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(t) THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1941. PLATTSMOTITH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE ITVE I i I The BELLBVUB Bomber! EDITOR Mrs. Hoyt Clark93-J ASSOCIATE EDITOR Mrs. Wm. J. Shallcross Phone 90-J Readers asked to phone news to these numbers. A News Department sponsored by Bellevue Commercial Club for the dissemination of reliable news concerning progress made in Bellevue, and distributed to every household in Bellevue as well as appearing in the regular Thursday edition of Plattsmouth Semi-Weekly Journal. NOTE FEOM THE PUBLISHER Bellevue Residents: This page of Bellevue news (and some overflow on another page) is the answer to your appeal for a re liable news medium in your town. It will be gradually improved and en larged through co-operation of your Bellevue editors and reporters. We trust it will serve your needs and be supported in the ratio it deserves by your own business interests, who, we are glad to say, are co-operating 100 per cent. We ask you to phone news items to Mrs. Clark or Mrs. Shallcross and promise we will do our best to give yon service. You will receive the paper free each week under our co operative arrangement with yotir Commercial club. If you fail to re ceive your copy, contact the presi dent of that organization, Mr. Cock rell. MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher AGED LADY SUFFERS FALL Mrs. Josephine Mountain. ST, fell at her home in Bellevue Sunday morning and was not found until Monday when neighbors called to see if she needed any help. Her sons. Gus and Arthur, and their families came from LeRoy, Kansas, to stay -with her until she recovers from the painful bruises she received. TALKING MOTION PICTURE The talking motion picture 'Gol gotha' showing the famous Passion Play filmed in Europe and given in an English version, will be shown at the Bellevue Tresbyterian church on Friday, August 1, with shows at 2, 7 and 9 p. m. Admission, 10c. W. J. Shallcross Licensed Realtor Homes, Building Sites and Rentals NOTARY PUBLIC Electrolux Cleaners for Your Rugs and Furniture PHONE Bellevue 90-J Reverse the Charge ROBERTS' Bellevue Drugs On the Boulevard, at 20th Telephone No. 1 Prescriptions Filled Fountain Service . Robert' Home Made Ice Cream Served . . . also Sold in Bulk! Film Service - Magazines Cigars, Cigarettes Crowing with Growing Bellevue! FOR Real Estate in Bellevue See A. B. BACHELDER Licensed Dealer Choice Building Lots and Houses! Locations for Business Buildings! Full Line Insurance FIRE - LIFE - AUTOMOBILE Notary Public It's a Deal when you Deal with AB Phone 59-J h ' I I mm 3 Sf ef S i . 1 oeiievue Lumuer ci yoai wo. B. UfcJNINlo, Manager All Kinds of Building Material ORDER COAL NOW FOR WINTER Located at 19th and Main Six Weeks of Twice -a-Week Swim Lessons Bellevue Youths at Merritt's Tues days and Fridays Nearly a Hundred are Registered The Red Cross six weeks swimming course, which is being given at Merritt's Beach Tuesdays and Fri days for Bellevue residents, is being very well attended. Ninety-nine per sons, about ninety of them children, are registered and the attendance has averaged seventy-five. Cars for transportation are fur nished by local people and those who drive and do not care to swim find themselves a shady spot and knit or play cards the two hours the les son is being given. Approximately 85 per cent of those registered for the course did not know how to swim at the start, but are learning rapidly. Besides those attending swimming instruction, Bellevue folks for the most part do their swimming at Mer ritfs which is carrying a regular ad in the Journal throughout the summer. Open Bids for Sewer Tonight Bellevue Council to Meet for that Purpose Have Asked for a Defense Area Grant. To supply the needs of rapidly growing Bellevue a program of ex tensions to the present city sanitary sewage system has been planned by Ilenningson Engineering Company of Omaha. This Thursday night the council will meet st 8 p. m. to open bids for the construction of the sewer. NEBRASKA POWER ADVERTISING Nebraska Power Company, which provides Bellevue with efficient and economic electrical service, is whole heartedly in approval with the plan that has been evolved to give the town a reliable news service and was prompt to accept advertising, as will be noted in their first ad appear ing on this page. Nebraska Power is not a stranger to Cass county which is served by the Journals large mail subscription list and operates in at lease seven Cass county towns in which this paper maintains regular weekly news departments, so their ad will be read not alone by Bellevue folks but by the Journal's regularly large family of readers throughout Cass county. Bellevue is fortunate in being served by this large utility that is capable of supplying electricity for any and all purposes as the town expands. SALAD LUNCHEON The Aokiya Woman's club is giv ing a salad luncheon Thursday, July 30, at the home of Mrs. W L. Shafer. It will be open to the public and reservations are being taken by Mrs. John Keller and Mrs. W. L. Shafer The cost of the luncheon will be 30 cents. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The Confraternity of the Holy Family church entertained new mem bers at a luncheon at the home of Mrs. F. J. Knobbe Thursday. Get in ahead of the rise and figure with us before you buy elsewhere! FH A LOANS AVAILABLE O A I A Bellevue Telephone No. 5 Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Biggerstaff are the proud parents of a baby boy. Mrs. Grace Slezinger left Tuesday with friends to visit in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chandler left Sunday for a vacation in Colorado. Father R. J. Aherne left last Sun day to spend a month vacationing in California. Mrs. Alice Carper, who has been very ill with pneumonia, is now improving. The James Lincoln family will re turn to Bellevue from Oregon about September 1st. Bobby Jean Shafer is in Omaha visiting at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Mabel Schutte. Sergeant Ford and planning to move to the first of August. family are Idaho about Mrs. Homer Vance left Tuesday for Missouri to visit with her moth er, Mrs. Sarah Marple. Mrs. H. K. Smith and daughter, Charlene, left Wednesday for Elgin, Illinois, for an extended visit. Dan McGraw, who joined the Naval Air Corps, has been sent to the Great Lakes training school. The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church has set August 20 as the date for their ice cream social. Mrs. J. C. Dustin, son Danny and daughter Bonnie are planning to spend the week-end iu Lincoln with Mr. Dustin. Miss Ethel Kiger, former principal of the Bellevue school, is in an Om aha hospital recovering from a re cent illness. Mrs. Charles Whetstone and grand daughter, Helen Pierce, are visiting Mrs. Whetstone's sons, Buck and Glen, in Kearney, Nebraska. Have you observed the nice sup port Bellevue business men are giv ing this page? It's the answer to a long felt want in the community. Nelson McRoberts and wife (nee Jessie L. Stouffer) have taken an apartment in the Martin home. Mrs Stouffer's many friends welcome them back to Bellevue. Owen Winchell, representing the American Legion, will have charge of the cars which will be used to pick up aluminum donations next Monday, July 2S. A group of the Girl Reserves, with Betty Langheine in charge, held picnic Wednesday for liss Gretta Hagan. a German refugee whom they had met in Omaha. Marilyn Larson, Donna Catb.ro Mary Covington and Phyllis Clark have returned from Camp Harriet Harding, at Louisville, where they spent an enjoyable week. Jay Dustin, a cadet in the Naval Aviation Corps, has been transferred from Jacksonville. Florida, to Cor pus Christi, Texas. Jay expects to complete his training and become an officer in January. The picture "Golgotha" is to be presented at the Presbyterian church next Friday, August 1. Shows at 2, 7 and 9. Special tickets are being distributed which will admit holders on payment of 10 cents. There will be an ice cream social in the community center of the Prt- Bellevue Beauty Shop Welcomes the Bellevue News Quality Work Moderate Prices Phone 143 When You Drop' In around this part of the country, Let me know ! Boulevard Service J. M. (Max) Frieler 24 Hour Road Service TOWING A SPECIALTY Full Line of Mobil Products Mobilgas and Mobiloil Expert Lubrication! Telephone 116 - Bellevue, Neb. byterian church Thursday, July 24. Ice cream and apple pie or cake will be served from 6:30 to 9 by group No. 2 of the church circle. Mr. Roberts of Bellevue Drugs ar rived this week from an extended western trip. Besides operating the store here, which he has plans to establish in a new building, he is owner of the Creighton Pharmacy in Omaha. Mr. ar d Mrs. H. J. Day are spend ing their vacation touring Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alberta, Canada, where they expect to spend some time at Lake Louise. The George Reynold family is occupying the Day home. PAVING STARTED THIS WEEK With grading about completed on the new outlet road from the bomb er plant employees entrance gate. north along the west city limits of Bellevue and then northwest to join the four lane highway and 75 a quarter of a mile north of the out let of the old road onto the highway, paving machinery was on the ground Tuesday and pouring of oncrete is to begin within a day or t wo. Because of the wide appearance of the grade, it has been reported in some quarters that this road is to be a four lane, but that is not correct so far is the concrete slab is concerned. It will be 22 feet wide two feet more than standard Nebraska high way paving and four feet wider than practically all of Iowa's paved roads. This with the wide shoulders and the easy grades will make it a speedy load to get in or out of Bellevue, and undoubtedly much of the traffic that has followed Bellevue Boulevard in and out of Omaha will use this route when completed. South of the employees' entrance gate, the road is completely closed. Drainage tubes are being laid and a wide roadway provided there as part of state highway 31, running along the south side of the Fort Crook grounds, and when completed will be the route over which workers at the plant coming from the south nr.d west will follow. This road, however, is not to be paved at present. It will be gravel surfaced, we are advised. DEATH OF OLD RESIDENT T. Fulcher, age 90, atwi-old -time resident of Bellevue, was taken to the Lutheran hospital Sunday, where he passed away Wednesday. He had made his home here with his daugh ter, Miss Lottie. Two other daugh ters. Mrs. Eva Hudson and Mrs. Emma Weekly also reside in Belle vue. Mrs. Max Frieler of Bellevue is a granddaughter of the deceased man. He is survived by nine great grandchildren. Further data concerning his long and active life in Bellevue will ap pear next week. At the time of going to press fun eral arrangements were not com plete. MORRISON'S iV Sanitary Food Market U On the Boulevard Phone 119 CASH AND CARRY Quality Foods at Low Prices Groceries, Fresh and Cured Meats, Canning Supplies Harding's Ice Cream ICE COLD DRINKS N LUGSCH QUALITY clbuie PLATTSMOUTH PICKUP AND DELIVERY SERVICE IN BELLEVUE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAYS SPECIAL en PLAIN 5 Garments Slack Suits - - 50p PHONE 19 BELLEVUE Our Truck will Call " Local Man is Building Homes for Workmen Joe C. Larson Has Shown Faith in Town and Has Five Homes Done Building Others Bellevue has its house building individuals and organizations now, but one of the real pioneers in this line is Joe C. Larson, Engaged in the hardware business in South Omaha, but living in Bellevue, Joe was among the early ones to catch the inspiration and show his faith in the town in a substantial way. Today his fifth new home is all but finished, basements for two ad ditional houses are excavated, and two others are staked out. That makes a total of nine and we are advised there will be at least three more flying Mr. Larson's banner as one man's very worth-while contri bution to growing Bellevue. In addition to this. Mr. Larson is connected with the new Cozy Homes, Inc. organization and is also considering plans for the erec tion of a business building. EDITORM OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS AGAIN The man who said "Opportunity knocks but once" was all wet for at this very moment opportunity is back again knocking at Bellevue's door. How it will be answered depends not on those in high position, but rather on the individual citizen. How are YOU responding to this golden opportunity to make Bellevue bigger and better? Are you a booster? If not, then you are a knocker, for there can be no fence-stradlers. Viewed at longer r?nge than just rast the eyes of local people, it is the firm conviction of this newspaper that one thing can do more to make j cr break Bellevue now than any or even many others. We have refer ence to skyrocketing prices of real estate. For some time prior to location of the bomber plant here, there was an overabundance of lots good, choice building sites that could be bought almost for a song. Today, while there aren't any more lots, the demand is quadrupled and more. Fair profit is something everyone is entitled to. and there can be no objection to that here, but if owners insist on long profit or blocks of lots here get into the hands of specula tors, that will do more to kill pros pects for industrial and business ex pansion. The same can be true to a lesser degree of residence sites. Bellevue's fate lies wholly in the hands of her own people. Electric Refrigeration is a Family Affair ROAD NOW OPEN The road along the south side of Fort Crook grounds that was closed for a time due to sewer construction from the bomber plant to the site of the new disposal plant on the Pappio, is again open to traffic and Bellevue folks going to Plattsmouth can save miles by going out Hancock street (one block east of the blacktop) to the south city limits, thence follow ing the rock road over the railroad tracks and south to the first corner, which is two miles straight east of the Fort Crook corner. This road was good Tuesday morning following Monday night's heavy rain. Aluminum Drive is On in Bellevue Boy Scouts Aiding in Drive To Pick Up Utensils Next Monday All Asked to Co-Operate. Bellevue, like other towns and cities the nation over is joining in the scrap aluminum drive. Mayor Hort Freeman has organized the local committee with the follow ing persons in addition to himself as members of the committee: Mrs. Hoyt Clark, representing the Bellevue Woman's club, secretary, W. L. Sha fer, W. L. Cockrell and Mrs. Elmer Johnson. Mr. Shafer, who is a job printer in South Omaha, donated hand bills, which the Boy Scouts distributed un der direction of Rev. R. G. Rayburn and Mr. G. Tate. These circulars state that collection of aluminum will be made starting at P:00 a. m. next Monday, July 28th. Collectors will call at each home or trailer house in town to pick up any old aluminum utensils or material that you may have to donate toward helping in national defense. Do not give any usable utensil or material you would have to replace. If you are not going to be home on July 2Sth, leave your donation on your front porch. If you find after the collection has been made that you have more to give, you may leave your aluminum at the Bellevue Lumber Yard or call No. 4 Eellevue on July 29 and it will be picked up July 30. These are some of the instructions found on the handbill and we are sure that everyone of the 450 Belle vue homes and trailer houses into which this week's Journal goes with its Bellevue news page will co-operate in every way to make a good show ing for the town. W 11 Cockrell Agency Insurance of ALL Kinds Notary Public Bus. Phone. 25 Res. Phone, 3 Protect Your Family's Health the Safe ELECTRIC Way! WHen you choose an electric refrigerator you give your whole family Health protec tion all year 'round. That's one reason three out of four Omaha homes already have them. Electric refrigeration is economical every way you figure. It costs little to operate, and because it maintains proper temperature in every kind of weather, foods can be kept days longer. See the new models, today SEE YOUR DEALER FOR SiHrtytuHf ELECTRICAL NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY Village of Fort 1 Crook Approves Liquor by Drink Election Held Tuesday Proposal is Carried hy 36-6 Vote Count ing Ballots Easy Task Tuesday was election day in Fort Crook village. The proposal before the voters was whether liquor by the drink is to be licensed there. The result of the balloting was 36 to 6 in favor, and as soon as the village board can act on applications liquor by the drink will be avail able within the corporate limits. William Fitzpatrick, Jr., chairman of the village board, stated that ap proximately SO persons were eligible to vote but there was no opposition to the proposal, and only slightly over half that number exercised their right of franchise. Counting the ballots, which con tained only the one proposition, was a very easy matter and required only a short time. Eellevue some time ago voted fav orable to liquor by the drink, and a license was granted for a location in the business zoned area on West 24th street. At present there is no building on the site, but considerable business activity is expected in that vicinity as well as along the boule vard (Frankln street) and the Main street zoned-for-business area. HAVE YOUR BARBER WORK DONE IN BELLEVUE at JERRY GILBERTS9 Across from Red and White Open S to S Daily, Later Saturday Bellevue Market The Old Reliable Food Store in Bellevue Offers QUALITY Groceries - Meats DELIVERY SERVICE Phillips 66 Gas - Kerosene As Near as Your Telephone Call 32-W Bellevue Grocery Your Friendly Red and White Store Finest Fresh Meats DELIVERY SERVICE STOKK OI'RX Daily, 7 to 7, Saturdays, 7 to 9 Open Sundays, 8 to 12 Cockrell & Woodring Phone Bellevue 25