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,4T Sketch Of Life Of Ccdric Fulmcr Of Greenwood Crdriek DrAlton Fulmcr, son of DcAlton and Sadie Fulmer, was born November 2, 1889 .it the family home at Greenwood. He passed away after a llngeririR Illness at the family home In Greenwood, August 12th, 1957. He was united In marriage to Mary narkenveyer on August 10, 1910. to them was born three sons, leAlton, Woodrow and E. M. Fulmer, all residing In the Greenwood community. His father and mother and one brother, Cecil preceded him in death. His survivors are the widow. Mary, three sons. DeAlton, Woodrow and E. M. Fulmer, two grandchildren, Al ta and Gary Fulmer, two daughters-in-law, Florence and Clara Fulmer. Hp was a member of Green wood Methodist Church, a mem ber and past master of Unity Lodge No. 10, AF & AM of Greenwood. Carl Warfell of Champaign, 111., arrived Thursday for a visit here with his niece. Mrs. Wil liam Richttr and family. CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? What will your Social Security Income be at age C5? How much income will go to your family and for how long? How can life insurance be coordinated with Soc ial Security so as to get the maximum benefits from both? Ask for our new book on Social Security. It gives answers to questioons such as these. No obliga tion. Charles Thomason 805 Ave. D Phone J059 Plattsmouth, Nebr. 1 157 W" . Al ESTATE SALE TO BE SOLD AT REFEREE'S SALE Aug 30, 1957 2 O'clock P.M. At Courthouse, Plattsmouth Nebr. By Auction To Highest Bidder BION R. BARR FARM Approximately 24C acres, located 4 miles East of Louisville or 5 miles South of Cedar Creek in Section 29-12-12 REFEREE'S SALE AUGUST 30 1957 Courthouse, Papillion, Nebraska 10 O'clock A.M. BION R. BARR FARM Approximately 75 improved acres located 9 miles South of Cretna on State Fishery Road. For Information, Particulars and Legal description see . . . OHN E. RICE. Bellevue, Nebraska MAURICE F. LANCDON, Papillion. Nebraska ROBERT SULLIVAN, Wahoo, Nebraska lli.ljLl'i.,'ft1"'1" t"' Cass County Farm Owners Are Honored UNION ( Special WSowal of the farmers of Nebraska are be ing honored for the fact that the land they farm has been In the possession of members of their family for a period of 100 years. The farm residents have been designated for the "100 Year Award." The Kendall farm, consisting of 160 acres, northeast of Union, was preempted from the govern ment by the late Francis Ken dall, an officer in the Union Ar my. He came from Erie, Pa., in 1857 and settled on this farm after the death of the original owner, it was owned and oper ated by the family of late Rob ert Kendall consisting of Mrs. Rosa Kendall, Mrs. Rue Frans, Rachel Kendall and David F. Kendall. This farm with other land, Is now operated as a partnership by the family of the late David F. Kendall, grandson of the orig inal owner. Members of the family are Mrs. Myrtle Kendall, Suzanne and Roger and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kendall, Bobby and Ann. Pioneer Farm Award present ed to Mr. and Mrs. Melvln R. Todd Sr., and daughter, Nancy and Mr. and Mrs. Melvln R. Todd, Jr., and daughter, Jane, who reside on the farm north of Union, which was founded by Levi G. Todd Sr., 100 years ago. Levi G. Todd, Sr., was born In the state of New York in 1929. He left home at the age of 21 and worked out for six months, earned $854, saved ev ery cent and headed west. He ar rived at Glenwood. la., in Aug ust 1853 and left the last white settlement when he crossed the Missouri River to the Nebraska sie'.e at what Is now Plattsmouth. Here he helped erect the first log house and trading post, re turning to Iowa for the winter. In the spring of 1854 he settled permanently in Nebraska. He broke a claim of 200 acres near the site of Plattsmouth, selling it and pre-empting 160 acres near Union in 1857, where he resided until his death In 1906. He owned about 1200 acres of land in Cass County. He was the first justice of the peace elected in Cass County, perform ing the second marriage cere mony, and he served as county commissioner iri 1860. He was a member of the territorial legis lature in 1863 and In 1878 was a candidate for governor on the Greenback ticket, polling 9,475 votes. Upon the death of Levi G. Todd, Sr., owershlp of the home place passed to Levi G. Todd, Jr., the youngest of seven chil dren. He was a prominent far mer and stockman and held many positions of trust In his community, county and state, serving in the state legislature in 1917. He died In 1939 when ownership passed to Melvin R. Todd, Sr., who has lived on and operated the farm since 1931. This year 1957, Melvin R. Todd, Jr., be came a partner with his father in the operation of the farm which was founded 100 years ago. Subscribe to The Journal Now I mm i....iiiii tttiittititiiA A i A Mrs. Joseph Libershal was taken this morning by the Satt ler Ambulance to St. Joseph Hospital for observation and treatment. Miss Mary Alice Oschlager has returned home from an enjoy able two weeks vacation by auto. She accompanied Omaha friends to Oregon, Washington, Victoria Canada, viewing the spots of Interest in that area. They toured the coast to Sacra mento, returning home via Reno, Nev., and Denver, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gor ton were in Lincoln Saturday as guests of friends for din ner and entertainment. George Conis departed Satur ay for Perry, la., accompanying his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Copman and son, Tommie. They will be guests of relatives there for a few days. To observe the birthday of their daughter, Eleanor and grandson, Eric, the Ernest Giles entertained at Sunday dinner for the Richard Schade family of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Ward Schade. Here for the Ptak-French wed ding Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Burr R. Davis, daughter, Sandra of Wayne; and son, Jim, of Annapolis, Md., and his fiancee, Carol Kreis of Balti more, Md. They returned home the same day. Jim Davis re turned to Plattsmouth on Sun day stopping In Omaha where Miss Kreis met her plane for Maryland. Jim is visiting in the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Vallery. Misses Jane and Sarah Thim gan, who have been making their home with their grandpar ents, Judge and Mrs. J. H. Gra ves, Sunday, departed for Des Moines. They will join their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thim gan. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Minni ear have returned from a va cation trip in the east with rela tives at Fayette and Logansport, Ind., Danville, and Chicago, 111. While at Logansport, they en joyed visiting the large Alco A lumlnum plant where they have a nephew engaged as foreman. Mr. and Mrs. William Nelson are home from a short vacation trip. They were going to the Black Hills when two of the daughters, Regina and Nanette, were taken sick and cut short the outing. Mrs. John Wondra en tered St. Joseph's Hospital for surgery this morning. The patient is on the third floor in the sun room. Mrs. Eva Stoehr Old Resident Is Called to Rest (Continued from Page One) Mrs. Emma Hennings, Taylor, Mrs. Anna Meisinger, and Miss Laura Meisinger, Plattsmouth, Mrs. Ludwig Miller, Omaha; two grandchildren, Richard O. Gap en, Des Moines, la., Miss Lois Gapen, Plattsmouth; one great grandson, Brian Gapen, Des Moi nes. Funeral services will be 2 p. m. Wednesday, at the Caldwell Linder funeral home, Rev. G. E. Seybold, conducting the services. Burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be Tuesday, 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m. CaldweU-Linder Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Duck Pin Bowling To Start Here The Plattsmouth duck pin bowling alleys will open Sept. 3, league teams are being or ganized. Bowling will be weekdays from 6 to 12 p.m., Sundays from 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. has been set aside for teen-age bow lers. Bowlers aged 6 to 14 will get a special rate. REAL ESTATE LOANS! 5V& Percent Interest Charge Reduced for Each Monthly Payment Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n. awm at am & a. hi m m tm m By Margaret Dingman Phone 241 Victor Schreiner and son, Carl returned Sunday from Alliance where they have been visitintT Mrs. Margaret Schreiner, moth er of Vic. They had a very plea sant visit in this old home town of the Schreiner family. Pvt. Robert Litle departed Sunday for Camp Carson, Colo., after a few days visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seybeit Litle. Bob expects to be return ed shortly to his base at Camp Bucker, Ala. Mrs. Cynthia Dawson , daugh ter, Mrs. Daisy Richards and children, returned Thursday, from a three weeks visit with relatives and friends in the west ern part of the state at Lex ington and Gandy. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Sand and children drove to Canon City, Colo., Friday to move his brother and family, Mr. and! Mrs. Howard Sand and girls, toj Lincoln. They had a good trip1 and enjoyed seeing the moun tains. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Puis of west of Murray were in Platts mouth Saturday to look after business matters. While here Mr. Puis was a pleasant caller at the Journal. Merton Jacobs and children departed Saturday for Paxton, where they will spend a few days visiting at the farm that they own. Sharon, Bobby and Deli lah Keef?r took a train trip to Rushville,' where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Noelin Hooper and family on their ranch. Sunday evenng the Pirates baseball team and their families met at Garfield Park where they honored Clark Finney, manager, at a picnic supper. The team expressed their appreciation of learning good sportsmanship from their manager, by present ing him with a gift. Mrs. W. V. Ryan return ed home Sunday night from the St. Catherine's Hospital, Omaha, where she had sur gery. Mrs. Ryan is getting along fine. Mr. and Mrs. Al Huebner re turned home Sunday afternoon after spending some time at Forrest View ' Lodge, Walker, Minn. They were accompanied on the trip by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Van Gohlinghorst and daughter, Bonnie, of Council Bluffs, la. The families also drove into Canada where they toured a paper mill. Al reports fishing was good in Minnesota, catching many Northern Wal leye and Perch. Wheels Of Justice Co Round And Round In Police Court After a few days of calm and restful quiet, the police court erupted at the week end with a number of hearings, some belat ed, keeping Judge J. H. Graves very busy and a few of the cases slated for later hearings. James V. Hawkins, was char ged with operating a motor ve hicle without proper license, by Officer Chappell. Hearing of the case was set for August 31st. Floyd E. Campbell was ticket ed by Officers-Jenkins and Chap pell, for reckless driving. The case was set for hearing on Aug ust 31. Fred D. Marcus, Omaha, was charged with careless driving, by Officers Jenkins and Chao- pell. Bond of $25 was posted for future hearing. Claude Richardson was ticket ed by Officer Chappell for park ing in a flood zone. He was given a fine of $1 and costs, total $5. Fred Kaufman was charged by Officer Jenkins with operat ing a motor vehicle, to wit, farm tractor, while under the influence of alcoholic liquor. He was given a fine of $100 and costs, total $104. Fay Sheard of Omaha was charged by Officers Perkins and Chappell with careless driving, receiving a fine of $10 and costs or a total of $14. Joseph C. Berry was charged with running a red traffic light by Officers Jenkins and Chap pell and given a fine of $5 and costs or a total of $9. Mickey C. Bushnell was char ged by Chief of Police Hob scheidt with speeding and drew from the court a fine of $15 and costs. Clarence Hamm, charged with careless driving on July 30th. by Officer Dunlap was in court and received a fine of $10 and costs or $14. i A h m A A A A Afca A m. t T 1 Mrs. Frank A. Cloidt and daughter, Muxine, returned the past week from Hennlng, Minn , where they have been for a short vacation at their summer home at Battle Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hope of Des Moines were visitors ov er the weekend, coming here to attend the wedding of their niece, Miss Phyllis Mae Rieke to Darrell D. Kreglo of Auburn. The wedding was held at the First Presbyterian Church Fri day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mor rison, Jr., of Liberty, were guests at the Dean .Morri sons Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Schmidtmann are enjoying a short vacation at Columbus, O., with their son-in-law and dauuli ter Mr anfj Mrs Tom Dunn and also at Peoria, lit., with Mr. amj Mrs, Harley Becker, the former, a brother of Mrs. Schmidtmann. Mrs. Arthur Ofe had min or surgery on her hand at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha Monday. She return ed home the same day, and is getting along fine. Mrs. John S. Brown, daugh ter, Nadene and son, Athol, of Springfield, Mo., are visiting at the Herbert S. Brown home. To day the families motored to Newton, la., and will return lat er in the week. Jerry Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Smith of this city, departed Sunday for Chi cago, where he will attend the summer school for Catholic Ac tion. Jerry was selected as one of the representatives from Crieghton Prep High School where he is a student. Roger Smith, who is a stu dent at the Johnnie Svoboda musical studio, at Omaha, has received an excellent rating for his work at the studio. He was selected to attend the Mid American festival being held held at Kansas City, Mo. This is one of the leading musical events of the year. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Smith of this city. Mr. nd Mrs. Lawrence Weider, of Lexington, Neb., are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Smith. They are en route home from Chicago where they were attnding the national convention of the Knights of Co lumbus, Mr. Weider being a delegate from Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gansemer and family of Murray have re turned from a vacation and outing at Leech Lake, Minn., also a short motor trip in Can ada. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ma thus and children of Puente. Calif., arrived today to be guests of Dr. and Mrs. Louis Amato. and attending the Amato-Law-rence wedding Saturday. Plattsmouth friends of Mrs. John Koop of Omaha, will be pleased to leam she has returned home from the hospital following observa tion. A im m A mm . , - L. l PLATTSMOUTH F Sweet . Ripe Texas 1 I duck m alleys ji WATERMELON ; WILL OPEN ;t ft- wu BT u u UuHa j SEPTEMBER 3rd lb. 2 Vac JEL . SCHEDULE . , . , tj; Week Days 6 P. M. to 1 1 P. M. t n,,,,,.,,.,,.,,, ; Sundays 1 P. M. to 11 P. M. ;! Hillsdale Sliced j! - Saturdays PINEAPPLE 29c j; SPECIAL TEEN-AGE HOURS "l a"' It sp'ecialteence'rate ij SODA POP 69c : All, "Duck Pinners" j: j?aL.yijaw'Mg; J Cct Your Team Organized For The League ' Jj II M " J j i t T7 i y VTjp l The Duck Pins Are On The Pond. j; I 1 j jj Pjjfin SyJ-J'rt , j! Anyone Wishing To Howl On a Team Please Leave Your !" Jr,.mn ..4 ,' .. '. ';'. ': . SName At The Alleys Or Phone 6068 S tTJf V .Kjpw- DIM ROYC UANTPn ' jwIZIt" THE PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL PAGE THREE MONDAY, AUGUST 2tf, 1957 County ASC Mail Election (Continued from Page One) John Lefler, John Ossenkop, Dan Panska, Leo Thimgan, Joe Ver vaecke, George Vogler, Jr., Leo nard Vogler. Mount Pleasant Renos And erson, Robert Bergmann, Fred Hansen, Wendell Hart, Ralph Hild, Robert Jameson, Glenn Kraeger, Merle Ragoss, Donald Resso, Kenneth Todd. Nt'hawka Vance Balfour, Harvey Bailer, John Barkhurst, Arthur Johnson, William Jorgen sen, Elmer Ross, Victor Ross, Fredolin Sand, Chester Stone,; Frank Warden. I Plattsmouth Ernest Bond.1 Albert Kraeger, Lyle Meisinger, ; Orval Muller, Harry Nielsen, j Leonard Peterson, Royal Smith,' Russell Stander Henry Vindus ka, Ralph Wehrbein. Salt Creek Ivan Armstrong, Harry Bricker, Charles Dyer, Woodrow Fulmer, Arthur Laugh lin, Louis T. Meyers, John B. Peterson, Fred Stickney, South Bend Lyle Bailey, Harold Buell, Harry Farmer, John Fox, Oscar Lind, Raymond Nelson, Dave Parrott, Harold Richards, Herbert Stander, Clar ence Wills. Stove Creek Lloyd Althouse, Vernon Bornemeier, E'ric Char ling, Herman Engelking, Fran cis Fischer, Morris Mendenhall Glenn Miller, Myrl Miller, Vic tor Schomaker, Howard Vogt. Tipton Harry Fischer, Clar ence Frohlich, Herman Kirch hoff, Orrh. Lanning, Lloyd Mick le, Archie Miller, Edward Muen chau, Arthur Roelofsz, Wayne Weyers, Henry Wulf. Weeping Water John Albers, Oswald Baier, Maynard Bruns, Lester Heebner, Henry Irons, Fred Kirchhoff, Ralph Llndsey, William Newham, Wayne Ped erson, Lloyd Vogt. West Rock Bluff Laurence Gregg, Leonard Harvey, Hen ry Hobscheidt, Allie Leonard, Charles Martin, Charles Mead, Ralph Rathburn, Jack Todd, Dick Tritsch, Jack Vallery. The boundary of each Com munity within the county shall be determined to be the legally established precincts in Cass County. Mail ballots will be sent to eligible voters Sept. 3, and bal lots must be postmarked or de livered in person to the Cass County ASC Office in Weeping Water not later than 5 p. m. Sept. 13. If eligible voters fail to re ceive a ballot by mail, they may come into the Cass County Office in Weeping Water and cast their ballot in persons. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 EVERY DAY vXr HCEPT SUNDAY V RACES ' r'.?:'J:f.z. - -wV w-x r i . is m Aug.12fhru23M Post lime: Every Day: 2:30 P.M. 9 Races Daily m, m. f, , m. A. A m A A. A m A mmsm COCIITAIL V f EAT BETTER FOR LES Hy KLis Tomato Juice Hy Kfas Sliced & Halves Peaches 2 Swance Assorted Colors Cleansin Big 400 Ct. 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