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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1937
Page
2
Local families gathered for visits and picnics with the Edwards, Bird, Friend, and Timblin households. Mrs. Minnie Peterson improves after three weeks of illness. Memorial day services proceeded despite rain with Dwight Griswold as speaker.
Mr and Mrs Frank Edwards and family hosted Mrs Eiott and her grandson Paul at their home since the start of school. Eliott will stay in Tecumseh for the summer to care for Paul and allow the fifth boy to spend the season with his father. They then traveled from Tecumseh to Penna for a day before returning home.
Irs Turner McKinnon assisted by Mesdaniel Banning Devis and Pradley delightfully entertain the Ladies Aid Society on a Wednesday afternoon. Twenty three ladies attended and enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon with delicious refreshments served by the hostess group.
Arrival reported of a fine son for Mr and Mrs Ted McCartney on Wednesday June 2. Mother and baby are doing well and resting at home.
Mrs Wallace attended a Wo Men's Home Missionary Society program in Wahoo on Tuesday with Mrs Joanie Rovas and Mrs Earl Keller. The Indies enjoyed two pleasant days.
A two weeks term of Bible School is held at the school with community volunteers contributing to its success. Several children planned to attend but did not enroll early in the week due to a lingering cough.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Edwards and their family relocated to Lincoln on Saturday to be nearer Edgar’s job. Last spring Edgar accepted new employment nearby.
John B Skinner is well enough to leave Grand Island hospital after a hernia operation. He plans to work as a government truck driver once fully recovered. The Skinner family has stayed with Mrs Skinner's mother on a Fullerton farm for several months.
The Alumni Association of Alvo Consolidated High School hosted its annual banquet in the church basement with sixty six attendees. Out of town guests included couples from Fremont Lincolnn Greenwood and Ashland plus teachers present were Mrs Carl D Ganz and eleven seniors from 1997 enjoyed the evening. Officers for the coming year were elected with Ted Christensen as president Emil Reicke vice president Dale Haertel secretary and Dale Ganz treasurer. Ladies Aid Society served dinner and teachers were invited for the first time this year.
George M Duncan announces the Glenwood Institution band concert, scheduled for Sunday June 123rd, is postponed until September due to staff and residents being on vacation. The event will be rescheduled when all residents return.
Miss Tillie Lennhoff, a longtime Plattsmouth resident of more than 70 years, will move this week to the Fontenelle Home in Omaha. Mr and Mrs F W Lennhoff brought her and her niece Mrs Ernest Nordin and two grandnieces Nancy Lou and Dee Nordin to Plattsmouth to spend the day, and the group will return to Omaha this afternoon.
Mrs Frank Barkus went home Friday afternoon from Methodist hospital in Omaha. She is recovering and hopes to be free of illness soon.
Elmwood residents share visits from relatives including John Groat of Hickman and Walter Woods family. Los Angeles visitor Mrs. Leland Dennis heads west after a stay with R. M. Dennis. Elmwood patrolman Jacob Sterner traveled to Denver with a friend. A group played pinochle at Ronald Schlichtemeier’s, totaling 6200 points. Palmyra boosters promote a June picnic with sound system by George W. Blessing and a Kangaroo Court fundraiser. Osceola guests ST W Adair and Herman Penterman family visit before summer California trip. Wright family from Ralston also attend Memorial services.
Afr and Mrs Harry A Williams and family avoided travel last Sunday. They visited a farm south of Cedar Creek, arrived in Murray, then to Union and back home via U S 34, enjoying the growing crops despite last week’s heavy rains.
Mr and Mrs Charles Fleischman hosted a family gathering Sunday near Weeping Water. Attendees included Mrs Ronald Schlichtemeier and Rollie, Bert Reber and wife, George Miller and family, Mel Miller and family, Charles Miller, Oscar and May Miller, Ruth and Roy Warren, Howard Taylor, Orland Burrows, Joy Miller and spouse, and Howard Miller with Mr and Mrs Floyd Miller.
Memorial services were held Sunday May 30 by the American Legion with Emmitt Cook arranging details. Veterans from Chival Spanish American and World Wars were honored with grave decorations and a three volley salute. Rev Jansen spoke at the event.
Ronald Schuchtemelier and wife hosted the Ehn wood Pinochle club Monday evening. Members enjoyed cake and the game, though one player struggled with cards and stepped outside. Attendees included Emil Rosenow J Elmer Shreeve J L Hayes and the host.
One hundred seventy three Elmwood high school alumni gathered for the annual banquet at the Methodist church. The organization received twenty one new members at the Memorial building while the Methodist ladies provided a sumptuous banquet for all attendees.
Members of the L O Q O F and the Rebekahs joined the community in Memorial Day activities. They decorated graves of deceased members and loved ones during the community memorial service.
Miss Nevada Long, teacher at Central City, was re elected for the coming year after a successful school year. Her parents visited Sunday to bring her home, noting good crop conditions near Central City and feed lots full of cattle with ample feed, though fields near Lincoln looked poor.
Buds Clements and wife hosted a reunion for members of Mrs. Clements family on Memorial Sunday. Attendees included O. S. Turner of Elmwood, Mr. and Mrs. C N Turner and children of Marquette, Mr. and Mrs. C P Cook and son of Alvo, Mr. and Mrs. N B Bothwell and Jean Adair of Elmwood, County Treasurer and Mrs John Turner and Dorothy Jean of Plattsmouth. A sumptuous dinner was served and the gathering enjoyed the day.
The M. E. 8 S. S. club held a pleasant meeting in Lincoln last Monday. Members came from Elmwood and Lincoln including Mesdames Maude West Hattie Rosenow Della Greene Ines Greene Bertha Fitch Verona Olsen Vergie Keckler Etta Jones Pearte Woodard Jessie Wonders Bessie Robb Freda Stark Mary Lake Geneva Ells and Elia Rosenow. An excellent time and ample refreshments were noted.
The Smith family gathered Sunday May 30 at Mrs Ellen Smiths Elmwood home for the annual reunion. All eleven children attended for the first time in years followed by memorial services in Elmwood. Attendees included George Bickert Sr Thomas Smith Genevieve Bickert James Wall and many others from Lincoln Eugie Palmyra Havelock Wabash Ormianha Panama City and Greeley Nebraska.
Palmyra boosters arrived for the Old Settlers picnic in Palmyra, the first town on the scheduled booster trip. The event planned for May 10 and 11 was to be held Thursday and Friday, with the group using the Leader-Echo to publicize details upon arrival.
The article urges farm owners and tenants in Cass County to join a coordinated campaign against grasshoppers using hopper poison. It notes that success requires broad regional cooperation beyond Nebraska as hoppers migrate long distances. Government and county farm bureau aid support the effort to protect farms from summer infestations.
The Palmyre celebration features an amateur contest and a public wedding sponsored by the Old Settlers' Association. Marion Williams helped operate the equipment as the boosters and band toured the towns in pioneer attire. Dates and the biz show are planned for the latter part of the week.
Clem Wester of Fetzer Shoe Co joins Dr. Scholl’s Foot Comfort Week campaign June 14 to 12. He will offer free consultations and use Scholl remedies to relieve common foot troubles, inviting locals with foot or shoe issues to visit the store for help.
P T Becker was severely bruised Friday afternoon when he fell from a ladder while cleaning eye spouts around his North 11th street home. He slipped several feet to the ground, striking his nose and injuring a leg in the impact.
In the spring class at Peru State Teachers College two Cass county girls receive elementary teaching certificates. Rosemary Cloidt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cloidt of this city, and Dorothy Gakemeyer are listed among the graduates earning state credentials.
Richard Eppings visited Wabash briefly on Wednesday. Frank Marshall delivered stock to Omaha last Tuesday. Wabash and Murdock residents assisted Noel Golden with hay in Otoe county. Henry Obernaulte and wife traveled to Peru to collect Melba from college. Dorr family visited Falls City for the day at Russell Dorr's home. Louis Schmidt and wife went to Plattsmouth for business. rain was heavier there. Hubert Hansen added a mower and hay loader to his equipment awaiting dry hay. Mrs. C. S. Murfin and Mrs. Seward Day visited Wabash and the cemetery, catching up with friends. H. H. Gerbeling hopes dry weather will ease rheumatic pain. Joseph Rudolph and wife visited Manley to see their daughter. Eagle saw less rain until a late night shower Monday. Alfalfa harvest begins as heavy rains continue, delaying haymaking and upcoming corn cultivation and small grain harvest.
Springfield resident Guy Hinds was relocated from Dawson to Springfield to work on Missouri Pacific track projects. The Hinds family remains in Wabash, their own home, while Guy commutes daily between Springfield and the job site.
Bernard Klinger meat department manager at Hinky Dinky will be absent from the store next week. He plans a rest and will fish the Platte and Missouri rivers hoping to bring home catfish for the family larder.
A group of Plattsmouth flower lovers drove to Shenandoah Iowa to attend the annual Peony show. The travelers include Mrs. L. W. Egenberger Mrs. John Crabill Mrs. George Mann Miss Sophia Krueger and Mrs. Lilian Freeman.
A Whiteseie Bridge Club meeting ends with mothers discussing Billy's thumb sucking. Dr. Young explains how early habits like thumb sucking and mouth breathing can deform a child's facial bones, stressing the importance of guidance and timely intervention.
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