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EDITORIALS Down Where Did 'Bunk' Come from? One of the most common words in the American language today is the word "bunk." We often use this term without realizing where it came from, although most of us realize what it Duck in 1820, the anti-slavery factions in the preventatives, after long and bitter argu ineni, naa readied a satisfactory compro mise concerning the entry of Missouri as a State in the Union. This was accomplished through the passage of the Missouri Com promise which provided that Missouri might enter the I,nion as u slave state, but thatl future states formed above the line of Missouri's southern boundary should be freesoil states. -All of the members of the House warned an immediate vote, with one ex , ceptlon a little-known Congressman, Felix Walker, whose principal constit uency was Ikincombe County, North Caro lina; Walker said: "I am bound to make a speech for Huncombe" to .those who asked himlo allow a vote to be taken. After that speech, every time a legis lator made a useless, time-wasting talk, his colleagues would shout, "liuncombe." As time went on, the term was shortened to "fcunk," and became a part of our lan guage. : Growing to Look Alike For centuries philosophers have mu sed aver the question whether wives grow to kuk like their husbands, with the pass ing years, or vice versa. We think there is duTinitely something to the theory. HThere are those who argue that hus bands and wives naturally choose mates who .".have the characteristics they admire (the;; characteristics of their own mother or father) and that they naturally often look" alike, sometimes this similarity be coming more pronounced in later years. liut, in addition to this logical ex planation, we believe that wives and hus bands tend to develop traits, facial ex pressions and philosophies of their mar riage partner. This is only natural, since theyare together so much of the time, fo better or worse, and since they develop a similar mental attitude towards life in manf cases, and similarities of temperament-and philosophy. One thing on this subject should be remembered. Never tell the fair lady that she looks like her husband, unless you are standing behind a batter's cage on a base ball afield, safe from immediate attack. Nor w it wise to tell the male partner that he risembles his wife. This remark iu sel dom appreciated vv..,bvv. we think it is true, nevertheless; that ( ; home. Those wives" and husbands do look like each'' Marie Horn, other as the years pass and the years always pass. . The truth is the last thing most people want'.to hear. There comes a time when anything can be a nuisance. Capitol News ;::;::::::::::::::::v::::::::::v:::::' Statehouse Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association LINCQLN The tax dollar, budgets -and government spend ing, are coming into the lime light once again In the Capitol. Th reason is twofold: The state -property tax levy will be set ii Auguest, and there is a primary election May 13. . GoV. Victor Anderson, seek ing a-third term on the Repub lican ticket, broached the sub ject with a statement that he hopes' to chop the state pro perty! tax levy by 2 cents for every - $1000 valuation. Tha't would put the tab at $8 per $1,000. The governor said he wtfuld like to reduce th tax to below '$8 but he doesn't know if he' can cut it that much, or even 23 cents but that he is go ing to try. Gov. Anderson is chairman of the State Board of Equaliza tion which sets the property tax levy. " Percentage-wise as an average state" property taxes account for only about 15 per cent of the total paid by a property ownet. The- governor reckons that tightening of the economy belt in th Capitol can be accomp lished without reducing the level of services, and bring about en ough savings to realize a pro perty -taJ?, cut. The governor also has urged that & state comptroller be es tablished to control state spend ing. - Gov. Anderson made the pro posaliefore a committee of the Legislative Council studying the problem of budgeting. He Jaid that cash funds are not sent as wisely as tax funds but he added he did not have a simple solution to the problem However, he told the commit tee, .headed by Sen. Willard Waldo of DeWitt, that the way to best control waste is with a comptroller who has authority over all state agencies. means. pro-slavery and the. y William House of Re- was presented by Mrs. Martha ipneirel Umaha tor an operation lor the removal of a pus sack from the lung. Gloria and her twin sister, Norma have been suffer ing from pneumonia, but complications had made the recovery of Gloria more dif ficult Miss Helen Donat and Mrs. For rest Rhodes entertained in honor of Miss Marie Sedlak whose wedding will occur Y. soon. The shower was held at the Donat , . pwn. itic .inuvn-i wan nciu ill Lilt; .. State -Auditor Ray Johnson also appeared before the group. He recommended cash funds be put -in -the general fund and then appropriated in the re quired amounts to agencies who collect the money. Another high state official, Tax Commissioner Fred Her rington, told the committee that the Legislature should spell out in more detail exactly what cash funds can be used for to eli minate problems. In many cases now, the tax commissioner is called upon to approve expenditures from non tax funds and he has nothing to go by as to whether such an expenditure can be authorized. Nebraska Roads The record Nebraska road building program for the next fiscal year has been given a shot in the arm by the federal government. A bonus program of $6.6 mil lion for the regular road net work and $2.9 million for the Interstate will be immediately available to the state. That will put the amount on hand for the 1959 fiscal year which begins July 1, at $52.4 million. State Engineer L. N. Ress said the bonus program, enacted by Congress as an anti-recession measure, will cause some diffi culties in his already heavily burdened staff. But, he said he feels the de partment can handle expendi ture of the extra money which, under the federal law, must be under contract and work com pleted in a year. Ress is slated to attend a meeting of state highway of- ficials in Chicago later this month to find out details of the i prcgram, especially whether the funds should be made available to cities. Labor Force There were more workers re ceiving unemployment checks in March of this year than for the same month in 1957. That is the report from the State Division of Employment Security. The division said a weekly a- Memory Lane Ofl YEARS ACO Cass County Historical Society met here with a very fine program at the dis trict court room. Dr. CI. H. Gilmore of Murray presided. Miss Flora lie lie Mead gave a history of the Pine school, written Coatman, "My Father's Work" Young of Nehawka, telling of the work of Rev. Frederich Spriegel, one of the early ministers in establishing churches in this part of the west. The history of rural free delivery was given by Miss Myrtle Wood of Wabash. The first delivery was at Te cumseh, the first route in the state Decem ber 7, 1896. The first carriers received $25 a month and worked all day. A. A. lie Reynolds discussed the Cass County His torical Magazine by (Hen Rutledge, tell ing of the ghost towns of the countv Elmwood lodge of the IOOF observed its fifth anniversary with lodges at Avoca, Nehawka, Weeping Water, joining in the observance. The lodge was organized April 25, 1888 with sixteen charter mem bers Mr. and Mrs. Searl S. Davis re turned JYom Honneville, Mo., where they visited their son, Stephen at Kemper Mili tary academy Randall Farris of Union received his license as a amatuer radio operator Joseph E. Knoflicek was ap pointed agent for the Hankers Life In surance Co., in Plattsmouth Miss Lois Giles of this city was among the students of the University of Nebraska elected a member of Omicron Nu and Phi Upsilon Omicron honorary home economic society Wilbur Hennings departed for Phoenix, Ariz., where he expects to locate. He has been here with the ilinky Dinky store. nr YEARS ACO The last steps toward closing the af fairs of the Livingston Loan & Building as sociation, closed in 1923, was taken with the appoinment of Searl S. Davis as re ceiver, who is rounding up the real estate owned by the company and preparing to close up the assets held by the company L. R. Sprecher, taxi operator, saved a pos sible dangerous fire in the office of Dr. P. T. Heineman in the Main Hotel building. "Wink" saw the blaze in the office, climb ed through the transom and put out the fire, caused by a gas burner catching a small shelve atire Mayor and Mrs. C. A. Johnson took their daughter, Gloria, to attending were: Lucille and Eleanor McCarthy. Marie and Elizabeth Nolting, Florence Thacker, Viola Meisinger, Jean Fitch, Rose Janca, Frances Sedlacek, Florence Terryberry, Mary Sedlak, Eleanor, Helen and Ann Smetana, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Warner and children, Vivian and Charles, Mr. and Mrs. John Kaffenberger, Mr. and Mrs. El mer Lohnes, Louis Lolines. verage of 13,091 got the pay checks in March of this year, as against 10,025 for the same month a year earlier. Payments this March totaled $1.3 mil lion, compared with $991,931 in March, 1957. However, non-farm job open ings increased by 23 per cent over February, the division said. It noted that much of the hike was for temporary employment, such as snow removal. New applications for work in March totaled 4,443, a substan tial drop from the 5,154 total for February. Population Markers State Engineer L. N. Ress said the highway department has developed a new policy on a matter sensitive and close to most Nebraska 'immunities. That is the problem of list ing population of a city on a state highway marker at the city limits. Ress said the de partment was criticized for not changing one city's marker and so he is changing the policy. Signs were revamped, as a courtesy, for Lincoln, Omaha, Kimball and Sidney before the change. The towns submitted a large amount of data which the department compiled, then it changed the 1950 census figure to the newer one. In the future, Ress said, only the official census figure will be listed. The department, the engineer said, is far too busy trying to build roads to be "saddled" with the job of keeping track of the growth of a community, oftoner than once every 10 years. Pollution Council The State Water Pollution Council has taken steps to urge cities to file plans for sewer- age treatment plants with the State Health Department. The council, newly created, adopted a policy requiring cities to submit complete plans and specifications within 130 days after federal grants in aid to them are approved. If this is not don?, the council said, the federal funds allotted a city will be taken away. For the fiscal year beginning July Picket Line t'liiiiii.d ''. iEHAWKA NEWS Mrs. F. O. Sand Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Royal re turned home Tuesdav from an eight day trip to Colorado and Texas. At Byers, Colo., they vi sited Mr. Royal's sister, Mrs. John Beetem and Mr. Beetem Other relatives they visited at Byers were Mr. and Mrs. Char ley Vifin, Mr., and Mrs. Jack Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Marvil Parker. At Dell City Texas, they were the guests of their son, John. They were breakfast guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tellmian at El Paso, Tex., and dinner gu ests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hays at Dell City. Mrs. Frank Royal and Kevin of Syracuse ac companied them. Mrs. Oren Pollard gave the devotions Fridav afternoon when the Jonathan Cass Chapter, DAR met with Mrs. Emily Olive of Weeping Wi,i?r. Esther Tefft gave a program on the flag. Mrs. Lois Tefft conducted the business meeting. A new member, Mrs. F. C. Giles of Plattsmouth was present. Mrs. Henry Knaup was a guest The next meeting will be May 16 with Mrs Lois Tefft of Avoca. Those attending from Nehawka were Evelyn Wolph, Mrs. Oren Ppllard, Mrs. R. B. Stone and Mrs. R. C Pollard Mrs' Amelia Balfour was a guest for the day Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ross. In the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Balfour visited at the Jim Balfour home near Nebras ka City. The EUB Aid met Wednesday with Mrs. Jack Hines for an aft ernoon of quilting. Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Davis and family, Sabetha, Kan., were recent guests of Mrs. Georgia Hoback. Mr. and Mrs. Henning John son, Albert Johnson, Dick and Tom, Mr. and Mrs. Bob John son, Mrs. Oscar Brandt, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Johnson attended the funeral of a cousin, Joe Pet erson at Ashland, Saturday aft ernoon. Mr. Peterson, 48, died of a heart attack. He operated the Lanoma Beach near Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson were Sunday afternoon and sup per guests of Mr. and Ms. Lou ie Ross. Mrs. Sterling Ross, who teach es district 91 near Murray, has been home due to the illness of her children. Her substitute is Mrs. Irvin Albert of Louisville. Harry Knabe and Mrs. Amel ia Heldt took Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gansemer to Mapleton, la., last Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Donald Staples and daughter. Monday dinner guests at the Knabe home were Mr. and Mrs. Eral Hockman of Dorchester. Afternoon callers were Mrs. Earl Murdoch, Weeping "Water and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fitch. Mr. Knabe and Mrs. Heldt spent Sat urday and Sunday with the Sta ples family at Mapleton. Jed Kropp left Wednesday by plane for Los Angeles, Calif., where he will visit friends until the. end of April when he will sail for Japan for Air Force du ty. Mrs. Wra. Jorgenson, Mrs. Rob ert Grunwald and Mrs. George Martin were in Plattsmouth Thursday and visited at the El mer Haffke home. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hall, Om aha, were weekend guests of thP George Pollards. Mrs. Visa Bown and Paul were guests for the day Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cooper of Nebraska City. Fred Wesscl broke his ankle ecently when he stepped into a hole as he was driving cattle. Mr. and Mrs. George Dickman and Mrs. Martin Ross spent Fri day evening in Omaha. Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Dickman attend 1. the ftate expects about $085. 000 for use in sewerage treat- ment plants in Nebraska. Phone 2708 ed the past noble grand study club at Mrs. Charles Harden and Mr. Dickman attended the Jona than lodge at Florence. Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Sand re ceived word that Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marks and family have moved from Denver to Littleton Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Patterson and family, Corpus Christi, Tex., Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heneger, Weep- ing Water were guests Friday evening of Mr. and Mrs. John Dietl and family. The Patterson; came to the golden wedding an niversary of his parents at Weep ing Water. A group of ladies, Mrs. Albert Anderson, Mrs. E. Stoll, Mrs. John Chandler, Mrs. Howard Heesch and Tamyra Lu, Mrs. II. Bailer, attended the Guest Day of the Presbyterian Aid of Murray Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Dietl and Jane, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Banks and Larry attended the Open House at Peru Sunday afternoon They were taken through the buildings and over the campus and later refreshments were ser ved. Jane and Larry will enter the summer session June 9 and continue at the college in the fall. The Banks and Dietls had supper at Ulbricks at Nebraska City. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meisinger of Murray were dinner guests Wednesday of the Charles Ba-I tes and observed Bates' birth day. Oliver Bogenrief, Omaha and Alvin McReynolds were dinner guests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Kime and Marlin. Mr. and Mrs. John Knabe were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Staples and daughter of Mapleton, la. M. E. McDonald came home Friday from Veterans Hospi tal in Lincoln where he had a check up and treatment for the past month. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson were supper guests Sunday of the Henning Johnsons. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Midkiff visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moore and family and Mrs. Lydia Mid kiff all of Union, Sunday. iMfr. and Mrs. Gene Doeden and family of Bellevue were gu ests Sunday of Mrs. Gerald Ack ley and children and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Edmonds, Sr., and family. Mr. Doeden is stationed at Offutt Air Base. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Fassna cht, Fairmont;. Mr. and Mrs. Ramer Fassjnacht, Hampton, were guests Wednesday after noon of Mrs. Gerald Ackley and the Gilbert Edmonds. Mrs. Ed Hron (Lela Edmonds) had throat surgery Tuesday in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Hron were guests Sunday of the Gilbert Ed monds. Mrs. Gerald Ackley and chil dren were dinner guests Sunday of the Wayne Greens of Platts mouth. In the afternoon all drove to Nemaha. School Notes Mrs. Georgia Gilley, music su pervisor at the Nehawka school, reports the following ratings at the music contest Thursday and I Friday at Auburn: girls high vo ice, Sue Johnson, superior; girls medium voice, Bonita Lacy, su perior) girls sextette, excellent; girls glee club, excellent; trom bone solo, Edward Hanssen, good. Mrs. Elmer Ross accompanied the Glee Club, those who fur nished transportation were Mrs. Ed Weston, Mrs. Elmer Stoll, Mrs. Ellis Lacy and Mrs. El mer Ross. The 7th and 8th grades made a field trip to Lincoln Monday and made a tour of several in teresting places. Mr. Peach was the sponsor. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hicks, and Twila, Mrs. Ray G. Nixon and Gladys visited the Victor MURDOCH Mrs. Florence McDonald Phone 2292 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harger spent last weekend in the west ern part of the state visrting Mrs. Harger's parents. They left on Sunday morning and return ed home on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey McDon ald went to North Loup Thurs day to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gillespie return ing home Monday. A mother and daughter party will be held at the church par lors May 1 at 7:30. Every one is invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills of Fort Chaffee, Ark., came on Tuesday and left Friday. Mrs. Jim Mills and Mrs. Al bert Thiel attended the State Con vention of the Royal Neighbors of America in Lincoln on Friday evening. The Friendly Neighbor Club met at the home of Mrs. Dorothy Bornemeier April 16 with only two members absent and one visitor present. Program com mittee, Selma Lau and Evelyn Neitzel, provided the entertain ment for the afternoon. Plans were discussed for the annual picnic to be held in June. A very delicious lunch was served by thP nostess. Next meeting will be at Clara Zierott's. Herb Klemme, who is employ ed in Omaha spent the weekend with the home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wilkens and son of Lincoln were Sunday guests at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wilkens The Junior class play will be Friday, April 25, at the high school gym. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buck of Lin coln were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Buck. The Murdock community was again shocked Sunday afternoon when Rev. Philip Ulmer sudden ly passed away. He had perform ed his pastorate duties Sunday morning in the usual manner. He leaves his widow and four children. and Enos Plunketts at Weep ing Water Sunday evening. Mrs. Bett Sheard and daughter, Mrs. Bud Elledge, Plattsmouth were guests Friday of the How ard Reddens and Rose Reddens. Ed Knabe and Mrs. George Ho back were guests Wednesday of Mrs. Anita Kroll of Omaha and on Sunday of Mrs. Myrtle Trit- sch of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chriswisser wer eguests Sunday of the Ja mes Chris wissers. Mr. and Mrs. Will Rice of Murray were guests Sunday of the t rank unis. Mrs. Frank Warden. Mrs. Ma ude Cornell. Mrs. A. B. Rut ledge, Mrs. George Kime and Debbie Spear made a trip to the Camp Creek cemetery near Minersville Thursday. Swine Disease Danger Period Getting Near America's hog farmers were warned today that the peak of the swine erysipelas danger sea son will soon be at hand and that plans should be made now now ELECTRIC PORTABLE x TYPEWRITER COME IN AND TRY IT TODAY! the , Smith-Corona ELECTRIC PORTABLE Schreiner Rexall Drug THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Section B Thursday, April 24, 1958 to head of 1958 outbreaks. Officials of the American Fou ndation for Animal Health said that in areas where erysipelas has been a problem vaccination Is the best protective measure. The dlsea.se principally affects young pigs and growing hogs. It is infectious, spreads very rapidly and may occur in one of several forms. The acute form may cause mysterious, sudden deaths. But the greatest economic loss to the swine raiser usually comes from the mild and chronic forms which stunt the growth of pigs and cause unthriftiness. Symp tons of this latter type may in clude high fever, poor appetite, BUSINESS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME PHONE 3243 Restful lurroundingt for the aged and convalescent. Licensed end Approved 24 hour nursing service Special Diet RIYERVIEW AND HILLCREST NURSINC HOMES 616 Ave. F An Exclusive Infants' Cr Children's Shop Phone 3181 A complete line of infants', pre-school and children' wear. You'll enjoy shopping at . . . WEE WARDROBE (Helen Eiting) 425 Main Community Auditorium For Rent Phone 3158 & 286 Complete Banquet facilities for up to 220 people; all modern kitchen; air conditioned; cloak room; ladiea lounge; P. A. System; Stage. PLATTSMOUTH LIONS CLUB 510 Main . . See Phones above MODERN SHOE REPAIR SERVICE Complete repair service for shoes. HERB'S SHOE REPAIR GUARANTEED TV & RADIO SERVICE PHONE 233 New sets . . Motorola, Hot Point & Admiral Television; Motorola Radios, Pick-up & delivery repair service. RAY'S SALES & SERVICE 1 10 So. 3rd St. Cifts That Live Throughout The Yean Phone 228 Columbia Tru-Fit Diamonds, International & Heirloom Sterling, Figurines, China, Pottery, Crystal, Watch Bands, Costume Jewelry. CROVE JEWELRY CO. 505 MAIN When It Breaks Down . . We Can Rebuild It. Phone 243 The most complete machine shop in Cass County. We Specialize in repair of quarry and heavy machinery. W. E. CADY, INC. BREX Shops Area DRUCS WITH A REPUTATION PHONE 289 Prescription Service Beauty Bar Fountain tr Luncheonet Gift Headquarters Veterinary Supplies CASS DRUC (Walgreen Agency) 502 MAIN HOBSON FUNERAL HOME PHONE 105 Est. 1914 Weeping Water, Nebraska MARILOUISE HOBSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR For The Most In Drug Store Service PHONE 6117 Professional Prescription Service. Livestock pharmaceuticals and Remedies. A complete line of cosmetics and gifts. We give S & H Creen Stamps. FELDHOUSEN DRUCS 522 Main TAKE YOUR CAR TO JIM PHONE 4177 For ALEMITE OILS, Motor Tune-ut. end Overhaul, Front Wheel Alignment, Ceneral Repairs. Ford-O-Matic and Merc-O-Matic Service. JIM'S AUTO SERVICE (James ChappeN) 337 HAVINC A PARTY? You Name It We Have It. Ph. 4000 Visit your exclusive Package Liquor Store. We have a com plete stock of Liquors, Wines, Beer, Cordials, Vodka and Champagne. RAY S LIQUOR STORE ,15 North 6th St. CENERAL CONTRACTING Home and Commercial Building, Cabinet Work. Free Estimates and E. I. 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Ncbr. pnone BE 1634 listlessness, stiff gait, distinctive skin lesions and enlarged joints. Foundation officials said that because the time of vaccina tion is an important factor, and also certain of the protective va ccines are live-culture types which may spread the infection if not used properly, vaccina tion against erysipelas should be done by a veterinarian. The Foundation also suggest ed that newly-purchased swine should always be isolated at first, to eliminate the possibility of the disease being spread by healthly appearing "carrier" animals. Subscribe to The Journal Nowl DIRECTORY PHONE 6288 Men's, Ladies' and Children's 309 Main Phone 4043 Roofing, Remodeling and Financing Available 3rd Ave. Plattsmouth Phone 2111, Union, Nebr. Phone Bellevue 1671 State of Nebraska Bellevue, Ncbr.