Munn and family, Waverly, spent Sunday at the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Althouse. Mr. and Mrs. Franke, Plattsmouth, visited their daugh ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Althouse and son, on Sun day and all called at the George Althouse home during the aft ernoon. Mrs. Dale Oberle and Cindy Lincoln spent a couple of days last week at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schwegman. She assisted in the house cleaning. Mrs. Schwegman is some improved and able to be around the house. Mrs. Vernon Viox's sister, Mrs. Daniel Cockerham,. Pal myra, underwent a tumor surg ery Friday and Is recovering sat isfactorily. Mrs. Viox's young nephew is remaining at the Vicx home during the mother's hospitalization. Mr. and Mrs. George Wagner and family called at the home of Mrs. Wagner's aunt. Mrs. August Johnson, at Alvo on Sun day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Muen chau of Eagle, and Mr. Muen chau's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Muenchau of Alvo. Mrs. Muenchau's sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Copple's and Mr. CoDple's mother, Mrs. Grace CopDle, also of Alvo, spent last Sunday, visiting Mmes. Edward Muenchau and Lee Copple's mother, Mrs. John Bengston, near Newman Grove and Albion. Mrs. Ray Wall received word o the recent death of her cousin Mrs. Charles Wilson, at Lexing ton. Mrs. Wilson is a sister of Mrs. Frank Monahau of Pal myra. Voyage urs Enjoy Fish Feed With Louisville Croup Thursday evening the mem bers of Cass County Voiture, 1218 of the 40 & 8 ,were at Louisville, where they were en tertained by the Louisville mem bers of the voiture at a very much enjoyed "fish dinner." The Louisville voyageurs had caught the fish, and as well prepared the feast that will long be remembred by the members from the surrounding towns. The American Legion Club at Louisville was the scene of the gathering that will long be most pleasantly remembered. The feed was followed by a most pleasant Informal program and talkfest enjoyed by all of the group. Hosts of the evening compris ed Albert Inman, Richard Streeter, Walter Stohlman. Wil bur Fitzpatrick, John Jackman and Graham Jones. Funeral Rites For Mrs. J. M. Necly at Lincoln Today Funeral services were held this afternoon at St. Paul's Methodist Church in Lincoln for Mrs. Ed na Neely, 74, of Lincoln, widow of the late Dr. J. M. Neely, long time physician at Elmwood. Dr. Frank Court officiated at both the church services and at the graveside interment at Elm wood. Mrs. Neely died In Rochester, Minn., after an illness of two months. Mrs. Neely, native of Ossian, la., had lived in Lincoln since 1919. Before coming to Lincoln she had lived in Elmwood for a period of eighteen years. Since coming to Lincoln she has been active in music and literary circles. She was named post laureate of the state by the Nebraska Women's Clubs. IUUUUUI . I Elmer Hallstrom, Avoca bank er, was In the city Thursday to look alter some matters at the court house. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dow and family of Lincoln were Sun day guests of Mrs. Howard Dow. Mr. and Mrs. George Krug of Harvard visited the past week with Mrs. Howard Dow. Dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Akeson were Mr. and Mrs. Don Akeson and family of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Piper, Mrs. Rachel Strough of Falls City. Mrs. Strough will remain this week at the Akeson home. Week end callers were Mr. and Mrs. Everett Strough of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strough and Mr. and Mrs. Don Born and daugh ter, Kathy Jo. Mrs. Clara Arnold who has been in poor health for the past several months as the result cl a very serious heart attack which she suffered last Aueust was taken to St. Catherine's Hos pital in Omaha on Sunday for treatment and observation., Mrs. Arnold Is on first floor on the sun porch. A weekend visitor at the Richard O. Cole home was Mrs. Dorothy Clinefelter, O maha, mother of Mrs. Cole. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Vallery and sons and Mrs. John Vallery drove to the Omaha Airport Sun day evening meeting Larry Val lery upon his return vacation trip to California. ' Charles "Lindy" Wolever and family of Columbus, were here over the Mother's Day visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Libershal and with Mrs. Sophia Wolever. Mrs. T. V. Boardman of Weeping Water was a Platts mouth business caller Fri day. Bill Hall of the Journal force, was a visitor over the weekend at Nodaway, la., with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hall, also attending an inspection of the Iowa Nation Guard Company, of which is a member. Mrs. Theodore Ptak enter ed the St. Catherine's Hos pital today for surgery. Final Rites Are Held For Frank Johnson WEEPING WATER (Special) Frank Mitchell Johnson was born on June 20, 1800, in Rock port, Mo., and passed away at Elmwood on May 4, at the age of 66 years, 10 months and 14 days. He was married on June 27, 1914, to Mary E. West. To this union two sons and two daughters were born. One son, Floyd, pre ceded him in death. He is sur vived by his wife, Mary, son, Harold Johnson of Elmwood; daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Laurltzen, and Mrs. E. J. Patterson of Corpus Chrlstla, Tex. Other "survivors are seven grandsons and three granddaugh ters; one brother, Lee Johnson of Darby, la; two sisters, Mrs. Delia Zook of Clarkson, Ia and Mrs. Jessie Kellison many nieces and nephews. Frank lived at Rockport, Mo., until about the age of 20 when he came to Nebraska where he met and married his wife. He lived in Lincoln, for about four years when he and his family moved to a farm near Weeping Water. He lived there for the remainder of his life, except for two years in 1935 and 1936 when he lived In Watson, Mo., and then 10 years ago lived on farms near Elmwood and Eagle. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Monday, May 6, at the Hobson Funeral Home. Rev. Fred Gardner officiated at the funeral. C. V. Walllck sang, "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide With Me" accompanied by Mrs. S. H. Harmon. Pallbearers were Charles Srnt tereood, Charles Finley, Walter Anderson, Renos Anderson, Otto Mogenson and John Rieke. Burial was In Oakwood Ceme tery at Weeping Water. West Germany is reported ready to start making its first military aircraft engines since the end of World War II. K. P. PENCE Bankers Life Man 222 So. tifh Phone 32ft!) By Margaret Dingman Attending a Mother Day din ner at the home of Helen Less man and Mrs. Zullemma Dye Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. John Schrelner and Mary Catherine Lessman of Lincoln and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zastera. Robert Sedlak, Jr., of Bur bank, Calif., arrived Saturday evening by plane from his home to spend a week here with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Sedlak, as well as other relatives and former school friends. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Meisinger entertained Sunday at a Mothers Day dinner. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Loynel Haney, Mrs. J. A. Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Minniear, Mr. and Mrs. Vic tor Meisinger and Mrs. J. P. Meisinger. Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Halmes and family were Mr. and Mrs. Bud Papa of Octavia. Mr. and Mrs. Papa at tended a wedding in this city and called at the Halmes home in the afternoon. Mary Catherine Lessman was a weekend guest at the home of her sister, Helen Lessman. Tom Stoll. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stoll, returned home Sunday after an emergency ap pendectomy at St. Catherine's Hospital in Omaha: John Stoll submitted to a back operation Friday at the Bishop Clarkson Hospital in Omaha. H2 came through the surgery fine and Is recuperating in room 709. Local Men Attend Fireman's Party The "Old Timers" party stag ed by the Nebraska City fire department Wednesday evening vas very largely attended by firemen from this section of the state, Secretary Ken Wiles re oortlng some 150 of the firemen be'ng present. Chief Joe Kruntorad, Clark Fjnney and Leo Homan of the Plattsmouth department makin? the inp to meet with their co vorkers. ' Eleven retired Nebraska City firemen were honored guest, at the event. The program com nrised talks by W. C. Rundin, of Wahoo, veteran chaplain of the Nebraska Firemen's Association and G. E. Ekstrand, deputy state fire marshal of Lincoln. Departments represented at the meeting were Julian, Hum boldt, Syracuse, Nehawka, Peru, Table Rock, Talmage, Unadilla, Nemaha, Murray, Dunbar, Au burn, Plattsmouth, Cook, Ham burg, and Glenwood, la. Lunch and entertainment fol lowed the program. Nature's Camera Greatest While most of us are vaeuely aware of the fact that our eyes arp nrettv remarkable instru ments, we sometimes lose sight nf lust, hnw wonderful-and valu- able-they are. If man wanted to dunlicate the eves' adaptabili ty, it would take a camera with 40 different kinds of film cap able of being interchanged at split second intervals. Looks Like d Warm Summer f m mumfrif J'&m - f , 4l ' v L Dip ' : r " 5 ' 7xV : ;X ,;i i m,Jj. it W:.aY.. I - -1 TV' '"r;!i Vyj I l .yimk m 4 J i h i ft lift ixsjz I ff S iHt" .1 iK - I (Shapes?; si t J ' j t- J " 1 .f ;ms22H Jit J A'b 4 J f 5 1 r ' ti A -4 i 1 There's a treat distance between these f Iris modellnr luvimertlma bathing; fashions. It's London n the left and Hollywood on the right Beach fashions, as quite a few other things, differ between Ameri cans and their British cousins as these examples of hot-weather fashions illustrate. The Hollywood design on the right retains the simplest possible lines and American men aren't likely to complain about the lack of innovation. British reserve, on the other hand, if appealed to by this sack-like beach tunic of German design. The (tunic'sboxy lines are accented bystraight white piping-"" Phone 241 Mr. and Mrs, Charles Newton of Lincoln were over Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Newton. Charles Is a student at Wesleyan Univer sity. Word was received here by relatives of Tom Zastera that he sailed May 8th for Army ser vice in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Joe Libershal return home Friday from a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs. Char les Wolever and family in Co lumbus. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Petersen are leaving Tuesday for Henning, Minn., to enjoy the summer at the cottage at East Battle Lake. A number from this city have summer homes in that locality. Dr. and Mrs. George E. Say les and family of Fort Dodge, la., were here over the week end visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Sayles and Mrs. Robert Hayes. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rhoades and family were Captain and Mrs. S. A. Rhoades and family of Manhattan, Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rhoades of this city; Mrs. Delbert Schwenneker and daugh ter Debra .Alius, Okla., and Wendell Rhoades of Beatrice. Mrs. Clara Jordan is visit ing friends and relatives in Guide Rock. Mr. and Mrs. John Bauer of Omaha were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Egenberg er and Miss Laura Meisinger, Saturday evening. Attend Meeting Of Catholic Women Attending the Diocesan Coun cil of Catholic Women in Lin coln the past week were Mrs. F. I. Rea, state regent of Cath olic Daughters of America and Mrs. Ed Berlett, Plattsmouth deanery president. Also Mrs. Josephine Ulrich, delegate from St. John's Altar Society and Mrs. Wiliam Wool cott of the St. John's Guild. ' More than 400 were In attend ance at the Thursday meeting In the capital city. Friest Is Honored Wendell Friest , Plattsmouth, senior at the University of Ne braska, recently was honored by being Initiated into the UN chap ter of PI Kappa Lambda, na tional honorary music sorority. He was 1 of 11 students se lected for membership on the basis of superiority as a music student. Following initiation ceremonies Friest played in a trio which presented a selection. Eyes On History Persons have been concerned with the care of eyes almost since the dawn of time. The Code of Hammurabi (2250 B. C.) had these pertinent comments on eye care: "If a man destroy the eye of another man, tney shall destroy his eye." And, "if a physician open an abscess (in the eye) of a man with a bronze lancet and destroy the man's eye, they shall cut off his fingers." THE PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL PAGE THREE Monday, May 13, 1957 Walter Beggs To Speak Here For Graduation Baccalaureate services for the 1957 Plattsmouth High School has been scheduled for Sunday evening, May 19, at the school auditorium. A total of 73 seniors make up the class this year. Commencement services will be held at the auditorium on the night of Friday, May 24. Walter Begg-s Both programs will start at 8 p. m., it was announced. Speaker for commencement ex ercises will be Dr. Walter K. Beggs. Dr. Walter K. Beggs is Chair man of the Department of His tory and Principles of Educa tion, a position he has held at the University of Nebraska since 1954. Dr. Beggs is a keen observ er of community life and cur rently is director of an exhaus tive study of small community life being financed by a $90,000 grant from the Carnegie Corpor ation. Dr. Beggs, a native of Iowa, received the bachelor of arts degree from Tarkio College (Mo.), and the master of science degree and the doctor of philos ophy degree from the University of Nebraska. He has been on the University of Nebraska staff since 1936, ser ving as graduate assistant, as asslstant professor, associate professor and professor. From 1939 to 1945 he was also sales manager of the University Ex tension Division. Before joining the Teachers College faculty, he was superintendent of schools at Summerfield, Kans., for seven years. Active in academic and pro fessional affairs, Dr. Beggs has served as chairman of the re search committee on personnel problems of the National Con ference of Professors of School Administration and as chairman of the University of Nebraska Council for Community Study. He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Nebraska School Mas ter's Club, Lincoln Teachers' Council and Nebraska State and National Associations. He has had a number of articles pub lished in educational journals. The title of Dr. Begg's com mencement address is "There will your heart be." Attend Bcllevue Masonic Meeting P. F. Rlhn of this city, to gether with Robert Murdoch, Loy Pell, Ed Morris and Charles Attebery of Union were in Bel levue Wednesday evening, at tending a Masonic lodge meet ing. The occasion was that or conferring of the entered ap prentice degree. Victor Clarence, former Union resident, is master of the Be levue lodge. The Nation's debt problems are becoming more difficult. 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