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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Mondav - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COP' NUMBER 59 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Colorful Fourth Of July to Be Staged by VFW The VFW post of this city is presenting, on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of Julv, the first real cele bration of Independence Day that has been held in this com munity in a great many years. If the plans of the committee car ries out it will be long to be remembered in the city. The opening day, Saturday will See the opening of the carni val by the Rainbow shows with many attractions and free acts. The evening will be featured by the dance at the VFW club with Pick's Top Hatters of Nebraska City as the attraction. The main celebration will be on Sunday, July 4th, when the day will be given over to the spirit of Independence Day, with the event featured by the pat riotic parade participated in by units of the regular army, navy and Marine corps, the Platts mouth high school band, the band of the Grenville M. Dodge post No. 737 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, formerly the 168th infantry band of Council Bluffs and the Weeping Water band. A special tribute to the veter ans of other wars, the Spanish American and World War I and World War II. and Gold Star Mothers and Wives will bring them into the parade to be espe cially honored. Members of civic organizations and the Keentime Club will also participate in the parade. The memorial services will be h"'M at the olatform located on Main street between 3rd and 4th streets. Walter H. Smith, county attorney, will be the master of ceremonies, and presides over the program that will be opened by the invocation offered by tl? chaplain. The call to the colors and the salute g-iven by the firing squad from the second air force at Offutt Field. The pledge of allegiance will be led by Com mander C. Walter Sikora. The address of the afternoon will be by Captain Manifold of the 5th armv headquarters at Omaha. In the line of other entertain ment there will be the DSC lea gue game at Athletic Dark be tween the Plattsmouth Eagles 'and Ralston. The afternoon will see the staging of the pie eating contest between the kids under eighteen years of age. The pies will be served from tables and no hands used. There will be no time limit on the contest. This will be on Main street from 4th to 5th street where also will be staged the watermelon eating contest, where there is no age limit to the entrees, but a five minute time 1: mit has been set. A dance in the evening will feature the K. M. A. entertainers and musicians. The celebration on Monday wii! feature the carnival shows and entertainers and softball games for the sport lovers. In the evening there will be a dance to close the festivities. Closing Firemen's Fund Drive Soon Henry Donat, chief of the fire department is preparing to close the drive for funds for the fire department that has been on for the past few months. Mr. Donat states that the fund has not reached the amount de sired, and wishes those who have not so far turned in their dona tions, to do so at once. Mr. Donat also asks that all those having books, to turn them in so they mav be checked up. A great many of the residents of the rural districts have made contributions to the funds that make possible the firemen aiding in case of fires outside the city, it is hoped that more will do so before the dealine on July 1. There are manv in the city that have not contributed who it is hoped will do so at once. Will Show Very Fine War Pictures The Veterans of Foreign Wars will present a verv fine mo tion picture on Friday evening at thir club room for the en tertainment of the members of the Keentime club. This will he the government film. "Why We Fieht." one of the great films of the last world war, showing the invasion of the low land countries of Europe Hv the Nazi armies. The film will in clude the bombardment of Rot terdam, one of the greatest des tructions of the war. This will be worth while for all to see and give a very gra phic showing of the horrible in vasion of the nazi. Games in the D-S-C League for Sunday The fans in the DSC baseball league whose games were rained out last Sunday, are look forward to a good battle on Sunday, June 27, the weather man permitting. The Plattsmouth Eagles are to journey to Springfield to meet their old rival in what should be a real battle. Bellevue is to play at Ralston. Millard at Papil lion while Louisville will tangle with the neighboring town of Gretna. The nc-xt home gome of Platts mouth will be wi' Ralston on July 4, which game will be on? of the highlights of the Fourth of July observance in the city. New Lutheran Church is Now Serving Mission First Lutheran congregation dedicated its new church at the corner of Washington Ave and Ave. D with services at 3 and 7:30 o"clock last Sunday after noon and evening. Over 350 people attended the dedication. The afternoon service began with a formal opening of the door while the congregation gathered outside. Mr. Herman Tiekotter. local contractor, gave the key to the chairman of the congregation's building commit tee. Mr. A. W. Huebner, who in turn handed it to the Rev. Cleo Kautsch. castor of the eongrcga- tion. The pastor open ed the door and led the into tle build ing while Mrs. A. W. Huebner. the congre gation's' or ganist play ed the professional. The Rev. O. W. Wehrmann of Scribner. Neb., who is chairman of the Northern Nebraska Dist rict Mission Board of the Luther an church Missouri Synod, preached the dedicatory sermon. He used 1 Chronicles 29, 11 as text for a message on the topic: "The Dedication Prayer of a Christian." There was special music by a trio, Kenneth Tie kotter. Richard Huebner, and Mrs. C. Kautsch, and by the Sun day school. The Rev. H. G. Cattau, Omaha, first pastor of the congregation s'poke in the evening. He re minisced on the beginnings of the congregation and showed how (Continued on Page Six) Bob Galloway is On Way to Recovery Bob Galloway, who suffered svere injury two weeks aco at the farm home northeast of this city, is reported as being well on the highway to recovery from . the effects of the injuries. He is now home from the St. Joseph hospital where he was cared for after the accident. His left arm was broken near the shoulder, the shoulder also knocked out of place when an army weasel was overturned, the young man being caught un der the machine. It was only the Quick thinking of the young man that prevented his head from be ing caueht. He was able to get his head out from beneath the machine to save himself until help reached him. Bob is still undergoing check up at the hospital each week un til the injuries are all healed. .d Court (House Brieifs . . In the office of County Judffe Paul E. Fauquet on Monday af ternoon a marriaee license was issued to Robert P. Trotter, son of C. C. Trotter of Nehawka. and Mis'c JoanE. Johnson, daughter of Claude D. Johnson of Elm wood. In county court Monday after noon a complaint was filed aeainst Jim Boeve, who gave his address as Lincoln, charging him with reckless driving. He was given a fine of $50 and a thirty day suspension of his drivers licens'e. In the district court Tuesday afternoon the case of Violet Crawford. administratrix of the estate nf James Rilev Jones, de- ceased, vs. Alice M. Ahlrep. was brought to a close after occupy- ing the attention of Judge Thom- as E. Dunbar for the past two j days. The action was one ta set j aside a 4ed. The deed was made by the deceased in favor of the A tornado pushed seven cars of a Missouri Pacific freight train off the track and down an em bankment near Nebraska City, Neb., injuring four trainmen. The twister lashed across part of Ne braska and Iowa, killing one person and causing extensive damage. NEA Telephoto. Hinky-Dinky To Install New Department Plans for opening a new de partment featuring Household Institute waterless cookware in all Hinky-Dinkv stores in Ne braska and western Iowa were outlined Monday night at a din ner for 300 store and mat mar ket personnel at the Elks club in Omaha. Staff workers were served a roast beef dinner with all the trimmings as part of the demon stration. All of the foods were prepared bv chefs from the Club Aluminum Products Co. of Chica go, manufactures of the water less cookware. Utensils identical to those which the stores will sell were used in preparing the meal. Arrangements for featuring the line for the next several months were explained, and the ad vertising program was discussed. Officers off the Hinky-Dinky Stores Co., who appeared on the program pointed out that the contract for handling the line gives the company exclusive distribution rights in the area served by its stores. Hinky-Dinky customers will be given cards on which their purchases will be punched. When a $5 card has' been filled, the customer will have the oppor tunity to purchase a piece of aluminum ware at saving rang ing upward from 40 per cent, company officials said. Representing the Plattsmouth store at the Omaha meeting were Manager Richard W. Black. Louis W. Kief. Henry Lutz. Paul ine Wilson, Thomas L. Beins and Arthur G. Ofe, all of the gro cery denartment, and Manager Herbert Baumgart and John Rea. both of the meat market staff. Attorney James Begley on Job Attorney James F. Begley, who has been recovering from an ope ration at the St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City, is now home and able to look after his legal business. Hp is feeline much im proved and gradually gaining back his' old vigor. defendant. The court ordered the dismissal of the action for lack of equity, assessing the costs of the action against the defendant. Petition was filed in the county court todav (Thursday) for the probate of the estate of Ferdi nand Liu. deceased. The petition was filed by Mary Lau, the wid ow. In the district court oroVr has been entered by Judge Thomas E. Dunbar in the case of Edith E. Purviance vs. Ralph Baldwin, et al. The court finds for the plaintiff and orders that she be ! declared the owner in fee simple i of the real estate and that all ; claims of others be barred, j The court house clock that j was on a striking spree the oast , week has been quieted by John J Beckman. the custodian, who "was able to locate the trouble and ' soon had it cleared up. Tornado Derails Freight ' T T f . 1 T nome otrucK cy Bolt Tuesday Martin Petersen, residing on North 10th street, had his right hand very sevely burned Mon day night when the heavy rain storm struck the city. The lightn ing had struck the telephone line and found its way into the Peter son house, burning out the tele phone and also the radio in the room. Mr. Petersen, in putting out the small fire caused by the lightning-, suffered the burning of the hand. It was fortunate that no fur ther damage was caused to the house by the lightning bolt. Dollar Day July 21 is Decided On a, u i e.O ; : ; , . X. "rrsixth street uii w tfueiisuuy ai uie r.ainey .ui fee shop, decided n Wednesday, July 21, as the next Dollar Day for this' city and to afford spe cial buying opportunities for 1 4 u .. ; . . r . : . . 1 r. ; I "coluu'ia UL lldUt The club also voted to secure free bridee facilities for the re sidents of Mills county, la., on each Saturday, starting the first of July and continuing until the first of January. In this period the residents of our neighboring county in Iowa will have the opportunitv of driving to Platts mouth and return free of cost. This will be a real boon to the residents of Mills county and per mit their coming here when they desire on Saturday. The members of the club voted to have their stores closed all day on Mondav, July 5 .as the 4th of Julv falls on Sunday this year. This will make it possible for the employers and clerks alike to enjoy the two day holi- David Patterson r j -r i JLieu i uc&uciy i David Patterson, aeed 72. of Weeping Water died Tuesday pf ternobn. He leaves his wife. Jennie Lorensen Patterson and one brother Alec, both of Ween ing Water. Funeral services will be at ?. o'clock Friday afternoon e . TT-l TTl "I TT Trom in" nuus'in runerai nu,Ile- Althoueh Mr. Patterson had been failing in hpalth and ill for a bout a month, death came un expectedly following a heart at tack. POLICE COURT NOTES In the court of Judge C. L. Graves Tuesday, John Zrvon. eiving his address as Murray, was arraigned on the eharee of pass ing a stop sin. He was given a fine of $5 and costs. Judce Graves also hard a complaint against Cliff Schafer, charted with intoxication. A fine of $10 and costs was assessed by the court. Notice Masons ftTopt pf Masonic Hall at 1:15 P. M. Fr-dpv. June 25 to attend funeral of Robert L. Pron;t. By Order of W. M. NOW OVER MEASLFS Roper, small s'bn fit Mr. pnd Mrs. Herbert Baumgart. who hs" been a victim cf the prevailing measles, is now over the malady. Cars Rain Tuesday Breaks Drouth Of Past Weeks The rain storm that swept over this section of Cass county early Tuesday mornme- effectively hrokf thp Hrv cnfll nf thf nast . , . . , few week c anH hroueht smiles' to .r :: r " ; uie lesiaerus 01 me iaiming area, The storm broke between 12:30 and 1 o'clock and when the mor ning came the rainfall had re gistered 2.5 inches of the needed moisture with the surrounding territory reporting about the same amount. The rapid rainfall around 1:30 a. m. caused the fire siren to be V'nded, arousing the firemen j out in view of a possible visita i tion of flood waters in the main I business section of the city. The j fear of danger from flood water, j fortunately passed, as the waters I from the north side avenues were handled bv the sewers along where there was some flood water. The firemen did a great piece of work in keeping the sewer inlets open, grappling out rub bish, brush and occasionallv a plank or larg-or object that might j uc ll.'ctiiii uuw ii. l Lie so a v uivu - I ning there was a great deal of I debris Iving along the sidewalk on Sixth street between Main and Avenue A, but this was' later hauled away by the city em ployes. On the south side the water coming down Chicago Avenue was well cared for and no flood water reached Main street aside from that rushing down high school hill. The first heavy rain of the season demonstrated that the waterways have been loaded up with debris that washed down to the main s'ection of the city. The residents of Washington avenue j flowi down tne &-treet during , the ran but no da e was re ported i . Bellevue Boosters To Be Here Saturday Representatives of the Lions club at Bellevue. as well as mem bers of other civic bodies, will be here Saturdv to give Platts mouth a real Nebraska visit and one to remind the local people of the bip three dav celebration that will be held in their town on juv 3 4 and 5 t-. ' , ' They have arranged a fine pro gram, three days of rolicking fun for their neighbors. The boosters are extending a wel come to th near-by towns and will visit all of the communities in this section. There will be a big parade. j free acts, open air church services j on July 4th. special speakers pnd i on Monday. July 5th a great fire 1 works display. , ELECTED TO POST j Jack von Gillern. well known ; here, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. i Arthur Troon of this citv. was I elected president of the Life Un ! derwriters association at Lincoln j las Saturday. The meeting was i held at the Chamber of Com merce von Gillern s'ueceeds Mil ton Koch. Wayne Feldhousen. of this city. unHrwent a tonsillectomy on Tuesday, June 22 at the St. Catherine's hos'pital at Omaha. He is now home and getting along fine. Farm Tour Proves A Great Success The tour arranged in the in terest of soil conservation on the nd of Cass county, was held on Monday, it was a real treat to the eighty residents of the coun ty that accompanied the cara van on the trip that visited Sever al of the frms where conserva- tion work has been in prograss. The nartv met at the Philpot ! Oil tanks west of Murray and ' from there drove to the farm of i Bert, Jameson whtre they had a fine demonstration of the use of j 2 4D as the means of eradication i of weeds, one of the features that I was' closely followed by thf mem j bers of the group. Here also was oDserveri the ettecTs of trie use of fertilizer on the land. The party also called at the large and modern farm of Parr Young in the Nehawka area where thev were shown the soil conservation work that is being carried out on the farm, this be ing explained by Lloyd Choat, manager of the farm. The pro. program has boen generally a dapted for the 160 acre of the land and shows' some excellent re su'ts for the program. The members of the party then j drove to the farm of Hugo Mei singer. a farm that has been given over to the entire conservation program, showing some excel lent results as to what the pro gram means to the future of the lanrl pnri si lrrfsVf 1 1 1 farminf Mr j Meisingt.r'has adopted the entire ; plan of lhe program. starting I .;,u ,r.-w n c-.-r j. n t . i I ' IU11V Uianr.l'Q s sit-ins Ui .i:iu - ! . r d'ohks 101 me idi, i from pmaU shrubs to thc taller S tht form . nerfect nro- tection from the winds that s"weep over the land in summer or winter. On this farm there has been placed a system of contour plowing of the land that is one of the best in the county to C1" - tain the surface water for the forming a perfect basis of retain- j ine the moisture in the soil. The farm of Mr. Meisinger shows what can be secured from a well ' piannea ana carried out piogiam uil liic: dun. While at the Meisinger farm the members of the party en . ,, , ,, joyt-u a Uiuiifl iiwi uau vu Fic- pared by the ladies of the farm bureau, a real treat from the tooth some ham to the home made fresh cherry pie with home made ice cream In fact the party were loath to leave the scene to start on the homeward trek. Among those from this city to make the trip was Searl S. Davis. Stephen M. Davis. Adrain New. ens, manager of the Lincoln Tele phone company and Fred Herb- ' ster. Visit Lake Manawa Dog Trials Sunday Sunday, June 20. Mr. and Mrs. Bob White and son, Bud, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Pankonin and son, Charles, were at Lake Man awa to take in the dog trials, end enjoy a picnic. The rain didn't interfere with them having a good"! degree at the University of Chic time end enjoying their picnic. I ago. Wherry's Speech Strikes Fire The GOP national convention saw its first real demonstration when Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry's fiery speech touched off his Ne braska delegation on ? one-state, round-the-hall parade. The leader carries the Cornhusk?r standard in center of photo. NEA Tele-photo. Enqaqed V i ... :. j Mary Ellin Berlin, 21-year-okl daughter of Irving Berlin, the country's top songwriter, is en gaged to marry Dennis Burden, a IS'ew York socialite and Navy veteran. Her father is this year celebrating his fortieth year as a composer of hit melodies. School Budget Asks $85,350 Of Tax Money The board of education, govern ing bodv or the oneratins of tne eny purine scnooi svstem. nas i fixed on an estimated budget that will call for $85,350. to be raised bv taxation for the schools, while the balance that will be needed for the i1h ,i,n,i. i. i lh ! tne sc"oo1-s um brmg lnt grand t t , f 1ho totfl of th- estimated receipts jto SI 16.246.00. j The other item: estimated in the receipts for 1943-49 include , state aDDi oportionment, S'5300; 'vocational education. S6.796: ! fines, beer, tobacco licenses'. $3.- ! oaa. ..,...- ,.t i : conn. . OUU. IU(JU: l Ui DclUU. COUU. li-JO- ..;;,.. tiff crift. v-...-,,j.. itrsieieiii luniuii. jui.jwu. in?iut- V mniinl tVo xi-ill l--i Cflmirurl I The instructional service that includes salaries will reach S77.- 50Q qt salades and s3500 fi or texts and suDplies'; operation of , th? plam $9 850; maintainance of I I plant. $2,500: fixed charces. Sl. i 100: Auxiliary service. SS00: capi tal -vtitl-j- Onn- rli.Kt tnvrifo I4.-J V'VV.H, UW-UU)'! VV1. , 5.7 c:i 75 rpcri;tereH warrant and interest. S498.34. Receives Degree at Chicago University At the graduation exercises of the Universit.y of Chicago on last Friday, three Nebraskans were given their dejjres. among these being Mare-nret HaM. of Lincoln, daughter of Mrs. Harry B. Hall. Mis's Hall received her degree of bachelor of lihrarv science. Miss Margaret Hall is a grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Rummel of Plattsmouth. Miss Hall has accepted a position as assistant librarian at La Grange publicy library. La Grange, 111., and will have charge of the chil dren's department. This' position enables her to be close enough to continue work on her mister's New Housing Projects Are Progressing The last f t w weeks ha? shorm a very rapid p:ictes tru housing projects that are ur.d r wav over the citv. as a mean combating the housing so acute here f ir the years. The seven homes tha ing constructed in the s of the citv alor.g NirV ancl Pershing awruc b Taleott. has so fa:- p that one of the new hi be able to be placed on ki t in a verv short time irtas-. pa.- he- pletici ancl ready f, -r by the lucky purchstr. Tiiese homes a:i structt-c; of brick. t't ;r.ii wo i houses w ;!I be native stone c the stone from t Weeping Water Each of the h five to six room evtrv way witn hardwood floor snarr. manv of t sliding ri.ior tv N't rawka tr. access from two no: space j.nd givir.g thf u veniences. Krrt c- ! All of the hrrr, j pie and modern I vided. the bath : ! installed to awnit r a ve of the homes Eai i 'ided With 1. IX; j dinettf and t'A m aarliti- rc m ic:::T The homes nave j equipped with r ' th;-t will add t : of the occupants j verv best of i plumbinq is aU i iron pine that j life and t !:m;r.i ; repair. . as LIT. i The homes a:e I garag-- ? in the b; Cf'Ustruc (: - .a -.. wixn xne u-.iesi iacu..ifs or ta- ress. floor drams in the g3ra2' s and bascmrnt. wash a -id stra?e rooms, that will make it most convenient f -r the occupa the homes. Thc construction of the . -S ( is the latest Mr. Talc them arranged of the host of ma terial from the concrete h' - k basements to the nv..-.iem fire- pr. roof. There are fou rapidlv nearing hemes w h (' rt occu- thev will be avail, pancy. one as stat ible verv Three oth e ur.aer the pro cess of construction and wii be pushed as fast as possible, n? the other houses are finished sn:l mono 1 eadv for the market. The h'nu s an a!T on raverr.er.t and within driving distance c.f the business section of "the citv i as wen as tne bnr- snc ps ana the Norfolk Packing Co.. plants or Lincoln avenue. The location of the homes, or. a commanding height, girts a fine view to both the -asr and tr west and the surroundings wi'l make for a homesieht post rest and rrji and rwav f rr m noise that is found in t of the citv nearer the main busi ness sections. Frederick Jasper Injured in Accident Frederick Jasper. 24. rf this civ. suff'-red a cot ankle Mor.d-v night at Council Bluffs in a small au'fi acrid' nt. The ace'dent occurred. r" :e re norted. when the ccr overturn ed when it w is' bvir.- backed. going into a ch m 3!3i.n a'"nuf near Frederick ! Mercy hospi Bennett aver was tak'-'n :al where rhi j ed rnkle was dressed sr.- tre:i j ed. The cut was sustained when j he kicked his way out of the j overturned car by smashing r.c j windshield. ( With th driver w-e fv pas sengers. Gertrude P:tt man, WT South Second street Council B'luffs and Richard Stydhtz. Murray. Funeral of Robert L. Propst Friday The funeral service for RH ert Lincoln Propst. Ion2 tir- rf.cHpnt of C-i-s county, will he held Fridav afternoon at - o'cW'k at tho Sattler funeral home. 4th an Vin1 street. Plattmo!.ith lodge No B AF and AM "-11 bold !a-o-ic pr vice at .ur funeral home. Fev. E. C. Wiliir.ms. pastor of the Firt Methodic church ssisti'.. Psllbarers win b granri-'s ,f the deceased. Interment will h at the mausoleum in West La-.vn cemetery, Omaha.