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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1958)
EDITORIALS Seeing Another Universe This is the time of year, from now through the end of August, when condi tions are excellent to view the constella tions of Andromeda. The Great Nebula of Andromeda is another complete universe of stars like our own, and in this constel lation are stars which are the furtherest distance from the earth the unaided eye of man can see. The night skies from now through the end of August will give a spectacular view of the Milky Way and of Andromeda. To locate it, follow the J!ig Dipper's pointers through the North Star to the star of Cas siopeia. Then you must bend slightly east ward and you will notice a double line of stars that is Andrameda. The southernmost star in the constellation is called Alp heratz. Alpheratz is located at one corner of u square of rather prominent stars. This square has long been known as the Great Square of Pegasus. A kind of tail of stars, from the opposite corner of the square, gives the impression that the constellation looks something like the I!ig Dipper. On a dark, moonless night, you can watch the many stars in this constellation and you will after a few minutes of careful watch pick up tiny specks of light which you did not see when you first looked skyward. If and when you find a spot of light, which you cannot focus clear ly, even with glasses, you will probably be looking at the Andromeda Nebula. This is u great swirl of stars another universe like the one in which we live. These are called galaxies. This other universe, and the light you can see coming from it, is so far away that it is estimated that the light you might see of it tonight started from its exact location between seven hundred and fifty thousand and one million years ago. Down Memory Lane yr YEARS AGO The annual picnic of the Knights of Columbus and Catholic Daughters of America was held at the grove on the Vitersnik farm northwest of the city and very largely attended by members and their families. Informal program consisted of baseball games for both men and wo men, races of all kinds. The picnic dinner Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published Semi Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, PUUsnouth, Cass County, Nebr. Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, ' Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress ol March 8, 1879. HOWARD LINDQUIST Editor and Publisher EUGENE SCARLETT Publisher MARGARET D1NGMAN Woman's Editor II. M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager DON WARGA. Shop Foreman SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4.00 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $5.00 per year elsewhere, In advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 25 cents for two weeks MURDOCH Mrs. Florence McDonald Phone 2292 Mrs. Henry Menke and four children of Omaha came Sun day to spend several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Thimghan and other rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reinke are the proud parents of a daugh t.r born the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thiel Jr. left Tuesday morning for their new loocation at Fort Sill, Okla., where Albert will be stationed for a time. Mr. Otto Eickhoff of Calif., has been visiting relatives and friends in and around Murdock this past week. Rev. and Mrs. Milford Vance visited at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Alvin Klemme and family on the weekend. Mrs. Evelyn Sehewe and her sister, Mrs. George Coatman of Elmvvood left Thursday evening for Thermopolis, Wyo., where they were called due to the ser ious illness of their father, who took seriously ill while enroute to his home in California. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Schewe and family of Texas visited re latives in Murdock on Friday and Saturday. Air. and Mrs. Holland Rikli and family of Enid. Okla., came .aniana Mtr. fomiac; Galen a. (ties will receive dividend che Friday evening to spend a week or Barbara L. Pittman, Cass Co.; cks H c Em0tt, secretary- or so visiting relatives ana:""1- wm.smuuuu, xiaioiu s. "'.treasurer, reported. friends. Miss Marulyn Heim and Miss Marlene Wilkens left Tuesday morning for Culbertson, Nebr., I where they will visit for several j days. Mr. Marvin Sutton is in the Bryan Memorial where he un derwent major surgery, the first of the week. Wednesday evening supper guests at the home of Mrs. Her man Schweppe and daughters, were Mr. and Mrs. Emit Milieu 30 The Plattsmouth Journal and daughter. Maxine, Mrs. Lena Neben and Martha, Mrs. Henry Backemeyer and Mrs. Martha Thimgan. Mrs. George Hite jof Oakland, Nebr., came Sunday and spent several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Krueger leaving on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Merle McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDonald were Thursday evening supper guests at the home of Mr and Mrs. George Bornemeier of Elm wood. New Vehicle Registrations These new vehicles were cently titled by the office re- of! county clerk here (owner, dealer make) : John or Velma Chandler. Han sen Mtr., Chrysler; Joe G. Atte bery, Attebery Chev. Chevrolet; Lewis or Leta Rogers, Wurtele Olds. Oldsmobile; Ralph J. or Vivian Wehrbein, Clemmy Hol mes Mtr. Ford; Carl C. Moore, Attebery Chev. Chevrolet; Ab ner Rubin , Rubin Auto, Ford; Delmar E. or Esther L. Farris, Rubin Auto, Ford; Arthur F. or Leona E. Thomsen, R. V. Bry ant, Plymouth; Elmer or Eileen Sprieck, Wurtele Olds. Oldsmo bile. Marion M. or Mary E. Rog ers. Attebery Chev. Chevrolet; Raymond R. or Helen Andersen, i.uuW o. uumnc, mirarj cuev roict, cnev. f. u.; Tony or Ha zel LaHoda, Cass Co. Mtr. Chev rolet; Mary I. Nannen. Laune Chev. Chevrolet; :Edward 'J.. or Marian Williams, Rubin Auto, Ford; Stander Implement Co., Internat'l Harvester, Internat'l. Trk; Albert S. or Christine And-! erson, Hanson Mtr. Plymouth, i A day to come than a year that's as Fuller. shows longer gone. Thom- was served in different groups Mrs. Elizabeth Petty, 92, and resident of Platts mouth for thirty years, passed away at the home of nor daughter, Mrs. John Wynn, after several years of ill health Two Plattsmouth young men, Chris P.ulin and George Thacker, departed for Fort Crook to onter the Citizens Military Train ing Camp at that place. The training will last for the month of August Gene Tun ney, heavyweight champion of the world announced that he was retiring from the fighting game leaving the title open to all comers Special train on the Burlington passed through this city carrying Hale llolden, president and E. P. Pracken opera ting vice president ,and a group of minor officials going to inspect the western lines of the railroads and note the damage done by recent washouts and damages caused by the rains John I'M win Tuey, Plattsmouth merchant for some seventeen years died at Glenwood, la., where the family had re sided after leaving Plattsmouth Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce at their meeting discussed submitting the matter of changing trom a council torm ol city go vernment to a commission form and sub mitting it to a vote of the people. There was much opposition and the matter died for lack of support. YEARS ACO Dr. Charles II. Kennedy, one of the best known surgeons in the west and a former resident of Plattsmouth, died of a heart attack at Pine Crest camp near Ne vis, Minn., as he was completing a two weeks vacation in the lake country. He had planned on leaving for his home in Omaha the next day. Mrs. Kennedy and their daughter, Petty Ann were at the camp. He was born in Plattsmouth and graduated from the local school in 1898, later enter ing the old Omaha medical college, now the University of Nebraska medical col lege. He soon won recognition for his skill as a surgeon and for ten years was associa ted with Dr. A. F. Jonas in practice Miss Jacqueline lieno, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reno, returned home from the St. Joseph hospital in Omaha where she was taken when a peanut lodged in her bronchial tubes. An emergency opera tion was performed to remove the j)eanut The NYA project to build new commu nity tennis courts was starting. There were fifteen youngmen employed on the job under supervision of Frank Godwin, as sisted by Lewis Patton .William, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brit tain, was, operate'.1 on for appendicitis and was reporting as doing fine. PHONE 241 Contents of The Plattsmouth Journal are the Bole property, of this newspaper and use of, or reproduction, in whole or in part, is expressly forbidden to any person, persons, or publications other than legal newspapers (as defined by Nebraska statutes) without written consent of the publisher. LETTER BOX To the Editor: As the Elmwood people pro mised at a meeting of the Cass County Historical Society in Elm wood June 25, we have sent the $25 balance after expense of the luncheon to the society. This goes as a donation from members of the Cass County Historical Society of Elmwood and members of the Blue Bird Extension Club of which Mrs. G. R. Eveland is chairman.. We had the good help of Mrs. Fred Linhardt who has always been a member and much in terested. The dinner was put on with sanction of Mrs. Eveland, I Mrs. Linhardt and myself that any fund after expenses be giv en to the Cass County Historical Society. We did enjoy having you in Elmwood and hope it brings about a closer working together for the Society. C. Augusta Robb, Elmwood. Cass-Otoe Farm Loan Has Dividend Dividend payments totaling $4,503.80 will be made to mem bers of the Cass-Otoe National Farm Loan Association of Weep ing Water, it was announced to-j day. More than 250 stockholders of the cooperative farm credit as- Kneiation in Case jinri Otnp fnnn. xhe cass-Otoe association is one of the 127 National Farm locally owned Loan Associa tions which make Federal Land Ban"k loans ln the states of lo- wa. Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Directors of the association arc Clifford C. Cooper of Weep ing Water, Herman C. Kupke of Murdock, I. G. Althousc of Wa veily. Marion R. Sisro of Otoe and Walter C. Reimer of Syracuse. Ticklers Ithe picture SHCW BUSINESS MAS ALWAYS HAD TFOU&LES EVEN WHEN GRANDMA WAS A Girl,.. 1 IPS. .-Ato LOOFSVILLE NEWS Mrs. Ralph Wildrick Phone 251 1 c::::::::::::::: Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Faust en tertained at a picnic dinner at their home Sunday. Those pre sent were Mr. Faust's mother, Mrs. Frank Faust of La Mesa, California; Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Faust of Craig and Mr and Mrs. Blair. Mrs. Pearl Hutchinson and her sister Bertha of Mountain Grove, Missouri returned to their home alter visiting several days with their brother Arch Baker and Mrs. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hutchinson took them to Plattsmouth Wednesday so they could take the bus home. Mrs. Max Amelang and Mrs. Agda Borjeson accompanied Mrs Velma Sickman to Weeping Wa ter where they attended the Helping Hand Community So ciety meeting at the home of Mrs. Siebers Thursday after noon. Mrs. Elwin Isaac of Manley was called to Weeping Water Wednesday - morning by the death of her father, Frank Pace at the Rest Haven Home. Mrs. John Gruber, Sr., of Man ley was a guest Wednesday afternoon and evening at the John Gruber, Jr., home and visited with Mrs. Dorothy Phil pot of California and Mrs. Gail Worth of Denver who were visit ing their sister, Mrs. Gruber, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marquardt and Mrs. Emma Rawalt all of Avoca were guests Sunday after noon at the home of Mrs. Bedel la Stander. In the evening they all enjoyed the chicken supper at the Methodist Church. Mrs. Fritz True entered the Methodist Hospital Wednesday i morning and underwent minor ( surgery and returned home Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Marcoe and Bert Marcoe of Omaha formerly of Meadow and their brother, Walter of Arizona, were calling on old friends in Louisville Mon day. Visiting last week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ho ward Thurman, was Mrs. Terry Pennington of Schertz, Texas. Miss Janice Kclley daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Kellev. is visiting this week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Heard in Norwood, Missouri. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Jane Steinkamp and Miss Daisic Sehlater in Manley were Mrs. N. P. Cherek and son Joe and an other friend all of Omaha. TOLICE COURT NEWS j Gayle Towle, Murdock, cross ing bridge with truck with over capacity weight and exessive speed, $14.00 and costs. Donald Scholtir.g, Springfield, ' cro.-sing bridge with truck with over capacity of weight posted on bridge, fine and costs $9.00. Sunday afternoon callers at the Floyd Renner home were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Renner and Mrs. J. E. Renner all of Weeping Wa ter. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wildrick of Weeping Water are spending this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Bauers. Sunday dinner guests at the Edward Grell home were Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Grell. Evening callers were M. Donald Grell and ( MLs.s Lois Sell. Supner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beck I and fnmiv nf Kptmnivl nnrl Afc and Mrs. Earl Beck and Johnny. Ms. George Erickson and Mrs. Edgar Meyrotte both of Papil lion and Mrs. Ralph Parkening ! of Plattsmouth were Monday afternoon callers at the Eldon 1 Ragoss home. Weekend guests at the Glen , Miller home were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miller and family of O maha. Sunday morning callers at the Ralph Wildrick home were Mr. . and Mrs. Carroll Zappe and daughters, Barbara and Norma of Grant. Iowa. Evening callers wen- Mr. ;uid Mr--. Arthur Peoples. E. A. Ingram and daughter, ' By George CJ v r e n - - V'; Mrs. Gail Meisinger and child ren returned from a two weeks vacation spent in the Pacific northwest. They also visited Yel lowstone National Park and Black Hills. They visited at the Paul Ingram home in Seattle, Washington. Mrs. E. A. Ingram stayed for a longer visit and plans to visit in Central Point, Oregon with the G. A. Ward family before returning home. While in Washington they en joyed a picnic with some form er Cass County residents. They were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Loh nes and Linda, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Runge and Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Niles Donnelson, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Worthan and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Ike Busey and Mrs. A. J. Stoker of Waterloo, Iowa spent from Wednesday through Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mason. The ladies are sisters of Mr. Mason. On Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. Mason and their guests visited Mrs. Thelma Heil ig at Nebraska City and with the Willard Mason family in Pereival, Iowa. Sunday evening callers at the Richard Berner home were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stukenholtz and daughter of Nebraska City HSJlfflewSLfflBIOaBBa Newspaper Advertising THE SPACE SHOWN ABOVE IS THE EXACT SIZE THIS CARD TO EACH FAMILY RECEIVINC THE ALONE rNDAD??r;sArREs7KVNTcHAETcooSLcFopsRTiNorc th,s card' - at $132.21 YET THIS SAME AMOUNT OF SPACE IN THE COLUMNS OF THE JOURNAL, ?6.30 YCU GET THE IDEA MR. ADVERTISER USE and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Engel kemeier of Murray. Francis Schoeppner's Body and Fender Shop was destroyed by fire Friday morning about 9:30 a.m. Mr. Schoeppner and his son were working in shop but escaped without injury. The interior of the shop was gutted by the fire, which started as an explosion, then a huge cloud of black smoke followed by terrific blaze. The entire contents of the building were destroyed and the steel frames of the windows were wsvped and twisted by the heat. The fire Department was called but nothing was saved be cause the fire was burning so fast. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hlavac l attended the funeral Monday morning ot Harold s uncle Ed ward F. Hlavac, 09 of Omaha. Burial was in St. Anthony ceme tery at Bruno. Dr. George T. Erickson passed away Thursday, July 24 at Phoe nix, Arizona where he had gone about a year and a half ago for his health. Funeral services were held at Broken Bow where he had practiced medicine for many years. He was the son-in-law of Mrs. E. H. Worthman. He is survived by his wife, Minerva (Worthman) Erickson and a son, Tom and daughter, Barbara. Mrs. Adolph Dietze of Gretna and four grandchildren of Staplehurst were Saturday even ing callers at the Richard Heim home. John Luken spent several days last week at the Methodist Hos pital taking treatments. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beck were overnight guests Friday of their son Robert Beck and family in Kennard. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Ragoss were Friday evening callers at the Richard Heim home. Richard Moore was a Tuesday overnight guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Beck and family. Late Saturday evening Mrs. Richard Heim and Miss Sharon Bornemeier of Murdock drove Rodney Heim to Auburn where he joined his unit of the Nation al Guards to leave for two weeks training at a camp in Minnesota. Sunday dinner guests at the John Gruber, Sr., home in Man ley were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frederickson and family. Gail Meisinger and son Larry and Ricky Goering attended the baseball game in Omaha Friday 1 evening. j Miss Diane Elteste and Mrs. Thelma Heilig of Nebraska City ' spent Sunday and Monday at the I Herbert Mason home. Mrs. Heil ig came to get her son Alan who ' etter an ?105.21 MAKING A SAVINCS OF Si M P THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Monday, Aug. 4, 1958 had been visiting the past three weeks at the Herbert Mason and Dale Steinkamp home. Dinner guests Sunday at the George Bauers home were Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Zappe, Bar bara and Norma of Grant, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wildrick of Weeping Water and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wildrick, Donald and Agnes. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Zappe and daughters of Grant, Iowa were overnight guests Saturday night at the Bob Dolan home. Mrs. Harold Koop returned home Tuesday after spending several days at the Clarkson hospital in Omaha. Debbie Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miller of Omaha, Is visiting this week with her grandparents, Mr., and Mrs. Glen Miller. Thursday evening supper guests at the Jim McClun home were Mrs. R. W. Hawn of Papil lion and the Misses Janice and Joyce Schroeder of Mooreland, Iowa. Mrs. McClun had accom panied them to Lincoln for the day. Visitors the past two weeks at the home of Mrs. Zelma Sutton and sons Billy and Bobby were Mrs. Emma Simpson and Mrs. Edith Palen both of Chanute, Kansas. They had spent some time previous to arriving in Louisville in Colorado visiting the places of interest there. They also called on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Addyman at Blackhawk, Colo. Sunday guests at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Miller were Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Mei singer of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mason entertained their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Steinkamp and family to a din ner Sunday at their home hon oring the Steinkamp's 12th Wed ding Anniversary. In the after noon they all attended the Open House of test Gardens in Shen andoah, Iowa. On their way home they visited in Pereival, I NOTICE i Murdock Consolidated School needs SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, Furnishing their own buses Approximately 20 mile routes. Also drivers with private cars to return Kinder garten pupils at noon. Send Sealed Bids on mileage to . . . LOUIE WENDT, Sec, School Dist. C-7, Murdock, Nebr., By August 10th, 1958 d CHEAPER! OF A GOVERNMENT POST CARD TO MAIL JOURNAL WOULD COST YOU, FOR POSTAGE $125.91 Iowa at the Willard Mason home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearson and children of Manley Were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jo Baker In Dil ler. Mr. and Mrs. Monte Hayes and children of Marshalltown; Iowa were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ward. Friday evening callers at the Leonard Vaughn home were Mr. and Mrs. Lee Vaughn of Omaha. They took Sherry, Jean and Pat with them and spent Friday night and Saturday with Mrs. James Vaughn in Dawson, Nebr. Mrs. Olive Squires of Omaha was a visitor Saturday and Sun day at the Joe Woolhi.ser home. On Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Chauneey Woolhlser and Jeny and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Woolhlser took her back to her home in Omaha. Supper guests Sunday at the Jack Ward home were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Renner and J. E. Ren ner, and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Koardman and sons all of Weep ing Water. Harold Puis of Murray enter ed the Methodist Hospital in Omaha Sunday for observation and check-up. Otto Puis of Mur ray anil Earl Puis of Manley visited with him Wednesday at the Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pearson of Manley were Monday visitors at the Clyde Jenkins home in Haveloek, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stander called on Mrs. Arnold Vogler at the Methodist Hospital Monday afternoon. Wednesday evening callers at the Carl Meisinger home wen; Michael Cline and Brad Wakelty both of Ashland. Herman Stohlmann of Coun cil Bluffs and Mrs. Evelyn Bau mann of Long Beach, Calif., were in Louisville Monday on business. least COSTS YOU OFTEN AND SAVE MONEY s1 . i n 4,,l,st 4 , ii,iAiirf .ilsl.... (s V i