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TT1E tPO-ATTTSlMldDaJTIH JJflDOJTOM Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers PUBLIC' ' - Thursday VOLUME 62 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1947 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 97. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Izaak Waltons Plan Shooting Grounds Here The members of the local chap ter of the Izaak Walton league met Monday evening at the Forty rnd Eight club rooms, a large number of the members being in attendance, and a great deal of business demanding the atten tion of the members. The club went on record as favoring the establishment of skeet and trap shooting grounds near this city for the use of the members, a part of the permanent program. A special committee w as named to look into the pros pects, comprising Glen D. On r.tad. chairman, William Nelson, Jim Quigg. The nominating committee of the club, T. H. Pollock, chair man, Hugh Stander and Claude Mayabb. reported the list of can didates for the comine year. President, Robert M. Walling, James F. Begley. , Vice- President, Clement Wos ter. R. R. Furse. Secretary, M. Sgt. M. C. Nichols, William Nelson. Treasurer, Clyde Rosborough, Ordell Hennings. The directors nominated were: T. I. Friest, Henry Nolting, Dr. R. F. Brendel, Robert Cappell, Fred Wehrbein, Art Hild, John H. Jacobs. Captain Orlyn Schnelle, Carl Chriswisser, Richard Peck, Glen Wctenkamp. A. L. Tidd. The list of committee chairmen was announced with the follow ing being designated: Publicity, R. R. Furse; Fish and Game, Clyde Rosborough; Entertainment, V. T. Arn; Conservation, Edward Berlette; Membership, Claude Mayabb; Ways and Means, T. H. Pollock. The members of the chapter discussed the matter of the sel ecting of a permanent date for the monthly meeting of the group and this will be decided upon at the next meeting. It was voted to have the meeting on Monday, December 1. At the meeting the election of officers wil be held. The meeting in December will be made the occasion of an oyster stew for the members. Lt. Maxine Cloidt to Visit With Parents. Lieutenant Maxine Cloidt, U. S. N. R., is expected home with in the next few days for a visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Cloidt. as well as other relatives and old friends. Lt. Cloidt has for the past two years been a patient in the Bethesda. Maryland, naval hos pital, this being her first ex tended leave from the hospital. She has been suffering from un dulent fever, burti and a spinal trouble that has made her condi tion quite serious. She will spend sometime here and later go to the naval hos pital in Arizona for the" winter season. Lt. Cloidt was sworn in at Chicago in August 1942, report ed for duty in October 1942 at the Waves headquarters a t Northampton, Mass. She remain ed there as an instructor for about three years, later trans ferring to Washington, D C. where she served until her health failed, entering the Bethesda hospital in 1944. She was commissioned Ensien, later being advanced to the lie tenant junior grade and lieutenant in 1944. She was retired October 1 , 1947. Ad Club Committees For Santa Claus 1947 The Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad club have completed the selection of the two commit tees that will have charge of the Christmas arrangements committees. These committees will have charge of street decora f s and the Santa Claus re tfon. Jn the Santa Claus commit-H- group will be Don Arundel, iiirman. Superintendent Behr nds, W. C. Soennichsen. The street decorations com mitte will be R. W. Knorr, rVin i n 11 fSrrl nil T-Tnw!rtfTe nrA M. E. Brown. Th committees are busy at once in the plans for the proper observance of the holiday seas on. OMAHA PARTIES MARRIED Monday afternoon at his cham- bprs u t thA rmf Virtue Judge Paul E. Fauquet read the marriage service for Delia Os man and Walter Gorman, both of Omaha. Omaha Parties are Given Fines Tuesday Tuesday in the county court Norman V. Noble and Larkin V. Noble, both of Omaha, were ar raigned on charge of being in toxicated. The parties were arrested at the Holman tavern north of this city, by Sheriff Tom Solomon, who was called there by the re port of disorder. The Omaha parties w ere anger ed when the operator of the place refused to sell beer to Norman Noble owing to his age. In the altercation that followed, the two Omaha men suffered some wounds on the sca'p that made necessary a number of stitches being taken in their heads. Dr. O. C. Hudson looked afur the care of the men. Governor Here Next Sunday at Church Meet Arrangements for the special World Order Service at which Nebraska's governor, Val Peter son, is -to bring the address, have now been completed, according to a report from Sherman R. Hanson, pastor of the First Christian Church of Plattsmouth. The service will be held in the Christian Church at 8 p. m. on Sunday evening, November 9th. Pastors and members of other Plattsmouth churches have been invited to join with the Disciples congregation in this World Order Sunday observance. Rex Young, Christian Church elder, will introduce the gover nor. With him and Mr. Peterson on the chancel will be Sherman Hanson, host pastor; Rev. E. C. Williams of the Methodist church, who will pronounce the invocation; Rev. E. J. Moritz of the Evangelical and Reformed church, who will read the scrirt ture lesson; and Rev. H. G. Mc Clusky of the Presbyterian cburch, who, as president of the Plattsmouth Ministerial Asso ciation will speak in behalf of united Christian effort for World Order. Arrangements to seat a caoaci ty crowd have been completed by Les Thimgan and D. C. Reed, trustees, so that all who desire may be privileged to hear the governor's address on World Order. Boys Scouts of the Christian Church Troop. No. 367. will act as ushers and color bearers. A group of young women from the church, acting as hostesses, will assist Mrs. E. G. Ofe in admin istering the reception for t he governor which is scheduled to follow the service. Mrs. Phil Rihn and . Mrs. Ona Thimgan will serve at the reception table. In the receiving line will be Governor and Mrs. Peterson. Rex and Mrs. Young, Pastor and Mrs. Hanson. Church Chairman Pil Rihn. and Pastors Williams. Moritz, McClusky and their wives. Confer Degree Work Thursday Thursday evening Nebraska Chapter No. 3. Royal Arch Ma sons, conferred the Royal Arch degree on four candidates before a large attendance of the mem bers. The degree 'was conferred by Edward F. Wehebein, past high priest with the lecture by John Parkening, past high priest. The candidates who were ad vanced tq this degree were John E. Urish, V. T. Waterman, of this city, Leonard Brothers of La Platte and Robert Reed, of Fort Crook. During the session Frank A. Cloidt gave the solo "The Holy City" with accompaniment by E. H. Wescott. Luncheon was served by the committee. Show New Christmas Street Decorations The first showing of the pro posed holiday decorations for Main and Sixth street, during the holidays were cn display Tuesday evening. These are illuminated orna ments for the electrolier poles on the streets, and are very beautiful and attractive, much different from those of other years. They are placed on arms at tached to the poles and com prizes two large illuminated drops with stars and small Christmas trees outlined on the drops. The sample drop was shown on the electrolier post near the Warga hardware store for the in spection of the business men and the general public. i VST . t MSf a . rr- ... . ...... jHKl Site earth is being piled at the ! lamation progresses in the Mis Harlan County dam on the Re- soun river valley. Above, earth publican river in Nebraska as moving,- machines are gouging the Pick-Sloan multiple-purpose out the core trench for the earth plan for flood control and rec- fill dam. A contract will be let New Homes Being Erected Soon on West Third Ave. Mrs. Mary May Troop, who has been actively interested in the development of Plattsmouth real estate, providing additional homes, is now engaged in a pro gram that will provide badly needed residences. A three bedroom home is to erected on the lot next to the D. M. Babbitt home on Third avenue, while on the lot east of the Dorothy Lloyd residence a two bedroom home and garage is to be built. The two new homes will both face on Third avenue (Marble street) and both be strictly mo dern and up to date in every way. A six-room brick veneer resi dence on North 12th street is also to be built by Mrs. Troop that will be strictly up to the minute in every way and a fine addition to that section of the city. Excavation has already been completed on three of the new homes and work will be rushed to have them all ready for use as soon as possible. This is a fine contribution to the community need for more homes and Mrs. Troop deserves a great deal of commendation for her interest in seeing that adequate residences are provid ed. George Sheldon is Defeated in South George L. Sheldon, governor of Nebraska back in 1907, was defeated in the race for governor of Mississippi. Tuesday. This of course was a foregone conclu sion in th?t state where the Re publican vote is not large. Since going to the south to make his home, "Mr. Sheldon has been active in the work of en deavoring to build up a white Republican party in his state and made the race for governor on the independent Republican ticket. Governor Fielding L. Wright was re-elected on the democratic ticket by a great majority. Mr. Wright has served as state sena tor and lieutenant governor. Mr. Sheldon is a member of one of the old families of Cass county, his father, Lawson Shel dan. being one of the founders of Nehawka where the family home is one of the landmarks. The members of the family are still residents of that community. Old Time Pitcher In Plattsmouth Rudolph Meisinger, of Louis ville, was a visitor in Platts mouth on Tuesday, meeting the old friends and attending to some business matters. Rudy reports that the roads are rough and dif ficult to travel. In the davs following World War I, Rudv was one of the crack baseball pitchers in this secti'v of Nebraska, holding a fine record with the Cedar Creek Bears, also the Plattsmouth Fed Sox. In 1921 he pitched twenty five games and lost only three for the season, meeting some of the crack teams in this part of the state. He still can toss them and if anyone doubts this ask "Bud." r 14 Harry Jordan Found Dead in His Truck The message was received here Wednesday evening of the death of Harry Jordan, 45, form er resident here, well known in the' community. Mr. Jordan had left Omaha Tuesday, enroute to Kansas to look after some work for the Omaha Dredge & Dock company. The unfortunate man was found sitting in the cab of his truck, parked along the highway near Hays, Kansas, Wednesday. He has been in failing health for several years, suffering a heart ailment which is thought the cause of death. Mr. Jordan, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Jordan, resid ed in Platsmouth until a f- years ago when he moved with his family to Blair where the family is now residing-. He is survived by the wife and two daughters, Helen, 11 years and Norma Jean. 4; one sister, Airs. Howard -Dodds, Platts mouth; three brothers. J. E. Jordan, Madison, Missouri. George Jordan, Lexington, Ne braska, John Jordan, Platts mouth. The funeral will be held Satur day at 2 p. m. from the Methodist church at Blair. Trailer House Has Fire Monday Night The fire department was call ed out Monday evening tot the trailer house residence of " Joe Rickards, on Avenue C. located near the residence of M. S. Briggs. The fire on the roof of the house was first noticed by neigh bors, one of these going to the house and arousing Mr. Rickards, who "had retired for the night The fire was extinguished without serious loss. Mrs. Ethel Mohney Topeka, Kansas, business woman who recently bought controlling in terest in the Topeka Owls West- j era Association baseball club, ' playfully adds a feminine touch 5 ' . ' 1 2 ",ttaS!.l t -I iiiM 'tsM. 1 -.s f. . ... 1 1 ' V: :' -:&S'jrZ G soon by the Corps of Engineers for the uncompleted part of the project, including the dam and spillway. NEA Telcphoto. Salvation Army Organizer Here To Aid in Drive A familiar figure on the streets of Plattsmouth this week is that of Nils T. Abildgaard, national organizer for the Salvation Army, pictured here. Mr. Abildgaard is here to aid the local unit in its drive for funds. The goal set for Platts mouth is $800 and the local com mittee members are busy solicit ing citizens in this worthy cause. The national organizer is ap pearing before various public gatherings to urge the support of the Salvation Army. Attorney Richard Peck is j treasurer of the local committee while Mrs. Esther Donat is chair man. Mrs. M. F. Sudduth has just returned from a visit with 'rela tives in St. Louis, Mo. to the players' dugout during an inspection trip of the ball paik with the Owl's new man ager, Frank Silva. Mrs. Mohney intends to participate actively in the club's management prob lems. NEA Telephoto. . ll Naval Unit Center Is Attraction In City This Week The visit of the mobile unit of the naval recruiting service was in Plattsjnouth on Tuesday, the first stop on their swing through eastern Nebraska. The exhibit was parked on Fifth street, just west of the Plattsmouth State bank. The unit attracted 'much at tention from both young and old, during the noon dav recess large groups of students from the city schools filled the car and inspected the equipment. Chief S. Peterson, of the Oma ha recruiting service, was in charge of the car, explaining to those interested, the work of the various units shown. The radar equipment shown attracted much attention from all although this is not the most modern now in use in the serv ice. There were shown diving hel mets as well as clothing and shoes that are worn in the naval aviation units. The naval ordnance exhibit was quite long and most inter esting to the layman, not familiar with the equipment used on the fighting ships. This part of the exhibit included anti-aircraft guns, various types of ammuni tion, bombs and signal guns. The exhibit also carried a large showing of the various war ships now in service, vessels that have helped make history for the Navy in the past years. Ship models were also on exhibit. From here the exhibit depart ed for Nebraska City where it was shown on Wednesday. Traffic Cases in City are Reported The office of Sheriff Tom Sol omon has been busy investigat ing several traffic accidents that have occurred in this city and vicinity. A car driven by Louis Kief of Plattsmouth. which was enroute to a local fire and a car driven by Arnold D. Harms, of Syra cuse, collided at the intersection of Washineton avenue and Ave nue C in Plattsmouth on Novem ber 3. Approximately $75 dam age was done to the Harms car. A mail and newsoaper truck, driven by Jerry Madison, of Omaha, left the highway one and a half miles south of the Murray corner and turned over in a deep ditch. The Madison truck struck mud on the high way and went out of control. The accident happened on No vember 4 and damage to the ve hicle was in the neighborhood of $200. While Madison was away getting help, someone stopped and stole the tools out of the mail truck. A person who would steal at a scene of an ac cident, is about the lowest kind of a thief according- to the sher iff. Blue Devils to Go To College View The Plattsmouth football team is journeying- to College View Triday where they will meet the ball luggers of the Lincoln sub urb in what should be one of the hardest contests of the seas- on. College View has lost but one game so far this season, losing to Geneva, leading team in class B. The Viewmen have won from Ashland. WTahoo, Vallev, Wy more, securing substantial scores in the games. The Blue Devils are in excel lent shape physically for the struggle and with the brilliant showing against the strong Pio neers of Nebraska Citv. they feel readv to give the Viewmen a real battle. The College View game will be played at two o'clock Friday afternoon. The "curtain will drop on the current football season on No vember 14th at Valley, this game like that of College View being- in the East Six conference. Firemen Meet Tues. Have Pleasant Treat Tuesday evening the, members of the Plattsmouth Volnteer Fire department met at the club rooms in the city hall building. This was the regular monthly session and the members re ceived the reports of the various alarms and fire drPls that the department has held since the last meeting. After the business Chief Hen ry J. Donat was host at the feast of "Rocky Mountain oysters" that all enjoyed to the utmost. The chief was assisted by John . Sattler in the entertaining. W 5 f ft I V J Zoltan Pfeifer, above, leader of the last major opposition to the Communist-dominated gov ernment of Hungary, fled the country, a government spokes man in Budapest said. NEA Telephoto County Assessor To Receive Full Time Salary The board of county commis sioners at their session on Tues day passed a resolution author izing the raising of funds to pro vide a full time salary for the office of county assessor. This means that County As sesor W. H. Puis in the future will be placed on yearly basis of $2,600 instead of the part time wage of $800. This was in compliance with LB No. 91, placing the office on a full time basis, named by the last legislature. The resolution embodied the opinion of the attorney general as to the requirements of the board in securing the funds. It provides that the board may make an additional or emergency appropriation if necessary. It is set forth in the resolution that the appropriation in . the budget is not adequate, that a temporary loan of $3,200 can be made from the Federal matching road fund in accordance with the statutes to make necessary expenditures. The resolution provides that the general fund for 1947-1948 be increased $3,200 to provide the needed funds. This will in crease the fund from $122,757. 48 to $125,957.48. The increase in the budget will be used to repay to the Federal matching road fund, the amount trans ferred. Auto Transport Driver Held Up In Mills County Bert A. Johnson, auto trans oort driver, from Fort Wavne. Indiana, was held ud and robbed Wednesday night about 7:45, as he had driven a few miles out of Pacific Junction, enroute to the Missouri river bridge. As the driver of the transport was cominp west he noticed a two-ton 194? green Packard sedan along the highway, and as he neared the car, two men aopeared and flagged down the transnort, then at the point of a gun took $90 from the driver. ' The car started on eastward while the trucker came on to the bridge where the robbery was rporrted and the office of Sher iff Tom Solomon was called. A good description of men was riven Sheriff Solomon and this was broadcast to the authorities in Iowa and Nebraska to try and catch up with the robbers. The car is reported to have cnme from the Nebraska side of the Missouri river a short time before the robbery. The transport was enroute to Idaho Falls, Idaho. Grace Livingston Shows Improvement Miss Grace Livingston, injured some weeks ago in a car wreck near this city, is reported as showing improvement at the Im manuel hospital at Omaha. Miss Livingston wps quite ser ious for the first weeks and last week Mrs. John Vallery, a sister, was at the hospital to b with her. Since the change for the better Mrs. Vallery has been able to return home. Word cam' from Shenandoah. Iowa, that Flovd Rubv was tak en auite ill Sunday night. Latest reports ar that he is slowly im proving. Floyd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Huby. Schools Here to Observe American Education Week Next week, November 9-15, is American Education week and Plattsmouth schools, along with thousands of other schools in the nation, will observe this special week with appropriate pro grams. Supt. T. I. Friest announces that each of the schools will have visitation day so that the par ents and patrons may attend school and see the classes in ac tion. On Tuesday. November 11, the Wintersteen school will have op en house from 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. Class work and a short program will be presented. The Central, Columbian and the First Ward schools will have visiting- hours on Wednesday, November 12 from 2:30 p. m. to 4:00. Patrons of the junior and sen ior high schools will have an opportunity to visit classes on Thursday evening beginning at 7:30 o'clock. This will be the only evening program. It is hoped that parents will take ad vantage of this opportunity to observe the academic work that is being done in these schools. The class sessions will be fol lowed by a short program in the assembly room when numbers by the dramatic department and musical selections will be pre sented. Observances this year will be similar to those of last year, said Supt. Friest. Announcements and leaflets giving graphic illustra tions of the value of the schools have been sent home to the par ents. "A much greater interest in the school is apparent since these special observances," Mr. Friest said. St. John's school will have its prog-ram on Friday afternoon, according to Father Agius. County , Attorney Walter H. Smith will address the school and visitors during the program. . American Education week, be gun in 1920, is sponsored joint ly by the National Education Association, the American Le gion, the United States Office of Education and the National Con gress of Parents and Teachers. It has come to be recognized as the outstanding period of the school year for educational in terpretation. Daily topics for the week in clude: Sunday, Securing the Peace; Monday, Meeting the Emergency in Education; Tues day, Building America's Future; Wednesday, Strengthening the Teaching Profession; Thursday, Supporting Adequate Education; Friday, Enriching Home and Community Life; Saturday, Promoting Health and Safety. Junior Red Cross Drive This Month The Junior Red Cross drive for fvds is in progress this month from November 1 to the 15th County Superintendent L. A. Behrcnds, county enrollment officer, has announced. All the teachers in the county have been notified to this effect. Supt. T. I. Friest of the Platts mouth schools says that Thurs day, November 6, has been se lected as the day when students of the city schools will bring their donations to this worthy project. The enrollment fee for elemen tary classrooms is 50 cents. This entitles each room paying the fee to eight issues of the Junior Red Cross News. The fee for secondary schools is one dollar for each 100 pupils enrolled or less. These schools then.ieceive eight issues of the Junior Red Cross Journal. The Junior Red Cross is the American Red Cross in the schools public, private and pa rochial. As part of the organized, humanitarian program of the Red Cross, it offers the junior members of the Red Cross an op portunity to serve, both at home and abroad, in peace and war. Football Team To Enjoy Treat The members of the Platts mouth high school football team received an invitation from the Nebraska City school to attend the showing tonigM of "The Spirit of Notre Dame" at the Arbor Theatre in our neighbor ing city. The Chamber of Commerce of this city provided the means of taking the boys to the "City" to enjoy the treat.- Several of the schools in the neighborhood of Nebraska City were also invited.