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PU ,ED SI , EEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 57 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Rotary Hears of Problems of Floods The Plattsmouth Rotary club at their luncheon Tuesday heard a discussion of the problem that has been number one for Platts mouth in the past years that of flood control and the retarding of surplus surface water in case of severe storms. President E. J. Richey opened the meeting and John E. Frady rind E. II. Weseott had charge of It was voted to donate $50 to the athletic board for use at the park on Washington avenue. The program was then turned fiver to Charles' Walden and the discussion of the problem of the flood waters and their danger to the city was taken up and dis cussed with much valuable in formation being secured on this subject as floods in the past years has- taken toll of thousands of dollars in property losses in the business section of the city and is still a grave menace at any time in the summer season. Mr. Walden presented D. E. Hutchison, district soil conser vationist from Lincoln and Clif ford Sanders of the flood control section of the soil conservation service. The speakers discussed the studies that have been given the flood problem and are being , continued to work out a plan whereby protection could be af forded tn the property located in the areas subject to flood. The speakers touched on the matter of retard dams as means of checking the sudden flow of fiood waters, the gradual cutting down of the flow to normal and holding back the excessive rush of waters that have on many oc casions made Main and Sixth streets in Plattsmouth small siz ed, fast flowing streams of wat ir, endangering life and property losses. It was stated that the flood con trol bodies were studying the plans and which will be placed in the 'hands' of the local people with estimates of the probable cost and f the best means of handling the problems. The speakers pointed out the conditions here and that at Mc Gregor. Ia.. as being- similar, Mc Gregor being a hillside city with the main section in the draws down which the waters s'wept to the Mississippi river. Guests of the meeting were J. W. Anderson, electrical engineer and Peter Bauer of Columbus, of ficials of the Consumers Public Power district. Vacation Bible School Closes Sunday at 5 P. ML The daily Vacation Bible school that has for the past ten days been holding its' session for the spiritual training of the children of the community, brings its' ses sion to close with a program Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church. This school has had an at tendance of 175 and a staff of instructors numbering twenty five. The spirit of co-operation has been very fine and the aver age attendance has been ex ceptionally good with the great est interest shown in the work of the schools bv both the chil dren and the teachers. The parents are especially in vited t0 the program on Sunday afternoon. An offering will be taken to defray the expenses of the school. The school will have a picnic in Garfield park on Friday at the noon hour. POLICE COURT NOTES Judge Charges L. Graves had a very busy time Monday with two callers at his court to an- swrr to infractions of the law. Both cases were for intoxication. Leonard Carey, who pave his home as Rorkville. Ark., received a fin of 510 and costs for in toxication while James McAulffe, of Omaha, was also a caller at the court and left $10 and costs as his" contribution to the law. Wednesday morning Judge Graves had two old customers on hand to fco the court on charges of intoxication. Walter Sopnski and Edward Crelly, both giving Omaha as their home ad dress. Both of the men made a plea of guilty to the charge and were given a fin of $10 and costs amounting to S13.25. The men declined to pay and were re manded to Chief Litle to work on the streets of the city. Shellenbarger Family Surprised The Clair Shellenbarger fam ily was very pleasantly surprised early Tuesday morning- (2 a. m.) when they received a long dist ance telephone call from Clair's youngest sister, Mrs. Clark Mc Cann. (Katharyn Shellenbarger) who had just arrived in the states from Alaska. , Her call came from Montana. Katharyn with her two little daughters, and a lady friend, had driven the Alaskan Highway from Se ward. Alaska, and are enroute to Sin Fernando. Calif., to and Mrs. visit E. G. her parents. Mr. Shellenbarger. This is the first visit back to the states Katharyn has made in nine years. She is making an indefinite stay and her husband hopes to join his family later in the sea son. Burlington Officials Visit Shops Tues'day afternoon the local BREX shop had a visit from a number of the leading officials of the Burlington railroad who had been on an inspection tour of the lines west and stopped to look over the operation of the refrigerator car shops. ' The party included Ralph Budd the president of the Bur lington railroad, H. C. Murphy, vice-president; C. E:. Melken. master mechanic at Lincoln, R. R. Gaven, division superintend ent of the Burlington at Omaha. J. C. Griss'mier, assistant general manager of the lines west and J. C. Jones of Lincoln, car in spector. The party looked over the plant here as well as inspecting the workers in their tasks of turn ing out the cars that are sent to all parts of the system. The of ficials' spent some time here and later their special departed for Chicago, paying short visits at other points of the Burlington be tween here and the headquart ers at Chicago. Distinguished Prelate in City Monday Monsignor D. B. O' Connor, of Bllwood. Nebraska, was in the ctiy to spend a few hours, visiting at the B. II. Eit inp home. Monsignor O'Connor and the members of the Eiting family are old friends of manv vears standing and all had a most pleasant visit. While here Mon signor O'Connor was als'o a guest at the St. John's parish house with Father John W. Kelley. Monsignor O'Connor is one of the best known members of the Catholic clergy in the state as he was for manv years loctdi at Havelock and also at Wy more. He was an ardent sort fan and spoorter of the Uni versity of Nebraska athletic pro gram. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lorenson of Weeping Water were here Wednesday. They report the wea ther quite dry in their section of the county, altho the corn teems" to be standing the heat very well. In Custody Minus his shoes, which are be ing analyzed by police, Leonard W. Bayless, 21-year-old St. Louis stock clerk, is held in the St. Louis jail in connection with the rape- murder of Mrs. Gladys Crossley, whose mutilated body was found in a park. NEA Tel-ephoto. III A Ill T lllifcM ft TT Pop's Used to It l$Ztt v is S3- -lw.,., ,1,.,-. ." ,1 ;rs2sJ - vStj -.cr-: 0 ' - V r - 1 is? VV Junior swines Dad's pet neckties. Sis wears his red hunting shirt to top off lier blue denim pedal-pushers and Mom thinks his razor blades are just ducky lor sharpening pencils. So Pop shouldn't be too upset when he discovers max hss shaving cream to print New Surfacing jCass County for Highway j Convict Seeks No. 75 Near Here j His Release The Nebraska highway depart- j Louis B. Ames, self-styled elec ment announced Wednesday thatjtrical "trouble shooter" at the a large number of road projects j Nebraska penitentiary". Tuesday are to he taken up in the early j afternoon sought his release from part of July. j the institution on a writ of A matter of the g-restcst in-': habeas corpus, teres't to the residents of Cass. ! His petition, filed in Lancaster Sarpy, and Otoe counties, is that J county district court, contends of the proposed re-surfacing of 'his three-year term for grand highway No. 75 in this area. The ' larceny in Cass county has le proposal is to have the paving j gaily expired. prepared for bituminous surfac- i ing between piattsmoutn ana Fort Crook and also between Ne braska City and Plattsmouth. The highway has' been in very tad shape in the last year and a great deal of complaint receiv ed from the travelling public as to the condition of No. 75 where the concrete has been badly worn by the excessively heavy travel. Another of the road improve ment measures is that of the widening and resurfacing of hip,h way No. 6 between Lincoln and the Cass county line. The bids will call for widening- the high way from the present 20 feet to 24 feet, making a two lane highway. The highway will be resurfaced with concrete. State Engineer F. H. Kliets'ch states that the improvement pro gram on No. 6 will be carried east to north of Gretna where more recent construction begins. The Lincoln Greenwood segment is all that will be placed thif year. Murdock Lady is Given Her Degree Mary McHugh Piatt returned Thursday frm Washington, D; ' C. where a degree of BS and PHN were conferred upon her at the C. U. Commencement ex ercises. She will now take a posi tion in the State Department of Health in Scottsbluff. Mrs. Mary Piatt accompanied by Mrs. Edwin McHugh. left Monday for the western part of the state Mary to Scottsbluff, Dorothy to Chadron to visit re latives. LEGION TEAM WINS The American Legion Junior baseball team were at Louisville Sunday where they mixed things with the Louisville Juniors, the Plattsmouth team winning by the score of 7 to 6. For the Plattsmouth team Dan ny Rohan did the hurling and had four strike outs to his cre dit while Carl Ofe did the catch ing. In the hitting department Bill and V. White secured and three hits respectively Hild and Rohan had two each to their credit. two The boys' were taken to Louis- the pace by the reason of the ville by members of the local j overflow. Injunction is asked committee for the game that was against the defendants maintain played after the Louisville-Papil- j ing the sewer crossing the pro lion game, "perty of the plaintiff. f U, Sir comeiy uoromy j-c greetings on me nu mirror. A 1 . 3 X . - 17, 194G. contends he is entitled to release on the basis of "good time" allegedly accumulated dur ine his "outside" work. The prisoners petition says he became head penitentiary elec trician of the "inside and out side" in Mav, 1947. that he has maintained power lines outside i the institution, and has been i '"trouble shooter' for the 14 mcnths. Ames, a Missouri resident, con tends he is performing a "pub lic service." and that he is "on call 24 hours a day for seven days per week Sundays and holidays." Ben and Orval Noel! left Fri day for Greeley. Colo., to attend funeral services on Saturday of their brother, John Noell, who passed away at a Greeley hos' pital on Wednesday. They return ed home Sunday. Court Mouse ISrietfs In the county court Tuesday , petition was filed asking for the i determination of heirship in the , estate of H. Lee Masher, deceas ed. . ; In the office of clerk of the district court C. E. Ledgway, a ; suit in injunction was filed, en- ' titled Ernestine Jahrig. vs. Al vin W. Heubner, ct al- The peti tion sets forth that the plaintiff i is the owner of the Sl'2 of lot 7 j and the west 22 feet of lot 8, all in block 1. city of Plattsmouth, that she purchased on December 31, 1936. the property in ques tion. That the defendants are the owners of the east half of lot 8 and all of block 9, in block No. 1. That the property now owned by the defendants was se cured by George Jaeger ad that at that time a sewer had been connected with the sewer on the property of the plaintiff. The property was then sold to the present owners and it has deve loped that the sewerage from the defendants sewer now backs up j into the bathroom of the tenant and j property of the plaintiff, now i years of age and had operated the hits j occupied by the Henry T. Woster , car with the knowledge and con j family, that caused damage to , sent of his father. The case was' City Council i Passes Estimate for Coming Year The city council at their meet ing on Monday evening spent the greater part of the session in discussion of the finances of the city and the estimate of ex pense for the 1943-49 financial year, upon which the city must fix their levy for the operating expenses of the city. The estimate for the coming year that appears elsewhere in the Journal, is considerably larg er than of the past year due to the fact that two new sewer dis tricts are being cared for under the new estimate. The estimate i in round numbers calls for $103, 000 for the next financial year I as against some $94,000 the past ! year. j The city council also heard the i discussion of the Dlans of the I water board to refund bonds that I were iyued at the purchase of the plant of the Plattsmouth Water Co. There is now outstanding $181,000 cf the bonds that bear interest ranging from 21 per cent to 3 ner cent. The opportuni- ty is reported offered to reduce the hig-her rate interest bonds I that will save the city consider- abble money on the reduced in terest rates. The city council also took the matter of the allowance the current bills against city. up of the Furniture Stores Being Re-decorated The furinture lev's and L. D. stores of Far Hiatt on South Sixth street are in the midst of j j ot redecoration tnat will place J them in very attractive condi j tion for the coming season. J The Farley store is well through j with their program, new ceiling j and side walls being placed in I the main sales room, light gray i ? V celines and the light walls i Ang in the soft tones of tan and 'own. The enclosed windows have been finished in tones of light grav that makes fine back 1 ground for the attractive dis' 1 nlay of furniture and fittings. ; New lighting fixtures are to be placed through the store that will make it a place of real beauty jrnd futher enhanced by the (Venetian blinds. The woodwork ! is being finished in harmonizing ; tones that blend with other set tings of the store. L. D. Hiatt is just getting his decorating work started, and it will be a real job when complet ed as Demmie is to have both of the large s'ales room finished in tones of ivory and soft brown. He is also having- new and at- past j tractive lignting equipment plac ed in the store and in the next j ten days expects the store to be j spic and span in the new summer ! dress. Tonsils Removed Jerry Walden, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walden, was' operated on Tuesday at the St. Catherines hospital at Omaha for the removal of his tonsils. The lad came through the operation in fine shape and is now back home to recuperate for the next few davs. In the office of the clerk of , the district court Wednesday an appeal was' filed in the court ' from the County court in the mat , ter of the estate of Carrie F. I Kleiser, deceased. In the county court the will was admitted to probate. In the district court Tuesday ! a hearing was had in the case of Violet Crawford as adminis ; trix of the estate of .J Riley Jones. Th case occupied the I time of Judge Thomas E. Dunbar ; and will be resumed later in the i week. Tuesday in the county court ; Norbert Thomas was arraigned on the complaint of Patrolman R. J. Fmery charging him with an overloaded motor vehicle. He '., made a plea of guilty to the ; charge and was given a fine of ; $10 and costs. j In the county court Tuesday j Gene Regnier was arraigned on : the charge cf onerating a car j without proper license. It wss developed that the youth was 14 suspended. The father, Clarence Reg-nier, was charged with per mitting a unauthorized person to operate his car and was fined $10 and costs. w Dollar Day Draws Large Crowd to City Wednesday was' Dollar Plattsmouth, and the day in event brought out large crowds and especially in the afternoon when the stores were filled by those seeking to take advantage of the opportunities to purchase at re duced prices. There were no special prizes of fered aside fn m the bes't mer chandise at the most reasonable prices, that more than made up for the lack of large orizes. In the afternoon and evening a great many cars from Mills, county, la., were noticable on the streets and the car owners busy in visiting with the Cass county friends'. One of the livest spots in the city was at the Frank Biles paint and wail paper store. Mr. Biles had arranged as p. feature a great changeover sale and gave away balloons to the kids and small vases to the ladies. The number seeking the vases was very large, some 1.100 of the vases being decorated and given away during the dav, as well as pencils on which the ladies carried the fresh ly painted vases to their homes. There were eight gross of bal loons given away by the owner. It is estimated that from 2.000 to 3.000 persons visited the store during the day. Special prizes were awarded to Paul Barker and Doran Bowman. The day closed with a very de lightful band concert offered by the band under the direction of i i David Fowler, the voung people giving a fine presentation of a , well balanced offering of popu-1 lar and standard numbers. Herb Freeberg was in charge of the committee for the bargain j day and can be congratulated on its success. Demonstration of New Ford Friday, June 18 The local Ford agency is mak ing their opening showing the new Ford at their garage on Washington avenue. Friday. June 18. eivine the public the fullest ' opportunity of seeing the car in action and examining the many points of advantaee that makes it the object of admiration from auto owners of the community. The new Ford is pronounced as radical in its line of improvement over the machines of the past years, as' that of the change some twenty years ago from the T model to the A model that was q decided revolutionary move in tar construction in its time. The new two-door sedan is one of the last words in efficiency and comfort for the car driver and passengers. It gives more room for the pass'engers afid for luggage, serves a better ride and improved visability. The Ford management will be pleased to show this car at their show rooms and give you the full est oDoortunity cf seeing and examining the machine to your utmost satisfaction. Injuries Fatal to Eagle Man Frank Schmidt, 60, Eagle grain elevator operator, died in Lincoln Sunc'Jiy from injuries received in an accident at the i elevator Thursday. He had been j a resident of Eagle for the past 16 years, and of the state for the! past 30 years. He was a World war I veteran and a member of the Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife, Carrie; two sons. Earl. Eagle and Don ald, Jetmore, Kan.; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Newton, Paulson, Mont.: five stepsons. Clarence and Ralph Beach. Eagle. Ray mond Bach, San Francisco. Roy Beach, Chico, Calif., and Charles Beach. Spring-field, Neb.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Alma Bock oven, Lincoln, and Mrs. Paulino Bardman, Maxwell. Neb.; three brothers, Fred and Harry, Bev erly, Kan., and Louis. West Point, la.. and seven grandchildren. Funeral services' were Wed nesday at 2:30 n. m. at the North Lutheran church, Eagle, Burial was at Eagle. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wooster departed Wednesday for Denver, Colo., where they are planning on spending the next two weeks' ' visiting with relatives and old time friends. Mr. Wooster is en joying his vacation from his work with the Unjon Pacific at Omaha and will spend the time in sightseeing- in the Denver area. Baby Survives Flood Tw - f v - f s Nurse Betty Austin holds the 10-dav-old babv of Mr. and Mrs. I Sam Clingen who lost their lives in a flash flood near Pueblo, j Colo., along with their IS-month- old child. The baby, thrown I from the arrova as water tl'UCk I the cor taking the lives of the ; three, seems none the worse for the experience. NEA Telephcto. Bob Galloway Injured Under Small Tractor Robert Galloway, son of Mr. was eve and Mrs. V. A. Galloway very severely injured Sunday ning. ju't west of the farm home west of Plattsmouth He was riding with his broth er-in law. Don Stevens, of Coun- cjj Bluffs, in an army weasel, a sman sized tractor, when the tractor locked and caused the machine to suddenly go out of control and unset. Robert was pinned beneath the tractor un til help was secured to lift off the machine and he was" extricat ed from his position. The injured youth was rushed to the St. Joseph hospital at Omaha where his injuries were treated and he made as com fortable as possible under the circumstances. It was found on i an examination Monday tnat he had suffered a broken left arm near the shoulder and also the collar bone was damaged to some extent, also the wrist seemed in jured to a lesser degree. The family and friends are pleased that the injuries will not be of a permanent nature and the young man is honeful of sooni being able to be cut and home but will be on the inactive list for some time. Mary Ellen Williams and Mar gret Gaines are attending the Methodist Youth Fellowship In termediate camp at Camp Shel don, Columbus this week. The senior camp opens on Saturday and Rev. E. C. Williams will teach two classes. Little Leader Judy Cameron, thrcc-year-old daughter of Grand Circuit; driver Dana Cameron, takes her .favorite. Tiny Tide, for a wallcl t St. Louis' Fairmont Park. if i? of. 1 1 - . i Council of Churches is Planned Here The ministers and interested laymen of several of th- Ports mouth churches have ens&aed in : the studv of the p! for : creation of a Plattsmouth Cun i cil of Churches to make more ef ! ftctive the planning and admin- istration of church activities ar.it i to provide the unity needed. j During the years 1947 an J i lf48 there has been some ir.ter j church activities in the city tru-.t bore evidence in the suceessful ' carrying out of joint participate n ' in Thanksgiving. Passion Week. 1 Youth Week and othe specie i services. The women of the j churches have successfully car- ried out the Wqrld Day of Fray i er. and also participated in the ; vacation bible schools. The Ur.:t- i ca taster choral cantata was ! another of the inter-church ac- tivities that proved a great suc i cess. ',n t uliS h'kviuc i uii nyi ot this year to tinish business still standing, members of the Ministerial association, as well as many very dec-ply interested groups, met and decided that the success of the past years be continued under a centralist J head. This meeting was presid ed over by Dr. H. G. McC!u--ky as the head of the Ministerial association and this grouo rec ommended that thev select a number to studv and i c-presi fixing r.t t.-fr the fi: it. the I de tails for the formation of a Coun cil of Churches, naming Rev. Sherman Hanson as the interim secretary to invite the secretary" of the Nebraska Council - f Churches to meet with them when constituted in an advisory capacity. In response to this campaign the Methodist. Presbyterian. Evangelical and Reformed and Christian churches authorized, delegates to an interim cunci! committee that held Us first meeting on Mav :0th. Mr. Lem on of the Nebraska Count ; pres- ent on the invitation of the local people, explained and function council within a the of a com nature church nun.tv. pointing out the spirit of provided for ministration that it represented the churches a co-operative of much Christian activity. It was also poir.tvd cut that in a church council mtans was provided for community planning. Mr. Lemon suggested that a Council wouid dt-part-mentally include the bodies and committees already doing effect ive mter-church woik m tne community, but provide through the Council for the synthesizing of then- various services. The Ministerial council would be c-ne department, the Plattsmouth Council of Church Women an ther. On June 10th the cmmitte? met to plan and draft a consti tution for the Plattsmouth Coun cil of churches. and expressing th purpose. 1. To express through fellowship. Co-operation and ser vice, the essential unitv of the Christian church. 2. Provide an inter-denominational agency for the co-operation cf the churches in Christian education, community, social relations, wor ship, evangelism, world Christian fellowship and such other service as may achieve more effectively the objectives of the Christian religion. 3. To study the re- ligious needs of the community and devise 1 these needs plans through, w: can be met. Harold Lane Given Term in Prison Tuesday miming in the dist rict court. Harold Lane, found guilty bv the jury in court here on April 10. lfMO. of the crime of breaking and entering, was ar raigned before Judge Thomas E. Dunbar for sentence. The court, after hearing tr.e plea of the denfendant gave him a sentence of one year in the stite penitentiary at Lincoln. The defendant, being charg-1 with having broken into the James Service station at Elm wood on February !. 1343 and was later arrest d in Iowa by Sheriff Thomas S. Solomon and returned to Cass county for triaT. He made a rIra of not guiltv ar.i was bound over to the district court and on the trial was found guilty. of he case READ THE JOURNAL FOU THE LATEST IN NEWS.