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TTME PLATTSMaDaJTQ-O JODUDSrMtt. Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday VOLUME 63 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1948. FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 62 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER i i i Local Caravan To Visit at Columbus It has" been officially decided that the visit of the members of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce to Columbus, Nebr., i w ill take place on Thursday, July P.. This trip was proposed at a recent meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce, and will give the local people an oppor tunity of looking over the county seat of Platte county as well as several of the other cities en route. The trip will be made by chart ered bus of the Cotner lines and the party on reaching Columbus' will enjoy the hospitality of the Chamber of Commerce at the noonday luncheon and will then be taken on a tour of the various industries of the city, places of interest. The individual members will have the opportunity of visit ing the business places to com pare them with the Plattsmouth stores. On the trip the local party will stop at Fremont for a short sight seeing visit over the city and also will make a stop at David City, the countv seat of Butler countv. where they will inspect the new I stadium that has recently been netted, as many of the local people are interested in the pro position for the Athletic park in Plattsmouth. The committee arranging for the trip for the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce has been R. R. Furse of the Journal and E. H. Wes'cott and they have lined up the following men that will make the trip to Columbus: Herman Meisinger, M. Keider ling, Ray Story, Harold Stewart. Fred Feldhousen, Richard Black. R. R. Furse, Walter Gleason, Jerry Euing, Dr. Louis Amato, Fred I. Rea, Adrain Newens, Lester B. Dalton, Harold Alkire, Chester Welshimer, H. A. Sch neider, Gene Lingford, Charles Walden, W. A. Swatek, W. H. Schmidtmann. Walter H. Smith, Clement Woster, Don Arundel, L. D. Hiatt. Glen Pankonin.. Vic Sch. reiner, Ralph Matney, W. H. Wil liamson. Richard Peck, Bill Knorr, Mayor A. B. Rogers, Lowell Mc Quin. It is" hoped to have additional members to the party and any one that has not been able to have been contacted, is asked to get in touch with Mr. Furse or E. H. Wescott at once so that the , exact number can be ascertained for bus accomodations. John Brecht to Rebuild Stables At Oakmount John Brecht, owner of Oak mount Farm in the southwest part of the city, is carrying on his plans for the rebuilding of the large stable and barn destroyed some weeks aS- Mr. Brecht has disposed of his interests' in Omaha and will now be able to enjoy to the fullest the beautiful and attractive home that he has in this city. The fam ily enjoys the home here and the community ad will make this their home in the future where they are in a few moments drive of the metropolitan area. The barn that was destroyed by fire will be rebuilt in its entirely and will be made strictlv up to 1 date and ample to care for the horses that will be secured to fill the stable. The building will be erected on the s'ite of the for mer stable and it is hoped will be icadv this summer for use. Nebraska Cut Of Road Bill Is $7,446,000 Thirteen states will be eligible for more than $10,000,000 of fed eral road funds a year under the new Highway Authorization act iut signed by President Truman. The share of Nebraska under the bill will be $7,446,000, for use on primary, secondary and urban highways for each of the two years beginning July 1, 1949. The largest yearly allocation to anv state. $30,081,000, will go to New York, the house public works committee reoorted. Iowa will get $9,860,000: Kan sas $9.'i73,000, and South Dakota $5,544,000. All Civil Air Patrol members are requested in uniform, Sun day, July 4th, to march in the parade. Please meet at the high chool at 1:30. Manley Child Suffers Burns Jimmie Murphy, 14-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Murphy, of near Manley, suffered painful throat burns last week when he secured some kerosene and drank it. The child was taken to the Children's hospital in Omaha for treatment. Pneumonia developed but he recovered from that com plication in good shape. The mother, Mrs. Murphy, had been cleaning some paint brushes in the kerosene and the little one got hold of the container and took a drink before the mother discovered his activities. Brothers New Commander of Legion Post The annual election of officers of Hugh J. Kearns post No. 56 of the American Legion, was held Thursday evening at the club : house on Highway 75, south of this city, and a very representa tive group of the members were in attendance. The post selected as their new commander, Leonard Brothers, who has been one of the active workers in the past two years in the organization, the result being a, very close contest between Brothers and Howard Hirz, who has also been one of the active workers of the post. For the position of vice-commander there was no contest, Robert Slavicek being named as the first vice-commander, and Robert Reed of LaPlatte as the second vice-commander of the post for the ensuing year. The selection of the members of the executive committee for the year resulted in the naming of the following: Wavne Gorton, L. W. Niel. Eugene Krings. Wil liam H. Schmidtmann. Arthur Warga. Don Rainey. E. O. Vro man, Lloyd Behrends and the re tiring commander, Richard Peck. Eugene Yroman. who has been in charge of the plans for the placing of the Japanese artillery piece on the court house lawn, reported that plans wre being carried out to secure tne proper base, as well as the place for the j placing of the field piece donated i by the federal government for the local Legion post. The newly elected commander will announce the appointive officers of the post at the meet ing in August at which time they will be installed. The election of the delegates to the state con vention will aLo be at the Au gust meeting. Richard C. Peck, the retiring commander, has made a very able executive of the organization in the two years he has served, and has been active in all of the pro jects for the advancement of the Legion and its work in the com munity. NOTICE KEENTIMERS The members of the Keentime club that wish to ride on the float in the Fourth of Julv pa rade on Sunday are asked to meet at the Ofe Oil station at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The members of the club feel very grateful to the Sothan Body and Manufacturing Com pany for donating the truck. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Boshear of Omaha were visitors in the city over tl.e week end with Frank Smith, Howard and Gerald Taylor and departing the first of the week for Bartlett, la., to visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Jones, parents of Mr. Boshear. Patronize Journal advertisers In Hot Spot Col. Frank L. Howley is the American Military Governor of Berlin. Howley represents the United States in the current world trouble-spot. jk iW&Mr II Johnsecond y3 A fMM president of the U. S.. SJ'nl ?A OJ ti fit ?Mtii foresaw the reverence 1 PfcC r&UffiSW&R with which Americans 'jT" lt w- L tWSM wouUcelebr ate the ' jJSijiS I i that this would be . . . Jrr A, f I 1! ' ' jix & 'k&Z 'i'&Y.Z fffi.. k; WTm"Smwf . Mm & f H Old John Adams could well qualify as a major prophet for his vision of what Independence Day would mean to Americans of future generations. With this year's Fourth falling on Sunday, we might well consider the state of the rest of the world and perform his "acts of devotion" in a spirit of thanksgiving for the preserva tion of the liberty Adams and the other founding fathers fought to bequeath to us. XEA Telephoto Service. Program for Sunday Part Of Celebration The program for the Sundry Gf te structure. j A long cherished dream came portion of the Fourth of July ob-1 This is the placin- of a new 'true for Plattsmouth churchmen servance staged by the local VFW j neon sign across the front of the ion Thursdav evening. July 1, post, will provide a very com-I building that tell in glowing j when local Methodist Christian, plete afternoon of tributes at! lights. -Chriswiser.-' It has at-: Presbyterian and Evangelical the memorial and entertainment 1 tracted much attention by its j Reforme d churches formally or of various kinds for the public. beauty and comment by the pass-1 ganized the Plattsmouth Council The program will Open at one ' erbv. I of Chnrrhrs The nrrani7alinn o'clock to give a half hour of ment of the crowds as they gath- er. Memorial services will be from 1:30 to 2 o'clock at the stand on Main street between Third and Fourth streets near the VFW club' The speaker of the occasion will be Captain Manifold of the U. S. Air Force. The parade will be from 2 to 1 2:30 and participated in bv the veterans, Keentime club and IHall, three miles west of Elm other civic organizations. The j wood was visited Friday night by band of G. M. Dodge post of the parties that made away with VFW of Council Bluffs, former- ly the band of the 168th Infan try, the Weeping Water band and the Plattsmouth band are par ticipating. The period from 2:30 to 3 o'clock will be devoted to the children's contest which will in clude the pie and watermelon eating contests. 3 to 4:30 will be devoted to free entertainment which will include a dancing act presented by the pupils of Mrs. Jean Lockin and the band con cert by the bands. 5 to 6 p. m. will be the dinner hour for the members of the au dience. 6 to 6:15 will be retreat. 7 to 9 p. m. free entertainment by professional entertainers. 9 to midnight dancing at the VFW club. Zones for Firing Crackers, Fireworks With the advent of the Fourth f July certain regulations have Dcen necessary due to many com plaints of parties shooting fire crackers, torpedoes' or fireworks in the business section of the citv. This section is defined as that husiness section 1 , ing between Vine street (Avenue A) on the north, and Pearl street (First Avenue) south and from the Bur lington tracks west to 7th street. The firing of crackers or other fireworks in the residential sec tion at the home will not be in terfered with on July 4 and 5 with proper care in shooting and refraining from throwing- crack ers in streets or in or at passing cars' or pedestrians. READ THE THE LATEST JOURNAL IN NEWS. FOR I I 1 'It's a Great Day' And This Sign Adds to the ! Chriswiser Building ' The building that was recently t purchased and remodeled and re decorated bv Carl Chriswiser, ha-v' ! just had a new additional feature j '. to ;jrlri t:i thf frnprrd nnnearance I The building is to be occupied by Mr. Chriswiser by his studio 1 as well as the B and M radio sYiop Elmwood Farm Loses Chickens Friday Night The farm of Mr. and Mrs. Clark some titty cniCKens reports re ceived here at the office of Sher iff Tom Solomon states. Mr. and Mrs. Hall had been in Elmwood attending a lodge meeting and on their return no ticed the chickens missing. Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rho- den was sent to the scene of the stealing to make an investigation of the crime but so far no trace of the missing fowls has been un covered. CARNIVAL ATTRACTS KIDS The coming of the street carni val to the city has attracted "a great deal of attention from the young generation from the time the first trucks' arrived Friday morning, to the completion of set- inmpnt on the l'i"8 - H t. ' . j - streets Saturday. Children of all ages, the small er ones in car of older brothers and sisters, were out to see the force of workers get the rides and other mechanical devices set up and in readiness to operate. Court IHlouse Brieifs In the county court on Friday a marriage license was issued to j Arthur Eugene Robinson of Ash- land and Rosemary Pershing of Greenwood. Hearing was had on claims in the estate of Michael Duda, de ceased, on Friday. District Judge Thomas E. Dun bar will be here on July 9, to hold a session of the district court. In the county court Friday. Harold E. Moore, a minor, was arraigned on the charge of in toxication and disturbing the peace in the city. After hearing the evidence in the case. Judge Paul E. Fauquet assessed a fine Founding Father Church Council Organized for Coming Year meeting followed a long series of j inter-church consultations. and I w as effectuated in consnnnance ; with the pattern accepted bv the i churches as set forth in the new ! Council Constitution. I Preparing to get its construc tive and creative inter-church program underway, the Council ! elected as its officers for its first j year of life the following church -! men. Sherman R. Hanson, paster j of the Christian church was 1 chosen as president. Mrs. Emma ; Egenberger and Lowell McQuin J Were selected as vice-presidents. Rec. E. C. Williams of the Metho I dist church will serve as secre I tary-treasurer. Serving with ! these officers on the council's i executive committee will be 1 Rev. E. J. Moritz of St. Paul's I church as head of the department j cf evangelism and inter-church , activities Dr. McCluskey as head of the ministerial depart ment. Mrs. Clovis Day as head of the Woman's Work department, and Miss Staats. as head of the Religious Education department. Joe Solomon Goes To Doctors Hospital Joe Solomon of this citv is at the Doctors hospital at Omaha where he will undergo observa- 1 w tion and later an operation. Mr. ' olomon has not been feeling well for seme time and his con dition became such that an opera tion was found neces'sary. Mem bers of the family hnve been with him a great deal of the time. i Mr. and Mrs. Wunderlich are of $15 and costs on the intoxica- j planning on building their fu tion nharop that Histnrbine the i ture home on the newly acquired ; peace was 'dismissed. The court also sentenced the defendant to ten days in the county jail, the last to be lifted if he revealed where he secured the intoxicants. Char'es Forbes was also ar raigned in the county court on th0 charge of intoxication and re ceived a fine of $10 and costs. Erne't HaUer was in the coun ty court to face a charge of hand fishing without the use of pole and line. The complaint was sign ed by Bernard L. Patton, game warden. The court gave a fine of $10 and costs. Knew It Cliff Girardot Attends School Clifford Girardot of the Platts mouth Motors Co., returned home Friday evenirj from Lincoln where he has spe nt the waek attending a school held by the O'Shea-Rogers Co.. for all handl ing the Wood Brothers com bines. This," line has been purchas ed by the Ford interests and is now a part of the line of the Dearborn implements and Ford tractors. There were 110 in attendance at the school and a great deal of in('n st shown by the agents and specialists in attendance at the showing. Dedication of New Organ at Christian Church The new Hammond electric organ which was installed in the Christian church June 29 will be dedicated at special services on Sunday evening, July 11. The dedicatory concert will be 1 played by Edward Berryman of j Omaha and Minneapolis. Mr. i Berryman, who is now te aching j music in the University of Min ' nesota. has long been recognized ; as an outstanding concert organ ! ist. He will begin his recital at 18 p. m. ' Austin J. Holling-;worth. exe cutive secretary or trie rseorasKa Ct--istian Missionary Society will ar.o be pres'ent to particinate in the dedication ceremonies. Wunderlichs Buy Farm Near Nehawka Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wunder lich have purchased a new farm in the 'iity of Nehawka. They have secured the 400 acre farm known as the "Sturm" farm. Thev purchased the place from Alfred C. Anderson of Omaha, who has owned and operated the farm in the last few years. Victor Ross, who has be farmine the place since his dis charge from the army will tinoe to operate it. ! farm. - The construction of new Home, will sran as soon ' preparations can be made. The new home that they are planning i will be on the east side of the 1 road from the hr.use that was formerly on the farm. 1 It is hoped to have the new farm ready to occupy by De cember 1. Mrs. B. H. G. Eating and chil dren of Lincoln, are spending the week end here with Mr. Eit ing and the other relatives and enjoying the Fpurth. Surveyor's Force Busy in County SN-v "0- A In the Dast few utt ci-' : - v Surveyor Frank Dal1 "Si sistants have beei 'V"VVC .i in the county checking " .1 need ed surveying work h. connection with the correcting of lines along the rural delivery routes of the county. They spent some time in the vicinity of Weeping Water and at Xehawka where there were roads to be cheeked over for the new rural route program. The past week they have been en gaged in the Eagle community where there was a great deal of checking work to be done. Eddy Forst New Sales Manager For Consumers Eddv Forst, previously con nected with Consumers sales organization in Lincoln, has been appointed sales supervisor of the Plattsmouth district, it was an- , nounced here today by F. I. Rea, ! Plattsmouth district manager of : Consumers Public Power District. Mr. Forst is expected to take , over the i'ew position Julv 6 replacing Warren Scharftnberg who recently resigned to accept a position with the Nebraska City ; Utility. Mr. Forst has been engaged in ' the utility business since May 1.1 1036. when he was first employ- j ed by the Iowa-Nebraska Light j and Power Company at Lincoln j in the clerical department. He ! entered the sales department May 15, 1940 and was located in Seward until October 1940. when j he enlisted in the navy. Return ing November 1, 1946. he re-entered the sales department of Consumers district and was lo- ; cated at Lincoln. Mr. Forst's family consists of a wife and infant dauehter whom ; he expect to move to Plattsmouth ! l as soon as arrangements can be made for a residence. i In announcing Mr. Forst's ap- : pointment Mr. Rea stated, that he felt fortunate in obtaining a man with Mr. Forst's background and experience to fill the vacan cy here created by Mr. Scharf- en berg's resignation. Fire Department Kept Busy Friday The Plattsmouth Volunteer fire department was keot busv Fri day by a number of alarms in different sections of the city, only one of the fires being of a ser ious nature however. Burning trash near the Texaco .-f rvice station at the intersec tion of the Louisville road and highway No. 75 was the first call but the threat of the blaze was soon stopped. "Te department was called out shortly before 5 to the farm of Mike Lutz. s'outh of the city on the Bock Bluff road. The barn on the place was discovered to be on fire and in a few moments it was burned to the ground. The origin of the fire is unknown and will mean a loss of several hundred i dollars. j Last night the firemen were j called to the west part of the city j where someone had thrown a ; firecracker on the roof of the j house of Clayton Pierce. No darn- j age was done to the building. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Fairbanks and family are enjoying the holi- ' day season by visiting with rela- , tives at Minneapolis and vicinity. , There'll be pie in the sky some day soon, and Vonny Ann Vcrrm, 18." will be carrying it. Vonny Ann, as queen of the 1943 National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Mich., will fly to Washington to give President Truman a cherry pie. The blue eyed blonde hails from Empire, Miclx, in the heart of the .cherry region. p - ! en t V v 4 a con- ! I J the i LrV liV t IT J OS - r ' ; ! L ininl(iin"A -- - 3 I .xact of c ' f For 1948 Made County and his su !t.-sor W. H ive coti-.L'ie -ci work of making the at: the assessment t t h . -property and land 1:1 t'.. for the year l(4o. A very fine gain has b in the returns on the i: propel ty i f the county year t-f 1SM7. while m t returns there v.a a sh over the previuus yt-ar rii low price of corn am I t age of the corn bu.-r.-i The report on the tia tangible prtp-rty huwt of S634.244 for tre ye; the total gam of aii nrt ; ported was S58T.(.!f . to ! 1943 showing of th - 0 in line shape. :iac. taxo! ;e: ty : ir.g t. t.::ty 1 r.J uv- The report on the county show 346,647 acres of the that land i provements reported i f the vuiue of S22.oT5.270 with an avri',-.-; valuation of S65.i'! an acre. Total on the lots and : rr: : v. merits shows 11.770 I t.- of Up value' of S3.426.:il or an av.r..u ! of S291.ll. i The total cattY in Ca3' C'jn'.v is reported at 26. 24:;. value ;.t . SI. 593.850 or an avraj of ',. Horsese and r::uks in t;u ; county are listed at 2.557 ,f ;'. : value of S55.990 or an average . I S21.C7. i In the grain rvtum there : i reported 1.443 h-usr. ! of torn of the value of SI.:,22 42) or ai : average of SI. 50 n- r !ur.ei. Tr. :e ; is 31.3t;.3 busht Is of wh.-a: re- pt'i in.;, i' i i.::e .1 1 ' i zj.- . or an avt i ase value of Slo-"). Th.- abstract ?h-:. r.-:e ar--2.331 electric and tas t-ve- in the county c f tne vuu.e of U05. or an avt ra:,'. c f $35.16 TU- tlect-ic 'an 1 n.'-.nlii:c.,' refrigerators m tr.v cortv r: .. ri ot r 2.P50. va'jod ut S1C.315. an avttaue of $61.12. The electric washers in C county number 3.344 valued $59,450 or an average f $17.77. One of the lartu itt ms thut has showed gam m the ttpo.. is that of tractors, reported at 1.789 on the farms of tre count;, of the value of S5''.;.42 or rt average of $328.9.1. Carnival Shows Entertaining Large Number closed a very successtul season at Elmwood the f;:'t pait of the week, arrived in Piattsm uth Fri day and opened tr.eir f:i-t per formances Saturday to r.tert on the large Saturday aft-rnoor. crowd that visited the city. The shows are here un it r Tr.' sponsorship of the VFW p-st of this city and have a ftr.e arrav of riding device? and persor.r.ei that is of the best of any Tr.T have shown here in a number of years. The shows have 5rt u? or. Fourth and Fifth .-trtets for their j stay here and will be featured 'over flondav for the en-erta.n-S ment of the residents of this tec- ritory. i The Sunday program rf t'r. j VFW provided the r ! the three day celt brat; .Vit.n T-.e j P :uade mat was corriui a. ; i. ed with the showing ot rr.-j civic organizations in addition the vett rans. John Bergman, Jr. Breaks Both Arms John Francis Bergman. - of Mr. and Mrs. John E rgrr.a". this city, suffered the break of both arms Thurscfar aft- rr.. while he was working on farm. The lad fell scoop hole in the bam. The injured rov was : to eciir,o Water, w! he t'r.-, ; juries were dressed j brought to the famib ard t: Iwheie he will rt-cuporute fr.m the accident. Th many friends of Jo'r.rt Francis will regret t 1-arr. T the accident that will dor:v him cf the enjoyrrient of th school vacation. Mr. and Mrs. John Cenden arc children departed Sat-riay Tekamah. Nebrr.sk i where they will visit over the holiday at tne home rf Mrs Mr. and Mrs. . Ccr.r H C. : Wil'i.am Brown. I on hi 's her ef the Glerw 1 i--n-Tr:bune. was a 1 ! Plattsmouth the past I look after some matter ness. of bi