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A- 3 i THTTESDAY, JTOE 17, 1943 Board of Public Works Cify of Plattsmonth, Nebraska Board of Public Works A meeting of the newly appointed Board of Public Works was called by R. B. Hayes, Mayor of the cjty of Plattsmouth and was held in the office of the Consumers Public Power District on April 27th, 1943, at 5:30 P. M. Present: Mayor R. B. Hayes, F. L Rea, C. A. Johnson and E. H. Bernhardt. The Mayor called the meeting to order and all members were sworn in and took the oath of office. Mr. Bernhardt acting as Secretary. Af ter taking the oath of office the board of Public Works held a meet ing and elected F. I. Rea, Chairman, E. H. Bernhardt, Secretary. No further business to come be fore the board it was moved by Bernhardt and seconded by Johnson that the meeting adjourn to further call of the Chairman. Signed, E. H. Bernhardt Secretary. SPECIAL MEETING Of the Board Of Public Works Of the City of Plattsmouth, Nebr. April 29th, 1943, 5:30 P. M., a special meeting was called by the Chairman of the Board of Public Works and held in the office of the Consumers Public Power District. Present: Rae, Johnson and Bern hardt. Moved by Bernhardt, seconded by Johnson that Robert J. Cappell be appointed manager of the Water De partment of the City of Plattsmouth at a salary of ?200.00 per month effective May 1st, 1943. All members voting aye. Motion carried. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that the order of busi ness of the Board of Public Works be as follows: Roll Call, Reading of previous minutes, correspondence, presentation of bills, acting on bills. Managers report, new busi ness. All members voting aye. Mo tion carried. Moved by Bernhardt, seconded by Johnson that the regular monthly meeting of the Board of. Public Works be held at 7:30 PM the first Thursday after the first Monday of each month in the office of the Board of Public Works. AH members vot ing aye. Motion carried. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that the following em ployees be retained and salaries set as fol'ows: Clifford Forbes $140.00 per month. Tom Young $155.00 a month, of which deduction of $15.00 is to be made each month for house rent, fuel and lights. Leo Hohman $120.00 per month, Rita Libershal $S5.00 per month. Any additional labor needed 50c per hour. Salaries shall be paid semi monthly, not lat er than the 5th and 20th of the month and payroll is to be approved in advance on the above basis. All members voting aye. Motion carried. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that the Board of Public Works retain the services of T. H. Pollock until May 15th at a salary of $150.00 per month. All members voting aye. Motion carried. No further business to come be fore the board it was moved by Bernhardt and seconded by Johnson that the meeting adjourn to further call of the Chairman. Signed. E. H. Bernhardt Secretary. ViWVWWWWVWWVMUWVWWWWWMVMWW, 1 Sunday June 20th Is Father's Day Make this the biggest and best Father's Day your Dad's ever had! Choose a gift he's sure to like from our counter! DAD'S DAY SUGGESTIONS Bill Folds Cigarette Cases Key Cases Coin Purses Ash Trays Desk Lighters Stationery Cigarette Boxes Playing Cards Poker Chips Pencil Sharpeners Tie Racks A complete line of Father's Day Cards Gift Wrappings, Ribbons and Seals BATES BOOK STORE Phone 265 Plattsmouth, Nebr. Gifts Packed and Wrapped for Mailing Free SPECIAL MEETING Of the Board Of Public Works Of the City of Plattsmouth, Nebr. May 2nd, 1943, 2:30 P. M., a special meeting was called by the Chairman of the Board of Public Works and held in the office of the Consumers Public Power District. Present: Rae, Johnson, Bernhardt and Manager Cappell. It was moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that the Board accept the compensation insurance policy submitted by S. S. Davis effective May 1st, 1943 to May 1st, 1944. All members voting aye. Motion carried. Moved by Bernhardt, seconded by Johnson that the mamager or mem bers of the Board of Public Works do not hire any immediate relatives of any member of the Council, May or cr Board of Public Works except it be in case of emergency and then only by the consent of the entire board. All members voting aye. Mo tion carried. No further business to come be fore the board it was moved by Bernhardt and seconded by Johnson that the meeting adjourn to furth er call of the Chairman. Signed, E. H. Bernhardt Secretary. SPECIAL MEETING Of the Board Of Public Works Of the City of Plattsmouth, Nebr. May 5th. 1943, 5:30 P. M-, a special meeting was called by the Chairman of the Board of Public Works and held in the office of the Consumers Public Power District. Present: Rae, Johnson, Bernhardt and Manager Cappell. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that the Board of Public Works employ Raymond H. Walk er a Certified Public Accountant to institute the proper books and records as required by Ordinance 765 for which he is to be paid at the rate of $15.00 per diem. All members vot ing aye. Motion carried. No further business to come be fore the board it was moved by Bern hardt and seconded by Johnson that the meeting adjourn to further call of the Chairman. Signed, E. H. Bernhardt Secretary. SPECIAL MEETING Of the Board Of Public Works Of the City of Plattsmouth, Nebr. May 7th, 1943, 5:30 P. M., a special meeting was called by the Chairman of the Board of Public Works. Present: Rea, Johnson, Bern hardt and Manager Cappell. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that the amount of $6, 650.82 for the purchase of the in ventory and supplies of the Platts mouth Water Corporation be allowed and check drawn for same, the City Council having authorized such pur chase and expenditure. All members voting aye. Motion carried. Moved by Bernhardt and seconded by Johnson that the amount of $53.46 for Unearned Premiums on insurauce policies due Plattsmouth Water Corporation be allowed and check drawn for same. All members voting aye. Motion carried. Moved by Johnson seconded by Bernhardt that a bill of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company for $5.25 for advance payment for one month and service charge be allowed and check drawn for same. All members voting aye. Motion car ried. Moved by Johnson, and seconded by Bernhardt that the bill of Mrs. J. A. Donelon for the amount of $20.00 for rent on the office building from May 1st to June 1st be allowed and check drawn for same. All members voting aye. Motion carried. THE No further business to come before the board it was moved by Bernhardt and seconded by Johnson that the meeting adjourn to further call of the Chairman. Signed, E. H. Bernhardt Secretary. SPECIAL MEETING Of the Board Of Public Works Of the City of Plattsmouth, Nebr. May 13th, 1943, 5:30 P. M., a special meeting was called by the Chairman of the Board of Public Works and held in the office of the Board of Public Works. Present: Rae, Johnson, Bernhardt and Man ager Cappell. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that Manager Cappell be allowed $20.00 for the purchase of 2.000 One-Cent post cards and check drawn for same. All members voting aye. Motion carried. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that a check for $150.00 be drawn for the Petty Cash Ac count and this amount kept in the office of the Board of Pubic Works for change and other incidentals. All members voting aye. Motion car ried. Moved by Bernhardt, seconded by Johnson that the bill of Miller Chem ical Company, Omaha, Nebraska for the amount of $65.24 for 2 cylin ders of liquid chlorine be allowed and check drawn for same. All mem bers voting aye. Motion carried. No further business to come be fore the board it was moved by Bernhardt and seconded by Johnson that the meeting adjourn to further call of the Chairman. Signed, E. H. Bernhardt Secretary. SPECIAL MEETING Of the Board Of Public Works Of the City of Plattsmouth, Nebr. May 17th, 1943, 5:30 P. M., a special meeting was called by the Chairman of the Board of Public Works and held in the office of the Board of Public Works. Present: Rae, Johnson, Bernhardt and Mana ger Cappell. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that the bill of S. S. Davis in the amount of $93.40 for advance premium on Workmans Com pensation Policy be allowed and check drawn for same. All members voting aye. Motion carried. Moved by Bernhardt, seconded by Johnson that the payroll for the first half of May amounting to $453.00 be allowed and checks drawn for same. All members voting aye. Motion carried. No further business to come before the board it was moved by Bern hardt and seconded by Johnson thai the meeting adjourn to 'further call of the Chairman. Signed, E. H. Bernhardt Secretary. SPECIAL MEETING Of the Board Of Public Works Of the City of Plattsmouth, Nebr. June 10, 1943 Board of Public Works met in regular meeting at the office of the Board of Public Works in the city of Plattsmouth, 7:30 P. M. There being present Rae, Johnson, Bernhardt and Manager Cappell. Minutes of all prior preliminary meetings of the board were read, corrected and approved. The fol- owing bills were read: Duxbury & Davis $118.36 Latsch Bros. 36.77 F. C. Marshall 34.79 Felton & Wolf Co. 28.60 Commercial Fuel Co., 100.50 Felton & Wolf Co., 9-35 C.B. & Q. Rwy. Co., 120.60 Petty Cash Reimbursement Request No. 1 52.08 Petty Cash Reimbursement Request No. 2 56.60 Total amount of bills $557.65 Moved by Johnson, seconded by Bernhardt that bills be allowed as read and checks drawn for same. All "members voting aye. Motion carried. Treasurer's report. Cash Receipts $13,218.13. Disbursements $7,497. 97. Balance on hand as of June 1st, 1943, $5,720.60. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Rae, treasurers report be approved as read and placed on file. All members voting aye. Motion carried. In accordance with the statutes of the State of Nebraska, a regular election of officers was held and Mr. F. I. Rae was elected Chairman, and Mr. E. H. Bernhrdt elected Secre tary and Treasurer for the ensuing year. No futher business to come be fore the board it was moved by John son, seconded by Bernhardt that the meeting adjourn to further call of the Chairman. Signed, E. H. Bernhardt Secretary. Buy War Stamps and Bonds J0UEI7AI, PIATTSMOTTTH, Improvement Of Missouri River Basin Urged Would Provide Nine Foot Chan nel as Far as Sioux City and Give Valley Tidewater Advantage Omaha, Nebr., June 15, (UP) A plan for the development of the Missouri river basin, which is esti - mated at hundreds of millions of Kindly Light" with Mrs. J. R. Reed dollars, was outlined by Col. Lewis !er as the accompanist. A. Pick, Missouri river division en- I The burial was at the Rock Bluffs gineer, yesterday before delegates to the Citizens Planning conference. The development would bring a j nine-foot channel on the river as far as Sioux City, connecting Omaha by i a direct water route with the sea and intracoastal waterways. In ad dition, Pick, said, the project would provide power to pump water for irrigation. The engineer pointed out the plan would both end the floods which j cause vast damage in wet years and . ... lmprove conditions in .Nebraska i I ure. The checkup of the place fail farms during drouth years. . . , . , Cost of such a development. Pick admitted, "may seem staggering . . . , , ,, . ,'ties nad consumed, but when compared to the cost ofi another drouth and flood damages' with losses of the past, it appears ' reasonable." The officer said there must be hundreds of miles of levees, a dozen or more dams to impound as much as 50 million acre feet of water, miles of irrigiation ditches and canals,! Mr. and Mrs. William Kief have numerous power plants and more 'a letter from their son, Cpl. August channel stabilization works. Farm- Kief, who is serving with the army ers in the Dakotas and Montana all in New Guinea, in which he as would be protected by the project, J sures them of his good health. He Pick emphasized. also praises the natural beauty of Walter R. Young, assistant chief engineer for the bureau of reclama- brown from the New Guinea sun tion, told the conference of the bur- shine," he said. Two other sons eau's plans for a billion dollar re - clamation program to follow the war. The program, Young said, would give a year's work to 425,000 men; bring 7,800,000 acres of land under irrigation, provide farms for 50 to 60 thousand farm families and per-l mit installation of three million kilo- watts of power-producing capacity. Francis L. Adams, regional ad- ministrator for the federal power! commission, Fort Worth, Tex., told the group that further development of federal power projects in states west of the Mississippi river in the' postwar period will provide electri- j cal energy to aid in converting war j plants to peacetime industrial uses. Other speakers yesterday included L. F. Watts, chief of the forest ser vice, Hugh H. Bennett, chief of the' soil conservation service for the de- partment of agriculture, and Dr. Karl A. Menninger, psychiatrist and j author. WK.f'. f Uanrutn?" London, June 16. U.P. The Daily Express learning of Hugh Baillie's arrival in London today replied "every time Baillie, president of the United Press of America, comes to England, something happens." The Express noted that Baillie visited London in 1935 and Musso lini attacked Abyssina. "He came in 1936 just in time for the abdica- cation of King Edward the Sth," it aded. "He came in 193S and chose Munich month, and he came in 1939 and heard Neville Chamberlain an nounce that England was at war." The Express interviewed Baillie on what he thought would happen this trip and quoted him as saying. "I'd like fo know what's going to happen this time." Smothered to Death Sioux Cit.y Iowa, June 12, (UP) Robert Johnson, Jr., nine, son of Rob ert Johnson, Moville, la., farmer, was smothered- to death yesterday when a tractor he was driving over turned pinning him in mud and water. Guest From Seward Toy Weaver has returned to his home in Seward after being a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Wil liamson here. Can Remember Old Friends In order that any of the old time friends may send cards or greetings .Archibald Adams on the occasion of his 100th birthday, we are pleas ed to give his address, 2637 P. street, Lincoln. Scout Executive Here Merle Coe, executive officer of the Arbor Lodge district of the Boy Scouts of America, was in the city Tuesday for a few hours to look after some matters in connection with the local Scout troops. William Gilmore at Rest William Gilmore, native of Cass county, who passed away a few days ago at Nampa, Idaho, was brought to this city and the funeral service held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Sattler funeral home at 4th and Vine streets. Dr. H. G. McClusky, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, conduct ed the services with the comforting thoughts of the scriptures. Raymond C. Cook gave two vocal ,sols. "Wonderful Peace" and "Lead 'cemetery, one of the pioneer rest- ing places of Cass County. Rnkrwrc Aro TVv Sheriff Joe Mrasek was called to Cedar Creek this morning by the report that the general store of A. O. Ault had been broken into. It was found by the sheriff on his ar rival that the entrance to the build- . dow on the west side of the sstru't- eu io reveal aujr loss save iwo uoi- ! , j - "'"6 "l l"c building are Brass an gravel and 110 iooiprinis were to De iouna ny tne officers. ' Writes from New Guinea i the country. "The boys are all 'aiso serve with the army. Staff Sergeant Louis W. Kief, who enlist- ed three years ag0i g stationed at San Luis Obispo, Cal. Pfc. Edgar . Kief wag jndueted a year ago and is iocated at Nashville, Tenn. Rg p Sheridan Mrs- Miles Allen- who has-been en- a en turiougn nere wun L"c 1"cuuo' last veninS tor Fort Sheridan, - where he is in training. He oas naa me pleasure since uemg ai Fort Sheridan of contacting Jerry White who is also there and they have had many pleasant visits. Hack at Work Miss Georgia Carey, junior clerk at the ration office, i3 back at work after an illness caused by throat in- ; lection Bay War Bonds Your discarded garden tools, lawn mowers, etc., can help the war program in two ways. Aside from raising money for bonds by selling them, you can place these useful articles in the hands of people who urgently NEED them. Here's how other Plattsmouth people sell used things by using Journal WANT ADS. You don't have to come downtown to order a Want Ad-just telephone Funeral of Mrs. Verheul The funeral services ,of Mrs. Liz zie Verheul were held on Tuesday afternoon at the Sattler funeral home, at 4th and Vine streets, with many of the old friends and neigh bors in attendance. Rev. Steinbeck of the South Park Independent church conducted the services and brought the message of comfort to the members of the fam ily circle. During the service Frank A. Cloidt gave two numbers, "The Old Rugged Cross," and "Face to Face,' with E. H. Wescott as the accom panist. The pallbearers were neighbors and old friends comprising , Henry and Carl Dooley, Chester Wall, Al bert Swenniker, Neil Lancaster and D. T. Stapp. The interment was at Oak Hill cemetery. Undergoes Operation Kathleen Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Snyder, was oper ated on at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha for a throat affliction from which she has suffered for some time. The operation was quite suc cessful and the patient is now recup erating at the home of her grand mother, Mrs. G. W. Snyder at Oma ha. Young Sailor Weds This morning at 5 bells 5:30 a. m.) Judge A. H. Duxbury was arous ed and hitting the deck discovered a young sailor and his companion awaiting the opportunity of being married. The Judge himself a former sailor of World War 1, accomodated the couple and read the marriage lines for Merle W. Young, and Miss Lois McDaniel, both of Omaha. The young people were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert LeClair, also of Omaha, the witnesses having been married here by Judge Duxbury three years ago. Return After Visit Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Williamson have returned to their home in Sew ard after visiting here at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Williamson. Re turning with them for a visit were their grandsons, John and Darrell Williamson. Polish Forces Ready Bagdad, June 16, U.P. General Vladislaw Sikorsli, Premier of the Polish government in exile said to day that Polish forces in the east and in the United Kingdom soon would be "in full readiness to fight." After inspecting Polish units in the middle east, he said the forma tion of the army in this area now was difinitely completed. m TOOLS ijpfw THRASH pr TOJO! PAGE THSEE Salt Creek High With the prediction of more showers over the entire state to day, little encouragement was giv en flood stricken areas in Nebraska. Although conditions south of Lin coin were generally under control this morning back waters threaten ed the already swollen Salt Creek channel causing evacuation of some families. Only rainfall recorded during the night was at .Omaha and Valentine where .15 to .29 inch respectively was recorded. Temperatures yesterday were varied, reporting a high of S3 de grees at North Platte and dipping to a low of 4 7 at Chadron early to day. Ranges showed Lincoln 82-63, Omaha 80-63, Valentine 76-51 and North Platte 83-55. The low of 43 was recorded at Sidney 'early today. St. Paul's Circle The members of Circle 3 of the St. Paul's Guild met on Tuesday eve ning at the home of Mrs. Raymond Hild with Mrs. Emil Schmidt as co-hostess where a very interesting time was enjoyed. The regular business session was held by Mrs. Leonard Bow. The devotionals were given by Ann Hassler. The entertainment for the eve ing was playing Bingo and prizes were given. There were eight members and six visitors present. A delicious lunch was served at the close of the evening. Nurse Lieutenant Here Lieutenant Betty Briggs, army nurse, in service at the post hospi tal at Camp Crowder, Missouri, has been home for a visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Briggs, at Omaha, enjoying a short fur lough from her duties. Lieutenant Briggs was here for a short visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Briggs and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hartwick. She likes her station very much and glad to have the opportunity of helping in the war effort. Here after Training Lieutenant and Mrs. F. G. Hud son are visiting at the home of Mrs. Hudson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. V. Suddith, in Murray. Lieut. Hud. son has just finished an army training course in Fort Benning, Georgia. Visits in Lincoln Miss Verna Leonard has return ed from Lincoln where she visited with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Worley. 0