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Otto Fleischman, Elm wood, Chosen as 50-Year Shipper Otto Fleischman of Elmwood, Nebr. was among 75 longtime livestock producers honor ed at Omaha May 17. The stockmen were recog nized by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce for their 50 years of patronage of the Omaha live stork market. During the past 12 years near ly 700 pioneers from Iowa, Ne braska, Colorado, Missouri and Wyoming have been honored by the Chamber. The banquet was held In the Livestock Exchange Build ing overlooking the stock yards where the pioneer shippers have been bringing their stock since 1912 or earlier. A special committee had checked hundreds of nomina tions to establish whether each of the shippers to be honored had met the requirements as a 50-year patron of the market. These shippers have seen the Cmaha market rise to become the world's largest livestock market. Their contribution to this growth is recognized at the banquet by the many Omahans whose business Is associated with the market. Bluebird News Happiness Bluebirds held their weekly meeting at the home of their leader, Mrs. Amor. During th meeting they com pleted their project they had been working on for Mother's Day. The group also selected new officers as follows: President, Betsy Waterman; vice president, Susan Lutz; secr etary and treasurer, Ruth Mc Lead; telephone chairman, Pat ty Willis and Janice Fleming; game chairman, Jacque Flemmg; song chairman, Nancy Nielson and reporter, Yvonne Amor. Mrs. Crace assisted the new leader on her first meeting. Yvonne Amor, reporter. THOMAS WALLING CO. Portsmouth, Nebraska Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" rm & Qb f ; ' nn 1 jib ; ' ; 1 ; if y re.? i imZmL NFIIAYVKA FLOWER CITR The Nehawka Flower Club made a tour of the flower mar kets in Omaha Wednesday after noon. Later they were enter tained at the home of Mrs. Harry Knabe. BASKETBALL CHAMPS Winning- the Student Council award as basketball champions the past season were, from left: front Home Kooni 8C, Larry Ahrends, Jerry Gorton, Dick Spangler, Dick Church, Don Story, Fred Markham; back Home Room 8C, Roger Ileedum, Bob Couch, Gary Christensen, Roger Lanum, Dennis Smith and Lenny Bowes. For VA Contacts See New Office At VA Hospital Veterans and others in the Omaha area were again remind- ed that the downtown VA Office In the Post Office is consolidated with the Contact Office at the Omaha VA Hospital, 4101 Wool- worth Avenue. Phil O'Dowd, Contact Repre sentative, at the hospital assures veterans in the Omaha area that full contact assistance will be available in the Contact Office just off the main lobby of the hospital. The former downtown VA tele phone number, 221-4712, will be transferred to the Contact Office at the hospital. All veterans and their depend ents seeking VA advice or assist ance in the Omaha area should go to the Omaha VA Hospital Contact Office Instead of the Post Office, O'Dowd said. ma p: Connie's -Column b A !- i ' V t SALTY REMARKS Rub your griddle with a tiny salt-bag instead of grease; pancakes never stick or smoke. TIP IN TIME My bummer s siz- Y zie isn t as V?- distant as we 7? u;m nn't ,m if li T..1.. t-U ) you with your ? hair down and a temper steam- V inir. fjfit the - - n facts about gas cooling heating systems now! May is just the right month to have a modern gas central system installed ... to air condition your home in Summer, warm it perfectly in Winter. Costs so much less than you've imagined . . . makes living so much nicer! Talk with your local gas company or gas heating con tractor. APPLE JIFFY Mrs. R. V. Humphreys, of Iowa, mixes 2 2 cups peeled, chopped apples with f cup sugar, 'z tsp. salt and Y2 tsp. cinnamon, spreads it evenly in a greased 9" square cake pan. Then she prepares V2 packaged white cake mix and pours batter on top of apple mixture; bakes as directed, in a 350-degree gas oven, 30 to 35 minutes. Cake is inverted at once when done; comes out wearing its own tasty topping! 1 X 9 1 LOOKS LIKE YOU Note to June brides (and their mothers): Your dinner ware pattern should be "just your, cup of tea" ideal for your personality and your future life. Very wise place to start "shopping"; the museum, instead of a store! You see the art of different cultures, sense china tradi tions that live through the years. Today isn't quite so important as Tomorrow, when selecting a service for a lifetime! Find one that speaks to your heart. BEEFY SUGGESTION Mrs. Harry Lund of Minneapolis, Minn., thinks uniform ham burgers are smart for com pany serving. (So do I!) She adds seasonings to ground beef, then makes a big roll just like icebox cookies, only larger. Hamburgers come out of the gas refrigerator all ready for slicing. Look mighty nice, in the pan and on the plate! BABY YOUR FEET News travels! Lady from New Mexico received our column from a Marshall town, Iowa, relative; sent us this footsaver. A round serving-tray will hold Baby's frequent necessities oil, lotion, powder, cotton, pins, etc. Then they're always in one place when you need them. Reminds me, I once saw an old-fashioned ward robe repainted and remod eled for Baby's room. All those "cubbyhole" shelves and drawers held different togs and helpers. THE GENTLE GIANT Nearly 80 percent of America's 53 million homes are served by gas. This won der fuel heats more homes than do all other fuels com bined . . . cooks food in more kitchens . . . heats water for more baths. Follow the leader for more conven. ience at less cost! To make your daily comforts greater, and your cares smaller, Northern Natural Gas Com- Sany supplies fuel to your ocal gas company who sup plies it to you. c Northern Natural Ca Company, Omaha, Nebrotko SOUTH ASHLAND Mrs. Ivan Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Rex Bower and Jennie Sue of Lincoln were Fri day overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bower. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grebe and Russell had Sunday dinner there. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hightshoe were Monday evening callers. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Lambert and sons were among the guests of Mrs. Mable Lambert when she entertained a group of rela tives at dinner Sunday honoring a cousin, Mrs. Harold Swanson of Red Oak, la. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaudre ault of Gothenburg were week end guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gaudre ault, all were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Wiles and Terry. Jimmy Cox of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Lloyd Scott were afternoon callers. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haynes of Sioux City, and Mrs. Wilma Rogers, .were, Sunday afternoon and lunch guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Parrott. Mrs. Haynes and Mrs. Rogers are Mrs. Parrott's sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reece and family and Mrs. Oscar Reece had Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sturm. The group spent the afternoon at the Reece cabin near South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Nissen and sons, also Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Bundy of east of the Platte went to Roseland Sunday and had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Orville Nissen. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rueter of Alvo and Mrs. Dewey Moore and Dewey W. had Friday dinner with Mrs. William Stilwell and daughters in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Waymond Rohrer came from Norfolk Sun day and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Art Box and Mil ton Box. Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Beetison and Kim, and Jack White were Sunday evening and lunch guests at the Dwight Beetison home. Robert Nichols of Syracuse called on John and Sarah Nichols Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller, James, Charles and Danny of Omaha were Sunday afternoon visitors there. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Martin, Marty and Mike spent Saturday evening at the Earl Brauckmul ler home. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Armstrong spent Wednesday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Everman in Wann. Mrs. Edrie Wiles of Nebraska City spent Saturday at the Mal vin Wiles home. Mrs. Roy Wipf and Roger were afternoon vis itors. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Grimm and family were there later in the afternoon. Melody and Genie remained for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Pete McGinnis and Mrs. Edna Wingert of Alvo were Friday evening visitors with Mrs. Bert Rager. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Moore. Dewey W. and Richard spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rueter. John and Elizabeth Hammer were Sunday afternoon visitros at the Donald Hammer home in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stander spent Sunday afternoon and had supper with Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Leybold and Marlin. DON'T SCRATCH THAT ITCH! IN JUST 15 MINUTES. If the itch needs scratching, vour 48c back at any drug store. Use ITCH- ME-NOT to check eciema, ringworm. insect bites, foot itch, other external tches. You feel it take hold. Then itch and burning are gone. ITCH-ME- NOT is easy to apply, instant-drying. TODAY at Schreinar Drug. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stickney and family were Sunday after noon visitors at the Guy Stickney home in Waverly. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Campbell of South Bend spent Friday eve ning with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Rau. Mrs. Eli Gaudreault, Mrs. Gene Grimm and Michele, Mrs. Lloyd Scott, and Mrs. Elmer Buck spent Wednesday with Mrs. Malvin Wiles. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stander and family of Louis ville visited there Thursday eve ning. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sturm went to Sioux City Friday and spent the week end with their son, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sturm and family. They returned home Sunday evening. Orville Sandy spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Armstrong spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hanson, near Wahoo. Mr. Hanson was recently released from a hospital where he had been several weeks with a broken leg. Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Wiles called on Mr. and Mrs. Troy Wil es Friday forenoon then were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Scott. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Andrews were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sten berg and family of Council Bluffs and Mr. and Mrs. Nels Stenberg had Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sten berg and Mrs. Emma Olson. Afternoon visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stenberg and Mrs. Marie Nelson. Evening vis itors were Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. George Mans field of Holton, Kans., were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mansfield. They had been to Schuyler to visit Mrs. George Mansfield's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Lyndall Watson and sons were evening visitors at the Mansfield home. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Moore had dinner Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Gene Schmader in Weeping Water, later they called at the George Schmader home. Elizabeth Hammer spent Sat urday at the Donald Hammer home in Lincoln. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Karl Hammer, John and Fred visited at the Donald Hammer home. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bundy had supper Saturday with the Wayne Nissen family. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Lambert and sons were Mr. Lambert's sister, Mrs. Glen Williss and Mr. Wll- liss of Prairie Home. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bower and family had Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bower, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stickney of Waverly and Fred Stickney were afternoon callers. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Roeber and sons were Friday evening visitors at the Loren Vogler Jr. home, near Louisville. Mr. and Mrs. John Deloske and sons of Gretna had Sun day supper with the Fred Mar tin family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lorenson and family of Lincoln came for the evening. David and Donald Benjamin spent Sunday afternoon with Eddy, Jesse and Loren Boiler. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Haase went to Elmwood Saturday eve ning and had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fleichman and Arlo. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Schuelke of Alvo spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Parrott. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Nelson accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Har old Richards to Lincoln Friday evening to attend the Shrine circus. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Muff of Crete and Bert Wells were Sun day visitors at the Peter Stand er home. Malvin Wiles spent Friday evening with his mother, Mrs. Edrie Wiles in her apartment house in Weeping Water. Jimmy Cox of Oklahoma City was a Saturday evening visitor in the Malvin Wiles home. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Nissen and Scott were among the guests that called at the Clin ton Jones home for Open House Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Moore and Dewey W. were Sunday afternoon and lunch guests at the Wayne Wiles home near Nehawka. Floyd Rueter of Alvo spent Sunday evening at the Moore home. The Fairland Giants 4-H Club met at the Jerry Burge home April 27. They then went to the Ag College in Lincoln for a tour. Some of the things they saw was the dwarf calf and dwarf hog. Jerry Burge 1 and Larry Roeber drove. Roger Erickson, Reporter. The Jolly Fairlanders guest day will be May 9 at the Carl Parks home. Each member is to bring a guest. Fourteen members of the Hi Neighbor Club went to Lincoln Thursday and toured the Capitol, while there they listened to the Legislature, then they visitea Morrill Hall. Dinner was enjoyed at Kings. In the afternoon they toured the State Reformatory. Some of the local ladies were guests of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. They at tended a gathering of extension club presidents of clubs near Lincoln. Mrs. Leonard. Roeber represented the Junior Fairland ers, Mrs. Wayne Swarts, the Jolly Fairlanders and Mrs. Glen Thompson the Friendly Neigh bors. There was a program, some demonstrations and a lunch at Hill Crest. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klipp were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Panning in Omaha. Wallace McClelland and his sister, Mrs. Margaret Lehman, returned home last week from a three months vacation in Cali fornia. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kupke and others of the Trinity Lutheran Church Congregation attended open house at the Trinity par sonage, occupied by Rev. and Mrs. John Boerger, Sunday aft ernoon. Mr. and Mrs. Boerger were happy to have the congre gation call. Mr. and Mrs. Kupke also called on Mr. and Mrs. Clin ton Jones at their open house Sunday, when they were observ ing their Silver anniversary. Sunday dinner guests at the Carl Parks home were Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Jipp and daughters of Gretna and Mrs. Elsie Kelly of Greenwood. Mrs. Raymond Nelson was in Lincoln Wednesday to attend a Seminar in the State House which was attended by 150 from over Nebraska. Mrs. Nelson also attended the governors luncheon that day. Kenneth Roeber and Carl Kupke went to Lawrence, Kan sas, Thursday to visit a ferti lizer plant. Friday they toured a feed and livestock experiment plant in Kansas City, Mo. They returned home Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones and Guy of Murdock had a picnic The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific plunges 30,198 feet and is the deepest known hole on earth. dinner with the John Jones fam ily Sunday, then both families went to the home of their brother Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Jones to help them celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Roeber and family and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Roe ber were guests also. Mrs. Leon ard Roeber, Mrs. Sam Long and Linda assisted with the serving. Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Wiles and Terry attended the Spring Festival at the Murdock school Tuesday evening. Terry had a part in the program. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zlnk of Sioux City were Saturday over night and Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keller. The Zink's were enroute home from a vaca tion in Colorado, they had been visiting Mrs. Zink's sister, Mrs. Oscar Tindall and family. Mrs. Tlndall will be remembered as Genevieve Coleman. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sowards were Sun day afternoon callers at the Keller home. Mrs. Orie Sowards and Joanne were among the Ashland Kinder garten class, their teacher and some of the mothers, about 60 in all, that enjoyed the train ride to Lincoln Friday. They had a picnic dinner in Antelope park. There is much activity along the new Interstate highway going through this vicinity, the cement is being poured on the stretch past the Cecil Stander and Orie Sowards farms early this week and will soon connect with that made last fall near the Karl Hammer and Wilson Lambert farms. It is an interesting sight, with the many trucks hauling the cement and other materials. The paving going on east past Ray mond Nelson's and Harold Buell's to the twin bridges over the river will soon be under way. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, May 18, 1961 Section C PAGE THREE Son of Plattsmouth Native To Work in Stuttgart, Germany Ronald A. Christensen, Mason City, Iowa, son of the former Elinore Smetana of Platts mouth, will leave next month for Stuttgart, Germany, where he will work this summer for the IBM World Trade Corp. He will return in Steptember to Cambridge, Mass., for his final year in Harvard Law School. He entered the school on a scholarship given in recog nition of his scholastic achieve ment during his undergraduate years at Iowa State from which he was graduated in 1958. While there, he was on the Dean's List and won the Iowa State College Merit Award. He was also winner of the Alcoa Engineering Scholarship, the Buettell Award in Electrical Engineering, and t h e Acacia Freshman Scholarship Medal. He was president of the Iowa State Debaters, editor of the Whispering Sands of Acacia, editor of the Iowa Engineer, edi tor of Iowa State Star and chairman of the Yearbook. He attended California Insti tute of Technology on a gradu ate scholarship and obtained the M.S. degree there in 1959. 170 Has Investiture LOUISVILLE (Special) Troop 170 held its Investiture Service Monday evening, May 8. Troop leader is Mrs. Phyllis Griffin and Co-leaders are Mrs. William Shaner and Mrs. Charles Doran. The Investiture began with Mrs. Charles Doran telling the meaning of Investiture. Mrs. George Griffin then lit three can dles representing the Girl Scout Promise, Being true to God and Our Country, A Girl Scouts de sire to serve and a Girl Scout being true to their Ideals. The girls of the troop then lighted 10 candles. Each candle represented a Girl Scout Law. Mrs. George Griffin then pinned each girl and presented them with their fly-up wings. Mrs. William Shaner ex' plained the meaning or tne "ire foil" which is the Girl Scout em blem. The ceremony was closed by the troop singing "Girl Scouts Together." A tea followed the ceremony. The tea table was covered with a yellow damask cloth. Green can dles In gold candle-holders and a spring bouquet centerpiece were used as decorations. The table carried out the Girl Sdout colors, green and yellow. FUN UNDER THE SUN NOW thru JULY 4th 8 RACES DAILY 8 9- RACES SATURDAYS-9 AND HOLIDAYS ADMISSION 75c (Including Stat ond Federal Tox) LADIES' DAYS TUESDAYS ond FRIDAYS EXCEPT TUESDAY, MAY 30TH AND JULY 4TH Admission for Ladies 35c NO CHILDREN ADMITTED AT YOUR CHEVY DEALER'S Track taDndiop! another CONVENIENCE FOODS 'fi :va The famous Thriftmaster 6 does the saving as standard equipment in this Fleetside model. For V8 power, you can choose the Trademaster V8, optional at extra cost. Here to talk up Chevy1 8 big savings roundup is Western star Roy Rogers! "They tell me it's the best time of all to put your brand on a hard-working, easy-riding I.F.S. truck. You'll find a full corral to pick from each built and priced to save you plenty." B Roy's laying it right on the line, letting you in on the best time to buy and the best place to save! That goes for whatever model you need, too . . . from pickups to tandems. And with Chevy's I.F.S. (Independent Front Sus pension) soaking up road shock and vibration, your Chevrolet stays young, protects the load better, works faster. You make more money. And who can offer you anything better than that? Just see your dealer soon. CHEVROLET US. TRUCKS Chevy's hefty 261-cu.-in. Jobmaster 6 is a big reason for the outstanding popularity of Series 60 middleweights. See your local authorized Chevrolet dealer Cass County Motor Company 607 lit. Avt. Portsmouth, Nebr. Phone 3210