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- v. Qtate Historical Soc, Nebr. Statw V CASS COUNTY'S -GREATEST NEWSPAPER TTME PtLAWSIMdDOJTtH PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday State cap" Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 72 t 1 Lemon Molds lnsiauauuii Of New Officers The occasion of the installation of officers of Hugh J. Kearns , post No. 56 of the American Le gion on Thursday evening at the club house on the curve on high way No. 75, partook of the na ture of an old fashioned home coming, bringing back as it did, Elmer A. Webb, for more than twenty-five years' the adjutant of the post, now state service of the Nebraska Legion, Judgo A. H. Duxbury, assistant manager of the Veterans administration in Lincoln service officer here for twenty-five years, and John E. Turner member of the Platts mouth post from 1926 and still a member. Messers Webb and Dux bury are life members of the local post. The meeting was presided over by Richard Peck, commander, who was closing his term of of fice that has been most success ful in carrying out the policies of progress' that has characterized the Legion in the past. The meeting opened with the selection of the delegates to the state convention that will be held in Grand Island starting on Au gust 22nd. The post has six dele gates including the commander and immediate post commander, for the delegates the Post named P"n Warga, Robert Reed. James Beeley, Fred Herbs'ter. Richard ..Pi ck and Leonard Brothers. The .alternates selected were: Robert Slavicek. Fred Lugsch. Don Raincy, R. T. Cuthrell, Howard Hirz and Gene Krings. Commander Richard Peck gave a resume of the year in the Le cion. the first time that this has been offered, and it was a fine comprehensive story of what the Legion had accomplished, with recommendations as to the fu ture Drogress' of the organization. Mr. Peck paid tribute to mem bers of ithe organization that had labored with him in putting over the goals desired in the various departments. This report will be made a part of the record of the club. Commander Peck then intro duced Mr. Webb, the state serv ice officer, who had so kindlv accepted the invitation to install the officers for the new year. Mr. Webb spoke of the work of the post in the past and the many pleasant associations here with the members. He complimented the club on the showing that they had made in the year pne by that made a record of aehieve (Continued on Page Six) Want Entrees in Korn Karnival Soap Box Derby King Korn Karnival enter tainment committees are anxious to stage another Soap Box Der bv at the celebration in Platts mouth September 15 to 18, and are requesting that all boys or girls interested in entering the contest contact The Plattsmcuth Journal at once. Little interest has been shown in this part of the Korn Karnival show for the past twb years and the promotion will be dropped if there is a decided lack of en thusiasm. However, an appropria tion to provide generous cash prizes has been made and if ample entrees are received, the show will be staged on schedule. Any boy or girl up to 16 years of age is eligible to enter this contest. Rules governing the con struction and other details of the derby cars must bo abided by and ; can be secured at the Journal business office. SoaD Box Derby Chairman R. R. Furse asks everyone desiring to build a racer and enter this contest to leave their name at the Journal office Saturday, August 21. Remember, generous cash prizes go to the winners of this event. Ge tyour entry in early. Farm Bureau Picnic Set For August 15 Th Cw Countv Farm Bureau picnic will be held at the Louis ville Citv park. Aueust 15. 1948. Fach familv is to bring a basket lunch and their own dishes. Lunch is planned for 12 o'clock. Ice cream and pop is to be furn ished by the countv. In case of ram. it will be held at the Louisville City hall. All Farm Bureau members are urg ed to attend. Soft ball games and other entertainment has been planned. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. . .... - JORGENSEN & NOVAK, MURRAY, NEB., had these Angus heifers on the Omaha market last week. Thirty-eight head, averaging 812 pounds, sold at S37.25 per hundredweight. These should makfc'em forget a "buyer's strike." Ruth Patton Has Busy Week in State Meetings County Treasurer Ruth Patton. the president of the Nebraska County Treasurers association, had a busy time the nast week when she was in attendance at a series of district meetings over the state, participated in by the treasurers of the various coun ties. The meetings were promoted by the motor vehicle department of the state hiehwav department and were filled with the greatest interest to all in attendance. The meetings also took up the discus sion of proposed laws for consid eration of the comin? legislature peHaining to the;. vehicle laws.; The meetings ooened at Ne braska Citv and incluHed other meetings at Norfolk. Grand Is land, North Platte and Alliance. The meetings would include re presentatives from several coun ties" pdiacent to the place of meeting. At each of the meetine places' the countv treasurers held &roup sessions at which Miss Patton. as state president, presided, these meetings taking up general dis cussion of the problems of the treasurer in the various counties. Miss Patton reDorted a most oleasant time and the country looking nice and green, with the prosnects the best for the crops in all parts of the state that was vis'ited. The trio was made by car and the vehicles supplied by the state department. Mechanized Units Installed at Donat's The Donat Tavern at 4th and Main streets have iust installed one of the latest tvoe electric cooled beer containers, and a srcial mechanized unit that will take over the cooling of e con tainers for the key beer, eliminat in? old tvne containers. The units were installed after the close of business Saturday and this intaPed the construction of some new flooring back of the bar to replace that in service sev er years. The new uvts were in oper ation today (Monday) and will mean a great deal in saving of time and the handling of the ber either in kegs or bottles. The unit installed is the United cool er and rated as one of the best in the market. MOVING TO OMAHA Mr and Mrs. Henry Chappell and son. Billy, are to leave this j city to make their home in Oma- j ha in the future. They have been j living at 302-Washington avenue. I Court IHIouse (Srietis Friday hearing was had on the petition for determination of heirship in the estate of Minnie Renner, deceased. Decree was entered as prayed for. Marriage license was issued Saturday in the county court to Harold Russet Strabel of Elm wood and Ardith Irene Skinner of Lincoln. In the office of the clerk of the district court Monday, was field an action for divorce en titled Marjorie Nickels vs. Cecil Nickels. The petition states that the parties were married on July 4, 1934 at Rockport, Mo., that they These Should Stop "Buyers Vj Local Men Attend Band Camp in West David Fowler, director of mu sic of the Plattsmouth public schools and James Sandin of this; city are at Dunning, Colorado.) where they will attend a band i camp attended by a very large j number of the band leaders from j all over the west as well as many leading band men. Noble Cain, noted band leader will be in charge of the camp. The local men expect to re ceive a great deal of benefit from the camp instruction that will be useful in their hand work. Masonic Home Scene of Picnic Group on Sunday Sundav the g-rounds of the Ne braska Masonic Home in this citv was the scene of a very delightful fried chicken picnic dinner that had been arranged by the mem bers of Home chapter No. Ift9 and their worthy matron, Mrs. Robert Mann. The dinner was served in the attractive surroundings neqr the infirmary building, rome 200 at tending the event and including t-"1 residents of the Masonic Home. There were a number of the prr,nd chapter of Nebraska at the picnic dinner, these including Mrs. Leita Barton, erand worthy matron, Gering, Mrs. Eleanor Steffeneer. associate grand ma tron of Lincoln; Dr. Herbert Ev er;. Hickman, associate patron; Allie Wegner, grand secretary. Omaha; Blanch Watson, prand treasurer, Norfolk; Louis House, erand marshal, Omaha; Johanna Whitehead, grand Ada. Omaha; Lucille Ratekin. erand Martha. Rulo; Gertrude Marshall, grand warder. Tilden. The members of the party af ter the dinner enioyed the oppor tunity to visit with the members of the home family and each oth er until the home going hour. SHOWS IMPROVEMENT The many friends of the Charles Koke family of this city will be pleased to learn that their small s'on, Verlen Leroy, is show ing marked imnrovement at the Children's hospital at Omaha. The little one was quite sick but is now much better. IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE The Plattsmouth chapter of the Izaak Walton League will meet on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the 40 et 8 club rooms. All members are urged to attend to discuss' plans for the fall sea son. Use Journal Want Ads are the parents of two children of which the plaintiff asks cus tody. The plaintiff also asks the title to the real estate owned by the parties in Weeping Water and child support for the two minor children. Mrs. Frankie Cotner. clerk in the office of County Treasurer Ruth Patton, is enjoying a vaca tion for a week from her duties in the office. Attorney L. J. Tierney was a caller at the office of the clerk of the district court Monday while enroute to Falls City. Strike" 1 May Have Youths! Who Looted Kruse Hardware Store Three Omaha youths arretted last week in Omaha by Lancast er county authorities are believ ed to be the same ones who robbed the Krus? Hardware in Murdock on July 25. Two of the vouths pled g-jilty in Lincoln last week to a crime committed in the same manner the Murdock robbery was pulled and were sentenced to the state pen for three years, the other youth pled not guilty. Photos taken of the three youths' last week by the local sheriff's office were shown to Mrs. Ed Craig of Murdock, who scared the youths away from the Kruse Hardware, and she identi fied two of them as the one's she had seen on the morning of July 25th. The three youths denied knowledge of the Murdock breaking and the theft of tools from the Hillcrest housing pro ject when questioned by Sheriff Solomon. Two of the youths are known to have dumped a large quantity of stolen tools into the Missouri river at Omaha prior to being arrested. No hold order is planned by local authorities in view of the fact that the boys have received a three year sen tence for their crime spree. County Levy For Year 1948 Set At Five Mills The board of county commis sioners at their session the past week set the annual levy for the year 1948 at a total of five mills to provide the necessary funds for the operation of the county in the ensuing fiscal year. The combined s'tate and county levy for the year will be eleven mills and in the state levies is included .65 mills for care of the Cass county patients at the state hospital and .29 for the care of the Cass "county patients at the Beatrice feeble minded institu tion. The amounts asked for the operating cos't of Cass county is divided among the funds as fol lows: General - 1.92 Bridge -15 Road fund 1.00 Relief fund .40 Soldiers Relief .03 Farm & Market roads .50 Federal matching road fund 100 It is estimated that this levy should produce the sum of $192, 777.33 to be used in the various needs of the county government. High School Band Plays at Iowa Festival Thursday afternoon the Platts mouth high school band was at Pacific Junction where they were called to assist in the parade, a ; part of the three-day carnival ! and festival being held there. ! The band, under the direction j of David Fowler, proved quite i an attraction for the parade and drew much praise from the large number that were in attendance. The visit of the band was a friendly call on the residents of our neighboring town and to show them an appreciation of the good feeling that prevails between the two communities. ?r Ben Hopkins to Instruct at the State University Benjamin Hopkins, Jr., quar termaster in the navy, who has been engaged in teaching work in the east, is returning to Ne braska and will be ins'tructor in the Naval R.O.T.C. at the Uni versity of Nebraska, the coming year. Mr. Hopkins is one of the out standing war veterans from this city and had a long and trying service in world war II. He was wounded in one of the early bat tles of the war in the Pacific, was a patient at a hospital in Java when it was captured by the Japanese. He was taken to Japan as a war prisoner and held in the northern part of that country un til the close of the hostilities and the defeat of the Japs. He was forced to work in the mines for the Japs and suffered much priv ation until rescued by the Ameri-1 can forces. j He was later returned to the United States and after the res't period made necessary by his long imprisonment, was re-enlisted and has been given a special training to fit him tor service as instructor in the naval training program. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hopkins of this' city and it is very pleasing to the members of the family and the many friends that he will now be nearer home. Busy Week Ahead For Softball Fans' The weather man in the past week has played havoc with the sol't ball league and its schedul ed games, as well as' dampening the diamond for the All Star. vs. the Girls team of Omaha. Friday. The wet season has not been too happy for Charley Patch, the skipper of the league, who has been trying to keep the schedule functioning. The coming week should be a real treat for the fans with dou ble headers galore during- the Week". The schedule for the week is: Monday 7:30 p.m. Conoco vs. Cas's Drug. Second game, Allis Chalmers vs. V.F.W. Tuesday Play o If game, 7:30,! p. m., Murray vs Conoco. Second game, Donat's vs. Cass Drug. Wednesday evening All Star double header. Thursday 7:30 Marty's vs. Timms. Second game, Murray vs. j Donat's. Friday Playoff game 7:30 p.m. Conoco vs. Marty's'. Second game Timms vs. Cass Drugs. The All Star team took one of the best games seen on the local diamond this season Wednesday night, from the Crown Cans of Nebraska City by the score of 4 to 3. It was a real game all of the way. Don Cotner Will Direct Local Band Donald Cotner, one of the well known musicians of the city, will have charge of the direction of the Plattsmouth band during the absence of David Flower. Mr. Cotner will have charge of the concert at Garfield park on Sunday night and with the fine array of musicians should pre sent a delightful musical evening for the residents of the com munity. Mr. Cotner has been a keen student of music since his high school days, receiving special col lege training and during his ser vice in the navy was engaged in playing with the naval band at Washington and later with the band and orchestra on the "Hono lulu" and also with the band while it was on duty in the Pacific. The raany friends will be pleas ed to have the opportunity of seeing Don in his role as director. Greenwood Has New Postoffice Site The United States postoffice at Greenwood has been moved from the former location in the build ing that was erected by the late Phil L. Hall and was for a num ber of years occupied as' a bank. It is now being located in the building- owned by L. C. McCart ney and had been used bv the Greenwood Cr-Operative Credit arsociation. Mrs. Kelly is the postmistress at Greenwood. POSTOFFICE LOBBY HOURS Postmaster Edward Egenberger is announcing that effective on August 16 the lobby of the post office building will be closed at 7 p. m. on weekdays and on Sun day and holidays will close at 5 p. m. The public is urged to make note of the hours. Local Masons On Trip to West Part of State Mr. and Mrs. Ravmond C Cook and Mr. and Mrs. William F. Ev ens have returned home from a trip to the western Dart of the state. Mr. Cook is deputy grand custodian of the A F. & A.M. of Nebraska and chairman of the Masonic Home board, Mr. Evers the superintendent of the Ma sonic Home and also grand gen eralissimo of the Nebraska Knights Templar. They visited at Imperial where they visited the Masonic lodge at that place and also o'her lodges in the Republican valley in the interests of the new addition tc the Nebraska Masonic Home in this city, finding a great interest among the members, and the lodges making a fine response to the call for funds to permit the erection of the building. While at Imperial they enjoyed a visit with Rev. Richard Dins more, former Methodist minister at Louisville, also at the home of Charles Shopp and Dr. Fay Smith. . On their w a y home they stopped at Alma. Nebraska and enjoyed a short visit with the Furse brothers, who are publish ing the Alma Journal. They are brothers' of R. R. and Merle Furse of this city. While at Imperial Mr. Cook, who is the president of the Brotherhood of the Evangelistic and United Brethern church, as sisted in the establishing of brotherhood in the church at that place. Make Plans For Sixth Annual Horse Show At a meeting held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Weik at Nehawka, the plans were made for the forthcoming sixth annual fall horse show that will be. held at Plattsmouth as' part of the King Korn Karnival program. Dr. Wimpy of Marysville, Kan., will be the judge, Robert Plumb ofOmaha will be the announcer. The hors'e that will be given away as a part of the horse show activities has been purchased, the name of the horse being "Golden Shadow", a very fine sorrel treasure horse. Tickets are on sale by any member of Horse Show association and Junior Woman's club. the the Preparing for King Korn Show Ray Herring and his force of workmen have been engaged the past week in installing the flood lights along Main street that will be used during the King Korn Karnival next month. This year there are several ad ditional lights being placed along the street that will afford the re sidents all along Main street the opportunity of seeing the parades in the evening as well as the other features of the festival from Sixth street to Third. The cost of the lighting will be increased to some extent by the additional lights and also by the cost of the heavier load of cur rent that will be necessary to use. The electricans have carried out their part of the work and' made ready tho way for the forth- coming Korn Karnival. ! Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Egenberg?r ' of Omaha were here Sunday and ' enjoyed the dav visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ward Egenberg er, being dinner guests there. Rescue Olympics John Miller, left, and James McKissock, show how they feel "about meat prices during a parade of CIO Marine and Shipbuilding workers down a Camden, N. J., street. Meanwhile ""buy no meat" movements were gaining in strength in many other places. CTEA Telephoto). Urge He Quit 51 ! Sen. Styles Bridges (R., N. II.), has urged in the Senate that Oscar Ewing, above, resign as Federal Security Administrator. Ewing is accused of hindering the exposure of communism in schools. Veterans to Have Part in King Korn The war veterans of the city are planning to have a part in the observance of the annual King Korn Karnival which will open on Wednesday, September 15. The veterans groups of the city are expecting to take part in the program on Merchants Day, Fri day, September 17. this being a part of the observance of the close of hostilities in the last world war. The Hugh J. Kearns post of the American Lecion and the post of the VFW will both have a part in the parade on the evening of the 17th and it is planned that th veterans with their colors will head the parade with groups of the veterans marching and cars will follow. Both the Legion and the VVFW are piepaxing to i have floats in the parade that will be well worth seeing and re presenting the men that served. It is planned to have cars for the older veterans in the line of the Darade while the younger mem bers will do the old marching cadence. The veteran participation in .the parade is alwavs a colorful part of the show and special stnnts and activities will be planned for the occasion. It has been arranged that the two veterans organization stage a fish dinner to be held this year at the Legion club on highway No. 75 and in 1949 to be handled by the VFW where they may desire. Both will join in the event. Red Cross Swimming Classes Are Popular The Red Cross swimming tests and lessons that have been giv en at the Meri in beach, north of this city for the past week, has' rroven a very poDular diversion for the youth of the community, each dav truckloads of the bovs and girls were taken out for the training and returned by noon. The lessons are under the di rection of Lt. Lloyd Helgeson and the orosram 'nder the sun. I ervision of the American Red Cross, Mrs. Neil Munkries' of ' Weeping Water being the county I chairman. The Plattsmouth swimming tests were closed on Saturday. The lessons at South Bend will open on August 9th (today) and will continue for the week. Lt. Helgeson will be at the South Bend lake for the tests'. Swimming Stai JET- ft Short Change Artists Busy In This Locality Change artists are at work in this area accordint,- to reports re ceived by Sheriff Solomon. One Plattsmouth merchant was' ap proached on three different oc casions by 'change artists' during the past few months. The first visit netted the 'artists' five dol lars the next two netted them nothing. Here's how it works. A man walks ito a place of busi ness and orders a package of cigarettes and gives a ten dollar bill to the clerk. The clerk then returns the change and hands over the pack of cigarettes. The man, who has a few dollar bills in his hand, says' Oh, did I give you a ten, I intended to give you a one dollar bill. He then says 'I'll give you five ones for a five'; after getting- the five for the five ones he then says very fas't I'll give you back this five i and you give me a ten. The trans action is put over very fast and while in the process of pulling the deal the 'artist' talks fast and constant. This procedure works the same way with the artist first giving a twenty dollar bill and saving he thought it was a ten. The transaction looks simple to see through but a busy clerk can easily be caught off guard. Another old ga which works frequently is when the customer insist; he gave the clerk a five instead of a one dollar bill. One way to stop this gag and keep out of a hot argument is for the clerk to keep a .bill given sepa rated from the other bills' until after change has been given. According to the 'sheriff it is very difficult to prove any kind of charge against these type of artists unless they have a prev ious record in that type of of fense. The only sure cure is alert clerks who don't become excited when making change. Corn Pack to Start Here at Norfolk Plant The s'weet corn pack at the plant of the Norfolk Packing company was formally opened today (Monday) for the season that promises to be one of the largest that the company has had. The plant had a few runs the past week, but the extreme wet weather made it difficult to get into the fields for the corn so that it was decided to await more favorable weather for the real start of the season. The corn yield is expected to be large and with the favorable conditions' that have prevailed, the quality of the corn should be the best. This crop is the largest that is handled each year at the local plant and will furnish em ployment to a very large number of additional workers for the season. The company had adver tised for workers and can accom odate large number at excellent wag-os for the seasonal pack. The "Norfolk packed corn has a great reputation in the line of canned goods' in all parts of the west. Schools to Open Tuesday, August 31 The Plattsmouth public schools that have been closed for the summer vacation, will re-open for the term of 43-49 on Tuesday. August 31, is the information giv en at the office of Superintend ent T. I. Friest. The teachers of the city sys tem will be here on Monday, August 30 for a meeting with Superintendent Friest and to dis cuss the forthcoming work of the year. The greater part of the last year's faculty will be back again and this will simplify much of the work. The students of the school will be called to resume their studies on Tuesday, August 31, for the opening of the term. The close o? the vacation per iod will bring a great deal of pleasure to many of the students and a great deal of regret to a great many of the youngsters. POLICE COURT NOTES In the court of Police Magi strate C. L. Graves Thursday, a rash bond of $30 given by Frank J. Vrnder. giving Omaha as his residence, was forfeited. Thr man had been arrested bv Sheriff Tom Solomon and had placed the cash bond for hia i anoearance on Wednesday but he failed to appear and accordingly the school fund was enriched to that amount.