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YtHlE PL-ATTrSIMOIOTD-O CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER WEEKLY . fnday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers 5 VOLUME 62 EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1947 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 94. mm Dial Telephone System Serves Local Subscribers Plattsmouth and rural sub set ibors of the Lincoln Telephone Telephone company are now being served over the new dial f. stem that was cut over Thurs day evening at 10:30. This brings the local subscribers the very latest and best in the line of service of any community of the state. The ceremonies of making the rhrnee over was held at the Ixautiful new building of the c mpany at 7th and Main streets ; nd attended by a large grouD of the telephone officials as well as n number of the local people. Among the local people invited in addition to the visiting tele phone officials were; Mayor Clement Waster, H, A. Schnei der. President of the Platts mouth State Bank. Dwieht Ed wards, secretary of the chamber of commerce. R. R. Furse, pub l'sher of the Journal. John Schreir.er, president of the cham V" r of commerce, Richard Peck. Wctnr Schreiner, Fred P. Busch. rr.-sjdent of the Business Men's Ad club. Searl S. Davis. WiM-'am Paird. T. H. Pollock, and Fred Ti -1clhousen. The formal opening was a call from Mayor Woster to J. A. Aeee. peroral manager of the tele phono comnany with the con versation between the two show ing the appreciation of the P'--ttsmouh people and the con f'rlence of the company in the future develoDment of the city. Mayor Woster. "Mr. Agee?" Mr. Agee. "Yes". Mci-or Woster. "This is Clem ent Woter. Mavor of Platts- roi!th. This is the first official long distance call placed over j ck new dKl telephone system rnd I thought it proper and ao p onriate to call you and express our thanks and appreciation for n fine new telephone svstem. I know tHf peode of Plattsmorth are mirhtv proud of it." Mr. Agee. "Well, it certainly i very thoughtful of you to r r e ard I want to sav to vou that v are just as pleased as you are that the p.P'v system is finally in operation. We were beginning to th'nk thit you would gi'-o un all (Continued on Page Eight) Need Increased Enrollment for Off-Campus Class Meet'" here T"esdav night " the hich school with a rrrn jVf e-ec,erl irj rf f-"mPUS etlirly e.-i pr, HrH WVe of the t-red difficulties in finding rnrnf;r! students to rmr'sp a r'-ss. Aenrdir.t? to the eyten c;"n division reg-ulatiens. tf stu dents must be enrolled for a ClOcS. Although. 20 nersons wp" at l e meetine. not enough of them v-'d the rnuirod number of col li fe hous to a",l''' for the '""nff heir" offered, Fd "Via O C. orpmizMion and administra tion rf audio-vie ial aids. Pre rfrn;eites for tfce course. s;d n. Wise, pro 53 hours of credit, irehidrnw si-v hours of education. Dr. Wise has offered to teach t"o c1asros to pccoreodpte thoce who wart to earn enllege credit for renewal of certificates or for ."t.?in;n a degree. This merns thit roh cl'c: must hrx'e IS stu dents. In addition to the 'nn"n in vUual aids Dr. Wise will offer rnrthe- course for students on a lo er level. All those interested in earning ro'lfnp rred't are asked to eon ftt Sunt. Vriest a the' high school huildir at their earliest convenience in ordr that class wrr-v may be started as soon as prssible. r. MrP.PAW niTY? nRTIIOLn PROPERTY Mr. and Mrs. CMford MrGraw y-n nureh!!d the nronertv it P05 South First street, former1 v oT"d bv Mr. and Mrs. Falnh P'rthH. now of South Pnux Citv. The derl was completed by St-rihen Davis, realtor. Kcentlv returned from a var's rn;dence in Chamois. Mo.. th MGraws have been making thei- heme with Ms. McGraw's mother. Mrs. Noah Parker. They have three small children. Hem? on Lav S. 2-" John Chamberlain ar rived Sundav from San Di"o f-r a 'sit with his narents. Mr. rnd Mrs. John Kaffenbrger I'oon his return to the wst coast he will become a first class sea man dan will attend electronics school at San Francisco. Making First Call iTs I VI i J. A. Agee, general manager and vice-president of the Lincoln company unable to be present at the switchover, is shown at his home in Lincoln while in conversation with Mayor Wos ter during the first call placed over the new dial system. Keentime Klub Held Masquerade Friday Evening The Keentime club, composed of the teen-agers of the city, 13 to 19 years of age, enioyed a verv delightful masauerade ball Fri day evening; at the VFW club rooms. There were 120 present. There was a very large num ber of the young people in cos tume, making it necessarv to of fer both first and second prize:, with the honors in the tnrls rt-ouD going to Mary Jo Febab first and P?tricia Ropers, second. Tr. the boys pronn Jim Alkire was first and Chuck Newton, second. The Gene Lingford orchestra furnished a fine program of dmro music r'r tne occasion in th 'r usu?l skillful manner. Th iiidees for the ball wf""e selected from members of the sn;or "'Oman' flub r" em 'ised Mrs. MolTe r;obp1m'n. jjlc. Yro-l Pea. M'-s. Guv Wiles The Keonime chib i' one of 4he O'ltstadin" oppnization: of the city, one that fills a lone needed outlet for the social en tertainment of the teenaeers. There 180 of the vounf Deo- r.ie enrolled. It is democratic in te truest sense of th1 word nd nU young neople in he f g '"n 's, repardlecs of school affilia ;on. are invited t be n,nmbe'-. The dues of the chib is 50 cents a vrar and from thi: the eh'b is ah1" to maintain their activities. Th club is verv erat-jful to the Veterans of Foreign Wars who have given the free ue of their rooms to the club members for their meeting and social ac tivities. It is the dese of the club members that the parents of the members attend the club activi ies and to observe how excel -Vr.tly the club is conducted and the young people given the or pounitv f" a fine social tin6. The evening was closed with the serving of refreshments of cider and doughnuts. Traffic Accidents Many Saturday Nite Traffic accidents on thp slick nvrmont Saturdav night and r-rlv Sundav morning kent Sheriff Tern Solomon and hi forre on the highwav until 8 o'clock Sundav morning. Most ef the accidents resulted in little personal injury. A truck loaded with Mexican laborers, hoded back to Mei. eo, left the highwav south of the Murray corner and slid into a ditch. One man received leg in iuries in the accident and vas c-red for at the St Mary's hos pital in Nebraska City. Another accident happened during the early hours of Sundav one mil north of the Union cor if r nn IT. S. highway No. 75, in volving three cars. An Are construction company truck headed south on the h'Ph way. driven "bv Allen R. Tooley. Morrill. Nebraska, struck a car bsr'ed north driven bv George F. Bucholz of Plattsmouth. The truck after striking the car then st-nck another ear headed north '"hich wa: driven bv Flmer Bucholz of Nebraska Citv. Dam pap was heavy to all thre ve hicles. Mrs. George Bucho1-' was thrown clear of the car and sus tained minor iniuries and "-as tpUen on into St. Mary's hospital. She was released later with on'v bruises and sprains as her main iniuries. trie office of Sheriff Solomon reports. Mr." and Mrs. Carl Keil and family of Kansas City, were here over the week end, guests at the heme of Mr. Keil's father, !uis Keil and Mrs. Keil. They returned home Sunday afternoon. Chamber to Back Plans For the Christmas Season The regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Thurs day evening at the dining room of the Rainey cafe, brought an attendance of some twenty-six members to take part. John Shreinr. president of ! the club, presided over the meet- Fred P. Buch. president of the Business Mn's Ad club, was nusonted and discussed with the Chamber of Commerce plans for the Christmas holidav season. It i; hoped have a definite scheme fcr a general system of street decoration in the business sec tion of the citv, that will make a colorful and attractive feature of th holidav season. The Chamber of Commerce ex pressed their willingness to eo ahead in the prbsram of decora tion and also to sunnort the Ad club as far as possible. It" was a.-ked that the Ad club make a survey and arrange nlans for the decorations, also what may be needed in the Santa Claus fea tures of the holidav season, pre senting this to tho executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce when completed. T. II. Pollock urged that the tivmspnrtation and im.Drovcment committee of the Chamber of Commerce take up the matter or the improvement of the road John MeKene, district mana ihrt leads to the Missouri river gCr, Richard Peck. E. H. Brn- ciock. It was also suggested that the civic body look into the mat ter of securing a SDur track from the Burlington tracks to the dock terminal to stimulate the expan sion of the facilities. Commissioners Hold Regular Meet The Cass eoumv board of com missioners mt Tuesdav in thir regular monthly session at the court hoie. Commissioners Parr Young, Alvan Peid and Charles Stofhr were all present to par ticmate in the meeting. The board received a petition signed by residents of Salt Creek nrecinct and the village of u re-en wood, asking for the an Dointvent of Charles Armstrong as. justice of thf peace in and for tht precinct. The board approv ed the petition and mado the ap pointment as asked. Mr. Arm strong will later name his con stable. The reports of the various countv officers were received and showed the following fees turned in. County judge. S397.60; sheriff, $75.25: register of deeds, S1C.9 00; countv clerk, $2.80; sur veyor. $159.13: clerk of the district court. $154.20. Mrs. Rose Baumeart Passes 87th Birthday Sunday Mrs. Rose Baumgart, long time resident of this com munity, was honor lest at a nlersant familv dinner party at the home on past Avenue 1. The event honored the eightv eventh birthdav of Mrs. Baum who has made her hom in Cass countv sincp the late eigh ties and where she has many friends. Mrs. Baumgart was born in Berne. Switzerland, coming to the United States as a voung wo man, residing first in Kansas and later in Cass county, they being located on a farm until moving to this city. Those enioying the dinner vere Fred Baumgart and nice. Anna Mvy Baumgart of Sterling Nebraska, Louis Baumgart and vr.fe, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Claus and son. Wilbur. Mrs. Earl Os senkop of Lincoln. Leonard Yates is Given Army Ratine WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY TT JAPAN Private First Class Leonard Yates, son of Mr. and Mrs. John V. Yates, is now a qualified gliderist after his re cent course at the 11th Airborne Training Center at Yameto, Ja pan. Leonard also qualified as a parachutist at, this school in Mrch '47 and has eight jumps to his credit. , The one week course at the school for gliderists consisted of leading and lashing airborne equipment in the CG-4A glider and a tactical flight. An eqiup ment jump followed by a tactical problem climaxed the course. Yates entered the Army in September '46. He joined the 11th Airborne Division in January '47 and was assigned to the 511 Parachute Infantry Regiment, Ceremonies Mark fis". ;T"1 4 ivv 9 S&sIk.- Top left photo shows John Schreiner, president of the Chamber of Commerce, pressing the button that cut in the new $140,000 dial telephone service at the new building, last Thurs day evening. Looking on are hardt. Vie Schreiner and Frea Busch. To the right. Mayor Clem Woster is making the first Better Marking For Streets And House Numbers The crying need for better street marking and numbering of residences over the city, was brought to the attention of the Chamber of Commerce, bv Fd v ard M. Egenberger, postmaster of this city. Mr. Egenberger brought out the fact that the nostal depart ment has required that resi- once5 be prooerlv numbered to ,.;a uau the mail. to aid the postal car riers in getting the mail to the n.-strons. A very large number of tho residence over the citv are iT"t numbered as is required. Another matter was that of the markings on the streets so that th postal carriers as well as others might be able to locate thoir pitrons or friends. Mr. Egenberger also called at tention to the fact that manv are now planning thir Christmas mail, urging that all gift package"; for the United States be mailed bv Decemher lt if possible, to inuro their delivery in time for the holidav season. He stated that Christmas cards b mailed bv December 15th. as the heavv flow of mail makes it impossible to guarantee te delivery of the cards before Christmas. Thelma May Davis Wins Acquittal Thelma Mae Davis, charged with child abandonment, won an acquittal Friday in the district cort. The defendant had been re turned to the city from the wet ivhere sb has ben residing since leaving here earlv in the sum mer, to face the charges prefer red against her. The ease took up the greater v-art of Friday with the jurv tk in" the issues of the case at 5:33 Friday evening and returning their verdict at 9:25. The case had attracted -a great deal of interest in this citv vhre the parties are well known and many were present to hear the testimony. Attorney Francis Casey repre sented the defendant in the ac tion. Bowling: League Standings The standings in the bowling league for the week ending Oc tober 27th are reported as fol lows: v p. t 77 ti7 Trs VfW- W"v Pewnrts radio .' Voftfr .... V F. W. Post '." Tlatts. Motors . . "' CO Jtinkv-Dinkv . . . . '. wi;op! rtakt-rv . Tim's Tavern . . . , v.-rt -r-r..ik rs. & M. i:a,lio . . . V. F. Y.' YuxiTfarv' Vavtv's Tavern r;attt. Crtamirv 444 I 4 i -. iii 1 S A new device to help the-: deaf child improve his speech utilizes an electrically-operated illumin ated tape. Dial Telephone Inauguration rail over the new system, sur rounded by L. T. & T. Co. offi cials. Lower left: Officials and local emplovees are shown at the new lonp-distance switch boards, with Miss Meriie Markuson, Lincoln supervisor, Hilda Fitz- gerald, Mrs. Hilda Johrnr.s and Elizabeth Edwarrs, firt to op- crate the board. Searl D"vi ?nd Wm. Baird. Lower right: Rich- ard Peck, Vic Schreiner. R. R. Rotarians Enjoy Music Program The Plattsmouth Rotary club held a largely attended noon day meeting on Tuesdav at the d:n ing room of the Rainey coffee shop. John Schreiner, program chair- ; man, introduced the numbers on the program. David Fowler was presented in two violin numbers, " with vocal numbers being given by Frank A. CJoict and Mrs. Virgil II. Ur ih. There will be no meeting of ... , . , . , lltk- thjs date being a holiday. To Readvertise for Sewer Pipe Bids The city council at their last meetine received bids for sewer pipe for the new Wintersteen hill sewer district, but as there was but one bid the council re jected the bid and will re-adver-lise the proposal. The call for bids had asked for day pipe and the bid received va for concrete pipe and this was rejected by the council. ! cf the club work in his section Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fairfield . of Otoe county, his interest hav of Alvo spent Saturday in the ing resulted in a greac advance Albert-Fairfield home. in the club farm activities. BLUE DEVILS RECEIVE HATS t gft . A J 2k Jo L k C tI 4 pr -; Ci 11,4 : k x I I, Cliff Wescott, of the Wescott Clothing Company, is shown above presenting the Champ hats to Chas. Fulton, end, and Pete Peter son, captain, of the Blue Devil squad, for their outstanding work in the line during the Homecoming game here with Glenwood. Judges could not agree which of the above pair was the better, so Wescott's gave each & hat. (Photo by Chriswiser.) Furse, John Schreiner, Fred Busch, local business men. have been shown the giant automatic switch boards in the new instal l?tions. Next to Mr. Busch is T. S. Risser, Automatic Equip ment Engineer in charge of in- stalling the equipment. Adrian Newens. area manager, reported 300 calls metered the first 15 minutes and 1000 the first hour following the cutovcr. Syracuse Business Man Aids in The 4-H Club Program Fex Young, local auctioneer, conducted a sale at the Syracuse : Srdes barn on Friday of forty S fi -e head of extra good range ' c?.'ves. J This sale is the result of the j great interest that "Swede" ! Swsnson, Syracuse businessman ! has taken in the develoDment ': and advancement of the 4-H club work in his community. Mr. Swanson each year makes the nurchase of cattle that is of j fered to the 4-H club members ' for their purchase to be used in ! the feeding and preparation of . the cattle for show and sale pur : p-es by the young people. The s&le gives the young people a fine opportunity to secure excel : lent stock for their purpose. The , bevs and girls of the 4-H clubs ! will have the opportunity to j nvke their selection and to make bids for the cattle. Mr. Swanson has been one of the leaders in the advancement 9 ' Rainfall Brings Smiles to Farmers The rainfall of the last of the week has brought smiles to the v heat farmers of this section o r Cass county, the large numbe in the city Saturday, expressing their pleasure at the moisture. The wheat has in the past month been needing rain quite biidly, but the present rain that fell over the section has freshen ed the growing crop and given a Letter chance for a good small grain crop. The farmers and members of thtir families were numerous on Saturday afternoon here taking advantage of the crisp fall day to come in for the week end shopping and to visit with each other. Legion District Convention At Nebraska City The twenty-sixth annual con vention of the twelfth district, American Legion of Nebraska, was held on Monday at Nebras ka City with a large group of dtlcpates from the district com posed of Cass, Otoe, Seward and rural Lancaster county. The convention was opened by Joe Johns, district commander, who presented the various par-ti'-nants in the program. The g-eetings from the Ne braska Citv post was extended by Bill Bishof. commander. The response was by Joe Johns of Wit ping Water. The highlight of the afternoon ssion was the address bv Earl P. Barnes, state commander of the Legion. In his remarks he made a p?ea for the combating of the communistic teaching in the United States, seeking to create division amone the peonle, cre rtinp dissatisfaction with the .American wav of life. Mr. P.imes also urged the suonort of the universal military train in2 program a.s a means of p-o- raredness in time of crisis. He d'icued the plans of the Lion in the change over from Boy's st-te to Bo's countv. He touch ed on the Legion college that is b.oM each year and the fact that each Legion nost may send at last one student. In the Platts mouth and C?ss countv area Plattsmouth is to send two. one f-rm thf Lepion nost and one sponsored by the 40 & 8 soc'tv. Discussion prouns were held during the afternoon on various rx ces of veterans work in con nection with the Veterans Ad n.mstration. In this A. II. Hux burv. assistant manager. F'mer A. Webb, stat service officer, v oth former Plattsmouth men. Dr. Harry Scott of the hosoital ppd Mr. War-mer nnrticipated. Eichard Peck of Plattsmouth. was thf eVirman of the resolu tion committee. In the election of officers Ar thur Melies of Nebraska Citv was named as the new district commander. The day was closed bv the ioint banquet of the Legion and auxiliary served at the St. Mary's church, followed by the conven tion dance. Blue Devils Watch Pioneer Battles The Plattsmouth high school f'-otball snud, a well as the fnns. witched with interest the fame Wednesday nigh t Ne rf ska Citv wen the F'Hs Citv Timers turned back the Pioneers fcT eor of 7 to 0. The Pioneers Pre to meet the n'ii" Devils of this city in tboir traditional mme soon, pnd tis v ill as uual be one of the high srts of the season. The Fal Citv fns had a spe cial train Wednesday to Nebras ka Citv to vjtnss the battle tnt assured Fdls City another south eastern Nebraska crown. Nebraska Citv is the second tr-m in the conference standing v ilh an as'-ti'-ance of retaining this place. Falls Citv has vet to p'.av Auburn but feel aured of a victo-v. Plattsmouth is not in the southeastern conference. Committee Busy on Building: Plans The committee that is con ducting the completion of the f;nal detail's of the HiUcrect res idential, addition to the citv. is working hard on the nronosition. The have had several met ;'n?s with the FHA and other bodies and expect definite re sults in a short time. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hendricks and daughter. Marilyn Jean were dinner guests Friday at the home of Mrs. Fern Hendricks in Omaha. Swine Breeding Stock Shown in Sale at Eagle Southeastern Nebraska quali ty in breeding stock was shown ;t the Maahs brothers Duroc bocr and gilt sale at Eac,le last week. Those who attended the sale were also impressed by the hospitality shown them by the bests. Buyers paid $15,592 for fifty live head of breeding stock from ( ne of the top herds of the na tion. The highest price paid was for c? boar going to Ernest John son of Prophetstown, Illinois. He paid $1,750 for the animal. The story of the three Maahs brothers, George, Everett and Ivrn is an illustration of the cf iictive work of the 4-H club tr; :ning on the youth of the lrnd. They each secured their start, one at a time in the 4-H club work. George- the oldest of the broth ers, started with a sow. a desire o raise hogs and no capital, back in 1929. The other boys fol lowed his footsteps, and in 1929 they held their first pure bred Duroc breeding hog sale. Since that time they have held setn sales. Last year they had what was considered by hog breeders, the top Duroc sale in the United States. When they started they were on a rented farm. With their jale earnings George has bought a farm near Greenwood and Ev erett and Ivan have bought an-o-hc-r near Wahoo. Part of their success can be at tributed to the fact that any and ail buyers in Eale for the sales day are made to feel at home. They are invited to inspect the animals before the sale begins. Thty meet other breeders from nil sections of the country and talk over their problems and successes. Most of the sale's success, how evtr, is due to the fact that the boys put livestock in the ring that buyers wanted to put in their own herds. - proper care and 'good f?edng as w;ll as good blood lines are nercssarv to make good in the hog business according to the Mdfhs brothers. The sales are conducted by Col H. J. McMurray. veteran auctioneer, who very ably guides th" progress of the sales. Buyers were on hand from as far as Illinois. FFA boys and 4 17 members were doing some bidding on animals for livestock P'vects. Fred Devore, Omaha, rf presented breeders as far dis tant as Florida. Final averages on the sale were $281 each for the forty boars and S190 for the gilts. When one considers the market price for these same hos would average from $70 to $75 each, these boys have done all right bv themselves. Neighbors Aid Ailing Friend Albert Todd, one of the young f."iimers of near this citv. has hern a pMient at the Methodist hrmital at Omaha the past two v eks suffering from an infec tion of the leg .H" is now im proving and expects to be home soon. While Mr. Todd was ill. a rroun of the neighbors and frjends joined together to come in pr'd pother his seed corn cre.r en the farm northwest of this ci The members of the party with for t"'o-rew corn pickers in vrded th Todd farm on Friday, rvteKr 17th ?nd in a short time tue thirty-five acres was nicked and the corn taken care of. Those with corn nickers we-e; Ff!nk Birl, Donald Born.Wl ter Fornoff and Chester Wils. Those that haloed pull in the leads and elevated the corn into iruks 'ere: Tvn Tavlor, Forrest Todd. Ted Wiles. Fred Ohlen ppneen "nd Claud Mayabb. Mrs. Fnrret Todd assisted in rating the dinner while Mrs. W.;ham Starkiobn furnihed a lovely cake to add to the repast. District Meet of County Officials Cr.ss coimtv officials have re ce'ved notification that the dis trict meet of the Southeastern Nebraska Countv Officials will be held at the Hotel Lincoln at T incoln on Thursday, October 30th. Registration will be made at r.e hotel at 11:00 a. m. and the dinner at 12:30. The meeting will elect the of ficers for the coming vear. Coun ty Clerk Georg-e R. Saylcs is ex pecting that a verv large number of the local officials will be present at the session.