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; . TV DO PtLATirSlOdDlUTM yj(D)(MrMuJ VOLUME 62 PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA - Monday, May 5, 1947 No. -11. Two Injured When Car Leaves Hiway Local Club Knocks HOLC For a Loop Old High Cost of Living was taken a one way ride last Thurs day night when President Vernon Waterman of the Chamber of Commerce announced to the large group in attendance at the meet ing that meal prices were on the way down. President Waterman stated that effective next dinner meeting night members would buy their luncheon for only 75c per plate, a reduction of several cents over all-time high. Better feed-up and wise-up by attending your next Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, May 15, at 0:30 p. m. Wendell Heil, 99, County Pioneer, . Died Friday A large number of friends gathered to pay final respects to Wendell Heil, 99, who was buried Sunday afternoon at Louisville. Mr. Heil died Friday at the Lu theran Old People's home in Om lha. The funeral services were-ield It 2:20 in the Immanuel Lutheran thurch of Louisville. The Rev. Mr. ft'ittroek of the Old People's home Vas the officiating minister. Burial was in the family plot of the Glendale cemetery near Louisville. Born in Hessen Darmstad. Ger many, on March 3. 1848, Mr. Heil came to this country at the age of three with his parents. They settled in Illinois where he livgid until 18C9 when he came to the vicinity of Louisville. In 1873 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Meisinger who preceded him in death in 1937. Mr. Heil was a member of Immanuel Lutheran church. He retired from farming and moved into Louisville about 26 years ago. In 1941 he went to .Qmaha to take up hi residence at the Old Peop le's home. Survivors are 7 sons. Henry. Jr., George. Edward. Phillip and Fred of Louisville; John of Oma ha: Walter of Plattsmouth; and 3 daughters. Mrs. George Jung, Omaha; Mrs. William Rohrdanz. Ashland; and Mrs. Louis Meis inger, Platsmouth. There are 29 grandchildren and 36 great grand children. Pallbearers at the funeral were all grandsons: Harold Heil, Wen- dell Heil, Glen Heil, Lloyd Heil, Gordon Dean Heil and Harlan Heil. Athletic Field To Be Completed In Near Future R. E. Story, chairman of the Athletic Fund Committee, reports to the Journal this Monday morn ing on the meeting held at the Gas company building on Friday night, with all members present. Arrangements were made at this meeting to complete the drive dis continued temporarily during the winter months. The entire quota has been reached and ample funds are now on hand to complete the grading, sodding and fencing of the field, the work having been un derway for several weeks past. While the quota set has been reached, the committee has agreed to continue the drive for funds un til June 1. Every effort will be made t oraise money necessary to give Plattsmouth the finest athletic field and recreational grounds in the cauntry. If you have not already contribut ed to this worthy project, by all means do so now in order that those in charge may make plans for its enlargement. Cedar Creek Goes Over Their Quota With a ouota of only $64 given the Cedar Creek Red Cross Chap ter the workers soliciting funds for the organization report a total of $176.50. The donatins by disthcts were as follows: Dist. Worker Am't S Geo. Schroeder $ 30.00 Edward Markey 16.50 Mrs. Evelyn Franke 35.50 Fritz Slamoneit 57.00 Louis Friedrich 37.50 Total $176.50 31 30 41 Top soil throughout the nation averages about six inches in depth. ViTwo persons, Capt. Harry L. Collins, sr., stationed at Ft. Crook, and Miss Jackie Ellis. 20. Omaha, are confined in the base hospital at the Fort, victims of serious injuries received early Sunday morning when their car careened from Highway 75 on "Dead Man Curve" entering Plattsmouth. t Traveling at high speed, the car left the highway, plowed through the ditch along side the road and came to a stop after striking a telephone pole, knock ing the pole to the ground and crushing the side of the automo bile. Most seriously injured of the pair. Miss Ellis is suffering with compound fractures of the right leg between the hip and knee, a broken jaw and severe face cuts. Collins received a serious skull fracture, but is expected to recov er. The car, a nearly new Oldsmo bile, was a near complete wreck with the right side crushed and the entire car bent in a half cir cle. It was towed to a parking space at the rear of the court house, where over 60 people had viewed the wreckage up to an early hour Sunday afternoon. Sheriff To mSolomon who in- I vestigated the accident. Informed j a Journal reporter today, that j he plans placing the auto near the J front of the court house where motorists mav view the results of i too fast driving. "Dead Man Curve" entering Plattsmouth has claimed many lives in recent years in spite of speed warning signs and other precoutions to prevent acidents. Death Comes to Louis Tiekotter; Burial Wednesd'y Shortly before midnight Sunday Louis William Tiekotter, 53, died inClarkson hospital, Omaha, fol lowing an illness of about a year. Funeral services will be Wednes day at 2:30 p. m. in the Sattler Funeral Home. The Rev. Cleo Kautseh of the First Lutheran Church will cfficiate. Born In Plattsmouth Sept. 12, 1693, Mr.Tiekotter was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tiekotter. He was in business here with his brother, Herman, a contractor. Survivors are his wife, Helen, a daughter, Joan, and a son, Ken neth. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Elsie McClintock, Platts mouth. Mrs. Olga Stanley of Mayetta, Kans., and two brothers, Carl of Omaha, and Herman of tthi city. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 Tuesday evening. Southern Body Firm Soon in Production Stephen Davis, an official with the Southern Manufacturing com pany recently locating in Platts mouth, anniunced to a Journal reporter Friday that the first truck body to be manufactured in the newly acquired plant would be off the production lines soon. The Journal brings its readers a complete story of the activities in thi3 new addition to the indus trial growth of the city in an early issue. Man Released After Serving Sixty Days Fay McClintock, sentenced in December to six months in county jail and fined $500 and costs on a criminal assault charge, was re leased Saturday after completing the sentence and paying the fine and costs. r City Officals In Omaha Monday Mayor Clem Woster and Clyde Rosborough, chairman of street? and alltys committee in the city council, were in Omaha Fndav afternoon on city business. They went to make inspection of main-, tenance equipment. MRS. GAPF.N IN OM MIA HOSPITAL The condition of Mrs. Oscar Gapen is reported as being im proved after four weeks at Clark son hospital. Mrs. Gapen has un dergone skin graftings and treat ment for ulcers aggravated by a run-down condition. She wil re main at the Omaha hospital for a while longer. Pari f wM&kM- 4f A' W''s 13bTl 4 lift Fragments hanging from these trees resulted from an explosion destroyed . this new house in Albertson, N. Y. Blast injured two Battle Royal In Union Ends Up In County Court A fight that got underway at Union about 1 a. m. Sundav morn ing calling Sheriff Tom Solomon to the scene brought the partici pants into county court Monday i morning where one of t hepartics i involved found himself facing ser ious charges. ! John Alberts Nichols, alias Al : Nichols, was named defendcnt in j an assault and bnttery complaint j filed by Earl Tignor, who re- j ceived a broken nose and a badly , lacerated eye in the melee. He j was also charged with "operation j of a motor vehicle while under j the influence of intoxicating al- ; coholic liquor" in a complaint i filed by Sheriff Solomon. j He is charged with assault j and battery in another complaint i filed with the court by Nelson j Berger, who received severe , bruises in the fight. j According to information given a- Journal reporter, the fight was the aftermath of an argument following the dances held at Union and Nehawka. Nichols plead not guilty when arraigned before County Judge Paul Fauquet and was lodged in the county jail awaiting hearing and appeal for bail until the case can be arranged before the court. Mothers Feted at Court of Honor Honoring the mothers of Boy Scouts a court of honor will be held Sunday evening. May 11, in the Methodist church. Follow ing an almost universal custom in scouting the Mother"s Day court will be an Eagle court. It will begin at eight o'clock.. Several advancements will be made. One local scout will re ceive the Eagle rank. A number of scouts will receive advance ments through the ranks. All the Explorer Scouts will be given their apprentice rank. The Explorers will also receive their charter. Wayne Nelson, field executive of the Cornhusker Council, will be present. Parents of the scouts will participate in the program. The court of honor is open to the public. Stolen Car Burns At Bellevue Friday A 1936 automobile stolen fro mAr chie Thornton, 1708 Second St., in front of his home lat Friday evening was found burning near Bellevue by the State Highway Patrol the same night according to information given the local sheriff's office. The party, or par ties, guilty of the thefts have not been apprehended. Throckmorton Stops Missouri Eagle Special to The Journal. UNION, Nebr. Day after day Throckmorton, a perky young red rooster flailed his wings in frus tration as the East Bound Ms ouri River Eagle, leader of the trains leaving Omaha and St Louis, glided by his roosting place on a fence beside the track north of Union. Day after day Throckmorton crowed his"" loudest to the en ginetr to stop and give him a ride. Finally Throckmorton de cided he would do something about it and he did. On Anril 1st (and it was no April Fool gag, either) the Missouri River Gift Flowers Arrive At Journal Friday 'iA gorgeous bouquet of flowers adorned a show case in the front of the Journal business office over the weekend, the gift of Mrs. Robert A. Eates. former publisher of the Journal. We acknowledge this gesture of goodwill and greet ings and extend our deepest ap preciation to Mrs. Bates. It's the first bouquet we ever had in our lifetime, but have lived in hopes somebody might throw in a faded rose our way as we passed by those bowed heads to the eternal six-foct hole. Springfield Takes Plattsmouth In Sunday Tilt 7-3 Plattsmouth Eagles on the short end of count in their opener came out a 7 to 3 at Spring- field Sunday, but in spite of the distance between scores, the lo cals managed to mark up 9 hits against Sniine-fieuld's 13. in the i DoUKias-Sarpy-Cass 1 Line up for the Eagles found Woster and Frazier on the mound, with Vroman 6, Stewart 4. Pestel lo 5. Wolever 7, Hobs 8, O'Dannel 2, Ault 3, and Fox 1, listed in bat ting order. The Eagles will take on Rolston on the later's field this coming Sunday and Manager Ernest Schubeck, who accompanied the tea mto Springfield Sunday, hopes the local nine will be in proper form. Leave By Airliner For Ireland Visit On Wedne4sday ofthis week, Mrs. Floyd F. Kelley and son Terence Paul, formerly of this city, will leave by airline for Belfast, Ire land. They will be at the home of Mrs. Kelleys parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Leeburn. Accompanying them as far as New York City was Mr. Floyd F. Kelley. A Eon Voyage Tea was given on April 27th in Omaha Mrs. F. F. Kelleys honour by Mrs. Vincent O. 1 Kellev of Plattsmouth and Mrs. Stuart J. Sedlack of Omaha. Mrs. Kelley will be gone three months. Oppose Bills In Legislature Hearing Appearing at the hearing re cently of the legislative judiciary committee on the proposed as sistance bills No. 543. 544, 545 and 546 were Alva Reid and Parr Young, county commissioners, and Miss Ardyth Hall of the Pub lic Welfare department. Parr Young spoke for the group to oppose the bills which propose turning old age assistance medi cal money back to the county. Eagle', eastbound, hove into Throckmorton's vision, moving at 35 miles per hour. "Today, I'll make it stop,' crowed Throck morton, as he launched his rooster-weight of a feathered fury at the train. But Throckmorton's aim was poor and instead of passing in front of it to attract the engineer's attention, he hit the coupling between the diesel locomotive and the baggage car. The impact w-as so great, in ex actly the right spot, that the coupling pin was lifed and the train parted. Throckmorton stopped the train, but the train stopped Throckmorton, with lit of undetermined source which persons, damaged a new car. Game Refuge Assured For City A. L. Tidd. chairman of the state park commission for the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com meice, announced at the Cham ber meeting Thursday evening, that the Game refuge, shooting grounds and recreational area to be located on the old rifle range seems to be assured for Platts mouth. Mr. Tidd informed the Chamber members that bids have been forwarded to Washington cover ing the purchase price of the acreage agregating in the neigh borhood of 2200 acres, with the accreation of nearly 700 acres of lease land belonging to T. H. Pollock of this city. According to Mr. . Tidd. who was praised highly at the meeting for the effort he has put behind this movement for the past ten years, the National Wild Life as socitaion is paying three-fourths of the costs of the project, while the state game, forestatiun and park commission is financing the remaining fourth. An ideal location, the refuge when completed and open to the public, will not only be used for grounds, but plans call for a chain of lakes in the park well stocked with game fish and a series of cabins and picnic grounds for-the convience of the public. This is only one of many more projects in the making that will aid in the growth and popularity of Platsmouth. Long a popular trading point in eastern Nebras ka, of later years manufacturing has gained a foothold and is on the increase in the city. The above ficilities will add more than ever to the vity's faciliites for be coming a meca to those desiring an ideal community in which to make their home. Men Paroled On Check Charges 'iTwo young men picked up by Sheriff Tom Solomon on charges of passing bad checks in Platts mouth and vicinity, were paroled by the court under the supervision of Sheriff Solomon. Stipulated in the parole agreement the two men are to reimburse the merchants accepting' the checks which to taled several hundred dollars. Remove Postal Rules On Soldier Mailings The restriction of request for package to members of armed forces overseas was removed Ifective May, 1 as of that a package can be sent at any timt up to 70-lb. in weight and 100 inches in length and girth, jiccording to acting postmatster Edward Egenberger. tle left to show for it. But Throckmorton, from the chicken hereafter, is happv. for not only did he stop the Missouri River Eagle, but he held it up for 35 minutes. The coldly sentimenta' official report of the incident made to H. E. Roll, eeneral Supt. Western District Missouri Pacific simply reads; No. 106 de layed 3 5 minutes between Murray and Union: tra'n parted between locomotive and baggage car, caused by chicken flying un der train and hitting coupling pin. The automatic brakes stopp ed the train, preventing an accident." New Publisher Is Now In Charge c th 01 Knights Templars Banquet Friday In Masonic Hall Knights and Ladies of Mt. Zion Commandery No. 5 Knights Templar of Plattsmouth held their annual banquet honoring the la dies and E. Sir John Rummel, past commander, at the Masonic Hall in Plattsmouth on Friday evening with 152 members and guests present. Knights and their guests were seated at tables decorated with centerpieces of a red cross, sym bolic of the KT emblem. A large bouquet of flowers decorated the speakers table, as well as those of Knights and their ladies. Honored ladies and the widows of former Kniehts were Mrs. E. I P. Lutz, Mrs. Phillip Thierolf, j Mrs. George Snyder. Mrs. F. L. i Cummins and Mrs. Florence i j Coleman. j Each lady was presented with a i red rose, including the ladies of the OES serving the dinner. With E. Sir Raymond C. Cook acting as toastmaster, the pro gram was opened with invocation by Sir Knight Dr. Henry G. Mc Clusky. Group singing was led by Frank A. Cloidt, with Mrs. Roy O. Cole at the piano. Two solos by Frank Cloidt. "Little Mother of Mine" and "Lassie O'Mine", ac- cmpanied by Mrs. H. G. McClus- ky were well received. Address of welcome was given by Sir Knight Arthur Wetemkamp, response by Lady Flora Belle Wehrbem. Presentation of Past Command- ers Jewels was under the direc tion of E. Sir Roy O. Cole, follow ed by the introduction of Grand Officers. Fllowing a short inter lude of music, the address was given by Sir Knight R. Foster Patterson. Sir Knight Patterson, a former resident of Plattsmouth is now Dean of the school of business at the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. Patterson based his talk on the old Chinese proverb "He hath had the fullness of life who has built a house, planted a tree, written a book and begat a child." j Benediction was by Sir Knight ' Harry G. McClusky. I The banquet was served by I Home Chapter 189 O. E. S. with ; Mrs. . H. Bernhardt and Mrs. I John Shafer presiding over the i dining room, with kitchen super vision under the direction of Mrs. John Janacek. Distinguished guests present in cluded Captain General of Grand Commandery of KT of Nebraska and Mrs. William Ev ers; Past - Grand Commander and Mrs. Charles H. Marley, Omaha; Grand Prelate of Grand Commandery and Mrs. Frank E. Pfoutz, Lincoln; Grand Recorder of Grand Commandery and Mrs. Carl R. Greisen, Omaha; Com mander of Mt. Moriah No. 4, KT, and Mrs. Donald Keys, Lincoln; Commander William J. Keir of Mt. Olivet Commandery No. 2, Nebr. City; Past Grand High Priest, RAM, Mrs. Nathaniel A. S. McClain, Nebraska City, and Mrs. R. Foster Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Drux bury, Lincoln, were also present. Precinct Assessors Named This Week County Assessor William Puis has announced the names of pre cinct assessors who turned in their books by noon Saturday. The first returns were made by Don Seiver about ten days ago. Last week Tom Tennant of the Eight-Mile Grove precinct was recorded as second, and was fol lowed by Ed Morley of Avoca, A. L. Todd of Salt Creek and Mrs. Harry Nielsen of Plattsmouth precinct. Puis said that on Friday J. A. Brown of Omaha was here to ex amine schedules already turned in. Brown is one of ten field representatives appointed over tht state by Robert M. Armstrong state tax commissioner. Field representatives are checking schedules for purposes of finding any that might be out of line. irnal Fire Department Is ; Called Three Times The Volunteer Firemen answered lihree calls over the weekend to j exstinguish fires, none of which ; was of a serious nature, j About 9:30 a. m. Saturday a ! truck belonging to the Pittsburgh 1 Paint and Glass company, Omaha, caught afire on Sixth street. The firemen soon had it under control. i At one a. m. Sunday an oil burner exploded at the home of Vern Har ; der on South 8th street. The only damage was that caused by smoke. ; Sunday morning between eleven j and twelve the fire department was ; called to the home of Verner Hild about ten miles west of the city. ', A burning tractor was quickly ex tinguished. Damagres were not ex pected to be heavy. The ifremen also tnswered a call j to rescue a cat in a tree near the j Oakmont section but befor e they I could reach the location the cat had been brought down to safetv. Poppy Day Is Set For Saturday May 10th will be Poppv day in Plattsmouth, Mrs. Reed Wol-' ever, president of Huuh Kearns : j unit of the American Legion aux iliary, announced today, Qn that dav evpry one u.m bp , askcd t0 wear a moria poppy ' in honor of the dead of two vorld , wars and to make a contribution ; -Pnfarp 0y tho HicnKlpH veterans, their families, and the families of the dead Volunteers from the auxiliary, will distribute the flowers on the streets throughout the day. Vera Lewis, popov chairman of the auxiliarv, will be in general charge. Plans are being made to cover the city completely so 1 -do UG TTT.W 3Uo X.10A3 IEUI ! portunity to honor the war dead. Poppies have been worn in ; memory of the war ded ever i sin-e the close of World War I. The popDies which the auxil i iarv will distribute are all hand I made, shaned from crepe Daper I by disabled veterans, workine in j hospitals and convalescent work i sops throughout the country. The disabled men take special pride in making the flowers to honor their fallen comrades and the work is valuable to them as occupational 'therapy besides bringing them much needed earnings. The poopiVs are rrepe paner rcnlicas of the wild poppies which grew between-the rows of crosses in World War I battle cemeteries, and so became the memorial flowers for the war dead. Now they symbolize memory for those who died for Amer;rq on l?nd. sa ?nd in the (Continued on Page 4) County Briefs LOUISVILLE- Ross Nichols has added a modernization note to his store by installing a frozen food case which will enable him to serve his customers with all types of fresh frozen fruits, vege tables and fish. ELMWOOD Miss Elsie Kunz has given two books to the neraor ial shelf of the local library "Miss Bishop," by Bess Streeter Aldrich in memory of Mrs. Nora Kunz and "Birds of America" bv Audubon in memorv of her mother, Mrs. Louisa Kunz. WEEPING WATER Ikicaga Camp Fire Girls attended a week end camp at Lincoln last week having a cabin in Bethanv pa-k. The croup is' also registering for Camp Kiwani this summer. Mrs. Guy Hopkins and Mrs. Frank H. Domingo took the girls to Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Royal of Lincoln were here Sunday to visit Graves. Plant Today's issue of The Journal is the first to appear under the di rection of the new ownership and management of Ronald R. Furse who acquired the property recent ly in a business transaction with Lester A. Walker and Mrs. Walk er, of Fremont, Nebr., owners of the newspaper for the past two and one-half years. We trust the readers of The Journal will not use this first issue as a criterion upon which to pass judgement as to what they may expect in the way of a newspaper in the months and years to come. This, and several future is sues wil be published under more difficult circumstances than that facing most publishers during the cr itical periods of the war. As most readers of The Journal are aware this newspape rhas been published during the past few months with the aid of less than a skeleton back shop personel with a great deal of composition done in the Guide-Tribune plant at Fre mont. This, coupled with the lack of experienced back shop and ma- j chine men, has allowed machines ; in the Journal plant to arrive in a j deplorable state of mechanical ef i ficiency that will require consider able time and effort to be placed back in top operating condition. This is being done as fast as ex pert machinists can make proper adjustments and parts can be se cured from the builders The ta.sk . i snouia De compieiea wiinin a iew weeks, and with the addition of some new equipment will give Plattsmouth one of the finest equip ed printing plants in the middle west. In addition o the mechanical dif ficulties, the shop has had its troub les in securing craftsmen qualified to care for the mechanical opera tions necessary to publish a news paper of which the community and publishers can point to with pride. These difficulties, too. are gradu ally being overcome and we ex pect to be under full production within the next few weeks. In the meantime we trust the good citizens of Plattsmouth and of Cass county wil be considerate and overlook errors, lack of com plete news coverage, inability to supply many of the services or dinarily available in a thriving publication house during this try ing period. Every effort is being made to bring The Journal back to its standing among the better newspapers of Nebraska. No change has been made in the present staff who have devoted long hours and a great deal of "Ef fort to bring subscribers a paper twice a week during the past ten months. Additions to this staff will be made as qualified workers become available and business justifies their existance on the payroll. Ronald R, Furse, the new own er will act as editor and manager, Miss Thelma Olson, Society and local news editor; Mrs. Helen E. Heinrich, Corespondent and U. P. leased wire editor; Mrs. Ida Ofe, circulation and office manager. Merle D. Furse, brother of the editor, composing room superin tendent, and Pat Osbon, press room superintendent. Job depart ment manager will be announced within a few days, as well as ad ditional -craftsmen. The new publisher of The Jour nal comes to Plattsmouth with a lifetime of small town newspaper experience behind him. Our sights as to the kind of newspaper we expect to give Plattsmouth are set high. With the proper local support this city will soon have a newspaper second to none in this section. NAVAL RECRUTIXG OFFICERS VIST PLATTSMOUTH FRIDAY Recruiting officers of the Oma ha Naval rceruiting office visited Plattsmouth during the day Fri day with their truck and display stationed at the corner of Fifth and Main St., in front of the Fire stone store. A dummy dressed in rull diving equipment standing in front of the specially equiped truck attracted considerable at tention of local citizens and was successful in interesting several localities in the advantages of fered by an enlistment in the navy.