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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1935
Page
3
Murray and nearby towns hosted a range of visitors and daily tasks last Sunday and the following week. Residents from Omaha Council Bluffs Avoca Mynard Union Dunbar Rock Bluffs and Murray engaged in family gatherings building projects birthday celebrations and travel for shows and errands. A accident occurred when Joe Richter suffered a severe sprain after a fall while aiding a bridge construction.
Mr and Mrs Marshall formerly Mrs E M Steiner are on a wedding trip to the Pacific, returning via Hot Springs. They were guests of Mrs Susie Berger, the bride’s mother, in this place for a few days last week. They were accompanied by unspecified travelers.
Mrs Berger will return to her home in Murray after a short visit, while the Marshalls relocate to their home in Oklahoma City.
Mr and Mrs Earl Terhune attended the annual Terhune family reunion at Sun Springs Kansas with about 65 relatives present. The event is held each year at the same location and participants report a splendid time and plan to return next year.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Brubacher and daughter Beverly spent Sunday with Prof. L. M. Hauptman and family in Lincoln where Hauptman finishes summer school and plans a vacation before resuming work as superintendent at Alvo. They then toured Plattsmouth to see Ed Brubacher's parents and were caught in rain.
L. D. Crosser the Pontiac distributor and J. A. Scotten were in Kansas City last Monday to secure a Pontiac eight coupe for delivery to an Omaha purchaser. Crosser has already disposed of four Pontiacs and hopes for more deliveries soon.
Murray library board women served ice cream to town visitors at a free moving picture show and raised about 12 dollars for library funds.
The article notes the hot weather hurts young ladies on skates as crowds cause knee skids and skin damage. It warns to take it slow to avoid painful disfigurement while stockings are in fashion.
Miss Evelyn Elias a 17 year old cornet and trumpet student from Omaha joins the Irene Vermillion dancing act with contracts for Detroit Chicago and New York. She has won high honors in state and national music contests and is president of her South High class and Alpha Beta sorority.
Chief of Police Joe Libershal takes seven days off starting Wednesday for rest at home. David Pickrell acts as chief while filling two shifts and Jarvis Lancaster remains as the pinch hitter for regular duty.
Mr and Mrs BR W Knorr and their children left Sunday for a trip to Colorado mountain country to enjoy cooler climate and observe points of interest. They were joined in Lincoln by Mr and Mrs L S Devoe and family who will also travel to Colorado for the mountain country experience.
The county board met Tuesday and rescinded a prior July 3 decision then approved liquor licenses for Co. VY Barrows in Mynerd and Lloyd Holman north of Plattsmouth and Mrs. J H Fidler of South Bend, outside incorporated areas.
On July 31 members met at Josephine Staska’s house to judge muf fins and read a lesson. They decided to bake two loaves of bread for a future activity but not bring them to the club meeting. They planned a mid August picnic at Lois Gerking’s home inviting mothers brothers or a friend if a brother was unavailable. Refreshments were served. LOIS GERKING, News Reporter.
Jack Burton reports 39 008 people on relief in Nebraska with 30 985 employable and 8 023 non employables as of July 25. New WPA appointees include S S Jones Ernest Knape John Carnahan Joe E Stalin and Frank J English from the office of Neil McDonald. Carnahan Knape and Stalin are former FERA staff members.
Mr and Mrs Harry B Greaves of Lincoln visited Judge C L Graves in town then toured Rock Bluffs to inspect the site for the annual Rock Bluffs reunion set for Sunday August 25 in Hutchison grove. The event is expected to draw many veterans and descendants from Omaha Lincoln and other cities.
Mrs. James G. Mauzy has been confined to her home for several days due to a summer flu persistent this season. Friends hope she can resume her usual activities soon.
Mrs. R. B. Brissey of Brock Nebraska, who had been visiting in the city, has returned to her home. She stayed with her uncle Ben Hyde and his family in South Park and was renewing acquaintances as a former resident.
Frank F. Walsh chairman of the New York state power authority says investigations in Washington show private power interests are reaching out as never before to influence national state and municipal politics.
Brief item notes free removal of dead animals by Telephone South Omaha Rendering Works at Market 4626 with reversed charges stated.
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