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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1935
Page
3
Alvo residents and guests are mentioned. Frank Lanning, longtime Eagle resident, tended business here. John W. Banning and wife visited Nebraska City. Bertha Rosen visited near Emerald. Dorothy Petersen stayed with Clyde and family near Havelock. Many others, including Stuve and Linch families, travel, health updates, harvest yields and a car wreck noted.
J Howard Davis reports improved condition of Barnett who has been ill. Mrs Jewell praised as caretaker for the sick. Frank Ingwerser and wife visit from Scottsbluff then travel to Pawnee City to see relatives with H A Ingwerson. Mrs James Crouse of Chicago visits Alvo family. Doris Coatman aids with wheat hauling. several locals attend a birthday party in Louisville and South Bend. George Kitzel, recently home from hospital, plans another operation soon.
The residence bought by Sterling Coatman has progressed through extensive repairs and re modeling and is nearing completion but will stay unoccupied for a period. Sterling is tied up with wheat combining near Plattsmouth while Philip Coatman and crew work further south of Lincoln.
Mrs. Lizzie Lewis of Alvo died after months of illness at St. Elizabeth hospital Lincoln. Funeral at 2 PM Tuesday from Alvo Methodist Church. interment Elmwood cemetery. Born March 23 1876 near Alvo she lived there her whole life. Married Eugene Lewis at 19. five children Glen Neal Carl Edna Bell and Clarence Veil preceded by death. Left four sisters and one brother. husband died 1910.
The Sunny Side girls 4-H club gathered at Getty Kalina's home with Mrs. Larson taking over as leader while Mrs. Giles is on a vacation to New York state. Louise Rishel demonstrated a bound button hole and Jane Rebal showed a dart. Members discussed fair activities and refreshments were served by Betty Kalina and her mother.
Mr and Mrs John Banning entertained last Wednesday at their home with guests Mrs W Banning and Miss Pearl Banning of Union and Mrs Hobson of Lincoln, a friend of Mrs Banning.
Elevator man Simon Rehmeier has received and shipped 45 000 bushels of wheat about 45 carloads. Applying these figures to the county suggests rising income for farmers in the current threshing period, with more gains expected as the season continues. Last year drought left farms with little to sell. Conditions look brighter now.
Charles Edwards turned sixty one last Sunday and celebrated with his wife Virginia Lee Edwards and Joyce Edwards, the Coatman family, and Doris Coatman. They picnicked in South Bend, enjoyed pineapple ice cream and cake, plus a boxing match entertainment near the campsite, with wishes for sixty one more years of health and happiness.
Reports from the U S Veterans hospital at Lincoln say Robert G Reed of this city remains gravely ill after a late Thursday operation. He withstood the surgery initially and sent word to friends, but Friday his condition worsened and is now very grave.
Reported Tuesday night a collision on South Chicago Avenue involved Beaty traveling south and Bushnell heading north toward Omaha rather than east on Loudisville road. Mrs. Lee Kinnamon suffers a bruised hip and head cut, with other injured persons listed as stable under the circumstances.
Alvo business visitor Turner McKinnon spent last Monday in Greenwood. Multiple townsfolk, including Mrs Dora Leesley, Mrs Ethel Armstrong, and Mrs Minnie Mason, are noted for visits, illnesses, and social activities from Ashland to Lincoln and Omaha.
Mr and Mrs L O Minor and children Herbert Eleanor and Cartier depart by car for Colorado. They plan visits near Arapahoe with the Patterson family then proceed to Denver and Great Lakes for a cool mountain vacation.
Mayor George Lushinsky departed this morning for Alliance where he will spend the rest of the week. He will be joined by his daughters Mrs. Ralph Mullis and Mrs. George Knox, who has been quite ill, and he plans to visit old friends and local points of interest in the western section.
Friday's Dally reports Darry Rik and son of Murdock spent several hours in the county court handling business matters in the city.
A man seriously injured in a car accident near West Point is reported to be getting along as well as could be expected, according to early medical updates.
Mr and Mrs Ivan Brunkow and daughter arrived in Kansas City last Monday after visiting Hermann Brunkow who was seriously injured in an auto accident near West Point. He is reported to be getting along very well at this writing.
Mrs. Andy Mays learned of the death of her aunt Miss Fannie Martin which occurred Thursday morning in an Omaha hospital after a recent major operation. Miss Martin, over 75, did not recover from surgery and the funeral and burial were held in Ashland last Thursday.
Orson Johnson reports the death of his brother in law W. H. Coleman of Clinton Oklahoma which occurred last Thursday. Coleman lived here forty years ago on a farm later owned by William Gauls. The funeral and burial were held in Clinton.
Mr and Mrs J E Lambert were business visitors in Omaha last week. They picked up 4 H club members Maxine Hurlbut Eileen Mathis Dorothy Leesley Vedah Leesley Winifred Lambert at Camp Brewster southeast of Omaha on the Bellevue road after campers had stayed there since Sunday. A Bible School Building service followed with Dr V B Barkey of Havelock delivering sermons and a group of colored singers performing.
The Happy Little Cooks club met July 26 at the A L Leesley home and August 2 with Maxine Hurl as hostess. Dorothy Leesley and Winifred Lambert reported on their Camp Brewster outing with 4‑H girls from southeastern Nebraska. The group enjoyed bread baking demonstrations and refreshments at both meetings.
A letter from George Bucknell and family reports their vacation to Colorado visiting C C Bucknell in Burlington and relatives in Colorado Springs and Estes Park. They returned to Burlington and postponed their trip home due to the elder Bucknell’s poor health, with friends hoping for improvement despite long illness and bleak recovery prospects.
Liquor store operator Ray H. McNurlin closes contract with Coryell filling station and restaurant. Ben A. Schoeman of Exeter Nebraska takes over management. McNurlin moves to town to run a package liquor store and a cafe in the former State Bank building.
The Stradley Machine and Manufacturing Shops completed a changeover of a corn bine to a new harvesting implement. The modification enables picking up sweet clover from a windrow or swath and threshing it as part of the retooled combine system.
The device deposits hay in a separate windrow and collects valuable seed in a hopper then sacks it. Built for this class of work, it operates with high precision. Mr. Ray Frederick, who commissioned the machine, employs several workers to harvest his clover seed crop and reports minimal seed loss.
Little Dickie Lee Reigherd, six weeks old, died last Tuesday after a severe attack of whooping cough. Funeral services were held Thursday. The parents, Mr and Mrs Roy Reigherd, receive sympathy from friends during this hour of sorrow.
BE. A. Landon of Greenwood Farmers Elevator reports twenty car loads of new wheat shipped as the season starts. High prices lift county revenue from cereal sales, while corn hog checks distribution promises to ease credits and accelerate payments of outstanding obligations as money circulates.
Albert Bauers, longtime resident of Greenwood with a wife and five children, was killed while assisting with threshing at Jess Olsen's home. He was driving when the accident occurred.
Mr Bauers died after a runaway team attached to a wagon and rack pulled the water tank used for a steam engine thresher. He was thrown beneath the wagons while trying to regain control. Dr Talbot aided him before he died at Lincoln hospital. He leaves a wife Nellie May, one son Melvin, four daughters, and extended family.
South Omaha based hen dering works offers removal of dead animals free of charge with telephone line Market 4626. Reverse charges applied as requested by client.
Mary Alice Cummins of Cedar Creek visits the city to stay with her grandparents Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Cummins and other relatives.
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