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VOLUME 62. THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1947. NUMBER 54. Waterman Quits As President of Local Chamber Vernon Waterman, who since January 1, has acted as president of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce, tendered his resigna tion to the organization at the regular meeting hejd in the Plattsmouth Hotel Thursday eve ning. Mr. Waterman stated that due to his present business con- r-';:'-V x .. J Vernon Waterman nections in Omaha, he no long er felt he could do justice to the office or serve the best in terests of the club as president, and preferred that another man be named to fill the unexpired term. Coming to Plattsmouth several years ago as an instructor in the local schools. Mr. Waterman has since made his home here. He later wis associated with the McCords as advertising mana ger of the old Plattsmouth Call. Married a few years ago to the former Mary Katherine John Schriener Wile, and the father of two children, Mr. Waterman has ac cepted a position with an Oma ha concern in the capacity of salesman and is devoting his full time to the company. John Schriener, former vice president of the Chamber, has been named to fill the presiden cy, with Dwight Edwards as secretary and Orville Nielson as treasurer. Belle Hayward, 80, Dies Here Friday At Masonic Home Mrs. Bell Havward. 80, died ouif-tlv in hr sleep at the Ma sonic home Friday, June 6. The body was taken by Caldwell Funeral home for services and burial was at Tekamah, Nebras ka. Born near Tekamah Januarv 25. 1P67, Mrs. Hayward lived all her life in that community. She was the widow of Clarence Hav ward, who died there in 1945. About a vear later, due to fail ing health,, she was admitted to the home here. A member of the Tekamah Chapter No. 131 of the O. E. S.. Mrs. Havward at ine time served as Grand Lecturess of the Ne braska Grand Lodge, holding that offire in 1916. In 1920 she was a member of the board of trustees of the Ma sonic and Eastern Star home for children at Fremont. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Ott of Wisner, a brother, Fred Story and a nephew. H. J. Wrogge, both of Tekamah. T-Ias Emergency Oneration Sundav Lelrnd Greene, who has been soendin a part of his vacation ?t the home of his cousin, Pat,, here thev will ioin an- u tsricn at fremont, was rusnea.proxativ three hnndrd other to the rremont hospital Sunday, where he underwent an emer gency annendertomv the samp day." Although the appendix j wa hadiv infected. latest reports are that he is making good pro gress toward recovery. Miss Gertrude Cloidt arrived homp Friday from Lincoln where she has been attpnding the Uni versity of Nebraska. Truck Damaged In Highway Mishap A 1945 Chevrolet semi-trailer j truck was damapfri to the ex- tent of near $500 Thursday when a v it uva ill. v. yivi . c of a bridge west of Manley as it was traveling east on High way No. 1. The truck was forced from the road bv a car driven! by Myron A. Pickets. Ardmore, jhere Wednesday night had time Oklahoma jonly for a partial list of the Pickets was going wet oniPlaccs of business suffering flood Highway 1 Thursday morning I damage. Losses were light in ...v,- v, ,,aav imnn some instnees. while others ran w uc II liv vuiiii: jttvivj w.t l three logs across the highway that had been floating there dur ing the flood of Wednesday night. Trying to avoid the logs in the road. Pickets swevcred his car, forcing the truck to take the corner of the bridge. The truck and trailer, driven by J. J. Jenkins, of Tokio, Ar kansas, left the road and struck the bridge. No one was injured but the truck was badly dam aged, according to Sheriff Tom Solomon's report. Eagles Elect New Officers Thursday Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge No. 365 of Plattsmouth. held election and installation of officers at the lodfe hall here Thursday evening. The new of ficers took over their duties the same evning. Deputy Grand Worthv Presi dent John Smith of Beatrice, who is also organizer for Dis trict No. 2, which includes Plattsmouth, was present to in stall the new officials of the lodge with the assistance of Dep uty Grand Worthv Conductor William Wolcott. of this city, j Wm. O'Donnell, newly elected j Worthy President of the Platts-J mouth Eaglts, is a long time resident of this citv. where for cc tvrlvaarcn V TA4VT "FTP I several vears he has bn injurious damage. Only newly the tmplov of the Burlington ; graded portions around the edg shops located here. js of the field wore washed and .u a- , . , . these can be filled easilv. Where Other officers elected at ; completed, no Thursday nights gthrnnjf here , J appeared to any great include Jr. Past Worthy Presi-' . , T ,i . . t -,u. t: . i extent. Vice-President. Robert Robifw: Worthy Chaplain, Coleman O'Bryan, Jr.; Secretary (for three year term) B. G. Wurl; Treasurer, .re-elecfed) W m. Woolcott; Worthy Conductor, Joe F.omack: Inside Guard. Ralph Petet: Outside Guard, Joe Highfield: Trustee( three years) John Sattler; Trustee, Tonv La Hoda. Sr; Trustee, Jack O'Don nell, and Publicity, Edgar Kief. H. Messersmith, 62, Dies; Services Wednesday Deatn came unexpectedly to marooned for a time near the Harry L. Messersmith Sunday af- : Plattsmouth Lumber Co.. when ternoon at his home in this citv. j flood waters submerged the car Aoparently in good health, Mr. j ud to the windshield. Quick Messersmith had been about as j thinking on the part of Mrs. usual during the morning. In the'Southan and aid from bystand afternoon he was found in hisiers got the car pulled to high chair where he had been resting. ! er ground and prevented serious Death was apparently due to a j loss. , heart attack. j Mr. Messersmith was the son J .The clean un iob is near com of the late Mr. and Mrs. William j pietion, a'though some sections Messersmith. He was born in St. 1 0f the city continue to show Joseph. Missouri, Sepernbev signs 0f heavy flood waters that 27, 1884. and had lived here , cascaded down Washington and for many years. j Chicago Avenues to merge at He is survived by his wife, j sixtn and Main, making a rag Mary, two daughters. Mrs. Helen j jng river out of the latter. Jane Malmos, Mrs. Mary Eliza- j beth Lester, and two grandchild-j pi;rr HJarlnf Will ren. all of Plattsmouth. ! 2!?. Funeral services will be at 2:00 Qo "Po Chicago n. m. Wednesday, in the Sattler. n,. , . .... v1 Funeral home, with burial in Oak u t BB a, a?ency of which he is one of Vis.tine hours at the funeral . pyartners. will go to Chi home will be from three to five ( y 15 where he win and from seven to nine, Tues day evening. J. E: Knoflicek Wins, Trip to Estes Park J. E. Knoflicek of Plattsmouth. Nebr. has just -pceived word from th hn'-ne office of his enm pary, the Bankers Life Insur ance Co., of Nebraska at Lin coln, that he has been invited to attend the Company's Sixtielh Anniversary Convention vbich is t- be hed at th Stanley Hotfl in Estes Park. Colorado, Juno 16th to 19th. 1947. Mr.' and Mrs. .1. E. KnoHiooV will lpnvp frr 'Fstpc Park this rpnrcf.entatives of the Comoarv from all parts of the country for the four day convention. HEVRY DONtT IV OM4H4 HOSPITAL Henry Donat left Saturday for j and ttractive. Miss Akeron was OrrNha to enter St. Cathprine's j awarded a gold watch fr her hospital for a period of observa- outi-tading wok as a 4-H Gar tion and treatment. den ciub member. , Subscribe for The Journal. More Notes On Flood of I 11 r 1 LdM Y 7 CClY Your Journal news reporter in order to bring readers a Hood story on the heavy downpour into thousands of dollars. IIIATT FURNITURE Com pany was saved from heavy losses on new furniture when members of the fire department crashed the doors and stacked living: mom suite and other fine pieces above the water line. Water here entered the doors and covered the floors 4 but ouick action on the part of firemen saver the- Hi att's from heavy loss. CASE PRODUCE Company on Chicago Avenue, had water standing to a depth of three feet or more in their place of business, some feed was lost and the f.oors covered with silt and I mud. It was a big clean-up job. i v. . . : . j 1 1 1 . juui V uuneam. ur I Pcn for business as usual. PLATTSMOUTH MO TORS. Ford agency on Washington Avenue, suffer ed some material loss, how ever dirt washing from the new athletic field under censtruction covered a new ly graveled parking; area with mud and filled stor age rooms with water, mud, and silt. Here a large quan tity of farm machinery was stored and much of it had to be washed and cleaned, be sides a big job cleaning up the display rooms. ATHLETIC FIELD escaped C. A. BURCH. of the Cass Motor company, accompa n:ed by Atty. Frances M. Casey, were caught in the flood on south Chicago ave nue, and found their car washed down the street and lodged against a telephone pole. The car. a new Olds, belonging to Mr. Burch, was bidly damaged and was lat er towed to the garaee where it was completely torn down inside and out for a reconditioning job. The lo"7 will amount to near S1.000. MRS. E. H. SOTHAN, wife of the Dresident of the Sothen Manufacturing Company was , Plattsmouth Motors, iocal Ford attend a dealees meeting at the Dearborn plant of the Ford Mot- The more than 1500 dealers expected at this meeting will in spect Ford v assembly plants and meet with' the press and super visory personal along with a srjecial dealers meeting in charge of Henry Ford II, president of the company. The meeting is scheduled for june 16 and 17, with the deal- ers returning on the latttr date by special train to Omaha. Marilyn Akeson, Avoca, Wins 4-H Honors Mis? Marilvn Akeson, Avoca. nsmd state winner among 4-II cub boys and pirls for do inw the best iob at hom baut ifvir.g. bv making their home sun-oundinps mre comfortable Use Journal Want Ads l--y isJl&lT&5?' f&'t - V IP vVv- V- Nearly 200 boxcars and cattle cars, converted to carry grain, are parked in the Union Pacific railroad's roundhouse yards at Ellis, Kansas, as the railroads Cass County Traffic Score Stands at 185 Sheriff Torn! Solomon informs The Journal that the Cass County traff'b bQxscore now stands at 185 persons involved in accidents where damages tot- aled in excess of S50.00. This!ri,,K vroc.u . uue? not inciuae acciaents nana i i j- j i j led by the Nebraska Safety Pa trol in. Cass County. In compiling the accidents. jShenfT Solomon has broken the tot:ls to include: Number of Accidents 57 Number of deaths 6 iMnrrber of cars involved 92 Number of persons involved 15 With more and more persons using the highways ss warmer werther arrives, Sheriff Solomon wan.s motorists to use the ut mort precaution in observing traffic laws and regulations. To avoid excessive speed and be ; alert at all times when entering intersections, approaching high ways and keeping your eye or! the car ahead and the one be- hind. i F,frv nfrrt ch,iri k J kee-. Cass County's accident and!', nephritis Miss Marilvn death toll to a minimum and it can be done with the coopera tion of all drivers in the terri-ton-. Cigarette Tax Into Effect On July 1 Kufus Howard, ' Agriculture Department director, Friday said he expects all to be in readiness July 1 when the 3cent-per-pack-age .tigaret tax becomes effec tive Robert H. Creadick, Lincoln, has been aDDointed to head the Cig?ret Tax Division and is now visiting wholesalers throughout the Stafe to acauaint them with the new law and its working pro visions, Mr. Howard said. The new tax was established by the legisautre and the- reve nue will go into the State gen eral fund. ; i : , , "V.'e are arranging for the re tailers to work with the whole salers to get started selling the stamped cigarets," he explained, and pointed out that under the law ony wholesalers may apply the stc'.mps to the packages. C. E. CARTER RETURNS FROM SOUTHERN TRIP C. E Carter, local buildtr, re turned to Pattsmouth the latter nart rtf lact wpplr fnllnurirnr o trin through the southern states and Ohio, where he had contacted lumber mills and suppliers of construction materials. M r. Carter stated that production of these materials is at it's peak, however, the small buyer has little chance of making pur chases dut to tbe big corporations buying the entire output of lum ber and supplies. THe Bidck spdan belonain? The big construction compa- tn L. K. Staubus. owner of the nies, using your Uncle Sams Modern Tourist "enmn on Chi money, have enormous build-.cago Avenut was darged to ing programs underway in many sections. At one spot m Tennes see, -f Mr. Cartpr saw ovt 60 acres of kiln dried lumber stack - ed and ready for shipment to one individual in New York. Miss Alberta Ruth was home Friday from her duties at Clark son hospital in Omaha. prepare to handle estimated rec-'and ord winter wheat crop of 263 million bushels in Kansas alone, The harvest is working north now from Texas. Between Ellis Cass County Girls Win Writing Award Three girls stepned to the head of the class Friday night wh'-n news writing awards to Nebraska 4-H Club members were made. The awards were medals pre sented by The World Herald. They were given for meritious work in publishing the Clover- w" v v v ix W rning the awards were Evelyn Barnes of Louisville, editor; and Pat Lannan of West Point and Marion Pratt of Elm wood, co-editors. Judges said the girls were chosen for "their ambition in gettmg out the daily 4-H news paper, for the amount of work they did in seeing: ,that each days edition got out, and for thei- management of the news- pa pe Marilyn Beckman Dies in Hospital; Funeral Tuesday After five weeks' illness ous Beckman. 17. died at the Meth odist hospital in Omaha Friday night. Daughter of Mr. and I Irs. John Beckman of Mynard. Miss Beck man was a member of the 1947 graduating class of the Platts mouth high school. Besides her parents she is sur vived by 2 sisters, Shirley Joan ; and Beverley Jean, and two i brothers, Donald Glen and j Thomas Lee, all of the home, i Her grandmother. Mrs. Martha Ruby, also survives her. Funeral services will be held in the Evangelical United Breth ren church at Mvnard at 2:00 p. m. Tuesday. The pastor, the Rev. Ivan Kilpatrick, will offic iate. Visiting hours at the Sattler Funeral home will be Monday from three to five and seven to nine. The body will lie in state Tuesday after 10:00 a. m. in the family home. . LeDioyt Gives Talk at Rotary Speaking at the meeting Tues day noon of the Rotary club was Glenn IDiovt, chairman of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. LeDiovt based his talk on the work of . his committee and the National Plow demonstration to be held at- th Alvin Oehlerking farm- n"ir Weeping Water on August 27. R. K. Ingram, chairman of the membership committee of ' the, Omaha C of C was also in troduced for a short talk. In charge of the Rotary pro gram was 'Adrian Newens. man agpr of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company. Statuis Car Damaged In Street Accident Ke ertpnt of about $75 earv Wednesday evening when struck bv ?n auto driven by Ricbard , H. Inman, as he wis bckine fmm tbp eurb "ear Fourth and Main .stress. No one was in jured in the accident, however the Staubus car suffered the loss of a headlight and damage to the right front -fender. Ellsworth, Kansas, 70 miles j away, 500 empty cars are ready j and waiting and more are being I moved in daily, i Seven Mills State Levy Forecast Thci the state property levy will go to seven mills this year war, predi''jd FrJday by Tax Commissioner Robert Armstrong, with a 'conservative allowance for revenue which the liquor tax ?nd the new cigarette tax wil: bring. In addition to the seven mills the state would have to levy, the counties would levy what is needed to pay for the care of then- patients at the state hos- ritaN and the Home for tho Feeble-minded This will bring the total to near the nine mill levy he predicted late last month. Reports from field men out of the tax commissioner's office is that the State's assessed val uation will take a 10 per cent jump over the $2,162,000,000 last year. Liquor tax revenue has declined recently, but this loss is expected to be regained by the l;quor tax increase voted by the recent legislature. Cigarette tax revenue is estimated to run close to three million dollars next 'yeaf according to Slate Agriculture Director Rufus How ard. Mr. Armstrong broke the es timated seven mill levy down as Allows: General tund, 5.5 mihr; Historical Society fund, one-tenth of a mill; veterans' aid fund, four-fif'hs of a mill, and special state building fund. 1.1 mills. Mrs. Stedman Dies at Masonic Home; Last Rites Will be Tues. A resident of the home since November 7, 1940, Mrs. Eliza beth Stedman, 87, died Friday night, June 6 at the Masonic home. Funeral services will be Tuesday, at 2:00 p. m in the Ca'dwell Funeral home. Mrs. Stedman was born April 13, 1860 at Coxsackie, New York. She and her husband lived at Shelton, Nebraska, where they were active n community affairs. Admitted to the Masonic horpe in 1940. the Stedmans came from the Shelton A. F. & A. M. lodge, Mr. Stedman died here February 8, 1944. One son. H. B. Stedman ofi Wasco, California, survives the mother. A daughter. Mrs. Ruth Danielson of Los Angeles was expected to arrive Monday for the services. Following the services in the funeral home, the body will be taken to Forest Lawn, Omaha, for cremation. The Pev. E. C. Williams of the f Methodist church will officiate. Mrs. Earl Carr will furnish the vocal numbers. C.OVFRVOR TO SPEAK' TO FARMERS JUNE 10 On Tuesday. June 10. at the Gretna CUv Hall at 8:15 p m. Governor Val Peterson, Charles Marshall, president of the Ne braska Farm Bureau md lister Lutz, president of the Sarov County Farm Bureau wil 1 ad dress farm folk of Cass, Saun ders, Douglas and Sarpv counties. The Hill and Valley Farm Bur eau unit of Sarpv county is ex tending an invitation to all far mers tn Cass county. Try to come. We are sure it will be time well spent. Fd Hotz. President Hill and Valley Farm Bureau Unit. Vacation School to Close" This Week The daily vacation Rible school being held at the First Methodist church is proving popv.lar w'ith the youngsters enrolled Ten teachers are handling the work. Mere than sixty youngsters are reporting each day for the work in Bible study, worship and hand craft activities. Classes be gin at nine every morning. Classes will continue through this week. Next Sunday morning. June 15, the children will pre sent a closing program during the regular worship hour. Those interested in this vaca tion project and who did not eet to join last week are wel come to attend sessions for the remainder of the term,, accord ing to Mrs. Edgar Glaze who is in charge of the school. Cass County Feed Lot Tour Friday, June 13 Cass Countv agricultural agent Clarence Schmadeke says that fly spraying demonstration wi iP be one of the features of the An- nual Cass County Feeders Feed lot Tour, Friday. June 13. Thp demonstration will be conducted by Martin H. Muma. extensior entomologist, at the G. R. Eve lmd "faTi, west of Elm'.wotid. The tour will start from t' Weepine Wqter vidnitv, with the J. L. Wiles farm set tenta tively for the lead-olT point The comnlete itinery of the tour is as follows: 10:00 a. m. Start. J. L. Wiles farm 2 miles north and one half mile east of Weening Wat er, Nebraska, or 1 mile south md one-half m'le west from the intersection Highways No. 1 apH No. 50. 10:55 a. m. Leo R'ckli farm, ent of Murdock, Nebraska. 11:50 a. m. Elmwood for lunch and annual meeting. Lunch to be served by Methodist ladies in basement of church Meeting after lunch to elect vice presi dent for a term of 3 years and directors from each of the three commissioners district for one year term. 1:20 p. m. Fred Schick farm wr of Elmwood. 1:45 p. m. G. R. Eveland farm west of Elmwood. (A fly con trol demonstration will be con ducted by Dr. Muma of State Extension deDartment by spray in of cattle). 2:35 p. m. Howard Poole farm west of Lincoln. 3:10 p. m. Clyde Althouse farm north of Fagle. 3:40 p. m. Marvin Carr farm south of Eagle. 4 00 p m. End of tour. D. W. Baird 'agricultural aPnt for the C. B. I: Q. railroad will attend the tour and serve as interviewer. Cass County Gets Share Of Gas Tax .Nebraska counties split $441. 535 27 as their share of the Ne braska gas tax m May accoraing to neures released bv state Treasurer Edward Gillette. Thi is an increase of near $80,000 ever Anril. Cass counties share H-.f. total amnnntPrl tn $(3 053. "7 -i vni.ntlA4 Vir tVio rwnnrt l. " IV t V tiu U T I'll. i V i - n . tav fnr TVTav amnnntpH tn CI ,101 78fl ? Of this amount ?- KO 1 1 tiront tn rnarl rnn struction. $296,688 23 to assist ancr. and the balance to africul ural refunds, dealers' refunds, and administration expense j T MIKE TRITSCM . Hur Mike Tritsch, who has been ill for some time at his home, is up and around again. Ontome trist 'and watchmaker. Tritsch is back in his shop in the second floor of the Ruse building. For the present he will confine his business hours to the afternoon hours of one to four. . . .at the Court House Marriage licenses were issued Tune 5 to Kenneth Dale Ward. Omaha, and Ruby La Verne Gm in. Murdook; Arnold George Vos ler and Bottv May Graham. botv of IuWilfc; and Charlps O. Gardner. Tecurmseh. P"d Wanda Steinkamp. Weeping Water. Judre Graves Court Mdvin A. Carr of Avoca was found gui'ty of speeding withir the city Jimits of Avoca and abusing thp arresting officer. He was lined $25 and costs by Judge Charles Graves. Eagles Hold Second In DSC League Following a week's layoff, the Plattsmouth Eagles came back Sunday to trounce the Bellevuc aggregation by the tune of 8 to 1, for their fourth straight win of the DSC League. Playing on the Bellevue dia mond, Bill Fox had the opposi tion eating out of his hand dur ing every inning of the game, striking out 13 hitters, and giv ing up onlv 4 single-base hits.' "Doc" Eaton, who handled things to good advantage behind the plate, will be missed from the Eagle line-up in future games, qs he left for the Navy. Monday. Hobbs. Vroman and Ault each got 2 hits, with "Rip" scoring 3 runs. League Standings: W. Springfield 5 P'attsmouth 4 Millard 3 Paoillion 3 L. 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 Pet. 1000 soo coo 600 400 400 200 000 j Ralston . 2 Louisville 2 Gretna 1 Bellevue 0 The game was scheduled as a "home game" and another big crowd was on hand to witness the victory. Next game is at Gretna, with the last game of the first half being the game called on account of rain at Millard. Box Score: Bellevue: AB R H E Daniels, rf Marirpv. ss , T. Novak, lb T. Iller, p Huntley, c Shires, cf Thrasher, 3b .. 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0' 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 L. Novak. If 2 Tavlor, lb Baise, If J. Novak. 2b 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 32 1 4 4 AB R H E "4 3 2 2 Plattsmouth: Vroman, ss Pestello, 3b Prriott, rf Hobbs. cf Wolever. If O'Donnell. 2b Ault. lb F.-ton. c Fox, p 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 33 3 10 3 At Papillion: P, w- E- Louisville a H 4 Panillion 10 10 7 Batteries Alfrev. WeUe and Gess: Ferrvmn. Timm, Luenen berff and Becker. At Gretna: P. H. E. Millard 6 1 Gretna 0 3 3 "Batteries Todd and Fulton; Sehppf pnd Jipp. At Ralston: R. H. E. Springfield 1 Rplsfn 1 18 5 Batteries E. Gruber. Vierre and J. Gruber: Cockerhnm. , Fucinaro and Jen-1 sen. pipver AR R H A''? 17 2 8 16 4 6 .375 15 6 5 .W 19 6 6 .315 10 1 3 .300 17 4 5 .4 4 0 1 ' .9S0 4 1 1 .20 15 5 3 .?00 11 2 ? .m 13 4 2 .153 3 0 0 .000 2 0 0 .000 2 0 0 .00fl 148 35 42 ,2R3 20 runs on .30 I AU I, IP r OX. P I 'est f MO, OP - Vror'an, SS - "r-iou. ox - Wolfver. of . r.pu-n. c Hobtck. c ctpM-art, 2b Hobbs. of O'Donnell. of-c Frfzter. of r.. of Woster, 2b-of hits. Two Ors Damaged In Manley Accident Two cars w" damaged in a main street collision in Manlev Th"rsdpv when a car driven by T. F. Martin, of Oranpo, KanBr qs. ras struck on a detour road whilo entering an intprsection by n auto driven by John J. Gru r. of Louisville. Dimae to v" Martin car totalled about S50 while it was estimated the Cru bei car suffered damages of iboi't S60. jcordinp to a report by Sheriff Tom Solomon. SPRAINS HIS ANKLE Clarence Ledeeway, clerk of he district court, suffered a -orained ankle while on bis way o work Thursday noon. Thp e--dent occurred s h was walk 'i( along south Third street near First avenue. 1 Kej.d The Journal For News. 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0