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" m w w v THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAOE FOUR Phone 2708 Mrs. F. O. Sand Bluebird Club The Bluebird club made plans Thursday afternoon for the care of the St. John cemetery. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Howard Heesch with Mrs. John Barkhurst assisting. Mrs. Arthur Hansen presided. Guests were Mrs. Jake Stapert and Mrs. Harvey Barkhurst. The next meeting Is with Mrs. Clar ence Hansen with Mrs. Elmer Stoll assisting. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heesch, Omaha were afternoon and evening guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Heesch and Tamyra Lu. Mrs. John Chand ler and Barabara were after noon guests. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mitchell and family were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Tucker. LEGIONNAIRES MEETING TONIGHT MAY 7, 1959 40 & 8 CLUB 8 P.M. hew mother, younq mother, or- fyandmotfier, Y iS C ft Ur7 PLUS Other Gift Suggestions For "Mom" On Her Day PRINCESS GARDNER A COMPLETE LINE OF COSMETIC GIFT SETS BY COTY, HOUBICANT OR REVLON. Ladies Westclox or Timcx WATCHES Cass Drug "Drugs With A - Hie Contents of The Plattsmouth Journal are the sole 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. Thursday, May 7, 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Murdoch attended the wedding Sunday afternoon of Miss Betty Louise Nelson and Mr. Dale Murdoch at the first Presbyterian church at Holdrege. Sunday evening they visited Mrs. Albert Mur doch of Pleasanton were over night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dledrlckson and family of Ravenna and on Monday they visited Rev. Albert Murdoch at the veterans hospital in Grand Island and stopped at the Glen McAffee home at Fullerton. Their daughters spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Brannon of Union. Mrs. Wm. Jorgenson and her son, Martin Jorgenson and son of Chula Vista, Calif., called at the home of Mrs. Thurmond Nix on and Mrs. Welman Nixon Wed nesday. Mrs. Ida Berger and Miss Alle gra Wilkens of Lincoln were guests Sunday of the Earl Nol tes. Mrs. Ned Nutzman visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Schomaker of Lincoln Thursday. Mr. Schomaker has been ill. Cheryl Nolte was six years old on April 22. Her party guests were all the girls in the kinder garten class. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Pollard and sons, Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hall, all of Omaha were weekend guests of Mrs. Doris Pollard. Leroy Johnson was painfully injured Friday afternoon when a tire he was repairing at the Farmers Coop Oil company blew up. His index and second fingers were cut. He was taken to St. Marys hospital at Nebraska City 7Vc4(en Style CHOCOLATES Bill Folds, Key Cases, Eye Class Case, Cigarette Cases, Cigarette Lighter In Matched Sets or Single. CAMERAS Bath Room i Scales x i WALGREEN ACENCY Reputation" Plalismouth Journal 241 PHONE for X-rays and stitches and then returned home. Mr. and Mrs. James Lantz and Jimmy, Lincoln, were guests for supper Friday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Stapert and Sandra. Jimmy remained for the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linder were guests for the day Tuesday of the Staperts. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hinds, Lin coln, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kropp. Mr. and Mrs. Wildon Switzer and Gerald were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Newman and family of Red Oak, Iowa. Mrs. Tillie Swartz returned home Friday from North Platte where she spent five weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Wil liams and family. The Williams family brought her back. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bangert and three children, Milford, Nebr., and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nyrup, Weeping Water were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Senn Waddell. Mrs. Nell Pierce and Neila and Mrs. R. B. Stone attended the recital Sunday afternoon of Mrs. S. H. Harmon's pupils at Weep ing Water. Sandra Jameson is one of her pupils. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nyrup, Weeping Water and Mrs. John Bucholz were guests Friday of Mrs. Mary Wessel. School News From Nehawka NEHAWKA (Special) The senior sneak day was observed over the weekend with a trip to Colorado. Seniors left Lincoln by train Friday evening at 10:45 and ar rived in Denver Saturday morn ing. They went by chartered bus to a cafe for breakfast, Then the bus took them to Red Rock where they saw the ampith eater, Clear Creek canyon. The bus had a tire blow out and during the time it was re paired the students of Nehawka and Brock school seniors, who rode the same bus, took pictures and collected rocks. The next stop was at Central City, a ghost town. After lunch at Idaho Springs they drove to the mountains for the afternoon through Squaw Pass, saw Mt. Evans, the Great Divide and Echo Lake, At Look out Mt. they visited the Buffa lo museum. Upon their return to Denver they had dinner at a cafe, left at 7 by train on Sat urday evening and arrived in Lincoln early Sunday morning. Due to a freight train wreck in western Nebraska they were de layed for two hours. At the recent fine arts contest held at Auburn, Nehawka re ceived the following ratings: vocal solos Bonita Lacy and Nancy Ehlers ?.; Cheryl Weik and Sue Johnson 1; Instrumen tal solos Ronnie Chriswisser, Edward Behrns and Sandra Stapert all received a 3; the sex tette 2; clarinet quartette 3; band 4 and Glee club 2. Pre school registration for the kindergarten pupils was held Wednesday afternoon in Mrs. Ellis Lacy's room. There are 20 new pupils and their mothers were also present. Tht registra tion was followed by a social hour. The public is invited to the kindergarten graduation at the school on Monday, May 18, at 2 p.m. The Nehawka Future Home makers of America took part in the Future Homemakers public relations program held Satur day, May 2 in Lincoln as part of the Lincoln Centennial. The Ne hawka girls illustrated the state project, Community Service, in two table scenes. Those who took part were Ann Brilcy, Dor een Leslie, Cheryl Weik, Bonita Lacy, and Nancy Ehlers was narrator. Mary Henderson, Glor ia Miler, Thelma Ketelhut were stage helpers. Accompanying the girls were Mrs. G. W. Weik, Mrs. Ellis Lacy and their instructor, Mrs. Helen Friedli. Purchases New Home In City Sheve Davis relator, announc es completion of the sale of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Faris home at 315 Second Avenue. The purchasers are Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Goolsby. Mr. Gools by is the Missouri Pacific agent for the Plattsmouth area. Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1SS1 Published Semi-Weekly, Mondays nd Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nibr. Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as secoui class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress e. March 8, 1879. HOWARD LINDQUIST Editor and Publisher EUGENE SCARLETT Publisher MARGARET D1NGMAN Woman's Editor H- 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 of the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 25 cents for two weeks. - Y V t ' ':'t-.'U' ' SAC GUESTS Walter Gleason, president of the Chamber of Commerce, left and Mayor Grant Roberts of Plattsmouth were guests of SAC Headquarters at an Air Force firepower demonstra tion Tuesday in Florida. They are shown alongside the converted tanker in which they and other guests were flown to Tampa Mon day between 8:15 a.m. and 1:20 p.m. They went to Duke Air Base near Niceville, Fla., and there with about 6,000 other guests saw the Air Force demonstrate its striking power. "Nobody better fool with Uncle Sam!" was Gleason's comment.'They were flown back to Offutt in another converted tanker, arriving Wednesday at 1:45 a.m. 2 from Here in Omaha Youth Symphony May 10 Two Plattsmouth music en thusiasts are members of the Omaha Youth Symphony Orch estra and will give a concert at the Joslyn Museum May 10 at 3 p.m. Admission is free, but contributions will be accepted. The two Plattsmouth youths are Nanette Cog-nac, playing the oboe, and John Fauquet, trom bone. Conductor of the orchestra is Joseph Lavine. The orchestra will also play May 23 at the School for the Blind in Nebraska City. ' Best wishes for success were received from Mrs. Dwight Eis enhower, Benny Goodman, Le Roy Anderson of the Boston Symphony, Helen Hayes, and Omaha Mayor John Rosenblatt. Saturday at the Joslyn, solo ists will be Vincent Di Siore who will present Beethoven's Piano Concerto, 1st Movement; and EuJane Wymore, a cello solo, Sonata for Cello by Vivaldi. 1 Sentence Follows 3-VchicEe Accident Tuesday during the noon hour the intersection of First Aven ue and Sixth Street was scene of a triangular wreck involving two cars and a small truck. Charlss Ulrich, 50, of Hamilton, Mo., was me 'ting the turn into First Avenue when his truck and a car driven by Charles Estelle, 31, of this city collided. In the crash, Estelle suffered a cut on the chin from being thrown into the windshield and the car suffered damage esti mated at $300. The Estelle car, rebounding from the crash with the truck, and the passing car of Larry Jenkins collided, inflicting dam age of some $40 to the Jenkins car, it was estimated. In County Court Wednesday, Estelle was sentenced for se cond offense drunken driving to 30 days in the County Jail, fin ed $300 and had his operator's license suspended one year. EAGER EAGLETS The Eager Eaglets 4-H Club met April 28, at the home of Sharon Imig. Nine members were present. We discussed chiffon cake. Dala Hall demonstrated Frosting a cake. The members , judged chiffon cake. The members sign ed the Club Charter. We talked about our summer sewing pro jects. Lunch was served and games were played. Sharon Imig. reporter. Shirley Hild Officer of Midland Class Shirley Hild has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Mid land College graduating class of 1960. Elections were held Mon day. Others elected were Carl John son, president, from Mason City, Iowa, and David Saas, vice-president, from Columbus, Nebr. Elected as student council re presentatives were Richard Lie berknecht from Omaha and Ca rol Johnson from Vanconner, Wash. Shirley has also been elected to serve as secretary of the Beeg le Hall dormitory board for the coming school year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hild of Plattsmouth and is an English and education, major. Nephews of City Woman Honored Lt. Col. Karl R. Halter, nep hew of Mrs. Percy Wheeler of Plattsmouth, recently received a medal at an Air Force Re serves ceremony in Lincoln. He was one of 23 men of the 9736th AF Reserve Sqdrn. honor ed for having spent at least 10 of the past 12 years in the Re serves. Also recently, his son, Steven Miller, was honored by a nation al magazine as a winner of its 23rd annual Current Affairs Test. More than 110,000 college and high school students took the test on national and foreign affairs. Steven is a student at Lincoln Southeast High. His mother is the former Alta Barthold, a Plattsmouth High graduate. More and Mansfield Coming to the Cass Theatre Sunday "The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw," 20th Century-Fox's comedy-western about the refined English gentleman who became sheriff of the toughest town this side of Tombstone and the blon de saloon owner who taught him how, will have its local prem ier Sunday and run through Tuesday at Cass Theater. Staring the hilarious English comedian, Kenneth More, known to American audiences for his role in "Genevieve," and the new Jayne Mansfield, playing the kind of role her fans have asked to. see her, in, .the; Cine mascope color picture was film ed entirely on location in Spain. Adv. Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattfimouth Jouro1 Eagle Wins 6th Meet EAGLE The Eagle High School Track Team continued unbeaten for the year with a vic tory over Avoca and Nehawka In a triangular track meet held at Eagle. It was Eagle's sixth win. Totals were: Eagle, 78 16; Avoca, 38 13; Nehawka, 31 12. High winds kept down any top performances for the day. The best mark was achieved by Larry Umland of Eagle in the broad jump with 20-2 Vt. La Vane Johnson of Eagle was the leading scorer with 22 points. He won the shot put, discus, 22C, tied for 2nd in the high jump, and tied for first in the pole vault. Results: 100 Dodson, Nehawka, :11. 220 Johnson, Eagle, :26. 440 Weyers, Eagle, :57.3. 880 Ronhovde, Eagle, 2:19.8. Mile Briley, Nehawka, 5:13.4. 60 yard high hurdle Bose, Avoca, :08.9. 100 yard low hurdle Dodson, Nehawka, :12.4. 880 relay Nehawka, 1:53. Mile relay Eagle, 4:09. Pole vault Johnson, Eagle, Stubbendeck, tie for 1st: Schutz, Avoca, 8-6. High jump Bose, Avoca, 5-5. Broad jump Umland, Eagle, 20-2 Mt. Discus Johnson, Eagle, 106 5Vz. Shot Johnson, Eagle, 42-1. Plattsmouth Opener Is at Millard May 17 Plattsmouth will" play its Platte Valley Baseball League opener at Millard May 17 at 8:15 p.m., manager Don Wall said today. The home opener will be against Gretna May 24, a 2:30 game. Other home games are June 7, Treynor, Iowa; June 21, Mil lard; July 5, Ralston; July 12, Papillion; Aug. 2, Elkhorn. The Plattsmouth team is prac ticing Sundays readying for the start of the season, is still inter ested in players wanting to try out. Practice this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the underpass ball field. Bowling Honors EAGLE Ken W. Swarts, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Swarts won 3 trophies at the Junior Bowling League of Northeast Lanes at Lincoln. He won a trophy for high game, another one for high ser ies and the third one for being a member of the second highest team. Presentations were made Saturday morning. Sewing Susies Sewing Susies 4-H Club held their meeting at the home of Roberta and Nancy Ramge. The president opened the meeting. . Charlene Kahler called roll, with one member absent. Demonstrations were given by Mary Peterson on the kind of material to use for a dust cloth; Marilyn Mohr on how to clean windows, mirrors and pictures. Guest was Mrs. Nancy Sutton Cass County Extension Agent. Meeting closed and Mrs. Sut ton talked to us on how to judge at the fair. Lunch was served by Mrs. Ramge and two daughters. Next meeting will be with Marilyn Mohr May 16 at 2 o' clock. Marilyn Mohr news reporter. That Good Good MILK has a New New LOOM GIANT 25 sJaTcu, Eldorado Power Mower Remote Throttle Control Recoil Starter Staggered "No Scalp" Wheels 3 Horsepower Clinton 4-Cycle Engine Never Before at This Low Price Plus Free Top Value Stamps! 22" Cut 4-eycle 2 'A H.P. Ciinton Engine, V Recoil Starter Frozen Food Features Dartmouth Orange Juice 6-oz. Top Frost Tanqerine Juice 6 Top Frost Sliced v Strawberries 10-oz. Top Frost O ' 3Q Broccoli Spears 10-oz. Pkgs Dining Inn " F Potatoes au Gratin 7-oz. 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