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mini un i PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1941. PAGE FOLTt EDITOR Mrs. Hoyt Clark93-J ASSOCIATE KDITOR Mrs. Wm. J. Shallcross Phone 90-J Readers asked to phone news to these numbers. tEYUB Bomber! ! K- Mrs. HKPOItTKItS n. S. Langheine 83-J Karl Itosser 62 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. Wilbur Fitzpatrick is improving from his recent illness. W. S. Shafer, Sr., Is recovering from a recent neck operation. Miss Betty Patrick was a week end guest of the Kratz family. Mrs. E. E. Rosser, Sr., is confined to her home with a severe cold. Herman Linnaman has been con fined to his home with the "flu." Mr. and Mrs. William Robinson left Friday to visit relatives in Iowa. Mrs. Owen Winchell has been suf fering with an ear infection and a severe cold. The confraternity of the Holy Fam ily will meet October 9 at the home of Mrs. Ed Hynek. Lorene Bennett and Bonnie Dustin were home from the University of Nebraska over the week end. Miss Lottie Fulcher has accepted a position in Papillion with Joe Strawn, in his abstract office. Miss Olson and Miss Henderson, nurses at the Health Center, have rented the Bentz home at 22nd and Madison. The Legion Auxiliary group which is headed by Mrs. Wm. Robinson, has finished four layettes for the Red Cross. Mrs. Frank Sterba, member of the Legion Auxiliary, holds the Bellevue record of nineteen hours of Red Cross sewing. Miss Betts, assistant to the coun ty relief director, has resigned and is attending the University of Ne braska at Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schiele moved to Plattsmouth this week. Mr. Schiele iviii .ivivp hack and forth to his work at the Mission. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bidwell of Livermore, California, are spending a month visiting Mrs. Bidwell's mother, Mrs. Larson, and her broth er, J. C. Larson. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kratz and sons will occupy the Krcma home after October first. Mr. and Mrs. Krcma will reside in Omaha with a daugh ter, Mrs. Edward Chaloupka. Mr. and Mrs. Donald King's twins, Donald Eugene and Donna Eugena, were baptised Sunday at the Luth eran church in South Omaha. The grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Kins of McPaul. Iowa: Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon and sons of Percival Iowa, and the grandmother, Mar garet Mundt, of Omaha, were guests at the King home. Bellevue High's baseball team won from Tapillion Tuesday after noon. The score was 3 to 2. Leo Hike was accidehtly knocked out with a bat, but recovered and play ed ball. Philip Covington left Monday for Santa Monica, California, to resume his job at the Douglas Aircraft fac tory. He will go through Granby Colorado, to see his mother, who is there caring for her sister. The Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet next Thursday. October 9, at the home of Miss Laura Kast, for a 12:30 luncheon. Assisting Miss Kast will be Miss E. Shafer and Mrs. Wilbur Kast. The Men's Club of St. Mary's church are sponsoring a dance at the Starlight Thursday night. Proceeds will go to the Building fund. The church hopes to be able to erect a social hall. Tickets for the dance are 25 cents. Miss Sally Larson, R. N., head of the Tuberculosis department of the Visiting Nurses' Association in Om aha, left Monday to spend the week in Columbus, Ohio, where she has been asked to give a paper on "Tu berculosis" before the Mississippi Valley conference. Miss Julia Hamilton, of Decatur, was in Bellevue last week. Miss Hamilton is the daughter of the late Rev. Hamilton, known as Father Hamilton, who was the first Presby- Predicts Parking Privilege Charge to All Motorists Omaha Police Commissioner Declares "59" Cars First but Hopes to Include Everyone Soon Stating that it was he who had secured the installation of parking meters in Omaha in April, 1937, after a year of "selling the idea" to other commissioners, and then was outvoted" six to one on charging everybody for parking privileges be cause the Omaha Retailers Associa tion put pressure against such action, Police Commissioner Richard Jepsen of Omaha told the Bellevue Commer cial club at their regular meeting Tuesday night that parking meters have proven most successful The main purpose of the meters is to eliminate all-day parking and make available on an hourly basis adequate parking for car owners with business to transact in down town Omaha, he said. Jepsen outlined the survey made recently and exhibited stacks of rec ord cards and typewritten sheets to show the excessive number of "59 county cars using the free parking privileges granted outstate cars, up to the time he recommended to the city commission and secured unani mous approval of that body to put Sarpy county cars on the same basis of pay and time-limits as Douglas and Pottawattamie county vehicles It wasn t my personal opinion, or anyone's idea to slap Sarpy county," Jepsen said, "but rather the report of the Traffic Bureau supported by these facts (pointing to file case on the table) that a much larger per centage of '59' cars were on the streets than should be, that led to the action being taken." "I hope . . . and expect . . . that very soon Omaha will charge every one using the parking meter stalls, regardless of where they are from," Commissioner Jepsen said. "There was no excuse for charg ing Pottawattamie county cars and exempting Sarpy cars," he added "and there is no excuse now for charging Sarpy and exempting Cass I in reducing accident hazards. Omaha won the award of America's safest city in the 100,000 to 250,000 class in 1936, but slipped badly in succeeding years until this year, and Mr. Jepsen hopes to reclaim the honor for 1941. The club voted to supply Secretary Fred Leise with appropriate station ery and directed the committee rais ing funds for the Bellevue advertis- ng booklet to complete their work as soon as possible, in order that the publication committee could go ahead and have the work done. Talk of co-operating in a defense area housing survey ana various other matters took up the time un til adjournment at a late hour. terian missionary to the Indians. He I cars, or those from any other coun- lived in the Mission house, now the ty or state." hnmp rf Mrs Robert Nichols and He declared that of more than 200 daughter. cities now having parking meters Mr. and Mrs. Irving Shafer enter- only two, Omaha and San Antonio tainpd nt hri.isre s.iturdav evening. Texas, exempt anyone from pay Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ment of the fee Eetz, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Shallcross Omaha has between 1050 and 1100 nn,i at r and Mrs xvinn Mr-Rob- of the meters now in service a very WANT ADS FOR RENT Apartments, sleeping rooms, trailer space on highway 75, Fouth. See or write George Berger, Murray, Nebraska. 35 erts. Mrs. Edwin Puis entertained at a "silver" luncheon Tuesday for the benefit of the Church Circle. Dr. and Mrs. Stouffer are expect ing Mr. and Mrs. Hollis from Hoi adequate number in the opinion of Mr. Jepsen. Survey Figures Interesting Mr. Jepsen removed the cards of several counties from the file and stacked them in comparative piles on 11 ...11- CI i . 1 ten. Kansas. They will stop here 111(1 l"IB- avy county s pue was on their way to Chicago. Mrs. Hollis about six times the height of Cass is a former Bellevue resident. county's and Cass county's about 5 w stDfan o.mn-TnD tho one and a half times the height of Stock Tards chorus tn Hooner Fri- Washington county's. FOR RENT Entire first floor fur bished. Private home. Five rooms, bath, garage, water, heat. $60.00. 5124 Leavenworth, Walnut 6131. RUBBER STAMPS Journal man can supply you at prices below what you have been paying. See U3 when in Bellevue Thursdays. WANT-AD RATES on Bellevue news page 2 a word, first insertion, 1 a word subsequent insertions. No ad accepted less than 25 cents. See or phone Mrs. Clark, Bellevue 93-J. W L Cockrell Agency Insurance of ALL Kinds Notary Public Bus. Phone, 25 Res. Phone, 3 aay, where they participated in tne Hooper Defense celebration. . Chaplain Beecher spoke at the Aokiyu Club meeting last night. Mrs. C. D. Nolan, who was sched uled, was unable to be there. STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION The. BOTH A one-day survey made in South Omaha on Wednesday, March 19 listed seven typewritten pages of Sarpy county cars and only two and a half of all other foreign license plates. Jepsen said that after seeing the evidence, he believed all present WAKE UP! BELLE VUEITES! Last June I took a vacation trip to the Pacific Northwest, southern Cali fornia and the southwest, covering some fourteen states in 15 days. While on this vacation, I saw con siderable activity in many branches of the national defense program Plane factories in southern Califor nia were working night and day and near these factories hundreds of new homes had been built. Not only new homes, but various small factories engaged in making parts for planes were of recent construction. These plane plants will no doubt continue building planes long after Hitler is sent back to hell from which he came! Over Labor day I went out to Denver to look over what is being done there. While many new homes were being built to house workers in the small arms plant, there was a rather sleepy attitude and Iethergetic manner of doing things. On September 21st, I spent a day visiting an old friend who is work ing at the big government ordnance plant west of Burlington, Iowa. Al though the government is spending $60,000,000.00 on this plant, the people of that picturesque city on the Mississippi river have shown no desire to assist in providing housing for the workers at the plant. The area used by this plant covers some 20,000 acres and has around 500 separate buildings. These buildings are being constructed of reinforced concrete and no doubt many will be used in peace time (if any when such a time returns to this mad world! ) We here in Bellevue are feebly makine an effort to provide homes for those wishing to live here. Om aha doesn't seem to care much where these assembly plant workers live- so long as the business comes to their rather lazy city. We city council members have tried everything humanly possible to pnenuraere the construction of new homes. A new sewer line will soon he started under WPA. There will be plenty of good water for all new homes, and we will do all we can to improve streets, etc. However, w receive no pay whatever, and while some of us have thrown our savings into buying lots and starting new homes, we can not do it all! For goodness sake ... for Bellevue's sake WAKE UP! HARRY J. FRAZIER. The sixty-fourth annual meeting of the Nebraska Historical Society was held in Lincoln last Saturday at which time James E. Lawrence, editor of the Lincoln Star, was re elected president. Native Sons and Daughters also held their meeting in Lincoln at the same time. Both or ganizations are closely connected. Miss Marie Sandoz and Bess Street- er Aldrich, weu-Known Nebraska authors, were guests. Mrs. Aldrich said the story of Nebraska has never been fully written. Miss Sandoz is working on her new book, "The Sioux Indian." The Society and its various coun ty organizations again request that all possible data of early days which the older residents can relate be written down before it is lost forever. Mrs. Katharine Gibson Bisett, secre tary of the Sarpy county society, ad vises she is collecting data from the stones in Bellevue cemetery, but finds some so badly worn it is impossible to read the inscriptions. She also states she would like to hear from those interested in pre serving the old log houses in Belle vue, adding: "I am told that there are three or parts of three houses now covered with siding." Mrs. Bis ett's address is Fort Crook. She also states that the biograph ies which she has been assembling were turned over to Dr. Sheldon to be placed with the State Historical Society's biographies. A separate story on winners of the Native Sons and Daughters of Nebraska sponsored annual literary contest is found elsewhere in this issue of the Journal. DISPOSES OF SECOND HOUSE Joe Larson, Bellevue home build er, reports the sale of the second of his eight defense homes. This is the north house in the block of five, known as No. 1, and was purchased by Lieut. Col. George E. West of Fort Omaha, to be occupied by the family of his daughter and son-in-law. The latter is now employed in the Glenn L. Martin company's Bal timore plant but will be among the group of key men to be sent here In the next couple of weeks to install machinery and get the plant ready for operation when it is turned over, around October 25. The house just south of this had previously been purchased by Henry Henningsen, employee of Wilson & Company, South Omaha packers. Mr. Larson has also received a good sized rent check from a man In Sioux City, Iowa, offering to rent one of the houses sight-unseen, and if satisfactory, expects to purchase it. The man expects to be employed in the bomber plant. Airplane inspectors to be employ ed by the government have been look ing for houses in this territory well in advance of the time when the plant is to open and their work begin, be cause, as they frankly say, they have been through the mill and know what will happen when employees begin flocking in by the hundreds and thousands all looking for living quarters. , WORK CLOTHING Overalls, Jackets . and Gloves Good quality Overalls, Unionalls, Carpenters Overalls, Work Gloves of all kinds and Husking Mitts. Bought Seven Months Ago and Priced Accordingly Bellevue Grocery RED & WHITE STORE CAMP FIRE GIRLS The Camp Fire Girls met Monday and chose new secret pals. Plans ore being made for a picnic October 6. The following committee has charge: Peggy Maxey, Katherine Rexroad, Alberta Chandler and Mar tha Welton. A prize was awarded to the fol lowing committee for having the most interesting summer meeting: Gwendolyn Biart. Alice Sterba and Phyllis Clark. TEMPORARY PASTOR "A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed!" Call Boulevard Service J. M. (Max) Frieler 24 Hour Road Service TOWING A SPECIALTY Full Line of Mobil Products Mobilgas and Mobiloil At Your Service Telephone 116 - Bellevue, Neb. Rev. Paul Luce has consented to fill the pulpit of the Bellevue Pres byterian church until the directors can obtain a regular pastor. This coming Sunday, however, the ser mon will be delivered by Rev. Kenna, the chaplain at Fort Leavenworth. He will accompany Major R. L. Oh man home for the week end. FOR SALE 8 room house, 3 lots $3,500 6 room house, 2 lots$3,500 6 room house, 1 lot $2,250 3 room house, 1 lot $ 800 Partly Modern Full Line Insurance PIRE - LIFE - AUTOMOBILE FHA Homes Choice Bldg. Lots Notary Public A. B. BACHELDER Telephone: Bellevue 59-J Y. P. C. E. ELECTS OFFICERS The Young Peoples Christian En deavor group of the Bellevue Presby terian church held its election Sun day evening. The officers named are: Lachlan Ohman. president; Lewis Clark, vice president; Jack Phelps, secretary-treasurer, and William Phelps, social chairman. All young people are invited to attend the meetings of this group at 6:30 each Sunday evening. GIRL RESERVES ALL DAY MEETING OP RED CROSS KNITTERS TUESDAY would aree the situation demanded action Bellevue knitters for the Red Cross lle admitted a good many umana will have an all day meetine at the residents nave neen nuying licenses home of Mrs. W. J. Shallcross on 1P- SarPy county and their cars prob Tuesday, October 7. Experienced ably fi&ure(1 in the survey, but de- instructors will be there to help be- dared that between January 1 and ginners. Bring a number 5 needle August 1 they had forced 600 such and your lunch. Call Mrs. Elmer cnisseiers to purcnase uougias county Johnson or Mrs. W. J. Shallcross for plates, pay the Omaha wheel tax and additional information. submit their cars to inspection twice Everyone interested in Red Cross a vear as the Omaha ordinance pro- ROBERTS' Bellevue Drugs On the Boulevard, at 20th Telephone No. 1 Prescriptions Filled Sandwiches Hot Dogs - Hamburgers Beef and Pork We have installed a new Skel gas Stove and will serve Hot Lunches. Chili and Soups later. Sundaes - Sodas - Cold Drinks Robert' Home Made Ice Cream Served . . . also Sold in Bulk! Film Service - Magazines Cigars, Cigarettes Bellevue City of NEW HOMES! knitting is invited to this meeting. TO HOLD PAPER SALE vides. Praises Highway Patrol The club had invited him to speak at its August meeting when parking P. T. A. Will hold a Paper restrict irms mi "Kfl" rare -tt-nci a Jhnt week. Monday, Tuesday issnp. hut hp fnnnrt it irrmnssihlA to the children will come then and so arranirpil to attend The sale next and Wednesday bring the papers to school and Thurs- the September meeting. uay tne motners will take cars and Mr. Jensen praised the work of pick up the papers from homes the the Highway Patrol operating south children miss. of Omaha to t.h hnmhor nlant. and The organization will appreciate said that due to their efforts drivers your papers and magazines, which no longer sail into Omaha at 50 and will be disposed of and the proceeds used in furthering school work. 60 miles an hour, which helps a lot FOR RENT 3-room House, Partly Modern $20 per Month $35 Furnished Three fine Bellevue Lots offered for Quick Sale at only $300.00 New and Old Houses at Reasonable Prices W. J. Shallcross Licensed Realtor Bellevue, Nebr. Telephone 90-J 'MORRISON'S Sanitary Food Market On the Boulevard Telephone 119 Open Every Day till 9 P. M. Sundays 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. Quality Foods at Low Prices Groceries, Fresh and Cured Meats, Canning Supplies Harding's Ice Cream ICE COLD DRINKS BELLEVUE Salvation Army Sunday school at 2 p. m. Services Tnpsdav at 8 n. m. Ladies bewing Circle Tuesdays from 1 till 3. St. Marv's Masses at 8 and 10 a. m. Cate class follows the 8 o'clock Mass. Rev. R. J. Ahem, pastor. Presbyterian Sunday school at 9:45. Rev. Kenna, chaplain at Ft. Leav enworth will deliver the sermon at the 11:00 o'clock service Sunday morning. Special music. Public is invited. Young Peoples' meeting at 6:30 p. m. The Girl Reserves of Bellevue will be hostesses with the Girl Reserves of Benson High at a recognition ser vice at the Y. W. C. A. on October 5. Hostesses are Amelia Rexroad, Dorothy Langheine, Harriet Zurcher, Marilyn Bennett, Xellye Kousgaard and Marialyce Kopecky. Regular Girl Reserve meeting will be held at the school house from to 5 Thursday afternoon, Oct. 6. Additional Bellevue News on Page 5 Dine and Dance at Norman's New Midway Lunch Beer and Lunch So. of Child's Crossing on 73-75 Cass-Sarpy County Folks AKE ALWAYS WELtOMb AT THE BOMBER TAVERN Rose and Bill Toellner, Props.. Just North of Avery on U. S. Highway 75 ROAD IS NOW OPEN DRIVE IN All Kinds of Bottled Beer SANDWICHES Best Fried Chicken Dinners You'll Find Anywhere for 50c Booth Service Dance Floor LDGSCH PLATTSMOUTH PICKUP AND DELIVERY SERVICE IN BELLEVUE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAYS SPECIAL PLAIN ' Garments Overcoat Cleaning Time is Here Fall Housecleaning CURTAINS DRAPES - RUGS Leave Bundles or Advise JERRY GILBERT at the Barter Shop and Our Truck will Call lv Take the Work out of Homework Protect Those Precious Eyes with I. E. S. Better Sight TLR.U1PB School studies or any other night time seeing tasks make heavy de mands on your eyes. . . 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