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PUBL' SF vCaLY IV. Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 62 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1947 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 92 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Cass County Banks Bulge With Deposits Cass County banks are bulging vith cash according to published br.r.k statements appearing in last week's issue of The Journal and other county papers. Depos its totals have increased by leaps and bounds during the past few months as 1947 cash crops have reached the market. Here in Plattsmouth, the Tiattsmouth State Bank showed S:. 572,032.98 in deposits, with surplus and undivided profits of vcr S232.000.00. At Murray, Cass County's second largest bank, deposits reached an all-time high of S1.7G6.C88.19, with profits and surplus of over $30,000.00. Other county banks include Nehawka Bank with deposits of 5581.504.97; The American Ex cnange Bank at Elmwood with deposits of $1,553,353.49; The Ne biaskn State Bank, Weeping Wa ter, having $1,170,098.53 in de pofits and the Home State Bank at Louisville with $752,430.44. Ua the largest amount of cash in banks ever recorded in Cass County. With the statement of one Lank. The First National at Weeping Water unavailable, the total cash held on deposit as of October C. totals S9.403.304.G0. Add to this the total of the above mentioned bank, and Cass Coun ty residents have considerable ever 10 million dollars in cash in the bank. The above figures do not in clude postal savings, Victory Eiids. War Bonds, and other treasury notes, nor does it in clude cash in pocket, that buried in the cf liar or under the chicken coop. If you think "cash custo ms rs" are going to be short in this county within the next few months, better revise your sched ule, place a few ads in The Journal and get going after the business. Gov. Val Peterson Speaks Here Tonight Gov. Val Peterson will speak in Plattsmouth this evening when he addresses the Past Masters Annual Meeting of the. Platts mouth Lodge No. 6 A.F. & A.M. honoring Edward F. Wehrbein, Master 1946. The meeting will col underway at 6:30 with a banquet served in the Masonic li;ll. J. Howard Davis will act as toastmaster. A number of Grand Lodge of ficers will be present, as well as numerous guests from other ledges from this section. Former Resident Die At York Monday afternoon at York, Nebraska, funeral services were held for Mrs. John Calvert, wife of the late Rev. John Calvert firmer pastor of the Methodist crurch here. ?Iarriage Licenses Llewellyn Schulz. 29. Omaha, and Agnes Newman, 34. Omaha. I--ued Oct. 17. Married by Judge Paul E. Fauquet. John Manroe Fox. 65, Scotia, Nebr., and Maude Ely McGee, 57. Lincoln. Issued October 18. In County Court In the matter of the State vs. Charles Higgins and James Riley on a complaint of car theft filed Iv County Attorney Walter Smith, the case was remanded from Justice of the Peace Court to County Court with hearing on October 16. Appearing before County Judge Paul E. Fauquet v.-ilh their parents, the two 15-yecr-old youths plead guilty to the charge and were paroled to Father Flynn, priest at Dawson, their home town. Delwin Raper plead guilty to a complaint of intoxication filed October 15 and was fined $10 crd costs. Frank Palko plead guilty to a ch.'-rge of intoxication October 20 ind was fined $10 and costs and paroled lor a period of six months to his employer. Sterling Ingwerson. District Court A jury is being selected today (Thursday) for trial of the Don ald M. Philpot as adminstrator vs. Oscar C. Hinds damage suit the outcome of an accident Dec. 12. 1946 west of Lincoln that took the life of Mrs. Philpot. Hearing on the case is expected to get underway Tuesday before District Judge Thomas E. Dunbar At The Cass County Court House i Winners Named in Guessing Contest Winners in a guessing con tent at the Black and White store were announced last week as follows: 1. Naomi Owens, Dutch oven; 2. Mrs. Verner Kaf fenberger, tea kettle; 3, Vivian Trnnel, chicken fryer; 4. Mrs. C O. Carlburg, colander; 5, Alice Pollock Perry, 2-quart sauce pan; 6, Mrs. C. Mottinger. 2-quart sauce pan; 7, Mrs. E. C. Steppat, 2-quart sauce pan. . All th prizes were aluminum ware. Entrants were required to guess the number of squares in a given size of Swiss silk bolt ing cloth which is used by the j manufacturers in sifting then product, a nationally advertised brand of flour. Bernard G. Wurl Dies Suddenly Of Heart Attack Stricken by a sudden heart at trck Thursday afternoon, Octo ber 16, 1947, Bernard G. Wurl, 73. died shortly after four o'clock while workine at his desk in the Eagles hall. Mr. Wurl was sec retary of the FOE, an office he had held for many years. Born at Horicon, Wisconsin, on April 23, 1874, Mr. Wurl came to Plattsmouth in his early years with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard G. Wurl, sr. and his brothers. For many years he v.a? a cigar maker in this city, conducting his own shop. Later he was associated with his bi other, Emil, in the grocery and department store at the corner of Sixth and Main streets. Sin; his retirement fom the store he has continued to be active in civic affairs. At the time of his death he was treasurer of the Sons of Herman. Survivors of Mr. Wurl are his wife. Ella of Plattsmouth; one son, Carl, Billings, Montana; and four brothers, Emil, Plattsmouth; QUo, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Paul and Ernest, Pomona, California. Funeral services were conduc ted this afternoon at two o"clock in the Sattler Funeral Home. The Rev. E. J. Moritz of the St. Paul Evangelical and Reformed church officiated. Mrs. Ferdin and Nolte was at the organ and accompanied Frank Cloidt who sang. "Sweet Peace, the Gift of God's Love." Pallbearers were William j u uonnen. ennora t oroes, uan Hoschar, Curtis Faris. Ivan Gear hart and Walter Eledge, all members of the local Eagle Lodge. Shrader Rhoden Is Named Cass Deputy Sheriff Schrader Rhoden. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Rhoden of Platts mouth and a Cass County native son, was named Deputy Sheriff of the county last Thursday by Sheriff Tom Solomon. Deputy Rhoden will fill the position left vacant ' by the resignation of f o! ir.er deputy, Joe Bender, who resigned September 8 and re turned to Weeping Water. Rhoden has made his home in Cass County near Murray all his life. For the past few years he has been a prominent livestock buyer and feeder, living with his family on an acreage near Mur ray. The family will move into the sheriffs home adjoining the county jail the first of next week. Cass County has been without a deputy for the past six weeks with the entire burden of law enforcement duties being car lied by Sheriff Solomon. The selection of Mr. Rhoden as deputy will meet with the ao-pT-val of all Cass County citi zt ns. Chamber Commerce Will Meet Thursday President John Schriener urges all members to attend the final October meeting of the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce scheduled for Thursday night at C:30 at the Hotel Plattsmouth dining room. A good number turned out at the last meeting rnd a lively discussion on con structive projects for the city were in order. Your presence at Thursday's meeting will be ap preciated. Here on Business Merle Jones came in from Mc Cook Wednesday evening to take care of matters of business and to visit a few days with his mother, Mrs. Joe McCarthy. Kramer Heads Platte Valley Public Power Columbus. Neb., Oct. 20 0J.R Selection of Harold Kramer as chairman of the Board of Man apt rs of the Nebraska Public P'.'v.er system was announced to day. Kramer, secretary and general manager of the Loup River Pub lic Power District with head quarters at Columbus, succeeded Gtcrge E. Johnson, who resigned recently from the board and as general manager of the Central Nebraska Public power and Irri gation District (Tri-County). A. C. Tiiley, Hastings, who re placed Johnson as general man ager of Tri-County, also became stcietary of the board. Gearld Gentleman, N rth Platte, secretary and general manager of the Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District, was named vice-chairman of the board. Kramer paid tribute to John fun with whom he served 15 years in the state's public power system. "We regret the loss of John sen," Kramer said. "We recog nize his invaluable contribution to the conservation movement in om state. The Board of Managers intends to carry on with devo tion to the cause, to end that our piogram of irrigating all possi ble acres and complete electric service will be accomplished." The new board spent last week in Omaha on work connected with the Bellevue steam plant, expected to be completed in 1S49. Accident Victims Show Improvement Victims of the automobile ac cident last Thursday morning at Dead Man's Curve are reported tcday to be improving. Miss Grace Livingston, suffer ing with a broken right leg, was moved today from Doctors hospi tal to Immanuel hospital, Om aha. Mrs. Robert Vallery is still in Doctors hospital. X-ray pictures showed that there were no brok en bones but Mrs. Vallery is suf fering from shock and nervous excitement. It is expected that she will be released and allowed tc come home within a few days, numbers of her family reported. Francis B. Toman is still at St. Joseph's hospital. Mrs. Toman suys it has not yet been deter mined whether he received any broken bones. His injuries are still very painful. Wayne Lewis is bedfast at his home south of town. He came home from Doctors hospital this noon and will return there for fu:ther examination Wednesday, his family revealed. Grant Roberts, who escaped with no serious injuries, was t ble to return to his work at Union Pacific headquarters Thursday afternoon, according to Mrf. Roberts. Based on an average weight of ,! a Delmar, Iowa, farmer, brought 1C2C pounds, a load of cattle, a record $501 a head at the Chi above, owned by Fred Schmidt, 1 cago stockyards. Heads Platte Valley Public Power yxv - i - 4 Reading left to right: Ger ald Gentleman, North Platte, I Secretary - General Manager Platte ' Valley Public Power and Irrigation District and Vice- Chairman Board of Managers Nebraska Public Power Sys tem; Harold Kramer, Columbus, Salvation Army Drive For Funds Now Underway Mrs. Henry Donat, chairman of the Plattsmouth Salvation Army Fund Drive, announced Thursday that th 1947 campaign is underway conducting its an nual maintenance appeal. The annual appeal is directed t business organizations, indus trial groups. prdofessionaT "peS pe and Salvation Army friends L behalf of health, welfare, cul-tu-al and social activities. Dur ing the past it has assisted mil lions of needy, and brought new hope to untold thousands who hsve benefited through its shel ters, hospitals, homes, food kitch ens, camps and other institutions throughout America. Mrs. Donat states that a por tion of the funds donated during the campaign will be left in the hands of the committee to be used to meet need in this com munity. Other members of the local committee include besides Mrs. Donat, Richard C. Peck, treas urer; D. L. Edwards. Mrs. Charles Babian, R. F. Ercndel, Edward M. Egcnberger, Mrs. Fred Rea, Josephine E. Rys, Clement T. Woster, John P. Satt ler. W.C. Soennichsen and T. I. Fi iest. The area of Hudson Bay is about 400,000 square miles. , j Secretary-General Manager Loup ; River Public Power and Irriga ! tion District, chairman of board ; of managers; A. C. Tilley, Has i tings. .iief engineer and gen ' eral manager of Central Nebras- ka Public Power and Irrigation I District, secretary of board of managers. Schools to Close October 23-24 For Convention The Plattsmouth public schools and St. John's school will be dis missed Thursday and Friday of this week for the Nebraska State Association convention. With six NSEA districts throughout the state, most of the Platts-ir.i-uth teachers will go to Oma ha for the District 2 meetings. Some of them will attend the meetings of District 1 in Lincoln. The Sisters of St. John's Catho l'c school will go to the Lincoln convention. Thf morning sessions in Oma ha will be held in the Paramount theater. The Thursday night general session will be at Tech High. Division meetings will be in the Joslyn Memorial, the Scottish Rite cathedral and the Hotel Fontenelle. Florence B. Reynolds, Omaha. is president of District 2 and Mrigaret Iverson, Plattsmouth, is vice president. Speakers at the Omaha meet irgs include Dr. Archer L. Eurnham. executive secretary, NSEA; Dr. Richard B. Kennan, executive secretary, NEA; Dean Harold Benjamin, University of Maryland; Dr. James B. Edmon- i son. University of Michigan: R. C. Patterson, department adju tant. American Legion of Ne bjska and Hubert H. Humphrey, rioyor of Minneapolis. General meetings in Lincoln will be in the University Coli-st-um. Death Comes to Miss Viola Davis Of Louisville Tuneral services were held Fri day. October 17. 1947 at Fair bury for Misss Viola Davis, 42, of Louisville. Miss Davis died Wednesday morning in the Fair lury Clinic after an illness of t'n -ee years. Burial wras in Louis ville. Receiving her education and parlv teacher training in the Louisville schools. Miss Davis tdjght in the rural schools of Cass county for several years. She later taught in the Weeping Water and Louisville grade schools. For six years preceding her illness -she was a teacher in th Fairbury schools. Mis Davis is survived by three brothers. Eric and Henry of T.ouisvPK and Yosta of Berke ley, California. Fishermen Land Heavyweight Cat Following a short rest aftr their brother Joe concluded his vacation ani left for his home in Pcrtland. Bill and John Grebe have again resumed their fishing in the Missouri river. Last Thurs day morning thev hooked a foiw foot catfish which tonned the scales at 47 pounds. Bill reports that they caught the biff fellow close to John's cabin alon? the river road. They also took in several small fish weighing from four to eight pounds. Nehawka Mother Keeps Pomise To Sailor Son 'If anything happens to me, mother, promise you will take me back home." was the last word of a sailor son as he went away to war. Now, Mrs. Ella B. Kearney is fulfilling that promise and her s.nlor son. Signalman 1-c Harley Alber Kearney is on his way back "home" to Nehawka from the Hawaiian Islands where he died of ptomaine poisoning dur ing the war. His body will be placed in its last resting place btside that of his father and grandfather, a Civil War veter an. The late Harley Kearney was a twin brother of Harold Kear ney of Nehawka. His mother now resides at Redondo Beach. Calif., and boarded a train Wednesday in Los Angeles bound for the fu'-mer family home. Other relatives are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Balfour, Nehawka; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Balfour, Union, and Mrs. Myrtle Cross, of Cali-fo-nia. who is visiting the Bal four families at this time. The body of the former navy man reached the United States on the Honda Knot Friday. It will be sent to the Kansas City ciuartermaster where Porter funeral home will be in charge. Kearney died March 8, 1942, at Pearl Harbor. He was born De cember 21, 1915. in Wyoming pre cinct and enlisted in the Navy fur submarine duty in 1941. American Legion service's will be held at the Wyoming Metho dist church with burial at Cowles Hill cemetery, the date to be an nounced when the body arrives. Journal Goes to State Hospital There is one copy of the Platts mouth Journal going into the mail this week the publishers are happy to send "for free." It is addressed to the Patients Li b.ary, Hastings State Hospital, Hastings, Nebraska. A letter this past week from Juul C. Nielsen, superintendent at the hospital, stated that Cass County had seven patients there, six of them being paid for by the c( unty. The patients have no way of keeping up on things go ing on at home. He thought it a nice gesture if some way could be found to send them the home newspaper. . . Mr. Nielsen suggested the pub lisher find somebody in -the 'com munity willing to subscribe for The Journal and have it sent to the hospital. This will not be necessary. Effective today, cop it s of The Journal will be mailed without charge each Monday and Thursday we trust those seven pctsons will enjoy reading it. Returns from Chicago Mrs. Will Ofe returned Satur day from Chicago where she had been for two weeks to help care for her brother, Paul Budig, who had undergone an operation. It would be just too bad for this bearded Russian sailor if . he were caught reading such cap italistic literature at home. When his schooner, Kalmar, en route from Los Angeles to Vladivostok, had a stopover in Honolulu, he caught up en his reading in the . Wall Street Journal. O'V; y Cow Sells for $300 Here Saturday A Holstein cow brought S300 here Saturday at the Cheste-r Keys dairy sale held at the Plattsmouth Sales Barn, accord ing to Karl Grosshslns. owner. With Rex Young crying the sale, the 17 head of Holsteins averaged $245 per head with a low of $200, a near all-time rec ord sale for this territory. Keys of Papillion, is going out of the dairy business, as are nu merous oiTier dairymen of the state. They complain of the high cost of production based on to days prices and of the burden tiying to comply with inspectors demands in the operation of their business. New Telephone Directory Sent Out This Week New telephone directories are being mailed to subscribers this week in preparation for the switch over to dial service to be made Thursday evening. The new directories, printed and bound in The Journal job department, carry the new tele phone numbers assigned sub scribers to the Lincoln Telephone rnd Telegraph Company's serv ice. Every phone number in the city was changed in the new di rectory to correspond with the new dial system. Patrons are warned, however, to continue using the old number until the new service goes into operation. The new directory of 26 pages, plus cover, carries the listings of all phone users in Plattsmouth and Murray. The work connected v ith compiling the numbers, the composition in preparing the copy for printing and the as sembling and binding of the book is no small undertaking. It re- Cjiiired many man-hours of la bor in the printing of pagers, thumb tabs, tags and covers, the stringing of the tags, and inser tion of the tabs etc., in proDer sequence in a total of 2,200 books to meet the deadline of delivery. The job required several hun dred pounds of paper, ink, string and wire. It required many hours cf careful proof reading in or der that all numbers appear cor rectly, both numerically and al phabetically. All subscribers are expected to receive their new directories by Wednesday of this week. Fifty Stitches to Close Accident Cuts Fifty stitches were required to ciose the wounds about the face and head of Clyde S. Baxter, of Weeping Water, as the result of an accident in the city limits of the town about 9:30 Sunday night. Accompanied by Chas. Ham mond, the Baxter car ran head en into a ditch a block south of the Weeping Water school, in juring the driver. Dr. Kunkel of Weeping Water treated the pa tient. Deputy Sheriff Rhoden in vestigated the accident. Dr. Harold Wise To Teach Off Campus Class Supt. T. I. Friest announces that Dr. Harold E. Wise, profes sor of secondary education. Uni versity of Nebraska, will be the instructor of the off-campus course which is being offered here. Dr. Wise will be here Tuesday evening. October 21. His course will be Ed. 259 O-C, organization and administration of audio visual aids. The tuition will be comparable to that normally pid at the university. Nearly 20 people have already signified their intention of tak ing the course. Supt. Friest is again inviting all those who are interested in earning three hours credit, either for renewal of cer tificate or towards a bachelor's degree or higher. The meeting Tuesday will be in the high school building and will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Breaks Collar Bone Charles Newton was back at his classes in high school Friday sfter an absence of two days due to an accident suffered at foot ball practice. While on the field Tuesday evening he broke his left collarbone. The nature of the break made it necessary for him to be taken to St. Catherine's hospital in Omaha where the col lar bone was set and he stayed urtil the next day. Charles is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Newton. Presented Izaak Walton Charter Thursday Night With a State record of 137 paid up members, the Plattsmouth Izaak Walton League was pre s( nted its charter at a special meeting held in the 40 and 8 Club rooms Thursday evening of last wit'k with Robert Walling, president in charge. Attending the presentation met ting were State officers and 37 members of the Fremont chap ter who made the trip to Platts mouth in a specially chartcrcxl bu?. Presentation of the Charter war made by Dr. R. H. Heine, State president of the Izaak Wal ton League from Fremont and a national director of the organiza tion. Acceptance of the charter and response was made by Rich ard C. Peck, local attorney and Commander of the Plattsmouth American Legion Post. Outstanding during the eve ning's program was the presen tation of a "Founder s Button" t Attorney Al L. Tidd, by At torney James Begley for his ef forts in organizing the League and his contribution to game preservation and the securing of the State Game Refuge for this community. Clyde Colley, Fremont, past Stite president, made a short talk to the gathering, followed by an address by Paul Gilbert, Stcietary of the State Game and Fish Commission of Lincoln. He gave an interesting review of the pheasant and duck -aeuson prospects in Nebraska and cov ered the situation in the state department. He also paid res pects to Mr. Tidd for his untir ing efforts in past years. Mr. Walling informed The Journal that the local member ship is amazing. No membership campaign was instituted by the League, all joining voluntarily. He added, "There is lots of good will and prospects are good for future activities of the organiza tion." Platts Reserves Romp on Ashland Thursday 20-6 Plattsmouth Reserves took a little of the sting out of the only defeat handed the Blue Devils this year by romping to three touchdowns and making good on a pair of conversions in whipping the Ashland reserves 20 to 6 at Ashland Thursday afternoon. - Bob Meisinger, reserve left halfback, cut over tackle and 67 yards for one marker. Danny Rohan, sophojnore back, plunged for a touchdown and promptly tossed an 18-yard pass to Mei singer for another. The points af ter touchdown were scored on a plunge and the Rohan to Mei singer combination. rext reserve game will be on the home field Saturday morn ir?2. October 25 at 10:00 a. m. When the Glenwood, Iowa re serves will attempt to even the store for their defeat here last week. Plattsmouth Blue Devils will start in their second conference game when they meet Wahoo on the latter's field Wednesday night. Wahoo has won three and lost two during the season, while the Plattsmouth eleven have come up with four wins and one loss. The Blue Devils can still finish in first place in the conference by winning the remaining games, according to Coach Stewart, who ac-ded that cars are needed to transport the team to Wahoo Wednesday night. Those willing to take cars are asked to call Stewart at 103. High School or at his home, 582 W. Stewart Moves to New Location The Stewart Radio and Re frigeration Service has moved to 416 Main Street. Harold Stewart, proprietor, an nounces that the new quarters will be finished and remodeled so that all types of radios and re frigerators can be repaired on the premises. Mr. Stewart moved from Fair field, Iowa where he had owned and operated a radio and refrig erator service shop for over a year. He has had eleven years' experience in the radio business. Mr. and Mrs. William Stein kamp and Diane Kay drove to G:eeley, Nebraska Friday to visit at the home of Mr. Steinkamp's patents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Steinkamp. Bill expects to do some hunting while there.