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taQNPAY. APRIL Casscades ELECTION SUMMARY The city election Tuesday, high spot of the week tor Flattsmouth voters, held plenty of interest for their children, too. Youngsters slipped quietly into the polling places alter the counting of bal lots had begun to hover timidly near the taoie trying to get a peek at the returns. They used the tele phone, too. The Daily Journal telephone buzzed almost constant ly lor about an hour Wednesday morning with youthful voices wanting to know "how did the election come out?" Your mana ging editor still somewhat of a stranger to Plattsmouth after less than a week on the job became sligntly contused, and dashed to the C. A. Kuse Motor company to check on the returns from the FIRST ward of the SECOND pre cinct. CRCHIDS Orchids to Mrs. Clem ' Woster who put Plattsmouth into the fic tional limelight with her story "Luella Lightens the Load" in the magazine section of the Sunday World-Herald. It's only the first of a series, so Plattsmouth is look ing forward to reading more about itself in her future stories. And the reading is enjoyable for Mrs. Woster spins a good yarn. MORE ORCHIDS Another bouquet goes this week u " r -";( phone building. Word to this ef- Larry Mortensen, carrier boy for i , , j j j nr i t i ut-ti" o feet was received Yv ednesd3y The Dailv Journal, had a little ac- , .i" ..I. i v u ,r, from . L. Eckles, area managei cident the other day when the sun j . L , , n . V. ' nnj w ,,f.of the Lincoln Telephone and ppilled Larry and his bicyle. Larry wasn't hurt, but his bicycle didn't Eurvive. Bert helped Larry out by carrying The Daily Journal foi the boy that day. But that didn't solve the problem of the bicycle fo Bert went shopping and if the shortage of bicycles isn't still pre- exiling. y ' 1 1 - , - - - .-, i new ''bike." THE IRONY OF IT ALI There just isn't any justice. Ati least, there vvasn t tor one a. installation of dial ser ! heId s5nce 1942' four men wil1 be dealer in Plattsmouth the other . Pf rmi tne installation ol dial ser-' day. It all happened when thevce for the community. Work of;SerVlCeS Saturday . mail carrier walked into the meat: dealer's store with some mail. The S meat dealer picked up a letter and' m -1 started to open it. ine man car-, rier asked how much the T-bone ; .teaks were. "Forty-five cents a pound," was the prompt reply. j lu .l"mi),f"on as rapiaiy as ma The mail carrier said he would j teiial?! becme available. take five T-bone steaks and the'Q meat dealer dropped the letter and , r'lattSmOUtn More wrapped up the steaks. Than Doilbles'Red seology of the letter, but it wasjClOSS Drive QllOta from the OPA and it informed the; dealer that effective immediatly , Fiattsmouth went far over the he could raise the prices 0:1 a cer- j P whfn more than doubled tain cut of beef. quta set or h.e ann"al Rf You guessed it. From then on Cross drive. Captains and work he could charge 53 cents a pound rs alike gave much time and ef- f or T-bone steaks! I fort in. ma the dnv a su.c" i cess when they went all out in ri ncr r a 1 1 ! th"r various neighborhood to t-UOSt. CALL ! ,.r,.v n thoir rrivon tacl-c A thousand dollars worth of, lCV iUIiULUir nau ju-l y--j siore " -j packaged in the rear of the buil- ing when the fire broke out Fri- store and was still wrapped and:,;. , , Xn.-, ing the firemen saved the da but, c gai .., several bystanders and firemerH a, of the fw too were thankfu the fire ddrt, &nd for the f break out W ednesday when Platts-, haye done J mouth was swept by a high wind., As chai;man for the dHv The Friday mmning rain helpea Casey orJranized the WOrk to b matters too All in all, nature co-j done and appointed ward operated in fine fashion with the, tains whQ Jn turn appointed fire department workers with a total of more than 100 volunteers to canvass NEHAWKA METEOR ' I tne cit Nehawka residents are talking j Ward captains were Mrs- Em. about meteors these days. lheTnons Richey first ward; L A other day a detonation in the j Caldwellf second ward; Walter southern part of the town wasTritsch( third ward; Mrg Frank heard. A little investigating re-1 Gobelman, fourth ward; and vealed some smoke and a sulphur- j Mrs Johri Fjtch f ifth ward ous odor and a small craier, auoui a foot deep and 18 inches in dia meter, was found in a soft patch of ground. V. O. Lundber, Ne hawka garageman, wonders if it was a meteor which disintegrated r.n rnitacr. with the damn soil. A lot of other Xehawkans are also'the Philippines this week, his wife M-onderint? the same thing. Uotlu veunesciay. ne nas Deen ov- any ideas? BOMBER EXPERT Clyde Sheard, KJ son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sheard and a car rier boy for The Daily Journal, doens't have to see airplanes to tell what kind they are . . . Clyde j reported Saturday morning that he saw 35 B-2i Superfortresses flying over Plattsmouth . . . They were going east, fiyir.g in forma tion, seven in a flight ... It hap pened about 9:o0 a. m. . . . wnen asked how he knew they were B-; 29's, Clyde : replied casually, "I! could tell by the sound of the mo-j tors.," Plattsmouth Couple Is Married Tuesday Mauae u. x nomas, oi., 11 Kaufman, 50, both of' Ports mouth were married Tuesday at the court house. The ceremony was performed in the office of the county judge by Judge Paul E. Fauquet. 8, 194(J I wrrice 10 iviaite Dairy Feed Payments WEEPING WATER The AAh office here has been authorized tc make dairy leed production pay ments for January. February ano I YiafrVi TM-nrlnrrinr it wa5 announ ced Wednesday. Milk and cream stubs for thost three months should be sent' tc tuc .n...".-. uiiH-l. wcic i ajaitiiw ; this production began Monoa ' and will continue until May 31 1 The stubs should be sent to tht AAA office as soon as possible ; and each stub must have tint, names of the buyer and the sel; er. James Cullen, Avoca, Injured in Accident AVOCA, (bpecial) James Cullen was injured in an auto ac cident near Keliance, S. D., last week and is still in the hospital there. Mrs. Cullen, Miss Fetrenella Cullen and her brother, Bernard, and Miss Phylis Straub were also involved in the accident, which completely wrecked the car, but they were only bruised and shak en up. Phone Building Will tie Delayed The recent government order restricting the use of materials for commercial buildings possibly will result in a delay in construc tion of Plattsmouth's new tele- Telegraph company. Construction of the building originally was scheduled to begin more than four years ago, but t work was halted following the out break of the war. The company will make ever effort to resume, at the earliest possible date, construction which j. , a few days ago was stoPPed be' cause of current restrictive or- ders !t is hoPed that the neces- ry approval may be granted foi tuC itii.une uibiru- ments, in Plattsmouth to hand sets- recently begun by a special if iT-w will pnnf inna s s.rrAi - rt , - - .s LcKles, and other projects of ex-; "? improving outs.de ue cununuw . V" V I man man jiui Peel Cross di'ive in Plaits-'good Wednesday showing that a of s, 02215 had been M , o T, , iU ected here. The quota for the city c Arrive on West Coast Murray, (Special) Staff Sgt Olin E. Morris, Murray, is expect ed to arrive at the west coast from said Wednesday. He has been ov erseas a year and expects to be discharged and return home by Easter. Dale Hansen han arrived on the west coast from Tokyo. He called his wife to tell her of his arrival in the States. Raise Teachers' Pay At Weeping Water WEEPING WATER Salary in creases ranging from $70 to 200 yearly WOre in-anted Monday bv the board of education for all teachers in schools here. The board also accepted, the resigna tion of Miss Ethel Mo6k, " first grade teacher. Increases of $90-a year were voted for Supt. T. 11. Dappen and Principal W. K. Zalman. A raise of $70 was voted for each grade tf-achpr rind S'200 for "Mrs. - Reu- hnn" Pa or. nrl TlTra Trma El-: gaard, both ,of the high - school faculty. The teachers have 10 days ia which to -accept. 7, p.r- "ijj? " jM X Nrw FrTK Milan F Mv.r" ", ft T"yv !ttv editor f Th? VrV.r Spnitinel. Holland. Moh fsnmd , th duties of of The Daily Journal Monday, succeedine ! Jfohert. B, Stnaffer, who re- signed to enter retail business in Nebraska City. An expand ed local and county 'news pro gram will be instituted under Murray's direction. Knights l emplar Resumes Annual banquet rriday Discontinued during the war, the annual banquet of the Mt. Zion Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar of Nebraska, will be re sumed Friday at the Masonic hall here when four past commanders of the Mt. Zion Commandery will be presented with past commander jewels, William F. Evers, r past commander and grand standard bearer of the Grand Commandery! Knights Templar of Nebraska, 'an nounced Tuesday. The banquet, the one occasion when the ladies of the knights jean be present, will bejin at 6:30 I p. m- Rev. Pfoutz to Speak Because no banquet has been For W. H. Pankonin Funeral services for W. H. Pan- Monday evening n ' Louisville, will be g at the Methodjgt church in Louisviiie Leonard Pankonin, a son, re cently discharged from the ser vice in Oakland, Calif., will arrive Thursday night for the funeral Plattsmouth Has Spoken The campaign is over,, and Plat tsmouth residents have spoken. . Their desires and hopes for the town will be the paramount ob jective of the new mayor and his official family. What they do, or bad, will be either com- Rf ha on Tvr elected are good men, "as were the other candidates. Winners and losers, alike, had one idea: That Plattsmouth must move forward in the same manner in which the pioneers who founded the town dreamed it would. Petty differences or personali ties should be forgotten. All, the official family and residents to gether, must Carry" forward on a militant front. United the town will progress, divided it will stag nate. Those Who served in " the fight that decided that it should be cooperation instead of regimenta tion want the town to forge on ward. The Daily Journal stands ready to fullfill its role in the advance ment of the community and pledges its full cooperation to the new official family. 'At the same time The "Daily Journal wishes to' call attention to the fact that the outgoing council has labored under terrific odds. The men serving, served as they thought the residents of the town, the voters who selected them, wished. They acted as they thought the town desired. They should be commended for the work accom plished. , , Tractor Overturns; Breaks Collarbone Of Levi Wilson Levi Wilson, who lives on O street road between Avoca and Otoe, suffered , a , broken collar bone and shoulder injuries; Wed nesday morning when the tractor he was driving overturned while crossing a, ditch, and he was pin ned underpeath at. - ';, Ife :is now;' in the : hospital ;at Otoe, his neck-an(L&ouldex-en- HiSgisUh'S &miM mm&Wmr (waWitfttjTthoTimixu Cfefeosplg i - i Election Result s All Incumbents Reelected Weeping Watr, (Special) All incumbents ,were( reelected in the city' electldn here'Tuesday. 'Returned to office were D. D. Wainscott, mayor: Dr. C. O. Her man, first ward councilman; Ralph Keckler, second ward councilman; Archie' Crozier, ' clerk and treas urer, and'E. B. Taylor, police judge. Richard Hobson and Rasmus Lauf itzen, jr., were reelected to the board of education. Union Electa ' Trustees . . "Union, (Special) Louis Bur-bee,- Kent Frans and Michael Rich were elected village trustees in the Union village election Tuesday. Burbee polled 48 votes, Frans 46, Rich 38, while W.-B. Banning poll ed 38, Frank Anderson 36 and Ed Morris 24. -Howard Snodgrass was elected village clerk, 41-39, over Mary Becker. Violet Attebery was un opposed for village treasurer. Two Nmed to Board Murray, (Special) Gus Bru bacher and Lucien Carper "were elected to the Murray village board at the Tuesday election. Dale Wohefarth "was elected treasurer. Nehawka Holds Election Nehawka, (Special) Arthur Wolph was elected and Verner Lundberg was reelected to the Nehawka village board in the election here Tuesday. Robert Wunderlich -and Sheldon Mitch ell also were candidates. Retiring member was Herbert Kuntz. Wolph "and Harry Knabe were elected to the school - board suc ceeding Verner Lundberg and Glenn Rutledge. They defeated Malcolm ' Pollard and Chester Stone. Jean Lloyd to Girls' State Jean Lloyd has been selected to attend the Cornhusker Girls' State to be held in Lincoln June 1 to 8 on the campus of the Uni versity of "Nebraska, Irs. Ada Kraybill, American Legion Aux iliwy president, announced Wed nesday. She is a junior in high school and was chosen on the basis of her outstanding qualifi cations in good health, good char acter, high scholastic " standing, arid ability for leadership. Joan Gradoville,' also a mem ber of the junior class, was chos en as the alternate. Cornhusker Girls' State was inaugurated in Nebraska in 1&39 under the direction of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary. The lo cal organization is sponsoring Jean as one of the 150 girls from the state to attend the meeting. Girls' State is primarily an educational program designed to give a practical working knowl edge of the structure of city and state government. The girls will elect their own officials, in cluding governor and other state officials, 'judges, members of a unicameral legislature and city officials in accordance with Ne braska law. fThey will organs ize their own unicameral, where they will introduce, debate and pass bills; they will conduct court sessions, trying actual cases; they will set up their city and county governments, pass ing and enforcing ordinances; they apply for," and are appointed to the various positions in state government; they visit the state capital where eacn girl receives instruction in the office corres ponding to the one she'holds'in Girls' State. Rotarians Elect JdlinTra8y as New President John Frady 'was-elected presi dent of the Plattsmouth Rotary club at the club's luncheon weekly meeting Tuesday in !Bestors din ing TOom. lie succeeds Dwight Ed wards. Emmons J. Richey was elected vice president, J. Howard Davis, secretary; Emil A. Wurl, treasur er; 'Fred Lugsch, Sergeant-at-arms; and E. H. Bernhardt and T. I. Friest were named to the board of directors. The' board of directors now in cludes the new president, Richey Davis and x Wurl "by virtue of their election to office, the two newly-elected "directors, Bernhardt and Friest, and the pasfpresident, Edwards. "Lt" Donald 'McPherson, former ly of - Plattsmouth," was the special speaker at the luncheon. 'He told the. Rotarians of . his experiences in the army air' forces. fllisr wife was also 'present at 'the?luncheon "Visitors were "Ray ' MuSzy of Fremont arid 'Mr. and Mrs." I. L. Kocian, Plattsmouth. Junior "Rotarians for the first time" included two high school girls in addition to a boy. Junior liotanans are wioneu ixuui among, the, high school boj;s to -at- tend Rotary meetings; "'for one missioners,, are Chairman II. C. month, but eince the! club had al- Backemcyer, William Hart and C. ready bad ajl the-'Hih school boys,W,,,Stoebr '.1 " ,! THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB HA SKA -in Cass County as junior Rotarians, girls were sel ected. The girls were Claudine ileller and Jeanne Collins, John imball, last of the high school oys to attend; was also a junior Rotarian. Plattsmoiith'Co Purchases Style Graft 'Company The Style Craft Manufacturing Co., manufactures of men's robes, located in the American Legion building in Plattsmouth, has been purchased by the Plattsmouth Manufacturing Co., Inc., Charles Babian, Style Craft company plant superintendent. Babian has been plant superin tendent for Style Craft since the company began operations two years ago. Mrs. Charles Babian will be in charge of the Plattsmouth Manu facturing Co., Inc., which will continue to manufacture men's lounging robes, Babian said. Babian will be associated with the Huron Manufacturing Co., Colvin-Heyn, Plattsmouth CHARLES BABIAN Inc., at Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he will be -production manager. He plans to make his headquarters in Fort Dodge for the present. Babian is also production mana ger for all subsidiaries of the Graymore Fashions, Inc., New York City. The corporation has four plants, including the newly purchased one here. In addition to the Plattsmouth and Fort Dodge companies, it has plants at Fall River, Mass., and one in Il linois. John W. Schaefer, New York Icity, is president of the Platts mouth manufacturing Co., Inc., as well as the other three subsid iaries of Graymore Fashions, Inc., The Style Craft company was owned by Boris Visty of Omaha. County Leases Farm; Will Ue Nursing Home The Cass county board of com missioners has leased the county farm to Mrs. Sadie Raines, Weep ing Water," and the farm will be converted into a private nursing home, Miss Ardyth Hall, county public welfare director announced Thursday. Miss Hall praised the board for its farsightedness in making the move that puts Cass county with the small proportion of counties in the state that have lessened county expenses by discontinuing county farms. . ' ' No Expense For ' County The county will in no way be connected with "the 'nursing home, which will be called Hillcrest," Miss Hall emphasized, and it will be en tirely releived of expenses neces sary to maintain the home. The lease became effective April 1 and Mrs. Raines hopes to have the home in operation by May 1. The 15-room brick house three miles west of Plattsmouth on the cemetery road has been turned over to Mrs. Raines fully equipped for operating a nursing home. The farm ' land in connection with the home has been 'leased by the county to 'Norman Renner, Miss Hall stated, and rental-from the home and the farm land will be paid to the county. Home' Has Been Needed Tllrs. Raines, who has operated a nursing home at Weeping Water for ten years, hopes to be able to accomodate' 20 people at the Hill crest home. "She will continue to maintain the -home at Weeping Water where 22 guests reside. She plans to have a trained nurse'at the Hillcrest home to care for those who are unable to obtain hospital care. Negotiations for leasing "the home -have been underway for Lab-out' two months and aresolution favoring hc move was adopted .at r the March , 1 meeting of the com missioners. , Plattsmouth has long ; needed such a home, Miss .'Hall pointed out, and it 'is due to 'the long range viewpoint - of "the -"'county coinmissjoners thafsuch anMnsti- ution has been wade ava lablc. .. ; Members of the board of fcom- j-.v..rv..-v.' . xfiJt .-..- -y.-.v.-:- .:: .-rA-? ': ' n i tth. ,. .v.v. a I M - 'Democrdt Plattsmouth voters, 1,178 'strofigelectedepUblicSn Clem Wost6r7rfiayer -Tuesday in 4he first 'election Ulider the new system of two.'wards with two precincts each Instead of the previous five 'Wards. Woster "polled 723 votes to lead' ihefieid'bf eatjdi- dates to H44 - for Milo 'Price, democratic candidate for mayor. , . Tha iiirlnffirlftl ftfriulation -trave Wo'ster'a'Triajority of 279 in one of ;Plattsmouth'sjheaviest votes for ra City elec- tion. Even In 1944, a'presiaen-'r tial election year, : 1,251 ' votes wete'cast. . 7 Democrats Ooroloate ? Democrats dominated the ' north ward. "M." D. Btdwn Vas 'elected as long term councilman ,with 335 votes to Vrhe Waterman's 194, giving the democratic '-Candidate a 'majority of" 141. ; Clyde ' Rosboroujgh canie through with 282 votes for short term councilman winning - over A. -B. Rogers," republican, 'by' aare'- 47 margin. , . j Republican . candidates, - Leslie Hutchinson and Robert M. Painter were elected to' the council from the south ward. 'Hutchinson tallied' 393 votes to V. O. Kelley's 224 to gain a 169 "majority in the tace for long term council post. Painter had 435 votes to'R. H. Bestor's 192 for a '243 majority 'and the! short term seat on the covineiL MannNotti Out"i5l3tnr !But it "remained for iR6brt Mann, republican, "and ;Erwin Siemers, democrat, tojput on the closest race in the 'electidn. In three precincts they remained close together, but 'in the second precinct of the'second ward Marin came through with ; 144 votes to Siemers 533, a narrow 34-vote Mann had a total of 574 votes to Siemers" 533 a "narrow 34-vote margin. Police" Judge C' L. Graves, the choice of both parties, to succeed himself in office, polled 1019 votesSeveral write-ins dotted the balloting for judge. Mrs. Hazel McCofd'led the way in the fur-way"tace for "the two school board seats. She" chalked tip 700 votes, second "highest in the elecfton. While William"Evers'haJ 561 to 'gain the 'other 'Vacancy. William li Schmtdtmann tailied 507 and Emil Wurl had 475. Official Canvass 'Monday Voting lagged during the' morn ing hdurs Tuesday, but later in the day it picked up.1 Heaviest vot ing was "at the' Cass County Mot or company, first "precinct of the second ward, where '403 votes were cast. "At Ruse 'Motor com pany, second precinct in the first ward, 280 votes were counted. Two hundred and 58 votes were cast at the court house, first pre cinct of the first ward. At the Recreation Center, second precin ct of the second ward,-237 votes were cast. The official canvass will be held Monday when the City coun cil "meets. The new - officers-will take over the reins of the council April 22, when they will be sworn into office. honored instead of the customary one. The four who will receive past commander jewels' are: Will iam P. Kraeger, Leonard A. 'Born, George W. Brinklow and Louis E. Friedrich. The affair will be in the nature of a homecoming for Rev. Frank E. Pfoutz, Lincoln, grand prelate of the Grand Commandery, Knights ' Templar of "Nebraska, who is a former pastor of the Methodist church here and ' who received his orders of khighthood here. 7Rev. "Pfoutz is superintend ent of the Lincoln -district of the Nebraskan Methodist conference. He . will 'give anatldress on tenlp larism'at the 'banquet Friday. Wehrbein Is'Toastmaster Toastmaster will be Edward F. Wehrbein. Dr. Harry G. McClusky will give the invocation which will be followed by a vocal solo by Raymond C. Cook. J. Howard Dav is will make the welcome address and the response will be given by Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt. The presen tation of the past commander jew els will then be "made "by Evers, and Frank A. Cloidt 'will Sing a solo to be 'followed by Rev.i Pfoutz. "'Rev. " T. r Porter "Bennett will give the"inrocation. Two to -Board Eagle, '(Special)- D. E.' Under wood and H C. 0. 'i Wright ; were elected ;members - of the" village board Tuesday succeeding Valley Trumble . and ' Elmer Seeman, whose" names also appeared on the ballot. - . Clyde Wertzel and Claude Ger hard werev elected to "three-year teams' on the board pf Education Henry -Wiilf was elected to a two. year term. The other " candidates were Floyd '-'Althouse, CeOfge Rocknbach ;and Howard Read. South t Bend, t (Special) -Tyler Kttnn. George Trier, BW Rosn crans, Jess Fidler 1 and W, : J, O'Brien were elected to1 the vil lage board of trustees here Tuesday.-' . Eagl OUSSSli 4o 'Two Inflection 'Mnrdork.- Soecial) The'un of ficialYeturnsi b f 'the' village" elec tion here Tuesday showed R. nineriie -and C. 'E. Elseman tied for eiection'as village trustee" with 25 votes each. 'A. J. Wien polled 30 votes to win a seat on the "trustee board. H.' J. Afngwert received 10 votes. Uarman rTriinlr -"received 57 votes "and Florence WcDbhald r36 to be elected to the school.' board for three-year terms. William Eisele 'had 81 votes rand Louis Schmidt 15. Chamber Holds tet Highlighted by the " announce ment that Don J. " Arundel, "Mu tual ' Lodn and 'Finance company manager, has been "selected "as paid "part-time secretary and the report by Robert 'Bestor that 116 had signed during the member ship7 drive for" membership for the comirig year, the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting of the new Cham ber year Thursday 1 in Bestor's dining room. The meeting "was the first fol lowing the "reelection 'of all of ficers. They were Edward Egen berger, 'president; -Lester Thim gan, vice-president, and F. I.'-Rea, treasurer. 'President Egenberger praised I. L." Kocian, secretary, fdr the' man ner, in. ;.which he 'had ' served the Chamber. The' selection f Arun del as 'paid' secretary 'will Telieve Kocian of his duties. ' Ui-fe Phone Building Following announcement of an invitation proffered the Chamber by the Glenwood. Ia., Chamber of Commerce 'and Rotary and Li ons club to attend -a 'dinner at Glenwood Friday, April "12 several members indicated their intention to attend the meeting. Speaker at 'tie meeting 'will be Maj. Lewis A. Pick, division engi neer of the "Missouri river divi sion of the War Department, and co-author of the -Pick-Sloan plan for development of the "Missouri river. The chamber driected the ex ecutive committee to draw up j resolution outlining the need for the resumption " of "the construe tion of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company building here, Construction was halted by the government's stop order on all "non-essentrj" building March 26." The resolution will be sent ' to proper "authorities to Impress up on them the need for the building! The subject was introduced by Carl bchneider. "Woster SpeaLs Briefly Clem Woster, mayor-elect, spoke briefly, as' assuring the members that "the "hewT city administration would cooperate ' in every " man ner possible with the chamber. Considerable 'discussion center ed 'around 'the 'proposed "merger of 'the "Business Men's vAd club arid the Chamber. The executive committee was directed to' make arrangements to "meet with rep resentatives of the Business Men's Ad club to discuss the merger. In commenting on the '"mem bership drive, Bestor said that the surprising aspect of the cam paign 'was that few business ; men definitely tefused to join the Chamber. Initiate 50"Members At Cburitytiiig ; Of Americati1 Legion jj Some 50'new'members of 'Cas3 county American 'Legion - posts were initiated at a county meet ing held in "Weeping" Water 'Fri day' ni jht in the ''American" Legion hall. Oliver Schneber;- Union, dis trict 'commander "'resided. , Members, from .Vji'd'sts in 'Ne- hawKa, Louisville, Union, "Elm wood, "Greenwood, WCeping 'Wa ter and Plattsmouth . attended. Other 'high Legion . officers at tending were Father - McFadden, Syracuse, district chaplain, and Richard Spooler, a member of the state office. $ Hemian Ellingson, Plattsmouth, took, part -in the initiatioh as er-geant-at-arms. 1 'Approximately 2Q from : here -attended, Including. Fred Herbster, Clyde TRosborough, L H.-3ihrends, M. D.' Brown Roy Ellingson, -Leo " Boyrtton, Fred Fcldhaueen, Donald ''CleVengcr, RichaTdMojus, tv Forest Wood, Lcohatdj. Brothers, Paul Barker and V-ic'Nord. Read Journal Want Ads Meeting X. ., .' i - i Colvin-Hvn. PlatHmoulh TO -LEXVE 'HERE Richard ! Logsdon, who has been'manager of the Hinlty Dinky store will be 'transferred "soon toTa atpre i-in Omaha," b'uf plana "to" rnaintain ' his home for the present ' in "Plattsmouth. 'He 'eJtpects. o stay " at the local, store during the week'aAd will 'then take'Up his new duties in Cinaha. jDr dell Hennings, recently dis charged from the Seabees, is the new -manager -of the store here.. He was manager before entering the service. lay WEEPING WATER, (Special) Mrs.' Arminda Spencer, 80, long-time resident of Weeping Wa ter, died 'Thursday evening at the home of 'her daughter, Mrs. Hen ry Christensen," near here. Funeral " services Will be held Sunday at 2:30 'p. m. at the Hob son Funeral home. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery." The widow of 'Alexander; JSpen cer'Mrs. Spencer came to "Weep ing rWater in 1894 and had Jived here continuously. She was" born April :19, 1865, in Newton Ia. She' had been'in ill health for some time. 'Survivors include: Four daugh fprs. Mrs.- Christensen. Mrs.iF.'E. f Scoville, Portland, Ore., "Mrs. Ir- ma Ruhga, - Osceola, - Neb. ; r and Mrs. Carl . Tiffany, Colfax, Ia. ; two brothers, David 'and - Ale Pat terson," both of Weeping ' Water. Mr. - arid Mrs. rTif f arty arid Mi s. Spencer's granddaughter. 'Mrs. Vernon Duwe, Waterloo Ias, ar rived here Sunday. Mr. Duwe is also expected to come. Mrs Spencer's daughter-in-law; Mrs. Ray Spencer, Alliance, and her two sons arnveu - xnuay 'iuvuii. rEams ' for 3rd -Gmdie Certificate April 113 i The Nebraska Estate teachers Ex aminations - for " the ' third 'grade Elementary certificate will D8-- given Saturday, April 13, at the court house in PlattsmouthitWas announced Friday - by the " office of the county superintendent. Righ ?n3 Debaters st M State Festival ; "Miss "Beatrice 'Koch, dramatic coach T at Plattsmouth 'high "school, the hfgh school 'debating team and its ' coach, ' Principal Milo ; Price, will take;" part-'Friday arid Satur day in- the University ' of 'Nebras ka's first TAhnual 'all-state Speech, debate iand drainatic festival at Lincoln. . 1iliss:;Koch is'ap petfrinff on - the program for speech teachers. She has taken speech work, under Dr. Leroy T. Lasc, - chairman of the department of speech "and dram atic "art 'at" the university. Debate on Conscription In the' debate' section 6fthe"f es- tival the high school debate team . will debate, six times.Friia"y "and Saturday . on" 4he ' national question for ' high - 'school "debaters, .The question this : year concerns" the pro and con of ' permanent peace time-military conscription. Two periods of -roundtable discussion. will 'highlight the t program. four best debaters 'from 'all parts of the state -will ; broadcastVover the radio Saturday. PLVilii nan, timciouu num 04'U Kenneth '.Fiteh, all -Juniors,: ztfill represent PlattSmoiith high" school in : the debate -section. "'Mtner Hurst; sophomore,5 willtterHjthe festivat-'as- alternate. ' '-" 'Keith Fitek:t e$V The. Plattsmouth 'debaters have debated 'teams frt'm'oth'eV.-'fttobIs sereral times' durig'Hhijj-'-fe;mett!r of school. Yearns "from vpmaha South, Omaha ' Ktfrth, oTechhical high arid OmahaCtntrafhave'll been debated' by thcPIitttnbuth boys... --' .. - 'f--- --; The"' boys arid ihclr' Cd'ach.Prin. cipal Price,will" 'ipeftd Fftyay nishrin'.' Ltftcoln"iarid fetUmhttif Saturday " erenirlg ' after 'tne ?de bating "is "oyer. - Keith Fitch T is Entered 'in '.'the "rTgina1.:oyayy contest, 8lso.. He :, wairitte the speech which " won hint 3c";on4 ; place in the state Legion : oratori cal contest last wees. 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