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if; :1 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER TME PLATTI!(D)1UTH. J 0) TO AIL Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursdav VOLUME 63 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1948 FIVE CENTS NUMBER 50 i t f 1 (;1 r 4 Class of 1948 Bids Farewell To High School Friday evening at the high school building, where they have for the past four years been striv ing for the golden goal of gradu :tt irm. the class of 1948 of the school, bid farewell to the fa miliar scones, the teachers and associates and faced life in a new world of tomorrow. The auditorium of the school was filled to its capacity bv the relatives and friends of the young people to enjoy the occa sion that means so much to mem bers of the families of the stu dents. The class of 1948 is outstanding in the fact that in its membership there were so many musically talented students to offer to the program five vocal numbers, un usual in the average of the classes thai have gone from the PHS in the past years. The class made a striking pic ture as it filed into the auditor ium to the strains of of the pro cessional played bv Miss Janis Schmidtmann. The class this year was garbed in the hieh school colors, blue and white, the gowns and caps of the girls be ing white while those of the boys were blue, making a striking picture as thev appeared seated on the stage. The invocation was offered by Dr. II. G. McClusky, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. The salutatory of the class was given by Marv Jo Rebal, see r.nd highest ranking student of the class, who had as her sub ject, "A Trust to Keep", a mess age of the ideals of the class members of their future in the America of tomorrow as men and cvomen of the nation. Martina Sporcr. one of the tal ented members of the class gave the selection, "Trees" as her part of the program. The valedictory of the class. "We Hvo the Faith" was pre sented bv Richard Wolhfarth, the highest ranking student of the class. The speaker expressed for the class the gratitude toward the parents and teachers who had made possible the attainment of this graduation day. It would be j cne ol f the ambitions of the class ! members to make their parents and the community happy and proud of the attainments that they might make in the world in which they were to play a part. Mary Todd delighted the audi ence with her vocal number, "In Mv Garden". The class had as their speaker. Wayne O. Reed, state superin (Continued on Page Six) r aptured Jap Artillery Piece Reaches City The Japanese 75 MM artillery piece, donated by the U. S. gov ernment to the ritv of Platts mouth and the Hueh J. Kearns post of the American Leeion. reached its destination on Friday. Commander Peck of the local I oil ion post had received notice of the gift of the gun anH its go ing to be shipped from th? gov ernment base, but was caught by the surprise when the artillery arrived over the Burlington at Portsmouth early Friday. The artillery piece weighs something like 2.500 pounds and ;t was necessary to secure a fore" of the war veterans to unload it and heln remove it to the Down town Motors to await its formal placement. The artillery niece will event ually be placed on the south Imvn of the Cas's countv court ho'i-;e but it will be nerew.ry to have the proper sized founda tion placed before it is definitely set. Richard Duxbury Receives Honor The Junior Chamber of Com merce of Lincoln Thursday tend ered a banquet to seniors of the high schools of Lancaster county that are outstanding in their four years of schooling. Among the students so honored was Richard Duxburv. son of Judge and Mrs. A. H. Duxbury, a member of the clans of the Northeast high school. "Dick" received his schooling in his vounger vears in the Platts mouth schools and his former schoolmates will be pleased to learn of his recognition. i crest of a hill, the car passed be- j visit for the dav with his old At'ornev D. O. Dwyer of, ins that of the highway patroL j friends and school associates. He Weeping Water, was a visitor in j He made B plea cf guilty to the ! has quit his work es a truck driv the city Saturday to look after charp? and received a fine of , er on the Chicago-Denver run some legal matters. 'S10 and costs. 'and may locate in this territory. h SSS1 Scene on the beautifully landscaped lawn at the Masonic Home last Sunday when a 108-car caravan from Grand Island lodges congregated to visit and entertain the residents here. Several hun dred persons were present and many for the first time visited the buildings and inspected the grounds, learning first hand the magnificent work being done by Manager William Evers and his effient staff. Photo bv Chriswiser. Civic Body Has Tour of Telephone Building Thursdav evening the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce held their regular meeting at the dining room of the Rainey Coffee shop. President Harold A'kirc. presiding. The Chamber of Commerce discussed at some length th mat ter of acce-Dting the invitation of the Columbus'. Neb.. Chamber of Commerce, proposed at one of the meetings held some time ago. Tt was proposed at the time, to have a bus chartered for the oc casion to take the local peonle to Columbus for tour of that citv. to visit the various industrial Dlants in te Piatt county city. The committee, on arrangements elected were R. R Fure and H. A. Schneider, who will look after s'ecuring the bus and other details. The meeting adjourned early and all members present made the trip to the new building of the Lincoln Telephone Company to attend the open house. They had a real treat in looking over this fine modern telephone plant i and were especially interested ! in the electric demonstration j board that showed the actual ! sending of the telephone mes I sage.. They were received by Man-ag-? Adrain Newens for the tour through the structure. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Boshear of Omaha were here over the week end where they visited with the members of the Ellsworth Taylor family and Frank Smith, return ing home Sunday. At The Cass County Court House In the county court Fridav hearing on claims was had in the estate of Alice Fornoff. de ceased, and in the estate of Adam Schafer, deceased. In the Scha fer estate motion was filed that ' the claims filed be made more i definate. First hearing was had m the . . w . , J escaxe ot lviaggie Augayei. ui-- , ceased. The aPPointment of Louie Allgayer as executor of the es'tate was maae by tne couro Final hearing was had in the estate of Eli Pakrer, deceased. In the district court Friday Judge Thomas F. Dunbar receiv ed the petition of Eileen Boech, charged with forgery, that she was unable to hire counsel to re present her in court. The court granted the request of the de fendant and made the appoint ment of James" F. Begley. of this city to represent her in the hear ing before the court. In the county court on Satur- day morning the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Charles R. Es telle, was heard. The defendant was charged with passing on the Dead Animals Are j Being Left Exposed j Dead animals are again being ! dumped in creek beds in the i county. The sheriff's office has i been receiving numerous calls'; concerning such practices. Thurs- j day afternoon the sheriffs of- ! fice removed and burned a hog j found in the four mile creek j which was giving olf a sickly I smell. It was not determined ! whether the hog had died from j cho'era. Animals which die from j n disease should be buried or : burned so that cAhc-r animals ) in the vicinity don't become ef fected . Jury Give Verdict For Plaintiff In Sum of $100 The iurv that has been trying ihe cao of Ralph Shreve vs. B. vision made for handling a much H. G. Eiting. an action for dam- iarfrer volume of business but not aees. returned a verdict Fridav J to take EWay anv Df the facilities evening findine for the plaintiff j Df tfte other plants, in the sum of $100. The suit had j This will be a most pleasing been filed bv the plaintiff asking j reassurance to the residents of thp sum of $427.18. this citv where so manv of the Following the receipt of the ( local ladies are encaged in work verdict, motion was filed bv the . ins for th" Plattsmouth Manu attornev for the plaintiff. Fran- ' facturing Co. The conditions here cis M. Casey, was entered, the sum of in favor of against the before judgment tiat judgment in $427.18 be entered the plaintiff pnd defendant notwith- verdict of the jury. standing the The members ol the jury com- prised Ellis Laeev, Lee Faris. j John Carner. Louis Baumgart. 1 Ernest Enpelkemeior. W. H. Wehrbein, Henrv Albert, Earl j Freeman. Frpd Hild. Art Samp son. Paul Kuoke. Otto Schafer. In the trial of the case the plaintiff was represented by Llovd Peterson of Nebraska City and Francis M. Casey, while the defendant was represented bv Kennedy, Holland. DeLacev & Swoboda. L. J. Tierney of the Omaha firm tried the case. "Who is the Walking Man?" The Mvnard Communitv club will bold its regular meetinp- on Mav 28th at 8 o'clock at their hall This club was organized s'ome ' twentv years ago fid have pro- j duced some very outstanding progran-is down through the 1 Tne imnrovementt; will be enn vear. Manv home talent plavs. fined to the first floor and there ( mins'tres md other entertain- ment have been provided by the young People of the communitv a well as some talent from neighboring communities'. '"Walk ini Mn " "Laughing Man " "Miss Hush" of radio fame that created 3 grat de-1 of interest thfoup-hout the nation has come to Mynard. The program committee have a 1 ''talent scout trogr?m planned, for tnis mpet;rr and a '"Wno Is the Walking Mm" contest. Keep this fact in mind and com" to j the Mvnard community. Guess" who it is Charles Tasler, Jr., of Council Bluffs. Iowa, was here Friday to : Manufacturing Plant Not to Leave This City The Gravmoor Fashions, manu-' facturins company that maintains a subsidiarv plant, the Platts mouth Manufacturing company in this city, is not moving the loeal plant from this citv or have not boon contemplating such a move. Charles Babian. local man ager states, to set at rest reports that a change in the status of th1 plant wn planned. Gravmoor Fashions, the parent company, has launched an ex pansion plan in the last few months as their business has greatly expanded, and needs a wider field. It was found that available buPdings were hard to secure and th chance was af forded to purchase property in Nebraska City wher new equip ment will be installed and pro- have been most pleasant and will continue so. but the lack of space has made necessary the expansion by new plants, not affecting those j now in service. Public Library To Undergo Re-Decorating 1 The Plattsmouth public libr i ary. starting todav (Mondav) is undergoing a through program of . redecorating for the coming sum mer snd winter, anrl making the i interior of the building much j more attractive and pleading to ; those who eniov spending- an hour or so in studv or reading in the reference rooms of the building. The rooms have been decorated in tones of 1'ght tan rmd tnee are beino replaced with wa'l: of a lieM shade of Preen, a color scheme that will make the rooms j much lighter and have a greater . restpnee to the dust "ill b no painting or other re- 1 decorating in tv auditorium potion of the building. The improvement n-o?rfim wil1 mean the movino of thous'and of volumes of books from the shelves. Until tho work is enmpVted the public Tibi-arv will he closed I for the period of two weeks. TO rXDEROO OPERATION Mr. and Mi-s Thomas H?mn arrived ton, f rs- Moines. Ia.. bre Fridav "here thev win visit at t-he Elmer Stoehr and Elmer Meisinper homes. They al so visited with Mr. ?nd Mrs. A. M. Peterson of Sedalia, Mo., who arp visiting hre M1". Hanmton will enter an Omha hospital this week for a major operation. READ THE JOURNAL THE LATEST IN NEWS. FOR Telephone Open House Draws Many The Lincoln Telephone & Tele graph companv was host to a In rye nvmbc r of the residents of Cass Countv pd vicinitv on Thursdav and Friday on the oc-ca'-n of their open house. The comoanv threw their handsc-me new building, one of the vrry latest in everv respect, open to the patrons and friends for the two davs. making it possi ble for all interested to see and understand just how the phvsi ca! part of the plant of the tele p!u no companv is operated. Manager Adrian Newens and the members of the operating force at the plant, worn on their toec. ;md those who visited the b"ildmq in the two davs were given the fuMest opoortunitv of seeing overvthin connected with the operation of the plant and th- lines that serve the residents of the citv and the nearby farm lin"S. One of the chief attractions was the demonstration board brought here from Lincoln and operated bv the company experts I showing the subscriber s jus what "made the wheels go around" when thev dialed a call , ovr the phone. I The power plant of the build j ing also received a great deal of ! attention from the visitors, rea lizing for' the first time. the j wonderful svstem that is neces- sarv to keep the telephone lines ! in , operation. The handsomely and attrac j tively arranged offices, rest rooms for the operators and j members of the staff. at the ; plant, also attracted a great deal j of interest from the visitors. ; The companv has planned I some extensive additions to the j local plant and lines that were I announced a few days aeo. and j will add greatly to the efficiency ! of serving a larger number of ' patrons. Sheriff Solomon On Operation Of Clubs Here Slot machine' were affon ord- e'-ed out o c1nbs in Nebraska Citv bv Sheriff Crl Ryder. Clubs tat wore affected vr,re the VW. American Lion, Elks and Eagles. Th" sheriff's action followed negotiations and cfn I f' rences with members of the Nebraska City Mm.i-t'iitl as sociation whose members recently sent a letter to the law enforce ment offieils ur'ng them to s'lon gambling m Nebraska City n'hirh they said Pettinf out of hand. Te association aked for a r-meral clean-un "for the gen eral good of the people of Neb raska C'tv and to stop a de morali7ation that also produced ""onnTiir losses to persons' who lacked the will power to save monev. in the face of temptation." Sheriff Solomon stated th3t his office has not received anv com plaints as Met concerning tK- operations of clubs in Platts' mouth. Tf such complaints are re ceived his office v ill aC m the came manner as the sheriff's of fice in Otoe county did. Warn of Bad Check Artists Ooerating A Proun of toenl business men "ill Vo pcltd soon to meet with the sheriff in order to trv and "ork out som" t--n of curb on i the -rnunt of nH -v.ei.-s whieh i K;ncr -n"C--fd in Pl"t'mo'ih j cnnriff Solomon sta-H tst j over-v l-ion-n rheel- artist who j work ehraVi alwnvs seems to hit P'attsmouth. T.ast week '"no f J" eVipctcs vorn nassod bv out'iers. two for twent- dol lars eeh rinH one fo- seA'entv- s"vn rioUqrs. Persons in hus'nese rrr asVd vto h verv cautious in accepting checks from s'trang ers or outs'ders. PO ICE mi RT NOTE TKe r mber; of thW night police force Thursday arrested a man giving the npm of Wil liam T ambp'1. pnd his home as Hsnnihal. Mo. Hp ws charged with beincr intoxicated and given n f'n of S10 "Pd costs hv Judg" C. L .Graves. H decided to work on the fin and costs. Francis Connelly of Omaha was arrested Thursday evening on. the streets here by the city pobce. He was taken before Judge C. L. Graves and given a ! fir.0 of $ir 2nd ro ts which wa; paid and the defendant releas'-d frem custody. Use Journal Want Ads NSl l Jf. rMH I ft Officers of the Nebraska Grand Lodge of Masons attended the ceremonies at the Masonic Home in a b dy. Posing above in an exclusive Journal Staff photo thev are: Raymond C. Pollard. Ne hawka. Granrt Tyler; Ernest S. Schliefelbem, Wahoo, Grand Senior Warden: Lufe M. Savaee. Omaha, Grand Custodian: Edward Hu waldt. Grand Island. Grand Master; Charles F. Adams. Aurora. Grand Marshal: John S. Hedelund, Omaha. Grand Junior Warden: Carl R. Greison. Omaha. Grand Secretary. Photo by Chriswiser. S J Of f utt Field Gets ! Strategic Air Command Base The announcement that the 1 Sfategic Air Command, nerve j center of the world's mightiest i long' ranse aciial striking fr.rce. 1 was being transferred to Oma j ha within the next ninetv davs brought much interest in this i citv. iust -;cht miles from Offutt ' Field at Fort Crook, j The command is now located : at Andrews Air Force base. ; Maryland and "-'11 soon be mov i ing tn Offutt Field as the new ! headauarteiV for the force. Gen- oral Georee Kenncv. commander j of this important branc h of the defensive forces of the nation, is well known bv his war time phrase "Hell, let's tv it", ac cuired when in the Pacific the atre of warfare. The change in bases will bring to Omaha some 200 officers. 604 enlisted men and 230 civilian rmnlovrrs. In t'me of emergency this' force would be greatly en larged The selection of Omaha iVn the i base was made alter examina tion of some forty bases. Headquarters of the Second Air Force in Omaha which is a component of the Air Defense command, will be transferred from Offutt air force base to make room for General Kcn ney's command. The residents' here feel a great interest in the proposed change as a great many of the officers and men with the Second Air command, with their families re side in Plattsmouth and will be vitally affected in any change that mav be made. It is expected that many now making their homrs here will be forced to move to ihe vet undisclosed headquarters of the Second com mand. Th-c will mean that many new families will be coming to this city which is very near the base headquarters. It will not be known for a few davs what is in store for the men J and their families as to their ' location. Those who are here now mave mqde manv warm iriena.- that will leave. regret to see them Mrs. Bessie Bourne departed for MeConk, Nebraska, Fridav where she will visit for some time with a relative, Mrs. Milton Clark and also with the Merle Jones family. - it f4jf f t' t Above appears the Omaha Shrine "Chanters" appearing at the 'Home Coming' in' Plattsmouth Sunday, May 16. For more trlan an hour this group sang ballads and carols for the enjoyment of the many residents at the Masonic Home. Photo by Chriswiser. I I Attorney Davis Has Greeting From Rotary Meet Attorney J. Howard Davis Fri riav received a leti'T f'onn a Ro- tarv friend f-om Rio De Janeiro. . Frazil, J ndm.g greetings from he Rotary International conven- , tion that ha iust closed in ih:- ! Brazilian cnnital ci'v. The letter j bore a stpmn issued by the eov- ! e-r-ment of Bra7.il in honor of the v:o'iing Rot-irians from all parts ' of the world. The letter was from Alfredo ; Lagunillp Ouarritu. of Ciudad O- j bregon. Son or a. Mexico whom Mr I nd Mrs. Davis' met at the San ! Francisco International conven- i j tion of Rotary in : being a delegate 1947. Mr. Davis j from the local 1 I "lub. Thev enioved a fin" time j ; with the friends from Mexico and j I had manv very pleasant meetings j I during the stav at San Francis- j ! Co. Thev were members of a j i party that toured over San Fran- ! "iseo bv mus. the group vra J j fnmpos'cd of practicallv all Span- ! ih speaking people and cave a ; fine opportunity of a visit with ! aeh other and conversation ir i their I who native tongue. Mr. Davis, had Spanish in his univer- sitv vork. was able to talk the i Spanish language and understand j the conversations in fine shape j Senor Ouarritu. is a native of ! Soain where his familv was well j connected and left the land of his j birth in the raise of the Franco j regime in Spain, coming- to My j ico, where he hs s'nee made his I home. He is engaged in the bank ! ing business in Sonoi'a and j through his connections has' es j tahlished many friendships in the ! United States. With Colvin-Heyn Photo Studios Mrs. Alpha Mau7V has accept ed a position as manager a tne -tudie of the Colvm-Heyr photographic studio and camera store on North 6th sreet. Mrs. Mauzv has long been identified witk the business life cf the corn- munity through her association in the Ma i Driicr Store He' many lriends are pioasea to see 1 her again associated with downtown business' interests the Mr. and Mrs. Karl Grosshans and daughter. Miss Alice Jayne. were in Council Bluffs, Sunday where they were guests ef Mr. and Mrs. Charles Everest. Louisville Wins Heart Breaker Score 2 to 1 One of the best games of the DSC League was played on the local field Sunday. It was a pitcher's battle be tween Larry Thin-.an of the Lacks and Weite Ur Louisville. Thimgan. for the Eagles, allow ed ony three hits, walked one and struck out 9. Wi ite. for Louisville, allowed fiw hits. tu. walks and struck out five. . There were only two eii' is in the game, one on the one on Louisville. In the first inning. ,;ic i ivant c g-jt a base hit and with Ault's -acrifice. sent Chovanec to sec ond. Hobbs grounded out t: thud. Chovonec gcng to thini 'roman goundtci out to short, ending the first inning. In the second inning. 0"Inmll grounded out to thud. Jacobs struck out. Eaton got a base on bails, and Wohlfarth struck out. ending the second inning. The thud inning brought up ThimL.fin. who flied out to right field, Chovanec came up and ot a three base hit. Ault flow out to right field. Chovanec caught out at home. The fourth inning brought Hobbs up and striking out lor the first down. Vroman hit to the pitcher for the second out. O' Donnell got a base hit in centt r field. Jacobs flew out to second base for the third out In the lifth mnuig Eaton got : a walk. Wohlfarth's sacrifice sent Eaton to second Thimgan i got a base hit to bring Eato.'i ' home. Stewart, batting l"r Cho i vanec. flew out to ct nter fn Id. ! Ault grounded to the pitcher for" the third out. Sixth inning. Hobbs grounded ' out to third. Vroman got a has. ; hit. he was caught on first for I the second out. O'Donnell flew I out to second, ending the sixth ! inning. The Seventh. Jacobs Hew to second. Eaton struck out. Wohl farth flew out to center field for the third out. Inning number eight. Th;mean struck out. Ste wart g t to first on an error by the shortstop. Ault sacrificed and Stvwart was thrown out at third. In the ninth. Hobbs grounded to third. Vroman grounded to second and O'Dorull filed out. ending the game 2 to 1 The Eagles go to Papillion Sun day. May SO. Help us win. The box core: Louisville Alfrey. If Blair, cf Hicks, ss Brown, lb Meisinger. 2b Knotson. 3b Gc'.ss c Smith, if Weite. p . AD K II .3 10 4 0 1 .4 11 .4 0 0 ..3 0 1 .2 0 0 ..3 0 ri .3 0 0 .3 0 0 09 2 3 AB K II ..2 0 2 -2 0 0 ..2 0 0 .4 n 0 .4- 0 1 . 4 0 1 ..3 0 0 1 10 2 on . 3 01 27 1 o R II F. 100 2 3 1 000 1 5 1 Totals Plattsmouth Chovanec, If Stewart, rf Ault. lb Hobbs, cf Vroman. ss ODonnell. 3b . Jacobs. 2b Eaton, c Wohlfarth. rf-lf Thimgan, p Totals Louisville 000 001 010 Eagles 000 Tournament Winners at Galls The doubVs tournament at the August Gall jdley in this citv have just closed and a fine show ing was made by the local play ers aganist their opponents from Lincoln. In the first George Wmscott and A. Gal! were the first with 1.011 pins. In the second place A'leen Parker and G. Winscott. 1.005. Third place was P.ob MeCkm-i-han and G. Winscott. 064. In the fourth place was W. FMorson and B. Crawford of Lincoln with 043 pins. In the singles plav the record of pins of the various p'ayc-s' were; A. Gall, first with 558: B McClanahan. second with A"l pins; W. Riddle, third, with 412 and B. Crawford, fourth wrth 430. Mr. and Mrs Rudy Movers' of Chicago are visiting in the city with their friends. Mr Frank Biles. and Mrs. Mrs. Don Stiver was a visitor in Omiha tne last of the week where she was called to look after some matters of business. 4 1