The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current, December 15, 1960, Section C, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 23

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    ver Get Run Down by a Bear on a Motorcycle?
By Paul Jones
Director or Special Projects
National Safety Council
Ho the big news of the year
w is the presidential election?
Or maybe the space race? Or
Cuba? Or the U. N. Iracas?
Well, not necessarily.
At least not to Walter Klau
mt. Nor to Robert Coon. Nor
: Richard Slewcrt.sen. Nor to
Marie Rarrlck or Richard Tay
lor. For please be Informed,
hands, that
Mr. Klauser was run down by
a bear on a motorcycle.
Mr. Coon found a 60-foot box
car in his basement. '
Mr. Siewertsen was run over
by a house.
Marie Rarrick's car was
Muacked by a moving tree.
And Mr. Taylor reached up
and caught a baby flying
through space as neatly as
Mickey Mantle would reach up
and catch a fly ball.
Soe now why the election and
those other top stories had to
.-hare the headlines?
And the oddities listed above
Dr. C. M. TOTMAN,
Dentist
Elmwood Phone 5-2451
Office Hours: 8:30-5:00
Evenings: 7:30-9:30
by appointment
were only a few of the weird
and wacky wonders uncovered
by the National Safety Council
in Its annual roundup of acci
dental absurdities.
The dizzy details:
The Case of tne Bumptious
Bear occurred In Miami Beach,
Fla., where a big furry showoff
was grandly riding a motor
cycle around a ring In the Ring
ling Bros., Barnum & Bailey
circus. Giddy with pride, he lost
control, veered into trainer
Walter Klauser, sent him to the
hospital with leg Injuries. The
bungling bruin barely managed
to retain his driver's license.
It may be possible that some
one reading this has never gone
to his place of business In the
morning and found a nice big
60-foot boxcar reposing in the
basement. For him, Robert
Coon, of Mason, Mich., has this
tip: "You'll be surprised!" The
boxcar that greeted Mr. Coon
was one of 22 derailed In the
heart of Mason. The other 21
were less presumptuous.
Practically the last thing In
the world Richard Siewertsen,
of Detroit, had planned to do
one day last June was to be run
over by a house. But he was.
Riding atop the house as it was
being moved down the street,
Dick hopped off, tried to jump
back on, missed and the
house ran over his foot. He Is
now a great believer In home
safety.
CANDIES
'
For each person on your list.
choose a box of famous Russell Stove
Candies assortments of chocolates
and homp-fashioneel favorites in
colorful Christmas-decorated boxes,
$1.40 one pound hox.
Other sizes from 70c to $6.7".
WE GIVE S & H GREEN STAMPS
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a Gift -wrapped
Extension Telephone
Give the family a gift of convenience that adds com
fort, saves time and steps every day of the year an
extension telephone.
Cost is low only 1.00 per month, plus 10 tax.
Your choice of 10 smart colors only 25 cents extra per
month. We will gift-wrap it for you without charge.
Place it under the Christmas tree and we will come out
the day after to connect it. Call our business office.
The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
When Marie Rarrick reported
dutifully to Toledo, Ohio, police
that a tree had swerved around
a corner and rammed her car,
the officers were understand
ably skeptical until she explain
ed that the tree was on a city
the street, he swiped the car
keys from the kitchen table,
seated himself on the floor of
the family car, turned on the
Ignition and pushed on the ac
celerator. The car had been
left In high gear. It bolted
truck. Then they got down to j straight ahead. For 100 yards
the roots of the case. j it. stayed on the right side of
As Richard Taylor strolled' the street. Then it veered across
back to his office from lunch
In Seattle one day last April,
he heard a baby cry and looked
up to see 16-month-old Rich
ard Hudson come sailing out of
a third-story window. Taylor
did what came naturally. He
dashed over and caught the
child jusi belore the plunging
boy hit the pavement. Young
Ricky was unharmed. Taylor
was shook up.
Every eager baton twirler
tries to develop a specialty in
his routine that will make him
stand out. Teenager Keith
Hodges did just that during a
parade in Santa Barbara,
Calif., when his g'istenlng ba
ton, flipped exultantly high in
the air, encountered a wind
gust, took off and conked the
Hon. Edmund O. Brown, gover
nor of the sovereign state of
Califorrnia, smack on the head.
Keith felt worse than the gov
ernor did.
As an employe of an automo
bile concern, Jerry McMahon,
ot San Francisco, naturally likes
to hear his motor purr when he
steps on the starter. But when
it not only purred, but yowled,
he turned it off, jumped from
the car and raised the hood.
An indignant and battered cat
confronted him. She had crawl
ed up under the hood to keep
warm. She did.
After many years and half a
million miles of accident-free
driving, salesman Reed E. Very,
of Florissant, Mo., finally ram
med his company car into the
rear of another vehicle. It was
hls own car, driven by his wife,
who had stopped suddenly at an
intersection'. Both husband and
wife were Very, Very embarrass
ed. Safety people are always
warning drivers not to stop tor
a nip. But they couldn't blame
motorist Don Ethridge, of Sa
lem, Ore., when he did. Driving
through Rawlins, Wyo., Mr.
Ethridge prudently thrust out
his arm to indicate a stop. A
big dog bounded alongside, eyed
Mr. Eihridge's dangling fingers
and gave him a good nip
right on the hand.
In September last year Tony
Atencio, of Englewood, Colo.,
broke his jaw playing high
school football. In December he
broke it again playing basket
ball. In May he broke it again
playing baseball. Anyone f or
chess?
Patrolman Francis P. Shee
han, of the Lockport, N.Y., po
lice force, slipped on a pencil
at the head of the stairs, cas
caded all the way down, and
was taken to the Lockport Mem.
orial Hospital with back i n
juries. The pencil that threw
him was a souvenir from the
Lockport Memorial Hospital.
In the Harbor Inn restaurant
in New York City a patron put
a nickel in the juke box to hear
"There'll Be a Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight." There was.
The juke box caught fire.
A Deer and a deer tangled
on the highway near Columbus
Ind. One of the parties involved
Donald Deer, of Indianapolis
reported the accident to po
lice and ruefully exhibited his
damaged car. Police didn't get
the name of the other deer
a big buck which dashed in
fled from the scene of the acci
dent. Oh, dear.
Anthony Scarrott of Bath,
England, is really a bouncing
baby boy. The 22-month-old
youngster tumbled out of his
carriage. He bounced up, ambl
ed into a coal chute, fell 11 feet
into a cellar. He bounced up
again, tottered toward the door,
walked through, and plunged
into the River Avon. The water
wasn't hard enough for him to
bounce, so he submitted to res
cue by a neighbor. He suffered
only minor bruises and of
course bounced right back to
health.
Farmer Hubert Sowers, of
South Charleston, W. Va., went
hunting, tripped and broke his
ankle. Meanwhile, back at the
farm, Mrs. Sowers whacked a
fidgety cow on the flank to
make it stand still, broke her
hand. They broadcast their mis
fortune, cast to cast.
In Fort Worth, Tex., A. C.
Reid Jr., treated for a bump
on the head, explained he had
been waiting for an elevator in
an office building and had
opened the safety door to see
if it was coming. It was.
In Red Bluff, Calif... Janet
Thomas was shot by her horse,
aided by a porcupine. Janet was
riding the horse when the por
cupine fell out of a tree. The
horse reared. As Janet fell, she
dropped her rifle. The horse
stepped on it, and Janet was
shot in the leg. She now uses
the family car.
When 2-year-old Ricky Biv
ins of Evansville, Ind., decided
to visit his grandmother down
the road, sheared off a 20-foot
telephone pole, roared straight
ahead for two blocks on the
busy street, rammed into a one
story frame house, bounced
back, rammed again. Ricky was
unhurt, but shaken. So were
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ever
ett Blvlns. Item: A few days
later Ricky cut himself while
trying to shave with a razor
with no blade in it. Any suggestions?
Mrs. James C. Tftte, of Dal
las, Tex., got a compact car the
hard way. She ran her auto in
to a truck and another truck
hit her from the rear .
The next time you ladies have
trouble parking, take solace
from the experience of Mrs.
Ruble Johnson, of San Francis
co. Attempting to park her car
In a garage attached to her
home, Mrs. J. hit the eas pedal
Instead of the brake. She crash
ed through the garage, rammed
Into the basement, tore out the
rear wall, careened across the
back yard, knocked down a
fence, ruined the car and gave
the neighbors something to talk
about for months.
When police of Port Credit,
Ont., investigated the highway
accident of Harold Herbert,
they found him as white as a
ghost. His car had gone out of
control and hit a culvert, toss
ing him out. The car trunk burst
open. A can of white paint came
flying out, and the lid came off.
Mr. Herbert got a broken ankle
and a real good paint Job.
And in Albany, N.Y., John
Fraln decided to spend a Quiet
evening at home and avoid the
heavy Labor Day holiday traf
fic. As he sat reading in his
second-floor apartment, the
floor collapsed. He fell to the
first floor, broke a leg. Some
times you just can't win!
Sure, there was a national
election in 1960, and a lot of
other big news.
But honestly, now don't you
think the Items you have Just
read were a little newsy, too?
A LITTLE OKI
NAWAN MISS
eats her Ice
cream with Santa
ot a party given
by the US Army,
Ryukyu Islands
Open Mes, for
the children of
Yonabaru. ...
Ai'OSKT ' ,3-? ZVA
More Information Presented
On Weeping Water's History
WEEPING WATER (Special)
A great deal of pioneer his
tory was brought up for discus
sion at the Congr e g a tional
Church Centennial celebration
which was held in Weeping
Water.
Considerable information was
available regarding the descen
dents of William H. Reed Jr.
(born 1810) from his first son,
Clinton Reed, to his younger
sons, Dr. Fred P. Reed and
Harry Dr Reed, whose son Ro
bert and daughter, Helen Reed
Anderson were present at the
Centennial.
Unfort u n ate.ly infor m ation
was not' received until this'
week regarding Augustus Reed,
born in 1813, brother of William
Reed. Augustus Reed married
Serena Hutchins, sister of John
Elmer Hutchins. John Hutch
ins' grandson is Lyal Fleming
of Weeping Water.
. Augustus and Serena Hutch
ins Reed had Seymour, Samuel
and Jerusha Serena Webster.
Seymour formerly lived where
the William Hay family now
RLDS Women Have
Meeting, Xmas Party
The December women's meet
ing of the Reorganized Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints was a Christmas party.
Phyllis Miller gave the devo
tions, part of which was a can-del-lighting
service around a
picture of Jesus. The first and
tallest candle lighted was "rep
resentative of the Kingdom of
God; in its fullness, the light
would summon each one of us
to share in the kingdom work,
which Is a means to bring Peace
on Earth and Good Will Among
Men."
After devotions, there was a
gift exchange and several gam
es were played.
Lunch was served by the hos
tess, Dorothy Van Ackern.
The January meeting will be
held at the home of Marilyn
Buff alow.
Stock Shouldn't
Graze in Woods
PIERCE Livestock derive
little forage when grazing wood
ed areas but they can cause
considerable damage to trees,
says Richard J. Gavlt, Univer
sity of Nebraska District Exten
sion Forester, stationed here.
"Livestock reduce the effec
tiveness of. a windbreak by
breaking the lower branches of
trees. When this occurs, wind
and snow can blow through the
windbreak into the farmstead
instead of stopping in the wind
break. Livestock also can rub
bark off the trees which even
tually will kill the trees," Gavit
points out.
In, addition, livestock compact
soil in a wodded area thus re
ducing the vailable moisture and
air supply , for the trees. Soil
compaction-also can result in
death of the trees.
The word Xmas as a form of
Christmas originated in the
early Christian Church. In the
Greek language, X is the first
letter of Christ's name. It was
often used as a holy symbol.
lives. His only daughter, Bessie
Serena- Reed married Melville
Kear. Bessie died at the birth
Eagle Church School
Program Dec. 20
EAGLE (Special) Eagle
Methodist Church School pro
grram will be given Tuesday
evening, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Valjean Stall ls chair
man, assisted by Mmes. Halvor-
of her first child, Dora Elian ;sen and Lowell and the teachers
Kear, now Mrs. Fred Engelking
of Elmwood. Mrs. Engelking
tells that Samuel Reed has a
son, Attorney Charles S. Reed
in Omaha and a married dau
ghter, Serena.
Jerusha Serena Reed married
a jeweler, Charles Webster and
their son Willie Webster has
sold magazines in Pasadena,
Calif., for 50 years.
William H. Reed and August
us Reed had an older brother,
Festus Reedorn in 1809, .whose
young son',' 'DurelI"Reed came
to Weeping Water with a rela
tive, Elam Flower, about 1855
when Durell Reed was only 16.
Together, they built the first
log cabin here, near Weeping
Water Falls.
Durell Reed helped his uncle,
William H. Reed, build the
gris; mill, also freighted with
oxen between Salt Creek and
Nebraska City. Durell's father,
Festus Reed, had taken a home
stead on the spot where the Lin
coln Post Office now stands.
Incidentally, another item of
interest is that Joe Corley's
parents lived on the site where
St. Elizabeth Hospital is now
located in Lincoln.
WEEPING WATER (Special)
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Jewell of
Livingston, New York are par
ents of a son born Nov. 27. The
baby weighed seven pounds,
three ounces and has been
named John Edward. The new
baby has four brothers, Doug
las, Randall and Marshall. Ma
ternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Marsh of Lin
coln and paternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Troy Jewell of
Weeping Water.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Switzer
are the parents of a boy born
Dec. 7 at Bryan Memorial Hos
pital, Lincoln. He weighed five
pounds, eight ounces and has
been named Charles Ray. The
new baby has a sister, Vicki.
Mrs. John Bales of Wichita
Falls, Tex., is the maternal
grandmother and Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Switzer of Weeping Water
are paternal grandparents.
Christmas Program
SOUTH BEND (Special) The
Sunday school Christmas pro
gram will be given at the Town
Hall Sunday evening, Dec. 18,
at 7:30.
Rev. Ron Heibner and Rev.
Ron Siebel are in charge of the
program.
THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
Thursday, December 15, 19(50 Section C PAGE SEVEN
PROTECT
'THE CHILDREN
The high spirits and inno
cence of the Christmas Seal
singers are the essence of
childhood. Help protect chil
dren from the ravages of
tuberculosis. Contribute to
Christmas Seals and use the
Seals on letters and packages.
FIGHT TB
WITH CHRISTMAS SEALS
Tbilimvka
Mrs. F. O. Sand
Phone 270S
Mr. and Mrs. George Poulos
and Sharon and Mrs. i Carmen
Bantz of Auburn were guests
Sunday evening of Mrs. Laura
Poulos.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Pollard
called Thursday at the Oren
Pollard home. Mr. and Mrs.
Merritt Pollard called Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wolph
visited Sunday at the Louie
Ross home.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ross and
family were dinner guests Sun
day at the Ed Morris home in
Union.
Mrs. Emma Nutzmui and
daughter, Mildred, returned on
Thursday from a five-week trip
to the West and Northwest.
They visited Janet Nutzman In
San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. Taylor and Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. St. John in Salem, Ore.,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Johnson
and family at Asotin, Wash.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. August
at Brush, Colo.
Mrs. Nutzman's daughter?
Janet, left Dec. 3 by Air France
for Tahiti where she was in
charge of a tour arid will spend
two weeks.
Mrs. Harold Pollard attended
a housewarming Sunday at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Duane
Campbell and family who mov
ed into a new home at West
wood Heights, Omaha. Others
present were Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Samson and Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bulling
and family of Ceresco, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Nolte, Walton,
were dinner guests Sunday of
the Earl Noltes. Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Roberts and family of
Omaha were their supper guests
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ross
took Mrs. Floy Buell, Mrs. Lucy
Lyle of Lincoln and Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Ross to the show,
Ben Hur, In Omaha Sunday.
Nancy Pollard's guests on her
second birthday, Dec. 12, were
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Pollard.
Nancy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Pollard.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Borden,
Auburn, and their son. Nelson
Borden of Omaha, were dinner
and sunner guests Sunday jf
Mr. and Mrs. Hall Pollard. Mr.
Borden and Mr. Pollard were
In the same machinegun com
pany in World War 1.
Malcolm Muggerldge, Brit
ish humorist: "The American
way of life you have created
has become what prac'tlcally
everyone in the world wants
I think they are somewhat misguided."
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JOUifMAL
410 Main St. Phone 241
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Krogh!
of La Miranda, Calif., are par
ents of a daughter born Nov. i
29. The baby weighed eight
pounds, six ounces and has been;
named Kimberly Ann. Mr. and
Mrs. David McPherson of Syra
cuse are maternal grandpar
ents and Mr. and Mrs. John
Krogh of Weeping Water are
paternal grandparents. Great
grandparents are Mrs. Estella
Huff of Weeping Water and
Mrs. Mamie Walvoard of Lincoln.
Apparently a great many of
our present-day juries are com
posed of persons who can see
no evil in anything. Nash
ville Banner. i
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