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Miss Kastens, Mr. Bennet Wed at Avoca AVOCA (Special)-Betty Lou Kastens became the bride of John Marlin Bennett Friday, March 9, at First Lutheran Church, Avoca. The Rev. Luther Sherer read the doublering service. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kastens, Okie, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ben nett, Millard. Barbara Kastens was maid of honor and Kathy Reese was bridesmaid. Dennis Bennett was best man. Seating the guests were Jerome Bassingcr and Jerry Jacobsen. Carol Kastens and Beverly Hillman were candlelighters: Denice Haveman, flower girl; Chriss Cress, ringhcarer; Linda Neeman, soloist, and Mrs. Len ord Nutzman, organist. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wove a formal length gown of chantilly lace and tulle over bridal taffeta. The bodice was styled with a scalloped neckline embroidered in sequins and pearls with long fitted sleeves. The voluminous skirt over stiff petticoats, was fashioned with a lace overskirt falling over the appliqued lace tiers cascading down the back giving a bustle effect with a chapel train. The bride carried a bouquet of red roses. A reception was held in the parish hall after the ceremony. Mrs. Henry Leefers and Mrs. Lenord Brinkhoff cut and served the cake baked by Mrs. Marvin Stubbendeck. Mrs. Kenneth Steinhoff served the coffee and Mrs. Ruby Lamb served the punch. Mrs. Fred Manley greet ed the guests at the table. The bride's cousins assisted in the serving and displaying of the gifts. The couple will live in Millard. The bride is a graduate of Dunbar High School and has been employed at Mutual of Om aha. The bridegroom also a graduate of Dunbar High School and is employed at Western Electric. MOVES WITH YOU... NEW COMFORT & LIFT ITS A GREAT NEW VERSION STYLE eviJr .;. fey t, FT. MYEK, Va. IMaster Servant Glenn E. White (right) of Plattsmouth, Neb., receives the first oak leaf cluster to the United States Air Force Commendation Medal from Col. Robert W. Elliott, 1020th USAF Special Activities Wing commander, in ceremonies here. Sgt. White, presently assigned here as wing sergeant major, was presented the medal for meritorious service while assigned to Headquarters, Allied Air Force, Southern Europe, in Naples, Italy. The son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. White Sr. of 415 Hillcrest Drive, Plattsmouth, the sergeant is a graduate of Plattsmouth High School. He and his wife, the former Mary L. Walling of 1223 Main St., Plattsmouth, have three children. (U.S. Air Force Photo). MURRAY Karen Farris Phone 325-2432 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rogers were Friday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Reuel Sack. Mr. and Mrs. George Rieke and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Todd were Sunday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rogers of Murray Vrec heat f : , tWW . Xbra! 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Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sayers were weekend guests of Mrs. Sayers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Bell and Wendy. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Neil and Richard were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bell. Earl Lancaster returned home from the St. Mary's Hospital at Nebraska City Sunday. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hoschar and Dana were Mr. and Mrs. Havley Say ers and Leann and Charles Say ers. Mrs. Mary Eppings of Des Moines, was a Sunday afternoon visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lan caster. She visited with Mr. Lan caster during his illness and re turned home Sunday evening. A fish fry was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Welte at Louisville Saturday eve ning. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lancaster of Murray, Mr. and Mrs. John Stones of Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Ra goss, of Louisville, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sprieck of Louisville, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heim of Louis ville, and Mr. and Mrs. Vance Balfour of Nehawka. Several from the Murray Christian Church attended the World Prayer Day Meeting at Plattsmouth Methodist Church Friday. Attending were Mrs. ft. A. Noell, Mrs. Lewis Rogers. Mrs. Sheldon Smith, Mrs. Fred Campbell, and Mrs. Raymond Lancaster. Roger Noell, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noell was home for the weekend from Peru State Teachers College. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 v'-V JUST CAPRIS JAMCAS $3.98 AND $2.98 VALUES be ready for the new season-solids, plaids, checks, novelties combed cottons and drip dry-self belts. $222 Style Mrs. Rocenerans Writes for the Kids; 'Gabriel the Guinea' CHICAGO A children's story. Gabriel the Guinea, by Mrs. Lu ciie Rosencrans, 326 N. 8th St. steen Schoo'l. aooears in thef.'igthe sleep out of her eyes "Small Frv column of the April TOGETHER, Methodist family magazine. Mrs. Rosencrans tells how Ga briel, who is disliked by the other barnyard fowl, saves them all from a fox by his cry of "Pot rack, pot-rack". From then on everyone, including the farmer and his wife, come to appreciate Gabriel. Mrs. Rosencrans teaches sec ond grade and is a member of First Methodist Church, Platts mouth. The story is reprinted be low: GABRIEL THE GUINEA By Lucille Rosencrans There cr.ee was a guinea fowl who lived near a farmyard. He was a beautiful black and white speckled guinea with a redi topknot on his head, and his name was Gabriel. But none of the fowls on the j farm liked Gabriel. "He is unfriendly," said turkey. "He goes away to meadow and stays there day." "He is noisy," cackled the the all the hen. "He is always calling out in his shrill, ugly voice." "He is a show-off," said the rooster, flapping his wings. "He is greedy," hissed the goose. "He tries to gobble up our breakfast." "He is a tattletale," quacked the duck. "He tattles on Rover the dog when he comes into the fowl yard." The fowls stopped to nod their heads in agreement. Suddenly they heard a gay call from the meadow. "Pot-rack, pot-rack," Gabriel sang cheerfully. "Just listen to him now!" gob bled the turkey. "Yes, listen to him now," agreed the hen, the rooster, the goose, and the duck. Just then. Farmer Brown and his wife came into the fowl yard. "I will catch that guinea to night," Farmer Brown told his wife. "He is no good for any thing. I will take him to the mar ket and sell him." "Yes," said the farmer's wife. "Take him to the market and sell him." "Pot-rack, pot-rack," Gabriel called from the meadow. The turkey slipped away to the woods. The hen cackled from the hen house. The rooster flapped his beautiful wings and crowed. The duck quacked at Rover the dog.- And the goose gobbled up the rest of the feed in the feeding pan. After sunset, Farmer Brown and his wife came to the fowl yard with a bag. They looked around the duck pen and the hen house. They looked around the goose pen and the turkey roost. "W here is that worthless guinea?" asked the farmer. "He isn't here," said the farm er's wife. They began looking around. "Pot-rack, pot-rack," Gabriel called from his perch in a tall tree. The farmer looked up at the guinea. "I will get him tomorrow night," he said. "I will get him when he comes down out of that tree." "Yes," said the farmer's wife. "You can get him tomorrow." The turkey, the hen, the roost er, the duck, and the goose nod ded happily. At midnight all the animals in the barnyard were sleeping. Suddenly, from the top of the tree came the voice of Gabriel the guinea. "Pot-rack, pot-rack, pot-rack, pot-rack!" he called loudly over and over. All the fowls were too sur prised to move. Then the big yard light flashed on and the barnyard became as light as day. Farmer Brown came running out in his pajamas. "Look at that UN - PACKED! $333 Shop big fox," he shouted. "He was coming here to eat my fowls!" The farmer's wife followed, her eyes. "How did you happen to wake up?" she asked. "That thai guinea awakened me, said Farmer Brown, look- ing foolish. By this time the turkey was gobbling, the he:i cackling, the rooster flapping his wings, the duck quacking and the gocse hissing. "Keep quiet!" Farmer Brown called. "Gabriel saved your lives." "Gabriel is a good old guinea," the farmer's wife said. "Let's keep him." "I will never take that guinea to market," declared Farmer Brown. "No," said his wife. "We need Gabriel." After the excitement was over, the turkey called to the others. "I am the unfriendly fowl in- stead of Gabriel," he said. "I go away and stay all day." The hen said, "I am the noisy one who is always calling out in a shrill, ugly voice. And all the time I thought it was Gabriel." The rooster blinked his eyes and said, "I am the show-off in-j stead of Gabriel. I am always showing off my fine feathers and crowing about nothing The duck smothered a quack and said, "I know now that I am the tattletale instead of Gabriel. He tattles only when something is really wrong." The goose gulped and said "I I am the greedy one instead of Gabriel. I am the one who tries to. gobble up everyone's breakfast." "Well, I am thankful that the farmer is going to keep him," said the turkey. "And I!" said each of the oth ers. Soon everything was quiet and all the fowls were sleeping again. All except Gabriel, that is. From high in a tree he kept watch to see how he could help his friends. He was a beautiful black and white speckled guinea with a gay, red topknot on his head, and his name was Gabriel. He was a friend to all. 'Judge' Answers Attack on Youngsters' Literary Effort Dear: "A Patriotic ar.d Demo cratic Citizen": Ordinarily, when an anony mous letter comes to me, I sim ply throw it into the waste bas ket. But yours has some serious implications. So I am answering it in the only way possible since you left no name or address. For the sake of exactness and fair ness, I reproduce your letter in whole : "Monsignor przudzik and Father Pleskac: . With reference to the essays "What We Must Know About Communism and Why," which were judged by you gentlemen. It came as a shock and disap pointment to many that men of your stature and training would be in agreement with children who have been "brainwashed" politically. These girls implied that our present Democratic administra tion is socialistic, then they went on to say that this is a form of Communism. This also implies that all people associated with the Democratic party have Com munistic leanings. What a vi cious insinuation for anyone to make, and especially children against their government and their fellowman. Your Judging of essays written in this vein should have been given much serious thought. May you keep this in mind in the fu ture. Sincerely, 'A Patriotic and Democratic Cit izen' " Now I reply: First, pardon me if I point out that I do not think you can be a very "Patriotic" or "Demo cratic Citizen," if you send a serious letter and do not have the courage to sign it and iden tify yourself. Second, Father Pleskac and I were not asked to teach Political Science to the children of the public school, but merely to Judge the quality of the essays which were part of the childrens' work in their English class. We, as Judges, may have been im pressed by what was said we made no comment as to whether or not we agreed with what was said. Third, we found no evidence that the children were politically "brainwashed." Nor did we see evidence that the children were accusing the present administra tion of being socialistic and therefore communistic. Are you, dear Patriotic and Democratic Citizen, denying that there is a bit of socialistic content in the American government? Are not all our social services, whether! oho Mrs. Wilson Howe The World Day of Prayer was observed at Alvo Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m., March 9. j Mrs. W. C. Fawell acted as leud- er. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lem ing and family of Ashland were j dinner guests of Mr. Leming's mother, Mrs. Benuece Leming, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rosenow and Robb E. were with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rosenow Friday eve ning. Hie Mission Study class met Sunday evening at the Church. The group are reading the book "Edge of the Edge." Mrs. Archie Miller is the leader. Nine at tended. The Young Adult Fellowship night will be this Friday eve ning, March 16 at the church. The next all church get-together will be Sunday, April 1. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hendriek son were entertained in Lincoln Sunday at the home of their I daughter and husband, Mr. and! ; Mrs. E. E. Mcintosh in honor of Mrs. Hendrickson's birthday. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hendrickson, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Mcintosh, Mr. and Mrs. Lisle ! Robinett and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Robinett; also a granddaughter, Shirley Hulbert, a nurse at the University Hos pital at Denver. Lisle Hurlbert and wife were to attend also but snow-blocked roads at Iowa City prevented them from com ing. Mr. and Mrs. Joe V i c k e r s visited their daughter Verna at the hospital at Beatrice Sunday. Danny and David McKinney were Saturday overnight guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Trew of Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKin ney and sons were Sunday din ner guests of Mrs. McKinney's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Trew at Ashland. Mrs. Ray Schweitzer and Mrs. Charles McKinney sang a duet for special music Sunday morn ing during the worship service at Alvo Methodist Church. Bob- it be Social Security Insurance, Aid for Dependent Children, Old Age Assistance, Aid for the Blind, etc., etc., etc., motivated by the socialistic principles of the state looking after the citizen from the cradle to the grave? And haven't these various social services been given the blessings of both the Democratic and Re publican administrations for the last 30 years? Facts are facts. Fourth, I do not see commu nistic leanings Just because a citizen, Democratic or Republi can, agrees with these services. I myself voted four times for the late Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who introduced most of these so cial services. That should cer tainly be evidence of my being a Democrat. Please be assured that that does not make me a ! Communist. The wee bit of red you may notice under my collar is a sign that I am a Papal Pre late, not that I am a Communist. Hoping that I have reassured you, assuaged the shock and dis appointment, I am. Sincerely yours in True Amer ican Friendship, (Rt. Rev. Msgr.) Joseph Przudzik (Editor's note: The foregoing concerns winning essays which appeared in the March 8 issue of The Journal as part of The Devils Workshop, section of the paper devoted to news prepared by students at Plattsmouth Jun ior High School. May I comment that Msgr. Przudzik is much more chari table than we would be. Were the anonymous letter addressed to us we would file it in the re ceptacle for communications from the Gutless Brothers, to be emptied daily at the close of the working day). (P. S. Similar letter subse quently received, subsequently filed, subsequently emptied). Green Thumbers AVOCA (Special) Green Thumbers Garden Club met Tuesday with Mrs. William But'Dettmer. Roll call "My Favorite Way of Marking My Garden Rows." Program, "Making Garden Markers," was by Mrs. Fritz Rohlfs, and Mrs. Kenneth Wes sel. Each member made a mark er out of a plastic detergent container. Each member wore a St. Pat rick's corsage. Mrs. Leonard Haveman re ceived the hostess gift. Guests were Mrs. Hans Jen sen, Mrs. Robert Hallstrom, Mrs. John Emshoff and Mrs. Rawalt. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL TIiuimIu.v, March 15. UH52 Section U PAGE ONE. ble Tlmblin and Terry Elliott were candlelighters and Bon nie Timblin anil Patricia Cop pie took the morning offering. Marie Fawell and Mrs. Stella Dingcs were greeters. Mike Lundy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Lundy, came home from the hospital Monday after noon. His condition is much im-' proved but isn't able to return to school. The Blue Birds held their bake sale at the grocery store' Saturday afternoon. The Leader,1 Mrs. Ron Kinney fell and in- i jured her neck and was unable to stay at the sale with the group. Mrs. Elmer Haas took her place. ; Mr. and Mrs. Karl Clark from1 Lincoln were dinner guests of Mr. Clark's mother, Mrs. Esther Clark Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Molvin Adams and Billy were afternoon and j lunch pucsts of Mrs. Adam.s mo ther Mrs. Esther Clark. TY3a J I Journal Want Ads Pay j FRI. & SAT. 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