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tr- . TIME PLAWSIMADU ' uDdDUKWAIL VOLUME 62. THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1947 NUMBER 57. Damage Suits Filed Against Cass County Cass County found itself in volved in two damage suits filed at the office of the Clerk of Dis trict Court Clarence Ledgway, June 13, 1947. First suit is filed by Ray E. Dietsch, Lincoln, through his at-tii-Tieys. Lyle Holland and Paul White, covering an accident that occurred when a bridge collapsed about two miles north of Green wood, Nebraska, on May 17, this year. Dietsch claims in his petition fled with the court, that the bridge collapsed about 9:30 p. m when he attempted to cross it with a onehalf ton truck, dropp ing the truck, him and his wire into a ditch some 35 feet in depth, wrecking the truck and injuring both him and his wife. Claiming $300 for the truck, a $75 towing charge, less $100 for sale of the truck, he is suing the county for $775. plus a $55 medical bill and $1,000 personal damage, for a total of $2,775.00, plus costs of action. His wife. Katherine Dietsch, also filed suit the same day for a total of $5,000.00 covering per sonal injuries and loss of time from her position at the Good year plant near Lincoln, where she claims to have been employ ed at a salary of $55 per week. The suits charge the county with negligence in maintenance of the road, lack of proper warn ing signals, and failure to prop erly maintain the structure. No answer to the suit has as yet been filed by the county through Attorney Walter Smith. Name Committees On Association Women Lawyers The newly established Section Dn International Relations of the National Association of Wom-i-n Lawyers was launched on June 7th. with the appointment of all committee members, at was disclosed at the Associations headquarters in the" Pennsylvan ia Hotel, New York City. Thirty-five Committees, re cently appointed by the Asso ciation's president. Miss Adete I. Springer, will correlate the ac tivities of all Section members. The Section Chairman, Judge Dorothy Kenyon, United States Representative to the United Na tions Commission on the Status of Women, declared: "I have great hopes for the work of the International Re lations Section of the National Association df Women Lawyers. As now constituted it consists of thirty-five different committees, with chairmen drawn from all parts of the country and one es pecially large sub-division, con sisting of twenty committees, de voted to the many-faced subject of the United Nations. The num ber of these committees and the number of lawyers serving on them is an indication of the cronrmous interest in this field and the worthiness of our work ing on such problems. All these committees have valuable work to do and all of them are bound to make a significant contribu tion." Mrs. W. L. Dwyer, a woman lawyer who has been in the general practice in Cass County. Nebraska, for more than seven teen vears, with offices in Weep ing Water, is Chairman of the Trustee Council of the NAWL. In connection on the work of her committee, Mrs. Dwyer states that it is more or less inactive and will be so until the peace treaties have been signed; after which she asserts that her com mittee will no doubt find much constructive work to do. K. P. Pence Honored With Quality Award K. P. Pence of Plattsmouth. a member of the W.A. Fraser Lincoln agency of the Bankers Life Company of Des J.Ioines, has been honored by beine giv en the National Quality Award certificate for 1947 by the Na tional Association of Life Un derwriters and the Life Insur ance Management Association. This institutional award gives recognition throughout the in surance field to life underwrit ers who render qualitv service as reflected by the persistency of their business. Mrs. Eva Kerns is convalesc ing in St. Catherine's hospital in Omaha after a major opera tion a week ago. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Patterson of Omaha was here Wednesday to attend the meeting of the Cass County Historical Society. Use Journal Want Ads Seating Needed For Sunday Concerts While residents of PlaKsmo'th and this area enjoyed to the full est the band concert hel i Sun day evening under the direction of David Fowler, one great need was outstanding and that was the necessity of proper seating. While most listeners remained in their cars parked in and around the park, a large num ber of persons were forced to stand. Too, the group of young people making up the band, were forced to play to what appeared to be a scant audience, although the musical program brought out an exceptional crowd for its first appearance. Some organization or group in the city should get a proper seating progrom underway at once to afford some comfort to the audience and also give band members the appearance of a crowd they could play to. Student Nurse Graduates With High Honors Miss Yvonne De Les Dernier, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ivan De Les Dernier. 408 Lima Ave nue, Findlay, Ohio, formerly of Murray, Nebraska, has completed three years nurses training at Flower hospital, Toledo. Ohio. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Euginia De Les Dernier of Mur ray and Mr. and 'Mrs. James H. Brown of Omaha. The graduation exercises for th Mass of thirtv-one members r i 0 Yvonne De Les Dernier were held at the Epworth Meth odist church in Toledo on June 3, 1947. Miss De Les Dsrnier affiliated with the Toledo State Hospital. Maumee Valley Hospital, and Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was secretary-treasurer of her class and graduated with honors, receiving the Flor ence Nightingale Award for practical efficiencv. Miss De Les Dernier was a member of the 1942 Plattsmouth high school class. Police Crack Down . On Pre-Fourthers Local police have been in structed by the Mayor and City Council to crack down on "pre Fourth" celebrants who have been shooting fire crackers and other noise makers on city streets during the past few weeks. Under a present ordi nance a heavy fine can be im posed upon violators and police are instructed to put a stop to the nuisance. Sheriff Tom Solomon also in forms the Journal that he will enforce the state laws in re gard to he sale of unlawful fireworks. State laws govern the size and explosive power of certain items for Fourth of July celebrating and much illegal fireworks has found its way to merchants display counters, ac cording to reports reaching this office. Byron Lopp to Sneak Tonight The sales clinic lecture by "By ron Lodo, sponsored by the Bus iness Mrn's Ad club, will be giv en tonight in the auditorium of the library. The program will be?in at 8:00 p. m. Postponed from last Thurs day, the lpcture is the final in a series of three talks by Lopp. Those with reservations are urged to attend. Seats are still available to those without reser vations. Herbert Baumgart underwent an emergency appendectomy at Doctors hospital in Omaha this Thursday morning. Jimmie. Johnnie and Barbara, children of Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Ulrich were at Murray to day to have their tonsils remov ed. Mr. Francis Coleman and their mother went with them for the operations. Eagles Meet Springfield Here Sunday If 'present Dlans work out smoothly during the balance of the week; Plattsmouth will see it's first home baseball game of the season here Sunday when the Eagles meet SDringfield on the local athletic field. In case the field is not in proper con dition for playing, the fame will be played at Fpringf t Id with cars leaving Eagle's hall at 12:30. The locals have had a very successful start in the 1947 sea son, ccming through' with four wins out of six starts for .606 average, in spite of the disad vantage of not having a prac tice field here at home. However, this condition is being rectified as fast as possible with the new field on Washington Avenue fast developing into one of the finest athletic fields in this section of the state. The Eagles are determined to win this all-important game with Springfield Sundav and take the lead in the DSC League held by the former since the start of the season. If Plattsmouth con suc ceed in, knocking off these league standers, they can hand them their first defeat of the year. Below is the bating average of the Eagles for the first six carries played: Player AB R H Ave. Ault, lb Vroman, ss Fox. p Wolever, cf Eaten, c Pestello. 3b Parriott, of Iloback. c Gratioville. c Hobbs, of Stewart, 2b O'Donnell, of-c Frazier, of Wostcr, 2 b Gall, cf 25 26 23 24 4 9 5 4 11 8 7 I 2 6 5 1 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 .440 .307 .304 .291 .285 .272 .263 .250 .250 22 '200 .100 .000 .000 .00c 7 1 22 6 19 4 4 18 15 20 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 5 5 0 0 0 214 45 57 .266 Opponetns have 24 runs on 43 hits. Game Violators Pay Heavy In May Penalties ' It costs money to violate game laws and regulations. During; the month of Ma v. 29 person;; paid a total cf .c525.90 in fines, court costs, and liquidated dam ages. Ten persons were caught fishing without permits, and paid an average of $9:00 each for do jing so. Fifteen teople -were i caught with more than the legal ; limit of game fish, and these vio jlaters paid from S12.80 to $29.00 for their sins. One arrest was made for hunt j ing without a permit, another conviction resulted from improp erly kept fur records, a third was convicted for the illegal pos session of a beaver, and paid fines, Cf.?ts and damages in the amount of $46.00. One conviction resulted from a breach of the migratory waterfoul regulation requiring the' use of a plugged shotgun. Funds collei?ted through the payment of fines are given over to the school fund in the county in which the offense was commit ted. Liquidated damages are paid into the game fund. Small Girl Falls Into Manhole Little Betty Anne Waldemeier. living with her parents in an apartment above store buildings j between Third and Fourth on ; Main, escaped with only minor j bruises Tuesday when she acci dent ly fell irto an open manhole on lower Main Street Tuesday afternoon while at play. Accompanied by several other small children, the girl's scream attracted the attention of sev eral older boys who rushed to the girl's aid and succeeded in pulling ner from the water out- ' let. none the worse ior ner ex perience other than a few bruises and somewhat frightened. Fred M. Hawkinson and daugh ter Patricia of Akron, Colo., ac companied by Miss Virginia Bcrkman of Englewood, Colo., visited the M. D. Furse family Thursday morning. They were enroute to Illinois to visit rela tives. Mr. Hawkinson. the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nels Hawkinson. was born and raised in Plattsmouth, leaving here when a young man to be emoloy ed with the C. B. & Q. Railroad Company. He now owns and op erates the Red & White Grocery store at Akron. ' On a two-weeks vacation,- Miss Vera Solomon Is visitine in Chi cago with friends and relatives. Cass Countians' z:ZYii Arv 4 Y& "f Ll h&SiJk cH-tL A whole crowd of former Cass Couyitians 'turned out Sunday, June 8th to renew acquaintances and picnic in Bixby Park, Long Beach. California. Mr. C. T. Hall is president of the group that meets once a year Rotary Club Hears Talk On Cancer Dr. H. E. Eggers, educational director of the American Cancer Society Nebraska division, was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon held at the Platts mouth Hotel Tuesday noon. Us ing as his subject "What to know About Cancer." his talk, both, timely and instructive, was well received by the listeners. Assisting Dr. Eggers was George Lorimer, publicity di rector, both from the Omaha of fice of the Society. With I.' L. Kocian in charge of the program, the talk by Dr. Eggers was followed with an eight-minute movie film on can cer that revealed many of the details in treatment and detec tion cf the disease. ' Guest Rotarians were John A. McKenzie. district manager of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company: Carroll Fay, vice-president and general manager of the Southwest Sash and Door Com pany, Joplin. Mo., enroute to Yellowstone -Park: and Donald Fisher, Omaha, of the Perfect Circle Piston Ring Company. Fire Destroys Barn at Starkjohn Farm Fire of unknown origin com pletely clestroyed a barn late Monday night at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Starkjohn, six miles northwest of Plattsmouth. The entire con tents, consisting of hay. ma chinery and tools were a com plete loss. Although the Plattsmouth fire department responded to the call for aid their trip proved futile as the blaze was bevond control upon thier arrival. The property was partially covered by insur ance. Two Youths Handed To Tecumseh Sheriff Two Weeping Water youths, Don Wade, 17, and Robert Rauth, 19. were taken into custody by Sheriff .-Tom So mnn Tuesday and turned over to Sheriff Olson of Tecumseh on charges of illeg al use of firearms and disturb ing the peace and quiet. The in cident for which the two youths are being held, occurred at Ster ling late Monday night, accord ing to information given the Journal. Feldhousen Drug Is Adding to Store Workmen are busy this week making extensive imDrovements to the interior of the Feldhausen Drug store. New shelving is be ing installed to the east side and rear of the store to aid in a more impressive display of mer chandise offered by this place of business. When completed the project will add some 30-feet of shelving and display space to the present fixtures and will make mer chandise more accessable to clerks and customers alike. ctrip; arirtinr in th annearancp of this already attractive store in the Plattsmouth business section. California Picnic to talk over old times and keep the name of Nebraska fresh in their minds. All of those pictured are from Cass County, some living in Southern California and some Robert E. Brown is Promoted to Corporal Fort Richardson. Alaska Pri- vate First Class Robert E. Brown, a member of the Headquarters ; ard Headquarters Squadron;j Alaskan Air Command, stationed : at Fort Richardson, v-as recently promoted to the grade of Corp oral. Corporal Brown, who is a skilled clerk, is assigned to duty w;th the Air Command Intelli gence Section where he has the acdiitonal duty of Cryptographic Technician. He is the sonof Mr. and Mrs. William K. Brown of 1601 Main street, Plattsmouth. Nebraska and graduated from Plattsmouth High School in 1946. While a student thcr he was a member of the school"s basketball team. The Corporal, who before en- i tering the Army Air Torces in July of 1946 was employed by I the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Corporation at Fort Crook, Ne ; braska. has boon stationed ,t i Fan Antonio Military Training j Center, Texas and Scott Tield, IlMnois. wh-re he attended Cryp tographic School. State Bar Meeting in Omaha Today Nebraska State Bar Associa tion is in meeting today at the Paxton Hotel in Omaha where a refresher course is being given to attorneys and judges of east ern Nebraska covering laws pas sed at the recent session of the Legislature. ;: Most Cass County attorneys. judges and court attendants are i attending the meeting. MISS 1VERSON IN HOSPITAL i The condition of Miss Margaret j Iverson is much improved after an operation recently in St. Catherine's hospital, Omaha. She will be there for several days longer. Use Journal Want Ads First Cass County .sc!s&:-m.'.w Above is pictured Rudolph G. Stoll shown taking- delivery on his new Oldsmobile at the Cass County Motor company, local dealers, recently. Stoll. a former Technical Sergeant, who served in the army from March 14, Jt'4z until February, 1945, is the 2nd Cass County veteran to receive an automobile through the Vet- r 1 i L3nu-J' " T25 O lv " . V.V. V.-.WV. W .- --..--.V.V. .-.V....V ..l:-. .---.-Cv .. V.WA.'.VAV.V.'Aa.A-juJ f just visiting. Snc piaji on being back in Nebraska by the time this picture is printed. Mr. Hall is second to the of the banner, standing on left the 1 table. Cass Countians Have Annual California Picnic The annual Cass County pic- ,nic was held in Eixby Park. Long Beach. June 8. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hall of Whittier were president and secretary-treasurer : f or the year. For the ensuing ' year Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dugger of Santa Ana will be in office. Those present were: Sam Arch- er, Edith Eaman Purviance, Mr. G. W. Goodman. 'Har - ' and Mrs. ! O Newman, Margaret Tulene ! Yates. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hall : and family, Mr. ?nd Mrs. Louis Bickford and Landis, Lois and Mary Lou Cole.Mr. . and Mrs. Walter Bickford, Mr. and Mrs. iWm. Fisher. Lydia Kilborn Le j Cain. Joe Buttery. Mrs. Pearl Kilborn, James Kinkead. Mr. and M-s. Troy Jewell, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Kelley and John, Helen Sher man Edwards, A 1 v i n E. Edwards. M r. :and Mrs. Homer Sylvcstor and Pat. Mayone Sylvester Wilson, j Olive and Bob Richardson. Shir- ley Hudson, Anna Thierolf. C. I A. and Frances Marshall, Tom Jand Rob Marshall. Will Web jster. Mrs. Harriet Hoffres. Mat ttie Egenberger, Mary E. Hooper. I Edward Cortely, John V. Egen ibereer, Pauline Martens Eyers, I (Continued on Page Four) Report Sales of Local Properties Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Eatride have sold their home on Lincoln Avenue to Mr. and Mrs. Earl P. Marshall, who have moved here from Norfolk. Nebraska. Loris P. Long, local real estate broker, i also reports the sale of the prrp jerty of Glen D. 'Hewitt and Wil 'liam P. Hewitt, Omaha, located ; at 224 Second avenue, to Mr. and Mrs. Earl P. Backer. Subscribe for The Journal. Vet Gets New Car erans Administration giving a new car to all disabled. Going overseas in 1943, Stoll received wounds that resulted in the loss of a leg in the fighting of 1944. The new Olds, specially equip ped, was sent direct from the factory and delivered to Stoll j through the Cass County Motor Company. ?ta.n1friimplQent Installs New Signs New signs of the were placed over neon variety the front of the Stander Implement Co., dur ing the past week that lights Sixth Avenue up like the mid way at Korn Karnival time. ! Elazing out the words "Good- : vprr" anH ".Tnhn Dcprp" for all I to see the new addition to this i aa' evening. June t. part of the business section of. Miss Margaret Smith, junior ! the city adds considerable to the , past honored queen, acted as the appearance of the street besides installing officer and was assist : letting the public know definite- ed by Miss Beverly Brubacher as lv that the Standers are ready installing guide. Miss Donna for business. More color, more lights, more fiaFh, and a little more of every thing is making Plattsmouth grow. : Eagle Farmers Praised For Tree Planting iC'H UAa li A IL .IMUI 1 1 III C5Ltl ( E. G. Maxwell, Lincoln. ' gets around over Nebraska and sees j a lot of beauties over the state, i Nothing delights him more than ; to talk about beautiful Nebras-; ka and trrc planting activities ' of some Nebraskans. In describ-! ing the activities of some plant-' ' ers. two Cass County farmers j came into their share of praise I in a story released this week. H. N. Erskine, Eagle, is one i Nebraskan with what Maxwell ' i says is a good wind-breakfng j planting an el-shaped planting i to the north and west of the ! I farm. There are nine rows in it, j planted 18 feet apart, with trees; leieht feet apart in the row. : i Maxwell expects him to have j ; one of the outstanding wind- ! ! breaks of his neighborhood in j i years to come. 1 L. K. Schwartz, also of Eagle, ' is another Cass County farm vis- j i ited by Maxwell. Mr. Schwartz j informed him that he had plant ed 10,000 trees in the past 10 ! : years. Cottonwoods he planted : ; three years ago are now more j ; than 20 feet high, and are af- j fording a near perfect wind- j break. j i Maxwell warns, nowever, inai manV plantings are too thick and 'should be thinned out before dry years come on again. Mo. Pac. Makes Train Changes Effective last Sunday, June 15, time chances have been made on three of the Missouri Pacific Railroad's four passenger trains. Southbound train. No. 110. for merly reaching here at 5:22 p. m.. now arrives at 4:45 p. m. I XVoctKoiii-i trir Vn 11Q ic now due at 6:42 a. m.. eight minutes earlier than before. Southbound No. 106 is now due at 8:30 a. m.. two minutes earlier than its former schedule. Westbound No. 105 remains unchanged, being due here at 5:49 p. m. These changes were announced by Dan Sumner, station agent. State Officer Picks Up Automobile Tags C. R. Butler, representing the State Sheriff's Office, was in Cass County Monday where he picked up two automobile li cense plates and driver's licenses of two motorists who were in volved in traffic accidents re cently. Under the new law, tags and licenses are picked up and held'by the State Sheriff, when the motorist fails to post lia bility insurance in the amount of S5.000.00, if he is involved in an accident that causes personal or property damage. Hold Man on Rape Charges Raymond Pointer, 23. Weep ing Water, is being held in the county jail by Sheriff Tom Solo mon on charges of statutory rape involving a 13-year-old girl following a dance at Murray last Saturday night. The incident is alleged to have occurred on the high school grounds of that city during the early morning hours of Sunday. June 15. Pleading "not guilty" when arraigned before County Judge Paul Fauquet Monday, he was bound over under $500 bond for hearing scheduled for 2 p. m. June 20. EARLIER MAIL DISPATCH Acting Postmaster Edward Eg enberger announces that there is an earlier mail dispatch for mail coing south' in the afternoon. This is due to the earlier arrival of Missouri Pacific train No. 110 which arrives here 37 minutes earlier than heretofore. Mail at the postoffice is made up at 4:25 p. m. to mf"et the train which is due at 4:45 p. m. Egenbereer explains that mail i base in beattie, wasnmgion, ai going to Nebraska City may bejter visiting here with his par picked up the same evening at;ents. Mr. and -Mrs... Benjamin the post office there. ' Hopkins. : Uob's Daughters ; Install Unicers For New Term ! Officers of Eethel 24, Order : of Job's Daughters, were install ed at the Masonic Temple Satur Meisinger as installing marshal. Miss Eileen Aylor as installing chaplain, Mrs. Roy Cole as in stalling musician. Miss Bonnie Walters as installing recorder. Miss Delores Ruse as installing junior custodian, and Miss Juani ta Sigler as installing senir custodian. During the installation cere monies. Mrs. Edward Wehrbem sang "Prayer Perfect" and "Hold Thou My Hand." New officers installed were Betty Meisinger, honored queen, Jean Lloyd, senior princess, Marilpu Warner, junior princess, Carol Lou Bernhardt, guide, M;l dred Ann Meisinger, marsha, Clementine Wostcr, chaplain, Katherine Ann Parkening, li brarian, Mary Margaret Cole, musician, Phyllis Snodgr ass, treasurer; Donna Rhoden, re corder, Betty Hild, assistant re corder, Janis Schmidtmann, first messenger, Margaret Heineman, second messenger. Marilyn Lutz, third messenger, Jeannette Rhy lander, fourth messenger, Patty Rogers, fifth messenger, Char lene Patterson, senior custodian, Joan Cockerill, junior custodian, Jean Meisinger, inner guard. Bonnie Jean Meisinger, outer guard, and Delores Hild histor ian. ' Following the installation ser vice, the guardian council of the bethel and other important guests were introduced by the honored queen. Katherine Ann Parkening, librarian, gave a report on a fathers' day theme, and Jean Meisinger plas'ed a pi ano solo. The next Job's Daughters meeting will be held August 30, at seven-thirty. Cass County Chapter In Annual Meet The Cass County chapter of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, held their an nual meeting at Louisville Mon day evening, with the following officers present. Mrs. Lawrence Group of Louisville, president: Geo. L. Farley, vice-president; Miss Wilhelmina Henricks e n, secretary; E. H. Wcscott. treas urer. Newly elected officers for the ensuing year are, Mrs. Lawrence Group, president: Mrs. Lottie Knecht of South Bend, vice-president: Mrs. Helen John of Weep ing Water, secretary; Mrs. Hen ry Donat of Plattsmouth, treas urert Mrs. Doane of Louisville was elected the 5th member of the executive committee. Present at the meeting ' was state representative Clinton Bel knap, who showed interesting pictures on the advances being made in the treatment of polio. Thelocal chapter has had more demands made upon its resources the past year that at any time. CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS The popularity, of flying is demonstrated every day. On May 25, at the Nebraska Wing Break fast Flight at Lincoln. Nebraska, there were 180 aricrafi. there, which brought a total of over 400 people to be served break fast. For this activity, any CAP Cadet, or Senior member, or Staff Member of the Civil Air Patrol is eligible. The remaining June schedule follows: June 22. Superior, Nebraska, June 29, Chadron, Nebraska. , , ' A number of our CAP Cadets' have" availed thfrnselyes' of: yUie opportunity of flyine with re serve pilots, from Offutt Field, . in Army Training Aircraft. Have you been up, yet? ' ' Two L-4 airplanes . have been assigned to the Nebraska Wirig for the purpose of accomplish ing a definite CAP mission, pri marily for orientation ' flights for Cadets. This will be carried out through the local units "or fliehts, according to present plans. Burrell E. Evans. 2nd Lt. CAP, Com. Miss Antonia Vanek and her niece. Miss Joseohine Warga, are vacationing in Denver.. . n S-2c Lowell B. Hopkins ' left for his naval Monday morning