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,vova T Plait CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63. EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1947 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 2 "11 4 Legion Gives Awards; Plan For Club Rooms The members of Hugh J. K'-;:rn; Post No. 55, of the Amer ican Legion, met Thursday at tie- Forty & Eight club in their regular session. The Legion va eorforrinv recognition on sev eral of the young people that 1 al participated in activities thai they had sponsored in the l ast year. The medal for excellence in th" orat iical contest in the high school last sp-ing. Vn: ! av aided to Miss Dorothy Llovd. j who spoke- on the history of tlie j Constitution of the- United I Stab v.. Th- presentation was made bv Richard Peck, post c T.mnnrt'T. who cmirpnaca fiss IJn-. n hf , i tino wotk if student of the Constitution. Muncie. immediate Milton presorted with a nast rorr.nvi rider" button bv Commander Richard Peck : hi? fine services in the past r the L"gion. Miller Hurst, high school stu- i nt. vh i was a member of 1 B State the pat year, was fcnt and p.-ve his impressions of this important p;rt of the Legion's program fur the year. Eugene Lingford. who was one of the r.vo : f prec-r.tativ( s sent to the I.tfien college, gave a t eume of his impressions of thi the fact that it gave I rouise and him a greatei inspiration for the 1 fien work and the basic pur poses of the organization of war v tt vus. He expressed his ap-n-eeia'ion to the Legion and the 40 & P, Focietv f r the onDnrtuni tv ff attending 1h college, and having the r ppTlunitv of hear- th hist an 1 purposes of the vefran-m-n mi 'St organization from thoroughly familiar with it. James F Beglcy. of the club room committee, reposed that the committee had looked over V'oms in the basement of the TIeti-1 Plattsmou'ih and the com mittee reported favorably on the I 'an to further carry on the W"ik to make the two room's in t club f oms. The committee had estimated that the cos v :'d t.robablv be from ?4 OuQ to $5,000 to put in prefer shape for use i-, club rooms. Tt was proposed to finance the cost with the government b"nds that l ave been accurr.uted dun" the war years, that they be sold j.nd the proceeds used. The par value of the bonds is something !;e $5,000. It was decided check with that ma- the committi n-rial dealers and contractors as t the rctual cost r.f the recon ditioning of the rooms. The wm tr. ttee proposed to turn over to the Legion treasury all receipts over that needed for the club op f ration the business pro fessed. Commander Peck nam- , 1 the permanent club com- m.ttee. T.nak Metzg.- The the) ity p .a oS. James Begley. chai'-man. Kainev and William cmmitte was t 1 go ahead given au with their Young Soldier Returning Home Bernard Klincer. of Omaha, was hero Saturday afternoon in company with Mrs. Klinger to 1 10 k after some business in connection with the family pro perty in this city. He rpe:1- that his nephew. Pfc. Gerald Kttelscn. who has been with the American occupa tion forces in Japan, is now cm his way home and expects to r- a eh San Franrisco in a few days. He will come direct to Omaha after landing, to be with his mother at the St. Catherine's hospital where she is expecting' to undergo an operation. Elmer Hal 1st rem, the Avcca ba-kcr, was here Thursday for a few hours to look after some business affairs and to visit with his mother, Mrs. J. II. Hallstrom, Mrs. Hallstrom has rot been so well in the past weeks. W0STMA Louis - Walcott Fight Thrills The Joe Louis-Joe Walcott fight at New York Friday night proved one of the big sporting upsets of the year and a real thrill to the fans that gathered in public places or their homes to hear the results. The general opinion was that Louis was probably an easy winner as was reflected in the odds on the fight, but a few mo ments aft-er the bout was in pro gress it was easv to see that the "Brown Bomber" was lacking the drive and rushing" power of j the past. i The local people were largelv ; r.f nnininn th:.t V.T;lro!t h;i;? . at least gamed a ri:av n not a ; j decision over Louis. j I After the conclusion of the , i fifht the fa-s in the downtown j district remained on the streets to discuss the light and give : I their opinion of the battle. j The air storv of the fight car- j , ried the unmistakable voice of ; ! disatisfaction of the fans in Ma-I ' riis on Square Garden over the ! result. RFD No. 1 Needs Carrier Badly At This Time The patrons of rural route No. 1 out of the Platf-m.outh post office, have in the last f c davs ben having to put up with the inconvenience of crippled scrv- ice of mail. Theodore Ptak. the regular carrier, is at the St. Catherine's hos-pital at Omaha recovering from an operation end during his absence from dutv John El liott has served as the carrier. but auto trouble has made nec- rsary his giving im the route thus patrons have bten forced j to put up with the restricted service. Postmaster Edward Eg-nberg-er has been helpine as far as possible by takinCT the mail on j the route where there are paved ! cr graveled roads. The residents on the route have shown tho'r co-operation bv calling for the mail at the post office for themselves and their neighbors, and taking it on out with them. Postmaster Fgenbrrger would welcome the services of anyone that might want to serve as sub stitute until the return of the regular carrier. The carrier recieves SI 1 .36 a dav on the route and those who might desire to take a try at the route and are familiar with j the territory served, are urged to i contact Mr. Egenberger. Death of Adam Schafer Life Time Resident Adam Schafer. 65. lifetime resident of Cass County, died Sunday afternoon at the Booth Home in Omaha where he has been for some tim? undergoing care. Mr. Schafer. who resided west of Murray and north of Nehaw ka for many years, suffered a stroke some f;ve years ago and has been in .increasingly failing health since that time that neces sitated his being under care the greater part of the time. lie was never married and leaves as his survivors four brothers and two sisters. Otto Schafer and Philip Schafrr of Nehawka; Georre Schafer of Caldwell, Idaho; Fred Schafer of Norfolk. Nebraska; Mrs. Her man WohKarth. Murray and Mrs. Nick Friedrich, now living in California. The funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Hobson funeral home a4 Weening Water and the interment will be at the St. John cemetery, north of Nehawka. Hold Hearings On Guardianships Thursday Judge Paul E. Fau quet was busy in court hearing vario'is guardianships in which the Veterans Administration was interested. Doane Anderson of Lincoln was he-o to look o-er the hearings on behalf of Hp VA. The cas-s hard were Beverly Trotter. Carol Louise Rakow, William Hoffman. Glen Ranney. Gerald Grant. Golden Snodgrass and Richard Soennichsen. Mr. Anderson was a classmate of Judge Fauouet at the Univer sity of Nebraska in 1340 and they had a most pleasant visit over the incidents of their school days. Students to Serve as Escort To Santa Claus In the pa:t few davs the list of the students in the schools ex pecting to take part in the re ception to Santa Claus have Wx-n pouring into the office of the 1 -eb Santa Ciaus commit tee This shows the irtcrest in the visit of Santa to this eit Saturday, December l-.th v on on and both part teacher. District of students No. 9" will be repie- cenf( d bv Jirrv McGill and Marv Markev. Miss Virginia P(.vincrpr js ti-.fi teacher. District No. 5 will have Tom my Sullivan and Sharon Van Aekcrn as th-ir repvesentativ Mrs. L. E. Thimgan is the teach er. District No. 15 will have a their students CaH Orndorff and Sharon Dodson. Mrs. Balfour is the teacher. District No. 30 will have Pich ard Ehlers and Nola Jane Weiss as their representatives. June Ke'l is the teacher. District No. 12 has selected as their representatives Dale Schi ber and Betty Niel. Betty Whip ple is the teacher. District No. 37 will have Du ane Flint and Marv Marlene Nolting as the student repre sentatives. Miss Sue Bordelon is the teacher. District No. 29 has named Denis Lee Todd and Karen Kay Starkiohn as the students. Shir ley Mae Joerger is the teacher. District No. 56 will have Dan ny Sheehan and Nancv Starder as their students. Miss Ruth Barker is teacher. Distric No. 19 will send Rich ard Adkins and Lois Wolph as the students. The teacher is Dorothy Rink, i District No. 5G will have as their students Bohbv WilVrt and Betty Sparer. Irene Fmkle is teacher. Civic Bodv Bids Farewell To a Faithful Member The Chamber of Commerce held ther last meeting of the year 1947 Thursday evening at the dining room of the Rainey Coffee Shop to discuss the bus iness affairs of the organization before the close of the vear and to prepare for the coming of the New Year. Dwight Edwards, who has been secretary of the civic bodv for the past year, announced formally that he was laying aside his work as he must soon leave for his now fields of ac tivity at Norfolk. The Chamber nf Commerce parts with Mr. Edwards with great regret, as he has in his residence here bcn an active worker at all times for the ad vancement of the city and its interests. This sentiment cf regret was expressed by al! of the mem bership at their last meeting with their secrvtary. The annual meeting of the Chamber. of Commerce will be held on January 8. Pt-tS. and at which time there will be the annual election ef officers and the now year formally started on its way. Papillion To Play Tuesday The Blue Devils basketball ouintet that has had a hectic time the past week with some of the toughest opponents on their schedule, are to combat one of the neighboring team11 Tuesday evenirg (n the local court. Panillion will send their team here Tuesday to meet the Blue Devils and a good game should be in store for the fans with more evenly balanced teams. The game will be at 8 o'clock at the local gvm and a capacity house is anticipated. The Blue Devils have suffered reverses in their initial games from Bellevue. Omaha South and Lincoln Northeast and are thirsting to get into the payoff group of winners and can be de pended to give the boys from the Pappio plenty of action. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Sunday Mrs. Ernest Hild of near Mynard was taken to Oma ha where she entered the Clark son hospital for treatment and a possible operation. Mrs. Hild has not been well for some time. The patient was taken to the hospital in the Sattler ambulance. Meet the Grand Cherry " : ... - . : (OAiier liobert D. Snavely, a doctor from Hagerstown, Md., hold.-; ,Uie Vv. liner's cup which his Senior and Co-.md Champion Percheron fit---'"". Rem Degas, won at the Inter: ialiom.l Livestock Show in Ci.l.io-Q. The 2100-pound, 6-year-old oeauty has been winner in hi class in every competition ne has tnteicd. Samuele Dukes Native Son of Union is Dead Samuel E. Dukes. 69. a native of Union, di-'d carlv Friday at the St. Mary's hospital at Ne braska City after a three weeks illness. Mr. Dukes was for many years engaged as an engineer and fireman in Union and NV braska City. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack son Dukes, early dav residents of so'.rthc rn Cass County, he was ma: ri'd at P'attsmouth on Oct. V., 19C1 to Mary Elevens. He moved in 1904 to Nebraska Citv and has since- made his heme in that city. He was a member of the Eagles lodge at Nebraska City. He is survived bv the widow and the following children: Mrs. Claude Robinson. Thomas Dukes and Mrs. Emerson Dapoen. O.m. aha: Mrs. W. M. Abornathy, Ne braska City: Mrs. Guv Harmon. Tennessee; Mrs. Albert Sharp. Nebraska Citv, Mrs. George Vorsch. Omaha: Wilson Du'vos. Clifford Dukes and Mrs. Walter Connors. Nebraska Citv: als" two b'-othcrs. Fdward cf Murrav End Clifford of Oregon, and two sisters. Mrs. Joe Howrey of Bartlett. and Mrs. George Scott of Oregon. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Fassbender funeral home, with the Rev. C. E. Turmond. Gospel Tabernacle in charge and the interment at Camp Creek cemetery. The pallbearers were Donald and William Abernathy. Jr., Eugene Robinscon. Emerson Dapnen. Thomas Dukes Jr.. and Harold Dukes, five grandsons and a nephew. Candidates Must Get Busy The secretary of state has sent out warning to these vh" mig-ht wish to enter the political arena this year. The candidates have ninety days in which to file their in tention of submitting their can didacy to the voters at the April 13th prmary. The law sets forth that the filings must be made by March 4th that being forty days before the primary election en April 13th, the deadline set by law. The primary is early this year on account nf the fact that the delegates to the national convention are chosen at the primary. Mr. and Mrs. Rcbert Hirz and little son were here Saturday for a few hours visiting at the home of Mr. Hirz's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hirz and the other members of the family. Read 'or the the Plattsmouth Journal latest news. M-rKtiin-lrr r i ifwiwmn mil n-r-miifltim J- i mmii mr rinun ir ir - ' " ' ,mrlW THE FAT PORKERS pictured I LOUIS R. SCHRAM. Papillion, ' selling at $25.00 per hundred here are a recent consignment Nebr. 7here were 20 head of weight. to the Omaha market from Henry Hansen Killed by Train At Greenwood I lie I farm I muni ;;ftr iry Hansen. 72. retired r of the Greenwood com y. was killed late Saturday on bv Burlineton passen 3, two blocks south v sta4 n at Green- ! ger train of t! raiiw; ! WOOil. I j Burlington I Sandy said ? Agent Tr. Hansen Orville was ap- p; :re ; 1 walking hem" and did passe nger i not ; i t ra i n j train M5 to ; age d De the oncoming no walked right into the The train was traveling at 40 miles per hour, and the man was instantly killed. ; lit v Sheriff Shrader Pho ard Rex Youn-; were called den to the- see-no j the facts of 1 self evident. ot the death and as the accident were an inquest was hot j held. j Mr. Hansen, a lifelong rcsi- t'ent of Cass County, was living in Greenwood with a sister, Mrs. i Louise Anderson. Other surviv- i ors include a son. Raloh. of Con- .cord. Cab; three Dora Anderson o; Matilda Schultz sisters. Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., Apphun of brothers. Tom and Alfred of and Mrs. Green wi od of Belgrade Linculn. Emma two , Neb., Need of Better Roads is Demand Of Travelers The residents of the county who are traveling the secondary roads that are not surfaced, are reporting that the travel is very difficult at this season. Roads are rough and in many places badly in need of grading and surfacing so that the resi dents of the icrritorv can get in and out of their homes without ' having to fight the slick and rough roads to and from the i paved highways, j The roads west of this city are reported as being disagreeable to travel and working a hard ship on the farmers and residents cf that section. Wherever possible surfaced roads should be created and placed in the best ejf shape for the use of the traveling public. In bad weather there is little that can be done on the roads to prevent their becoming hard to travel, but if possible they should be kept in shape so that when the weather conditions get bad thev may be reasonably comfortable to travel. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McReyn olds and Mr. Lee Carper of Nehawka, were here Friday where thev spent several hours looking after some business mat ter and attending the Methodist bazaar. 259-pounders in the shipment City to Pay Honor to War Dead Thursday Plattsmouth will pry honor on Thursday morning to the first of the World War II v terans to be returned to the United States for intermenl in their native , land ad the first cf the boys j from this communitv that was! killed in action and brought i home. I The body of Pfc. William Lee j Cloidt, returned to the United j States some two wee k-; ago. will ! be hrou.gnt Here J uesdav morn ing from Kansas City, Missouri, where it has been at the depot of the Army to be cleared. It will be at the Sattler funeral home until the time for the fun eral service. The service wil flay meirning at the Holy Rosary and Pearl srteet ! be h' Id Thurs 10 o'clock from chu-ch at lfith s with the Re- r-u'em father of the The Mass Edward church. Hugh J. eeleb'-ated by C. Tuchek. pastor Kearns post of Legion of this 4he American citv will have tarv section of ; . . 1 v; go of the mili- the service ann uard rites will provide and the firing the coior squad for the at the interment. In the service f r will be symbolized to the war dead that home or arc at rest Pfc. Cloidt the tribute are coming in the for- eign fields of the battle. The residents of the community as far as possible are urged to join in the last tribute to this fine young man and the many thous ands of others that have paid the supreme sacrifice. Mayor Clement Wester is ask ing that business houses be closed for the hour of the serv ice from 10 to 11 o'clock Thurs day morning and that everyone possible make a special point to ioin in this tribute to our war dead. War veterans of the World War I and II are especially re austcc! to join in this tribute to the dead that have given their : all for the nation. ! The rosary will be recited at the Sattler funeral home Wed nesday at 8 p. m. Trvin Ferguson Back in Army I;--in Perroson. one World War II veterans of the of the :ty .is back in the kahki that he wore for some thirty-seven months in the campaigns in Af rica. Italv and Germany, parti einating in eight campaigns be foro the close of the war. He started his service as a member of the combat engineers ami icuer sui iu wiiii uie euin- mandes. He is now assigned to Torees and located at the Air Offutt Field at Fort Crook. In the new assignment he is able to be home each evening and a very pleading tour of duty and pay under the new rate. He re-enters the service as a cor poral. Sheriff Attends Scottsbluff Meet Sher'ff Thomas Solomon was at Scottsbluff over the week end o attend tho meeting of the Nebraska Sheriff's association that whs jn session at that pla"o. Sheriff Solomon left late Fri day and was able to attend the busy sessions of the organization. Many of the law enforcing offi cers of the slate wer present to ioin in the discussions of the problems of their offices. Deputy Sheriff Shrder Rho den remained here to look after , the work cf the office while the ', chief was absent. For centuries, the Pekingese, now one of America's favorite toy breeds, was the royal dog of China and could be owned only by the ruling classes. ! Courtesy Livestock Exchange HaS Word of Long Absent Brother J. A. Edgerton of this city has received a letter from his young er brother, Gilbert E. Edgerton, whom he had long since thought j as dead. It has been forty years 1 since Mr. Edgerton had see-n or heard from the brother and na i turally figured that he had pass- ed away. j The last heard ef the brother j he was in Alaska, and from the i letter, it se ems that he had later j gone to the islands of the Pacif ! ic. to spend a number of years. lie states that during the war years, life was really ruggvd in the Jap infested Pacific, but has been able to come back the United States and is now he to in Mississippi. He is very anxious to secure records from the family bible showing his birth on August 6. 1882. and J. A. Edgerton is anx ious to secure the statements of those who remember the brother in his residence here. Presbyterian Federation Has Meeting The Federation of the First Presbyterian church held their meeting on Wednesday at the church and a fine attendance was present despite the unpleasant weather. Mrs. Raymond Larson, federa tion chairman, v presided over the meeting. MrsGlen Vallery led the de votions of the afternoon, taking as her subject, "Christmas With- in." Mrs. charge as her Edward Wehrbein was in of the program and had theme "Living bv Christ mas" with Mrs. R. W. Knorr as the musical accompanist for the numbers on the program. Mrs. Wehrbein gave the history of the Christmas carols that was very much enjoyed by all. A trio composed of Jeanne Newton, Grenda Jones and Jea nette Scharfenbcrg gave two of the Christinas songs. "Away in the Manger" and '"White Christ mas." Miss Mary Todd gave two very lovely numbers, "Homing" and "Holy Night" as her portion of the program. The federation held their reg ular election of officers at the meeting and selected the offi cers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Raymond J. Larson. First Vice-President, John Meisinger. Jr. Second Vice-President H. C. Tiekotter. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Third Vice-President, 1 Henry Jacobs. Secretary, Mrs. W. E. Hickey. Treasurer. Mrs. James Bulin. The members of Circle No. 3 of the federation served refresh ments at an appropriate hour. Murray People Present Friend With Chair Lawrence Smith, Murray shoe repair man. was given a real Christmas present this week, the result of the efforts of his many friends in Murray. Lawrence was injured in 19:11 in an accident that resulted in the injury of his lower limbs, that has confined him to a wheel chair in getting around . A short time ago Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Reed interested a group of the friends of Mr. Smith in the plan for a Christmas surprise with an electric wheel chair. The chair has arrived and was given to Mr. Smith wdth the best wishes of the generous peo ple of Murray to their friend. . Mr. Smith was in Plattsmouth Saturday and was very happy over the gift that will now per mit h:s getting around much more comfortably and he wishes to thank all of the friends that made this possible. John Buttery Has Promotion John J. Buttery, Lincoln, was named state accountant Thurs day by State Auditor Ray John son. Buttery, who has served as assistant state accountant since 1943, takes over his new duties January 1. He succeeds George Kolzow, who retired to enter private business Buttery is a certified public accountant. The salary is $350 a month. Mr. Buttery is well known to Plattsmouth people as his par ents were residents here for a number of years, his father John Buttery, Sr.. being employed by the Burlington. Plattsmouth Company Plans Gala Holiday Te plant of the Plattsmouth Manufacturing Co., located in the Legion building, is a place of activity in the last few clays as the proprietor. Charles C. Ba bian and Mrs. Flore !la Babian, are planning the final details of the annual Christmas party for the members of the force of the plant. The company makes this an annual affair and it is looked, forward 1o with pleasure by all of the members of the force, and even though the party will not be held until Saturday. Decem ber 20th, the Christmas spirit is prevailing around the plant. The members will enjoy a din- ner party as a part of the pro- gram and to this all ef the c:n- plovees. their husbands and sweethearts will be guests. There will be a dancing party and later Santa Claus will pay a visit and present gifts to all, as well as bonuses for the year service and a vacation during the holiday season for the em ployes. The community has profited a great de'al from the operation of the plant of the Plattsmouth Manufacturing company, a sub sidiary of the Grav moor Fash ions of New York City. Twei years ago when Mr. Ba bian came here and secured a lease on the Legion building he installed six sewing machines and six operators in the building and the work was started on manufacturing the garments that have become known the country over .The original six are still on the payroll. Today there are sixty employ cy in the plant and the number of machines have reached the fifty point. The employes are all local people, and helps a great deal in the community life as the pay I roll re-aches $100,000 a year that is paid to the women of the city for their labor. Mr. Babian states that he would like to have at least an additional 25,000 fcot additional space w here he could install the cutting department that is now operated at Fort Dodge, Iowa, making it much more conven ient to the company and the employes. Suoreme Court Affirms Case A case that has attracted a great deal of attention in this section of the state was that of Ritter vs. Drainage district No. 1, in Otoe county. The case was tried before Judge Thomas E. Dunbar at Ne braska Ctiv and the court found 'that the drainage district be re quired to straighten the bends in the ditch and to repair and replace a bridge. The estimated ameiunt of money involved in making the changes as ordered by the court is set at S25.000. The case was appealed to the state supreme court and just re cently notice was received that the state court has sustained the decision and the rulings of Judge Dunbar. Elmwood Girl Given Honor It was announced Tuesday by Miss Margaret Fedde, chairman of the Home Ecemomics Depart ment of the University of Ne braska, that the students have been chosen for the Student Faculty Council. The Council consists of nine Home Economics students and three Home Economics instruc tors. The girls arc elected by popular vote of all Home Eco nomic students. We are happy to announce that Miss Marian Pratt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Pratt of Elmwood, is one of three fresh men girls elected to represent the Freshman class in the Coun cil. Honor Work of Tom Hopkins The Sunday State Journal and Star of Lincoln, paid honor to one of the outstanding foot ball plavers of the state hish schools, Tom Hopkins, hard driv ing backfield man of the wcep- ine Water high school team The selections were made bv Wally Provost and George Mil ler of the newspaper staff. Hopkins has for the past two seasons been the outstanding man on his team and one of the best in the schools of this class in the state both on the offense and the defense.