Alvo Community News Highlights Local Happenings
Joseph Ramelas aided in rebuilding WP J Linch house last week. Frank Stander of Omaha shipped last year’s wheat to Simon Rehmeier elevator. Mrs Roy Stewart and daughter Josephine visited Elmwood with friends. Superintendent L M Hauptman and Mrs Hauptman visited Lincoln after school. John Weichel, recently released from hospital, returned home. Donald Davis started work on the O street project as night watchman. Robert Coster busy at the elevator with hay and grain shipments. Charles M Jordan shelling and delivering corn to the elevator for local farmers. Ladies Aid met at the Methodist church basement with a fine program and refreshments. Grandfather G Rehmeier, ailing, enjoyed a brief town visit. Uncle P J Linch expanding his property with new concrete foundation and extra room. A pleasant town visit praised Alvo as a host city.
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Joseph Ramelas
WP. J. Linch
Frank Stander
Omaha
Alvo
Simon Rehmeier
Roy Stewart
Josephine
Elmwood
L. M. Hauptman
Lincoln
Robert Coster
Charles M. Jordan
Methodist Church
Mesdames
L. D. Mullen
Frank Taylor
C. Hardwock
G. Rehmeier
P. J. Linch
Petersen Starts At Hermance Filling Station
Seren Petersen has taken over the filling station previously operated by James Hermance and is now attending to the needs of local car owners whenever opportunities arise.
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Seren Petersen
James Hermance
County W C T U Convention Addresses County Issues
Representatives from all over the county attended the Women s Christian Temperance Union of Alvo meeting for the county convention. Members argued there is a need at this time for active engagement and debate on temperance issues.
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Women’ S Christian Temperance Union of
Alvo
Concrete Blocks Production At Local Yard
John Banning has been dedicating time to making concrete blocks. He has an order for a large number and aims to build a reserve supply at the lumber yard.
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John Banning
Lincoln man returns to hospital for further hip treatment
Dallas Feifer was treated in Lincoln hospital for a hip ailment. After initial improvement he returned home but later went back to the hospital for further care, returning to Lincoln last week.
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Dallas Feifer
Lincoln
Emma Peltz Formerly Sutton Dies After Auto Wreck
Mrs Emma Peltz of Omaha died after a Sunday highway crash north of Plattsmouth. Formerly Emma Sutton she was a niece of Della Sutton of Alvo and daughter of Charles and Mrs Sutton. Funeral held in Omaha last Wednesday afternoon. She leaves three young children.
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Here
Emma Peltz
Omaha
Plattsmouth
Emma Sutton
Della Sutton
Alvo
Charles Sutton
Rock Island Agent Visits Minneapolis for Granddaughter Illness
Mrs. Helen Davis, agent of the Rock Island railroad, is visiting Minneapolis due to the severe illness of her granddaughter, Miss Helen Davis.
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Minneapolis
Helen Davis
The
Rock Island Railroad
Parsell couple acquire historic Old Mullen Ranch near Elmwood
Mr and Mrs Joseph Parsell buyers of eighty acres west of Elmwood move into the old Mullen ranch once a popular emigrant stop sixty to eighty years ago. Until a new mail messenger is chosen Hal Parsell will deliver mail with ten applicants awaiting the appointment.
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Mullen Ranch
Joseph Parsell
Rock Island
Elmwood
Attorney seeks theft charge in Omaha child case
C J Southard for Mrs Mariel Masters petitions that Jose Masters be charged with child stealing. Masters, father of Jacqueline Jill, has vanished with the two year old since March 10 amid a divorce that awarded custody to Mariel. A letter suggests the child in Smethport or East Smethport Pennsylvania. District Judge Rhoades appeals for the baby’s return to Omaha.
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Omaha
Cc. J. Southard
Mariel Masters
Jose Masters
Central High School
Here
Jacqueline Jill
Mariel
J. G. Masters
Smethport
Easi Smethport
Rhoades
Masters
Plant 98 000 Trees Planted in Platte Colfax Areas
The 1935 tree planting program in Platte and Colfax counties reached a climax with 98 000 trees planted on 31 farms. Project superintendent Guy Robertson said soil erosion prevention crews from the veterans camp near Columbus conducted the work. Most trees were seedlings provided under the Clarke McNary act.
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Columbus
Neb
Platte
Colfax
Guy Robertson
Veterans Camp
Prohibit Slush Fund Bill Aims at Political Contributions
Senators Hatch and Byrd introduce a bill to bar contributions by individuals tied to New Deal projects to political candidates or organizations. The measure targets office seekers and affiliated groups to prevent slush funds.
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Washington
Hatch
N. MM
Ityrd
Story of Fifty Years as District Court Reporter
Myron E. Wheeler, long time Lancaster County District Court reporter and dean of American court reporters, retires May 10 after fifty two years in Nebraska and Cuba assignments. He recounts early Nebraska, his Sigma Chi founding, major trials, and changes in the courts and journaling tools across his half century of service.
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Myron Wheeler
Lincoln Journal-Star
Wheeler
Myron E. Wheeler
Woodshire Parkway
Nebraska
Frederick Shepherd
Lancaster County District Court
Finis
Cass County
Plattsmouth
Drell
D. H. Wheeler
Myron
Platte Valley
Chicago
Denver
Buhanan
Samuels. Chapman
Lancaster
Cass
Otoe
Lincoln
Tiernan
Eleventh
M Streets
Quinn Bohanan
Bohanan
Otoe County
Nebraska City
Ed Beeson
Nebraska City News-Press
Buhhanan
Chapman
Groe County
Shellenberger
Hoffman
Bohhanan
Lancaster County
John Sheedy
Sheedy
McFarland
Mary Sheedy
Tenth and
P Streets
District Court
Mrs. Sheedy
Madonna
Mra
Cuba
War Department
Ed R. Sizer
Tasker H. Bliss
United States
Bliss
Third Grade Program Delights Central Building Audience
The third grade under Miss Selma Diehm presented a miscellaneous program last Wednesday afternoon featuring songs from Spring and April Showers, chalk drawings by a numbered list of students, storytelling, a Dolly Don t Weep duet, a Somebody s Knock ing recitation, a Our Bird Books drill, and The Birds Convention play with main roles filled by Bern ard Flynn Roy Poston and others.
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Central Building
Selma Diehm
Donna Faye Mason
Donald Nolin
Billy Crumley
Shirley Burcham
Edwin Bledge
James Short
Hazel Miner
Josephine Sedlak
Edward Bashus
Melvin Swanda
Merle Shryock
Martha Meisinger
Bonnie Walters
Jane Hitt
Joann Traudt
Jean Goodchild
Marjory Dean Philips
Dolly Don’t
Bernard Flynn
Our Bird Books
Bernard Dow
Russell Wannacott
Roy Poston
Paul Meyers
The
Local Club Banquet Seeks Large Attendance At Methodist Parlors
Mrs J A Jimerson district president of the Nebraska federation of Woman's clubs and Mrs Ray Norris county president intend to attend the local club banquet next Monday evening at the First Methodist Church parlors. The banquet committee plans an attractive program and a very large crowd is expected.
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J. A. Jimerson
Auburn
Nebraska Federation of Woman's Clubs
Ray Norris
Weepine Water
First Methodist Church
Eleven Year Old Boy Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Edward Stewart the eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Roy Stewart was rushed to Omaha early Wednesday with an acute appendicitis. He was taken to the Methodist hospital where an operation was performed promptly and he is reported doing well under the circumstances. Sea It before you Buy It.
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Edward Stewart
Roy Stewart
Omaha
Methodist
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