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PUBLLiED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday CASS COUNTY'S , GREATEST NEWSPAPER Ydqe PQ-WtrsidDajTrtH JJtMJD&IMIL Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63. FOURTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 1, 1947 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 3. K. of C. Plans Survey for Blood Bank Monsignor M. A. Shine coun cil of tho Knights of Columbus met Tuesday evening at their hall in the Eagles building to spend hours in a interesting bus iness session. Tho meeting was presided over by Don Ricketts, grand knight of the council, and had a great amount of interesting business to demand their attention. The council has before it a plan to enlist the residents of Plattsmouth and Cass County in a group that will be ready, as needed, to supply blood for transfusions when called uDOn. The parties signed up will be listed as to the different types of blood that may be needed, their telephone numbers listed, and made available at any time. There are already fifty persons signed ud for the volun teer blood donations. It is hoped to have a very large number in Plattsmouth as well as over Cass County that can be available in an emergency. The lists will bo made acces sible to the physicians and sur geons of the citv and tho parties can be called when the need arises for their services. Tho committee reports that so far there is one typo of blood that has not been revealed and it is hoped that this may bo found in tho tests that are yet to be made. It is hoped that interns from Omaha hospitals may be secured on certain dates to visit this city and make the tests. Dr. Louis Amato is tho chair- man of the committee and those wishing to enroll may do so by calling at the office of Dr. Ama to. The council also voted to aid the Christmas observances at the St. John school by securing treats for the children. Tho council has a committee working on the plans for a narty on December 29th for tho Cath olic people of tho community This is planned to bo a covered dish luncheon followed by games. The council also voted to go in a body to the Saltier funeral home on Wednesday evening, December 10th to recite tho Ro sary for Pfc. William L. Cloidt, whose funeral was Thursday morning. Officials at Omaha Meeting Hear State Heads Tho sessions of the Nebraska Association of County Officials opened in Omaha on Monday and attracted a large number of tho county officers over tho state to the meetings. County Treasurer Ruth Patton, Register of Deeds Lucille Horn Gaines and Clerk of tho Dis trict Court C. E. Led way, Coun ty Commissioners Parr Young and A. G. Reid. wore among those attending tho Monday ses sions. At tho mooting Monday State Auditor Ray Johnson was one of the main speakers and discussed tho matter of tho division of tho tax dollar between the state, county, cities and school dis tricts, to show that the state rovernment was not benefiting from the tax levies in a " large measure as was the local units of povernmont. Uing Plattsmouth as an ex ample. Mr. Johnson said that city residents pay on a 68.30 mill levy but only 11.50 mills of that pmount go to tho county and State. The remaining 56.P0 mills pn to tho city and school districts, Mr. Johnson said. At tho meeting of the clerks of the district court section of the meetings. District Judge Thomas E. Dunbar of Nebraska City, was the main speaker to bring un the matter of legislation pertaining to the clerk's office and methods of practice. VFW District Convention Sunday The district convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Auxiliary will bo held in Nebraska City on Sunday, De cember 14th. The convention will be held at the Memorial building and it is expected that a very large num ber will be in attendance. A largo grouo of the VFW and their ladies are expected to be at the convention and to enjoy the fine program that has been arranged. Snow Storm is Quite General Tho snow storm that swept over this section on Tuesday was auito general in this section of Nebraska, covering the territory by a four inch mantle of white. the first really heavy snow of the winter. Starting Tuesday morning th? storm gave promise of being a real Nebraska snow but early in ftho evening the storm disrninish- ed in strength and gradually died out. The snow made some trouble for the motorist and required tho use of chains for travel but little or no real trouble was re ported from over tho county. Santa Claus Here Saturday to Meet The Children Tho date for the coming of Santa Claus is but two days away and he is on his way from the northland for the annual visit to Plattsmouth and the Cass County boys and girls. The weatherman has laid a U-nical winter setting for the visit and it will make old Santa feel right at home to see the touches of the winter season in tho community. Tho school children that are to servo as tho escort for Santa are to meet at tho Hotel Platts mouth at 1:30 and from there march to the court house where Santa is to have his headquarters in tho corridor of the first floor of the building. Tho escort of Santa, selected by tho various schools, will be given the place of honor in the Darade and reception to the gen ial Santa. Tho high school band will head tho parade to the court house follo'Hne1 tho reception at the Hotel Plattsmouth, where a committee of citizens will greet Santa. The committee will con sist ff John Schreiner. president of tho Chamber of Commerce, Fred P. Buseh, president of the Ad club, E. H. Bernhardt, presi dent of tho Board of Education and Mavor Clement Woster. Thev will be joined by the hon ored student group of the coun ty. Warga Window Attracts Many The Warpa Hardware store has a very elaborately decorated show window for the holiday season and there by is a very interesting story. A few days a 20 a man was soon passing evpral tims. then "alked in. "Where is Warga's Hardware?" asked tho stranger and he was informed that he had hit the place. His comment was that ho had vvrr seen a hard ware store so brilliantly decor ated and with the show windows so Christmas like. Complete Paving On Highway 34 Near Glenwood Wednesday te last of tho con crete slab on Highway No. 34 east of this citv in Mills Countv. Iowa, was poured and completed the last section of the highway that has been in a partially un completed condition for more than a year. , The new section will be ready for travel in the next week or ten days and then the present detour that has been used mav be abandoned for the through travel. The highway from the Platts mouth bridge east to Glenwood is one of the best sections of the roadway and will make a most attractive drive for the travel ers over the road. In the construction of tho new section of the highway there have been many fills made rang ing from five to nine feet that insures a good road and one that will not be subiect to overflow as in the past. Large bridges have been placed so that the waters in tho bottoms can be carried on safely without over flow, should the waters raise as high as the roadway all of the bottoms on the east side of the river will bo under water. This will give a fine roadway clear through to Chicago and on a most direct route for travelers in the south part of Nebraska as well as Colorado and points farther west. The Iowa Highway department have done a thorough job on the roadway and can feel well pleased over the results of their efforts. . CHICAGO, ILL. Ted Ma- lone, war correspondent and na- tionally-known radio story teller, found many fascinating "success stories" by talking- with the 41 state winners in the Westing house Better Methods Electric Contest at the national 4-H Club Congress here. Ted is shown here with (left to right) Bill Gfeller, Rt. 3, Junction City, Smoke Causes Five-Way Smash North of City A five-way smashup of cars occurred Wednesday afternoon at 4:45 at tho Orcapolis over pass north of this city, resulting in the damage to the cars but fortunately none of the occu pants of the cars were injured beyond a slight shaking up. A passing train on the Bur lington tracks beneath the via duct set tho scene for the smash up as the smoke from the loco motive rolled up and engulfed the viaduct in tho dense smoke that blinded the motorists as they came along. A car driven by August Gall of this city was the first car in tho line of traffic and drove on to the viaduct into the clouds of smoke that obscured the vision of tho driver of tho following car, Emery Felthascn of Nebras ka City, who struck tho Gall car. Just back of tho Felthascn car was that driven by Miss Edith Solomon of this city and this car was stopped from strik ing the Nebraska City car, but a car driven by Robert L. Hoff man of this city came on through the smoke and struck the car of Miss Solomon in the rear, and drove the Solomon car into that of Felthasen and in turn a fifth car appeared on tho scene, driv en by Melvin Koff of Nebraska City and this struck tho Hoff man car in the rear and complet ed the tie up of tho traffic for some time. Sheriff Tom Solomon was called to the scene and helped get the situation ironed out and the cars cleared off the traffic lini The damage to the cars as roughly estimated was S50 to the Gall car, $100 to tho Felthasen car, $50 to the Solomon car. $200 to the Hoffman car and $130 to the car driven by Koff. Tho accident happened at a very busy time as the workers from Fort Crook were on their way home, going- south. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Darlene, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dasher, re turned Monday from the St. Catherine's hospital at Omaha where she has been recovering from an appendectomy. She is feeling fine and will spend the recuperative period at the fam- ....... , tuy ueiuit; iv.- suming her school work. an 4a Claus Will Arrive Plattsmouth Saturday The following letter has been received here from Santa Claus to the children of Cass County to reassure them of his coming: North Pole DEAR CHILDREN: As I finished the last bite of my breakfast porridge this morn ing, I pushed my chair back from the table. Then I winked at Mrs. Claus and said: "Mother, do you think all my boys and girls around Plattsmouth will be down to meet me when I arrive in town Saturday?" Mother twinkled at me over her spectacles: "Unless I miss my guess, every boy and girl in Cass County under twelve will ' Kansas; James II. Pollard, Ne hawka, Nebraska: and Alfred DeCap. RFD No .2, Erie Illinois. These 4-H members were tops in their states in the Better Methods Electric Contest spon sored by the Westinghouse Edu cational Foundation to encourage farm boys and girls to discover now and better ways to do jobs on the farm and in the home. Will Present Sacred Organ Concert Sunday . A sacred concert will be given j at the Holy Rosary church Sun- Given by Assistant Attorney day evening at 7:30. The 'new ! General. C. S. Beck, J. L. Dal Wurlitzer "Series 20" organ will j tor. special agent in charge from be used for the first time in the j presentation of the sacred con cert. Mr. Ncibur of Omaha will be at tho console. The funds to purchase the instrument were donated by the members of the Holy Ro sary church in commemoration of wedding anniversaries, in Thanksgiving for the safe return j of war heroes and in memory of ! departed relatives and friends Program I Coral Prelude J. S. Bach Come Holy Ghost In Dulci Jubilo Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring II Introduction Choral Minuet Prayer to Our Lady Suite Gotheque L. Boellmann III Panis Angclicus C. Frank Ave Maria Schubert Gesu Bambino Yon Benediction Congregational Singing O Salutaris Tantum Ergo Te Deum ' Francis Schwertley of Omaha will be at the console during the eight and the ten o'clock Masses Sunday morning. Business Men's Ad Club Elects The Plattsmouth Business ' Men's Ad club met on Wednes- day noon at the Plattsmouth Hotel in one of the closing meet- mgs of the current year, with a very pleasing number of the members in attendance. Fred P. Eusch, president, presided. The officers selected for the year 1948 was as follows: President, Don Arundel. Vice President, Fred P. Busch. Secretary-Treasurer, W. H. Puis. ine remainder of the time was spent in informal discussion of the problems that are a part of thQ holiday season in the stores of the city. County Surveyor Frank P. Dall was a visitor at Manley Wednes- , day night at the home of his . parents, Mr. ana Mrs. Herman i Dall for a few hours. Writes Final Letter; be at the Plattsmouth Hotel at j lists trying to pick out the right 1:30 to welcome you. Besides I air gun. the doll with the golden have an extra large sack to hold j est hair and the longest black their gifts this year. You just j eye-lashes, or the stuffed ele look in your toy shop on the j phant with the finest trunk that hook behind the door." j vou have asked for in your So, I scampered out as fast as i letters. I want each of you to be I could and looked behind the j ever ,t happy Christmas morn door. Sure enough, there was j ing when you see the toys I the sack a big red one made of j have left for you. strong parachute cloth. "Just the i I hope to see every one of you thing," I cried, "We had better I Saturday, December 13th, so start filling it with t'lfts for my i have Mother and Daddy bring little friends at Plattsmouth." I have loads of toys in the toy shop, and each day, I spend 1 much time on vour Christmas Plan Reception For Scout Court As a part of the conferring of the rank of Eagle Scout on six of the local boys, it is planned to hold a reception on Sunday, December 14th at 8 o'clock at the First Christian church for the Eagle Scouts and their par ents. The reception will be in charge of a committee of the ladies of the church, Mrs. Doraso Myers, Mrs. Jesse Hodge, Mrs. C. J. White and Mrs. Herbert Free born. The reception will be held immediately after the ceremo nies and everyone is cordially invited to be present and join in the evening program. Sheriff Solomon Enjoys State Meet At Scottsbluff Nebraska State Sheriffs and I Peace Officers association held I their regular vearlv meeting at Scottsbluff. Nebraska on the 8th and 9th and Sheriff Solomon i attended from Cass County. Over a hundred sheriffs and oeaco officers were present for the mcetins. A number of F.B.I. agents, safety patrol, county juges and county attorneys were also present at the meeting. Lt. Go. Robert Crosby gave a j speech as well as being toast i master for the banouct held Sunday night. Talks were also umana. District Judge C. G. Per;-: and Captain C. J. Sanders, Superintendent of the Nebraska Safety patrol who also brought a lie detector along for exhibi tion, i The convention was held in the Lincoln Hotel in Scottsbluff. A delicious chicken dinner was served Sunday evening at the hotel and it was prepared by Dick Logsdon. formerly from Sattsmouth and once the man ager of the local Hinky Dinky store. Ho is chief chef at that hotel. On the way back home Tues day morning Sheriff Solomon recovered a stolen car belonging to Gardie Beavers of Fairmont which was stolen Monday night from that city. The case was turned over to the state patrol for disposition in view of the fact that the sheriff was out of his county. Window at Bebb's Attracts Attention Ira Bebb has the window in tho front of his garage arranged into 'one of the cleverest mechan ical and electric exhibits in the citv; all his own handiwork. In tho window Mr. Bebb has an electric train that operates on a track and its travels are watched constantly by the on lookers. There is also an amusement I park that has its Ferris wheel J merry go round and loop-a-plane all moving and with the excep- j tion of the train, work from one I power unit. On the west side of the win dow Mr. Bebb has a large sized church that at night is illumin ated with blue lights to make a most attractivve feature and one well worth seeing. Mr. Bebb says it is only a part of the story as ho plans addition : al units that he expects to have installed by Christmas. ' TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Mrs. Max Bowman is at St. Joseph hospital where she is under treatment and observa- tion for a timn Thp manv friends are hopeful that she may soon return home. Her address Room 206 at the hospital. is you to the Hotel Plattsmouth at 1:30 p. m. Love, Santa Claus. Ruth Patton is Head of County Treasurer's Group The County Treasurer's Asso ciation at their meeting Tuesday selected Ruth Patton, Cass Coun--tv treasurer, as the president of the organization for the year 1048. County Treasurer Ruth Fatton The Selection of Miss Patton for the office of president is a fine recognition of her service in the past few years as a member of the state group, she having served as secretary of the asso ciation for two years and last year was the vice-president. She has given the association the benefit of her experience and deep interest in their problems that arc discussed each year at the meeetings. Miss Patton has an outstand ing record as treasurer through the state and her administration of the office in Cass County has proven her most efficient in every detail of the office. Her fine work is best shown in that she has been un-opposed in re election to the oftice for years. Miss Patton was deputy regis ter of deeds of Cass County in 1926 and was then named as the deputy county treasurer by John E. Turner in 1927. When Mr. Turner resigned the office to enter private business. Miss Patton was named to the position of treasurer in 1942 and has since held that office without any opposition. The Cass County friends of this capable lady will be pleased ot learn of her selection to the post of state president. To Take Part In Oratorio Don C. York of this city, well known vocalist, has been select ed as one vof the group that will take part in the presentation of Handel's "Messiah', one of the greatest of the oratorios. This will be presented at the Joslyn Memorial at Omaha on Tuesday, December 16th. The oratorio will be sponsored by the Associated Retailers of Omaha and will be one of the outstanding musical events of winter season in Omaha. Mr. York will be one of the bass singers heard in the great chorus of the oratorio. The audience will join in the singing of the thrilling "Halle luiah" chorus of the presenta tion, one of the most inspiring parts of this gveat work of Han del. Local Men in Old-Time Photo The Cloidt service station at Third and Main streets has a photograph of well known and prominent men of the communi ty taken many years aeo while they were far more youthful and their hair was unmafred by the frost of time. In the group can be found W. R. Butler, L. D. Hiatt. Robert B. Hayes. E. J. Richey. Ed. S. Tutt, Everett Eaton and F. R. Ballance. The photograph was by W. S. Soper. photographer at that time and those informed state the picture was taken on a pleasant Sunday when the group were out strolling . Car is Badly Damaged Sunday Miss Elizabeth Davis, who was a visitor here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Searl S. Davis, Sunday, hod a close call from serious injury when the car in which she was returning to her studies at tho state university, was overturned near Eagle. Fortunately the members of the party were uninjured al though the car was badly dam aged in the smashup. Scottish Rite Masonic Meet Several of the Plattsmouth Masons, members of the Scottish Rite at Omaha were there this week to attend the 114 reunion of the Scottish bodies at the Scottish Rite cathedral. The reunion was from Monday through Thursday. Attending from this city was Raymond C. Cook, William F. Evers and Frank A. Cloidt, members of the Omaha consis tory. Sixty candidates were initia ted Monday in the Mt. Moriah lodge and sixty in the Knights Rose Croix. Approximately 150 were initiated into the Knights Kadosh and Nebraska consistory Wednesday and Thursday. Frank C. Patton, is supervising the conferring of degrees from the fourth to thirty-second in clusive. He is lieutenant grand commander of the supreme council and sovereign grand in spector general in Nebraska. Samuel B. Pettengill, New York, former Indiana Congress man, will address the banquet Thursday evening. Talks Over the School Problem At Rotary Club The problems of the public school system, was the subiect of the program at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary club. Floyd A. Miller, of Lincoln, head of the secondary educational department of the state superin tendent's office, was the sneak er of the occasion. Mr. Miller discussed the matter of public school redisricting, petting the school on a state basis for tax ing purposes. He also urged the raising of the requirements for the state teaching certificates. President E. J. Richcy, home from his outing in the west, pre sided over the meeting while Fred Lugch served as the pro gram chairman. Charles Futton, Jr., who has been a high school member of Rotary for the past month, gave a few remarks telling of his im pressions of the club and hte inspiration derived from his as sociations of the past few weeks. The members had a fine time in the singing of the Christmas carols under the leadership of Orville Nielsen with E. H. Wes cott at the piano. The club had as their guests, George A. Jaeger, of Indiana Harbor. Indiana, a former mem ber of the local club and Walter Gleason, manager of the Gas company, and a member of the Aurora, Nebraska club. Purchase of Federal Barge Lines Proposed A largo group of the mid-west business men were at Washing ton. D. C, on Monday for a meeting with Under Secretary of Commerce Foster, for the pur pose of taking up and discussing the retaining of the Federal Barge lines on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, a matter in which this part of the west is greatlv interested. T. H. Pollock" of this city, an ardent worker in the cause of river navigation, who was in vited to participate in the con ference, was unable to bo present owing to the bad weather and lono distance to travel. Henry McCampbell of Omaha, chairman of the dock board of that city, was present and took a hand to see that the Omaha run up the Missouri river from Kan sas City is continued no matter who runs the barge lines. There was no mention of a cash offer or a cash value. The mid-west group was led by a New Orleans barge line operator, Theodore Brent. Nobody knows what the Fed eral FrP2 lines are worth" said Mr. McCampbell. "They don't know and we don't know, so there will not be any purchase price set until the Interstate Commerce commission sets the value.", Omaha and Sioux City repre- sentatA's stated that a recent rough valuation, of the barge lines was something like $15,000, 000 was" just avguess." Mr. and Mrs. Gerold Keil and Mics Bernese Smith had as over night Quests SaturJjy, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morris of Gulf, Kans., Oliver Jones of Bancroft, Kans., and Mr. and Mrs. T. N Jones of San Bernardino, Calif.. Junior Woman Club Holds a Christmas Party The members of the Junior Woman's club held their regular meeting and Christmas party on Monday evening', at the parlors of the First Methodist church, that had for the occasion been very attractively arranged with the Yuletide decorations. Miss Joan Tiekottcr, president of the club, presided over the business session of the organiza tion. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were received and approved by the membership of the club. The club voted the sum of $10 to aid in the purchasing of the street decorations for the holi day season. Eleanor Nelson and Louise Huebner were appointed a com mittee to buy a Christmas din ner for some needy family of the city. The members of the group joined in a collection taken for the Children's Institute in Oma ha, a very worthy cause. The program that followed tho business session was much en joyed and embraced two vocal duets by Barbara Sullivan and Jo Non Albin. "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" and "Up on the House Top." with Mrs. Howard Davis as the accompanist. The two girls also gave a tan dance to the tune of "Jingle Bells", with Mrs. Da vis as the accompanist. Tena Woster gave the reading, "'Twas the Night Before Christ mas", one of the favorite of the Christmas season. Phyllis Bourck, one of the well known young vocalists of tho citv, was hoard in the number. "Oh Holy Night", accompanied by Mrs. Davis. In the muscial section of the program David Fowler. Joe York, John Elliott, Russell Niel sen and Bill Knorr sang "Silent Night". "Oh Litttle Town of Bethlehem" and "Come All Yo Faithful". Mrs. Joe York was the accompanist for the numbers. The beautiful story of the Na tivity was given bv Gertrude Gorton from the Bible. The members of the club had broueht toys that will be distri buted to the children of the com munity. The club members also had their share of the Christmas presents when Santa arrived with presents for the grouo. San ta was revaled later as Mrs. El la Thun. The members of the club join ed in the singing of the Christ mas carols led by Mrs. Shirley Mayabb and the accompaniment plaved bv Mrs. J. Howard Davis Mrs. Shirley Mayabb was tho proom chairman. Delicious refreshments were served bv the committee headed by Mrs. Mildred Walden as gen eral chairman and comprising Marion Arundel, Thelma Albin,' Doris Atkinson, Beverly Baker, Mariorie Bourne. Emma Cappell, Mildred and Florence Brvant, Dorothy Brendel, Maxine Bow man. Dorothy Cappell, Maxine Christcnscn. Masons Install New Officers Monday Night Monday evening Nebraska Chapter No. 3. Roval Arch Ma sons held the installation of offi cers at their lodge rooms in the Masonic building with a yery pood attendance of the member shin. The new officers were install ed bv "Raymond C. Cook, past fiand high priest of Nebraska, who was assisted bv William F. Evers as the installing marshal and John Janacek as the cere monial marshal. The officers installod were: High Priest, C. E. Ledgway. King, Newton Sullivan. Scribe, Raymond Hild. Treasurer, Frank A. Cloidt. Secretary, Raymond Evers. Chaplain, Luke L. Wiles. Captain of the Host, P. F. Rihn. Principal Sojourner, Warren Rhylander. Royal Arch Captain, Harry N. Ahl. Master of Third Veil, Howard Reckard. Master of Second Veil, Marvin Reed. Master of First Veil, James F. Comstock. Sentinel, Fred W. Howland. Following the installation of the members of the chapter en joyed a luncheon arranged by ' the committee.