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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED -WEEKLY Nebr. State Kinori-l ?i State Capital I3:d 1 - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1948. FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 65 YME P LATHS IMflDOJ TT M dOWim People's Banner Reports on Trip To David City Plattsmouth's Commercial Club trip to outstate towns 10 days ago, drew considerable attention from publishers of the various' papers in the towns visited. One report, prepared by A. H. Morton, editor of the People's Banner at David City carried in his "Weekly Chatter" column, discloses the following interview with one unknown member of the group as follows: "Build a better mous'e trap and the world will boat a path to your door." I don't know who said it. but the truth of the say ing was reflected last week Thursday when 30 business men of. Plattsmouth left their work and traveled by special bus to David City to see and receive first hand information about our park. Curiosity got the bes't of me. when I heard that 30 busi ness men had chartered a bus at Plattsmouth and were making a trip to Fremont. Columbus, and our city. I was curious to know just why they had picked David City as one of their points to visit. Well here's the reason as given to me by one of the group. "Plattsmouth is a city of about seven or eight thousand. We have several manufacturing plants, many fine business houses, excellent schools, churches' and very active organi zations. We have a large housing project, fine municipal plants, good streets, beautiful residential district, in fact all that a good progressive city cf our size could want, except for the lack of re creational facilities," he. said. This gentlemen from Plattsmouth continued by s'aying that people in his city had for a long time heard about the fine auditorium and park in David City. For a long time they had planned to make this trip. "Now that I have seen it, I can say there was no exaggeration in the praise it has been- given. We have never seen anything like it for a chy of this size, he re-j marked. Then as he stood and gazed at the athitic field, the lakes be yond, the fine auditorium build ing, and to the right the swim ming pool and p-icnic grounds' he asked, "How in the world did yoi-r city ever promote such a layout?" "You must really have active civic organizations here," he added. "That may ha-e been true," I said, "but as much as I can learn, and as much a.-; I have observed regarding most of this park sys tem, it was' put here mostly through the efforts of one man. And after Mayor S. B. Manning has finished showing you around, and you hear how enthused he gets you'll know who I mean." My friend from Plattsmouth stood and looked at me a while then Laid, "We surely could use him at Plattsmouth." , Softball League Standings on July 16 The standing in the city soft ball league for the week ending July 16 is as given below. Two of the best games of the season were witnessed on Thurs day evening when Timm's de feated Donat's by the score of 2 to 0 while Marty's team won from Murray by the score of 2 to 1. W 7 6 6 5 3 AUis-Chalmers Donat's Timm's Murray Conoco VFW 3 Marty's 2 Cass Drug 0 The schedule for the coming week of play is as follows: Mon day, July 19th 7:30 p. m. Donat's vs. Marty's. Second game VFW and Cass Drug. Thursday, July 22 7:30 p. m. Allis Chalmers vs. Conoco; sec ond game Murray vs. Timm's. Mrs. Forest Todd is At Omaha Hospital Mrs. Forest T o d d, residing 1 orthwest of the citv. is at the Methodist hospital where she is receiving treatment for a badly iiiured ankle sustained a few day? ago at the farm home. . Mrs. Todd was operating a power lawn mower and as she was using the mower, it struck a smutl wire, cuttine off the wire, a small section of thk beinp driv en into the ankle of Mrs. Todd. She was' hurried to the hospital and has ;ince been under treat ment and it is hoped in a short . time she will be able to return home Her address is room 207 at the hospital. Sets a New Record Here are L. B. "Ike" Todd, son Jack, 13, rnd nephew, Johnny Blotzer, 12 of Murray, Neb., watching the sale of the Todd heifers at the Omaha market. Thirty head of the fat Angus heifers averaging 749 pounds sold at $36.25, then a new all-time high. Mr. Todd, son of the late Harry Todd, pioneer Cass county firiculturist and stockman, is only one mem ber of the family carrying on the family tra dition. Other brothers engaged in the industry rre located in the west and in Canada. "Ike" is one of the large feeders in this section and seldom a week goes by that he misses having a shipment of fine steers on the market. Photo Courtesy Livestock Exchange, Omaha. v w 3 i X. i;itr " J '4?SMiW-X vs'L"- ' S : V'-Wl w '- a .3 x&i&i fc..:,- Road Tax Levy " May Be on Ballot In November The proposition of submitting a special road tax levy to the voters of Cass county to secure funds to improve the roads and bridges over the county, is being discussed, this largely depending on the attitude of the residents of the county. County Commissioner Parr Young has indicated that the county board has the power to submit the matter to the voters but feels that the requests for the election should come from the people of the county rather than the county ooard. The proposition at the primary election in April, was lost because many of the voters failed to vote on the matter, and as it required a certain per cent of the total vote cast it was lost, altho a ma jority expressed their approval of the proposed levy. Mr. Young is of the opinion that a three-mill levy for a five year period would provide sufficient revenue to put the roads back in good condition. The cost of a three mill lew would be about 20 cents per acre, ! each year on the average farm Mr. Young estimates. The lew it is estimated would bring in $100, i 000 a year. j Mr. and Mis. N. W. McKee rpent the week end at Lincoln where they were guests' at the j home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Eit-1 ing and family. ' Where Pershing Wfhil the ereat and small of 'szi - flip w I .iMaiMMiirTa'iiTiar rtiiTiiiiiiiiiiiii riTii-ir a rw-ir---- ',ii-f- tribute, the body of Gen. John J. Pershing will lie in state on this historis catafalque in the Capitol in Washington. Being inspected by Earl Jenkins, of the Capitol Architect's Office, the catafalque has held the remains of Abraham Lincoln, John Garfieldt William Mc Kinley, Warren Hard ng, William Howard Taft, Almiral Dewey and the Unknown Soldier -? ft-- (7 "Bill" Rhoden Is Sent to West Coast Air Force Private First Class Raymond L. Rhoden. 23. son cf Mr. and Mrs. Galen Rhoden. 824 1st Ave., Plattsmouth, has been' transfeired to Hamilton Air Force base near San Francisco, Calif., in preparation for an assignment in Alsaka, it was announced to day by Colonel Lotha A. Smith, commanding officer of Offutt Air Force base, Fort Crook. Nebraska. Nehawka Farm Brings Price of $300 An Acre The 160 acre farm near Nehaw ka. dwned by Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Thiele, one cf the well known farms of that section of Cass countv. was sold the past week bv Mrs. Thiele for the sum of $300 per acre. The farm was purchased bv Jack Philpot and s'on. Dale, well known farmers of that section of the county. This is one of the well known farms in the Nehawka area, at one time being the home off Dr G. H. Gilmore of Murray when he was a boy and attending the Heebner school. The farm was later acauired by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shomaker, who resided there for many years and was transferred bv them to their daughter, Mrs. Thiele. George Hall is painting the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pulec. Will Lie in State the nation file Dast in the final i.- . If 8vJ Ygr V Telephone Company to Contact Users The Lincoln Telephone & Tele graph Co.. are planning on send ing the customers of the Platts mouth and Elm wood exchanges a questionnaire on the matter of service to the communities by eliminating the long use of the telephones in conversations to the annoyance of the other patrons. The patrons will be mailed double pest cards, that will en able them to write their views on what they th:r.k of the installing of a cut out device, that after a period of five or ten minutes conversation, would be auto matically cut cut and the line cleared. If the majority of the subscrib ers favor the proposition, the company will go ahead with their plans of getting the cut off in stalled and placed in use in the two exchanges. This it is hoDed. if installed, will eliminate the hogging of the lines for many minutes to a half hour while others have to wait the chance to get on the line. Traffic Case Has Day in County Court Thursday afternoon the county court was a busy place in hearing the traffic case of the State of Nebraska vs. Leonard Portis of Nebraska City, the court and officers driving out to the scene of the alleged offense at "dead man's curve" north of the city. The first complaint in the case was filed on July 6th, charging the defendant with "reckless" driving and to which he made a plea of "guilty" and was given a fine of $50 and costs and the re voking of his driver's license for a period of sixty days. Later the defendant was given leave to plead "not guilty" and the hear ing was set for July 15. The county attorney was given permission to file an amended complaint in the case, changing the charge from "reckless" to wanton" driving and on this charge the defendant made a ! plea of guilty. Judge Fauquet a gain imposed the fine of $50 and costs but the order taking away the drivers license was omitted and the defendant restored to the right of operating a motor vehicle. Joseph Solomon Now Back Home Joseph Solomon, who has been at the Doctors hosoital at Omaha, , ; where he had undergone a very serious operation, was so far re- covered that he was able to leave ; the hosoital and was brought I home Fridav afternoon, t The condition of Mr. Solomon 53 stiI1 very critical and he is "under cons'tant care at the home, but is feeling much better by reason of being here with the family and old friends. READ THE JOURNAL THE LATEST IN NEWS. FOR J 3 Head of Fruit Growers Express Pays Visit Here The local shops of the Bur lington Refrigerator Express Co., had a visit Thursday afternoon from a distinguished party of of ficials of the company from Washington, D. C, who are on tour of the plants of the company over the west. Heading the group was John Rill, newly elected president of the Fruit Growers Express Co., and of the BREX organization, who was making his first visit to the linjes west, to look over the plants of the company that are busily engaged in providing the rolling stock for the com pany operation. Others in the party included E. A. Sweeley, general mechanical superintendent of the BREX of Alexandria, Va., a veteran of the organization, well known to the local shop officials, D. K. Elmore, assistant general manger. R. W. -Tate, general agent of the BREX of Chicago, H. Carmen, district a gent of the BREX of Omaha. The officials were well pleased with the efficient manner in which the local shops are con ducted and the high class of work that the employes are supplying on the cars turned out here. The party was escorted through the shops by E. A. Kneer, superin tendent and E. O. Vroman, as sistant foreman of the shops. The visitors had manv words of praise for the local shops that have been operated by the BREX for a great many years. The community in general was pleased to have the distinguished party here to look over the local institution that is the leading in dustry of the city. Cass Commissioner Aids Road Repair Cass County Commissioner Herman Bornemeier of Alvo re rent lv granted permis'on for repair work to be continued on the half mile to the South Bend corner. Ashland township had previousnv graded and regravel- ed the Saunders countv portion of the road leading into Ash land from Murdock and South Bend. Now the rest of the road, thanks to Commissioner Borne meier. has been completed to the J point whore it is regularly main tained by Cass countv. The two mile stretch from the corner to Highway No. f had been in very poor condition pri or to the time work started few weeks ago. Ashland Ga zette. Wednesday to Witness Opening Of Museum The Cass County Historical So ciety will hold its' regular meet ing on Wednesday. July 21st at the court house in the rooms that have been set aside fir the use of the society on the third floor of the court house. The society has a fine collec tion of pictures and other objects now on hand that have been ar ranged for displav at the rooms' prd th;s exhibit will be formally J opened on Wednesday at 9 a. m.. remain open all dav for the bene f't of the members and vis;tors that may wish to look over this fine arrav of interesting- pictures and obiects pertaining to thjej early history of Cass county and its" Deople. Everyone is invited to attend the opening and if possible, to bring some relic that can be plac ed in the collection that will form the basis of what is hoped in time will be of the greatest his torical value to" the future gener ations of Nebraskans. Cub Scouts Attend Camp For Two Days Members of Den No. 5 of the Cub Scouts returned home Tues dav afternoon after 'wo weeks at Coryell Park near Brock, Ne braska. There were three cars to tpke and brim? the Cnhs bak frm ramn. thev hpjn? Mr. and Trs. Rohort Sdlak. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. M's'che "d dauhtr, Mrs. F?-l Abee. Mrs. Jck Re no ad Oharls A'lor. Mrs. Har rv Pohlfs and David accompa nied the group. The den mother of No. 5 is Mrs. Pav Avlor and the mem bers of th den are Vernon Ay lor, Edward 'Mische, Douglas Re no, William Baker. Joe Grauf, Cary Rohlfs, Kenneth Aylor, Toby Allbee. Dewey Gets Brush Some folks are f ro-mustache, presidential candida;e would look planted to President Truman. artist has shaved off Dewey's mustache and has given him Truman s eyeglasses. Casey Urged Democratic State Head William B. Banning, former i state senator of Union. Nebraska.! said todav thst he would nronose! ir.e name 01 rranris ai. iasey. 01 Plattsmouth. Neb., for state chairman of the democratic party at the Grand Island convention June 3. Mr. Banning said. '"Mr. Casey is' one of the voung. up and com ing, progressive democrats and. as one of the older members of the partv, I feel he i; the man we need to carry on. Casey proved himself to we democrats in Cass county. Two years ago we elected him our countv chairman and we re-elected him a,ain this year. In the Republican land slide of two years' ago under his leader ship, we put five democrats in the Cass county court house. Th:s is the tvpe of man w need for a state chairman if we want democrats in the state house and democrats in Washington." Francis M. Ca&'ey is a promi nent Cass County attorney who is known throughout the state for the work he has done for the democratic party. Manv Attend Oats And Wheat Showing A demonstration was held the last week at the farm of Victor Wehrbein, former Cass county resident, two miles south of Ben- nington. It was a showing of var- i iti5. of oats and wheat. There were 150 of the farmers t. ! in attendance at the demonstra- j here for a few days this week, vis tion from .Douglas and adjoining i iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. counties to follow verv closely the discussion led by specialists in the seed demonstration. Shown in the test plots this year were six varieties of wheat including Pawnee. Wrichita. Tur-1-pv, Nebred, Commanche, and Cheyenne, and eleven varieties of oats including Eaton. Cedar Clinton, Benton. Mirdo. Bonda, Marion, Ames No. 2 Cherokee CI. Nemaha and Beaver. Court IHIouse briefs In the county court Friday hear ing was held on claims in the estate of Laura Johnson. First hearing was held Friday in the county court on the pro bate of the estate of Frank Sch midt, deceased. Ralph Beach was named as the administrator of the estate. First hearing was held Fridav in county court on the estate of Ferdinand Lau, deceased. Mary Lau, widow, was named as the administratrix. Final hearing was held on the guardianship of Margaret Rauen, incompetent. Mrs. Verna Fill more; a sister, is the puardian. Complaint was filed in the county court charging Kenneth Henrv with non support of child. A plea of not guilty was entered by the plaintiff. Tn the offce of the clerk of the dls'trict court Saturday morning mouth where a car driven by Ed an action in d vorce was filed en. I ward T. Munson, of Lincoln, was titled Fred S. Rice vs. Cora Lee Rice. The petition sets forth that the parties were married on Sen- tember 2fi. 1945 a Modesto. Calif, j Lincoln, was enrouje east to Day and that the plaintiff seeks a de-1 ton. O.. on a vacation triD when cree of absolute divorce and ! ihe accident arrested their trip, equitable relief. j The driver had lost control of In the county court Saturday j the car when going around a curve hearing was held in the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Corbett William Baley and Gerald D. Culbertson. charged with tres passing. The defendants were Of f-Onto Truman some are anti. Here's how your if Dewey's bristks were trans For the anti-mustache bloc, our Prominent Avoca Man Dies Friday Reauiem H:gh Mass will be said j Tuesday rt 10 a. m. at Holy Trin-1 itv Catholic church. Avoca. for v.;.. PrMov riohf -.t m iS n m He had a sudden heart Mf.rt ' Mr. Straub, a prominent farm-i church, was born May 31, 1875. at IXUI dIVti VU.V , lUL 3U" '1 IS - ' married April 24. 1902. to Elisa : Kohl at Holy Trinity church. Survivine are Mrs. Straub and : these children: Mrs. Gertrude j Kreifels. Avoca: Mrs. Cecelia Streub, Lincoln: Leo H.. at home, and Mrs. Anna Marie Bohrni". Ne- j hawka. j Also surviving arc 12 grand children, two great -grandchildren, a brother. Otto D. Straub. Otoe, a n;ece. Yvonne D?an Old ham, Santa Monica. Calif.: a nephew, Clifford Dean D-nvr who made his home with Mr. and Mrs'. Henry A. Straub; and narents-in.law, Mr. and Mis. Wm. Kohl of Imperial. Neb. A brother, Emil R. Straub. and a sister, Mrs. Mary Zimmerer. are deceased. Pallbearers will be nephews and burial will be at Holy Trinity cemetery. Report Damage to . - Iowa Wheat Crop ! Mr. and Mrs. John Hobscheidt, I Jr., of Corwith. Ia.. have been John Hobscheidt. Sr.. parents of Mr. Hobscheidt. On their return home Lhev were accomDanied by their small daughter, Judy, who has betn here with the grand parents. The Iowa visitors re port a very heavy wind storm in their part of the state that did a p reat deal of damage to the wheat that was still not harvested. ehargd with h?v;n. entered en the farm of William Metzger without the consent of the owner After hearing the- cse th court assessed a f ne of $10 and costs; ac-jinst ech of te defendant5. Judge Thomas E. Dunbar will be 'in Plattsmouth on Fridsrv. Julv 23 in the mornire to hold a short session of the district court and will be here on Tues day, July 27th for an all day ses sion of the curt. Harold Fall, 24, a resident if the Iowa State Institution, at Glenwood, was picked up Fridav evening by Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhoden, as the man was reported missing. He was held here for the Iowa officers and later turned over to them. Sheriff Thomas S. Solomon was called out Sunday by an auto wreck a mile south of Platts- r. . . - . 1 (iirnni M-ll. r 1 T r-r f Vl Lt ' roadway. Mr. Munson. with his mother, Mrs. Helen Munson. of ; and as the result the car crash ed over. Neither of the occupant.; were seriously hurt but the car was badly wrecked by the force of the crash. Priest Serving In China Field Meets Comrade Dr. W. V. Ry an t:- c:tv -- very p!easnl surpru e the lust of the wet k m ir.n-tr.i a-. o-Ic c-rr. rack- in the armed v.-e .- re orient in the clays of I:'4i-4i The visitor was Father ?.!cTIjt:. who served as th? thaLhin at the 95th hOMtal n Ch r.u at t. .i time Dr. Ryan v. .tat:-.-r.fi there in the U. S. d-.r.:ai c-rps Kumming, Crur.a. Dr. Ryan wa d hhtxi -xr.- -z he rtcttved the !t It pN r. c-h from the Cclumbia.is r- r. BflK-vue. that tne oil r.J from overseas was there, ar-d once Dr. Ryan hasttr.vd to t.r.r.4 Father McMarrus t to enjoy a v:s:t at t."- 1 I '.nd to renew th a.-- i.t. rs ! the days in the arrr.y. Father McMa.-tu' hs rv.- j twentv vears in Ch.- a. 5 .."4 there as a rr.i$sior Bellevue and serving tr.e sp needs of the cor.veiu-i C: Since the close '' v : 1 ' served ! nistic a parish ir. the dominated s' e c " i Cii.na and v.he: . e e:-e ; - sion priests. Father killed bv tr. ed Cn.n--e civil war tr.t has since the cl-'se :f . Father McMrrus untJ Friday evt-n.r.g. ' going on Duck to i r--ic. T 1 I to i-r.:. i family, tht Father McMarru i l:cl; e' ' ",."'"; tr. home for -i a- Richard Schlieski Dies After Lon? Illness Sunday Richard Sch:,:-kL of t h s' co mm unit y f " . : t r j . -r ' iie. aieu sur.aj. w -.v Crr....r vnere re had btn a since De"r.b:r LK" horr in P'.Tt- ' 1?08. Mr. Schlie?ki ha ed in the working a dairy business i a numter e: ing health abandoning hi, avt:v:r;r- ! time before bt. ir.g tak-.-n t -. th. hospital. He was a sufff-.-rer fr-r-t a rr critical heart maladv that mad n:; reeoverv a r-sr.rr ..r zri' doubt from the t.m: r.e w; tk r to the hospital. TV.-,t-o it.' -?--;-i t--:- n ---.r- brothers. Fritz, and Otto. Plattsmouth. Alex of S?-tr. G.T-' The father. Ludwig Schl-t-sk.. a.-- death. The body was brought t t.-.i 1 - . fT. x. - - " ciiy xo i:.e iiir L-:.eiji i- dav at 10 a.m. w;tr. the bur u Oak Hill ccmettry Visiting: hours at the fu home will be Wt dr.eiuy f to 5 and 7 to 9 p rr.. J Bowman Barber Shoj s! Being: Re-decorated Tne Bowman Dirrr sr.;- e South 6th stre-r :s" bi.r.z z-- that "new !: k the cit -a and Dlaced in th vt-y b-- Tne owners e tr.e .-r.- r.uv had constructed a new sertr-t shplvino nri-f !r,rt.-rs rt i-.t V... r barber cha;rs. that wi'I c;r- f operators' when not ir. use. i i:e er;ti-e u l.-i . repainted in the I'ght tine r, grey and blue and vc-ll rr.ck a very peasa-.t and attra.-t.v cuiiik. w:i t--e ine snup. u::g 1 Vir i is-" that will add a great deal t"? tli attractiveness cf the sr.or. provements there is" r-' !-rt um placed on the f'.xjr cf t shop that will fit well into t general oicture of improvemen Berkley, Calif., were i -ors : Plattsmouth fr a s-rort t.m r home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. F.r encrans. Mrs. Hamnsen L- an ci menu ti vi:s. i.3c..i.i. j many years standir.j.