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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED 1 SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63 EIGHT PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 98 PD.ATJTSRfldDQJTIH J)(0)(DD3rMIL t Armistice Day Program in the City Schools The city and parochial schools of Plattsmouth will hold their formal program in recognition cf this day, November 11, set aside to mark the close of hos tilities in World War I. It has been arranged by the American Legion and Auxiliary to hold a short program in each of the schools at 11 a. m. on Thursday, November 11th. The program in each cf the schools will open with the sounding of taps at 11 o'clock; 11:02 Period of Reverence fcr the departed veterans; 11:05, patriotic music, talks by youths; 11:15, address by speakers. In the high school the buglers will be Harold Jean Wagner and Stuart Spidell. The speaker will be Attorney Richard Peck. At the Central building the bugler will be Edward Baum gart and the speaker " Stephen M. Davis. At the Columbian building Barbara Alkire will be the bug ler and Mrs. W. H. Woolcott as the speaker. The wmtersteen Hill school will have Willard Christinson as the bugler and Mrs. R. F. Brendel as the speaker. At the First ward school Ron ald Schneider will be the bugler and Mrs. P. T. Heineman will be the speaker. At the St. John's parochial schocl Danny Rohan will be the bugler and the address will be given by Dr. Louis Amato. There will be no other public services to mark the day in the city. Legion Plans Participation in Armistice The regular monthly meeting of the Hugh J. Kearns post of the American Legion was held Thursday evening at the club house on Highway 75 south of the city, despite the bad weather conditions a very pleasing num ber of the members were in at tendance. The club committee announced that on the night of Tuesday, November 16th a "stag" will be staged at the club house fcr the members of the organization and will be, as its name implies, for men only. The Americanization commit tee of which Lloyd Behrends, county superintendent, is the chairman, announced that the Legion was to participate in the program of the day,' would have speakers at all of the city schools and the Auxiliary would have charge cf speaking and carrying out the observances in the low er grades of the schools. The main event will be the program at the high school auditorium at 11 o'clock on the morning of November 11th. The Legion will furnish the speaker and the school provide the musical and other portions of the program. All members cf the Legion and veterans are invited to attend the program and are asked to be at the school at a minute before 11 o'clock. The local post also gave vote of thanks to the Harry A Newman post of Louisville for their hospitality at the time cf the county Legion convention on September 19th. Car Stolen Sunday Night in City Some time Sunday night the 1931 Chevrolet car belonging to Pete Mulholland was taken from where it had been left parked near the Ruse building. So far no trace has been found of the missing car. The loss was not discovered until this morning by the own er, and had given the parties taking the car plenty of time to make their getaway. The matter was reported to Sheriff Solom cn as soon as discovered and ef forts started at once to locate the missing car. SUFFERS SEVERE ATTACK Joe Solomon, who has been showing a very fine recovery from his recent operation, was taken quite ill Sunday at the store, his condition being such that it was necessary to have him taken to a hospital at Oma ha. He was taken in the Cald well ambulance and after reach ing the hospital was given im mediate treatment and in a few hours was apparently out of the attack and able to return home. Start Canvass of . Tuesday Ballots Today (Monday) the canvass of the vote cast at the Tuesday election was taken up at the court house. James Hall, repub lican and Adolph Koubek, dem ocrat are making the tally from the various poll bocks, with County Clerk George- R. Sayles presiding. There were 71 applications for absentee voter ballots and six teen disabled voter ballots, these that have been returned will be formally opened on the final day of the canvass and add ed to the votes tallied. At this election there was no contest So close that the official result will make a great deal of difference. Cases Assigned for Jury Term District Court While here Friday to hold court Judge Thomas L. Dunbar made the assignment of cases for trial at the November term of the district court that' will open on Monday, November 15th. From the list the jury will be ere until in December unless some of the actions are dismiss ed before trial. Mondav. November 15th, 10 a. m., State of Nebraska vs May nard Tritsch, an appeal from the county court. Tuesday, November 16, 9 a. m. State of Nebraska vs Beverly Sutton. Peace complaint. Monday, November 22-23, 10 m., State of Nebraska vs Rob ert Rauth. Charge assault to commit greatly bodily injury. Wednesday, November 24, 9 a. m. State of XNeorasKa vs Wil liam H. Sanders, auto theft. Monday, November 29th, 10 a. m. H. M. Soennichsen vs Fred H. Ramge. Tuesday, November 30th, De cember 1-2, 9 a. m. Ruth Ann Thorne vs Johanna E. Meyers, et al., damage suit. Monday, December 6. 10 a. m. Interstate Oil Co. vs G. Waldo Welke, suit on account. Tuesday, December 7, 9 a.m. Leslie G. Hansen vs Jchn Kah land, damage suit. Wednesday, December 8-9 a. m. In the matter of the estate of John Urish, deceased. Will con test. Thursday, December 9th, 9 a. m. Richard Huebner by his next friend and father, A. W. Hueb ner vs Ernest Hoss, et al. Suit for damages. Consumers Make First Half Tax Payments Tax checks totaling $154,058.89 which represent the payment of first half of 1948 taxes by Con sumers Public Power District are being prepared by the districts treasury department. The checks are being sent out during the first part of Novem hpr tn ronntv treasurers through out the area served by the dis- trict. Communities in 71 Nebraska counties will receive the pay ments which constitute real es tate and personal taxes, or in lieu of taxes, which are allocated to city, county, state, and school tax funds. Nearly 48 per cent goes to public schools. Since Consumers tax pay ments are made semi annually, payments totaling a similar amount will be made in April covering the second half taxes. Total tax payments for the year amount to $308,117.59. Of the $154,058.89 being paid in November, $29,045.75 goes to communities in 12 counties in the western system and $125, 013.41 goes to communities , in 60 counties in the eastern system. Court House irietfs In the office of Clerk of the District Court, C. E. Ledgway, an action was filed Friday in which Loyd Holman and Idelle Holman are the plaintiffs and the Lymnn-Richey Sand and Gravel Corporation, a corporation, are defendants. The petition of the plaintiffs sets out that on Sep tember 23, 1947, the plaintiffs and the defendant entered into a written agreement for a grav el lease and road easement. On August 18, 1948, the defendants entered on the premises and started operations, but have produced, gVavel and no sand in violation of the agreement, the Sand is 'wasted by being Scene at Scene at the Plattsmouth held for the benefit of the First J 4J J A 1 41 the church. In the picture Col. with Ellis Lacy of Avoca, Karl Grosshans and Major I Hall, who assisted in the ring during the sale. Rev. Sherman Hanson, pastor and Herb Freeburg, church treasurer are shown in the pic ture at the desk while on the sidelines are shown a part of the large crowd attending. Photo by Chriswiser. Drunk Driver Smacks Car of Sheriff Solomon Sheriff Tom Solomon on re turning home Sunday from a hunting trip out in Seward coun ty, had an experience with a drunken driver that was far from pleasant. The sheriff was driving east on highway No. 6, when seme fifteen miles west of Lincoln noticed a car following his, weaving from one side of the road to the other. Sheriff Solo mon tried to outdistance the car but the driver of the other car was right back of the car and when some five miles out of Lincoln the sheriff was forced to take the shoulder of the road and then the pursuing car came along and scraped the car of the sheriff. Sheriff Solomon stopped the car and removed the driver who seemed very much under the influence of liquor, and had no business attempting to drive. The sheriff had called the state highway patrol ever the broad casting system but was forced to take over the man before any of the patrolmen showed up. The man, who gave his resi dence as Concordia, Kansas, was left at Lincoln in charge of the police and the Cass county law official came on home. Grove Jewelry Now j Boasts New Cloclt The residents of the upper part of Main street and along Sixth street will greatly appre ciate the fact that the D. L. Grove Jewelry store on Sunday installed a new electric clock over the main entrance of the store. The deck is illuminated so that the time of day or night can be easily noted, it will be very convenient to the residents of that section as well as all those along Main street. Merle Jones of McCook, Ne .braka, i? here for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Joe McCarthy and at the R. H. Fitch home. He accompanied Ralph Timm and Tom Troop back from their hunting trip near McCcok. a a pumped back This has served to damage the property of the plaintiffs and will continue, un less the defendants are restrain ed from this practice. The peti tion of the plaintiff asks that the agreement be set aside and that the- plaintiffs have already been damaged in the sum cf $10,000. A suit filed in the office of the clerk of the district court is that of John D. Heebner vs Bon nie Heebner. The petition of the plaintiff states that the parties in the suit were married on June 7, 1944 at Hiawatha, Kansas. The petition sets forth that the (Continued on Page 8) Christian Church Auction Sale j ; Sales arn on Monday night Christian church of this city. 4: : t 4U aciiintc. W. R. Young, auctioneer, is shown checking the result of the sale ! Sheriff Finds Young iBoys in Breakin Case Sheriff Tom Solomon has un- covered the parties that broke into the Talcott residence on Maiden Lane a few days ago and secured a Stevens rifle. The sheriff discovered that the breakin had been committed by two boys aged 10 and. 11 years. The articles taken were all restored to Mr. Talcctt and the parents of the two boys have agreed to make good any of the damage that had been done at the heme. The house was vacant at the I time of the entering a week ago j and the loss w as not discovered rs later when Mr. i until a few day Talcott visited the house to re move the stored household effects in order to permit the new owners, Bronson Timm and family, to move into the home. Nehawka People Help Gather Corn f TLT 11 fcr November 22nd it was stat- LrOD IOr INei2nD0r.ecl at the office of the selective i service board who will be noti- Residents of the vicinity of fied when they are classified. Nehawka showed the spirit of i So far questionnaries have the true neighbor and friend on J been received by single regis Wednesday of the past week ( trants, non-fathers and non vet when they assembled at the erans, but others have not been farm south of Nehawka, form-1 supplied with the questionnar erly occupied by ' Mrs. Fred J ies. Gwilliams, where they shucked Those called for service will the entire corn crop and shelled j be in the older panel of the reg- some of the corn also. There were forty-five men cresent with fourteen mechan ical pickers, while sixteen ladies j of the cemmunitv turned out to provide a fine dinner for the men doing the work at the noon hour. Gene Adkins and Lyman Anderson did the recruiting of the men fcr the job and the nec essary machinery. The Nehawka people enthu- siased over 4.he fine job at the j Gwilliams farm, are planning this week of visiting the farm north of Nehawka that is oc cupied by the George LopD family. They plan to harvest the corn crop for Mr. Loop, who is now recovering at an Omaha hosoital from an operation. This is certainly showing a preat community spirit of help fulness and friendship that 1 speaks well for the good people of the Nehawka neighborhood. Youth Receives Term at Kearney Thursday afttrnoon in the ccunty court Robert Reed, 16, charged with juvenile delin quency, was arraigned in the county court before Judge Paul E. Fauquet. The youth was the companion of John Redden charged with the taking of a car in this city on October 28, 1948. Owing to the youth of Reed the charge of auto thef t was dismissed and the delinquency charge made. After hearing tthe facts in the case Judge Fauquet sentenced the youth to a term in the state industrial school at Kearney. The sentence is indeterminate but not over the twenty-first birthday. November 1st at the auction sale The material to be sold had been tVin dim , , f CC -..,1 A Draft Board Is Named to Serve Cass County Caps county now has a draft board, was the announcement Friday morning at the office of the selective service board at the court house. Governor Val Peterson has named, to the board, E. O. Vroman and E. P. i Stewart cf Plattsmouth. to serve with Charles Swan, of Union, a member of the board in the World war II. Mr. Vroman is , BREX n ms m. Q. . ew;ff nr 1 , IWUUV-i Oil- UI UIIU 11 V i retired from active business, i The new board will have to pass on the classification of the young , men that may be called for ser j vice in the next few months. I Cass county has a call for ! twelve men for November ' 12 bit owing to the fact that the I board is not organized this draft cannot be filled. ; There will be a call for 21 men istrants. Mr. and Mrs. William Grebe were in Omaha Friday where they spent a few hours looking after ing at the home of Mr. Shan some business maters. hcltz's mother. B1I1MMMMMMMMMMMWMMMMIIIIM sees . vw -4' ' Jte. One of the largest costume parties held in Plattsmouth in the past year was that of the Keen time club held at the club rooms of the Veterans of Foreign Wars as part of the Hallowe'en season. This picture shows the many attractive costumes of the young people following the unmasking. Owing to the large number it is impossible to give the names of the participants. Photo by Chriswiser. Marine Corps Observe 173rd Anniversary The United States Marine Corps is observing the 173rd an niversary of i's foundation on Wednesday, November 10th, a record that is filled with nota ble stories of history that has been written by the men of the 1 soldiers of the sea in all parts ; cf the world. 1 The Marine corps was formed by the Continental congress on November 10, 1775, and made a permanent part of the national defense, in 1793 with command ing officer that ranks with a lieutenant general. The Marine corps was made a part of the naval forces of the republic and have had a great part in the de velopment of American prestige over the world. The corps Vnaintains two re cruit depots of the organization, at Paris Island, South Carolina and San Diego, California, those recruits east of the Mississippi river going to the South Caro lina station while those west of the Mississippi are sent to the," West COast. During worm war n me corps maintained a sub-head- . O T7 - A . '. i rect the work of the corps in the Pacific and in Alaska with fleet ! marine force headquarters at Camp Pendleton, California, and Camp LeJeune, North Carolina In the last war the marines supplied amphibious divisions as highly trained land auxiliaries of the navy which included infan try, light and heavy artillery, machine gun, signal, engineer, tank, chemical and amphibious troops and aviators equipped with land planes, together with other land fighting units which would be necessary to enable the navy to carry out their mis sion in war. The history of the wars of the United States have shown the bravery and daring of the marines who have been used in landing forces in many lands over the world. The Marines first amphibious expedition was m 1776 against the British in the Bahamas, but following the Revolutionary war the corps was allowed to lag un ( Continued on Page 6) Football Game Armistice Day The Armistice day football game between the Plattsmouth Blue Devils and the Bellevue high school team will be held at 2:30 on Thursday afternoon at the local Athletic park. The game will be in charge of the Bellevue school officials and local season tickets will not be honored at the game, but the regular admission charged at the Bellevue rates. This will be the last game of the season for the Blue Devils and the deciding factor in the Plattsmouth race for the East Nebraska Seven Conference. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shanholtz j have returned from Peoria, Illi- j nois, where they have been visit- Keentimers Hold Large Costume Party Held in Killing j Rninh v. Barrows. 19. of East P.r,nH Panics TVTirh is shown I VI iUIIV AUUAVJkf ' 1 at a New York police station wnere, police said, he confessed of Colin Cameron 56, Canadian textile MncKellar Vpriitivp. at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. A discarded match-book cover and a boast to a waitress that he "drank a quart at the Waldorf" led to Barrow's arrest. (NEA Telephoto) Canon Tyner to Conduct Series of Meetings Canon George St. G. Tyner, rector of the St. Luke's Episco pal church of this city, is to con duct a series of informal gather ings in Plattsmouth. The meet ings will be held at the' home of Mrs. Margaret McCIanahan on the upper floor of the Fricke building at 603 Main street. The meetings will be held on each Fri day afternoon in the next few weeks and will be of an inspir ing and inform ative nature. Friday, N o vember 12-3 to M" 4 p. m. Subject, "How Can Know God Better". Friday, November 19th 3 to 4 p. m. Subject, "How Can I Know Myself Better?" Friday, November 26 3 to 4 p. m. Subject, "How Can I Know People Better?" Friday, December 3 3 to 4 p. m. Subject, "A Life More Abundant." These Friday afternoon gather ings will be very informal and an opportunity will be given for personal expression and ques tions. You will hear many things you have wanted, to know. You will enjoy a rich fellowship among friends. You will find in spiration and zest for daily liv ing. Come. .: X 9 J 1 Pifi ' ' 'Si:S!j III Blue Devils Trip College View 19 to 13 The Plattsmouth high school Blue Devils Saturday night on the wet field at Athletic park, added the College View grid sters to their list of victims by the score of 19 to 13. The victory , was sweet to the local team as it swept unbeaten College View out of the picture for the Eastern Nebraska Seven conference title that lies before the Blue Devils with only the game here with the Bellevue team on "Thursday to contend with. Coach Merle Stewart's boys were scorers in the second quar ter of the game and annexed three scores before College View was able to get into the pay dirt. The team played a fine game, the tvpe that had humbled the powerful Nebraska City Pion eers, with Jim Doody as the scoring ace for the team, his ef forts were sustained by the hard fighting and hitting cf the Blue Devil's line and backficld. Dick Renner set the stage for the first Plattsmouth score with the recovery of a College View fumble. Doody carried lie ball over from the visiters four yard stripe. The hard driving Blue Devils fought their way down the field for sixty yards to be in scoring territory with Doody driving the last five yards to the visitors goal. The Blue Devils scored their last touchdown in a sustained march for some forty-three yards, when with the ball on the one yard stripe, Doody again took the ball for the scoring in the last quarter. College View scored their in itial score on an end run fcr twelve yards by Earl Elliott, one of the stars of the visitors lineup. The last score of the vis itors was in the dying moments of the game when Elliott passed to Norman Vermass for nine yards and the score as the game ended. College View Ends Forney, Swoboda, Hornby, Fischer. Tackles Sutter, Sallee, Vos ika. Wetherford. Guards Wendall, Douglas. Dugger, Reed. Center Van Cleave. Backs Rumbaugh, Vermaas, Dutton, Elliott. Norris. Plattsmouth Ends J. White. Fulton, Ges chke, Gleason, Liddick. Tackles Carper, Fischer, Ren ner, Earl. Guards Newborn. T. Rohan, Kennedy, Haswell. Centers Ofe, Peterson. Backs Morse, Doody, Dasher. D. Rohan, Janecek. Aylor. Kal asek. Girardot, B. White, Ulrich. Plattsmouth scoring Touch downs: Doody 3. Point after touchdown Aylor (run). College View scoring Touch downs: Vermaas, Elliott. Point after touchdown Dutton (run). Referee Paul Larson,, Kear ney. Umpire Earl Dasher, Peru. Linesman Saylor, Weslevan. Platls. C.V. First downs 9 G Yds. gained by rushing.133 45 Yds. lost rushing Passes attempted 3 Passes completed 0 Yds. gained passing 0 Passes intercepted by'- 0 Fumbles 4 Own fumbles recovered 1 Yds. in penalties 55 12 4 3G 0 5 2 35 John Redden Now Out of Hospital John Redden, who was severe ly jnitired in an auto wreck west of this city on the Louisville road several weeks ao. was i-ble to return home Saturday from the Methodist hospital at Omaha where he has been under medical care since the time cf the accident. The young man bears the marks of the injuries sustained, in head lacerations, and has lost a ereat deal of weight as the re sult of the accident. The hearing on the charges arising out of the taking of the car in which Redden and his rcmoanion. Peed were riding at the time of the accident, is ex nected to be heard in the next two weeks. Mr. and Mrs., John Rice drove to Syracuse this npst week to help Mrs. Tea Fabrenholz, sis ter of Mrs. Rice," celebrate her birthday. The members of the family were present to enjoy a good dinner and to wish the guest of honor many more hap py birthdays.