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try CHE PLATTSIYIOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Monday, February 17, 1958 Christian Youth Attend Work Shop The Christian Churches or Fremont, Lincoln and the towns in between, held an Intermed iate Work Shop in the Taber nacle Christian Church of Lin coln. Attending from Plattsmouth were the sponsor, Reverend Taenzler, Carol Dasher, Martha Wnilers, Cheryl McOraw, Mary ami Marnaret Taenzler and Knni'th Nuum. OES Croup Attends Clcnwood Meeting A group from the Home Chap ter 189 of the Order of Eastern Star attended a chapter meet ing of Eastern Star in Glenwood Tuesday night. Attending were Lunetta Hutch inson, Florence Noell, Ruth Ramge, Lillian Todd, Martha McQuin and Irma Sullivan. Confined Man Is Birthday Honoree A surprise birthday dinner honored Archie Stull at his home where he is confined with a bro ken ankle. Those who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Roycr and family; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hol man and family; Mr. and, Mrs. Glen Bethel and family; Buddie Stull, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Beth el and son. Also Mr, and Mrs. Stanley Wolski and family; Mrs. Suzie Sporer and daughter of Murray; Mrs. Harriett Anderson and daughter of Blair, and Mrs. Ru by Darrow and family. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 50 cents ELECTRIC PORTABLE TYPEWRITER COME IN AND TRY IT TODAY! the Smith-Corona ELECTRIC PORTABLE SCHRE1NER Rexall Drug Plattsmouth, Nebr. 2- irh ISXs Ers mm k i ill r m I, v a o n rurEic I AS ADVERTISED ON T.V. "Popcye" Pcp-up Spinach Can 98c "Popeye" Flashlight - Complete 69c "Popeye" Balloon - Pipe 25c "Popeye" Books - Color - Reading 25c - 98c "Popeye" Bank 29c ropeyu vjuirar Ipl.y "Popeye" Dart Came 98c "Popeye" Billfold with Action Picture 39c SPECIAL CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES 13 Oz. Box 2 for FARM HIRINC DAY FEB. 28th 5c & JfRlAREMp 5c & 10c fyilJiiil 10c Dial 241 E Ladies Attend Conference In Grand Island Mrs. Donald Warga and Miss Ida Patum returned home Sun day evening having attended the American Legion Auxiliary Mid Winter Conference held at Gr and Islnad . Miss Patton, rehabilitation chairman for tne local unit at tended service officers school Saturday morning and rehabilit ation school in the afternoon. Mrs. Warga attended the Ch ild Welfare Conference presided over by Randall C. Biart. Mrs. L. A. Everson spoke to the group about the Lure School in Lincoln and retarded children. Mrs. Warga also attended the school for presidents and sec retaries conducted by Depart mental Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. Hugh McVicker and Department President Mrs. Edward Soost. Theme of the Sunday meeting was "Accent on Youth." Mrs. Joy Smith, department chaplain was in charee of the worship service. Reverend Charles Mash er, Grand Island Veterans Hosp ital chaplain delivered the ser mon. Plattsmouth Garden Club Met Monday Federated Plattsmouth Gard en club held the first meeting of the year to discuss new plants and flowers for the year. They met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. L. W. Egenbcrg er with Mrs. Ed Berlett as co hostess. President Mrs. Clarence Ak eson opened the meeting with the Lord's Prayer, allegiance was pledged to the flag and the club's poem repeated in unison. Each member present respond ed to roll call by naming and de scribing a new species of flower to be grown this year. Seed cat alogs wore on display and dis cussed. If each experiment pr oves successful, Plattsmouth's Garden Club will exhibit ran; flowers at their flower shows. Mrs. Arthur Lambert was th anked for artistically construct ing and preparing the year books. Mrs. Akeson recommended the purchase of "Liberty Hyde Bail ey" commemorative postage stamps to be issued March 15 honoring garden and horticultur al clubs. Members discussed ways and means of eliminating "Litter Bugs." They plan to organize a program to combat this menace in Plattsmouth. A contribution of $1 was voted for the Heart Fund. Miniature silk flags were presented to the members. Quiz games were played and prizes awarded to Helen Hunter, Mrs. W. L. Hansell and Mrs. Akeson. Mrs. Berlett, Miss Laura Meis inger and Mrs. L. W. Egenber ger served refreshments. Cottage Homemakers Club Has Meeting The members and three visi tors attended the Feb. 11 meet ing of the Cottage Homemakers Extension Club at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Vogt. Mrs. Herbert Oehlerking and Mrs. Mary Pederson presented the topic on Sandwiches. The next meeting will be Mar. 11 at the home of Mrs. LaMoyne Spoh n. Cans County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal .ws 88c Club Meets At Lentz Home The Plattsmouth Fairview Wo men's club met at the home of Mrs. Lentz for the February meeting. The meeting was open ed with a recitation of the club creed and the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner" and "Swing Low Sweet Chariot." A new clue to the mystery song was given but no one gave the correct answer. Mrs. Verner Freidrich and Mrs. Joe Puis Rave the lessons, "Soups and Sandwiches." Min estrone, salmon Norwegian fruit, and cheese were the soups made. The checker board, ribbon, pin wheel, mosaic party loaf and the jumbo pizza sandwiches were made and sampled. Mrs. Leon Bond and Mrs. Joe Puis were the hostesses. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Everett Hild March 13, to complete the hos pital sewing. Friday evening, Feb. 14, the members of the Fairview Wo men's club and their families met in the parlors of the Christ Lutheran church. The covered dish supper and party were in honor of two members on their 35th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Adams' anniv ersary date being Feb. 18 and Dr .and Mrs. Lentz's date being June 17. The valentine theme was used in decorations. Leon Bond won high honors at cards for the men. Mrs. Bond was hih for the ladies. Jesse Adams received the consolation prize for the men and Mrs. Ad ams for the ladies. The evening closed with Mrs. Glen Wett nkamp, vice president, asking the honored couples to open their gifts. Valentine dec orated cakes with coffee were served. Out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. August Brei, Fremont, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Maatsch and Jacqueline, and Mr. and Mrs. George Wehling, Odell. The three ladies are sisters of Mrs. Lentz. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wehr bcin and family were special guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adams. Mrs. Wehrbein is a niece of Mrs. Adams. Committee for the evening was Mrs. John Terryberry, Mrs. Ben Speck and Mrs. Louis Wag ner. Mrs. Warga Attends 8 & 40 Banquet Approximately 70 persons at tended the banquet of the 8 & 40 Friday night at the Yancey Hotel in Grand Island. Mrs. Don Warga attended the banquet representing Cass Coun ty Salon. Mrs. Catherine Minor, rehab ilitation co-ordinator for the TB Hospital at Kearney was the speaker. She told of the child ren in the hospital, showing pictures of the hospital and children. The 8 & 40 has a national and state project to assist children with tuberculosis. One of the latest projects is a nursing scho larship fund in which $1000 scholarships are awarded to re gistered nurses or under grad uates and to specialize in the study of tuberculosis. Guest-partners -attending in cluded Mrs. Lucille Hayes, vice president of the northwestern division of the ALA; Mrs. Ed ward Soost, Mrs. Rose Golding, Mrs. Arthur Larsen and Mrs. Crawford Mortenson. Daughter Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ptacek of this city are parents of a daugh ter, born Thursday, February 13th at St. Joseph hospital, Omaha. Grandparents pre Mrs. Agnes Ptacek of this city and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Donavan of Omaha. Son Born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Gapen of Des Moines, la., Feb. 17 weighing 5 lbs 6 oz. He was named Keith Dean. Grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. Am brose Moore and Mrs. Rilla Ga pen, both of PJattsmouth. Great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George Shelton and Mr. and Mrs. A. Gamlin, both of Nebraska City. The couple has one other son, Brian Douglas. Son Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lock hart are the parents of a son, born Feb. 8 at the Methodist Hospital, Omaha. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and has been named Charles David. He is the couple's fifth child. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. G. R L.ockhart, and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Winters, all of this city. Mrs. Steburg. a great grandmother, lives in Wyoming. Daughter Born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Thompson ( former Bern ico Hal niesi, a girl Feb. 16 weighing 7 lbs 'i oz., at Downers Grove, Hi. the couple has three sons. Grandparents are Mrs. Ella Hal mes of this city and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Thompson of Sioux City, la. V A Emu ENGAGED Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Ward, Murray have announ ced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Kay, and Wayne II. Kydiiers, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rydbcrg, Essex, la. Both Miss Ward and iier fiance' are now students at Peru State Teach ers C ollege. A June wedding is planned. Rebekah Lodge Plans Card Party Bud of Promise Rebekah Lodge met at the IOOF Hall Feb. 17 with a good attendance of the membership present. Eleanor Marler, Noble Grand presided. Plans were made for a card party to be held at the hall Feb. 28. Refreshments were served by hostesses Hallie Spry and Vir- gie Kaffenberger. Former Residents Observe 50th Wedding Date Today marks the 50th wed ding aniversary of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Sumner of 15 San Garonia, Redlands, Calif., former Platts mouth residents. The day will be quietly ob served as Mrs. Sumner just re turned from a Redlands hospital the past week. Visiting and assisting in the home is Mrs. R. B. Keller of this city who went to Calif., to be with her old friends. While living in Plattsmouth, Mr. Sumner was the Missouri Pacific Depot Agent. The couple has three daugh ters, Mrs. Kay O'Neal, Mrs. Eve lyn Tindall and Mrs., June Val- lery, all living on the west coast. Fred Arnolds Are Home From Vacation Mr. and Airs. Fred Arnold re turned home the past week from a three weeks train trip to Calif ornia. The couple visited their son, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Arnold and family at Bell, Calif.; daughter, Mrs. Bill Maxwell and family of North Hollywood. They also visited Mrs. Arnold's three brothers at Downey and bid bon voyage to a brother in the Navy who sailed from the Long Beach port for service in Japan. At Torrance, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Arnold visited with long standing friends whom they had not seen for 25 years when they lived neighbors in Oklahoma. Upon their return to Omaha, the couple motored to Albion where they were guests of an other daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don Morris, and met their new grandson, Jeffrey Don, born Jan 11. Rotary Club Sees Magic The Rotarty Club was enter tained with tricks of magic Tues day noon at its regular meet ing when the Rev. G. E. Scy bold, pastor of St. Paul's Evan gelical and Reformed Church, performed. Program chairman was Rich ard Spangler. Club president Lester Dalton announced appointment of Clem Woster, Dr. P. T. Heineman and Al Hucbner as a nominating committee for the club election. IH SY Bl'TTFR FLYS The Busy Butterflys 4-H Club met Fob. 19 at the home of Nancy Keil. The meeting was called to order by president Nancy Keil. The 4-H pledge was recited in unison, and roll call was ans wered by "Baking Mathematics." All members were present and discussed how to measure white and brown sugar lead by Ro.si lyn Taylor, and Nancy Keil. We have completed our pro ject beginning baking. The next project will be lets make a skirt and blou.-e. Refreshments were served by Nancy and Mrs. Keil. Dixie Wilson, News Reporter. Call Your News And Social Items to 211 t Co-Getters 4-H Club Has Meeting The Cass Go-Getters 4-H club met Feb.. 13 at the home of Karen, Ellen, and Linda Engcl kemier. This was the first meet ing after organization. All mem bers were present. We discussed our projects and got our assignments for the next meeting. Some of the mem bers are selling cards to earn money for skirts and blouses. We will need these for a future event we plan to enter. Mrs. Ella Young haj consent ed to be our assistant leader. Next meeting will be March 13, at the home of Joyce Fornoff. Lunch was served by the hos tesses. reporter, Linda En gelkemier. 15 from County At Peru College PERU Fifteen people from Cass County are among the 402 lull-time students enrolled at Nebraska State Teachers Col lege at Peru for the second sem ester. Students enrolled from Cass County are: Louisville Robert Gess, Rodney Heim, Richard Schoeppner; Manley Duane Arends; Murray Kay Ward; Plattsmouth Vernon Aylor, Herbert Brown, Phil Fahrlander, Charlotte Marler, Marvedene Shown, Margaret Svoboda, Ro bert Taenzler; Union Dennis Burbee, Donald Roddy, Michael Roddy. CALENDAR Thursday, Feb. 20 The Dorcas Circle will meet with Mrs. Garfield Dunning at 2 p.m. Mrs. Keener Price and Mrs. C. E. Shellenbarger will be assistant hostesses. Thursday, Feb. 20 Eagles Auxiliary will meet at 8 p.m. in the Eagles Hall. Thursday, Feb. 20 Entered Apprentice Degree at the Masonic Building at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, Feb. 20 Gleaners Circle will meet in the Memorial Room of the Meth- j odist Church this evening at 8 j p. m . Thursday, Feb. 20 Naomi Circle of the Methodist Church will meet with Mrs. M. j M. Muncie at 2 p. m. j Friday, Feb. 21 j Chapter F, PEO, will meet' at the home of Mrs. R. B. Hayes, Friday at 8 p. m. Saturday, Feb. 22 International Order of Jobs! Daughters will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Party fol lowing the meeting. Sunday, Feb. 23 Eagles Auxiliary District meet ing at 2 p. m. at the VFW Hall. Monday, Feb. 24 Cass County Salon No. 441 of the 8 & 40 at 8 p.m. in the 40 & 8 Club Rooms. Tuesday, F'ebruary 25 Officers practice of Home Chapter 189 at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, Feb. 27 Fellowcraft Work at the Ma sonic Building at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, Feb. 27 American Legion Auxiliary at 3 p.m. in the 40 & 8 Club Rooms. Friday, Feb. 28 Wiuterstecn School and PTA Luncheon and School Program at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4 District Supervisor of Eastern Star will conduct a School of Instruction at 2 p. in. Tuesday, March 4 Eastern Star. Regular meet ing with initiation. Rcfresh- 1 incuts alter meeting. Dale Bowman Speaks At Hastings VFW Dale Bowman, senior vice -commander of the Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars, was guest speaker at the observance of the sixtieth anniversary of the sinking of the battleship Main on Saturday evening, Feb ruary 15th at Hastings.- The event was staged by the VFW in honor of the Spanish War Veterans who are members of the order and served in the war with Spain. The sinking of the Main in Havanna harbor was immediate cause of the declaration of war on Spain ia Auiil 1898. Eagles Enjoy Fine Time At Fish Fry Saturday evening the mem bers of Plattsmouth Aerie No. 305, Fraternal Order of Eagies, enjoyed a very fine time at their club house. The occasion was a fish fry prepared by Bill O'Donnell and Louie Menges. There was fish for everyone and the occasion will long be remembered by all those fortun ate to be present. The event was for the mem bers of the fraternity only and their ladies. Reverend DcSpain III At Hospital Reverend E. S. DcSpain, pas tor of the First Methodist Church here was taken by ambulance to the Methodist Hospital in Omaha. The minister suffered a heart attack and is in an oxygen tent at the hospital. Monday Reverend Eugene De Spain of Illinois, his son, flew here to be with the sick father and to be of comfort to the mother. Reverend DcSpain is in room 211. CRLIS ANTISEPTIC Mouth Wash Refreshing Si cleansing. 16-oz. qoc wioottie w Full Fashioned &lory Nylon hi Handy Y.o pauge 15 denier.. J09 ON I COLD HOT5-- -11 f vl bo,,,c B !r . lJJhi-il V I Especially for use before & C FCatTI fell L J 1 1 ftcf 'oufih-on-hands work. 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No door admission charge is to be asked. All they ask is to bring items for the auction, and the family. There will be door prizes, car nival games, polka band con cert, a white elephant auction, homemade candy and cookie stand, also other interests. A film, "Highlights of the 1957 World Scries" will be shown. In charge of this polio, cancer and heart fund benefit Is Mrs. Louie Wendt, Mrs. Bernlce Born emcler and John Murdoch. See today's ad in the Journal for further details. Raymond Hild On . U Of Wyoming List Raymond C. Hild of Platts mouth Is one of 83 engineering students named to the Univers ity of Wyoming (Laramie) deans' list for scholastic honors for the fall semester. Hild had a grade average of 1.60. He is a senior. In all, 325 students were listed for honors by their deans. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 SALE THURSDAY, FRIDAY I SATURDAY NEW! 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Attend District VFW Meeting At Tecumsch Sunday Sunday district No. 6 of tv Veterans of Foreign Wars held a district meeting at Tecum -eh that was very largely attend ed by representatives over t!e district that comprises Southeast Nebraska. Plattsmouth was represented at the meeting by Dale Bowman senior vice-commander of Ha state department, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd F'itch, commander and presidents the Sixth district, E. E. Vroman, local post com mander, Mr. and Mrs. Leioy Wilson, A. C. McLean, Mrs. II i zel Fitch and Shirley Fitch, Ru dy Stoll. The district meeting voted . for. a contribution to the Youth Camp at Papillion, one of the leading VFW activities in this section of the state. State Commander Frank Short Jr., of Lincoln was present to greet the convention. The main address of the convention was given by Mr. Bowman on "Mem ories, Missies, Men and Mirac les", touching on many of the defense problems that are now facing the country. 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