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m m rrrr1 p m m m m w THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Thursday, Dec. 25, 1958 NEHAWKA Mrs. F. O. Sand The Methodist Christmas pro gram was held Sunday evening at the auditorium. The little tots presented " Praise Him" in song and recitation. The primary and Junior department gave a pan tomime, "The Story of Christ mas" with Barbara Chandler the reader and the choir singing the rhymns. The children received treats from Santa. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Nolte and family were guests at a family pre-Chrlstmas dinner Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robart Beaver of Ben nett. Others present were Mrs. Nolt's brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Beaver, Fort Knox, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Beaver and ; family, Lincoln, and Mrs. Cora Beaver, Bennett. The Noltes plan to spend Christmas day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Venon Nolte of Walton. There will be a family dinner. Jo Ellen Nixon, Omaha, was home for the weekend. Mr. Thurmond Nixon and Gilbert Edmonds Jr. arrived home Fri from Wllliston, N. Dakota where they worked In a quarry since October. Irvin Nixon, S. N. is here to spend a 30 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray O. Nixon. He leaves January 2 for San Diego, Calif. Mrs. Deane Nutzman and son, Mark Eugene, arrived home Wed- MERRY CHRISTMAS At this grand and glo rious holiday time, we'd like to offer our good wshes for a most happy and joyful Christmas. Mullenax Auto Supply HI! I ill j v i Our gift to you - Under Firestone Boyd - Jerry - Charlie THE EASY WAY TO ItEEP BOOKS FOR YOUR FARM or RANCH THE IDEAL SYSTEM i and Tax Record Books No Bookkeeping experience needed. Pages of sample entries ihow you exactly where to post every transaction. Approved fur all kinds of farms and ranches to give you better control of your finances, help save on taxes, and show you at a glance how you stand. Meets Federal and State Tax Laws. As low as $3.50. The Plattsmouth Journal 410 Main Street NEWS Phone 2708 nesday from Bryan hospital in Lincoln. The Ned and Deane Nutzman families will have Chrl-tmas eve dinner with Mrs. Emma Nutz man and Mildred. The Ned Nutz man will spend Christmas day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Schomaker of Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Schomaker, re cently hospitalized are home now and making a satisfactory recovery. The Deane Nutzmans will join the Clifton Garrslons of Union at a family dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gerdes and Virgil plan to spend Christ mas day with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fritz of Auburn. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McDonald will go to Lincoln Wednesday to i spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Van Every and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Mayfield and family were Christmas day guests of the Will Osts. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Murdoch, Mrs. Maude Philpot, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Murdoch and famliy were Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Brannon of Union. A Christmas program Sunday evening at the Evangelical Uni ted Brethren church included Christmas rhymns and recita tions by the children and youth. There were treats for tha child ren. Rev. and Mrs. Ivan Kilpat rlck of Lincoln were present. Dinner guests Sunday of the Guy Murdochs were Miss Bessie Murdoch and Mr. and Mrs. Leo nard Thorne and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cain and famliy of Cooper, Wah. arrived Sunday evening to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Kel ly Thorne. Mrs. Thorne and Mrs. Cain are sisters. Other dinner guests Christmas day at the Thorne home were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schneider and family, Peru; Mrs. Kate Crow, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thorne and Cheryl and Evelyn Thorne of Omaha. Mrs. Crow will return to Washington with the Cain family for an in definite visit. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mer ritt Pollard for an oyster supper Christmas eve were Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Pollard Jr. and Denise cf Seymour, Iowa, Leonard St. John, Nebraska City, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pollard and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Poulos and Sharon, Auburn were guests many best wishes for a very bright and Happy Holiday! Bookkeeping Plattsmouth. N? Sunday afternoon and for sup per of Mrs. Laura Poulos and also called at the George Kime homo. Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Duncan ar.d Suzanne were dinner guests Sunday of hLs parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Duncan of Nebraska City and plan to spend Christ mas day with them. Mrs. Charlotte Niday, Mrs. F. A. Hansen, Mrs. Doris Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hansen and ! family will be dinner guests Christmas eve of the Henry llilds j of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. ; John MeClurg, Omaha, Mr. and ; Mrs. Hal Hansen and Stevie will ; be dinner guests Christinas eve of the Clarence Hansens and then all will be guests at the Henry Hiid home of Platts-, mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Oren Pollard. Mr. j and Mrs. John Tyson, Mrs. Dor- ! othy French and children, Plattsmouth were guests at a turkey diner Sunday at the Mal colm Pollard home honoring the birthday of Mrs. Oren Pollard. : Robert Pollard, St. Paul, Nebr., came Monday to spend the holi days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oren Pollard. Joining them for Christmas day were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pollard and daugh- j ters, Wayne, Nebr., Mr. and Mrs. 1 Raymond O. Pollard and dau ghters, Schaller, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Pollard and f am-; ily. Guests for Christmas at the! Raymond Pollard home are Mr. i and Mrs. Don Pickel of Lincoln. ! Mrs. Pickel is the daughter,1 Polly, of Mr. and Mrs. Pollard. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ross at- j tended a game Tuesday even- ing at Syracuse with Humbolt. Mrs. Rosses brother, Lyle Buell is the Humboldt coach. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ross visited her grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Lyle in Lincoln General hospital Sunday aftcrnon and enroute home they visited Mrs. Rosses aunt, Mrs. Minnie Rosen koetter at the Waller Oelerking home at Elmwood. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Ross spent a long weekend with her mother, Mrs. A. A. Block and Mr. Block in Denver. Mrs. A. B. Rutledge, who has spent several months with the Blocks in Den ver, returned home with the Rosses. They report Mr. Block much improved from a long ill ness. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Rutledges Christmas dinner guests were j Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rutledge and David of Seward and Mrs. A. B. Rutledge. John Royal, Dell City, Tex., will spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ander son were dinner guests Christ mas day of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ross and family were guests Christmas day of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. i Ed Morris of Union. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kreifel and Kim, Nebraska City were ; overnight guests Wednesday of ! Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scharp and ! Stevie Other guests of the ! Scharps on Christmas eve were j Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wood, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Harlan Riggs, all of Nebraska City. Mr. and Mrs. Sch I arp and Stevie will be supper guests Christmas day of the Ed Petersons. They will be guests Wednesday afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Scharp of Nebras ka City School Notes Ten senior girls took the Betty Crocker Ilomemaking tests. Mrs. Friedli conducted the tests. Tile scoreboard fund was swel 1 led by $194.65 recently as stu ; dents picked up corn at the Ted Brannon and Boyd Mayfield i farms. Also contributing to the ; fund were the Arthur Johnsons and Chester Stones. Approxi mately $40 must be raised to complete the payment on the board. The FHA girls have contribut ed to the packages lor the needy people. The girls are making a quilt as a project and girls will make a quilt block. The girls had a Christmas party Dec. 17. Arrangements have been made with radio station KFAB to broadcast on their news the closing of the school in case of bad weather or for any other reason. Jim Gilley and Mr. Cooper of Grand Junction, Colo., were do ing practice teaching in the ag department during a week in December. Both are juniors at the University of Nebraska ag college. Recent visitors a. tin school were Isicivo Dumaua and Esprr dion Agustin, hth of the Phil ippine Islands. These men are ; exchange students. Both are ; principals of vocational schools. The schools deal primarily with I agriculture. They are enrolled ! at the University of Nebraska. The men aeoempanied Dr. II. W. Deems of the University of Ne braska when he made a teacher training visit to our sihool. A Christmas prom, with for mal dress, was held at the school Friday evening. The Christmas prncram. "Hol iday Tour Around the World" was presented by all the "rad'-s and hiull school Dec. 23. Chaiks Cook woa the creed r mm If--.-.'"1. .. ; ":.vVv ry. v.r Vr- "Con't you just picture it, Nick? . . . It's Christmas Eve land . . . pull the little lever and gently swivel out on the roof. speaking contest held recently at the school. He received an F.F.A. jacket and the opportun ity to enter the district contest at Palmyra. The district winner will go to the state contest. Other contestants were Charles Eaton, Dennis Hoback, David At i tebery. They were judged local ! ly by Supt. Ward, Mr. Ostdiek and Mrs. Gilley. A pre-Christmas dinner Sun day at the Claude O'Conner j home included Mr .and Mrs. j John O'Conner, Wallace, Nebr.; I Mr. and Mrs. Claude O'Conner i Jr. and family, Fairbury. Miss ! Vesta O'Conner, Omaha; Arnold of Lincoln and Mr. and Mrs. j Clifford O'Connor and family. ! Mrs. Harold Pollard and dau ! ghter, Nancy Ann, arrived home ! lrom Brown hospital in Nebraska City on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Safarik j will spend Christmas day with i her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Les ter Holman of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Meredith and family, Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meredith, Union ' were gutsts Sunday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schomaker. ; George Sheldon will spend the I holidays with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Thacker of Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Comeau and Linda, Waynesville, Mo. were supper guests Monday of i the John Barkhurst family. Mr. and Mrs. George Dickman will have for Christmas eve din ner her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Waller Little of Weeping Water; : Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Klemine, I Murdoch and Ronnie Dickman, Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Dickman and sons will spend Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. Little. Mrs. Harvey Bailer, youth chairman of the WSCS has sent I the Methodist magazine, -Power" ! and Christmas cards to all ser ! vice men, students and those working away from home. ' Mr. and Mrs. George Dickman ! and sons were guests December 26 at the wedding of Miss Arllis Faye Doctor and Mr. Perry Mil ler of St. Louis Mo. at the Hope Reformed church in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ross and family. Nebraska City; Mr. ! and Mrs. Ivan Hansen and fam ; ily and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ross a:id family will be guests cnrisi mas day of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ross. Callers Sunday at the Oren Pollard home were Dr. and Mrs. Mason of Lincoln; Leonard St. John, Nebra-.ka City; Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Pollard and liar old Pollard. Mrs. Sheldon Mitchell and Ju lie were in Lincoln Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Everrett received first prize on their win dow in the Christmas lighting contest and Mr. and Mrs. Hal Hansen, second. In the business es Sheldons store received first and Dr. R. R. Anderson office, second. The prizes are $3 for first and $2 for second place. The contest was sponsored by the Nehawka Flower club and the judges were Mines. Elmer Stull. Lewis Royal, Frank Lem on, Guy Murdoch and Martin Ross. Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Kunkel, Weeping Water and their dau ghter, Dorothy Ann of Chicago were dinner guests Monday evening of Mrs. Ona Kunkel. Mrs. Ona Kunkel will spend Christmas day with Dr. and Mrs. Kunkel. Dorothy Ann and ano ther daughter, Mrs. John Boo mer, Mrs. Boomer and sons of St. Louis, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Comeau and Linda of Waynesville, Mo., came Thursday to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Airs. Wikion Switzer. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pollard and family plan to spend Christ mas eve with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Pollard and Christmas day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Samson of Council Bluffs at a family din ner. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Neutneister's guests Friday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bestor and family of California. Mr. and Mrs. Neumeisti r's dinner guests M(.'iida evening were Mr. and Mrs. Ray G. Nixon and famiiy. iiiehi(i..m their son. Irvin Nixon, home on leave from San Diryo. Mi . and Mr.v Ki uart 8e!.ia li temeir and laniiiy will spend MfOlTSl folic &EIGH SALES A. " ' ' -l-li V you Christmas day with her mother, Mrs. Violennta Conn of Pana ma, Nebr., at a family dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Kuppin cer and sons. Prairie Home, j Kansas came Friday to spend J the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Marion Tucker. Other Sunday dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mitchell and family and George Sheldon. I Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mitchell and family will spend Christ mas clay with her brother, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Ingwerson and family of Plattsmouth. Other guests will be R. H. Ingwerson, j Weeping Water, Mrs. LaVerne : Ingwerson, Omaha; Miss Helen Hunter. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lund ! berg and family of Omaha were I guests Sunday of Mrs. Hildur Lundberg. Mrs. Lundberg will spend Christmas day with the Harold Dodson family. Relatives here received word from Miss Wilda Mitchell of Nuremberg Germany that she would spend Christmas holidays in Austria. THE DRIVER'S SEAT Ever hear of a "sign detec tive?" There's one in Tulare county, California. It all started about five years ago when the Tulare county road commission decided to im prove its sign system. Old, worn-out signs were to be replaced with new ones. Only trouble was, when the men went out to do the job they found that about 100 signs had been van dalized. That's when Tulare county es tablished its "'sign detective bureau'' under the direction of Charles R. Iden, junior civil en gineer in the county's traffic and safety section. Since then, Iden and two men under him have been cn the trail of the "sign vandal." How does th? sign vandal operate, Says Iden: "You name it, we've got it!" Signposts are hacked down and uhed as fire wood. Signs themselves are slashed with axes, bent into strange shapes, nave their let ters painted out, are covered with mud, used as target prac tice, or ripped oft entirely. The dangers of these "pranks" to motorists is immense. Road signs are the driver's only gui dance .When the signs are re moved or damaged beyond re c o g n i t i o n, every curve and crossroad becomes a potential death trap particularly at night. Iden says new reflective ma terials being used on die sign surface are strangely resistant to bending damage, and maintain brightness even when shot full of holes, but even their effect iveness is reduced by sign van dal tactics when the shape and wording of the signs are des troyed by vandals. Tulare county's sign detective .'ays two factors have been im portant ia efforts to halt sign vandalism. First, the county's extensive program of maintain ing signs in top condition ar.d replacing battered faces with new cues has the effect of creat ing respect tor the signs. S.-ccnd. motorists have been encouraged to report ciamag"d or missing signs, and their response has betn very helptul, according to Iden. These co-operative t lions a re paying oil so well that Tulare county's .sign detective Is in dan ger ot lo.sing an unusual job. John Canning Has Heart Atrack At Home In Alvo John Banning of Alvo veteran hunbi-r dealer, is at th.- Bryan Memorial hopiial in Lincoln, i where he is being tie. .tea lor a hi art attack sullen d a few days aeo at i.:s home Mr. Baimiim and his twisi bro il 1( r, Joe 13. mum: . el L'nion. are mi m'x-ti, ot oi.e ot the pi J-lit-tr umiliv'i ot Ca.s coi-.ty. Wa 'X Mrs. Florence McDonald Phone 2292 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Long and family left Friday for Florida where they will visit Mrs. Long's mother who has undergone ma jor surgery. They will spend the Christmas holidays in Florida with relatives and friends. The Friendly Neighbor club met at the home of Mrs. Helen Long on Wednesday, December 17th for i heir December meet ing arid chritmas party in form of a covered dish luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Miller are the proud parents of a daughter born last week. Mrs. Miller was formerly Marilyn Schmidt. They now have two children. The Four Square Club had their Christmas meeting and luncheon at the home of Mrs. Aiieen McCory on Thursday, December 18th. Mr. Louis Schmidt was in the hospital a day or so last week lor treatment. On Thursday afternoon the bus drivers took the school kids to a show at Louisville for their Christmas treat. School was dismissed on Dec 19 until Dec. 20. On Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stock were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Boyd and family, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Boyd and son all of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Boyd and family of Weeping Water, and Waliy Boyd of Murdock. On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Laeey McDonald anil Mr. and Mrs. Bryan McDonald were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gail McDonald of Elmwood. The home of Mrs. H. C. Back emeyer was a merry one on Tuesday evening when all her children and their families were present for their annual Christ mas dinner. Her daughter Lucil le, who has been here visiting for several weeks departed for her home in New York the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Guelker of Beatrice spent the weekend at the home of W. O. Gillespie. Countyans Buy $52,756 Bonds Cass County citizens bought 52,756 worth of K and II Sav ings Bonds during November, joining many other thrift-minded Nebraskans. according to Walt er H. Smith, county savings bond chairman. Smith said this brought the county total sales up to $737, 6o0 for the 11-month total, repre senting 102.1 per cent of the county's 19ef! '"quota." Total state-wide purchases of E and H bonds during Novem ber amounted to $6,333,973, un cording to the state chairman of the Nebraska Savings bonds committee and Nebraska lias now readied 110.7 per cent of its 19r8 "goal" of $82 million. The 11-month total stands at $90,8 Ifi .609. with G4 counties ex ceeding their "quotas." The slate chairman said that a recent ruling of the Treasury Department effective Dee. 1 now permits till holders of ma turing F. and G bonds, except commercial banks, to reinvest the proceeds of Series E and II bonds, without, regard to the an nual limitation. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 9, BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26th 1 tMmh t, .." ". - mm mm mm 4 id Wo Haven't The Room To Store These So We Are Sacrificing All Toys! 6 ELECTRIC TRAINS MECHANICAL TOYS tt DOLLS a HOB8Y TOYS G EDUCATIONAL TOYS MUSICAL TOYS AND JUST PLAIN TOYS USE YOUR CREDIT! Buy More Now With That Christmas Money. vi j 0 It 5th Cr Main ti Death Of S. Y. Smith Tuesday At Home Here S. Y. Smith, 88, long time re sident of Cass county, died ear ly Tuesday morning at the fam ily home "in this city, result of a sudden heart attack. lie was born September 9, 1870 in Culpepper county, Virgina, son of Daniel and Sarali Yowell Smith. He lias spent the greater part of his lifetime in Cass county, resident of the Murray and Union communities. He was en gaged in farming for many years but in the recent years has re tired from active farm opera tion. He was married on December 22, 1397, at Riverton, la., to Elizabeth Beam. They celebrated their sixty-first wedding an niversary on Monday. There is surviving the passing of this good man, the wife, Eli zabeth; eleven children, Royal Smith, Plattsmouth; Vearl Smith, Murray; Mrs. Erma Bak er, Union; Mrs, Lois Horn; Lau rel, Maryland; Mrs. Doris Wil son, Avoca; Mrs. Fern Bond, Osage Beach, Mo.; Mrs. Mildred Harris, Union; Sheldon Smith, Murray; Mrs. Pauline Srb, Bel levue; Mrs. Lela Lander, Oma ha; Stewart Smith, Blair; one sister, Mrs. Jennie McKean, Syracuse, Nebr.; 22 grand child ren, 34 great grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs. Oern Earl passed away in 1935 at Union. Mr. Smith in his lifetime was a good neighbor, quiet and friendly to all in the communit ies where he resided. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27th at the First Presbyterian church in Plattsmouth, of which fatith he was long a member, Rev. Keith Delap, pastor, officiating. Music will be by Bill Knorr, soloist and Mrs. Twyla Hodge organist. Burial will be at the East Union cemetery northeast of Union with Fred Baker, Levi Wilson, Sterling Harris, Clar- mm Nu-Way Lunch Harry Albin and Employees ite low OSearaiins Plaits mouth Field Windbreaks Called 'Good Farm Investment' Field windbreaks planted in parallel belts are a good invest, mcnt as a means of conserving soil and water and improving crop growth and yields. That's the word from Karl Loerch, Extension forester at the University of Nebraska who lists the following advantages of well designed windbreaks: 1. Windbreaks have a slowing effect on wind and reduce wind erosion. Windbreaks of good de sign will reduce wind velocity by 30 per cent or more out to a distance 10 times the height of the windbreak. Unstable soils re quire windbreaks at about 20 rod intervals. 2. Windbreaks reduce sand blasting of crops. 3. Windbreaks reduce or pre vent damage to crops from hot winds. Windbreaks have pre vented firing hi corn as far as 20 times the height of the trees. 4. Field windbreaks trap snow fall on the fields increasing soil moisture. 5. Windbreaks reduce evapo ration of moisture in the summer months. Where land is irrigat ed, windbreaks can save the farmer monev by reducing the amount of water needed thus re ducing labor and power costs. 6. Tree windbreaks are an as set to wildlife providing food and dover during the entire year. ence Srb, Lyle Lander, Vernon Earl as pall bearers. Flower bear ers will be Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Harris. Friends may send flowers or give memorials to the Presby terian church building fund. Visiting hours will be Friday afternoon and evening 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 at the Caldwell - Lin der funeral home chapel that is in charge of arangements Subscribe to The Journal Now! We hope your Yuletide is as happy and jolly as old St. Nick him self. Heartfelt wishes for a Merry Christmas and many more. Duck Pin Alleys August Call BEST OF THE SEASON TO YOU AND YOURS! LjJLLIJlilllilJJtl Phone 51 H m ii A, nm tmmh vm 4hih mn MrfV ,h 1