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if VOLUME 62 PLATTSMOUTH,NEBRASKA MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1947 NO. 28 Casscades There have been many requests for back copies of The Journal by readers who are saving the Rock Bluff series. Many old. timers keep a running file on Cass county events. The yarn about Harry Hill's ex ecution in the old county jail also brought back copy requests. One woman called and asked for that paper with an explanation her hus band had wanted to save it but their baby had made confetti out of the pages. For a second straight year, Ron old Stewart, brother of the local high school coach, is taking his Wnango basketball team to the ftate tournament at Lincoln. Ven ango had a tough row to hoe in the district tournament and had to eliminate two strong ball clubs. The locals trimmed Venango on the local court early in the season. The business man wearing a ratrh over hLs left eve got the bmis wen he was slupwd from behind after suggesting the depar ture of a customer. The latter lidn't exactly fare out so wetl thereafter. Everywhere about town Sunday people were talking about snow. Their anticipation was realized today when flurries of the white stuff covered the ground. Every one seems to be of the opinion we need one more good snow be fore forgetting the rugged winter. There was quite a noisy dis turbance in the 500 block on Main ptreeet Sunday evening. The of ficer standing on the curbing r.bout a block away did not hear ft. however. Not too long ago some local par- ties experienced difficulties with J raee officers of a nearby city. Their troubles might not have ; been so bad except that one of , the policemen later discovered ! one of th offenders was in pos-' session of his badge. ! The national plow contest here next fall is going to be a big event for .Cass county. It deserves sup port 'from the public' The monthly meeting of the Cub Scouts of the. Christian and Metho dist churches was held Friday evening In the Methodist church parlors. A covered dish , supper was served to 160 Cubs and their families. Tables were decorated in the Cub colors, blue and gold. Each Den used blue and gold nut cups and place cards with the den Insignia. Ray Nelson, Lin coln. Comhusker Council commit teeman, gave a talk preceding the awarding of advancements to the Cubs. Awards were presented by George Ebersole. Mtmorv lane Dwyer Building Fire 1 0 Years Ago Took Life Here is a well' remembered event from the Journal files of 10 years a?o: "An early morning fire caused $5,000 damage to the Dwyer building and took the life of Anthony Katheiser, 30. The fire was first d:scovered by Police Officer Jarvis Lmcaster . . . .Winners at the MINK music contest at Peru included Rachel Pobrr""i. Al'en White, Theo dn- Libechal, Shirley Seiver jnri lf clubs . . . Mr. ad Mrs. R. V BucMnan, Everett Pickens rM D-n Rii rti't-ned from a vrtion tour of the southern states. ' EiartoH officers of the Plas rntMtV) T5rfrn','e c'"H were Bob Wiirl. n"Wr. Oris BuHn. vir rrsiHrt ppt'i Vandervoort, froasMrer F-ith Solomon. secre-f-v, rM Gertrude Viilorv. a s;rfAnt secretary . . . Jack Frans Of Mrrriv W? bitt'l tV a do . . . TV r'ocr. Pansv Bpautv, sold for 1,000 nt Na'Va "irtSnn, M Mrs. Lorn p. oto rtnm,,1 from a '"lonth's Vme--r'oon In t c-"th. ... Mrs. E. G. Ofe sailed fm Vni''e- B C. on p trin r Honolulu, Mss Ruth Patton visited t Orra M qnd Havlock . . .Searl S. D' w8 niastef of cererncmiea at the tenth anniversary meet KILPATRICK TAKES PULPIT AT MAYNARD The Rev. Ivan Kilpatrick has ta ken over his duties as new pastor of the United Brethren church at Mynard. -He succeeds the Rev. Lee Huebe'rt who resigned Nov. 1st to work on his degree at York college. The new minister comes from Cotesfield, Nebr. He has been a member of the Nebraska confer ence for 15 years. His most re cent charge was at Laurel where he preached prior to a stay in Oregon caring for a brother who had been ill for some time. He has a wife and two daughters. Mrs. Franke To Head Easter Seal Drive In County Mf. Evfb"n F-anke. Cedar Creek, will direct the 14'h annual Faster Seal sale for crinpled chil dren in Cass County, it was an nounced todav by W. O. Svanson, president of the Nebraska Society for Crippled Children. The Rrcietv snonpos th distri bution of Easter Seals during the month before Easter, as a part of a" npfon-w'e dnre to provide funds for various services to the crippled and th e handicapped. The 194? campaign will hi held throughout the nation until Ap ril C. Funds raised will be used for corrective shoes, braces, crutch es, and wheel chairs; transporta tion to clinics, hospitals and schools; Convalescent care, physiotherapy, speech therapy and other services for the thou sands of crippled children in Ne braska. Mrs. Franke is being helped by the following in the mailing cam paign: Neil Lancaster, Platts mouth: Bonadello Gerdes, Louis ville, Elinor Fahrlander, Union; Lorena Stubbendieck. Union; Le anna Stubbendieck, Nehawka; Mrs. Leona Reed. Murray; Shir ley Schlanker, Elmwood; Rev. Lentz. Louisville; Mrs. Ethel Branson. Louisville;' Mrs. Ber enice Kivett, Weeping Water; Ka tie Nickel. Plattsmouth: Evelyn Sienoneit. Plattsmouth; and Jim mie Franke. Large Crowd At Double Funeral ' Hnudreds c-f persons gathered at the Evangelical church nead Mur dock Saturday to pay their final respects to Mr. and Mrs. William D. Luetchens. county pioneers who after a lifetime together died within six hours last week. Mr. Luetchens was born near Wabash on June 9. 1885. and at tended the Rose Valley country school near his home. The major part of his life was spent on the home place which later became his farm. Mrs. Luetchens, the former Ma rie Schweppe, was born June 19, 1887. also near Wabash. She at tended Pleasant Point country school. Of Katheiser ing of the local Rotary club. . . Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Godwin cel ebrated their 57th wedding an niversary. Back in 1916 early March events locallv were tonopd bv a brawl H the saloon owned bv William Henricksen on lower Mai" street. Chairs, tables nd windows were smrvhd during tv.e altercation ... "A new firt s'vker for the Red Sox basetoll team rra his advent ? the Virna of Mr an Mrs. Harrv Pro '.". . . . The Alpyondpr nnr- OriPS M'r rnovv to 'p A'lfUSt nrr property on Lincoln av en". oir-j " O. Z. cocietv o TOnplroi. mm ?n from frm t TVn qrV. nl baeVpthnll teno V"S "'rnrrlrr' bv OmrVin Ro'ttVi. on. -o ftti- ff TV" Cor'- .Xrt Ttiiftr.tq nrj d'ire !ti7n-.c;n :otio- . . Tu Bev. W. S. T-et of St. Lake's church was ill. Charles L. Graves of Union was a business visitor . . .G. H. Manners announced himself as a candidate for sheriff. I 1 xrv'VTja- fThe cat that swallowed the ca lary couldn't have bad a more imutf p-rnrerdon thail doei SYckle as she BOSes vroudlr With some o her recent litter of 32, ghe lives in Windsor, mt Tax Problem Is Given Going Over By State Solons By Senator William A. Metzger The ever-present problem of taxes was given another going ov er during the debate on the "Oma ha School Bill." Omaha has been running schools on a 17 mill levy, the m a x 1 m u m that can be hiked under present law. The rest of the state may levy up to 22 mills. This difference is because there is so much more taxable property in Omaha. The city found that they will be unable to have a 9 month school next year unless they receive more money from some source, so a bill was introduced to allow them to raise their mill levy five mills. Now if Omaha must raise their levy 5 mills because of increased costs, it follows that ' many other school districts will find them selves in similar circumstances. Many of the districts in our im mediate locality are faced with just that problem. It is difficult for me to support these increases unless I can de termine in my own mind that: 1. All property is pn-the tax rolls. 2. That property is being equal ly assessed. Past experience has shown us that when the mill levy is raised the valuation of property is de creased the fact that we have one billion dolars less on our tax rolls today than we had in 1929 is the perfect example of that fact. The legislature has no power to raise your taxes for your local schools. We may only enable your boards to raise more money by increasing the total amount of mill levy it is possible for iheir levy for school purposes. Of interest to the farmers is the law redefining a "Lawful. Fence." Among other types of fence a le gal wire fence shall consist of at least four barbed wires, the barbs not less than five inches apart, each of the strands of wire at least twelve and one-half gauge. The posts must be no greater than one rod apart, and between each two posts at least one stake or post. Before passage of this act, the law only specified number nine smooth wire and did not men tion barbed wire. Enacted into law Vas a bill to provide for a bounty on wolves and coyotes of $2.50. I was able to raise LB 92 from the bottom of general file to have it made special order on Monday, March . 10. This bill enables cit ies, towns, villages, school dis tricts, or entire counties to re assess and reappraise their prop erty in any year and also sets up methods which it is believed will bring about a fair assess ment. There is nothing in this bill which forces reassessment but enables those who wish to do so. ARRANGE CAUCUS FOR SCHOOL VOTE LOUISVILLE The caucus to nominate candidates for the lo cal school board will be held at the school building tonight. iif -;?. J, Judge Fauquet Reelected By Cass Bar Group - County Judge Paul Fauquet was re-elected president of the Cass county Bar association when the group met at the Plattsmouth ho tel Friday night. Co. Atty. Walter H. Smith was again chosen as ex ecutive committeeman. The group heard an address by Joseph Votavfi, U. S. district at torney from Omaha, who discus sed legal organizations, their pub lic relations and the public rela tions of individual attorneys. Another distinguished guest was DLst. Judge Thomas E. Dunbar, presiding judge of Cass and Sar ,y counties. . Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Richard Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Ca.ey, Mr. and -Mr3. Walter II. Smith, Harold Lebens, Mr. and Mrs. Fauquet, Mr. Vo tava, Judge Dunbar, Florence Fouchek, J. A. Capwell, former county attorney who has returned to practice after service in the army, C. E. Ledgway and Guy Clements, Elmwood. Brother Of Film Star To Sing At Cass County Fair Dick Autry, brother of Gene Autry, the cowboy crooner, has been engaged to appear at the Cass County Fair in Weeping Water next August. Autry is currently appearing on a radio program. The fair board has also arrang ed for a two-day platform en entertainment. The Cap pell brothers carnival will have the midway. Chris J. Elgaard is president of the fair associations. Gordon Heneger is in charge of farm and fruit exhibits. The fair group is out of debt this year for the first time since the agricultural auditorium was built. Conservation Essay Contest Plans Are Made E. Thomas Stacey, head of the Cass county soil conservation ser vice, today announced plans for an essay contest in which all ru ral grade school pupils of the county are eligible to compete. Topic of the essay will be "Why Cass Countv Needs Soil Conser vation." First prize will be $10, second prize, $5, and third prize, $2.50. There will be also a poster con test with the same prizes. The posters must show a soil conser vation scene, soil conservation practices or soil erosion. Entries must be finished by May 1. Soil conservation is qt great in terest in the county becaure the national play contest will be held here next August. School Directors Delay Decision On Teacher Bonus The Weeping Water board of education recently held for fur ther consideration a request made by Supt. T. R. Dappen for a teachers bonus. Board members F. J. Domin go and Rasmus Lauritzen op posed the bonus. R. B. Hobson voiced support. Domingo, nresident of the contract is binding upon both board, stated that a teacher's parios and not subject to chang es. He accknowledged that salary increases will be necessary next year. The school directors aereed tViat a bonus should be onlv for the rest of the year and not re- roactive. Sana re Dane Club . At Weeping ater WEEPING WATER About fif ty couples attended the organiza tion party of a new square danc ing club at the farm auditorium. The club. -hich will- meet the fourth Friday of each mcnth, is headed by Clifford Cooper, presi dent and Lawrence 1 Eidenmiller, secretary. few l 4 isplaying the clothe that Tvera iri t6ury Britain's Princesses .uzaoeui iieit, pna iuargara followed by theijjnother. Queen Elizabeth, arriyf Kenijl wacetrachafietoouthcgy' ,r" lose. $10,750 Lawsuit Is Outgrowth Of Local Girl's Death From Car Crash Suit for $10,750 has been filed in district court here as the out growth of a highway accident on Dec. 7 which resulted in the death of a young Plattsmouth woman. The action was filed by Eugene Vroman, administrator of the es tate of Elma Atteberry, 20. Named defendants are Kenneth Ray Myers and Leon Myers. It alleges that Leon Myers owned a 1941 Ford tudor which ' Kenneth Myers operated with the owner's consent. The action states that on Dec. 7, 1946, Kenneth Myers was op erating the car oa graveled High way 1, three miles east of Mur ray,... Riding with him were Lyle Beck, : Betty Gochenour and the Atteberry. girl. ' MiS3 Atteberry, it continues,-,, was at the extreme right of the front seat. The plaintiff charges that the car was- going at an excessive speed when it left the road 150 feet and hit a drainage ditch. He alleges that' Miss Atteberry was thrown, from the car over a fence i into a field to sustain, fatal in juries from which she died Dec. 9. Miss Atteberry was employed at a local cafe at the time of her death." ' She made her home with Miss Winnie Vroman, sister of Eu gene Vroman. GOES TO COAST TO ATTEND FUNERAL Miss Mathilde Soennichsen de parted Sunday evening for Los Angeles to attend the funeral of her brother-in-law, Milo Hoppe, who died there Saturday night. Services will be held Wednesday. New York models have recently! ,been complaining orwolnsn. tac tics by some of their clients, but Selena MahrL Manhattan's top ImodeL 'knows now to lend them joff. Heradyice to sister models:! VQaxg then $40 an hour. At that price your time Is too valu; Vfttito nd : they'll 'keep .their. I manias on theiwor E'im::'J1... Y r A J especially Resigned tot theij City Team Vs.- HS Cage Game Is Set To Provide Trip Business and civic leaders and sports fans have decided to send the Plattsmouth high school bas ketball team, which wound up 9th in state rankings, to the Nebraska prep tournament in Lincoln. It is hoped that funds for the excursion will be obtained by a benefit basketball game between the town team and school club at the high school Tuesday night. It will be the last chance local fans have to see the 1917 Plattsmouth club perform as a unit. Town team players include Ster ling Cole, Merle Stewart, Bob Gall, Hobbs, Rip Vroman, Bill Gochenour, Book Brookhauser and Lindy Wolever. The semi-pro club has already contributed about $75 to the ath letic fund for improvement of the school gridiron. The team hopes to boost the ante by playing the Macy Indians here on Monday. March 17. DEL0RES ELLINGSEN FILES FOR DIVORCE A district court divorce action has been filed by Delores E?ling sen against Laurence Ellingsen. SECURITY AGENCY MAN TO BE HERE A Lincoln representative of the federal security agency will be at the Plattsmouth postoffice Thurs day, March 13, to discuss prob lems of wage earners and the rel atives of deceased wage earners. BECOMES SECRETARY AT ATTORNEY OFFICE Miss Elaine Petereit, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franz Petereit, has accepted a position as stenog rapher at the office of Smith and Lebens on Fourth street. Miss Petereit was formerly connected with The Journal. ELEVATOR OFFICE IS MOVED TO FARM LOUISVILLE The old office building at the Farmers elevat or has been sold to William Kraft who has moved it to his farm for use as living quarters. Mrs. C. L. Spidell left Saturday for a three-week vir.it in Bakers field, Calif. She will go there to be with her sister, Mrs. Finney, whom she has not seen in thirty years. Alvo Woman Kilted As Coupe Crashes Into Mopac Train NOEL B. SENEY, 56 FORMER LOCAL MAN, DIES AT TINLEY, IA Noel B. S e n e y, 56, former Plattsmouth resident, died Sunday evening at his home in Tingley, la., following an illiness of two years. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at Tingley. Platts mouth people planning to attend are Mr. and Mrs. Marion Speck, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Speck, Carl Speck, Mrs. May Gooding and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Noel. Surviving are his widow. Belle, and two sons. Barton and Noel B. Seney, jr. Rev. Taenzler Resigns Pulpit; Going To Pawnee The Rev. J. W. Taenzler t First Christian church Suna v night resigned from the local v pit. The Rev. M. Taenzler has cepted the joint pastorate of Christian churches at Pawnee City and Table Rock. He plans to move to Pawnee City after East er. The family will not leave here until after the end of the school year. The Rev. Mr. Taenzler has been here more than eight years. For the past four years he has also served ' the Murray Christian church. The local congregation will fill the vacancy as soon as possible. Bomberg Leaving Here Wednesday For Sweden Trip Tinus Bomberg will leave here Wednesday for New York where he will board the Swedish liner, Gripsholrn, for Sweden. Mr. Bomberg will make an extended visit with his parents and broth ers and sisters in Jonkoping. He will also visit relatives in other cities. This will be Mr. Bomberg's first visit to his native land since he left there 18 years ago. He has lived in this city for 13 years and is now employed at the BREX. ' Mrs. Bomberg and their two children will remain here at the family home during his absence. COOK HOME FROM CHURCH MEETING Ray Cook, state president of United Brethren Conference Brotherhood, has returned from a three-day series of meetings in the UB churches in northeastern Ne braska. Mr. Cook was assisted in his work by Arthur C. Core, York, conference superintendent, and Paul Dick, Hastings, youth direc tor of the conference. "Draft Ike for 1948" buttons are popping up all over the country. Above, Martha Treml, of Ar lington, Va holds magnifying glass to show of! one she wears. "Ike" referred to is, of course, General of the Army Dwight D. . ' Eisenhower. P7P pip t v r 7--'..-..' . Mrs. Dallas E. Fifer, 31, Alvo, j was instantly killed when her car crashed into the side of a Mopac j diesel passenger train engine at a crossing two miles east of ! Eagle late Friday. It was the fifth traffic tnigedy in Cass county this year. .- ! Mrs. Fifer was driving a 1934 j Chevrolet coupe northward on a j black topped road, one-half, 'mile j north of Highway 31. j Wilson Howe, Alvo, a witness, ! was driving some distance behind i the death car. He saw the ini-. pact. Passengers of the train. No. i j 6010, said they saw the car ap I proaching the crossing from the : south and expected a collision. j The terrific impact put one of ! the diesel engine motors out of commission. j The small coupe reversed itself ! an dwas hurled back into a. field I on the east side of the road 34 'feet. Hurtling through a door on th ! right side of the car, Mrs. Flfer's ! body landed 16 feet from?-" the J crossing. She sustained a skull fracture, broken neck and frac I tured right arm and leg. ieriff Tom Solomn investigat i ed the crash and ordered removal of the body to an Elmwood mort uary. ". The train operates daily on the short Missouri Pacific line from Lincoln to Union. At the time of the accident John Rutherford was engineer and E. F. Dowell, con ductor. Trainmen said. th?J saw hs ap proaching car and sounded the en gine whistle and bell. A crossing sign was broken off by the car as it was thrown back into the field. The car was demolished. The Fifers had no children. Speech Class To Present Program; Friday Evening Members of the high school speech class will present a- pro gram of dramatic readings and one-act play, "Prelude." at th auditorium Friday evening. X Proceeds from the event will be used'to defray expenses for com petition in the district dramatic contest. Program feature will be an or iginal oration by Jean Lloyd, only local entry in the national Ameri can Legion oratorical contest. Members of the speech class are Carol Bernhardt, Mary Mar garet Cole, Jean Lloyd. Mildred Meisinger. Tom Beins, Tom Ber lett, John Chamberlain, Bill Ma son and Eddie Nelson. Mrs. Rob ert Reade is instructor. . Enlargement Of Elmwood School Gym Is Planned ELMWOOD Following the re cent district Class D tournament here, plans were started for In creasing the seating . capacity at the school gymnasium. An addi tion may.be built next year. Palmyra won the tourney and ad vanced to the state meet by nip ping Avoca in the third overtime period. It was the most thrilling game in Cass county basketball history. ' ' . WEATHER . - Nebraska Forecast : Cloudy with snow, changing to light rain east; partly cloudy west, slightly warmer somewhat Monday; part ly cloudy west, cloudy east with very light rain or snow extreme east, warmer extreme west 'Mon day night; low temperature near 30; partly cloudy, and warmer Tuesday; high temperature Mon day midle 40's west, 35 to 40 east.