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mm m w &yrr THE PL ATTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL l'AGE SIX Journal Want Ad.s Pay MEMORIAL DAY Wreaths AND Sprays! Styrofoam Memorial Blocks With Flowers 69c Cr 98c Styrofoam Crosses With Flowers $2.49 - $2.98 - $3.49 Sryrofoam Wreaths With Flowers $1.19 - $1.98 - $2.19 Floral Sprays With Plastic Flowers $4.98 Other Sprays And Wreaths 49c -98c -$1.39 $2.25 - $2.49 BASKETS $2.25 & $2.39 We Also Have Material To Make Your Own Wreath, Etc. Flowers, Styrofoam Creen Lycopodium & Painted Ruscus 5c & 10 STIBAL $1.00 & Up Light Weight Hat Box $15. ALSO Train Can $17 O Nil. Con $19 95 rullman Can 27.9i ForJEradiiatioii . . . ff Jra Jt Samson ite the luggage that spells success! wm. schmidhmnn Thursday. May 22, 1958 MURRAY Mrs. Frank Fitxpatrick Phone 2211 Sirulay evening: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Tritseh, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ilenning.s called (in Mr. and Mrs. Don Siebver of Oma ha. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Van Aekern were guest.s Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baker of Omaha. The oeea-ion being Mr. Baker's birthday. Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Van Aekern arc sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Urwin Mrs. Syliva Kohnke and Tommy Urwin enjoyed a 4 day visit in Brighton, Colorado with Mr. and Mrs. Dob Urwin and family. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sporer left on Thur. day to visit Mr. and Mrs. Noble Riser and Roger in Fort Worth, Texas. ; Missionary Society Meets The United Presbyterian Mis sionary Society met on Wednes day at the Church. Mn. C. D. Spangler led devotions. The les- son taken from the Missionary ! Magazine was presented by Mrs. I Delbert Todd. Lunch was served ; by the hostesses. Mrs. Glenn i Boedeker, Mrs. Jesse Jorgensen and Mrs. Van White. Mr. and Mrs. John Stone, Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hobscheidt and ; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lancas- ter attended the Annual Square : Dance Festival in the Ak-Sar- ! Ben Coliseum in Omaha on Sat urday night. After the dance Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lancas ter were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Les McCann of Omaha for lunch. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snodgrass and girls on Sunday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. Marion Worthan and Mr. and Mrs. Robert De Coster and boys of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Brubacher spent the week end at the home of her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kugler and sons of Creston, Nebr. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Todd, Mrs. C. D. Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hild and Mrs Her man Wohlfarth visited on Sun day afternoon with Mrs. Raphael FarrLs in the St. Mary's Hos pital in Nebraska City. The children of the Murray school greatly enjoyed their treat of riding on the Fire Truck. It was quite a thrill for all of them. Study Club The Murray Study Club met on Thursday at the home of Mrs. George McKulsky. The les son on Nebraska was given by Mrs. C. D. Spangler and all the group joined in telling incidents that happened to their ances ters. Refreshments were served by the hostess. On Sunday, Mother's Day, Mr. and Mrs. George Nickles attend ed the Golden Wedding Recep tion lor Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ernst of Auburn, Nebraska. The recep tion was held in the Presbyter ian Church in Auburn from 2 tn . P. M. Tn the evening n bullet luncheon was served at the Ernst home for the rela tives who came from a distance. Mrs. Nickles is a cousin of Mrs. j Ernst. 1 Mrs. Gomer Worthan, Diane ; and Betty Jo of Omaha were visiting in Murray on Saturday. 1 The girls enjoyed attending the j school picnic. I Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lan- ca; ter and Nancy entertained j at a family cooperative dinner j on Sunday evening in honor of j Mrs. Bill Worthan. Kristl, I Kathy, Karen and Kimberly of j Seattle, Washington, who are here on a vacation visiting friends and relatives. Those pre sent were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Worthan and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Snodgrass, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snodgrass and girls, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Worthan, Mr. and Mrs. George Hobscheidt, Dennis and Jerry of Da Verne, Iowa and Butch Fur.se. Bill Worthan of Seattle, Washington surprised the group by tele phoning and talking with quite a number of those present. Mr. and Mrs. George Hob scheidt and sons of La Verne, Iowa were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Worthan on Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fitzpat rick and family attended the Evans Family reunion at Atlan tic, Iowa on Sunday. There were 45 in attendance. The Murray School held their school picnic last Saturday, May 17. There was a very large crowd and plenty of eats. Now for the n,ext 3 months the children can enjoy a carefree life, without thoughts of reading writing and arithmetic. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Janzen & Henry of Sedgewick, Kan., spent Saturday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hobscheidt and fam ily. Henry Janzen took entry exams in preparation for the School of Dentistry at Creighton in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. George Thomp son and family of Omaha call ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thompson and Mrs. Met ta Ray on Sunday evening. Mrs. Raymond Lancaster held a COME AS YOU ARE party on Monday morning, in honor of Mrs. Bill Worthan of Seattle, Washington. Guests who drop ped their work and came for a vi-it were Mrs. R. A. Noell, Mrs. Leon Gansemer, Mrs. Harold Gregg and Linda, Mrs. John Stones. South Bend Mrs. Jess Fidler Phone Ashland 4-8646 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kuhn are the parents of a daughter, Vicki Marie, born Wednesday, May 14th at the Bryan Memorial hos pital in Lincoln. She weighed 7 lbs.. 7'2 oz. Mrs. Kuhn and daughter returned home Sun day evening. South Bend school closed Fri day with a picnic at the school ; house Saturday. j Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hegwood of Omaha spent Saturday with j Mrs. Ella Carson. j Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O'Brien ; of Louisville were Sunday guests I of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carnicle ; and family. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Parish and Leon visited Mr. and Mrs. Gail Baum at Lincoln Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Grady of Greenwood were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rosencrans and family. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Keckler and children of Louisville were Sunday guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf Vervaecke. Mrs. Oscar Dill came home from Bryan hospital at Lincoln Thursday but returned on Sat urday afternoon for further treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Hendrick- son of Council Bluffs were Sun day afternoon visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Livers. Evening visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blum of Murdock. Rev. and Mrs. Milton Laib and children of Lincoln were Sunday afternoon visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jess Fidler. Donna Bentley was a Thurs day overnite guest of Connie Bolden. The pupils and their teacher Miss Carol Brunner attended the Shrine Cirrus in Lincoln Wednesday. They also visited Roberts Dairy, Wendclin Bakery and had a picnic dinner at Pio neer park. Mrs. Edward Kelly, Mrs. Milford Meisinger, and Mrs. Chester Rhoades drove cars. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carnicle and daughters spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Carnicle. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Browen left Friday to spend 2 weeks with Mrs. Browens mother, Mrs. Crabtree at Wichita, Kansas. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Wiszmann and family were Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Haswell and family of Peru. Keeping in Touch Roy Smoth of Plattsmouth has been named secretary of Burr Hall for men at the University of Nebraska College of Agricul ture for the 1958-51) school year. Mrs. John Vallerv entered the St. Catherine Hospital, Omaha, Monday. She is undergoing ob servation. She is in room 348. Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Mullin of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Becker of Union went to Ru lo for a fish dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H Bailey of Chicago who have been visiting theii daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Porter, re turned Wednesday to their home. Mr. Bailey is just getting getting over an atlack of the; flu. ! Roberta Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Aldridge, was taken with a sudden attack of appendicitis Monday afternoon and was taken to the St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City. She is now progressing nicely fol lowing the appendectomy. Mrs. Joe Dietl returned home Sunday night from Bellflower, Calif., where she attended the wedding of her son, Robert F. Dietl of Whittier, Calif., and Anita Louise Monchen of Long Peach. Edwin F. McHugh, Murdock attorney, was in the city Wed nesday tp look after some busin ess matters at the courthouse. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peter sen departed this week for Hen ning, Minn., where they will spend the next few months at their summer home at East Bat tle Lake. Other Plattsmouth per sons of the colony will go later to this summer resort and fish ing grounds. Nehawka 4-H Clubs Observe Rural Sunday The Nehawka 4-H clubs took part in 4-H Rural Sunday May 18, at the Methodist church. The different clubs had some part of the program. Twila Hicks announced the following: Jackie Dodson led the Amer ican lag salute representing the Early Bird Poultry Club, lea der Mrs. Malcom Pollard. Jim Johnson led 4-H pledge leader John Knabe. 4-H skit by the following members Sharon Dodson, Gladys Nixon, Judy Attebery, Marilyn Pollard, Cheryl Kear ney, Sandra Turner, Sandra Stapert of the Cass County Can ners, Cass County Cooks, Mod ern Miss, and Health, leader Miss Evelyn Wolph. Sandra Jameson piano solo, representing Fancy Feeders, leader Lawrence Gregg. Mary Lindsey piano solo re presenting Cooking Cuties, lead er Mrs. Jack Lindsey. Bonnie Lace gave a vocal solo "Golden Key" representing Cass County Canners, leader Evelyn Wolph. Sandra Staport gave an ac cordion solo representing Swine Club, leader John Knabe. reporter Sharon Dodson. Plattsmouth Native In Movies At Santa Monica, California Those who have witnessed the production of "M-Squad" on television have had the pleasure of seeing a Plattsmouth native, Paul Newlan, who plays the part of the police captain in the screen presentation. The motion picture actor's real name was Newland and he was born in this city, but was taken by his parents when nine months old to Kansas City, Mo., where the family have resided for the greater part of the time. Paul broke into the show busi ness in St. Joseph, Mo., where he attended school. Later he at tended the University of Mis souri. He played on the football and basketball teams. He was playing stock in St. Joseph when Paramount offered him a contract. He has since been in the movies and been very successful. Journal Want Ads Pay In Appreciation We wish to take this means to thank all of our customers for the cooperation and patronage we re- i . twi I J ceived wnue operaring rne Mrs. Luther Womack and Mrs L. W. Kgenberger will attend graduation exercises in Ashland this evening. Miss Gwendolyn Wills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wills is to receive her diploma. The Wills are cousins of Mrs. Womack and Mrs. Egcn-berger. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adklns and daughter, ConnieRae, attend ed graduation exercises in Alvo Wednesday evening. Mrs. George Kalasek departed last Thursday by train for Riv eria, Calif., where she will visit' in the home of her daughter, Mr. ' and Mrs. Robert Moore and their j son, Kerry. ! Avoca Students Receive Awards AVOCA (Special) Awards given here during commence ment week included the follow ing: DAR history award; Roger Eh lers; church college scholarship, Betty Reitsch; Nebraska State j Teachers scholarship. Carroll Carstens; Milford Trade School scholarship, Willis Knabe; Dan forth Foundation leadership a- ward, Betty Reitsch and Robert Marquardt; DAR citizenship a-1 ward, Betty Reitsch; Robert Mar: quardt and Betty Reitsch, the book "I Dare You." Local Volunteers Given Recognition Two VAVS, volunters of the Plattsmouth American Legion Auxiliary to Post No. 56, were guests of the Veterans Admin istration at the Omaha Hospital Sunday May 18. The program; took place in the beautiful cha-j pel of the hospital. j Certificates of 100 hours of ser vice were presented to Mrs. Don Warga and Ida Patton of Platts mouth. Music was provided on the new organ recently purchased by the Department of Nebraska by friends from all auxiliaries in the state. Certificates of appreciation for 100, 300, 500 and 1,000 and a pin for 5,000 hours was awarded to Mrs. John Basch, VAVS repre sentative. A tea in the blue room follow ed the awards ceremony. The American Legion Auxil iary also received a certificate in recognition of volunteer ser vice in behalf of the patients through the voluntary service program. Union To Entertain Spring Meeting Of Legion Auxiliary The Union unit of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary is to be hostess to a meeting of the var ious Cass Countv groups on Fri day evening at 8 o'clock at the Legion Hall. It is expected that there will be a large attendance from the other units for the event. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 CALENDAR Thursday, May 22 American Legion Auxiliary meeting in the 40 & 8 Club Ro oms. All Gold Star Members whl be honored. Friday, May 23 Special meeting of the Order of Eastern Star Home Chapter No. 189 at 8 p. m. Saturday, May 24 Regular meeting of Internat ional Order of Jobs Daughters, Bethel No. 24, at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, May 27 Order of Malta Mt. Zion Com mandery No. 5, K. T. will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 29 Master Masonic Degree at Masonic Temple at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 30 Mynard Community Club will meet at the Community Hall at 8 p. m. Friday, May 30 The regular meeting of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Assn. will be held at 2:30 May 30 at the cemetery. wmripooi Launaererre Mary Ann Dingman observed her ninth birthday Wednesday evening when a group of invited friends came to her home for a wiener roast. Games were play ed and each guest received a favor. Mary Ann received many lovelv gifts. John Edward Meyer, son of Major and Mrs. Herbert L. Mey er, is ill at the family home with virus pnuemonia. John Edward is a third grade studant at Cen tral School. Mrs. W. H. Policy has returned home from Ottawa, Kan., where she was called by the death of an older sister, Mrs. Lulu Wood. She .'pent a few days visiting other member of the family there for the funeral. Mrs. John Morse of Omaha, formerly Anita Spidell of this city, entered the Methodist Hos pital Wednesday for observation and treatment. Mrs. W. V. Ryan is a patient at the St. Catherine's Hospital, Omaha where she underwent surgery Saturday. Mrs. Ryan is in room 353. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Taylor of Union entertained a! a fam ily dinner Monday honoring Mr. Taylor's birthday. Guests in cluded Mrs. Vivian Beck and grandson of Colorado, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brittain, and Barbara and Roy Taylor, Plattsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. William Whipple and Mrs. William Mead of Union. Mrs. G. O. Schwenneker who has been a patient at the Meth odist Hospital, Omaha, for treat ment returned to this citv Wed nesday, and is recuperating at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edgar Glaze. Mrs. Schwen neker is improved. Tom Crawford returned his wife and new son. Jeffrey Lynn, home Wednesday from the Of futt Air Base Hospital. TAWAXKA CAMP F1KK We met April 25 at our lead er's home. We had a ceremonial to pass one of our ranks. Wc sang songs. May 2nd, we met at Patty Holliways. We planned our Moth er and Dad party. We played games and Patty served brown ies and punch. Valerie Lane was a guest. May 9, we met at our leaders. We made Mother's Day gifts and cards. Also made invitations for our Mother and Dad party. We also finished our 22 articles for Needlework Guild. Sherry Simons, Judy Jackson brought treats. May 18, we had a wiener roast at Garfield Park for our Moth ers and Dads. The girls had games prepared and the Moth ers and Dads had a good time, reporter, Judy Jackson. :: : - , 1-j.mm mmm .1 h-ff j tA f ji j if Give a gift that will rate with your gradu ate a gift chosen from our magna cum laude selection of perfect presents . . VnfpH i(fhf mnct nnnuhr eriftc frt Ajiiun' ... . ..w by the class of '58. Look them over. See how much value your g.'ft money buys at FELDHOUSEN'S and you will know for sure that the gift you buy here will get an "A" for Appreciation. Gifts For Her -- For Him -- And Them! As usual FELDHOUSEN'S assortments of STANDARD NATIONALLY ADVERTISED LINES are the largest to be found. Select Your Gift Early and Flcase Your Cradu.itc More. WE GIVE S & H GREEN STAMPS Avoca Alumni Assn. Meets AVOCA i Special i -- The an nual alumni banquet was held May 17 at the Avoca high school auditorium. Thomas Hall -trcm, Omaha, was toastmaster and welcomed the class of lfl;!! to the associ ation. Carroll Carsteii, president of, the senior ela.-s, gave the res-, ponse. i Icieli officer and senior was given a humorous gift and Mr. Hansen read a letter from a for-j mor teacher, Mr. .ink of I.e.! Ma rr, Colorado who taue.ht here l'.()!i-0!)-10. : Officers for this dinner were Tom Hallstrom, president; Mrs. Jean Nielsen, vice president: () car Zimmerer, secretary, trea surer; Ann Marquardt, decora-' ting ; Mrs. Eva Mae Rippe. pub licity. Officers for 1959 are: James Jensen, president: Anna Mae Kmshoff, vice president: Law rence Wulf seereta rv ; Mrs. Mar line Sutton. Publicity; Richard M.iseinan. decorating; Mrs. Richard Meyer, program. Carroll CurMen and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Carsten. his parents, are all alumni of Avoca unci he is the first son or to have both parents daughter, who are' members of the Alumni Sssii Journal Want Ad.s Pay u 1 22 2 moo Fully Automatic - Water Selector Tims Line Air & Heat Dryer Remember Low Overhead Means Low Prices Charles Warga - ELECTRIC - 224 So. 7 Phone 224 NORCE - EMERSON - ZENITH - SYLVANIA . ll - Gives Charge To Rorarbns At Ashland B. II. G. Filing of the riatts iv.ou'h Rotary club, was at Ash land Monday where he attended the meeting of the dub of that city. Mr. Kiting was called upon to eive the charge to Jim Cruick shank and Lyman Rehmeier, junior members of the Ashland hod v. The musical department of the Ashland school gave a very fine program of musical numbers. Rotary Sees Film On Corneal Transplant Plattsmouth Rotarians saw ,i film on a case hi ;!ory of a cor neal transplant Tuesday noon when the club met at the hotel. Program chairman for the day wis Dr. Louis Amato who is also president of the Lions Club here. The Lions Clubs in Ne braska are spetisori ig' promo tion of an Eye Bank pioerani to help persons who are blind or suiter vision deficiencies by the new proce-'.s of cornea! trans plants. An Eve Hank Kit, used to transport eyes from donors alt er death to the Eve Bank, pro- sently at the University of Iowa for both Iowa and Nebraska, lias be i ty bv ; county m donated for Cass Coun the Lions clubs of the ioiiieiiers New 1958 Models $ SAVE - SAVE $ joresht 500 Lb. Capacity i j a v c zuu Matching 1958 Twins $ SAVE $250 1 ' v "uji If Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tesch Proprietors Call Your News And Social Items to 241 hlk0 hi .0").